141. Shrinking Circle
Qiu Ran's Omega Energy ability [Natural Ignition] isn't just about controlling fire, it involves a certain degree of molecular thermal motion. Due to insufficient knowledge reserves, Li Aozi can't expand its application.
But for destruction, simple physical knowledge is enough.
The claws of the Dominator lifted, rapidly creating a high-temperature field between his palms. A large amount of air heated up and accelerated movement. In an instant, the body fluids secreted by the Dominator combined fully with air dust, mixing into a suspended aerosol.
Due to the chaos caused by Yavanna, the ground forces couldn't gather in time. Standing in such an open space, even a fool would know staying in place meant waiting for death. The female agents fired randomly without regard for accuracy, then turned to dive into cover and carriages.
Li Aozi's operation was very delicate. He suddenly grabbed this critical-state mixture and smeared it on the main monitor of the mobile armor. As an extension of tank design, the mobile armor's weakness was the same as a tank's—the armor on top was the thinnest.
[Natural Ignition • Mode One]
[Purify the Filth]
Omega Energy value consumed rapidly, the continuous heating instantly ignited the aerosol. The oxidation reaction concentrated at the colloid application point, using the continuous high temperature to soften the metal. Li Aozi lightly drew a circle, then punched the center of the circle!
Boom!
Mechanic Yin Xifeng screamed as she was hit by the scorching hot metal plate, her uniform instantly igniting. The captain beside her drew a rifle and fired at Li Aozi. Li Aozi didn't linger long; without gravitational Omega Energy, he couldn't withstand a few bullets.
Before leaving, he sprinkled some dust.
Boom!
The instant increase in temperature and pressure triggered an explosion, the crew members killed by the blast shock.
Nimotin was blown away by the shock wave, shocked in her heart:
"Are you kidding—that's mobile armor! And it was destroyed so easily by a single person?"
Destroying a mobile armor often required three to four specialized anti-vehicle units. Even using anti-tank missiles like Javelins, the cost of attacking from the top mode was nearly 800,000 Derby, almost as much as the mobile armor itself.
A single crew member could overturn and occupy a town with mobile armor, and now it's... destroyed?
Nimotin, or rather Frost-Plated's military industry, hadn't realized the future development trend of mobile armor.
As for Li Aozi—he had dismantled interstellar warrior-level mobile armor a thousand times, if not eight hundred. The fundamental weakness of these iron turtles was always the pilot.
Without a [Mechanic] or [Martial Artist] operating the mobile armor, the pilot could never keep up with the machine's performance, let alone a product like the Wolverine from the tank era.
Riding the explosion's power, Li Aozi soared, appearing like a ghost before the female agents shooting at him. He used his hands to rapidly switch positions and shoot flames, changing direction quickly in the air. Before a female agent could react, the terrifying face of the Dominator appeared before her.
"Ah—"
Before the female agent's pupils contracted, a burning claw pressed her face, Li Aozi turned her around to use her bulletproof vest and plates to block several gunshots. The smell of burnt flesh and blood was sickening. When they emptied their magazines, a flame ring spread in Li Aozi's pupils. He threw the bullet-riddled agent forward to block their sight, then suddenly crouched and punched the ground.
[Natural Ignition • Mode Two]
[Cleanse the World]
The intense flames injected into the ground, the heat rapidly vaporizing the snow into steam. The scorching steam confused the agents' thermal imaging and targeting equipment. When they switched to the holographic sights on their guns, the air in front was rapidly oxidizing, spreading rapidly between air molecules under the drive of Omega Energy.
In physics, this is called an explosion.
Boom—
The female agents of Law IV were instantly blown away by the surging steam. Lying on the ground, they clutched their throats, tearing off their masks, ripping at their airways. The surrounding oxygen had been burned away. Exposed to the snowy ground, they showed signs of suffocation, inhaling only scalding steam, burning their airways, and ultimately collapsing in despair, suffocating to death.
"Fire—fire! He's not human!"
The horrific deaths of their comrades struck fear into the hearts of the Law IV agents. They threw bombs and grenades at Li Aozi to suppress him, but with the mobile armor destroyed, all they had were grenades and hand grenades.
Li Aozi moved leisurely across the battlefield. With too few covers, these under-armed Law IV agents were just delivering themselves. A few more [Cleanse the World] attacks filled the battlefield with magma terrain, and the lack of oxygen forced the agents out of cover.
Burn to death, or suffocate.
The outside world was dim and lightless. In the original snowy environment, the agents had adapted to the dark. The sudden bright flames confused their vision, seeing only a burning figure in the snow.
But if Li Aozi crouched down, they couldn't see him at all.
The high-temperature air distorted the thermal imaging display, and the outside world's darkness and snow didn't turn Li Aozi into a live target. Instead, he became a grim reaper harvesting these tech dwarfs in the flames.
Constantly changing positions, he devoured metal scraps, glass, and wood. His mutation option 'Iron Stomach' could fully absorb these, converting them into Omega Energy, then unleashing a ferocious flame domain.
"Where is he! Where the hell is he?!"
The Law IV agents panicked. They had faced brutal killers or transcendent beings but never encountered someone using Omega Energy to this extent.
In the dark, with flames burning, the constantly exploding air was filled with a chilling atmosphere.
When the Law IV agents realized their companions were dwindling, they also noticed their cover and escape routes were disappearing. The lava took the ground, flames rose everywhere, the wind fueling the fire, the air's oxygen ratio dropping.
The land underfoot shrank, snowflakes couldn't extinguish the fire. Li Aozi, burning with flames, stood in the fire pit, making them see nothing.
In the end, they realized that before the flames, men and women were all just screaming charcoal.
The last Law IV agent was cornered, the flames and lava shrinking into a small circle, like an island in the sea, continuing to shrink.
Unable to endure the burning and the lonely wait for death, she took out her pistol, placed the barrel in her mouth, and pulled the trigger. The bullet exited the back of her head, ending her life cleanly.
"Winner winner, looks like I'm the only defender tonight."
Li Aozi deactivated the Dominator form, returning to his human appearance. He turned to the stunned Nimotin and smiled:
"Not so badass now?"
Clang!
The mobile armor's ammunition exploded, causing it to collapse, almost making Nimotin jump.
What happened?
In 3 minutes and 32 seconds, 64 Law IV agents and the 'Wolverine' mobile armor were annihilated.
Nimotin hadn't participated in the battle, not because of anything else... but with the ability to casually throw flames and create magma, as a melee [Assassin], charging in was suicidal.
She only wanted to observe, thinking the normal combat radius should be one to two hundred meters with rifles, right?
But in just 3 minutes and 32 seconds, everyone was burned to ashes.
Even pigs couldn't be killed this fast, let alone a group of well-equipped professional agents and war machines.
Compared to the Cannibal's swift kills, the painful death by fire was extremely shocking, even to the spectators.
"I surrender!"
Nimotin immediately raised her hands, signaling Agent Yavanna hiding in cover to surrender as well.
She also wondered: Didn't Li Aozi use gravitational Omega Energy before? Why switch to fire now?
Thinking this, Nimotin felt a pang of worry.
Bad, this must be some secret. Plus, that non-human form—Li Aozi might be planning to silence witnesses!
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