Chapter 134: The Decisive Battle

Chapter 34: The Final Battle

Too late!

Lu Yun roared inwardly, trying to turn aside and evade the bullet.

But it was too fast!

The whistle of the air had not even reached his ears before the rapidly spinning metal bullet was already upon him.

I’m going to die!

I’m going to die!

In his crystalline red pupils, he could even see the metallic sheen reflected from the bullet’s polished surface.

Then, as though sensing the danger facing its host, the vast reserves of Ghost-type energy deep within Lu Yun’s body—formed from the essence of countless King- and Champion-level Ghost-type Pokémon—suddenly began to circulate.

At a speed almost akin to thought, it surged wildly through the meridians and channels within his body.

In an instant, Lu Yun felt the nearly shattered muscle cells in his legs being squeezed for one final trace of strength.

New strength was born!

Bang!

The muscles in his calves suddenly swelled like balloons.

They tore. They ruptured.

Muscle burst apart, and blood sprayed wildly.

Like the final explosion of power in the fading light of dusk, a force erupted from the soles of Lu Yun’s feet, sending his body, which had been standing firmly on level ground, leaping several dozen centimeters into the air.

And those mere few dozen centimeters allowed Lu Yun to escape the fate of having his brain pierced by the bullet.

Instead, the bullet struck his broad shoulder, packed with knotted muscle.

A product of centuries of painstaking human research, the technological creation came bearing terrifying, almost invincible force, crushing everything in its path.

The metal bullet spun at tremendous speed. Its spiraling airflow instantly shredded Lu Yun’s tough black skin, exposing the tender muscle and crimson blood beneath.

In the void, the damage immunity granted by the Heart of Zamazenta was triggered.

Having already endured an intense battle, Lu Yun had sacrificed the muscles in his calf to avoid death. His health had now fallen below thirty percent.

As a result, the damage immunity granted by the “Warrior of a Hundred Battles” reached an astonishing seventy-five percent.

It was as if an invisible force had crossed time and space before attaching itself to the bullet flying through the air.

Its rotational speed abruptly slowed, and the cold gleam of the warhead softened somewhat.

Hiss—

A savage spray of blood burst forth.

After being weakened, the bullet appeared somewhat feeble, yet it continued spinning as it drilled straight into Lu Yun’s shoulder.

It was immediately caught and firmly trapped by the dense muscle and steel-hard bones within, sinking deep into his flesh.

“Ugh…”

A pained whimper, as if squeezed from the depths of his throat, rang through the air together with two vivid bursts of blood from his body.

Murderous intent surged from the depths of his eyes, transforming into the fiercest of gazes as he viciously slashed it toward Bert’s position.

In his right hand, profound malice transformed into resentful black flames, while a mass of negative Ghost-type energy took shape in his palm.

With a forceful swing, the pitch-black sphere of negative Ghost-type energy, under Arbok’s despairing gaze, slammed into Bert’s helpless body as he lay sprawled on the ground.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

There was no resistance whatsoever.

Under the corrosive power of the Ghost-type energy, the frail human body dissolved in an instant into foul-smelling sludge that spread freely across the ground.

Bert had offered his life as a sacrifice to fire his final shot, one born of his burning iron will.

“SSSSSSS!”

A crazed hiss thundered through the Ghost Corridor.

Seeing the master who had been by its side day and night turn into a pool of filth before its eyes, Arbok felt endless grief and agony erupt from the depths of its heart. Its heart seemed ready to be consumed by the flames of rage.

The pupils that had been pitch-black suddenly filled with vivid red from within, radiating madness and hysteria.

Its powerful serpentine body, covered in hideous wounds, thrashed violently through the passageway without regard for the blood gushing from it.

Lu Yun stood somewhat unsteadily where he was, unable to keep his brow from furrowing beneath the intense pain radiating from his shoulder and calf.

Under his precise control, the taut muscles shifted faintly, slowly forcing out the bullet embedded within.

The bloodstained metal casing rolled onto the ground with a crisp clatter.

The wound sealed shut, and the gushing blood was firmly contained.

Seeing Arbok ahead, enraged to the verge of madness, Lu Yun let out a sigh of relief.

Sometimes, an opponent who had lost all reason was far easier to deal with.

Only…

Lu Yun glanced worriedly at the ghastly wounds on his calf and shoulder.

Ahead, the frenzied Arbok naturally had no intention of sparing the murderer who had killed its master.

Twisting its long, muscular body, Arbok charged straight at Lu Yun, leaving a long blood trail across the ground.

Lu Yun’s expression did not change. He lightly sidestepped.

The serpentine body roared past him, carrying a gale and shards of stone in its wake.

Lu Yun could even see his own black silhouette reflected in Arbok’s fine, smooth scales—

and the pink, forked tongue protruding from its wide-open maw.

He raised his right hand and clenched it into a fist.

Dark-purple, mistlike Ghost-type energy spiraled upward from his fingertips, spreading toward the sky until it transformed into a strange energy gauntlet.

“Shadow Punch!”

Boom!

Arbok, already devoid of reason, was struck viciously in the head by Lu Yun’s Shadow Punch, infused with intensely corrosive power.

Fine purple scales exploded apart, while viscous, filthy blood carrying a faint poison sprayed through the air.

Flesh flew in every direction!

The tremendous force wrapped around the fist sent Arbok’s massive body tumbling violently to the side, kicking up countless fragments of stone and clouds of dust.

“SSSSSSS!”

A shrill hiss burst from its wide mouth, filled with dark venom.

Under the shadow of its master’s death, Arbok was finally unable to hold on!

As a serpentine Pokémon, Arbok possessed powerful regenerative abilities surpassing those of ordinary Pokémon, allowing it to rapidly recover its stamina during battle.

But Lu Yun, locked in combat with it, possessed even greater reserves of refined Ghost-type energy accumulated within his body.

The terrifying corrosive power carried by each of his attacks was like a bone-boring parasite, burrowing deep into Arbok’s body and destroying all of its regenerative factors.

Bert’s death was the final straw that broke the camel’s back, completely shattering Arbok’s mental resolve.

The last breath sustaining it also dispersed.

Crimson blood seeped from between its scales like spring water. The snake’s body, originally a deep purple from head to tail, was now covered in a horrifying wash of red.

At the brink of death, the wildest side of Arbok—the most primal aspect belonging to all Pokémon—was finally awakened.

Even if it died, it would take its enemy down with it!

Its great maw, filled with viscous venom, opened wide without restraint.

Squeezing out the final trace of strength from its body, it lunged viciously toward Lu Yun and bit down.

“AAAHHHHH!”

Roaring with fury, Lu Yun sensed that this would be the final blow.

The injury to his calf made evasion impossible.

So he no longer held anything back. He summoned every last ounce of strength in his body.

The muscles in his scarred, powerful arms swelled as they filled with blood.

Brown-red crystalline energy rose from between his palms.

He lifted both hands and met Arbok’s charge from afar.