173: Chapter 173 A close-range shot pierces through the fifth-tier body

The light from the teleportation array had not yet fully dissipated when the massive wreckage of the Sea Scale already loomed over the head of the Tier 5 entity.

Over two thousand survivors were sprawled on the ground, holding their breath.

Chen Chen sat in the pilot's seat, his hand gripping the control stick, without a single word of nonsense.

"Mio."

"Main cannon overload."

"Plug its mouth for me!"

Mio gripped the main console with both hands, her electronic pupils glowing to their limit.

"Deep Sea Fission Spear, thirty percent overload!"

"Fire!"

The broken bow of the Sea Scale suddenly opened, and three main weapon bays erupted with blinding blue-white nuclear light.

Zero distance.

Point-blank.

A blue beam ten meters in diameter shot out with earth-shattering kinetic energy, piercing directly into the gaping maw of the Tier 5 entity.

The beam continued downward, tearing through its chest cavity with unstoppable force.

Those layers of blood-origin heavy armor, which even artillery fire couldn't crack, melted instantly before the nuclear pulse, turning into hot, reddish-brown magma that dripped down.

A violent explosion erupted in mid-air.

The shockwave forced the A-grade shield of the Floating City down by two meters.

The Tier 5 entity let out a shrill, miserable scream, its massive body sent flying by the terrifying impact, crashing toward the Magnetic Storm Jungle outside the city.

Hundreds of floating giant trees along the way were smashed to pieces.

"Trying to run?"

Chen Chen pushed open the vehicle door and leaped down from a height of five hundred meters.

In mid-air, his brow twitched wildly.

176 points of Mental Power poured out without reservation.

Silver Mental Power tentacles twisted together in the air, condensing into a massive, materialized spear that struck down at the struggling Tier 5 entity's mental center.

With a muffled "thud."

The mental spear pierced into the opponent's brain region.

The Tier 5 entity's movements froze for a second.

Chen Chen landed steadily.

The rock layer beneath his feet shattered over a large area.

A twenty-five times Absolute Control: Gravity Field slammed down.

The Tier 5 monster, which had just been struggling to get up, was pinned firmly to the ground by this invisible force, its kneecaps shattering, and half its body sinking into the mud.

Jiang Jiuyou stood on the city wall, her hands moving so fast across the auxiliary command console that they left afterimages.

"Floating City firepower network, taking control."

"Sea Scale secondary battery array, merging."

"Full-band lock."

The aura of the Mechanical Empress: Starport Resonance affix expanded instantly, linking all hundreds of cannons on the city wall with the remaining weapon systems of the Sea Scale.

All ammunition was forced to carry ten percent true damage.

"Fire!"

A sky full of barrage poured down.

Armor-piercing shells, high-explosive shells, and electromagnetic pulses intertwined, all pouring into the wound on the Tier 5 entity that had been blasted open by the main cannon.

Flesh and blood flew everywhere.

The Tier 5 entity was thoroughly enraged, its massive claws slamming against the ground.

It opened its tattered giant maw, spewing a sky full of dark red corrosive blood rain.

The blood rain fell like a blanket, even corroding the alloy wreckage on the ground with a sizzling sound.

Chen Chen did not take a single step back.

His terrifying 197 points of constitution exploded in full force.

He strode forward into the blood rain.

As his tactical jacket touched the blood rain, it was instantly corroded into fragments and peeled off.

Large areas of firm, well-defined muscles were exposed to the air.

High-temperature steam continuously rose from his body, forcibly vaporizing the highly corrosive blood.

"Gravity Collapse."

"Activate!"

Chen Chen gripped the golden legendary Rift-Sky Gravity Ship-Slayer Blade with both hands.

The blade sliced through the air, directly tearing open a miniature black sphere.

The surrounding space was extremely twisted and pulled.

The Tier 5 entity's massive claws came crashing down with a gust of wind.

Chen Chen raised his blade.

He slashed upwards against it.

A brilliant purple-gold blade aura cut from bottom to top, following the wound on the monster's jaw all the way up.

The pulling force of Gravity Collapse forcibly tore its hard skull apart.

The blade penetrated without any resistance.

The massive head, along with the beating blood-origin core in its chest, was cleanly split in two by this single strike.

Its movements came to an abrupt halt.

The Tier 5 entity's massive body swayed twice before collapsing with a boom, kicking up a sky full of dust.

The battle was over.

The entire Floating City was deathly silent for a full five seconds.

Then, deafening, fanatical cheers shot straight into the sky, almost overturning the A-grade defensive dome.

Iron Wall, along with the remnants of the military under his command, knelt directly on the city wall, crying and laughing.

"It's dead! It's really dead!"

"A Tier 5! Cut down in one strike!"

Those survivors who had been causing trouble at the south gate earlier, attempting to open the gates and flee, were now slumped on the ground, one by one. Looking at the shirtless man outside the city holding a blade, their eyes held nothing but pure awe and fear.

A sky full of golden experience light rain drifted out from the Tier 5 corpse, scattering down onto the Floating City.

The Tyrant Totem on the city wall shone brightly, crazily absorbing this high-tier experience.

