Chapter 480: Is this the time to act cute?
Translator: CKtalon Editor:
Right after One-Pun took his first step, Zhang Meng raised his Thunderclap Ax. The muscles on his arms bulged like protruding dragons as he stared at his opponent with a furious glare. He took a big step forward before charging like an ox!
He roared angrily and with a sudden wave of his arms, the Thunderclap Ax came crashing down at One-Pun!
With a thundering blast, the Thunderclap Ax surprisingly produced devastating thunderbolts!
Peng! Peng! Peng!
All the lights in the meeting room shattered in response!
Zhang Meng knew that he was no match for One-Pun, so how could he allow One-Pun to take the initiative?
The only thing he could do was to strike preemptively!
Zhang Meng used all his strength and he no longer held back his Psionic Imperial Suppression. All of it was released in an instant and the immense power was like a massive power crashing down from the sky. The members of the upper echelons who had led comfortable lives obviously could not escape unscathed. Immediately, many of them gaped and turned limp, while others knelt to the ground with tied tongues. Some even fainted!
Zhang Meng's Psionic Imperial domain was fully released in an instant. Psionic power in a fifty-kilometer radius around him was transformed by him into lightning. With a roar, he gathered the lightning on his ax, conjuring devastating thunderbolts!
This strike was powered by the full strength of a Psionic Imperial expert. It was also Brute Ax Boor Zhang Meng's strongest attack!
One-Pun's expression remained calm. His dull and inert eyes did not appear alarmed in any way despite facing Zhang Meng's sudden attack. All he did was to come to an abrupt stop and with a lift of his shoulders, he bent his arm upwards as his forearm moved to his side. His slightly clenched fist was thrust head on like a baton!
Everyone was stunned. One-Pun, who had the title of Moon Reflection Sword Master, had not pulled the Moon Reflection Blade by his waist while facing Zhang Meng's powerful strike?
Only the eyes of the white-browed elder, who had his head lowered in a subservient look, flashed with a glimmer. All the turbid moonlight instantly gathered on One-Pun's fist!
The punch was not considered 'heavy'. Not only did it lack the force of Mt Tai, it was even inferior to the strength of tigers and leopards!
However, the punch was absolutely not 'light' either. That was because the devastating thunderbolts in the meeting room had instantly crumbled from the straight punch!
No, what shattered was not only limited to the thunderbolts!
"Boom!"
The Thunderclap Ax that had been tempered from refined steel clashed with One-Pun's fist of flesh and blood; but in an instant, the Thunderclap Ax began to crack, and with a deafening explosion, it shattered!
The alarmed Zhang Meng's eyes were filled with disbelief. His Psionic Imperial domain had been so easily destroyed? Even the Thunderclap Ax had been shattered with a single punch?
The Thunderclap Ax was not considered a powerful divine weapon, but it had some fame to it. It could be said to be in the top hundred of China's weapon rankings. It had fought alongside him for more than a decade, chopping through astral beasts and cleaving calamity fiends apart. It was bound to be damaged, but it was so easily turned to smithereens from a punch?
How could that happen!?
Zhang Meng only maintained his shock for a moment because the fist was still continuing on its trajectory!
Thunderclap Ax was only the beginning. One-Pun's fist had already moved past the shattered ax head as it slammed straight toward Zhang Meng's chest!
"I don't believe it!"
Zhang Meng widened his eyes angrily. He suddenly threw up his chest to take on One-Pun's fist!
Zhang Meng roared as his brawny chest was immediately covered in a blackish-gold halo. It was as though he was wearing blackish-gold armor!
Psionic Imperial Hardening Armor!
After a Psionite entered the Psionic Imperial Realm, even the simplest Psionic Hardening would be enhanced to Psionic Imperial Hardening Armor. Furthermore, Zhang Meng was not using the most basic Psionic Imperial Hardening Armor, but the A-class psionic defensive skill—Blackgold Combat Armor!
Brute Ax Boor, Zhang Meng, had once relied on the Blackgold Combat Armor's defense to rush in and out of Astral Calamity Beasts' encirclements. He had slaughtered all of them without being injured at all!
He refused to believe that One-Pun's fist could smash through his Blackgold Combat Armor!
However, at the moment Zhang Meng's chest was struck by One-Pun's fist, he suddenly realized what it meant by the idiom—a mantis obstructing a chariot!
"Pu!"
Zhang Meng spurted out a mouthful of boiling blood. His Blackgold Combat Armor had been instantly shattered by the fist while his chest was caved in like a sand pit. If One-Pun had not shown him mercy, it was very likely that the punch was enough to penetrate his chest. But even so, Zhang Meng still flew out like a cannonball. With a bang, he broke through the wall and flew out of the meeting room. He had nearly fainted in mid-air.
