93: Rampage

The Heartbinder struggled to rise from the broken wood and branches, his mutated arms hanging unnaturally, clearly severely injured from the previous heavy blow. He looked up at Lu Jianchuan, his electronic voice carrying an unprecedented, barely concealed shock:

"Such... pure power... I never expected that even injecting toxins couldn't trigger the second evolution, yet your rage... forcibly completed it?!"

As he spoke, the transformation on Lu Jianchuan's body didn't stop; instead, driven by surging fury, it progressed toward final completion!

The armor covering his entire body had drastically changed. It still had a silver-white base, but was now densely covered with dark red biological structures resembling exposed engine pipes and combustion chambers.

Large ceramic-like biological nozzles protruded noticeably from his shoulder armor, elbows, knuckles, knees, soles, and along the spine on his back, now glowing with a scorching orange-red light from within, as if molten lava flowed inside.

He looked like a living, breathing biomechanical machine born for destruction!

Second Form · Complete!

Lu Jianchuan's orange-red visor locked onto the Heartbinder. His body slightly crouched forward, adopting a ready-to-strike posture.

The next second—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The main propulsion nozzles on his back and the soles of his feet suddenly erupted with blazing white flames! The immense thrust instantly shattered the ground beneath his feet, and his entire body transformed into a red-and-white blur, advancing toward the Heartbinder at a speed beyond visual capture, almost teleporting right in front of him!

"Huh?!" The Heartbinder had no time to react effectively.

Lu Jianchuan's right fist, carrying the force of wind and thunder, swung upward from below, smashing toward his jaw!

Just before the fist connected, the auxiliary thrusters on the back of the fist briefly ignited, giving the punch explosive acceleration!

Rocket Uppercut!

"Thud!!!"

The Heartbinder was sent airborne by the uppercut, his body floating uncontrollably backward and upward.

And this was merely the first note of the symphony of destruction!

Before the Heartbinder could fall, Lu Jianchuan's fists had already become a storm of devastation.

With each punch thrown, the thrusters on his elbows or the backs of his fists ignited in extremely brief, violent bursts—not continuous jets, but explosive combustion at the moment of impact, providing secondary acceleration and devastating force to every strike!

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

The dense, drum-like, explosive impacts merged into one continuous, thunderous roar!

The Heartbinder's body was tossed like a leaf in a storm by this insane barrage of rocket-powered punches, shaking and twisting violently in mid-air. The mechanical exoskeleton and biological carapace on his surface emitted unbearable cracking sounds under this pure storm of force!

After the hurricane-like barrage of rocket-propelled strikes, Lu Jianchuan's raging Aura peaked!

He let out a roar that sounded nothing like a human—more like a Vicious Beast tearing its throat—as the dark red veins all over his body glowed to their utmost, madly gathering all energy into his right fist!

Facing the helplessly airborne Heartbinder, Lu Jianchuan drove this fist, concentrated with all his fury and power, like a cannon shot, squarely into the Heartbinder's abdomen!

Boom!!!

This was the heaviest, most explosive impact yet! The exoskeleton and internal structures of the Heartbinder's abdomen emitted a teeth-grating, utterly shattering sound under this punch!

However, the attack wasn't over! The moment his fist sank deep into the opponent's abdomen, all the thrusters on Lu Jianchuan's right arm—elbow, back of the fist, and even shoulder armor—ignited with unprecedented power for a second burst!

Rocket Propulsion · Second Stage Burst!

BOOM!!!

Even brighter, thicker torrents of white-hot flame erupted from the thrusters, propelling his fist to drive that destructive force completely and unreservedly into the Heartbinder's body!

"Pfft—!" The Heartbinder violently spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments, his electronic voice emitting a series of chaotic static.

Using the recoil from this second-stage burst, Lu Jianchuan stomped the ground, twisted his waist, and combined his body's momentum with the remaining thruster force through his right arm, executing a final exertion as if to shatter a mountain!

With a roar, the Heartbinder's body, as if hit by a starship's main cannon, transformed into a blurry afterimage, flying backward at a terrifying speed!

He smashed through two thick brick walls at the edge of the Botanical Garden without slowing, then skipped like a stone across the distant grass several times, each bounce plowing deep furrows, before finally crashing heavily into the concrete exterior wall of a Management Building hundreds of meters away with a dull thud. He was almost embedded in it, motionless.

