49 Apocalypse Rules

Chapter 292: Chapter 272: Detonating Metal VS Shadow

Guan Tong took Wu Wang’s camera and glanced out the window.

He saw the young man in the hoodie sprinting furiously toward the abandoned building. That was exactly what he wanted.

Starting a fight in the middle of the street was not a good idea.

THUMP THUMP THUMP!

Following the sound of swift, heavy footsteps, Guan Tong saw Wu Wang charge up the stairs, glaring at him viciously.

"Give me the camera."

Wu Wang reached out to Guan Tong, but with a flick of his wrist, the camera vanished, drawn into his Storage Ring.

"You must be Wu Wang. I’ve been looking for you for a long time."

After learning from the criminals’ hideout that Wu Wang was filming footage in the city center, Guan Tong had immediately sent out a large number of Shadow Lines to find him.

Even with Wu Wang’s distinctive appearance, it had still taken half an hour to find him. The downtown area of Antu City wasn’t massive, but it was a city center nonetheless.

By the time he finally found him, it was too late—Wu Wang had already used his ability to detonate two cars, causing casualties.

So, to provoke him into leaving the street and returning to the abandoned building, Guan Tong had no choice but to take his camera.

Seeing his camera vanish without a trace, Wu Wang was furious.

He didn’t know who this guy in the baseball cap was, nor did he particularly care. All he cared about was his camera.

"I don’t care who you are. If you dare touch my camera, I’ll have to teach you a lesson..."

When his name was called, Wu Wang knew this person had come with ill intentions. Realizing this guy was after him, he figured he had to be an Ascender of considerable strength.

He glanced at Guan Tong’s right hand and saw the ring on his finger.

’First, I’ll cripple one of your hands!’

"Detonate!"

Wu Wang clasped his hands together and activated his ability, intending to blow off Guan Tong’s right hand by detonating the ring.

However, after he activated the ability, the ring didn’t explode.

He was shocked. ’Isn’t this ring made of metal?’

The ring was the Storage Ring Guan Tong had received as a reward. It was a product of Psychic Power, so of course it wasn’t made of metal.

And as Wu Wang activated his ability, the ’Insight’ effect from Guan Tong’s title kicked in, and information about the other man’s ability appeared before him.

[Detonating Metal]: Consume Psychic Power to detonate metallic objects within a certain range. Detonation distance and explosive power are dependent on the amount of Psychic Power used.

’It’s a decent ability, but it has its limits.’

As Guan Tong thought this, he sent the shadows lying in ambush in the room’s corners rushing toward Wu Wang.

However, the instant they made contact, they were repelled by an invisible barrier. An item that protected against Psychic Power attacks had clearly activated.

Alerted, Wu Wang looked down and saw the shadows swirling around him. His pupils contracted as he identified his enemy.

’Shadow!’

The bald man and his cronies from before had almost instantly lost their will to fight upon learning their enemy was Shadow, resorting to begging for mercy.

Such was the intimidating pressure his reputation commanded.

Ever since taking first place under the "second rule," Shadow had remained on the radar of Ascenders worldwide.

He had since gone on to take first place in the first Ascender Challenge, collect all the Qimo Star Fragments during the Nightmare Beast event and reveal their secret, single-handedly make an enemy of the Andai Kingdom, and even play a key role in mitigating the destruction of a massive earthquake...

This series of accomplishments left no Ascender in the world doubting Shadow’s strength. No one would dare suggest his reputation was unearned.

That was why those who opposed him could rarely muster the will to fight when they finally came face-to-face with him.

Only exceptionally strong and supremely confident battle maniacs like Lucifer would actively seek out a confrontation with Shadow.

And while Wu Wang was no battle maniac, he harbored a craving of his own.

’If I can film footage featuring Shadow, it’ll be my greatest masterpiece!’

His heart pounding with zealous excitement, Wu Wang quickly thrust his hands into his pockets.

The next moment, he whipped his hands out, each clutching a handful of Steel Balls, and flung them hard at Guan Tong!

"Eat this, Shadow!"

Guan Tong saw dozens of Steel Balls flying toward him. As Wu Wang clapped his hands together, they began to glow with a fiery light.

"Detonate!"

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!

Each Steel Ball, triggered by the ability, exploded. A chain of fireballs instantly engulfed Guan Tong.

Wu Wang stared, wide-eyed. When the flames dissipated, he didn’t see a near-dead Shadow, but one completely covered in thick Shadow Armor.

’Shadow Armor!’

Like Shadow Thorns, this was another of Shadow’s abilities widely known among Ascenders.

When Wu Wang saw that his exploding Steel Balls had failed to destroy the Shadow Armor, he wasn’t disappointed. On the contrary, he grew even more excited.

"Haha, if you were killed that easily, the audience would be disappointed, wouldn’t they!"

He pulled out his phone, started recording, and filmed Guan Tong as he spoke.

Guan Tong couldn’t be bothered to waste words on a madman like this. He simply continued to command the shadows to attack.

A barrage of Shadow Thorns assaulted Wu Wang from all directions, but each time they reached him, they were blocked by a Light Shield.

"It’s useless, Shadow. You can’t hurt me," Wu Wang said. "The defensive item I’m wearing came from Lado. Do you really think a Prince wouldn’t take pains to protect himself?"

Wu Wang was right.

The Andai Kingdom was a small nation. As its Prince, Lado’s dictatorial rule allowed his regime to exploit the populace to the fullest. After confiscating vast amounts of Sublimation Coins from the citizens, it was a simple matter to purchase top-tier items from the market.

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