Despite Li Yang's multiple superpowers, the essence of all these superpowers is his Devouring Superpower. There are intervals between their use. Within a very short interval, he cannot activate the superpower no matter what. After that, during the normal cooldown period, although he can activate it, it will cause great damage to his body. The degree of damage depends on the length of the remaining time.
Zhang Lei tried his best to pull him out within the shortest possible interval, and then tried to break his internal energy. Only then did Li Yang truly become a catfish on the board.
Within this range, the only way to cause any harm to Li Yang through the point of contact with his arm is to directly attack with internal energy. That's not Zhang Lei's strength. Zhang Lei's physical energy is far stronger than Li Yang's. However, if internal energy invades his body and loses its self-monitoring guidance, that amount of internal energy will not be able to cause any harm to Li Yang at all.
Unfortunately, because Li Yang's ability was only at half its original value, the shortest interval between his abilities was much shorter than Zhang Lei had estimated, not even half of Zhang Lei's estimate.
Zhang Lei thought he was fast enough, that even talking didn't slow him down, but it was clearly not fast enough.
Although the bones of four fingers on Li Yang's right hand had been shattered by Zhang Lei's recoil, he still had one intact finger, which was the weapon Li Yang had been hiding.
Li Yang's thumb nail, which was originally curled up, suddenly shot out and stood straight in an instant.
"Ugh!" Li Yang groaned, scratching his arm with his fingernails.
The attack on Zhang Lei's throat earlier made Li Yang realize that such an attack was ineffective against Zhang Lei, so he attacked his own arm instead.
If a man should not only be ruthless to others, but also ruthless to himself, then Li Yang is definitely a man. He completely withdrew all his internal energy from his arm, and his arm, which had lost even its normal protection, was at most like a piece of tough parchment in front of his fingernails filled with internal energy.
After a sound like tearing silk, Zhang Lei only had half of his upper arm left. He had even sealed the blood. Judging from the wound, he must have sealed his internal energy with high temperature.
Zhang Lei could react in time, but his movements couldn't keep up, so he could only watch helplessly as the man performed the "lizard tail severing" move. Zhang Lei knew that self-examination could consume a large amount of internal energy, drawing on other parts of the body to repair such severed limbs and wounds. Whether this guy had that ability was unknown, but if he escaped, it would definitely be a problem.
"Pfft!" Li Yang didn't give Zhang Lei any time to think. He had timed it perfectly, and he ran out of the spatial freeze in a few steps. He spat out a mouthful of blood. Just as Zhang Lei released his rope dart, his other superpower activated.
This speed surge is a speed-related superpower, mainly in terms of movement speed, which is very useful. In battle, Li Yang can even make people's eyes unable to keep up with his body's movements.
However, after the Yuan Qi Explosion, this ability became increasingly useless. The consumption of the inner energy circle was negligible compared to the current absorption rate, and the high concentration of external energy further reduced the consumption of the inner energy circle. Almost all martial artists of a certain level had learned to use the inner energy circle, making this ability increasingly lackluster. However, it was clear that it was still useful at least when escaping.
Zhang Lei's rope marker was no secret; he had been using it for eight years. Li Yang knew that Zhang Lei had such a mid-range weapon, so he was on guard against this move.
Li Yang's abilities are essentially just one ability; the same ability cannot be stacked. Therefore, the spatial rigidity disappeared the moment the second ability was activated.
The rope dart that Zhang Lei had just thrown flew up into the sky like a kite, wobbling and twisting. It was like when the opponent suddenly let go during a tug-of-war, making it difficult to control the force.
In the blink of an eye, Li Yang had reached the corner of the alley, and his voice came over, "Zhang Lei, I will not let you go. I can't deal with you now, but I can't deal with your family, your parents, your little Tianxiao. Oh, right, I think you have a younger sister. I will love her very much!"
Zhang Lei, who had gone mad, was not Li Yang's target, so Li Yang's knowledge of Zhang Lei was still based on information from eight years ago.
Li Yang's loss was not just an arm and four fingers on his other hand; the near-limit-limit power drive also caused him considerable damage.
"Trying to leave? You're dreaming!" Zhang Lei bowed, now free from the spatial rigidity, looking like an elegant black panther, a cheetah capable of long-distance running. "You think you can escape when you're locked in by my internal energy? You think too highly of yourself!"
Episode 4: An Eye for an Eye, a Blade for a Teeth - Chapter 78: A Variety of Tricks (Part 1)
He turned right at the intersection ahead of you, and I can't see him anymore.
"I see him, he's under my surveillance now!"
Zhang Lei's headphones were filled with these kinds of sounds. That's right, these people were not very useful in the battle, but they could use infrared telescopes on the nearby rooftops to search. Combined with Zhang Lei's internal energy locking, even if he had only an acceleration ability, he probably wouldn't be able to escape.
Li Yang also sensed this. When one's kung fu reaches a certain level, or one's combat experience becomes rich enough, one will have a feeling that one can clearly sense whether someone is watching them or locking onto them with their internal energy.
