Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior-Chapter 42 - 40: Armor of Strength—Crushed to a Pulp!

Chapter 42: Chapter 40: Armor of Strength—Crushed to a Pulp!

Seeing Su Mu approaching, then his left hand forming a fist and slowly punching over, the Black-armored Strongman’s initial shock dissipated, a trace of mockery appearing on his face.

This Fine Iron Armor he wore, even Qian Wu, who was also a Martial Artist at the Bone Forging Realm, couldn’t scratch him with a long saber, let alone this seemingly light punch.

Trying to wound him, Hongshan, with just that punch, was simply a fool’s dream!

And in the blink of a relaxed moment, Su Mu’s right fist suddenly transformed into a tiger’s claw.

Under the Limit-Breaking State, the Five Animals Tiger Play stacked with the Tiger Subduing Fist.

Vajra Subduing Tiger.

Roar!

Suddenly, a strangely high-pitched Tiger Roar echoed across the field.

This roar shook the surrounding mist away, leaving the Black-armored Strongman momentarily disoriented and dazed.

Dang!

This punch, launched later but arriving first, landed on the strongman’s chest. This top-grade Ninth-Grade Fist Technique from the Vajra Temple, now nearly perfect in Su Mu’s hands, exploded with terrifying power the moment it struck.

The Black-armored Strongman, regaining his senses, staggered back several steps. The heavy armor he wore actually dented inward, forming the imprint of a tiger’s claw from this strike.

At that moment, the Black-armored Strongman’s expression completely changed. He fixed his eyes on Su Mu’s fist, finding it unscathed. If he himself had struck out with such a flesh-and-blood punch, not to mention the iron armor denting, his own hand bones would surely have broken first.

Suddenly, he remembered something that his mentor, a ranger from his youth, had mentioned about reaching the Refining Power Realm three times.

"Heart-driven strength, covering the body, power transforming into armor... You, you’ve achieved Transforming Force?!"

Transforming Force, using minimal force to move a thousand pounds, power transforming into armor!

Transforming Force doesn’t directly enhance martial arts power, but is used to shed force, allowing one to deflect an enemy’s aggression, protect oneself when attacking, or even reverberate force back to the attacker.

Transforming Force, power transforming into armor?!

Su Mu’s eyes shone brightly. To be honest, Su Mu currently had no idea how to break into Transforming Force, which was also the key reason he did not press into it after mastering Dark Force.

Dark Force was realized after he had seen a clue from Black Market bandits he fought, further achieved through powerful inferential comprehension.

But Su Mu had never encountered an enemy capable of Transforming Force, not even among the two Eighth Grade Bone Forging Realm warriors present.

"Could this power film be the prototype of the Armor of Strength?"

Su Mu was overjoyed. This power film was merely inspired by a flash of insight during a rainy journey. Unexpectedly, this accidental encounter set him on the correct path to Transforming Force.

"Heart-driven strength, covering the body, power transforming into armor... Is this the realm of Transforming Force?"

Su Mu’s brain spun quickly, but his hands didn’t stop their assault. Grateful to the Black-armored Strongman for pointing out the path to Transforming Force, he must show his appreciation.

"To express my gratitude... I will use all my strength to destroy you!"

Su Mu channeled power through his legs, taking a step to instantly catch up with the retreating Black-armored Strongman, that seemingly slow punch accurately striking the previously dented spot again.

Great Success Rock Shattering Fist, Armor Collapse!

Thud.

The punch landed on the Black-armored Strongman’s chest with a dull thud. Stunned for a moment, he burst into wild laughter with a burst of defiance.

"So what if you have Transforming Force? With this iron armor, how can your bare fists harm me?!"

The wild laughter suddenly froze.

At that moment, a terrifying force seeped through the dent, bursting violently upon the flesh.

Bang!

A louder explosion echoed, the Black-armored Strongman feeling intense chest pain, with his Qi Blood churning violently inside him. But with a muffled grunt, he forcibly swallowed it back down.

"This, this is impossible... I have iron armor protecting my body, impervious to blades and spears, how can you wound me?"

The Black-armored Strongman’s face showed terror for the first time. His greatest reliance in this fight wasn’t any natural brute strength, but this exceptionally sturdy iron armor. With this armor, even Qian Wu, who was also at the Bone Forging Realm, couldn’t possibly breach his defense with a saber.

But now, this greatest reliance vanished before this man!

Drip.

Blood flowed from the iron armor onto the ground.