System notifications exploded crazily in Chen Chen's mind.

[Killed Tier 5 Blood-Origin Aberrant Tyrant!]

[Experience points overflowed significantly!]

[Level increased to 28!]

[Level increased to 29!]

[Level increased to 30!]

Chen Chen glanced at the panel.

Three levels in a row.

Thirty free attribute points.

All added to Spirit.

Mental Power soared from 176 points to 206 points.

A violent sensation of expansion came from the depths of his brain, and the coverage range of his Mental Power tentacles directly broke through the one-thousand-meter mark.

Chen Chen shouldered his ship-slayer blade and turned to walk toward the city gate.

The city gate opened wide.

Jiang Jiuyou led people out to meet him.

Su Xiaoqi jumped out of the vehicle and trotted all the way to Chen Chen, her eyes fixed on his steaming muscles.

"Brother, your clothes are gone."

Jiang Yanxue walked behind, her gaze sweeping over Chen Chen's broad back and firm waist and abdomen, the corners of her mouth curling into a dangerous arc.

"This physique, really not bad."

Blood Rose leaned against the city wall, twirling her red hair with her fingers, her eyes about to drip with water.

"If I had known, I would have gone down and gotten rained on too."

Chen Chen ignored them and turned to look at Shen Wanxing, who was cowering in the back.

"Come here."

Shen Wanxing hugged her shawl and shook her head repeatedly.

"I'm not going."

"It's too dirty."

"That thing is such a big lump, it must be disgusting."

Chen Chen walked over and lifted her up with one hand.

"A Tier 5 corpse."

"If you don't touch it today, you won't have food to eat tomorrow."

Shen Wanxing's eyes turned red with grievance as she was half-dragged by Chen Chen to the massive corpse.

She squatted on the ground, extended a fair finger, and cautiously poked the monster's remaining carapace.

Hum.

No purple light.

No golden light.

An unprecedented seven-colored beam of light exploded, shooting straight into the sky, directly dispersing the clouds above.

Anyone in the entire war zone could see this dazzling light just by looking up.

[Lucky Critical triggered!]

[Hundredfold multiplier activated!]

[Reward quality limit leap!]

System notifications rang out across the entire channel.

Shen Wanxing was stunned, looking at the several items that had appeared in her hands.

Chen Chen looked down.

[Obtained SSS-grade Territory Core: Deep Sea Tyrant God Heart]

[Obtained SS-grade Blueprint: Floating Dock Modification Platform]

[Obtained Tier 5 Blood-Origin Crystal × 500]

Shen Wanbing walked out of the city, looking at the data on the holographic panel, and even her usually calm face showed a crack.

"Chen Chen."

"SSS-grade core."

"The Floating City's rating can be maxed out directly."

"As for that modification platform, once it's built, the Sea Scale can complete repairs and upgrades under the city."

Chen Chen put the Deep Sea Tyrant God Heart into his ring.

"Well done."

He patted Shen Wanxing's head.

Shen Wanxing immediately climbed up the pole, grabbing his hand.

"Then you promise me to wash your hands twice."

"Wash three times."

The team started walking into the city.

Copper Hammer and a few NPCs had already run out with tools, looking at the Tier 5 materials all over the ground, rubbing their hands in excitement.

Chen Chen walked into the south gate.

Yi Chang was still standing in front of the console.

The black OL uniform she was wearing had been torn, the skirt slit up to the base of her thighs, revealing faint silver scales underneath.

Her pair of straight, slender legs were trembling slightly.

Having just transformed not long ago, and then forcibly suppressing hundreds of rioters, her stamina was exhausted to the limit.

Seeing Chen Chen walk over, Yi Chang forced herself to stand straight.

"Lord."

"The city is not in chaos."

"Not a single piece of the deck is missing."

Chen Chen walked up to her and stopped.

He didn't speak, but instead reached out directly and wrapped his arm around her slender, wasp-like waist.

Yi Chang let out a cry of surprise, her body tilting forward uncontrollably, crashing directly into Chen Chen's arms.

The high temperature radiating from Chen Chen's 197 points of constitution made her cold-blooded instincts instantly soften half her body.

Chen Chen's large palm moved down along her side, through the torn skirt, and pressed against the hidden scales on the outside of her thigh.

His fingertips gently caressed them.

Yi Chang gasped, her ice-blue vertical pupils instantly misting over.

Thousands of people around were all watching.

She bit her lower lip, her hands gripping Chen Chen's sturdy arm tightly, unable to even stand steadily.

"Well done."

Chen Chen's voice was not loud, but it clearly spread throughout the entire area.

"My Vice City Lord keeps her word."

Jiang Jiuyou stood a few meters away, watching this scene, gritting her silver teeth, almost crushing the sidearm in her hand.

Jiang Yanxue sneered softly and shouldered her blade.

"Legs going weak already?"

"Really useless."

Chen Chen did not let go, instead half-carrying Yi Chang toward the City Lord Tower.

Mio followed behind, her electronic pupils flashing with blue light, as she was synchronizing the Sea Scale's system data with Shen Wanbing.