Chapter 244: The Flaw in the Hammer of the Thunder God

Ability Users who fall into the path of slaughter, coupled with being eroded by the Fear Emperor’s power, have their minds clouded by the victims’ blood plasma spraying and agonized screams, their brain capacity shrinking to the size of a walnut kernel—commonly known as “intelligence reduction.”

Hungry Ghost Shara watched Kamiyu slaughter the Fruit Ability User Army for a long time, until only less than thirty thousand Fruit Ability Users remained, before finally realizing that the Fruit Ability User Army couldn’t withstand Kamiyu’s attacks, nor those of the man behind her.

Even if the Ability User Army went berserk and advanced to possess fifth-tier strength, they still couldn’t hold off Kamiyu’s assault.

So what could be done? He had to step up himself, buying time for them to attack the Sanctuary and destroy the Artillery Position that kept firing Poison Shells at the Fear Emperor Tree Core Zone.

Hungry Ghost Shara’s carelessness, underestimation of the enemy, stubborn pride, and inflexibility led to his forces dwindling from 300,000 to less than 30,000.

If Hungry Ghost Shara had been willing to set aside his worthless dignity and taken action from the start, with all 300,000 troops attacking together, Kamiyu truly wouldn’t have known how to handle it—or she might have already entered Angel Form to Unleash Unrivaled Power.

But Hungry Ghost Shara was too proud, believing that as the commander, he absolutely couldn’t be the first to engage. Moreover, he employed Drip-Feed Tactics by dividing his forces into front, middle, and rear formations, making it nearly impossible not to lose.

Seeing such an opponent, Kamiyu was inwardly delighted. This Hungry Ghost Shara wasn’t even half as capable as Lei Yao before. Now, on the verge of defeat, he was like a gambler red-eyed with desperation, finally playing his “trump card”—himself.

At this point, it was already very difficult for Hungry Ghost Shara to win, as his Ability User Army was now at a numerical disadvantage, with no possibility of breaking into the Sanctuary.

Watching him go through exaggerated warm-up motions, Kamiyu snorted inwardly—it was nothing more than announcing his impending defeat.

“Lower the altitude. I want to see clearly how he begs for mercy later,” Kamiyu said, sounding like a Villain.

“Don’t get careless. Villains always end up humbled,” Jack warned while lowering the Flying Horse’s altitude.

“Hmph.”

As a “Villain,” of course, she wouldn’t declare war before attacking. Since Hungry Ghost Shara was performing some unknown, ridiculous warm-up movements, she would take this chance to ambush him.

Load: Thunderstorm Bullet, Select: Arc Splash;

Stack: Curving Bullet; Select Core Skill: Hammer of the Thunder God.

Kamiyu pulled the Trigger. This time was different—she chose the Six-in-One Mode on the Sound of Chaos, merging six Hammers of the Thunder God into one, descending from the sky.

A thicker, more massive bolt of lightning, like a pillar holding up the heavens, struck down toward Hungry Ghost Shara’s head at nearly the speed of light.

Just as the lightning was about to hit Hungry Ghost Shara, a sudden Mutation occurred. The lightning seemed to strike into a Gel Layer, slowing down rapidly. For every centimeter it descended, its speed decreased significantly. In the end, Hungry Ghost Shara even had time to look up at the Platinum Light above his head.

“So this is what it feels like to have lightning right above you,” Hungry Ghost Shara took a deep breath, feeling the scorching heat wave.

Then, naturally, calmly, and with a bit of Flexing, he took a step forward, dodging the impact of the Hammer of the Thunder God.

“What? What kind of Technique is this?” Kamiyu widened her eyes.

Jack was considering whether to go for the last hit, but without Kamiyu’s instruction, he decided not to disrupt her plan.

“Could it be a Space-Time Ability?” Kamiyu wondered. “Is this the true power of the fifth rank?”

The next moment, something even more astonishing happened—the Hammer of the Thunder God unleashed six bolts of lightning above Hungry Ghost Shara’s head. This was the skill effect of Thunderstorm Bullet arc splash, yet not a single one struck it.

“So exaggerated? What the hell?” Kamiyu observed intently, trying to figure out what Hungry Ghost Shara had done.

“Could it be using a Space-Time Ability that alters the ‘temporal state’ of my skills?”

“Impossible. If it possessed such a skill, it would have already stopped me from killing its Ability User Army,” Kamiyu answered her own question.

“Right, this feeling doesn’t seem like a Space-Time Ability,” Jack added, his current main weapon being the Doombringer, which could utilize Space-Time Skills.

“Then what is it?”

At that moment, Hungry Ghost Shara’s intelligence came back online. “Don’t expect me to explain my Special Ability. You can keep guessing what just happened. Now, prepare to die.”

Jack immediately pulled the Flying Horse higher, swiftly maneuvering to avoid being hit while standing still.

“Old Geezer, explain quickly,” Kamiyu urged.

“Who knows? I’m seeing this for the first time too,” Mephisto replied flatly.

“All you do is cause trouble. What’s the point of having you?” Kamiyu complained.

“Heh, why not try attacking it more to find its weaknesses? Even someone as powerful as you has plenty of flaws, right?” Mephisto chuckled.

“Huh? My skills are full of flaws? What kind of joke is that?”

This time, Mephisto didn’t respond.

Kamiyu calmed down, thinking Mephisto’s words made sense. This was the enemy’s first official battle, and many of its skills were unknown. Just like in a game, figuring out all its skills would make it easier to kill.

Kamiyu pulled the trigger again, this time selecting the mode on the Sound of Chaos that increased the number of attacks.

“Boom.” With six heavy sounds, six bolts of lightning simultaneously descended from the sky, aiming straight for Hungry Ghost Shara’s head.

Kamiyu widened her eyes. She saw the two lightning bolts closest to Hungry Ghost Shara enter the “transparent gel layer” again, their speed dropping unnaturally and rapidly until it reached zero. Then, twelve bolts of lightning erupted above Hungry Ghost Shara’s head.

“See? That’s the flaw in your skill,” Mephisto remarked.

Kamiyu’s heart skipped a beat. “How could this be? Everything was fine before, but now my skill has been seen through by the enemy?”

Wait, Hungry Ghost Shara didn’t look so good either—its face was even paler than before. This move of slowing down the Hammer of the Thunder God couldn’t be used indefinitely.

Kamiyu had found a way to counter it, but forcing a solution wasn’t the best outcome she wanted. She wanted to understand why this was happening.

“Let’s try again. I think I saw something,” Jack said. “Fire all six lightning bolts at once, and I’ll strike it with my sword.”

Kamiyu nodded. “As you wish.”

With that, Kamiyu pulled the trigger, and Jack swung his sword hilt.

Hammer of the Thunder God, Water-Calling Sword Style, Sever Reality.

Six Lightning Bolts descended from the sky, identical to before, and the lightning once again came to a halt, though Hungry Ghost Shara’s face grew a shade paler.

“I told you, your Technique is useless against me. Still trying?”

Kamiyu did not respond, instead focusing intently on Jack’s next move.

With a whoosh, a transparent sword aura slashed directly at Hungry Ghost Shara’s neck.

Thud, thud, thud—the sounds echoed as blood-stained Tentacles fell to the ground one after another.

“Ah, I see. It’s the Tentacles,” the two said in unison.