158: Li Huaishan's formidable strength

Watching Li Huaishan Li Huaishan approach him, the onlookers saw a look of gravity on the ugly face of the Great Lizard commander, Long Tail, for the first time.

The Great Lizard commander immediately raised the giant blade in his hand, assuming a defensive stance.

“Yo! So this ugly thing actually knows how to be afraid!” Li Huaishan Li Huaishan teased as he watched the creature's movements.

But in the next second, Li Huaishan Li Huaishan appeared in front of Long Tail as if he had teleported. Without any fancy moves, he delivered a heavy, powerful downward strike toward Long Tail!

Boom!

Long Tail's reaction was also extremely fast. He blocked horizontally with his giant blade, attempting to catch Li Huaishan Li Huaishan's slash. However, he still underestimated Li Huaishan Li Huaishan's strength. With a loud explosion, the dust on the ground was kicked up by their clash, creating a cloud of smoke.

The smoke quickly dissipated. When the crowd looked again, Long Tail's entire body had been hammered into the ground, with half his body buried in the soil. Around him, a deep crater over ten meters in diameter had appeared.

At this moment, Long Tail was in poor condition. His arms were covered in oozing green blood, and his giant blade had been sent flying into the distance. This individual, whom the Defense Department regarded as extremely dangerous, now appeared as wretched as a bullied small animal in front of Li Huaishan Li Huaishan.

“Not bad. Surviving a full-strength strike from me—you certainly are thick-skinned!” After the strike, Li Huaishan Li Huaishan commented as he rested the giant blade on his shoulder.

Swish!

Then came the sound of breaking wind as Li Huaishan Li Huaishan delivered a horizontal slash. A head that was clearly different from a normal Great Lizard's soared into the sky. From where Long Tail stood, jets of green blood sprayed out. With that, the battle ended in a complete victory for Li Huaishan Li Huaishan.

At the edge of the battlefield, everyone swallowed hard as they watched Li Huaishan Li Huaishan completely demolish the Great Lizard commander. Long Tail hadn't even had a chance to attack just now; otherwise, they might have all been killed before reinforcements arrived. Yet, such a powerful Long Tail had been slain in just two rounds by Li Huaishan Li Huaishan. What an exaggerated level of combat power!

Everyone thought that this person's combat power had definitely reached the level of an Elder-class Warrior or higher!

“Minister Ouyang, which lord from headquarters is this? He's so fierce, I don't think I've seen him before?” The elite captain standing next to Ouyang Jing, who had just escaped death, asked with a mix of nervousness and admiration. He felt genuine respect for Li Huaishan Li Huaishan. After all, Li Huaishan Li Huaishan had not only saved his life but had also just slain the terrifying Long Tail, demonstrating the demeanor of a powerhouse to the fullest. Regardless of who it is, it is human nature to admire the strong.

In truth, Ouyang Jing was also feeling incredibly excited. He was too strong, terrifyingly strong. He also secretly felt lucky that he bore no ill will toward the other party; otherwise, he feared his own head would be in a different place right now.

As the minister of a branch, Ouyang Jing was also the branch's highest combat power, rated as a General-class Warrior. Theoretically, he was on the same level as Long Tail. But the reality was that if Ouyang Jing fought Long Tail alone, he would likely die on the spot within a few dozen moves. Ouyang Jing stood at a higher level and naturally saw more clearly; the combat power Li Huaishan Li Huaishan displayed was definitely not Elder-class. After all, an Elder-class wouldn't be able to one-shot a thick-skinned Great Lizard commander in two moves. Only a War God-class could achieve that.

“They aren't from our Defense Department, but are outside help for our branch. Whatever they want to do later, have the subordinates cooperate obediently,” Ouyang Jing said simply without going into detail.

The term 'outside help' left the elite captain a bit dazed. Was he out of the loop? To think there were people on Blue Star with such terrifying individual combat power outside of their Defense Department.

Having dealt with the Great Lizard commander, Li Huaishan Li Huaishan turned around. Seeing that the remaining Great Lizards had all been wiped out, he beckoned to Ouyang Jing.

Ouyang Jing hurriedly ran over in a fawning manner.

“Lord, what are your orders?” At this moment, Ouyang Jing acted very much like a lackey, completely losing the serious demeanor he had at the branch.

“I want this thing too.” Li Huaishan Li Huaishan pointed to the aircraft the Great Lizards had arrived in. Before coming, the two sides had only discussed the distribution of the phantom energy stones; he hadn't expected there to be an alien aircraft as well. Li Huaishan Li Huaishan naturally wasn't going to let it go.

“No problem. This is a transport aircraft equipped for a Great Lizard Clan squad, which we've named the Silver Star. Each aircraft can carry twenty people. Its main advantages are its flight speed and stealth capabilities, with a maximum speed of ten times the speed of sound. If you like it, Lord, you may take it. If needed, I can even provide a pilot for you,” Ouyang Jing replied with a smile.

“Mm. So where are the phantom energy stones?” Li Huaishan Li Huaishan nodded and asked again.

“Oh, the phantom energy stones are inside the cylindrical devices on the backs of the Great Lizards. You can take them out by opening the devices.”

“I have a question. Since those Great Lizards can use phantom energy fields for defense, why don't you reuse them after capturing them?”

Hearing this, Ouyang Jing explained with a bitter smile, “Lord, it's not that we don't want to use them, but we simply can't. The technological level inside these phantom energy field devices is very high—so high that we cannot decrypt them with our current level. These devices can only be activated by the Great Lizard Clan. It's speculated to be related to a genetic lock. Furthermore, our enemies are the Great Lizard Clan, not ordinary humans, and the weapons they use aren't thermal weapons, so using phantom energy field devices isn't entirely necessary.”

“Furthermore, and most importantly, we humans need phantom energy stones to increase our strength, and they are only found inside these phantom energy field devices and the energy core rooms of the aircraft. By comparison, we can only choose the most cost-effective option.”

After listening to Ouyang Jing's explanation, Li Huaishan Li Huaishan finally understood. The Defense Department didn't have gene enhancement potions and could only use phantom energy stones to increase their strength. Moreover, phantom energy fields could be broken by weapons made of Starfall Stone. Therefore, for the Defense Department, the phantom energy stones were the most important thing.

Next, Li Huaishan Li Huaishan asked nothing more and simply had Ouyang Jing organize the men to extract the phantom energy stones.

The phantom energy stones were quickly extracted by the professionals Ouyang Jing had brought. There were sixteen in total, all roughly the same size, but Li Huaishan Li Huaishan noticed that some were different colors.

Ouyang Jing also noticed Li Huaishan Li Huaishan's doubt and quickly said, “Lord, the phantom energy stones brought by the Great Lizards are basically this size, but the darker the color, the purer the phantom energy inside, and the faster the absorption speed. To differentiate them, our Defense Department has classified these phantom energy stones of varying shades into five grades: S, A, B, C, and D. The lowest grade is the D-grade phantom energy stone, which is carried by ordinary Great Lizards. The hierarchy of the Great Lizard Clan is very clear; different ranks of Great Lizards use phantom energy stones of different purities. Here, the Great Lizard commander used a B-grade phantom energy stone.”

Li Huaishan Li Huaishan nodded and picked up the phantom energy stone that was so dark it was almost purple to test it. Sure enough, as Ouyang Jing said, the abundant energy inside was surging. Li Huaishan Li Huaishan estimated that with just three of these phantom energy stones, he could break through his current limit and reach fifty-one times the human physical standard.

With this discovery, the look in Li Huaishan Li Huaishan's eyes as he looked at these phantom energy stones brightened considerably.