176: Chapter 176 Steel Fortress! Immune to Physical Forces! A Desperate Nemesis!

The moment the voice fell, a response came from the shadows of the opposing player's tunnel.

Thud!

That wasn't a voice, but an incredibly heavy metallic footstep.

It was as if a hundred-pound giant hammer had slammed fiercely against everyone's hearts, causing the entire arena to vibrate.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The footsteps were steady and unhurried, each step carrying the oppressive weight of a mountain, as it slowly emerged from the depths of the tunnel.

A massive figure was finally exposed under the light of tens of thousands of searchlights.

"Oh my god..."

"This... what kind of monster is this!"

The moment they saw the figure clearly, the entire audience, both online and offline, collectively gasped.

It was a behemoth over three meters tall.

Its entire body was cast from a strange, dark gold alloy, reflecting a cold and ruthless luster under the lights. Its body was filled with the violent aesthetics of industrialization, with complex mechanical structures and dense energy circuits covering its entire frame; its two scarlet electronic eyes, like two lanterns from Hell, scanned the arena emotionlessly.

It was not human.

It was a walking steel fortress, a war weapon born purely for slaughter.

It was, Titan!

"Gulp."

The commentator swallowed hard, their voice slightly distorted by shock: "Friends in the audience, this... this is the contestant from the Mechanical Cult, Titan! This size, this sense of oppression, it's practically a living mecha!"

In the VIP seating area, Li Pojun saw this scene, a satisfied, sinister grin finally appearing on his face.

"Die! Lin Qi! Let's see how you use those ridiculous fists of yours to break this steel fortress!"

Beside him, Li Qingcang picked up a freshly poured cup of hot tea, his expression calm, as if he had already foreseen Lin Qi being dismantled into spare parts.

Just then, on the holographic screen above the arena, Titan's detailed attributes were clearly displayed.

[Name: Titan-7]

[Class: Mechanical Arbiter]

[Core Traits: Anti-Shock Alloy Armor (80% Physical Damage Reduction), Automatic Target-Lock Fire Control System]

When the large golden text [80% Physical Damage Reduction] popped up, the entire stadium instantly plunged from a roaring, tsunami-like clamor into dead silence.

Everyone was stunned.

A few seconds later, it completely exploded into chaos.

"Fuck! Eighty percent physical damage reduction?! Is this shit a stat a human can have?"

"Cheating! This is definitely cheating! Can you even play the game like this?"

"It's over! How the Hell are we supposed to fight this! Lin Qi's attacks are all physical damage; dealing one hundred damage only results in twenty points of damage, this is basically just scraping the skin!"

"Tianji Pavilion and the Li family have no shame! They've flipped the table! They even brought in a monster specifically designed to counter Lin Qi!"

In the Longya Academy lounge, Zhang Wei slumped to the floor, his face ashen.

"Iron turtle... this isn't just an iron turtle anymore, this is an ultimate iron turtle with eighteen layers of bulletproof steel plates on its shell! How is Brother Qi supposed to fight this?"

Instructor Su Qing and Elder Mo were also grave; they could see that Lin Qi's martial arts Realm was very high, but no matter how high the Realm, what could be done against such an unreasonable "Rule-level" damage reduction?

On the arena, Lin Qi looked at the true "lump of iron" before him, his eyes showing not a trace of fluctuation.

He simply slowly tightened his grip on the hilt of the door-sized zhan ye heavy sword behind him.

His cold gaze, like a scalpel, scanned the steel fortress back and forth, seemingly searching for something.

"Clang—!"

The bell signaling the start of the match rang out thunderously amidst the tense atmosphere under the gaze of the masses.

No probing, no hesitation!

The moment the bell fell, Titan's scarlet electronic eyes flashed violently.

[Target locked.]

[Initiating, suppression fire.]

As the cold, synthesized electronic voice still echoed within it, the dark gold armor on its shoulders and arms instantly slid open, revealing rows of pitch-black, hideous gun barrels!

The next second!

Vroom—!

Dense energy projectiles dragged blue exhaust flames behind them, like a torrential downpour!

Swish, swish, swish!

Dozens of micro-missiles, carrying piercing shrieks, wove together into a web of death!

The entire arena was completely covered by endless artillery fire in an instant!

