Dawn of a New Era

Chapter 665 639: Lord of Lightning (Part 1)

Zhonghai Luoming Island Military Base.

"Quick, quick, quick!"

Soldiers hurriedly loaded nuclear shells into the cannons, their actions mechanical and numb. This was a desperate war, unseen enemies, no specific targets, the only thing to do was load, and then... fire.

In the dead of night, all missiles were exhausted, only a dozen nuclear shells and some conventional weapons remained.

The sky alternated between light and dark, with blinding "suns" attempting to tear through the clouds in the distance, but obviously futile.

Larger raindrops fell from the sky, stinging the faces of those they hit.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a massive lightning bolt with a diameter of several meters struck down, instantly vaporizing a nuclear cannon, turning the ground to magma. Countless thick electric arcs spread rapidly like a web, causing soldiers nearby to turn to char and stick immobile to the ground before they could react.

Soon, the dancing lightning ignited the explosives.

...

Capital City.

Supreme Military Power Committee Command.

Countless phone rings echoed one after another, the atmosphere tense and oppressive.

The President stared blankly at the map, eyes vacant, mind seemingly not present.

A military officer hurried over and whispered in his ear:

"Mr. President, we've lost contact with the East Sea Military Region!"

The President nodded, said nothing, only clenched his fist tightly, everything that could be done had been done, now only waiting for the judgment of fate.

A few minutes later, the officer returned: "We've lost contact with both the Central Sea Military Region and the Jiangnan Military Region."

The President remained silent for a moment, finally spoke hoarsely: "What about the Air Force?"

"No news yet!"

No news is the worst news.

...

Chen Shouyi looked into the distance, watching a mushroom cloud slowly rise in the distance, feeling the violent tremors of the ground, his gaze sharp.

"Come on!" he muttered to himself, crushing the stone in his hand.

He took a deep breath, black armor swiftly covering his body, as his figure began to swell, the ground beneath him constantly crumbling. Faith Value slowly burned, his gaze sharp as he looked towards the dark clouds, with waves rippling around him, and numerous stones floating up.

"Lord of Lightning, get out of here, this is no place for you!"

He roared to the sky, a howl echoing for miles, breaking the dark clouds overhead with sound waves.

Even the Lord of Lightning could not ignore such an existence. Soon, a majestic gaze landed on him: "Ah... so... it's... you!"

The voice was grand, regal, as if the entire world echoed with His voice.

In the next moment.

A lightning bolt struck fiercely into Chen Shouyi's vacuum domain.

His body remained unmoved, a hint of rebelliousness on his face: "Too weak, try harder, I can still take it."

Just as his voice fell, the dark clouds began to churn violently, an invisible force rapidly gathered towards this location.

"You... are... courting... death!"

Lightning descended one after the other, dense as rain, the sky alternated between light and dark, countless bolts striking the vacuum domain, creating bizarre colors—dangerous and terrifying.

Yet, to such a formidable giant, His Divine Power was of no harm.

Chen Shouyi silently endured.

In theory, this was a highly tense moment.

But his mind began to wander.

He remembered as a child dreaming, one day becoming rich with a bottomless pocket, thinking of becoming a Martial Artist who invoked screams from beauties just by appearing, but never thought, one day, he would be battling against the strongest Barbarian God of an alternative world.

This is damn insane.

However, to live and fight such an enemy, even to die is worth it!

Fortunately, he left his sister with thirty vials of True Divine Blood, enough for her to become a peak Martial Artist, as long as she doesn't encounter Barbarian Gods, or other powerful beings, she can survive in the otherworld.

...

At this moment, from a distant building, a black-clad young man coldly gazed this way, his eyes entirely black, icy and indifferent.

"To become so powerful, in just twenty years, humans have developed such strength, truly surprising me," he murmured to himself, then looked towards the dark clouds: "Heh, great Lord of Lightning, didn't expect this, did you?"

His fingers slowly elongated, becoming sharp, with a hint of radiant glimmer, then his figure gradually faded, soon disappearing from the window.

...

Seeing nothing achieved for a long time, the cloud giant from the last Memory Virtual World appeared again in the sky.

The giant, tall as mountains, connected heaven and earth.

At a glance, it occupied most of the sky, accompanied by countless sacred chants, resonating through the heavens, majestic and grand.

Yet, having already witnessed its power, Chen Shouyi felt no fear, allowing the lightning strikes to fall.

Last time, he sustained only some superficial injuries, but this time, completely unscathed, leveraging the dense Original Force near the Spatial Passage, his strength, physique, and defense had increased significantly.

Trying to solve him with force projection fell far short.

"Foolish ant, kneel and call me daddy, then I'll spare your life." Chen Shouyi shouted arrogantly, attempting to provoke the other side.

The power of heaven and earth suddenly became furious, the dark clouds churned wildly, a dominating will wandered through the sky, with a hint of anger: "No one has ever dared to challenge me, you're the first, feel the embrace of death."

As he spoke, the cloud giant seemed to electrify, rapidly brightening, the lightning bolt in hand quickly forming, becoming ever brighter, turning the dark night into day, the aura of terror pervading.

Chen Shouyi sneered, did they really think he could only stand and take hits?

But before the opponent could attack.

He casually picked up a hundred-ton concrete chunk, forcefully throwing it skywards.

A wave exploded, the concrete like an electromagnetic cannon shot out of the barrel, instantly glowing red from air friction at high speed, crossing the distance of several kilometers in the blink of an eye. The lightning bolt in the cloud giant's hand hadn't yet been cast when its arm was torn off by the concrete, falling away, bursting with stray electric light.

The cloud giant looked at Chen Shouyi, its cloud-formed hollow eyes flashing with electric light, as if burning with anger. It watched for a long time, then slowly turned back into clouds.

Everything quieted down.

However, Chen Shouyi did not relax in the slightest. He sensed the atmosphere growing increasingly oppressive, static flashing wildly, the distant buildings' lightning rods dancing with countless arcs.

His scalp tingled, heart filled with a sense of impending doom.

"The Lord of Lightning is coming!"

No matter how calm he was before, no matter how much psychological preparation he had done, when the true form of the Lord of Lightning really arrived, he still felt uncontrollable fear.

Chen Shouyi retreated step by step, finally standing at the channel's opening, taking a bone club from space, and gripping it tightly.

ps: Recently struck by laziness, definitely two updates tomorrow, or I'll eat dirt.

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