Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1416: The Weakness

Liang Yue's gaze was ice-cold as she gripped her longsword like a war goddess, her blade striking so fast it became a blur, actually managing to sever thousands of the black swamp's conjured arms.

She swept past and stowed that piece of Divine Source into her pouch.

Mordred's mocking laughter echoed from all directions.

"Huaxu Kingdom has an old saying—men die for wealth, birds die for food. I never expected you to be so greedy, actually willing to throw away your life for the Divine Source!"

"Very well, I'll grant your wish!"

"Boom!"

The black swamp surged violently back, a massive wave over ten meters high, poised to swallow Liang Yue whole.

Liang Yue clenched her longsword tightly as blue Nen Qi erupted from her feet, shooting skyward.

Nen Qi Body Shield, [Mist Veil].

She decisively slashed horizontally, cutting straight through the entire black swamp.

Seizing the moment as the wave halted, she dashed toward the nearest door.

"Just as I suspected—no fixed form, no selectable target. This seemingly unsolvable ability must have a weakness."

A flicker of insight shone in Liang Yue's eyes.

The swamp's characteristic was [Entanglement], but its attack power and defensive capability were neither absolute.

Though Liang Yue couldn't find a way to defeat her opponent for now, at least she could flee.

Soon, Mordred reformed into a surging black swamp, chasing after Liang Yue's escape route.

Liang Yue's blade split the black swamp at the door's location, and before it could reform, she pulled the door open with all her might.

The door cracked open just a sliver, and Liang Yue darted out.

"Useless, you can't escape! Here, this is my domain!"

Mordred's voice came from behind.

Liang Yue didn't turn back, but her Smart System relayed an image from behind.

Through the massive doorway, the black swamp surged out like a tsunami, rapidly pursuing her along the walls, floor, and ceiling.

"Fwoosh! Fwoosh! Fwoosh! Fwoosh! Fwoosh!"

Countless black liquid projectiles shot like sharp bullets toward Liang Yue's back.

She was fast, but Mordred's swamp spread through contact, quickly sealing off her path.

Not just her path—the narrow corridor she was in turned entirely into a black swamp in the blink of an eye!

Mordred's laughter echoed all around.

"I told you, you can't escape."

The black waves raged, and every direction around Liang Yue turned pitch black.

The viscous liquid was nauseating, and countless arms extended from the walls, floor, and ceiling, reaching for Liang Yue's body.

Her legs sank into the muddy black swamp, severely restricting her movement.

"Shing!"

She slashed fiercely at the swamp beneath her, but it quickly reformed.

Mordred's voice spoke: "My ability is the swamp. Do you know how a swamp kills?"

"It doesn't take your life quickly. Instead, it drags you bit by bit into an abyss you can't escape."

"It gives you hope, then slowly makes you despair."

"Miss Liang Yue, when will your hope be completely cut off?"

Just as Mordred said, the black swamp's attack power wasn't strong, and its defense was practically nonexistent.

But one thing—as long as you were inside it, you had to keep struggling.

Once you stopped struggling, you'd sink in and couldn't pull yourself out. And the more you struggled, the faster your stamina and abilities would drain.

The black swamp seeped into every crack; any hint of fatigue would quickly be devoured by it.

Liang Yue's heart pounded wildly. Among all the opponents she'd faced, this one was the most troublesome.

Because all her strength, at this very moment, was utterly useless.

She swung her blade desperately and used firearms, but none of it dealt any damage to Mordred.

This feeling of punching cotton was utterly unbearable.

But Liang Yue couldn't stop.

She had to keep swinging her blade, using her Nen Qi to drive back the black swamp that constantly encroached on her body.

"This can't go on. Doesn't he have any weaknesses?"

Anxiety crept into Liang Yue's heart—no one could stay completely calm in such a situation.

But this very thought reminded her of something Zhang Yi had once said.

There were no perfect superhumans in the world, because he had yet to find anyone who was invincible.

So, no matter how powerful an ability seemed, it always had a weakness.

As long as you searched carefully, you would find it.

A strange feeling stirred in Liang Yue's heart.

"Right, that's exactly it! If he truly had no weakness, he wouldn't still be at Delta-level. Even an Epsilon probably couldn't handle him."

"There must be a weakness; I just haven't found it. Calm down, stay calm. I haven't identified his problem yet, but he can't beat me anytime soon either."

"No need to rush. Think carefully."

Liang Yue's mindset was unshakable. Years of practicing Midnight Purification Technique allowed her to quickly regain her composure in battle, never letting emotions dictate her actions.

"To defeat him, I have to find his main body. But his main body is everywhere—the entire swamp."

"No, that's impossible! If that were true, then every attack I made on the swamp would actually be an attack on his main body."

"Then, he shouldn't have remained unharmed this whole time."

"Unless his main body has been hiding within the swamp, using it to shift positions and dodge my attacks."

"But even so, how do I find where his main body is?"

After thinking long and hard, a fleeting idea flashed through Liang Yue's mind.

Staring at the tide of black liquid surging toward her, she suddenly gave a command to her armor's AI.

"Dump all the spare oil."

The Smart System asked: "Are you planning to use fire to attack? But the amount of oil stored in the suit isn't enough to create a flame that covers the entire corridor."

"It doesn't matter. Just do it."

Liang Yue said.

"Understood."

Soon, the oil compartments on her armor opened, and translucent yellow liquid poured out, quickly devoured by the black swamp.

Liang Yue's eyes were fixed on where the oil flowed.

Through this, she could determine the black swamp's movement patterns and potentially use it to locate the exact position of the main body.

At the same time, she reached behind her back and pulled out another longsword. Wielding twin blades, she clanged them together.

"Shing!"

She forcefully scraped the two blades together, and the instant high temperature combined with the released oil ignited a blazing inferno across the surface of the black swamp!