Chapter 1858: Chapter 973: Taboo ACE-015, Wooden Fish

Outside the battlefield, Li Dongze watched as the sandstorm slowly subsided: "Qing Ji still hasn’t appeared; our time is running short."

Once the sandstorm in the city stops, the aerial fortress above will regain its view, and by then, everyone will be in danger.

March responded: "The Gold-seeking Beast is still searching for the nodes of the Spider Web Array. It has devoured one, but the Spider Web Array seems unaffected. It looks like all nodes must be consumed."

Li Dongze frowned: "The people inside the Spider Web Array might not be able to hold out that long."

March raised an eyebrow: "Don’t have much faith in your boss?"

"No," Li Dongze shook his head: "If it’s a one-on-one fight with a demigod, the boss could definitely win, but this is the Drama Master’s territory. The opponent is already prepared."

It was at this moment that the haze of the sandstorm cleared slightly, and everyone saw the edge of the Spider Web Array, where hundreds of elite soldiers from the Roosevelt Kingdom were infiltrating the array quickly. Some already showed signs of beastification, clearly high-level genetic warriors!

"These people are all going in to hunt Qing Chen," Ye Wan said, "There must be more from other directions, possibly numbering over a thousand."

March calmly said, "Their gift is ready."

At that moment, the elite force infiltrating the Spider Web Array suddenly saw an iron box placed on the street ahead. From a distance, March pressed a switch, and the sides of the iron box opened abruptly, revealing the mysterious puppet inside.

Taboo ACE-016, kills witnesses. At the most opportune moment, it will kill all who have seen it.

This mysterious puppet possesses C-Class power and is immortal. When facing a group of genetic warriors below B-Class, it determines when is the best time to kill them all.

That moment is now.

The mysterious puppet on the iron box base flexibly turned its head, rotating 360 degrees to scan its surroundings. Its originally pursed red lips suddenly stretched to its earlobes, smiling grotesquely.

Without warning, it leapt up, covering dozens of meters in a single bound, pouncing on the group of genetic warriors!

Nobody expected that the Contraindicated courts would take out a taboo item marked as "dangerous" for this battle, completely violating internal organizational rules!

Li Dongze looked at the dissipating sandstorm: "It’s not enough; we must end this combat quickly."

As he spoke, he took off his black coat, threw it to the ground, and walked toward the Spider Web Array in a black suit, tying his medium-length hair back as he went: "You wait here for backup; I’ll go in and check."

March calmly said, "Don’t die; I don’t want to be the one to contain you."

Li Dongze laughed heartily: "Then let April handle it."

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Can Qing Ji defeat the Duke of Storm City? No, he knows he cannot.

One is a demigod, the other is A-Class. This gap cannot be bridged by shouts or mere determination.

The Black Spider carried Qing Chen on its back and turned to leave, but the Duke of Storm City tried to pursue and kill. Qing Ji, however, blocked his way.

"Get out of the way," the Duke of Storm City accelerated forcefully, intending to kill Qing Chen first, then return for Qing Ji.

But as soon as he moved, Qing Ji shadowed his path, instantly delivering dozens of punches in his path, shaking the entire space.

The Qing’s Family’s martial arts inheritance is mysterious, and the Duke of Storm City was unwilling to forcefully resist this spatial vibration, so he was compelled to retreat.

He calmly assessed Qing Ji: "An A-Class blocking a demigod, your courage is commendable."

Qing Ji earnestly said: "It is my duty to protect him."

Even though Qing Chen is now a demigod and he is only A-Class, his duty is to protect Qing Chen.

No matter if Qing Chen becomes a god one day, Qing Ji will still earnestly shelter him from storms; this is the purpose of his cultivation.

Only then is his epitaph worthy of those six words.

In the long street, the Duke of Storm City leisurely put on a pair of black knuckle dusters, their deep black seemingly able to devour light, plunging the area around his hands into instant darkness.

The Duke of Storm City disappeared on the spot, reappearing in front of Qing Ji.

Qing Ji had only time to cross his arms in front of his chest; with a booming sound, his whole body was sent flying.

Everyone underestimated the power of the Duke of Storm City.

Arbiters are not proficient in close combat, being symbolic of mages like the Chen Clan’s painters and Onmyoji, able to curse invisibly but physically weak.

If a regular A-Class Arbiter came, Qing Ji might take on three at once.

But this Duke of Storm City is different; he is a hybrid of a giant’s body and a human, lacking a giant’s height and clumsiness, but possessing agility and speed, also able to grow through food.

This is why King Roosevelt believes that new humans are the future of the kingdom: the future world does not belong to the old humans of today, nor to giants, but to new humans.

So when the Duke of Storm City battled with Qing Ji, as an Arbiter, he displayed a speed almost comparable to a Knight, and his body was naturally more robust and tenacious than a Knight’s!

Qing Ji spat out a mouthful of blood. He is regarded as a top expert even on the Eastern Continent, confident enough to maneuver even with a demigod, perhaps even flee.

Yet in front of this Duke of Storm City, he was disadvantaged in just one round.

Moreover, when the black knuckle duster hit Qing Ji, a black mist infiltrated his body, acting like a neurotoxic paralysis, slowing his movements.

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