Chapter 4725 — Pierced Straight Through
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Still, it was only a bit of a pity. Wei Zhao was not so foolish as to pin all his hopes on his opponent's carelessness. According to the plan he had worked out with Han Jingyi, even if the man gave no opening, he could still contrive to make one!
Kang Jingming's first reaction upon seeing Wei Zhao was to blast him with a cannon. Unfortunately, before he could even swing the laser cannon's muzzle around, Wei Zhao had already struck first.
In an instant the temperature in that narrow little canyon passage spiked, and a pillar of fire shot skyward, sweeping across in every direction, followed at once by wave upon wave of unending, thunderous detonations. It was none other than the Furious Fire Thousand Explosions Fist!
This killing move, derived from the Frenzied Sand Thousand Explosions Fist, was powerful enough to deal with a peak Nascent Soul expert. Xu Lingchong, hiding at a distance, was already hard-pressed just from the shockwave grazing him. Unfortunately, Kang Jingming stood at the very heart of the explosion without stirring so much as a hair; even the Five Elements Killing Aura from before had been useless against him, so the Furious Fire Thousand Explosions Fist could hardly fare better.
"Haha! What kind of crap move is that? Looks scary enough, I'll grant you, but it's not even good enough to scratch an itch for me. About the only use for it, I'd guess, is saving you the money on fireworks for the New Year!" Kang Jingming laughed smugly. In his eyes, Wei Zhao was now nothing but a buffoon capering on a stage, sneaking back to launch a surprise attack. What the hell was the point?!
What Kang Jingming wanted most right now was to hold the laser cannon to Wei Zhao's head and make this poseur get down on his knees and sing "Conquer" for him. The two of them were practically within arm's reach of each other, yet he could not locate Wei Zhao at all.
The chaos and glare thrown up by the Furious Fire Thousand Explosions Fist had left him unable to adjust in the slightest. Right now he was effectively deaf and blind; even if Wei Zhao stood directly in front of him, he would not have the faintest idea.
This was precisely the effect Wei Zhao had been after. With a cold laugh, the Five Elements Killing Aura he had been gathering in his palm struck once more. Amid a dragon's roar drowned out by the thunderous din, this time the Five Elements Killing Aura condensed into a single point, aimed straight at the dead center of the man's helmet!
As expected, though Wei Zhao had struck with full force this time and had gone to great lengths to concentrate the destructive power into a single point, he still failed in the end to break through the man's defenses!
It had to be said, the protective capability of Kang Jingming's suit of smart armor really was unparalleled. One would be hard-pressed to find another piece of defensive equipment anywhere in the world that could compare.
Even so, Wei Zhao did not give up. Using the Five Elements Killing Aura to bore through the man's armor, like the Furious Fire Thousand Explosions Fist meant to blind and confuse, was only one small step in his plan with Han Jingyi. The real show was yet to come.
The Five Elements Killing Aura hammered away relentlessly at the same point. One strike was not enough, so he sent two; two were not enough, so he sent three. His true qi was inexhaustible, after all, and he had no fear of that level of expenditure. And Kang Jingming, for all his formidable gear, had reflexes so sluggishly infuriating that as long as the Furious Fire Thousand Explosions Fist kept up, he simply could not sense that someone was cracking open his skull.
This went on for the better part of half an incense stick's burning time. Under Wei Zhao's deliberate control, the Furious Fire Thousand Explosions Fist never let up, and Kang Jingming, sure enough, acted like a fool, letting Wei Zhao drill away at his skull without ever noticing a thing.