Looking at Pei Yan's face change dramatically, Zheng Jia Ru stopped his warm-up and said with a smile: "Don't overthink it. My abilities also have weaknesses. Alright! I'm ready and we can start anytime."

Pei Yan nodded upon hearing this and instantly completed the mechanization of his entire body, then asked: "Can I really give it my all? My attacks are very damaging!"

"So this is your ability after mechanization! I didn't look closely at it on the battlefield before, does it look cool now!" Zheng Jia Ru said enthusiastically while looking at mechanically transformed Pei Yan. Then he turned his head toward the dozen or so people hovering on the hill and said, "Use your full strength. First, I am not a pushover, and second, those on the hill are almost the pinnacle of the investigation department and won't let anything happen to either of us."

"Alright then! I won't hold back! Metal Storm!" Pei Yan went straight to the point and immediately used one of his trump card moves.

Blue beams wove into thousands of bullets and instantly poured toward Zheng Jia Ru. He didn't move! Pei Yan's heart sank as his gaze locked firmly on Zheng Jia Ru! The other party actually stood there motionless! Is he really going to withstand my Metal Storm head-on! That's too reckless!

However, what happened next made him involuntarily gape as he saw Zheng Jia Ru twist his body and forcefully swung out his right fist in front of him. As the fist swung, a whooshing sound accompanied a burst of energy wrapped in an internal source, blasting all the bullets shot at him like a cannon salvo.

This was the first ability user to break his Metal Storm head-on aside from Liang Guangsheng, the Iron Control Ability User. But Pei Yan didn't have time to marvel as the ricocheting bullets turned the bamboo forest on both sides of the mountain into a sieve, and amid the breaking bamboo, Zheng Jia Ru's figure had already disappeared from where he stood.

Faced with Zheng Jia Ru appearing right in front of him in the blink of an eye, Pei Yan exclaimed in his mind how fast he was! The next moment, he heard a furious shout at his ear: "Power!" The opponent's right fist then swung upward, and Pei Yan unwilling to show weakness, punched back.

Bang! The two fists collided in mid-air, the impact causing the ground beneath them to start cracking. Both men groaned as they were sent flying back, with Zheng Jia Ru taking several steps back while Pei Yan was knocked into the woods, hitting seven or eight bamboo trees before stabilizing himself. In a clash of strength, Pei Yan actually fell short.

This man was like a monster! Pei Yan sprang back up with a graceful kip-up, his arms transforming into mini electromagnetic cannons, firing three consecutive rounds explosively.

A continuous series of explosions echoed through the mountains, as two silhouettes chased and fought each other in the dense forest, their battle entering a stalemate.

On the other side of Jiezhi Space, Ye Jiumu, being Pei Yan's teammate and having the privilege to watch the battle from the electronic screen, mumbled to himself while watching Pei Yan's fighting stance on the screen: "I didn't expect that in just over a year, he has improved to this degree!"

"Indeed! I think his current strength is already beyond…!" Xia Yu casually said but trailed off as he glanced at Shangxing beside him and stopped talking.

Shangxing waved his hand nonchalantly and said: "Don't worry about my feelings. Yes, the strength Pei Yan is showing now is already above mine." He paused, then sighed and continued, "This is not only the result of his immense innate ability but also his hard work, combined with the assimilation of other abilities, his strength is inevitable! You guys shouldn't be discouraged either; the department, after this incident, has already started preparing to let excellent agents absorb abilities from Shenyu criminals. I believe your combat capabilities will also have a qualitative leap in the future." Google seaʀᴄh Novᴇ(l)Fɪre .ɴᴇt

"Oh! That's great! If possible, I'd like to absorb an ability with close-combat capabilities to make up for my shortcomings! By the way! Is Captain Shang also preparing to absorb other powers?" Jiang Feiyang excitedly pursued upon hearing the news.

"No!" Shangxing regrettably shook his head helplessly and said, "I have a good fit with my abilities; in the future, I can only follow the path of Director Mei to exert my innate powerful abilities to the utmost, that's the proper path."

"Hey! I see Pei Yan and this Zheng Jia Ru are evenly matched with no one taking the lead! Who do you guys think will win this fight!" Wang Wenze stared at the electronic screen excitedly without blinking.

Ye Jiumu stroked his chin, pondered for a while, and responded: "I think it'll be Pei Yan! His attack styles are more varied and very damaging! Plus, with that bizarre ability to assimilate internal sources, the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it is for Zheng Jia Ru; I think the winner will be Pei Yan!"

"No, the winner will be Zheng Jia Ru!"

"No, the victor will be Zheng Jia Ru!"

Just as Ye Jiumu finished speaking, two voices almost in unison echoed, and everyone turned to see that it was Ye Jiumu's brother, Ye Ruozai, and Jiang Donghu, who had also come to watch the battle.

Jiang Donghu stopped speaking upon seeing Ye Ruozai speak up, while Ye Ruozai, looking at Ye Jiumu's curious eyes toward him, sighed and said: "Your friend is indeed very strong, though a little begrudgingly, I have to admit he's even stronger than I and Zheng Jia Ru were in the third tier awakening. But the victory in this battle will definitely be Zheng Jia Ru's! Because from what I know of him, he's only using less than thirty percent of his power now."

"What?" Everyone exclaimed, turning their eyes back to the screen at the battlefield where half the mountain had been turned beyond recognition.

Within the battlefield, two figures swiftly engaged each other in a flash, Pei Yan was astonished that even after using lightning speed, his opponent still managed to keep up with his pace, and seemed even slightly suppressing him.

In another round of confrontation, as they exchanged mid-air kicks, their figures crossed, Pei Yan used the momentum to shoot into the sky! Watching Pei Yan soar higher and higher, Zheng Jia Ru rubbed his shoulder and shouted: "Flying into the sky huh! Uh, that's right, aerial combat is indeed my shortcoming. Are you planning to attack from above?"

Suspended in mid-air, Pei Yan responded with a smile: "Through the battle just now, I found that when you increase speed, your strength reduces significantly. If I'm not mistaken, you can only maintain one state of your body at the limit simultaneously, right!"

"Hmm! Did you figure it out?" Zheng Jia Ru didn't affirm nor deny, instead he shook his sweat-drenched hair and replied with a smile.

"Next, I'm going to unleash multiple rocket attacks! You should be ready!" Pei Yan warned directly, after all, the other party was there to train with him, a little hint was necessary, in case he inflicted serious injury.

"Alright! Bring it on!" Zheng Jia Ru shouted energetically with fighting spirit responding.

Right after the words fell, Pei Yan extended his arms and opened his mechanical body, exposing one rocket warhead after another. With a clench of his fists, over thirty rockets burst out from his body, trailing long flames and darted toward Zheng Jia Ru.