Oh my god... no way! There's such a noticeable change.
Zhou Ziwei then understood why the alloy suit was unwilling to devour the piece of iron... It seemed that the alloy suit's metallic properties had already reached a relatively balanced and perfect state due to the fusion of various metals. If it were to devour some ordinary metals now, it would immediately disrupt this established balance.
Unless it's a special metal like the kind used to make magical artifacts, it wouldn't pique the alloy armor's interest in absorbing it. It seems that only such rare metals, when absorbed, not only won't cause harm but will actually enhance the alloy armor's performance. That's why the alloy armor is so averse to absorbing this piece of junk-like metal, and it feels an instinctive disgust whenever Zhou Ziwei mentions it.
Now that he knew the truth, not only was the alloy suit disgusted, but Zhou Ziwei himself felt a deep-seated revulsion... Damn... so this is what it feels like to wear such a huge piece of scrap metal. Looking down at his once gleaming silver suit, which now looked like it hadn't been washed in seventeen or eighteen years, Zhou Ziwei was almost in tears...
"Hurry up...spit that piece of scrap metal out again...as long as you don't put it back where it was, you can spit it out anywhere!"
Zhou Ziwei hurriedly ordered the alloy suit to spit out the piece of scrap iron. Although the thick iron sheet, which weighed at least several hundred kilograms, was sucked into the alloy suit, Zhou Ziwei still couldn't feel any change in the weight of the alloy suit. However, it made him extremely uncomfortable.
With a "whoosh," another black line shot out from Zhou Ziwei's alloy suit. The black line landed on the hard ground next to Zhou Ziwei and immediately condensed, turning into a large, square iron lump in the blink of an eye.
"Wow... that annoying guy is finally out."
Seeing that his clothes had regained their snow-white and silvery color, Zhou Ziwei immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He quickly added, "Hey Xiaoyi, all I need is for you to get this piece of junk away. You don't have to eat it, right?"
"Damn it...why didn't you say so earlier?"
Zhou Ziwei was simply talking to Alloy Clothes to himself, not expecting Alloy Clothes's soul to answer him. However, this time, he didn't expect Alloy Clothes's soul to suddenly respond, and the first thing it did was utter a curse. Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziwei almost fell headfirst into the open gasoline can...
With a loud "boom," a water dragon composed entirely of gasoline roared up from the underground oil depot of the gas station under Zhou Ziwei's control of water energy. There were quite a few vehicles of all kinds in the military base, which meant that the gas stations inside the base had enough gasoline stored up to make it rain gasoline throughout the entire base.
After emptying the entire underground oil depot of the gas station, Zhou Ziwei immediately followed the water dragon and flew into the sky. This time, Zhou Ziwei was no longer riding on that cool alloy greatsword, but instead soaring into the sky on a huge water dragon with a diameter of more than one meter and a length of several hundred meters. This startled most of the US soldiers in the military base who were running around like headless flies to put out fires. Then, the entire base was in an uproar.
Many quick-witted people immediately threw themselves to the ground without saying a word, bowing and worshipping the water dragon flying overhead, especially the little child on the water dragon. Many people were completely stunned and forgot what they were supposed to do.
Zhou Ziwei simply ignored the reactions of these insignificant people. It wasn't that Zhou Ziwei was ruthless, nor was it that he was bored and wanted to take his anger out on these people.
It's really... Since the other side has locked up the people they want to save here, they must have already planned to sacrifice these ordinary soldiers. Since their own people don't care about the lives of these soldiers, why should Zhou Ziwei bother with this?
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 637: Snow White as Day
At this moment, Zhou Ziwei's heart was as firm as iron. He had no pity for the innocent American soldiers below. Only after the water dragon beneath his feet had soared to a certain height did Zhou Ziwei pause and stop.
The pungent smell of gasoline was really unpleasant. Zhou Ziwei rubbed his nose hard, then waved his hand and shouted, "Disperse!" Then there was a loud "bang," and the huge water dragon seemed to have suddenly exploded. All the gasoline that made up the water dragon immediately dispersed and flew away, turning into layers of rain-like substances that fell into the entire military base.
"Burn!" Zhou Ziwei roared again, and more than a dozen small fireballs rose rapidly from his palms. Then, like shooting stars, they shot in all directions, quickly catching up with the rain of gasoline that was falling. Then they exploded with a "boom," carrying flames all over the sky in all directions.
