Washington, Cross-River Overpass.
Johnny was already motionless.
He remained in a kneeling posture, like a statue instantly weathered by despair. The faint layer of Hellfire on his body had long been completely extinguished, along with his consciousness, sinking into boundless Darkness.
Lin Huai's figure nimbly flickered on the steel cables dozens of meters high. His hands flew, several Paper Clone Substitutes instantly transforming into his likeness, pouncing towards the Gargoyles from different directions in an attempt to distract them.
However, these paper effigies were frozen into ice sculptures by that extreme cold air within three meters of the Gargoyles, then shattered with a "crack" into a sky full of paper scraps.
Another Gargoyle slowly turned its head, its grayish-white gaze sweeping towards Lin Huai like a searchlight.
Alarm bells rang in Lin Huai's mind. A [Flame Leap] narrowly dodged that deadly petrification ray. The steel cable he originally stood on was instantly covered by a thick layer of rock, letting out a groan of unbearable strain.
The situation had reached a deadlock. Johnny was completely petrified, and Lin Huai's attacks couldn't deal substantial damage to the Gargoyles.
At that moment, a piercing sonic boom sharp enough to burst eardrums tore through the sky!
Lin Huai glanced at the petrified Johnny, then looked at the support flying from the sky. He immediately performed a Flame Leap to land beside (Johnny) and kicked Johnny directly under the arriving support.
A streamlined briefcase shimmering with dark red metallic luster, traveling at supersonic speed, whistled down from the thick clouds like a precision-guided meteor, crashing onto Johnny with a boom, directly smashing the petrified Johnny into pieces!
BOOM——!!!
The tremendous impact shook the entire overpass, sending countless gravel and ice chunks flying in all directions.
This method of friendly fire directly stunned Tony, who was peeking via satellite.
"Lin, what are you doing?"
The next second, Lin Huai immediately pulled out a handful of paper Angel effigies from his pocket. Shouting 'Fool protect me,' he charged towards the shattered stone pieces.
"I'm soaring to the sky! Johnny, focus your will on the tarot cards I gave you. I know you're still alive!"
The Gargoyles immediately continued spewing cold air towards the debris on the ground, while Lin Huai kept using Flame Leap to pick up the larger stone pieces from the ground and throw them off the overpass. Every time he suffered unacceptable damage, Lin Huai was seen turning into a frozen paper effigy, continuously transferring Johnny's corpse pieces via Paper Clone Substitutes. It was also because these Gargoyles were mere magical constructs, completely unaware of Lin Huai's intentions. When Lin Huai threw the transformation briefcase together with... (unclear text)... onto... (unclear text)... one of the stones began to flicker. It was the [God of Death] card Johnny always kept close to his body.
"My turn, draw!" Lin Huai displayed the five "tarot cards" in his hand to the three Gargoyles.
"Hummm—!"
A wisp of flame emerged from the stone debris, slowly turning into a raging inferno. The fire directly ignited the armor suit Tony sent along with it.
(Accompanied by an Passionate BGM)
Countless armor plates, like living creatures, crawled up along the flames, snapping into place. Legs, chest plate, arm guards, helmet... In less than three seconds, a suit of dark red armor full of violent aesthetics stood up.
The moment the helmet closed, the Hellfire within Johnny, suppressed to its limit, seemed to find a perfect outlet and erupted with a boom!
"ROAR——!!!"
This time, the flames were no longer a formless void! Orange-red Hellfire, like Pentium magma, surged madly along the energy conduits inside the armor, erupting from every armor seam!
The core concept of this "Snake-Catching Suit" was based on the power of Vulcan's Hammer, converting uncontrollable energy sources into the most primal energy! The reason the Gargoyles' cold air could suppress Hellfire was because it countered Hellfire on a "magic" level. But now, the armor transformed Hellfire's energy into pure, ultra-high-temperature physical thermal energy, using the arc reactor to provide a stable "igniter" and energy base for it!
The originally dark red armor surface, its complex heat dissipation patterns instantly lit up, turning into flowing lava-like demonic tattoos. The huge, specially modified arc reactor on the chest was no longer the blue-white representing technology, but had become an evil core burning with dark golden flames!
The leading Gargoyle let out a terrified roar.
Lin Huai displayed another red tarot card, "Johnny, use Raging Karmic Fire - Exodia's Flame"
As Lin Huai's words fell, the thrusters at Johnny's feet It spewed out tongues of fire several meters long., transforming his entire body into a dark red stream of destruction. He instantly charged in front of a Gargoyle.
That Gargoyle instinctively activated its petrification gaze.
