The spell's range covers the entire territory of China? Hand it over to the state.

Zhao Tiezhu did not dodge.

His comrades behind him didn't move either.

Li Erniu even casually wiped the child's snot.

They trusted their company commander.

Or rather, they believe in the powerful feeling that comes from "mind overclocking".

Just as the blade was about to strike, Zhao Tiezhu took a half-step to the side.

It was only half a step.

The terrifying particle blade grazed his nose and missed.

Black Mamba's pupils contracted sharply.

This is impossible! This is pure luck!

He flicked his wrist, ready to slash horizontally.

But a large hand was already on his shoulder.

"Too slow."

Zhao Tiezhu's voice rang in his ear, "Your movements are too exaggerated, and your point of force is too obvious. Are you afraid I won't be able to tell where you're going to chop?"

This is a dimensional reduction attack.

With the boost of [Mind Overclocking], the so-called Western elite fighting techniques are nothing more than calisthenics in Zhao Tiezhu's eyes.

boom!

Zhao Tiezhu pressed down on Black Mamba's head and slammed him hard into the ground.

The cement floor cracked instantly, creating a large crater.

"ah--!"

Black Mamba let out a piercing scream, sparks flying from his armor.

"Stop yelling, it's not over yet."

Zhao Tiezhu lifted him up with one hand, like breaking a sack, and did it with both hands.

boom! boom! boom!

This is not a fight at all.

This is one-sided bullying.

Less than three seconds.

The remaining three Ark team members didn't even have time to fire their shots before Li Erniu and Lao Li, who hadn't made a move yet, shot them in the head with a few shots.

Long Xia's bullets indeed couldn't penetrate the energy shield.

However, Li Erniu's shots all hit the heat dissipation gaps at the joints of the armor.

That's a gap that's only two millimeters wide.

But in Li Erniu's eyes now, the gap is big enough to fit a fist.

"knock off."

Zhao Tiezhu threw the Black Mamba, which was now like a lump of mud, on the ground and dusted off his hands.

"This is what they call elites? They don't even make as much noise as our cooks when we're slaughtering pigs."

Black Mamba lay in the pit, his mask shattered, revealing a blood-soaked face.

Upon hearing Li Erniu's words, his eyes surprisingly showed no fear whatsoever, only a frantic resentment.

"Cough...cough cough..."

He coughed up blood while grinning grotesquely.

"Longxia people... do you think you've won already?"

"You bunch of cheating monsters... since we can't beat you... let's all go to hell together!"

Suddenly, his fingers plunged into the core of his armor on his chest, piercing his heart.

Zhao Tiezhu's pupils suddenly contracted.

"This kid's got something in him! Quick..."

boom!

Suddenly, a strange pink mist exploded, carrying a cloyingly sweet smell, instantly covering an area of ​​several hundred meters.

"Pheromone inducers! High-purity ones!" Old Li's face turned deathly pale. "These lunatics... they've made themselves bait to lure the monsters!"

Before he could finish speaking...

The earth began to tremble.

No, it's roaring.

The ground in the square in front of the church suddenly cracked open, and countless pebbles shot into the sky.

A terrifying pressure, so powerful it made one's soul tremble, surged forth from the depths of the earth.

What kind of feeling is that?

It's like an ant suddenly being stepped on by a giant leather shoe.

"roar------!!!"

A roar shattered all the glass windows of the church.

Several already weakened refugees collapsed to the ground, their noses gushing blood.

The smoke and dust cleared.

A huge shadow loomed over everyone.

It was a monster that stood at least thirty meters tall. It had no fixed shape; it was entirely stitched together from countless rotting corpses. Dozens of thick tentacles waved in the air, each covered with screaming human faces.

Its belly was split open with a huge mouth, from which flowed green venom, and it was chewing something.

S-rank dungeon boss.

【Abyss Stitched Corpse King】.

"This is... a huge problem."

Zhao Tiezhu's hand holding the knife became somewhat stiff.

If it's Rank A, even Rank A at its peak, with the [Mind Overclock] buff, they might still be able to put up a fight, even if it's just a bite, they could still manage to take a piece of flesh.

