Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies-Chapter 1156: Near-Perfect Defense
Chapter 1156: Near-Perfect Defense
Zhang Yi's offensive showed no signs of letting up.
Li Changgong also understood he couldn't afford to drag this out any longer.
Because Zhang Yi's attacks incurred no personal cost to him whatsoever, while Li Changgong's internal supernatural energy would only deplete more and more, and he couldn't sustain the physical exertion either.
After all, he was still just flesh and blood.
Li Changgong stopped evading and decided to confront Zhang Yi head-on!
He raised his right hand, and the combat suit on his right arm suddenly swelled, ejecting a crossbow only the size of a palm.
But when that crossbow aimed at Zhang Yi, it gave him a faint sense of threat.
"It seems even a single graze would cost me my life."
Li Changgong's [I Am Heaven's Will] was an ability almost akin to a rule-based power; under its attack, all defenses were meaningless.
If it struck Zhang Yi's body at high speed, even the slightest touch, the immense power contained within would shatter Zhang Yi's form.
"Whoosh!"
The crossbow bolt tore through the sky. Made with unknown technology, its speed was already difficult to describe in words.
Even Zhang Yi's Thunderbolt might not match it.
This speed didn't even give Zhang Yi time to react.
Zhang Yi watched helplessly as his own head was pierced.
Coming back to his senses, the Smart System of his combat suit immediately locked onto Li Changgong's right hand.
The moment the hand crossbow was about to fire, Zhang Yi had already preemptively created distance.
The crossbow bolt shot through the air, clearing a long corridor through the sky. Behind Zhang Yi, a Dimensional Gate was silently shattered!
Zhang Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking to himself: How dangerous!
But he didn't know just how grim Li Changgong's heart was at this moment.
Li Changgong believed his own ability was invincible under heaven.
Yet Zhang Yi's ability was even more outrageous than his!
Before an opponent with the power to foresee the future, any sneak attack or attempt to exploit an opening was utterly meaningless.
"He can predict all my attacks, but as long as my attack speed is fast enough, even if his brain can perceive it, his body won't be able to keep up!"
"Or, use an ability to attack that he clearly understands but cannot evade."
Li Changgong analyzed the current situation clearly in an instant.
Yet unfortunately, the principle was easy to grasp, but executing it was extremely difficult.
Currently, Zhang Yi and he were separated by over ten kilometers.
Zhang Yi, having already probed out his capabilities, simply wouldn't give him the chance to close the distance.
He wanted to catch up to Zhang Yi, but ability-wise, his teleportation speed was only one-third of Zhang Yi's.
Similarly, if he wanted to flee, Zhang Yi would stick to him like glue.
A feeling of being stuck with stubborn glue deeply emerged in Li Changgong's heart.
His only choice now was to gamble on how many bullets remained in Zhang Yi's arsenal.
If Zhang Yi exhausted his ammunition, he could no longer use this rogue method to attack, and Li Changgong didn't care about his other attack methods at all.
"But even then, I still have no way to win!"
Li Changgong's heart was filled with gloom.
The facts proved that, under the most ideal circumstances, he would deplete Zhang Yi's ammunition.
He couldn't kill Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi likewise couldn't kill him.
The two would end in a draw.
But his plan to suppress Zhang Yi and gain reputation would fall through; at most, he wouldn't lose much face.
Yet for him, a descendant of a distinguished military family, to only draw with a warehouse manager from a coastal city held no glory whatsoever.
For the first time, he felt the same sensation Zhang Yi's numerous opponents had felt towards Zhang Yi.
This guy is just too shameless!
How can he be so damn hard to kill?
Li Changgong had to admit one thing: he had misjudged Zhang Yi's strength and hadn't anticipated that Zhang Yi actually possessed the ability to foresee the future.
In a true clash between masters, any slight oversight could influence victory or defeat, even life or death.
Therefore, the current Li Changgong simply had no way to devise a method to deal with Zhang Yi in a short time.
But he wouldn't admit defeat; he chose to continue the standoff.
"At worst, we'll end in a draw!"
Although Li Changgong said this, he didn't solely defend.
He soared into the high sky, using Soaring Cloud Steps to tread on solidified air, rapidly closing in on Zhang Yi!
A war of attrition tests patience and reserves.
Seemingly flawless, both individuals could potentially reveal flaws during prolonged combat.
They both understood this clearly.
No matter who it was, as long as a brief opening was exposed, the other would certainly not miss it and would use it to end the battle.
"Zhang Yi!!"
Li Changgong angrily shouted Zhang Yi's name, his long blade slicing through the sky, a fierce blade aura soaring upward!
But he had no time to attack Zhang Yi, because he needed to first deal with the ammunition pouring down incessantly like a violent storm from three thousand Dimensional Gates!
A curtain of bullets cascaded down like a waterfall, dyeing the entire sky and earth a fiery red, extremely beautiful and equally dangerous.
Zhang Yi certainly knew Li Changgong's objective; he wouldn't give Li Changgong the chance to get close either.
As long as he kept draining him, even if Li Changgong didn't lose, he would absolutely suffer severe damage to his vitality, with serious depletion of his internal supernatural energy.
While Zhang Yi would remain in perfect condition.
By then, he could defeat Li Changgong with absolute superiority!
Li Changgong ascended towards the heavens. For every step he advanced, Zhang Yi retreated three.
The distance between the two not only didn't close but gradually widened.
But Li Changgong didn't stop; he continued to climb higher.
Until he entered the cloud layer, his figure suddenly vanished within the thick clouds.
Zhang Yi immediately understood Li Changgong's plan.
He intended to use the thick cloud layer as cover to evade Zhang Yi's bullet curtain attack, then close in to launch a surprise assault.
Moreover, with Li Changgong's position un-lockable, Zhang Yi's [All Things Follow Traces] temporarily lost its effectiveness.
Seeing this, even Shang Daowen couldn't help but remark, "Clever! To evade Chaos's attack, Gouchen must find objects to use as cover, avoiding his lock-on."
"And the omnipresent thick cloud layers in the sky are the best concealment!"
Zhang Yi ceased firing, his gaze swiftly sweeping across the surrounding cloud layers.
Within a range of over ten kilometers around him, the cloud layers had long been dispersed by the surging firepower.
In other words, it was impossible for Li Changgong to suddenly get close.
But likewise, Zhang Yi couldn't lock onto Li Changgong's position either.
"Swish!"
A fierce blade light flashed from below and behind Zhang Yi, heading straight for his back!
This angle was extremely tricky, but Li Changgong didn't know that [All Things Follow Traces] didn't solely possess active prediction capability.
As an upgraded version of [Echo of Time], it could automatically sense all impending dangers for Zhang Yi.
At the critical moment, Zhang Yi's instincts made him dodge this strike, rapidly creating distance again.
Failing with one attack, Li Changgong immediately vanished back into the cloud layer.
His brows furrowed.
"Even an attack like that was detected by him?"
His heart grew somewhat gloomy. Heaven knew how despairing one's heart felt when facing such an opponent.
In his eyes, Zhang Yi had simply become a being nearly impossible to kill.
Author's Note
