Chapter 38 A Hammer Falling from the Sky
The helicopter did not land but hovered at a low altitude.
The cabin door opened, and a figure leaped directly out!
From a height of several dozen meters, he plummeted like a meteorite. Yet, as he neared the ground, his body swayed lightly, as if supported by the aura of wind and thunder beneath his feet, and he landed steadily on the ground in front of Chen Guodong and the others, stirring up only a ring of dust.
The person who arrived wore a black combat uniform, stood tall and straight, and carried a dark, massive hammer in his hand—it was Zhang Fan!
"Zhang Fan!"
"Minister Zhang!"
Chen Guodong and Ye Zhenxi were both surprised and delighted. They were surprised that he had come alone, but delighted that, in this desperate situation, they had finally seen a powerful acquaintance.
"Minister Chen, Inspector Ye." Zhang Fan nodded at them as a greeting, then his gaze moved past them and landed on the giant beast ravaging the distance.
"Zhang Fan, are you the only one? This... this is a Lord-level Ferocious Beast!" Chen Guodong asked hurriedly.
"The Huahai Command Center said that the reinforcements from Xijing Martial Arts University, led by Su Wan, will also arrive soon..."
"Su Wan?" Zhang Fan raised an eyebrow, thinking of that school beauty classmate who studied at Xijing Martial Arts University. But he immediately shook his head.
"No need to wait for them. They are far away from here; I'm afraid by the time they arrive, half of Songjiang City will have already been destroyed."
Amidst the stunned gazes of Chen Guodong and Ye Zhenxi, Zhang Fan weighed the mystic heavy mountain-collapsing hammer in his hand.
"I should be able to take down this ferocious beast by myself."
"What?!" Chen Guodong and Ye Zhenxi exclaimed in disbelief, thinking they had misheard.
That was a Lord-level! Although Zhang Fan was strong and could kill an Eighth-Rank, a Lord-level was an entirely different concept!
In the distance, Liu Qian and the others hiding behind cover also vaguely saw Zhang Fan's figure and heard his calm yet earth-shattering words.
"It's Zhang Fan! He's here!"
"What did he say? Take it down by himself?"
"Is he crazy?!"
The students were shocked beyond belief, and Liu Qian even covered her mouth, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Zhang Fan did not offer any further explanation.
Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. He also happened to want to see if he, a Ninth-Rank martial artist combined with a Ninth-Rank secret technique, could truly go head-to-head with a genuine Lord-level beast!
"Wind-Thunder Extreme Body!"
With a flash of lightning beneath his feet, Zhang Fan's figure suddenly vanished from where he stood, turning into a streak of lightning difficult for the naked eye to track, shooting directly toward the mountain-like giant beast in the distance!
"What incredible speed!" Ye Zhenxi's pupils constricted. This speed far exceeded any Eighth-Rank martial artist she had ever seen!
In just a few breaths, Zhang Fan had crossed the ruined streets and approached the monster known as the "Corrosive Giant Lizard Lord."
The Giant Lizard Lord seemed to notice the approach of this "little bug," but it didn't care at all, casually swatting a paw toward a crumbling building nearby.
Zhang Fan used the ruined walls and debris to gain leverage several times, agile as a monkey. He actually surged upward along the Giant Lizard Lord's descending forelimb, and with a few leaps, he jumped onto its back, which was as wide as a plaza!
"Collapse Hammer Method!"
Zhang Fan gathered all his strength into his arms, his Dragon-Elephant Source Body Technique roaring with blood energy, and the mystic heavy mountain-collapsing hammer, carrying a dark light that seemed to crack space, smashed fiercely into a joint in the bone armor on the Giant Lizard Lord's neck!
"Clang!!"
A loud explosion rang out! A violent wave of air erupted from the point of impact and spread outwards!
Zhang Fan felt his arms go numb, his body slid back several meters due to the recoil, and his feet plowed sparks into the rough bone armor.
Yet, the Giant Lizard Lord only had a slight indentation in the bone armor on its neck, with a few tiny cracks appearing; not even its skin was broken! Instead, this attack completely enraged it!
"Roar!!"
A deafening roar swept through the area! The Giant Lizard Lord suddenly stood up on its hind legs and frantically shook its body, wanting to throw off the "bug" on its back!
At the same time, it opened its massive maw, and a plume of incredibly dense, dark green toxic mist sprayed indiscriminately toward its own back like a high-pressure water gun!
Wherever the toxic mist passed, the air made "hissing" sounds of corrosion. Some of the smaller bone spurs on its back that were touched by the mist were quickly corroded, softened, and began to smoke!
The nearby building, upon being touched by this toxic mist, was directly corroded into sludge!
"What a tough turtle shell! What poisonous breath!"
Zhang Fan activated his Wind-Thunder Extreme Body, dodging the encroaching toxic mist.
"Is this armor really that tough? Then..."
Zhang Fan's thoughts raced, and he instantly made a decision.
He activated his secret technique, Dragon Elephant Eight Desolations Cinder Dragon!
Eight Desolations Shaking Prison!
"Boom boom boom boom...!!"
With Zhang Fan as the center, within a radius of twenty meters, the earth trembled violently, and eight massive totem pillars, over a meter in diameter and made entirely of crimson destructive flames, rose up imposingly! Together, they formed a scorching, highly suppressive flame domain.
The flame domain instantly restricted the giant beast's massive body, greatly limiting its movement.
Zhang Fan's figure dashed toward a high-rise building to the side.
His toes tapped against the debris, and his figure rose rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, he had rushed to the roof of this twenty-plus-story building.
The armed helicopter from Qinggang City, under the pilot's operation, was circling and approaching the rooftop.
At the cabin door, Pang Panshi's face appeared.
"Brother Fan!" Pang Panshi roared.
Zhang Fan leaped, his figure shooting toward the helicopter in the air!
"Slap!"
He accurately grabbed the helicopter's landing gear, exerted strength in his arms, twisted his waist, and nimbly flipped into the cabin.
"Fatty, ascend! Get directly above it!" Zhang Fan spoke at a rapid pace.
"Understood!" Pang Panshi immediately pushed the control stick.
The helicopter's engine roared, and it climbed rapidly.
Two hundred meters... two hundred fifty meters... three hundred meters!
Looking down from this height, the mountain-like Giant Lizard Lord below still appeared very large. It was angrily waving its claws, swatting at the flame totem pillars scorching its hind legs, wanting to break free.
"Brother Fan, you... are you really going to do that?" Pang Panshi looked down, his voice trembling.
Jumping down from this height, utilizing gravitational acceleration, the power would certainly be terrifying, but it was equally extremely dangerous!
"Yeah."
The blood energy within Zhang Fan's body surged like a mighty river.
The Dragon-Elephant Source Body Technique operated at full power, and the Collapse Hammer Method coalesced.
Immediately afterward, Zhang Fan stepped forward and leaped down from the three-hundred-meter height! His figure plummeted rapidly, the wind whistling in his ears.
Zhang Fan's speed became faster and faster!
All the strength in his body flowed through his joints, finally converging entirely into his arms and pouring into the hammerhead!
At this moment, the mystic heavy mountain-collapsing hammer seemed to become millions of times heavier, and the air around the hammerhead twisted and collapsed!
When he was still a dozen meters away from the Giant Lizard Lord's head, Zhang Fan unleashed an earth-shattering force, bombarding it with all his strength, the terrifying potential energy of his descent, and the annihilating true intent of the Collapse Hammer Method!
The hammerhead pointed directly at the relatively fragile junction of the bone armor on the Giant Lizard Lord's brow!