But S-class...

This is a crushing defeat on a level of life itself. It's like a group of kids with toothpicks facing a dump truck charging at full speed.

"Company commander! This thing has locked onto us!" Li Erniu shouted, his voice cracking.

The Corpse King stared at the group of tiny insects that emitted an alluring "pheromone" scent with dozens of murky eyes.

A tentacle as thick as a truck rose high and crashed down with an aura of annihilation.

"Run! All of you, run for your lives!"

Zhao Tiezhu suddenly turned around and kicked Li Erniu in the buttocks, sending him and the refugee girl on his back flying more than ten meters away.

"Take them with you! That's an order!"

"Company Commander! What about you?!" Li Erniu scrambled to his feet, roaring as he tried to rush back.

"roll!!!"

Zhao Tiezhu turned around, his facial muscles twitching, veins bulging like earthworms. "Didn't you hear me? I told you to get lost! Take him back! Don't let me die in vain!"

Done.

He didn't look back at his comrades again.

He turned around, alone, to face the terrifying monster that was as large as a mountain.

Afraid?

I was terrified. My calves were cramping.

My mother is seventy years old and still unmarried. I just bought a game console last week, and it's still unopened.

Who wants to die?

but.

Behind him were his soldiers, the people he had just sworn to save.

If no one stands in the way, everyone will become fertilizer for this monster.

"I never thought that I, Zhao Tiezhu, would have a day when I could take on an S-class opponent one-on-one."

Zhao Tiezhu gave a wry smile and reached out to press his hand on the core control panel of his exoskeleton armor.

There is a red button there.

[Overload Mode]

Once activated, the exoskeleton's power output will exceed 300%, but at the cost of the user's bones and muscles breaking apart due to the unbearable pressure.

"Click".

The button is pressed.

"Aaaaaaah!!!"

Zhao Tiezhu let out a shrill roar, his bones cracking with a sickening sound. Blood seeped from the gaps in his armor, staining him a blood-soaked mess.

But he didn't fall.

On the contrary, his aura surged at this moment, and he actually managed to create a space under the pressure of the S-class monster.

[Mind Overclocking] Push it to the limit!

As long as I'm quick-witted enough and my predictions are accurate enough, even if you're a god, I can hold you back!

The tentacle slammed down.

Zhao Tiezhu's figure disappeared from the spot.

He left a trail of afterimages in the air, like a leaf falling in a gale, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow.

Then, he stepped on the slippery, disgusting tentacles and went upstream!

"Come on! You pile of rotten flesh!"

Zhao Tiezhu laughed loudly as he plunged his long sword into the monster's enormous compound eye.

puff!

Green slurry sprayed all over him.

"roar!!!"

The Corpse King roared in pain, its countless tentacles lashing out at the damned worm on its body.

This moment.

Under a sky shrouded in gray fog.

A tiny, blood-soaked mortal is dancing on the back of a colossal beast capable of destroying a city.

Every time he dodged, he danced on the tip of death's scythe; every time he swung his sword, he was overdrawing his last bit of life.

But he did not back down.

one second.

two seconds.

One minute.

In that desperate minute, he was like a nail, firmly planted there, making it impossible for the S-class monster to move an inch.

Until their teammates, some distance away, led the refugees across the border of Graymist Town.

Until the strength that sustained him finally ran out.

Zhao Tiezhu was struck hard by a tentacle and crashed into the ruins of the church like a kite with a broken string.

His sternum was completely shattered, and one of his arms was twisted unnaturally.

But he was still smiling.

He looked at the enormous creature that was opening its mouth wide, ready to swallow him whole, and laboriously pulled a high-energy grenade from his waist.

This is not for killing enemies.

This amount of energy isn't even enough to tickle this monster.

This is a trophy.

Zhao Tiezhu coughed up a mouthful of blood, glanced one last time in Long Xia's direction, grinned, and revealed a mouthful of bloody teeth.

"In my next life, I'll still be a soldier of Longxia."

Pull the ring, it pops open.

Boom!