Chapter 238 The Last Choice

The moment the Kunlun dreadnought emerged from the depths of the sea, the Sky Apostle knew it was doomed to fail to escape.

Its retreat was completely cut off. Without a Miracle architecture by its side, it had no chance of withstanding the Kunlun dreadnought's terrifying firepower with its physical strength alone.

Now, it faced only one last choice.

That was to kill Li Tianran at all costs! Perhaps then there might be a chance to turn the situation around.

Facing the onrushing Sky Apostle, Li Tianran didn't flinch. He stood tall on the shoulders of the Mecha Warrior, raised his hand, pointed at the Sky Apostle, and laughed, "Now, let me show you the true firepower of Kuangxi Island!"

As Li Tianran spoke, the background behind him suddenly lit up, as if the entire sky was on fire.

Countless armor-piercing missiles, high-explosive missiles, and electromagnetic pulse cannons shot into the sky with terrifying density. Looking up, Kuangxi Island seemed to have become a giant artillery platform!

The density of these shells couldn't be described as a net; it was more like a torrential rain!

With almost no interval, almost no gap, the sky above Kuangxi Island became a sea of fire in a fraction of a second!

Violent shockwaves spread wildly, colliding with each other, twisting, and tearing apart any entity within their reach. The steel fragments from the exploding missiles instantly turned into dust. Even thousands of meters away, Li Tianran could feel the scorching gale rushing towards him. His skin visibly dried and cracked, his hair was scorched, and some of the buildings on Kuangxi Island below were shaking violently under the terrifying tremors, with grotesque cracks even appearing in some places.

The ancient civilization had thought that if they invaded Kuangxi Island, Li Tianran might be hesitant to use large-scale weapons to attack them out of concern for damaging the island's infrastructure.

But now, Li Tianran was telling them with his actions that if he wanted to do something, he wouldn't hesitate to destroy anything.

Buildings could be rebuilt, firepower could be replenished, but the chance to kill the Sky Apostle might only come once. No matter the cost, Li Tianran wouldn't give up!

Amidst the raging flames, an angry dragon's roar echoed.

The Sky Apostle's roar reverberated throughout Kuangxi Island, even suppressing the deafening explosions. Li Tianran could hear pain in the creature's voice. Clearly, even an Ancient King would suffer heavy damage under such terrifying firepower!

And more importantly, the Sky Apostle was currently enduring the "suppression" from Kuangxi Island, weakened by its effects!

The "suppression" effect of the LV4 Shelter wasn't just a 50% reduction in the Sky Apostle's strength and speed. It was a comprehensive weakening skill, including a 50% suppression of the Sky Apostle's self-healing ability, evolution ability, and cellular activity and strength.

In other words, all attributes were halved!

This weakening was almost fatal.

Although the Ancient King's strength was at the peak of the entire Blue Star, being cut in half was unbearable for anyone.

When cellular activity decreased and self-healing ability declined, those shells that used to be harmless now could penetrate its defenses, scorch its flesh, and crush its bones!

And those wounds that used to heal in seconds now took much longer to recover!

"Breath of the Future..." As the Sky Apostle was bombarded by the dense artillery fire, Li Tianran also activated the Host Skill of his LV3 Shelter. The entire world seemed to change before his eyes. He saw a frontiersman wielding a blade to sever the head of a sea beast, but in reality, the frontiersman had only just raised his knife.

This was the effect of the Breath of the Future skill, allowing him to see the immediate future. It was only effective on living beings and was an absolute god-tier skill in individual combat.

He looked up at the sea of fire in the sky. The next moment, he saw a charred dragon lunging at him to tear him apart.

"Boom!"

The Mecha Warrior beneath Li Tianran suddenly dodged to the left, its waist-mounted propulsion engine reaching its maximum speed in an instant, emitting a roaring sound.

In less than 0.5 seconds after the Mecha Warrior moved away, the Sky Apostle's figure burst out of the dense bombing zone, its ferocious dragon head probing forward, its jaws wide open, as if it could swallow a truck in one bite!

Crack!

Li Tianran could hear the sound of the dragon teeth colliding in the air, with astonishing force. If he had been bitten completely, even the Mecha Warrior's powerful body would have been torn apart.

The Sky Apostle was an Intellect-type Evolver, but that didn't mean its physical strength was weak, like some high-intelligence, low-HP mages in games, soft and powerless.

The physical strength of an Intellect-type Evolver was weak only compared to a Divine Advent-type Evolver. Its physical strength was simply not as outstanding as its intellect!

Like a cheetah and a black bear, the black bear couldn't outrun a cheetah, but if it were chasing a person, it would be a piece of cake.

The Sky Apostle's melee combat ability might not be as good as the Night Apostle or the Ocean Apostle, but if a One-Time Evolver were to fight it in close combat, they would all die, no matter how many came!

The Sky Apostle missed its strike. It shook its massive dragon head, stared at Li Tianran's position, and let out a deafening roar.

The Sky Apostle was no longer as graceful and dignified as before. Its smooth, cyan-black scales were now tattered and bloody. There was a laceration on its left leg, with flesh writhing, revealing the stark white bones inside.

Many large and small holes had been torn in its massive wings, and even several of its sharp teeth had been broken.

It no longer looked like a lofty king, but rather like a stray dog that had been living in a garbage dump for months.

But its gaze was even more ferocious and fierce.

Li Tianran knew that an enemy in this state was the most terrifying.

With its retreat cut off and now subjected to a round of artillery bombardment, the Sky Apostle's mentality was no different from that of a cornered wolf. Next, it would launch the most frantic counterattack in the most tragic manner.

It no longer valued its life, because it was destined not to survive today.

And what kind of destructive power would a trapped beast, with no hope of survival, unleash?

Li Tianran didn't know if anyone had ever pushed the Ancient Civilization Kings to such a point since their birth. He might be the first to directly face a Second Evolution Ancient King as a One-Time Evolver!

He took a deep breath, raised his right hand, pointed at the Sky Apostle, and gently crooked his finger, saying:

"Come on."