The atmosphere suddenly quieted down. Only Ding Meng and Gong Ping were left in the command center, staring at each other across space.
The two of them stood there quietly, staring at each other like the radar scanning on a starship. As long as the other was distracted for even the slightest moment, he would be immediately caught.
Suddenly, a new screen appeared on the main control console, and the system sounded, "Warning, warning, all members, please pay attention, all members, this station has entered automatic destruction mode. The estimated time is 30 minutes and 30 seconds. All units, please evacuate immediately. All units, please evacuate immediately. I repeat, I repeat, all members, please pay attention..."
Ding Meng secretly cursed himself for being careless. Previously, Gong Ping had casually pressed a button on the control console, so the self-destruction mode must have been activated. He had long planned to kill Wen Yang here and escape with the starship, destroying all evidence.
Sure enough, Gong Ping sneered, "There is one last Songqing starship on the tarmac, but only one of us can leave."
At this moment, the red light in the command center flashed wildly, and the alarm was triggered.
But when the red light suddenly lit up, Gong Ping's eyelids slightly blinked. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ding Meng made his move!
Under the red light, the Ding style karate knife was like a twisted red light, and it went straight for Gong Ping's head like lightning.
"Bang —"
The two huge forces collided, and the air was suddenly distorted and then exploded. Ding Meng and Gong Ping were both forced to retreat.
When they were both standing still, Ding Meng was slightly surprised. Not only was his karate knife blocked, but he also felt that this person was very similar to himself. It was the kind of toughness that had been tempered to be impervious to fire and water, and invulnerable to swords and spears.
Gong Ping's expression also changed. "Good job, kid. In the entire Federal Empire, there are not many people who can fight me. You are quite ruthless."
He suddenly waved his hands in front of his chest a few times, and it felt like a palm technique similar to Tai Chi Xingyi. Then, with a sudden push, a ball of gray energy in the shape of a probing head flew over like a cannonball.
Ding Meng's expression froze. He had already sensed the terrifying energy fluctuation. It was simply indescribable.
It looked like a mirror image of a cannonball, but in Ding Meng's eyes, it was like a raging wave hitting a reef. There was no way to dodge it.
"Phew —"
Ding Meng struck out with his palms, which glowed brightly. He was determined to meet the attack head-on with the Diamond Starfusing Art.
"Pa!" The sharp tip of the probe drilled into Ding Meng's palm. The bottom of Ding Meng's boots immediately released a ring of strong wind. The control panel and the surrounding area immediately turned into a sea of fire.
However, the probe did not explode or shatter. Instead, it pushed Ding Meng backward into the main passage.
This ball of energy was the strongest attack Ding Meng had encountered since becoming an Origin Ability user. Not only was it a fusion of multiple Origin Essences, but it was also imbued with kinetic telekinesis, which gave the probe an unstoppable thrust. It was like a starship's booster. It would be very difficult to intercept it head-on.
After sliding into the main passage, the probe's energy changed again. It directly transformed into ice Origin Energy. Ding Meng's arms were covered in a thin layer of ice at a speed visible to the naked eye. At this moment, Gong Ping descended from the sky behind Ding Meng and aimed a palm strike at the top of Ding Meng's head.
Ding Meng withdrew his palms, leaned back, and kicked out with his right foot, which struck the opponent's palm.
The probe flew straight out of the long main passage and into the middle of the city. A long street was instantly set ablaze, and all kinds of buildings were slowly melting.
"Peng peng peng peng peng — — —"
The two of them flew out of the main passage at the same time. In the blink of an eye, dozens of punches and palms were exchanged in midair. The explosions caused the air to constantly tremble. With them as the center, a huge gust of colorful origin energy swirled around them. Everything in its path was crushed to dust. A battle of this level was destructive in nature. Even if the self-destruct mode was not activated, the entire space station would be destroyed in the long run.
With a bang, the two of them exchanged a palm strike in midair. Borrowing the force of the collision, they flew in opposite directions.
Ding Meng landed on the railing of the hotel's top floor, while Gong Ping landed on a crystal plate in the opposite building. Both of their expressions were quite ugly because they had just realized that they had underestimated each other.
This "instructor" had hidden himself too deeply. Ding Meng had actually misjudged him. In terms of basic strength, Ding Meng dared to say that this Gong Ping's foundation was even deeper than Wen Yang's. This person had at least 200 years of bitter training from the origin ability user stage to the wargod level. If one were to use conventional martial arts techniques and methods, it would be impossible to injure him.
Gong Ping was also carefully sizing up Ding Meng. He also found it hard to believe that this young man, who was not even forty years old, actually possessed such terrifying strength. From what he could tell, this Ding Meng was like a bottomless pit. No one knew what his trump cards were or where his limits were. He was the type of person who was unfathomable.
Ding Meng activated his telekinesis vision. He saw that Gong Ping's body was already suffused with a black aura. Gong Ping had indeed used his Demon Energy.
With a clang, Ding Meng's bracers turned into divine light spikes. His entire arm turned into a white Qilin arm.
