188: Exploding Fist

He flashed behind the masked person, who was completely covered.

Just as he thrust out his longsword, Yang Dian suddenly felt another threat from underground.

He released the longsword and tapped his foot on the ground, leaving his original position.

The next instant, dense ice spikes shot out from underground, forming a corridor of ice spikes along Yang Dian’s direction of retreat, aiming directly at his lower body.

“Damn it!”

Amidst his low curse, the longsword he had left behind the masked person flew up into the air, aiming straight for her back.

“Clang~”

As the sound of steel clashing rang out, Yang Dian also spoke, “Who are you?”

“The Ice Queen Stika of Western Europe, or Ice Girl Jessie of America?”

Yang Dian’s guess was not without reason.

Among the known City-Level Martial Artists on Earth, only these two had Awakened ice abilities.

“I…”

As the masked person opened her mouth, the star matter longsword, which had been repelled by her solid ice armor, suddenly disintegrated, turning into numerous long spikes of varying sizes.

The two thickest ones aimed directly at her crotch and rear, while the remaining 109 spikes, as thin as ox hair, aimed at her seven orifices—eyes, nose, mouth, ears—and various joints.

Unfortunately, although the masked person was replying, she remained fully on guard.

Before the spikes could pierce her body, her body was already covered by a layer of solid ice that appeared fragile but was indestructible.

“Fighting turtles is the most annoying thing.”

Muttering to himself, Yang Dian extended his Qi and Blood to his toes, crushing the ice spikes that emerged from the ground with one foot, while also spinning in the air and charging directly towards the masked person.

The masked person’s movements were also swift.

Seeing Yang Dian attacking her, she quickly reached out and brushed her hand in front of her.

Yang Dian’s vision was immediately obscured by a thick ice wall.

But this ice wall only lasted for an instant.

An instant later, dense cracks appeared on the ice wall.

At the core of the cracks was a bloody Dragon Claw with five fingers spread apart.

The Dragon Claw, with its fingers spread, suddenly clenched, and the entire ice wall disintegrated into countless ice flowers.

Yang Dian, with his hands transformed into Dragon Claws, burst out from the ice flowers, arriving in front of the masked person at a speed she couldn’t react to.

Facing those azure eyes, Yang Dian, with his left foot placed beside her, raised his palm and thrust it directly at her chin.

His right knee also simultaneously lifted, striking her abdomen.

“Bang~” “Crack~”

The sound of impact and the sound of ice shattering occurred simultaneously; as the masked person was sent flying by Yang Dian’s knee, his right hand, which hadn’t managed to jab into her chin, then reached down, grabbing the masked person’s right foot, which had been lifted off the ground by the knee strike, and swung her in a circle to smash her to the ground.

As he smashed her to the ground, Yang Dian’s gaze swept over the more than a hundred star matter long spikes that had bounced onto the ground.

Then, the long spikes suddenly stood upright, their sharp tips pointing directly at the sky.

Just as he was about to smash the masked person onto the ground where the star matter long spikes stood, an inexplicable cold wind suddenly appeared from nowhere, instantly freezing Yang Dian into an ice sculpture.

“Damn it!!!”

Inside the ice sculpture, Yang Dian squeezed out an angry curse from his throat.

But it was useless.

The thin layer of ice on him seemed to have turned into ten-thousand-year profound ice, seemingly indestructible, and no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn’t break free.

In a daze, a flash of insight struck him.

Yang Dian suddenly recalled the strange stone slab he had seen in Professor Shen Fei’s laboratory.

With a thought, the stone slab instantly appeared in Yang Dian’s mind.

The moment he visualized the stone slab, an extreme feeling of rage surged from the depths of his heart.

“Thump~” “Thump~” “Thump~”

After three heartbeats that made one’s Bloodline surge, Yang Dian’s muscles suddenly tensed, instantly shattering the ice covering his body.

His eyes, covered in bloodshot veins, emitted a crimson glow.

Endless killing intent and rage seemed capable of engulfing heaven and earth.

His right hand clenched into a fist.

His entire body’s Qi surged.

All his strength and Qi and Blood converged into a single punch.

“Yin and Yang Strike!”

The punch shot out like a Dragon, turning into an afterimage, and slammed heavily into the masked person, who had just let out a sigh of relief.

“Bang~”

Time seemed to stand still.

A trace of confusion flashed in the masked person’s azure eyes.

But before she could accept reality, her body was folded into a > shape by the punch.

Her clothes disintegrated in the Mach ring, and she slammed heavily onto the sand dune.

“Hiss~ Hah~” “Hiss~ Hah~”

He took two deep breaths.

Having caught his breath, Yang Dian reached out and clenched his hand; the star matter, scattered by the strong wind, transformed into shimmering star dust, falling into his hand and taking the form of a long spear.

Then, the long spear was thrown from Yang Dian’s hand, following the masked person’s Qi, and plunged straight towards her.

After completing everything, Yang Dian finally lost all his strength and sat down on the ground.

Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath, forcibly erasing the visualized stone slab from his mind; at the same time, the endless rage seemed to vanish from Yang Dian as if it had never appeared.

“Hoo~”

Exhaling the impure Qi he had inhaled deeply, Yang Dian then saw a silver hand extend towards him.

It was Scar, who was still in a state of war, who had come to his side, wasn’t it?

“Well fought, comrade.”

Reaching out to grasp Scar’s hand and letting it pull him up, Yang Dian shook his head again:

“My combat experience is still lacking; with a few more battles, there should be better ways to handle things.”

Scar blinked, then nodded and said:

“Indeed.”

“You don’t carry enough equipment.”

“During the combat preparation phase, you should have all weapons and equipment ready, so that you have a complete combat plan when facing any enemy.”

After speaking, Scar touched his large gold chain, and two pairs of handcuffs, two pairs of leg shackles, and a collar appeared in his hand:

“Ice Shackles, which can restrict the ice power of those with ice talents.”

“Carbon-gold shackles, even a Martial Artist in the Qi Blood Smoke Realm would find it difficult to break free with their own strength if shackled.”

“Nano-electronic collar, containing a nano-positioning device and nano-bomb; once worn and leaving a restricted area, it will detonate directly.”

Yang Dian blinked:

“How do you have these kinds of things?”

“I’m always learning,” Scar said matter-of-factly:

“Carrying this equipment is knowledge I gained from learning, which allows me to better deal with more complex situations.”

Yang Dian gave Scar a thumbs-up:

“Amazing, Brother Scar~” After praising Scar, Yang Dian took the handcuffs, leg shackles, and collar with Scar’s smug expression, and walked towards the deep pit on the sand dune.

He strolled to the edge of the sand dune.

In the deep pit, the figure with a hole punched through her stomach, a star matter long spear piercing her shoulder, her clothes completely torn to shreds by the sonic boom, and her aura extremely weak, as if she could breathe her last at any moment, also appeared in Yang Dian’s sight.

“Hmm, never seen her.”

His portable detector had long been destroyed by Qi and Blood during the battle, so Yang Dian could only try to identify her based on memory.

“So, she’s a City-Level combatant not on record?”

Muttering to himself, Yang Dian paid no mind to her complete nakedness, directly shackling her with handcuffs and leg shackles, then fastening the electronic collar around her neck.