However, the gray-white light shone on Johnny's new helmet visor, only to be absorbed by a layer of dark golden energy veins.
"Your magic is useless against me now!"
Johnny grabbed the Gargoyle's thick rocky arm. With the immense physical strength provided by the armor, a "crack" was heard as he actually tore off that granite-like arm alive!
The Gargoyle let out a roar of pain, its other fist smashing towards Johnny's head with the force of ten thousand jun.
Johnny neither dodged nor avoided it, letting the huge fist smash onto his chest plate.
"Clang——!"
A loud crash, sparks flying everywhere. The Gargoyle's fist shattered inch by inch, while Johnny's chest plate was only slightly dented.
He raised his other hand, fingers spread. The repulsor cannon in his palm The jet no longer emitted energy beams, but a compressed-to-the-extreme, metal-particle-mixed Hellfire jet!
BOOM——!
That A blazing pillar of fire instantly pierced through the Gargoyle's chest, completely melting its internal core structure. The Gargoyle's massive body Frozen in place, then turned into a pile of scalding magma, burning a huge hole in the bridge deck below.
"Next!"
Johnny turned, locking onto the second Gargoyle.
Seeing this, that Gargoyle let out a sharp shriek, flapped its wings, and It suddenly shot into the sky., opening its mouth to It unleashed a breath of frost that covered the sky., attempting to suppress him from the air.
"Want to go up?"
The thrusters on Johnny's back and feet simultaneously Burst of intense light. His entire body shot up from the ground like a Rocket, charging Breathing directly at the frost! A thick layer of ice shell froze on the armor's surface, but the internal Hellfire core instantly increased its output. The ice layer evaporated within zero point one seconds.
Mid-air, Johnny grabbed the Gargoyle's wing, smashing the Corner on his knee hard against its spine!
"CRACK——!"
Accompanied by the loud sound of stone shattering, the Gargoyle let out a wail. Like a kite with its string cut, trailing Thick smoke and flames, it crashed headlong into the overpass's main support beam!
RUMBLE!!!
The Gargoyle, weighing tens of tons, Coupled with terrifying impact, directly The impact severed the most critical load-bearing structure of the viaduct.. The hundreds-of-meters-long bridge deck let out a teeth-grating twisting sound, beginning to tilt and collapse to one side! Countless stones fell like Dumplings into the Potomac River below!
In the blink of an eye, only the leader of the three Gargoyles remained.
For the first time, an emotion called fear appeared in its eyes. It turned around, wanting to He disappeared into the shadows under the bridge and escaped..
"The show's just getting started, and you want to leave?"
Johnny grinning maliciously, descended from the sky, landing heavily right in front of that Gargoyle, directly stomping a huge dent into the already The bridge surface is about to collapse.
He Extending chains burning with hellfire, like catching a snake, accurately It wrapped around the gargoyle's neck and limbs., and Pulled back suddenly!
The Gargoyle's Huge body was He was forcibly pulled to the ground with a loud crash.
"It's over!"
Johnny Raise your fist high. On the armor's arm guard, all energy conduits It was so bright it was almost blinding.. Hellfire energy gathered to an unprecedented degree.
He was about to deliver this Fatal Blow when Lin Huai's calm voice came through the communicator.
"Johnny, wait! Its core is mine!"
Before the words finished, a figure darted out from the side like a ghost.
It was Lin Huai.
He held a revolver in his hand, A revolver appeared out of nowhere.. The muzzle was Aiming at the gargoyle's exposed area as it fell to the ground,The only chest not covered by thick rocks.
Bang!
A gunshot.
A specially crafted The spiritual bullet struck that vulnerable spot with pinpoint accuracy..
"Crack——!"
Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, the Gargoyle's hard chest, like glass struck by a heavy hammer, Instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, then Explode with a boom!
A cluster of Dark blue light, crystal-clear, grayish-white translucent crystal clusters, flickering, was exposed from the shattered body.
Now!
Lin Huai's figure instantly vanished from his spot. Activating [Flame Leap], in the split second before Johnny's iron fist fell and the Gargoyle Complete collapse, he He precisely scooped up the core crystal..
BOOM——!!!
Johnny's fist landed. Rampant Hellfire The impact, combined with physical force, completely reduced it to ashes flying everywhere. the Gargoyle's wreckage.
Lin Huai stood to the side, feeling the cold and pure spiritual power transmitted from his palm. He couldn't suppress the upward curve of his corners of the mouth.
The second main material for Sequence 5 [Marionettist] was obtained.
(Working overtime tonight. Don't wait for the next chapter, it will be out later tonight or tomorrow morning.)