Especially with internal energy locking, for someone who has also mastered this technique, it is not difficult to either discover or remove it. Discovering it is just a matter of a thought, but to remove it, given the activity level of Zhang Lei's mark, it would take at least several hours to calm down and deal with it, or simply to get it out of his effective range and out of the master's control, making it much easier to remove the mark.
Now that Li Yang doesn't have that kind of foreign time, he even suspects that even if his accelerated superpower never disappears, Zhang Lei will still catch up with him more and more.
His concerns were not unfounded, because Zhang Lei's speed was indeed no less than his. If it weren't for the fact that he wasn't as agile as Zhang Lei when jumping over obstacles, the distance between the two wouldn't have kept increasing as they chased each other.
Zhang Lei has now strengthened his legs with his internal energy, but he has never tried this speed before. He inevitably makes some mistakes when controlling it. Moreover, as the pursuer, he is not as free to choose the route as the fugitive. The distance between the two is indeed slowly widening.
However, compared to Zhang Lei's current level of internal energy locking, which has a maximum range of about ten kilometers, it is not an easy task for Li Yang to escape this distance, especially since his ability has a time limit.
"Pfft!" Li Yang spat out another mouthful of blood. He had no choice. His body had already suffered considerable damage from the forced activation of his superpower last time. This time, the speed surge had just stopped and was immediately activated again, which inevitably aggravated the injury. There was no other way but to survive.
Not only did Zhang Lei leave an internal energy lock mark on him, but Li Yang also left an internal energy lock mark on Zhang Lei. He left this mark when Zhang Lei was still a long-legged girl, because he was afraid that Zhang Lei would run out of the bar through other entrances and disappear without a trace.
Li Yang's internal strength was actually deeper than Zhang Lei's, so even though his control over his internal energy was inferior to Zhang Lei's, his ability to lock onto targets was no worse. Therefore, Zhang Lei knew his approximate location, and Li Yang knew that he hadn't shaken off Zhang Lei; Zhang Lei wasn't far away.
"There's no other way!" Li Yang could only seek refuge. Looking at Zhang Lei's posture, his consumption was much less than his. Even if he wasn't killed by the backlash of his superpower, he would be exhausted to death. The superpower was only an auxiliary function; he still relied on his own two legs to run. He didn't have Zhang Lei's abnormal endurance.
Zhang Lei had also guessed this, which is why he followed with full confidence.
Li Yang has now escaped the detection range of most of the surveillance systems, and can only be detected in a few cases. Zhang Lei can only rely on his internal energy to lock onto him. Although he can know Li Yang's general location, he cannot get information about which road he is on or which route is the shortest.
"Ningning, stay with your sister Tianxiao no matter what, understand? Tianxiao, I'm entrusting Ningning to your care!" Zhang Lei said while running, covering his microphone. "Let me know immediately if anything happens!" Although Tianxiao isn't very hardworking, and even though her ability index is over a thousand, she's not very suitable for combat, she has trained since childhood and can still handle ordinary experts without any problem. No matter how hard Liu Ning works, she can't compare.
"Is this the place?" Zhang Lei stood in front of a mansion. He had guessed that Li Yang would definitely find a safe haven. He couldn't just let himself be chased to death like this.
Zhang Lei had already walked around the mansion once, confirming that Li Yang was definitely inside, not hiding on the road behind it, leading him into unnecessary trouble.
Zhang Lei isn't afraid of trouble, but he doesn't want to get into unnecessary trouble, especially at a time like this.
Zhang Lei had already prepared the smuggling boat: eighteen high-speed engines, eight backup temporary engines, a large amount of spare fuel, and a solar-powered engine. Even the fastest motorboats couldn't match its speed. This boat had cost Zhang Lei a considerable amount of money, much of which he had extorted from Wu Chen.
Despite receiving warnings, Zhang Lei still decided to take action against Li Yang. It can be said that whether it was to appease the anger of Li Yang's elders and former subordinates or to save face for himself, Zhang Lei was determined to eliminate him.
Zhang Lei wasn't the kind of person who would bravely sacrifice himself, at least not after he regained his senses. Naturally, Zhang Lei wouldn't die to appease someone's anger or to save face for someone else.
Clearly, this trouble is probably unavoidable. Since we're going to run away and live under an assumed name anyway, offending one more person won't matter much.
Judging from the size and location of this mansion, this family's influence is definitely not small. However, since they don't care about the consequences anymore, why should they care about their power and what they do?
Zhang Lei kicked the gate hard—and the adjacent courtyard wall. Who knew what might be on top of the gate? Most likely, it might be maliciously electrified. Although Zhang Lei wasn't particularly afraid of electricity, if the voltage was too high, his hair would stand on end, which would affect his appearance, even though he was wearing a very short skirt and a revealing top, which wasn't exactly an image to speak of.
"So there really is someone breathing!" Zhang Lei kicked down a large section of the courtyard wall; even without preparation, someone should have come out by now.
"So you're Zhang Lei? I haven't even come looking for you yet, but you've already come knocking on my door. Do you even know where this is?" The speaker was a young man with a fair complexion, which appeared even paler under the bright white light.