And so very quickly... the gasoline that had been scattered across the sky was ignited by the flames, instantly turning the sky above the military base into a sea of fire. The magnificent spectacle left many people stunned, followed by screams of agony as they fled in all directions at top speed.
The scene was so breathtaking that many people, even those far away in downtown Washington, witnessed it. After all, Americans are a nation accustomed to nightlife, and for most Americans at this time, nightlife was just beginning. Suddenly seeing the spectacular sight of flames raging in the distant sky, they were all amazed and took out their phones and cameras to capture this amazing moment.
Most people assumed that the flame-shaped sky was just a firework display, never imagining that some audacious individual had used the entire gasoline reserves of a military base to create this massive firework in the sky. What a grand gesture!
Even the Soul Chaser, who had been hovering high in the sky wielding his ever-changing magical artifact, was startled by Zhou Ziwei's move. Watching the vast rain of fire crash down to the ground, instantly turning the entire military base into a raging inferno, the Soul Chaser's wrinkled face twitched violently. He turned to Zhou Ziwei, who stood motionless in mid-air without wielding any magical artifact, grinned wryly, and said, "You little brat... you're really ruthless... one move and a rain of fire fills the sky, uh... how many casualties will this cause... you know... most of these ordinary soldiers below have absolutely no connection to you!"
"So what?" Zhou Ziwei shook his head indifferently and said, "Some people may be related, and some people may not be related at all... But we don't have the ability or time to distinguish them bit by bit right now. I'm just trying my best to eliminate any forces that might be lying in ambush here. If we don't clear out most of them first... then if we really start fighting, even these ordinary soldiers who originally had nothing to do with us will become part of the encirclement. So... since they have now become an armed force here, there's no such thing as innocent or not innocent..."
Upon hearing this, Zhuihun was speechless for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that Zhou Ziwei was right. Since the person Zhou Ziwei wanted to save was hidden inside this military base, and since those people had already set up a trap here in advance, then regardless of whether these ordinary soldiers were specifically involved in this ambush, as long as the two of them entered the enemy's ambush, these most innocent and ordinary soldiers could very well receive orders from their superiors at any time to become the force to annihilate them.
So... Zhou Ziwei didn't actually do anything wrong, at least not from his perspective.
The reason why Zhuihun felt a pang of pity was mainly because he was originally a member of this country. Seeing Zhou Ziwei slaughtering his compatriots with bloody methods, it would be strange if he didn't feel anything at all...
"Boom, boom, boom..." As the rain of fire fell densely all around, turning the entire military base into a living hell, a series of violent explosions followed.
This is a military base, and one with strong military autonomy. The ammunition reserves here are extremely luxurious. Even a simple operation like firing a rake can consume millions of dollars worth of ammunition, which shows how vast the ammunition reserves are. However, this abundant ammunition reserve became a fatal flaw at this moment.
Although the fire prevention facilities in general ammunition storage areas are quite good, they couldn't withstand this rain of fire that swept across the entire military base, leaving no gaps. What's even more terrifying is that this rain of fire, once it fell on the ground and the buildings, would flow on its own, seeping into some more hidden places through any cracks.
The disoriented soldiers broke the fire hydrants and sprayed water indiscriminately with high-pressure water cannons. Instead of extinguishing the fire rain, the water flow carried a thick layer of fire rain, which quickly filled several ammunition depots with fire rain, triggering a series of earth-shattering explosions.
The fire lasted for a full ten minutes. In some areas, the fire gradually subsided due to the lack of additional fuel, while in other areas where the main structures of the buildings had already begun to burn, thick smoke billowed and flames soared into the sky. During those ten minutes, several large explosions occurred, and it is unknown how many people in the military base were burned or killed by the explosions. However, most of the ordinary soldiers managed to evacuate successfully, suffering only minor injuries at most.
Zhou Ziwei completely ignored those who fled. Although he was hard-hearted, he wasn't bloodthirsty. As long as someone didn't pose a significant threat to him for the time being, he didn't bother with their life or death. Naturally, he wouldn't insist on exterminating these pitiful creatures.
"It seems almost time." Seeing that there was hardly a single living person moving around on the surface of the military base below, Zhou Ziwei waved to Zhuihun, and then the two of them, one after the other, landed on the ground where the fire was still burning.
"Do you know where the person is hiding?" Seeing Zhou Ziwei's confident demeanor, Zhuihun couldn't help but ask curiously.
"It's not entirely certain yet, but we should be able to find it!" Zhou Ziwei said as he landed on a wide open space in the base compound.
