This sudden strike from the awakened ability of the Ope Ope no Mi had completely stunned Adam Hammer.
He watched, dumbfounded, as the Curse Sword in Lin Ran's hand stretched forward by a considerable length, enveloped in some sort of mysterious power, like a rubber suit.
Unprepared for this, he was directly pierced through the body.
But strangely, though the Curse Sword had indeed harmed him, it left no external wounds. Instead, it began to churn within his body, probing incessantly along his energy meridians as if searching for fun.
Most absurdly, after being hit by this sword, the energy flow within him immediately slowed significantly, and his movements were involuntarily locked in place, as if struck by an irresistible Stasis spell…
Another one of those bizarre, strange energies!
Adam Hammer felt his blood pressure skyrocketing.
In that case, he wouldn't hold back anymore!
"Mecha Dismantle!"
Adam Hammer slammed his chest.
With his angry roar, countless metal fragments detached from his body with a rustling sound, transforming into sharp, thin flakes that began to drift in the air.
Moreover, each of these flakes contained energy injected by the Eternal Crystal.
And since these flakes were formed from Adam Hammer's own mecha body, they were completely in sync with his will, making them easy to command, like an extension of his arm.
So, in a short time, Adam Hammer disappeared, leaving behind only a not-too-large hexagonal cube, with everything else turned into fragments.
The loss of his mecha naturally allowed him to escape Lin Ran's piercing fluctuation and regain his freedom.
Adam Hammer certainly wouldn't miss such an opportunity. He decisively controlled the remaining cube that constituted his true body, flying into mid-air, and issued a cold laugh from within:
"Enough! I am utterly tired of this meaningless game of cat and mouse."
"This kind of chase that only wastes time is utterly meaningless, not worth my attention…"
"Since you like playing so much, then let him play with you!"
"I want to see where you can hide when the entire arena is in turmoil!"
Saying this, the cube Adam Hammer was currently in immediately flashed with blue light.
Under his guidance, the metal fragments that had just scattered everywhere, now filling the entire arena, began to sway like wind chimes in a gentle breeze, tinkling with a ding-dong sound.
And as they swayed, a swirling vortex, centered on Adam Hammer's cube, began to form.
"Originally, I really didn't want to use this move…"
"After all, the lethality is too great, and it easily shreds people to pieces, filling the place with blood red…"
"But for your despicable fighting style, I think this is just right…"
"Come on! Taste fear properly!"
"Witness my… Metal Storm!"
Adam Hammer's roar resounded again, sounding quite terrifying.
After he finished shouting, Lin Ran keenly noticed that these metal fragments, which almost filled the entire sky, were slowly beginning to revolve around the cube, and their speed was increasing.
Soon, a nascent tornado formed.
And this was just the beginning…
One, one, and another one…
Under Adam Hammer's control, the metal fragments that had scattered everywhere quickly formed countless intensifying metal tornadoes through the flow of energy.
These tornadoes not only did not overlook each other, interfere with each other, or affect their progress.
Instead, they promoted each other, shared airflow, and together created a larger storm cluster.
Thus, under Adam Hammer's urging, the entire arena had practically become countless storm eyes churning through the clouds, and they were constantly closing in on Lin Ran.
What a powerful gale!
Lin Ran, experiencing it from a first-person perspective, felt it particularly clearly.
It had to be said that this move, as one of Adam Hammer's killer techniques, was indeed quite weighty.
Without mentioning anything else, just looking at the impact force, the energy backflow contained in each metal fragment, if it truly hit, would probably be no lighter than his full-power strike.
And being simultaneously torn apart by so many fragments, if one were caught in the very center, the outcome would absolutely be tragic.
The so-called shredded pieces and blood-red mess that Adam Hammer mentioned earlier must have been like this.
If one were to withstand this Metal Storm with their physical body, without dodging, it would be a miracle to leave a whole corpse.
However, Lin Ran, naturally, would not be such a fool…
Divine Power!
With his ability to phase out activated, he could not only stand in the eye of the storm and bathe in it without any effect, but he could even pretend to reach out and touch the fragments and the storm.
Hmm…
Something's not right…
Putting aside Lin Ran's keen perception of energy, even with just his eyesight, he could clearly detect that the number of these metal fragments was quite unusual.
There were too many, and a whole lot too many…
When these metal fragments detached from his body, there weren't that many.
How did the number of metal fragments increase so much in such a short time?
Could it be that the Eternal Crystal also provided Adam Hammer with a special proliferation ability?
And if Adam Hammer proliferated so many metal fragments, would he really just pile them up in a bloated manner when they fused back into his body?
Lin Ran couldn't help but stroke his chin, beginning to ponder.
Adam Hammer, on the other hand, was even more annoyed.
He still hadn't figured out the principle behind Lin Ran's ability to ignore attacks, nor did he know the weaknesses and limitations of this skill.
Therefore, every time his attack was mercilessly evaded by Lin Ran using this method, he felt an intense and peculiar sense of loss.
It was enough to drive a person mad.
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Enraged, Adam Hammer watched Lin Ran stand still in his storm cluster for tens of seconds as if he were fine. A surge of blood rushed to his head, and he directly gathered all the tornadoes towards the direction Lin Ran was standing.
These tornadoes were quite cooperative, continuously merging perfectly in size, and the final scale of their formation grew larger and larger.
By the time they all converged in front of Lin Ran, they were already quite spectacular and magnificent…