"Dodge!"

Instructor Su Qing stood up abruptly, her heart in her throat!

Boom! Boom! Rumble!

The explosive firelight and rolling smoke instantly engulfed Lin Qi's figure, the entire sturdy alloy arena trembling violently as countless fragments were blown into the air by the shockwave.

The audience could only see a sea of fire; they couldn't see the situation inside at all.

"Lin Qi!"

Zhang Wei let out a desperate scream.

"Is it over? Was he blown to bits?"

Everyone's heart sank to the bottom.

However, within that sea of fire, a blurry black shadow, like a ghost, was moving at high speed through the gaps in the artillery fire!

[Ghost Shadow Yu Step]!

Lin Qi's figure was so fast it broke the limits of the naked eye!

The footwork under his feet was profound and unpredictable; every dodge and shift precisely avoided the lethal trajectories.

A missile had just exploded where he had been standing a second before, but his figure had already appeared ten meters away.

A barrage of energy projectiles had just blasted a huge crater into the ground, but he, like a weightless falling leaf, drifted away, skimming against the violent airwaves.

He was dancing on the tip of a blade, strolling through a sea of fire!

The commentator roared excitedly: "He's not dead! Lin Qi is not dead! He dodged it! Oh my god! He's dodging the artillery fire! He is unscathed under this density of suppressing fire!"

The entire audience watched the black shadow continuously flashing amidst the fire, erupting into incredulous gasps.

Just then, having dodged the round of bombardment, Lin Qi finally found a fleeting gap.

His eyes suddenly became sharp!

This is it!

He stomped hard, his whole body like a cannonball leaving the chamber, instantly tearing through the smoke and fire, launching a charge toward the steel fortress!

The short distance of tens of meters was crossed in a single step!

He leaped high, and while in the air, he had already drawn the zhan ye heavy sword from his back!

"Roar!"

An invisible roar exploded from his chest, and the liquefied True Qi within his body surged frantically into the sword!

A faint golden light seemed to illuminate the pitch-black zhan ye heavy sword!

Lin Qi held the sword with both hands, gathering all his strength, and with the overwhelming force capable of splitting mountains and shattering rocks, he slashed down fiercely with a [Thunder-Shock Slash] toward Titan's completely undefended chest!

He wanted to use this strike to tell everyone that so-called technological barriers were just a joke in front of him!

"Shatter for me!"

Clang—!!!!

A sound of metal clashing that was enough to pierce eardrums resounded thunderously throughout the arena!

The sound was so loud that the audience in the front row couldn't help but cover their ears in pain!

Countless people stared fixedly at the center of the arena.

However, the next second, a scene that made everyone's eyes nearly pop out appeared.

Lin Qi's violent heavy sword, capable of splitting mountain rocks, had landed solidly on Titan's chest armor.

The result was that it only left a shallow, almost negligible white scratch on that dark gold armor!

There wasn't even a dent!

At the same time, a recoil force so powerful it was hard to imagine surged back frantically along the sword!

"Ugh!"

Lin Qi groaned, feeling as if his web between thumb and forefinger had been struck by a giant hammer; it instantly went numb, and he was uncontrollably sent flying backward by that immense force, flipping several times in the air before landing heavily on the ground, stumbling back seven or eight steps before barely stabilizing his stance.

Before he could even catch his breath, Titan's attacks followed in quick succession.

Its massive alloy arm, like a meteorite falling from the heavens, came crashing down toward the top of Lin Qi's head with a whistling wind that tore through the air!

If this strike landed, even a small hill would be razed to the ground!

Lin Qi's pupils contracted, and he was forced to abandon all thoughts of attacking, exerting force under his feet to dodge away again.

Boom!

The giant iron fist slammed into the spot where he had just been standing, and the entire arena caved in to form a terrifying, deep crater!

Conventional attack methods were completely ineffective in front of this steel fortress.

For the first time, in a pure physical confrontation, Lin Qi had fallen into a sorry predicament where he could only passively take a beating!

On the arena, Titan slowly retracted its fist, its scarlet electronic eyes locking onto the panting Lin Qi in the distance.

The cold, emotionless synthesized electronic voice resounded throughout the arena.

"Physical attacks ineffective. According to database analysis, your defeat is inevitable."