"It should be down here. Let's break through the ground and go down!" Zhou Ziwei had already scanned the entire military base with his soul power earlier. The fact that there was a huge underground structure hidden below could not escape Zhou Ziwei's soul power.
However, the underground building obviously had another hidden entrance, and the method of entering that entrance should be quite complicated. But Zhou Ziwei was too lazy to study these mechanisms one by one. As long as he found the specific location, he could just dig a hole and crawl down.
Although the ground below isn't just made of earth and bricks, but also contains a lot of metal like steel bars and iron plates, Zhou Ziwei wouldn't be able to break through even with earth energy integrated into the soil. But... if he can't, he still has the King of Assassins, Soul Chaser! His Hundred Transformations Technique isn't just for show. When he was chasing Zhou Ziwei, he followed Zhou Ziwei and burrowed dozens of kilometers underground without being caught. And Soul Chaser doesn't know any earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic or technique), yet he can keep up with Zhou Ziwei's speed just with his Hundred Transformations Technique's giant drill. This shows just how powerful his Hundred Transformations Technique is.
Moreover, his versatile energy is unstoppable, unlike Zhou Ziwei's earth energy, which only works on materials with soil and rock structures. Once it encounters reinforced concrete or similar materials, it becomes helpless. Zhou Ziwei's big drill doesn't care what's in front of you; it just drills wildly and can make a big hole even if the wall is made of gold.
After receiving Zhou Ziwei's instructions, Zhuihun was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected Zhou Ziwei to know about the secret base beneath this location. The intelligence he had received earlier didn't seem to mention this... and... if it were specific intelligence obtained by spies, it should have pinpointed the exact location of the underground secret base's entrance! It wouldn't just give him a general location and leave him to dig underground by force!
Although Zhuihun had some doubts, he didn't say anything at the moment. Without saying a word, the entire Hundred Transformations Piece immediately detached from his body and quickly reassembled into a huge drill bit amidst a series of crackling sounds. Then, Zhuihun shouted and leaped up, landing headfirst on the ground with the huge drill bit on his head.
Then a low "whooshing" sound was heard. The huge drill bit drilled into the reinforced concrete ground as if a sharp knife had been inserted into a snowdrift. It easily broke through the ground and entered without any resistance.
Seeing this, Zhou Ziwei naturally didn't hold back and followed closely behind Zhuihun, burrowing underground.
Following the direction indicated by Zhou Ziwei, Zhuihun actually drilled down for more than fifty meters until he finally reached a hole with a "boom". The next moment, the two of them landed one after the other in a bright space.
This is a very spacious hall, with all the walls inlaid with high-end ceramic tile murals, which together form a circular, complete world map.
This was the first time Zhou Ziwei had ever seen such a huge map. He looked around with great interest before turning his attention to the three passageways around the hall that led to different directions.
"Which way should we go next?" Seeing that they had actually found the secret hidden underground by following Zhou Ziwei's instructions, Zhuihun had even more faith in Zhou Ziwei's eyesight. Seeing that there were still three forks in the road, he naturally asked Zhou Ziwei which way to go.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ziwei scratched his head and said, "Well... I'm not too sure either, but... I think we're in trouble right now. Let's deal with this problem first!"
As soon as Zhou Ziwei finished speaking, the lights that had illuminated the hall, making everything appear snow-white, suddenly went out, plunging the huge hall into complete darkness. Only a faint sliver of night light shone through the large hole that Zhuihun had just torn open.
"Watch out, someone might ambush us." Before Zhou Ziwei could finish his warning, a burst of gunfire erupted all around. In an instant, countless gun barrels appeared on the surrounding walls, and a barrage of bullets rained down on their location.
Zhuihun had naturally sensed the impending danger long ago. As soon as the light around him dimmed, he transformed his enormous, ever-changing magical artifact back into a huge iron cage, trapping him and Zhou Ziwei inside.
The large iron cage had large holes, and if it were just quietly covering the two people, it would be impossible to stop the bullets. So, Zhuihun used his spiritual power to drive the large iron cage to spin rapidly like a top, instantly shredding all the bullets coming from all directions into a pile of metal powder.
"Watch out for the ten o'clock position on the left... and the four o'clock position on the right... someone is trying to ambush us..." Zhou Ziwei's voice suddenly rang in Zhuihun's ears, startling him.
The sound clearly rang directly in his ears. Therefore, although the sound was extremely faint, Zhuihun heard it clearly. However, apart from Zhuihun, no matter how many people were closely following him, they would not be able to hear the sound at all.
