49 Apocalypse Rules

Chapter 293: Chapter 272: Detonating Metal vs. Shadow 2

Guan Tong’s several million Sublimation Coins might seem like a fortune, but before the earthquake rules, dictators of small countries like Lado could easily produce tens of millions. They were simply on a different level.

But there are two sides to every coin.

The more powerful an item, the more Psychic Power it consumed. This was a fundamental and unavoidable rule.

Guan Tong’s Shadow was formidable, but it came with an extremely high cost. If not for his high Psychic Power capacity and vast reserves, he could never use it as casually as he was now.

But did Wu Wang have those kinds of resources?

Guan Tong didn’t stop just because his attacks were ineffective, nor was he deceived by Wu Wang’s words.

Instead, he continuously manipulated the Shadow to launch a torrential assault, aiming to drain the Psychic Power Wu Wang needed to activate his top-tier defensive item.

Seeing his strategy fail, Wu Wang’s heart sank.

The defensive item was indeed rapidly draining his Psychic Power. At this rate, in less than a minute, he would no longer be able to sustain it.

’This Shadow guy... he didn’t fall for my trick.’

’I have to end this quickly!’

Wu Wang didn’t take out any more of his Steel Balls. He knew explosives of that level couldn’t break through the Shadow Armor’s defense.

’To deal with an expert of Shadow’s caliber, I’ll have to use ’that’.’

’And besides...’

A thought struck Wu Wang, and he suddenly turned and ran downstairs.

’Trying to run?’

Guan Tong saw this and felt something was wrong. Though this was their first encounter, he felt that with Wu Wang’s obsession with filming, it was unlikely he would abandon his camera.

’Besides, the guy can’t be stupid enough to think he can outrun the Shadow.’

’This looks less like an escape and more like he’s luring me out of this unstable building.’

As Guan Tong thought this, he also prepared a backup plan.

After running downstairs, Wu Wang saw the Shadow leap out of a window, as if to cut him off.

By now, drawn by the two earlier car explosions, a small crowd had gathered on the street to watch.

This was exactly what Wu Wang wanted.

He quickly took a metal canister from his storage box, pulled the pin, and threw it to the ground.

HISS—

The next moment, a large amount of pale gray gas erupted from it, spreading across the street.

The pale gray gas spread incredibly fast. Many bystanders were enveloped before they could get away, and the Shadow, who had just jumped from the window, was no exception.

Seeing this, a triumphant smile appeared on Wu Wang’s face.

"Shadow, you’ve already lost."

The Shadow didn’t speak, seeming to wait for him to continue.

"Even completely encased in your Shadow Armor, you still have to breathe. And once you do, hehe... this pale gray gas is no mere fog."

The Shadow still said nothing.

Wu Wang thought the Shadow was being arrogant and sneered, "You think you’re invincible just because you’re the world’s number one? Let me tell you, this pale gray gas is a specially made metal powder! You’re no fool, so you should be able to guess that my ability is Detonating Metal... So, care to guess what will happen if I detonate the metal powder you’ve just inhaled?"

"That’s why I said you’ve already lost."

Wu Wang raised his hands, looking at the Shadow.

"No matter how high your Shadow Armor’s defense is, can it protect you from an explosion that starts inside your body? Right now, with a single clap of my hands, your body will be blown to smithereens."

"If you don’t want to die, that’s fine too. Just cooperate with my filming... Huh?"

Before Wu Wang could finish, the defensive item on his body activated again.

This undoubtedly meant the Shadow was attacking him again.

His expression changed slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Didn’t you hear what I said? Do you really want to be blown to bits?"

The attacks continued to drain his Psychic Power.

Wu Wang’s Psychic Power was almost depleted. Unable to contain his emotions, he shouted a threat, "If I activate my ability, it won’t just be you! Everyone on this street who inhaled the metal powder will be blown to death! Do you want to be responsible for their deaths?!"

The Shadow’s movements paused, followed by a somewhat mechanical voice: "You’re the one killing them. What does it have to do with me?"

