448: Chapter 448 Breakthrough in Desperate Circumstances

Grant slashed with his blade once more before finally ordering them to stop.

He withdrew his long blade, his face turning green with anger.

He alternated between cursing and roaring.

The tremendous voice blasted the surrounding lackeys into retreating repeatedly.

"Damn it! A Fifth-Order Martial Artist! Wearing a Sixth Rank armor! Using peak grade Universe Crystal!"

"With so many of us! Having fought for nearly an hour! We haven't even harmed a single hair of his!"

"What kind of world is this! A Fifth-Order Martial Artist is even wealthier than me!"

After cursing for a good while, Grant calmed down slightly.

He shouted at Wang Tianming again, his tone changing repeatedly—from threats to enticements, and from enticements to acting pitiful.

"Kid, come out! Let's have a proper talk!"

"Don't you just want to stay alive? Give the armor to me, and I guarantee to send you back to the Lingyuan Empire!"

"How about this, give the armor to me, and I'll take you as my confidant. Follow me from now on and live the high life!"

Wang Tianming completely ignored him.

He didn't even lift an eyelid.

Grant's voice echoed in the Void Realm for a good while.

But it was like a pebble thrown into a deep pool, receiving not the slightest response.

Furious, he let out loud yells and slashed wildly with his long blade in the Void Realm several times, hacking half of the metal plate he was standing on into pieces.

The scene quieted down.

In the end, Grant still led his men to surround the area from all directions.

They surrounded Wang Tianming, their gazes filled with both hatred and covetousness.

After waiting for about an hour,

a beam of light lit up in the depths of the Dark Universe.

A pitch-black Fifth-Order spaceship sailed over from the distance.

The hull was slender, with the emblem of the Void Hunter Group engraved on its surface.

It was a black falcon with its claws spread open.

The spaceship hovered above the wreckage.

The hatch slid open, and a tall figure walked out.

Wayne.

The supreme leader of the Void Hunter Group, a Tier 7 Early Stage Martial Artist.

He wore a set of dark golden armor, old in style with some worn-out edges.

But the aura of that Tier 7 powerhouse spread out, making the entire Void Realm quiet for a split second.

His gaze landed on Wang Tianming.

A Fifth-Order Martial Artist wearing a silver-gray Sixth Rank armor.

Wayne's eyes suddenly lit up.

That piece of armor was even newer than the one on his own body.

Its surface was as smooth as new, without even a single scratch.

He had truly scored a huge bargain this time.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Wayne said the word "good" three times in succession, and turned his head to look at Grant.

"Grant, you brat have rendered a great service this time! I will richly reward you afterwards!"

Grant cursed inwardly, but piled his face with smiles on the outside:

"Boss, you're too polite! It's only right to work for you!"

Wayne didn't say anything more.

A Tier 7 wind element World Projection suddenly unfolded.

An invisible wind field enveloped the entire wreckage area.

There was no momentum of howling gales, only an oppressive feeling dense to the extreme.

Fine wind blades condensed in the Void Realm, densely packed and numbering in the tens of thousands.

Like countless invisible blades, they surged toward Wang Tianming from all directions.

Wang Tianming's heart suddenly sank.

Tier 7.

He hadn't expected the enemy boss to actually be a Tier 7 Martial Artist.

A Fifth-Order Martial Artist wearing Sixth Rank armor fighting a Sixth Rank Martial Artist.

He couldn't run away, but the other party couldn't do anything to him either.

But facing a Tier 7 Martial Artist, it was completely different.

If Wayne hadn't been afraid of damaging the armor and only used "gentle" methods like the World Projection, Wang Tianming would already be dead.

Wayne's attacks were precise and restrained.

The power of those wind blades was deliberately suppressed to the minimum, constantly cutting, entangling, and eroding the surface of the armor.

The armor could weaken eighty percent of a Tier 7 Martial Artist's attacks.

But the remaining twenty percent was enough to injure his Fifth-Order Physical Body through resonance and conduction.

The energy inside Wang Tianming's body began to deplete rapidly.

That Sixth Rank armor was operating at full capacity, resisting the erosion of the World Projection.

Every time it absorbed an attack, it drained a massive amount of his energy.

Gritting his teeth, Wang Tianming took out several pieces of peak grade Universe Crystal and absorbed them simultaneously.

Energy surged into his body, only to be instantly drained away by the armor.

The absorption speed barely kept up with the consumption, but there was no extra surplus left.

Wayne let out a sneer.

He could perceive the energy flow inside Wang Tianming's body.

This guy had absorbed so many peak grade Universe Crystals, yet couldn't store even a tiny bit of excess energy.

The gap between the Fifth Order and the Seventh Order was simply too huge.

Wayne increased his strength by a few notches.

The density and power of the wind blades were elevated by a notch simultaneously.

Wang Tianming's energy consumption suddenly intensified.

The absorption speed completely failed to keep up with the consumption speed.

The remaining energy inside his body began to drop at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this from the side, Grant hurried to flatter him:

"Boss is mighty! This kid won't be able to hold on much longer!"

"As soon as Boss makes a move, it is truly extraordinary!"

"We fought for nearly an hour, and Boss drove him to a desperate situation in just a few breaths!"

Hearing these words, the corners of Wayne's mouth lifted slightly.

In a few minutes, Wang Tianming's energy was about to hit rock bottom.

The glow of the armor began to dim once again. This time it was truly dimming, its brightness dropping section by section.

Wang Tianming's hands were trembling.

He wasn't afraid of death.

He had been prepared for it long ago.

But what he feared was failing to complete his master's task.

The items his master had asked him to escort were still inside the Space Ring.

The supernova flare crystal, the branches and leaves of the Void Purple Thunder Bamboo, and those peak grade Universe Crystals.

Gritting his teeth, Wang Tianming took out a supernova flare crystal from the Space Ring.

Among the ten hill-like supernova flare crystals, he took out one of them.

He had never absorbed such a thing before, but at this moment he could no longer care about so much.

He held that crystal in his palm and began frantically absorbing it.

A burst of energy, so violent that it was nearly out of control, poured into his Meridians.

It was a hundred times more ferocious than the peak grade Universe Crystal.

Wang Tianming's Meridians were stretched to excruciating pain, and blood spilled from the corners of his mouth.

But that surge of energy indeed allowed him to hold on for a few more breaths.

The glow of the armor was barely maintained and did not continue to dim.

Wayne let out an "oh" sound, slightly surprised.

But that was all.

The next moment, his World Projection suddenly contracted, and then suddenly expanded.

The number and power of the wind blades surged simultaneously.

The energy inside Wang Tianming's body began to plummet rapidly once again.

This time it was even faster, so fast that he didn't even have time to feel despair.

The glow of the armor grew dimmer and dimmer.

Just at the moment when the energy inside his body was about to be completely exhausted...

He suddenly felt a strange palpitation.

The Bottleneck that had been stuck for goodness knows how long cracked open a tiny slit at this very instant.

A fire Domain suddenly appeared around his body.

That layer of churning dark-red fire sea spread out against the outer edge of the armor; although weak, it truly existed.

Wang Tianming was stunned at first, and then overjoyed.

He had achieved a Breakthrough.

He stepped from Fifth-Order Perfection into Sixth Rank Early Stage.

But before he even had time to rejoice, he discovered that the situation had not improved.

The slight energy enhancement brought by the Breakthrough was as weak as a candle flame encountering a torrential rain in front of the oppression of the World Projection.

His heart suddenly sank.