Gong Ping suddenly opened his mouth and let out a roar. This was not a human's voice at all. It was like the howl of some ancient monster.
In Ding Meng's eyes, Gong Ping had really turned into a monster. His head had turned into the shape of a dragon's head. His entire face was distorted, like a devil's mask formed by black fog and dark clouds.
If the Widow of Heavenly Peak and the others had used the Black Dragon Wave, then Gong Ping's current appearance was an enhanced version of the Black Dragon Wave. The terrifying ghost face occupied half the sky, and the dragon's head was about to bite down when it opened its mouth.
Ding Meng waved his hand, and a huge curtain of divine light immediately appeared between heaven and earth. The light spikes also seemed to have become particle laser cannons, shooting out countless divine light spikes into the sky. It was like the ground was shooting tens of thousands of arrows into the sky. The scene was extremely majestic.
As soon as these light spikes passed through the curtain, their power increased rapidly. The light spikes immediately turned into short swords. A rain of swords swept directly toward the dragon's head.
Not only did the dragon's head not show any signs of being weakened, it even opened its black mouth and sucked in the short swords. It looked like it was eating a feast.
Ding Meng suddenly realized that Gong Ping was also using the new Demon Energy used by No. 1. Your attack was actually injecting energy into him.
Ding Meng decisively stopped. He raised his head and sneered. "Since you like to absorb so much, I'll let you absorb as much as you want."
He put his palms together and paused for a moment. Then, he pushed his palms towards the sky.
"Bang — — —"
A pure white cylindrical energy stream with a diameter of ten meters was shot into the sky. This was not inferior to the orbital bombardment of a starship.
The dragon's head swallowed the beam in one gulp. However, at the same time, it was obviously knocked back dozens of meters. The divine light energy was no joke. Even a real orbital bombardment could not compare to it in terms of purity.
The dragon's head was very excited when it swallowed the beam, like a hungry wolf pouncing on fresh meat. However, its expression slowly changed. It became difficult and painful because as Ding Meng's diamond origin gradually increased, the energy stream continued to expand. It was like the head of a water wheel being twisted to the limit.
It wanted to eat meat, but if it was forced to eat meat when it was full, it was no longer enjoyable. It was going to explode.
With a loud bang, the dragon's head exploded into a huge black cloud. However, the explosion was useless. Countless white stars scattered in the sky. The black cloud was instantly purified, and the stars scattered all over the ground. Explosions occurred everywhere in the city. Everywhere the explosion occurred, everything was razed to the ground.
On the crystal plate, Gong Ping finally returned to his original form. He staggered and fell down.
Halfway through his fall, he felt a sharp and threatening aura surging from the street. Ding Meng had been waiting for him on the ground. The divine light had already left his wrist and hit his shoulder like a fine thread.
"Puff — —"
This time, without any surprise, it hit him in the shoulder and directly penetrated his shoulder blade.
As he was sent flying, he also stretched out his hand and swung it down. A black thread-like weapon also flew out of his hand.
This was not a clever move. It was purely the result of hundreds of years of combat experience.
"Ding — —"
He could see that the black thread was right in the middle of Ding Meng's forehead. At least, Gong Ping thought that the black thread had penetrated Ding Meng's brain.
It was not until he fell to the ground that he was shocked to find that the black thread did not cause any damage. Ding Meng's forehead was like an iron wall, firmly blocking the black thread.
Of course, it was not a real black thread. It was a sharp and narrow black nail surrounded by the energy of the Demons.
Ding Meng stretched out two fingers and slowly removed the black nail. He said expressionlessly, "Did you use this weapon to kill Guan Lin and the Doctor?"
Gong Ping's eyes widened. There was a faintly glowing mark of a tiny javelin on the left side of Ding Meng's face. It was not Ding Meng's head that blocked the black nail, but this mark.
Now that the mark had left his face, it flew into the air and turned into a divine spear.
Gong Ping did not have time to think. He endured the pain and waved his hands in a circle, slowly wiping them in front of his face. His body changed qualitatively again. His pair of long hands twisted into black ghostly hands.
They were a pair of claws, like the strangest, thickest, and ugliest tree roots.
"Look at you. You're no longer human. Do you still dream of becoming the ruler of the Empire?" Ding Meng said as he threw the divine spear.
Just like the probe earlier, the spear expanded halfway through the air. The probe earlier was like a cannonball, but this spear was like a real missile. It was as thick as a towering tree.
The flying spear was like a whirlpool. The surrounding buildings were all sucked into it. It was as if even space itself was being twisted and swallowed.
Gong Ping circulated all the energy in his body to the limit. Both of his claws swept out.
This pair of demonic claws was indeed a divine technique. They did not block or pincer attack immediately. Instead, they waited for the tip of the spear to pass first. Then, they grabbed the body of the spear. All kinds of tiny tentacles grew out of the claws, entangling the divine spear.
This scene was like a divine sword descending from the heavens into the deepest part of the netherworld, vowing to melt and blow up all the evil spirits. However, the demons in the various layers of hell were not willing to accept the divine judgment. They all stretched out their claws in an attempt to entangle the divine sword and stop its momentum.