The contempt and mockery in the tone thoroughly enraged Wu Wang.

"Then you can just go die! Shadow!"

He slammed his hands together.

"Detonate!"

BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!

A bloody mist... instantly spread across the street...

Just as Wu Wang had said, all the Yingqi bystanders who had been watching the car explosions and had inhaled the special metal powder exploded from the inside out.

Wu Wang, the perpetrator of this horrific act, found the smile forming on his lips freezing in place.

He stared ahead in disbelief. "This! How is this possible?!"

The Shadow he thought would be blown to smithereens was now standing before him, completely unharmed, as if nothing had happened.

What he didn’t know was that the shadow before him was just a shadow, not ’Shadow’ himself.

The real ’Shadow,’ Guan Tong, was currently far away, remotely controlling the shadow in battle.

At this moment, seeing the astonished Wu Wang through the shadow’s shared vision, Guan Tong thought to himself: ’This kid’s methods are truly vicious.’

Making enemies inhale metal powder and then detonating it from the inside... if it had been the earlier version of Guan Tong, he might have actually been done in by a trick like that.

However, when Wu Wang suddenly pretended to flee, Guan Tong sensed something was off. So, his real body used Body Shifting to get far away from the battlefield, leaving only a shadow disguised as his main body to fight.

And Wu Wang could only see the Shadow Armor, completely unaware that there was no one inside it anymore.

But even if Guan Tong’s real body had been there, his current self wouldn’t have been killed by this devious trick. After all, fully encased within the Shadow Armor, he wouldn’t have inhaled any metal powder. Not to mention, he was also carrying the Life-Saving Pendant, an item that granted one-time immunity to death.

But... the other people on the street met a tragic end.

Wu Wang wanted to use these lives to threaten Guan Tong into submission, but the latter refused to be coerced. In a fit of rage, Wu Wang activated his ability, and over twenty Yingqi People were killed by the metal powder exploding inside their bodies.

Seeing this, Guan Tong knew that a person like Wu Wang had long since lost his humanity. He absolutely could not let someone like this live to continue harming the world.

SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH!

More Shadow Thorns besieged Wu Wang. His Psychic Power could no longer sustain the consumption of his top-tier defensive item, and he was running on fumes.

"Damn you, Shadow... You won’t get out of this alive either!"

Burning his last shred of Psychic Power, Wu Wang charged forward and lunged at the Shadow.

The Shadow didn’t dodge, allowing him to charge forward and grab it.

Wu Wang wrapped his arms around the Shadow and clapped his hands behind its back.

His whole body began to glow. Guan Tong, watching from a distance, thought, ’Is he trying to self-destruct?’

Wu Wang held the Shadow’s body tight, his voice filled with madness. "I’ve got a super metal bomb on me, plus several hundred Steel Balls. It’s powerful enough to destroy this entire street... Haha, let’s die together, Shadow..."

The next second, Wu Wang suddenly felt his arms grow empty.

The Shadow he was holding so tightly had unexpectedly dematerialized from a solid form into a true wisp of shadow.

As the Shadow dematerialized, a cell phone on speaker fell to the ground.

Similar to the voice from before, Guan Tong’s mechanical voice came from the phone: "Why don’t you let this phone die with you instead."

Wu Wang froze. Only then did he understand: ’Shadow’ was never here at all.

The one he had been fighting this whole time was just a fake shadow.

The real ’Shadow’ was hidden somewhere, controlling a fake shadow to fight him. He had been completely played!

This caused him to have a complete mental breakdown in that instant. He opened his mouth and roared, "SHADOW!!!"

BOOM!!!!!

A massive explosion erupted with Wu Wang’s body at its center, its range engulfing more than half the street.

In a single instant, the street’s roads and buildings were devoured and destroyed by flames. A dazzling mushroom cloud even rose into the sky, allowing any witness to perceive the immense scale of the explosion.

At this moment, Guan Tong, who was far from the battlefield, couldn’t help but feel a sense of shock as he personally witnessed the mushroom cloud in the sky.

’This guy... to think his self-destruction could be this powerful...’

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