Back at the scene, Lu Jianchuan, who had delivered this finishing blow, had several clear, porcelain-like cracks running from his knuckles to his shoulder armor on his right arm. Unstable dark red energy light leaked from the fissures. The overdrawn power had begun to backlash against him.

He stood there, his entire body emitting an unstable, dangerous Aura, his orange-red visor burning as if searching for the next target to destroy. The rampage state hadn't ended with the Heartbinder's defeat.

Just as Lu Jianchuan scanned his surroundings, looking for the next target—

Hum—!!!

An invisible yet highly penetrating high-frequency sound wave struck his back from the side like a hammer!

It was "Bone Chime"! He had clearly been lurking nearby and finally launched a sneak attack.

The sonic impact made Lu Jianchuan stagger, and fine cracks appeared on his thickly armored back. However, in his rampage state, his perception of pain was suppressed to a minimum.

Far from seriously injuring him, this sneak attack was like pouring cold water into boiling oil, fully igniting his most primal aggression!

He sharply turned his head, his orange-red visor instantly locking onto Bone Chime in the distance, whose hands had transformed into pale biological sonic cannons. Without hesitation, the thrusters at his feet erupted, propelling him forward with relentless, savage momentum like a fired cannonball, charging straight ahead!

Having witnessed the Heartbinder's Tragic situation, how could Bone Chime wait to be struck?

Experienced in combat, he predicted Lu Jianchuan's move the moment he started, executing a swift sideways dive to narrowly avoid the fatal charge.

Lu Jianchuan missed his strike, but his fists didn't pause. Using his momentum, his flame-wreathed fists rained down toward Bone Chime's evasive direction!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Bone Chime retreated repeatedly with seasoned footwork, each time barely dodging the rocket-powered punches capable of splitting mountains. One of Lu Jianchuan's punches missed, slamming heavily into the ground, creating a deep crater with spiderweb cracks. The intense shockwave even sent the just-landed Bone Chime airborne for a moment!

"Damn it!" Bone Chime panicked internally. Being airborne with no leverage was the most dangerous moment! He forcibly twisted his body, aiming his sonic cannons at the pursuing Lu Jianchuan, and activated them at full power!

Hum!!!

Another stronger sound wave erupted at close range, directly striking Lu Jianchuan's head! This time, the intense vibration affected his nervous System; even in his rampage state, he felt severe dizziness and nausea, his charge halting momentarily.

But the pause lasted only an instant!

"Roar—!!!"

A furious roar overpowered the sound wave's echo. Lu Jianchuan, enduring the turmoil in his mind, erupted again! He lunged forward, his dark-red-armored left hand clamping onto Bone Chime's head like an iron vise, the immense force nearly crushing his skull!

Then his right hand followed, pressing hard against Bone Chime's chest. Using absolute strength and weight, he slammed him from the air down to the ground!

Thud!!!

Bone Chime's back made intimate contact with the ground. The massive impact made him spit blood, his internal organs feeling displaced, and the structure of his sonic cannons temporarily disintegrated from the violent collision.

Given no chance to recover, Lu Jianchuan's right fist, flickering with unstable red light, was already pressed against his chest. This time, the thrusters on the knuckles didn't fire backward but redirected downward!

Flame Emission!

Boom————!!!

A white-hot, destructive energy jet, like a high-pressure flamethrower, blasted point-blank into Bone Chime's chest!

The pale bones and biological structures on his surface rapidly charred, carbonized, and disintegrated under extreme heat! His agonized screams were drowned in the roar of flames.

After several seconds of continuous emission, Lu Jianchuan released his grip. Bone Chime's chest and abdomen were horrifically charred, emitting wisps of smoke, completely unconscious.

Lu Jianchuan lifted the On the verge of death Bone Chime like trash and, with his last burst of berserk power, hurled him like a stone. He crashed through a ruined Landscape Wall and was buried under bricks and rubble.

After all this, Lu Jianchuan stood still, his body swaying violently. The cracks on his right arm armor spread further, and the restless dark red glow all over his body flickered like a candle in the wind.

The energy Burning wildly inside him had finally... run out.

The orange-red light in his visor completely extinguished. The armor all over his body, as if losing support, instantly shattered into countless light points, dissipating into the air, revealing the unconscious, pale-faced Lu Jianchuan within. He fell forward stiffly, hitting the ground heavily, losing all consciousness.

The battlefield finally fell into dead silence.