Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1682: Armor Shattered

The armor on the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s arm was shattered outright by Zhang Yi’s Divine Domain Purification.

Just as Zhang Yi had expected.

Soldiers of the Wuluan Empire, powerful as they were, did not actually need every one of them to wear armor that covered their entire bodies.

One major reason was the same as when Zhang Yi entered the deep sea or the sky.

They could not fully adapt to the surface environment, and one of the functions of their armor was to help them adapt to it.

Zhang Yi could hardly hurt the Gatekeeper of the Underworld, but he could still shatter his armor.

Sure enough, after the exposed crimson skin came into contact with the intense ultraviolet rays outside, it changed rapidly. His skin turned an even darker red, and large patches of dark red blotches appeared.

“We did it! That’s exactly what we wanted!”

Zhang Yi exclaimed in delight.

But soon, part of the armor on the Gatekeeper of the Underworld extended on its own, repairing the section that had been destroyed on his arm!

“This armor is incredibly intelligent. It can actually repair itself! But as long as we seize the opportunity and attack a few more times, we’ll be fine!”

Li Changgong said excitedly.

Zhang Yi furrowed his brows. He knew that finding another opportunity to attack the Gatekeeper of the Underworld would not be so easy.

After all, it was practically impossible to make an overwhelmingly powerful expert suffer the same setback twice in the same place.

No matter what, Zhang Yi intended to try. Divine Domain Purification was already being prepared; all that remained was to wait for its energy to gather before launching a second attack.

But this time, the Gatekeeper of the Underworld gave them no such opportunity.

He glanced at his arm and said calmly, “Oh? So that was your plan. Interesting. I suppose even ants have a little wisdom. But it’s not enough to deal with me!”

He looked up at Zhang Yi and the others as they rode the Ghost Train past him.

A sense of danger stirred in Zhang Yi’s heart. He immediately shouted, “Hide!”

Dai Sheng instantly activated his ability, sending the Ghost Train elsewhere.

The Gatekeeper of the Underworld remained unmoved. “The initial testing phase is over. I have no interest in playing this boring game with you anymore.”

The Ghost Train had given Zhang Yi and the others a chance to launch surprise attacks. Its main advantage was catching the enemy off guard.

But after the same trick had failed several times, an entity as powerful as the Gatekeeper of the Underworld would naturally spot its weakness.

The Ghost Train might appear and disappear unpredictably, but all he had to do was seize the brief moment it appeared and attack, right?

His gaze swept in every direction. “If I can’t figure out where you are, why not just destroy everything?”

He raised his right hand and spread his fingers. A terrifying energy gathered in his palm, forming a dense black sphere.

“Star of Annihilation!”

Once the black sphere of energy had condensed, it suddenly burst from his palm and shot straight ahead in a casual, effortless attack!

Pop!

In an instant, its terrifying pressure swept across everything in front of him in a fan-shaped wave!

The mist created by the formation could not be dispersed, but Tianshui City, hidden within the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, took the full force of a substantial shockwave!

The earth was pulverized. The attack stretched dozens of kilometers, making the ground tremble violently.

Meanwhile, in the two shelters in the northwest and northeast, tens of thousands of people were desperately fleeing.

Feeling the shockwaves unleashed by that terrifying power, they were all panic-stricken.

“Is the world going to be destroyed?”

Someone cried out in terror.

“Run! Get to Jianghua City! If you stay here, you’re dead! Hurry, hurry!”

The soldiers inside the shelters shouted, urging the people, already scared witless, to get out as quickly as possible.

Human lives were worth less than grass. No one cared whether they lived or died now.

Meanwhile, the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s attacks came like a storm, with no sign of stopping.

He stood in midair, continuously firing Stars of Annihilation at the surrounding space.

In his hands, this terrifyingly powerful attack had become nothing more than an ordinary, casual strike.

One black ball of energy after another was released. In the blink of an eye, Tianshui City had been battered into ruins!

The only good news was that Zhang Yi and the others had anticipated this possibility, so they had lured him to the very center of Tianshui City.

Otherwise, his attacks might have struck the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits at the edge of Tianshui City, causing the formation to vanish.

“But we can’t keep this up! It won’t be long before he realizes what’s going on. It’s only a matter of time before the formation is broken.”

“We have to act and hold him back!”

Shang Daowen said gravely.

For the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation to trap the Gatekeeper of the Underworld successfully, they had to work together.

Without their cooperation, the mere Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits could at best use the maze formation to disorient the Gatekeeper of the Underworld for a while.

“How do we act? Can we withstand his attacks?”

Li Changgong asked with a frown.

His strategy of using offense as defense could indeed block the Gatekeeper of the Underworld’s single-target attacks.

But against indiscriminate attacks covering a wide area, even his I Am the Decree of Heaven would be powerless.

They would have a chance only if he got an opening to close in and slash the Gatekeeper of the Underworld.

Otherwise, there was little point in them attacking now!

“We have to find his weakness as soon as possible! Once he adapts to the surface environment and starts fighting at full power, we’ll all die!”

Shang Daowen shouted gravely.

Zhang Yi remained silent. If things really came to that, all he could do was try to get as many people on the battlefield out of there as possible.

“We can try again!”

After thinking it over, he suddenly spoke.

The Ghost Train continued to travel between spatial nodes, making sure it did not remain in one place long enough for the Gatekeeper of the Underworld to find it.

Everyone looked at Zhang Yi, wanting to know what he had in mind.

By this point, Zhang Yi could no longer keep holding back his strength.

“I’ll try once more. I don’t know if I can withstand his attack.”

He took a deep breath, speaking in an extremely serious tone.

Shang Daowen and Li Changgong looked astonished. Alexei, too, stared at Zhang Yi for a long moment, a strange light flickering in his eyes.

“Hey, hey, Old Zhang, don’t joke about something like this. That guy’s at least ten thousand points stronger than you! Are you really sure you can do it?”

Zhang Yi never fought a battle unless he was sure of his chances.

“There’s no time to waste. Shang Daowen, support me with your telekinetic barrier. I’ll take the hit!”

“He’s already familiar with our attack methods. The moment we show ourselves, he’ll probably lock onto us.”

“Use that opening to hit him somehow! At the very least, we have to shatter his armor!”