This guy's an idiot, can't he walk without jumping?
He didn't even have time to slip away!
It was really quite sudden.
While the fellow was still dazed, Zhang Wei threw a punch!
BOOM!!!
Leo Karkeros was sent flying. Zhang Wei rubbed his fist, blood already seeping out.
"So tough!"
"My current punch can easily shatter two great mountains! Yet it didn't break through his armor!"
"Is this Holy Bronze really that incredibly tough!"
Zhang Wei looked at Karkeros. He didn't know how strong the guy was, but with this armor alone, beasts below level five hundred couldn't harm him.
From the dust, Karkeros struggled to his feet. The breastplate of his Bronze Cloth already bore fine cracks.
Karkeros was both shocked and furious: "You rascal!"
"How dare you attack a Saint of Athena, and damage the Cloth bestowed upon me by the Goddess... I will never forgive you!"
This Cloth had been with Karkeros for a hundred years, always cherished. Today, someone dared...
Wait!
Who is this guy?
Even fellow Bronze Saints might not be able to damage a Cloth!
Before he could ponder, Zhang Wei pressed forward again!
"Stellar!"
With a loud shout, the shield immediately flew to Karkeros's arm, and collided with Zhang Wei's fist!
As his fist met the shield, Zhang Wei felt an indescribable counterforce against him!
CRACK!
The sound of breaking finger bones!
"Hahaha, kid, I don't know who you are, but you definitely can't break Stellar!"
Karkeros held the shield with both hands, like a thug wielding a manhole cover.
The peculiar weapon and strange attack style made it difficult for Zhang Wei to parry. The shield seemed to absorb and rebound impact, and even if he didn't counter, the force on him was doubled.
Moreover, this shield seemed unavoidable, always attacking Zhang Wei from strange angles.
In a short while, Zhang Wei sustained multiple injuries. The impact of blunt force penetrated his body, and his movements were no longer as agile as before.
"Law of Destiny!"
Karkeros's shield seemed to have a mechanism. Upon contact, blades extended from the edge of the shield, turning the round shield into something akin to Sahasrara's Wheel.
SHRED!
The shield slammed fiercely into Zhang Wei's chest and abdomen, piercing flesh by three inches!
Blood gushed out!
Drawing gasps from the surrounding villagers!
Karkeros's smile grew more ferocious, as if he already saw Zhang Wei defeated and dead!
"Tear him apart!"
Flipping the shield, with this one move, he could immediately cut Zhang Wei in half!
Karkeros estimated that given Zhang Wei's displayed strength, even being cut in half might not kill him, so he might as well keep him alive for interrogation!
"Open up!"
Karkeros put all his might into it, but the shield didn't budge an inch. Zhang Wei's hands firmly gripped both sides of the shield, holding it steady!
"You bastard!"
"What a nuisance!"
"Can't you just die obediently?"
"With that wound, how much longer can you hold on? You'll die sooner or later, stop wasting my time!"
WHOOSH.
Boundless flames erupted from Zhang Wei, the scorching airflow stinging Karkeros's face.
Heart Fire!
Battle Intent!
Invisible flames enveloped Karkeros, and his entire armor emitted painful squeaking sounds.
Zhang Wei grinned: "I have to say, Olympus's craftsmanship is truly remarkable, even such great flames couldn't burn you to ash inside your armor."
"But don't worry, once I smash open your turtle shell, I'll deal with you properly!"
The flames intensified by another third!
Inside the armor, the sizzling sound of roasting meat could be heard, and the Holy Bronze became more pliable.
If this continued, the armor would melt into liquid!
Karkeros exerted all his strength, but he couldn't deliver a fatal blow to Zhang Wei. A thought occurred to Karkeros, it seemed...
He was not his opponent!
He must not die here!
At the very least, he had to get the intelligence about this guy out. Though only a few exchanges, Karkeros knew this guy was indeed smuggled in from the outside!
Letting go, Karkeros ascended into the sky. The stars above seemed to be guiding him!
As long as he left this place, he could summon nearby Saints. With his Stellar's pursuit ability, this guy definitely wouldn't escape!
Seeing himself about to escape, Karkeros suddenly stopped, hearing a shout from below!
"Where do you think you're going!"
Following Zhang Wei's shout, two palms, like the sky itself, appeared out of nowhere!
Manifestation of Will!
Blazing flames adhered to the hands formed by the manifestation of will. Karkeros was grasped by the ethereal hands, and even more intense flames continuously burned, causing Karkeros to struggle and break free like a bird in a cage, only to hit his head and bleed.
As the Holy Bronze melted, Karkeros's flesh and blood were also consumed by the flames!
The cries of pain abruptly ceased.
Zhang Wei made him fall to the ground.
The method to determine if someone had truly lost consciousness was simple: try to pull them into the side hall.
With a wave of his hand, Karkeros, along with his shield and Cloth, vanished from where they stood.
Zhang Wei stood up, looking at the surrounding crowd with a troubled expression. What to do with these people...
Execute them all to silence them?
But Zhang Wei was not a bloodthirsty person. If there were conflicts of interest, fine, but massacring a village for no reason was something he had a psychological barrier against.
At this moment, the village chief also approached. Their eyes met instantly.
The village chief said with a hint of fear, "What... what did you do to that Saint?"
"As you can see, I defeated him."
"You actually defeated a Saint of Athena?"
"As you can see, yes."
The village chief pondered for a long time, then knelt down with a plop, lamenting, "You are strong, but you have harmed our entire village! A Saint of Athena died in our village, how can we possibly live now!"
Zhang Wei said, "Perhaps, Athena will also understand that you could not inflict any harm on the Saint, and will not make things difficult for you."
The village chief wailed, "But even if we are not punished, we cannot complete the annual tribute! Your recent battle has destroyed our village's entire year's supply of grain. If we have to complete the tribute, our entire village of thousands will starve to death!"
Zhang Wei looked back.
Indeed, the granary where the battle had taken place had been melted by Zhang Wei's flames into a pit a hundred meters deep. It was enough to fit two skyscrapers. At this level, casual shockwaves could be world-destroying. Destroying a ten-thousand-ton granary was simply effortless.
"Then what shall we do? Flee, or go to another village to survive."
The village chief said, "How is it possible to hide from Athena's search in the domain of Olympus? We are already... out of options!"
"That is truly regrettable."
The village chief sighed, "It doesn't matter anymore. In the current situation, the village's destruction was inevitable. Even without you, those Saints wouldn't have let us off."
"It sounds like you are in quite a predicament?"
"Of course, isn't every place in the domain of Olympus like this now? Wait, you're not from Olympus, are you?"
Zhang Wei remained silent, his fists already clenched.
If necessary, he would have to put them all into the side hall.