The sound of shattering bones rang in his ears as Hermes was sent flying.
"What… what just happened?" Hermes was completely bewildered. "What's going on with this
Bewildered.
Completely bewildered.
"Even if you're a genius, this is ridiculous." Hermes landed on the ground and stared at Lin Lei in the distance, his mind still in chaos.
Blood dripped down his face. Hermes shook his head and muttered, "Impossible. Something must be wrong!" He hadn't fully processed what happened, but he quickly treated his injuries. "This Azure Dragon brat's single punch actually shattered my jaw and rattled my teeth to the roots."
Hermes' physical defense was terrifying. The first time Lin Lei had encountered him, he'd had to put everything into a single sword strike just to pierce the skin on his face.
The face was the weakest point of Hermes' defense. His muscles were tougher still, and his bones even harder!
And Lin Lei had casually shattered his jawbone with a single punch?
"Hey, Hermes, what are you standing there for? Didn't you want to kill us? Didn't you want to get the Commander's badge?"
"Impossible! Something must be wrong!!!" Hermes roared.
BOOM! A surge of earthy-yellow radiance erupted from Hermes' entire body. Blinding golden light clung to his surface, especially his fists and legs, which glowed so brightly it was painful to look at. Hermes looked like a maddened bear as he transformed into a bolt of lightning and charged at Lin Lei once again.
Hermes had clearly gone berserk.
"What a foolish brute." Lin Lei smiled calmly.
The roaring Hermes poured everything into a single punch that tore through the sky like a flood dragon bursting from the waters, hurtling toward Lin Lei. *Crack, crack—* Wherever his fist passed, the space of the Plane Battlefield shattered like fragile glass, splitting open again and again. Spatial rifts tens of meters long extended outward in every direction.
"A bit foolish, but his strength is genuinely formidable." Lin Lei maintained his smile.
The same move!
A single punch launched, and over a hundred dark dragons swept toward Hermes. This time, Lin Lei was clearly wielding Destruction Divineforce: "Hermes is using Divineforce. If I want to subdue him, I really do need to use Divineforce myself." Although he could now easily defeat Hermes, Lin Lei had to acknowledge the man's power.
*Hiss, hiss—* The over a hundred dragons formed a prison, binding Hermes—Shrinking Earth, Shrinking Sky!
A binding force even more terrifying than last time took shape. Hermes felt that every movement of his body was nearly impossible. At this speed, he was virtually frozen. He could only watch helplessly as Lin Lei's fist descended upon him.
*BOOM!* The fist hammered into Hermes' chest. Amid the sound of shattering bones, Hermes was sent staggering backward, his feet plowing deep trenches into the ground.
"What is going on?!" Hermes looked down at his chest. A massive, gaping wound had appeared, blood gushing out in rivulets. This wound was even more severe than before—his chest bones had already been shattered. Fortunately, Hermes' body was strong enough that the punch hadn't penetrated clean through.
But if that kind of power had landed on his head, it would have absolutely killed him!
Hermes snapped to his senses!
"Hermes, still want to go again?" Lin Lei asked with a grin.
"Hey, Hermes, weren't you supposed to be so great? What happened? Cat got your tongue?" Reskin jeered from the side. As he spoke, he deliberately released his aura.
"You're… Reskin?" Hermes finally recognized him.
"My ability to conceal my aura is too powerful. Unless I release it voluntarily, people like you, Hermes, can never discern my true identity," Reskin said smugly. His aura concealment was indeed strong, but when facing the likes of
Hermes studied Lin Lei carefully.
"You… you were just toying with me before, weren't you?" Hermes said in a low voice.
"No." Lin Lei shook his head with a smile.
Hermes stared at Lin Lei, unable to suppress his anger. "You Azure Dragon brat. Your strength is so great—why toy with me? I, Hermes, may be a bit slow on the uptake, but I'm not so stupid as to believe that a kid who couldn't even put up a fight a few hundred years ago could casually crush me a few hundred years later!"
Hermes didn't flee, because he knew…
With his pitiful speed, there was no chance of escape.
"Why would I lie to you?" Lin Lei smiled calmly. "Go. I don't want to kill you."
"You won't kill me?" Hermes was stunned.
On the Plane Battlefield, when you were outmatched, you were generally killed. But today…
"Fine. I believe you weren't toying with me before." Hermes gave Lin Lei a long, searching look. "Can you tell me how long you've been cultivating?"
"Less than three thousand years." Lin Lei held nothing back.
Hermes blinked several times in disbelief. "Less than three… three… three… thousand years?" He stared at Lin Lei, unable to believe it. "I really want to ask—are you toying with me, or did I hear wrong? Or did you mean less than thirty million years, not three thousand?"
Thirty million years, Hermes could accept. But three thousand? That was far too terrifying.
"You didn't hear wrong." Lin Lei shook his head with a smile. "Bei Bei, let's go."
Lin Lei, Reskin, Lei Hong, and Bei Bei walked away with cheerful expressions. Bei Bei turned back to look at Hermes. "Haha, you big oaf, stop standing there looking dumb. Even if you stand there for thirty million years, you'll never catch up to my boss."