Of course... if that blind girl from the Dragon Group were here, that would be a different story.
This is certainly not some kind of secret telepathic skill from martial arts novels, but rather a simple trick by which Zhou Ziwei manipulates wind energy to directly affect the air and create vibrations, thus generating sound.
Although it's just a small trick or skill, it's actually very practical when used.
Although Zhuihun was extremely curious, he couldn't ask any questions at this time. He simply held his breath, listened carefully, and tried to distinguish the sounds from the two directions Zhou Ziwei had mentioned amidst the continuous gunfire.
Unfortunately, even with his far superior hearing, Zhuihun couldn't detect any subtle sounds. He was starting to doubt whether Zhou Ziwei had misheard—he couldn't believe Zhou Ziwei's hearing was so much better than his. He hadn't heard a sound at all, so how could Zhou Ziwei have heard so clearly? This… it seemed that Zhuihun was the undisputed number one assassin in the assassin world, the one hailed as the King of Assassins… and yet the King of Assassins had been infiltrated right next to him without his knowledge, and even after being alerted, he hadn't discovered the two men's whereabouts. This… was incredibly embarrassing. He figured… this must just be a huge misunderstanding!
Zhuihun really didn't want to believe that there was such a big gap between himself and Zhou Ziwei, so he instinctively made this kind of doubt. But before he could ask, he felt Zhou Ziwei suddenly reach out a hand and flick it in the air.
Zhuihun was even more puzzled. Didn't you say there were ambushes from the ten o'clock position on the left and the four o'clock position on the right? Why are you launching hidden weapons into the air now? What's going on? But before Zhuihun could ask, he heard a soft voice transmission in his ear again: "Close your eyes."
Zhuihun was puzzled by this, thinking that it was pitch black here, so what difference would it make whether he opened his eyes or not? But he knew that Zhou Ziwei must have a reason for saying this, so without any hesitation, he immediately closed his eyes tightly as instructed. Just as Zhuihun closed his eyes, a soft "boom" suddenly erupted in mid-air, and then the entire underground space was completely enveloped by an extremely dazzling white light.
The white light was extremely dazzling. Even though Zhuihun had his eyes tightly closed, he could still feel the sharpness of the light. In an instant, his eyes felt a slight pain, and they immediately filled with tears.
What terrifyingly powerful light blasts...
Zhuihun was secretly startled, thinking to himself that it was fortunate that Zhou Ziwei had reminded him to close his eyes beforehand, otherwise, if he had been hit by this bright light, his eyes would probably have been seriously damaged, even if they hadn't been blinded! He didn't expect that this kid was really well prepared, he even prepared something like a bright light bomb.
However, Zhuihun immediately realized that he was probably wrong, because although he heard Zhou Ziwei raise his hand and flick something out, it was clear that Zhou Ziwei had not flicked out any physical object. It seemed to be just an energy body.
The light energy... instantly illuminated the entire underground hall, turning it as white as day.
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 638: Ineffective Attack
This wasn't the first time Zhou Ziwei had used the free transformation of energy outside the body, but this was the first time he had done the transformation of light energy.
This time, Zhou Ziwei first released a ball of pure, attribute-free energy, which floated into the air above the underground hall. Then, under the control of his soul consciousness, he suddenly transformed it completely into light energy.
The amount of attribute-less energy that Zhou Ziwei just released was quite substantial, enough to create two ordinary fireballs. With so much energy completely converted into light energy, one can imagine how intense the light emitted by this small ball of energy would be.
Even Zhou Ziwei, who was prepared, was quite shocked by the sudden burst of light. He and Zhuihun had both closed their eyes beforehand, but under such intense light, closing their eyes didn't seem to help much. Their thin eyelids couldn't block the light at all, leaving Zhou Ziwei with nothing but a white blur in his vision. At the same time, his tear ducts were stimulated, and tears involuntarily streamed down his face.
Even Zhou Ziwei and Zhuihun, who were prepared, were so strongly stimulated, let alone the two people who were quietly approaching Zhou Ziwei and Zhuihun, preparing to launch a sneak attack.
They clearly sensed the wisp of attribute-less energy that Zhou Ziwei had emitted earlier, and they all looked up in that direction without prior agreement. Although it was pitch black all around, people instinctively turn their heads to look in that direction when they suddenly hear an unusual sound, even in the dark and knowing they can't see anything.