Everyone drew a gasp as they stared at the wall that Zhang Meng had crashed through as if they had seen a ghost.
No, what wall was there?
The wind that accompanied the retraction of One-Pun's fist had caused the entire wall slab of the meeting room to crumble into rubble! Burning hot sunlight immediately entered the room but the members of the various organizations only felt a coldness sweep through their bodies.
As they stiffly turned their heads to look out, they were appalled to realize that Zhang Meng had already flown away with no clear sight of him.
However, One-Pun did not seem like he would put the matter to rest. He gradually retracted his fist as he nonchalantly commented, "The kneecaps haven't shattered". With a few strides, he walked out the meeting room.
Moments later, a shrill scream that sounded like a pig being slaughtered, came from outside. Intermixed in it were the undecipherable invectives from Zhang Meng. However, it quickly turned into painful chokes and finally into a sorrowful plea.
The crowd in the meeting room did not dare poke their heads out to watch the scene, but the sound alone was sufficient to tell them of the tragic situation that Zhang Meng was in.
Was…that really only the shattering of kneecaps?
The crowd swallowed their saliva as they turned completely silent. No one dared to make a sound, much less come forward to stop One-Pun.
It was said that the hero, One-Pun, was the most affable person out of the ten best S-class heroes and that he had the best temper. Who could have guessed that the moment he was infuriated, his ferocity was comparable to the S-class hero tyrant, Groundless Cao!
The suited man's expression changed several times as he turned extremely flustered. The reason why Zhang Meng would suddenly injure Yama Minamiya was a scheme planned by him. Using his eyes, he had signaled Zhang Meng to attack. However, tricking Zhang Meng to attack was easy, cleaning up the present mess would be very difficult.
With such a tragic outcome, Zhang Meng would definitely vent his anger on him. As for Thor, it would quickly investigate and realize that he was the one that had schemed to get Zhang Meng to be the vanguard. When the time came, the organization he came from, Chaos, would probably choose not to protect him. They could even abandon him by disavowing him.
Now, the only method was to think of a way to save Zhang Meng so as to make amends for his faults!
However, what could he do to One-Pun who reigned supreme with his fist?
The suited man racked his brains and suddenly his eyes lit up. He looked at the white-browed elder and said softly, "Chairman Jiang, you have always been righteous in your engagements. You vanquish the evil and help the good. If you do not stop One-Pun, Zhang Meng might really end up being beaten to death. You won't turn a blind eye, right?"
When the crowd heard what he said, they suddenly recalled the old man that had the lowest presence in the meeting room. In his youth, he was a famous leading exponent. Before he retired, he was always ranked at the top of the S-class heroes. His meritorious services had even landed him in the Hero Hall of Fame. Even One-Pun would have to respect this esteemed elder!
The members of the various organization's upper echelons were unrelated to Zhang Meng, but what Zhang Meng suffered made them feel a sense of danger because they would be suffering a mutual crisis. At that moment, they cast pleading gazes at 'Chairman Stubborn', who they had secretly gnashed their teeth against.
"Chairman Jiang, please stop One-Pun!"
"If this carries on, Zhang Meng will be killed!"
"If Zhang Meng were to be maimed, it will be an absolutely terrible setback to China's hero faction. Chairman Jiang, you should consider the overall situation and save Zhang Meng!"
From the pleading looks they showed, people who weren't in the know would think that Zhang Meng was their close friend or relative!
Yama Minamiya sighed. He found them helplessly stupid. If they had apologized to him and pleaded with him to forgive Zhang Meng, he might be able to request One-Pun to show some mercy. However, they had not even considered executing such a simple act. Instead, they had continued to belittle and ignore him.
The uniformed beauty turned her head and did not dare look at the pathetic faces they were faking. She was afraid she would vomit the meal she had last night.
Chairman Jiang remained silent. As he listened to their requests, his expression maintained a genial smile. At first glance, one might think that he was an ordinary old man that was exceedingly common.
The suited man said in agony, "Could it be that the impartial Azure Emperor, Jiang Tianyou, is afraid of One-Pun's brutality? Is he unwilling to step forward to help the weak!?"
Azure Emperor Jiang Tianyou was once the most commendable righteous hero!
Even though he was now a genial-looking white-browed elder, it was absolutely impossible that his stubborn temper and sense of justice would change!
That was what the suited man thought.
Under the pleading gazes of the crowd, Chairman Jiang suddenly raised his hands to cover his eyes and said, "I…did not see anything."
Everyone was stunned agape.
Heavens!
Esteemed Elder, are you trying to act cute!?
That's not right.
Is this the time to act cute!?
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