Seeing the iron-armored man, whose defense he couldn’t break earlier, now stained with blood, Qian Wu’s confidence soared, and he shouted, "Bring me a saber!"

Immediately, a soldier from the Cyan Cloud Army, carrying several long sabers at his waist, handed him one.

"Knight, let’s join forces and slay him together, rid the people of this menace!"

With that, Qian Wu laughed wildly and directly lunged at the black-armored strongman, creating an opportunity for Su Mu to kill this scoundrel.

Su Mu’s eyes, filled with murderous intent, locked onto that black-armored strongman. Breaking the limit was already the extreme for his body, continuing to stack Double Tigers or Double Birds beyond that wouldn’t last long.

Moreover, he hadn’t truly mastered the Transforming Force. Even with the protection of a power film, his right arm, which clashed directly with the iron armor, was in piercing pain, unable to exert even half of its power at full strength.

That’s why Su Mu chose to use the left arm, which had begun the Bone Forging process, as the real killer move to execute the Rock Shattering Fist. This strike did injure the black-armored strongman but wasn’t fatal.

Having a Cyan Cloud Army captain in the Bone Forging Realm to assist him was as good as it could get.

Swish!

Su Mu’s figure flickered and approached in an instant from the side. Even having seen Su Mu’s body technique before, Qian Wu was still astounded at close range, immediately giving way.

Bang!

Su Mu delivered another Rock Shattering Fist. This time, his punch landed on the strongman’s right arm wrist.

Ah--------

A sudden scream erupted from the strongman’s mouth. The damned punch’s power penetrated through the iron armor, directly exploding at his wrist, causing excruciating pain, with flesh and blood flying inside the armor, bones and tendons breaking.

"Bastards! What kind of hero are you to fight two against one? If you have the guts, one-on-one with me!"

Su Mu sneered coldly.

"Fair? What right does a corpse have to talk about fairness?"

Su Mu’s tone was exceedingly icy, causing even Qian Wu to shiver, but with rich combat experience, he immediately pursued to settle this villain with Su Mu.

The saber light flickered, continuously chopping toward the black-armored strongman.

After the black-armored strongman lost his right arm, his decline became evident. He continued to roar in anger, swinging the fine iron whistle stick with his left arm, seemingly violent but in reality having lost his control.

Watching Qian Wu stepping aside, a black shadow enlarged infinitely in the strongman’s pupils. In Hongshan’s eyes, filled with blood and indescribable pain and fear.

"No, don’t come over..."

Bang, bang, bang!

Su Mu pounced like a fierce tiger, his left arm launching punches repeatedly, delivering over a dozen punches until his left arm almost lost all sensation before he slowly stopped. Under the face scarf, Su Mu gritted his teeth, showing no sign of strangeness.

Drip, drip!

Pools of blood mixed with shattered bones and flesh seeped out from the iron armor’s gaps, then fell to the ground, blooming into bizarre blood flowers.

The black-armored strongman’s tiger-like eyes dimmed at this moment, his past flashing swiftly by. After the last figure appeared, it fixed in front of him, with a thick sense of disappointment showing on that figure’s face.

Clang!

The fine iron whistle stick fell to the ground.

Amid several metallic clangs, the black-armored strongman’s mountain-like robust body collapsed to his knees, muttering like self-talk.

"Master, I was wrong..."

Receiving no reply, the strongman’s head fell, his flesh and blood body inside the iron armor completely smashed into a puddle of flesh by Su Mu’s dozen punches, unable to maintain a human form, collapsing with a thud.

The words of a dying man are kind. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Su Mu heard the strongman’s murmur before his death, but the killing intent in his heart hadn’t diminished. Even if he killed the black-armored strongman a thousand times, Master Zhou and others couldn’t come back to life.

This world is unfair to good people!

Su Mu’s eyes flickered once. He kicked up a saber from the ground, grasped it in his right hand, stretched his left hand to grab the strongman’s head, and beheaded him with one slash.

With hot blood splattering on his face, Su Mu held the bloody head in his hand, intending to use it to console the dead Zhou Mountain and several masters.

"Centurion Hong... died just like that?!"

The Black Mountain Army’s side was beyond shocked seeing their centurion’s head cut off and held in someone else’s hand. The death of their invincible leader dealt them an enormous blow, causing their morale to plummet instantly, leading to a crushing defeat.

"The bandit leader is dead, evil can’t triumph over righteousness. Brothers, kill off this army of scoundrels!"