Just as they looked up in that direction, Zhou Ziwei happened to change the properties of that energy mass at that crucial moment, turning it directly into pure light energy.
As a result, these two guys were in real trouble. Almost simultaneously, they felt as if a silver needle had been pierced into their eyes. The excruciating pain went straight to their heads, and they both covered their eyes, letting out a scream like wild beasts.
Hearing the opponent's screams, Zhuihun's spirits lifted. He knew his chance had come, so he immediately used his spiritual power to manipulate the Hundred Transformations of Spiritual Weapons, quickly combining them into a black gold greatsword, which he shot straight toward the person on the left at top speed.
This was essentially a surprise attack, and a surprise attack naturally requires catching the enemy off guard and making a swift and decisive victory. Therefore, Soul Chaser didn't waste time assembling too many small magical artifacts; he only managed to form a black gold greatsword before hastily launching a fierce attack on the target.
In this way, if the person is slightly careless due to the intense pain, allowing the sword to strike their vital point, then Zhuihun can kill them with a single strike. Conversely, if one were to combine a dozen or twenty black gold swords in pursuit of power, then the opponent would likely have already recovered from the dazed state caused by the sudden pain before Zhuihun could even unleash them to attack. In that case, there would be no longer any chance of a sneak attack.
The reason why Chasing Soul only attacks the enemy closest to him is that he has reason to believe that Zhou Ziwei will seize the most opportune moment to eliminate the other one.
After all, Zhou Ziwei was the one who created that ball of light, and no one was better able to seize the opportunity for this sneak attack than him. Therefore, Zhuihun felt that he only needed to focus on dealing with one person and there was really no need to worry about the life or death of the other enemy.
Just as his black gold sword flew out, he heard Zhou Ziwei urgently transmit a message to him: "No... you can't use spiritual power to deal with these people. They are monsters that can devour spiritual power."
It turned out that when the two people appeared, Zhou Ziwei had already keenly sensed the abnormality. Out of habit, he released a large amount of soul power to search the dark space around him. However, when his soul power scanned two locations, they suddenly and inexplicably disappeared without a trace.
Through the last bit of information fed back before the soul power disappeared, Zhou Ziwei could clearly feel that the vanished soul power directly touched the two people's bodies, and then, just like light entering a black hole, it was directly sucked in, and then completely severed from Zhou Ziwei's soul body.
Two people, two people who can devour the power of souls.
This immediately reminded Zhou Ziwei of the strange man shrouded in black robes he had encountered in that mysterious underground city. That guy was a monster that could devour soul power. Even Zhou Ziwei's soul roar couldn't harm him and would even become his nourishment. In the end, Zhou Ziwei unintentionally condensed a blue fireball with power far exceeding his usual strength, which was enough to kill the monster in one fell swoop.
This time, Zhou Ziwei encountered two monsters that could devour soul power once again, which naturally reminded him of the black-robed monster from before. In fact, the black-robed monster was not the only one that could devour soul power. Zhou Ziwei had also encountered those extremely terrifying soul-devouring flying insects in the ancient tomb under the bat cave before. Those annoying little insects also had this ability.
However, Zhou Ziwei now clearly sensed that the newcomers were two humanoid beings, so naturally they should have nothing to do with the Soul-Devouring Flying Insects.
These are definitely two formidable enemies. Both Zhuihun and Zhou Ziwei's main skills are related to spiritual power. Once this is countered, Zhuihun, the king of assassins who has been famous in the assassin world for decades, will be rendered useless and unable to play any role in this battle. He might even become a burden to Zhou Ziwei, who will have to cover for him.
Zhou Ziwei himself could only subdue these two guys by using skills from the natural energy system to attack.
However, this is only a possibility. In fact, the strength of these two monsters is still unknown. If they are similar to, or even stronger than, the black-robed monster that Zhou Ziwei encountered last time, then Zhou Ziwei and Zhuihun will be in big trouble today.
If Zhou Ziwei could condense another highly concentrated blue fireball like the one last time, it wouldn't be difficult to blast these two into dust in one go. However... the power of that blue fireball was truly terrifying. If it exploded at close range, at least Zhuihun would not be spared either, and would be blasted to pieces as well. Even whether Zhou Ziwei himself could escape this calamity was still unknown.
Although Zhou Ziwei was burned by that violent fire energy last time, he not only survived the fire but also benefited from the misfortune, comprehending the deeper mysteries of fire energy, which greatly increased his power when wielding fire energy.