Even with the addition of two extra fighters, the scales seemed to remain unchanged.
The situation still presented an overwhelming despair as Pompeii continued to dominate unilaterally.
"Lu Mingfei, can you still stand up?!"
Xia Mi's gaze shifted to the half-dead figure, her brows furrowing as she shouted, "Is this all you can do? Aren't you the reincarnation of the Black King? Show me your true power!"
"Less talking!"
Lu Mingfei, severely injured by Gungnir, struggled to rise, spitting out blood.
Xia Mi's eyes, like crescent moons, curved into a light smile as she said, "Good, I'll create the opportunity for you. The rest... is up to you!"
"Count me in!"
Chu Zihang's deep voice followed.
He knew very well that he was the weakest among the three.
But even the weakest ant, if it finds the right moment, can still create a miracle!
"You think you can defeat me?"
Pompeii calmly waited for their discussion to finish, showing no intention of interrupting. A mocking smile played on his lips. "No matter how many ants there are, they can't shake a god!"
"Is that so?"
Lu Mingfei wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his gaze turning vicious. "Then... let's see!"
As if they had made an agreement.
The moment the last word fell, Xia Mi, Chu Zihang, and Lu Mingfei exploded with their full power, each from a different direction.
Boom!
The ground shook with an earth-shattering explosion, echoing across the lakeside.
Heavy debris and stones rose like waves in the air, as the three figures charged towards Pompeii from different angles.
Word Soul: King's Blaze!
Chu Zihang was the first to unleash an explosion, creating a sea of fire with intense heat to obstruct Pompeii's vision.
"Hmph!"
Pompeii snorted coldly, his gunblade slicing through the air as if the rain itself had been summoned.
Countless streams of water automatically gathered in front of him, forming a high-speed flowing wall of water that blocked all the raging flames produced by King's Blaze.
Hiss!
The collision between the flames and the water created a thick cloud of smoke.
"Do you think a mere smoke screen can stop me?"
Pompeii's gaze was like lightning, piercing through the dense smoke and directly locking onto Chu Zihang, who was positioned at an angle behind him. The gun's edge rotated, creating an afterimage as it struck.
It was so fast, the violent gun's edge carried immense force, smashing heavily onto Chu Zihang's sword.
Crack!
The 'Murasame' forged from multiple alloys couldn't withstand Pompeii's blow and shattered instantly.
After shattering the 'Murasame,' the spear showed no sign of stopping. It continued its brutal momentum, sweeping across to strike again!
Chu Zihang, with his rich combat experience, knew he couldn't fight head-on.
Using the force of his feet on the ground, he leaned back just in time to avoid the gun's edge. However, the air pressure from the attack left a cut on his face.
As Pompeii was about to retract his spear and finish off Chu Zihang, a graceful figure suddenly broke through the smoke.
"Pompeii—!"
The air exploded, and the shockwaves reverberated.
The threat from behind felt like needles stabbing into his nerves. Pompeii was forced to abandon his plan of impaling Chu Zihang, stepping sideways to turn, and with a mighty force, thrusting his spear forward.
However, the spear intended for the graceful figure was intercepted midway by Lu Mingfei, who, with extreme strength, seized it with his bare hands.
The thunderous energy within the spear exploded with terrifying killing power.
At the same time, the violent wind swirling around the spear shredded through the hard black scales, leaving Lu Mingfei's arms covered in blood and torn flesh.
But still, he managed to firmly grip Gungnir, preventing it from advancing even an inch.
Pompeii's expression shifted slightly. It seemed he hadn't anticipated this move. He tried to pull back Gungnir but found it completely immovable.
This delay cost him the perfect opportunity.
The thick smoke was torn apart as Xia Mi broke through.
She no longer hid her Dragon King identity. Her entire body was covered in tough dragon scales, and menacing bone spikes protruded from her back.
Her fierce golden eyes signaled that, in this moment, she was no longer just Cassell Academy student Xia Mi but the ruler of earth and mountain, Jormungandr!
Clang!
The humanoid Tyrannosaurus, Xia Mi, suddenly clenched her five fingers, the scales scraping together with a metallic sound.
In her pupils reflected Pompeii's figure, and she quickly found the most vulnerable 'point.'
Taking a step to gather strength, the dragon blood surged within her, unleashing unprecedented power.
All her energy was focused into one point, and with the thrust of her punch, it exploded outward!
With fury, Xia Mi struck, pouring all her power into the blow.
Her greatest strength wasn't in "Word Soul," but in finding the 'weakness' that exists in all things and using that point to destroy the whole structure.
Boom!
In an instant, the sound of thunderous explosions spread around the lakeside.
The punch seemed to unleash a world-shattering blow, and the surrounding air pressure collapsed with a deafening crash. The immense power forcefully expelled the air around it.
The "god" who had never been injured was suddenly sent flying nearly a hundred meters by this punch.
Pompeii's feet carved out a trench a hundred meters long in the ground, finally stopping as his spear was driven into the earth.
His chest had caved in, and his body, now cracked like porcelain, immediately gave the three of them a glimmer of hope.
"It can be done!"
Lu Mingfei's eyes lit up.
But before they could celebrate, Pompeii suddenly lifted his head, his entire body radiating an even brighter, blinding white flame.
The wounds inflicted by Xia Mi earlier began to heal at a visible speed. Within just a few breaths, Pompeii looked as though he had never been injured at all.
The expressions of Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi shifted from joy to shock.
"Well done."
Pompeii's gaze was cold, sharp as a blade, sweeping over the three of them.
With just one glance, they all felt their hairs stand on end, as if an invisible blade had cut across their bodies, and their breath suddenly caught.
Pompeii spoke: "You deliberately discussed your tactics loudly, making me think that Lu Mingfei was the main force. In reality, you let Jormungandr get a sneak attack. Your little trick successfully wounded me, and that deserves praise."
"But..."
He deliberately paused for half a second.
Silence brewed with a suffocating tension, a heart-stopping pressure, as if a natural disaster like a tsunami or volcano erupted violently!
In an instant, the air seemed to turn into gel, no matter how hard his lungs strained, he couldn't draw a single breath.
Under the overwhelming, terrifying force, it felt as though they were thousands of meters deep in the sea, with gravity millions of times heavier, pressing from all directions.
The three of them all wore pained expressions.
"Too weak!"
The voice, arriving at the same time as the lightning, reached Lu Mingfei.
So fast!
A thought barely flashed in Lu Mingfei's mind, and his body didn't even have time to react.
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