Lord of the Sky City

For Toss, it didn't matter who Rocky was; what he cared about was the thrill of killing!

The attack by the Guard Corps had exhilarated Toss; he didn't care if the base of the Wild Horse Air Pirate Group would fall, because to him, these guards were delicious dishes, a feast to satisfy his murderous desires!

And the main dish among them was Rocky and Liliya!

Stationed at the base, Toss hadn't participated in the earlier battle, but he had silently observed the entire fight from within the city, which had stirred his lust for slaughtering early on.

Thus, when the Guard Corps dispersed into the ruins, he, like a venomous snake, hid among the shattered walls and patiently waited for his food to come to him.

However, Toss was slightly disappointed that Rocky had discovered him so quickly; he had initially planned to wipe out all the guards of the Guard Corps before finally dealing with Rocky and Liliya.

Indeed, that was Toss's original plan—to kill all the guards of the Guard Corps single-handedly!

Though the idea sounded insane, considering Toss's personality, his strength, and most importantly his Void Magic Armor, it really seemed possible.

Unfortunately, the Guard Corps was already prepared for this, leading to his early appearance, where he had only killed three guards before encountering Rocky.

Even so, Toss didn't care, because, to him, whether it was the guards or Rocky himself, they were all his prey; it was merely a difference between the main dish and the side dish; the order in which he ate them didn't matter.

Thus, after confronting Rocky, Toss bent his body in midair, dodging the sweeping sword coming at him, and then let his Void Magic Armor suddenly accelerate, circling halfway around Rocky and arriving behind him, swiftly striking down with his sword.

As a second-generation Void Magic Armor, the Madman Type-4's energy value reached a staggering eleven hundred points, and the higher the magic energy value, the stronger the overall performance of the armor, including attack, defense, and the speed of sudden bursts.

So, in Toss's view, facing his own strike, Rocky, who was in the first generation armor, couldn't react in time, and even if he managed some reaction, the Blood Pattern Mark II wouldn't be able to respond; therefore, this strike alone could determine the outcome.

When he confidently made his move, he heard a clang as his sword heavily struck the tip of the Rune Longsword, bursting into a bright light just like before.

Despite being attacked from behind, Rocky turned around extremely quickly, appearing to narrowly block the strike, but in reality, he easily parried it!

Continuing without pause after blocking the strike, he leaped up in midair, raising his stature dramatically so that he was half a body length above Toss, then from a higher position he fiercely cleaved downward!

As mentioned earlier, the fighting style of the Void Magic Armor isn't a flat-surface battle but a three-dimensional spatial one, making it incredibly flexible and versatile.

So when the sword came down, Toss was forced to horizontally lift his sword to block; barely had he done so when an extremely strong force suddenly pressed down from above, crushing him from midair to the ground!

Such incredible force naturally came from Rocky, no, to be exact, from the Blood Pattern Mark II Armor he wore, a move he had stealthily learned from Baron Wolin.

In the previous aerial battle with Baron Wolin, Rocky won the war but lost the fight with Baron Wolin; there was simply too great a gap in strength between them. Surviving Wolin's hands was already a miracle for Rocky, let alone dreaming of victory.

Yet, although he lost to Baron Wolin, Rocky learned a lot during their confrontation, and it's no exaggeration to say that his concepts of combat had significantly improved after facing Wolin, and he also picked up several highly practical tricks.

Take, for example, now, his reason for elevating his position to attack from a high vantage point was to create the kind of suppression he was currently applying.

In his bouts with Baron Wolin, Rocky had been suppressed numerous times by the advantage of the Baron's armor, always pressed to the point of not being able to lift his head, and now Rocky intended to use the same method to suppress Toss.

This move was incredibly effective. The sudden, powerful thrust caught Toss off guard, and within the blink of an eye, he was pressed down more than ten meters. Before he could react, he heard a loud bang, accompanied by a cloud of dust rising; he had actually hit the ground...

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Oh no!

Realizing he had been pressed back to the ground, Toss cursed under his breath and immediately dodged to the side, narrowly escaping Rocky's downward slash.

Awkwardly evading the attack, Toss hurried to take off, but Rocky had already preemptively reached above him. As Toss prepared to ascend, Rocky struck down with another sword blow, forcefully pressing him back down just as he was about to rise!

Using the advantage of high ground against low ground, Rocky instantly took control of the confrontation, then began a relentless assault from above, while Toss, even though equipped with the Void Magic Armor, was constantly suppressed on the ground with no strategy against Rocky in the air.

"How could this be!"

After being beaten down three times consecutively while attempting to ascend, the sinister smile on Toss's face and the murderous look in his eyes both disappeared, replaced by stress and confusion.

He couldn't understand why, wearing the Blood Pattern Mark II Armor, he was being suppressed by the older Void Magic Armor?!

This truly alarmed Toss. With his rich combat experience, he knew very well that once suppressed like this, his chances and opportunities to strike back would diminish. Therefore, left with no other choice, he decisively abandoned the idea of flying upward and instead began to rapidly skid on the ground, trying to create distance from Rocky above him and regain the skies.

At full speed, he raced across the ground in a straight line, covering over ten meters in just a few blinks. However, when he looked up, he saw Rocky was still right above him!

"Damn it!"

Glancing up at the tenacious Rocky, Toss cursed and found himself needing to accelerate again, dashing forward another ten-plus meters.

But Rocky, who had already anticipated his plan, naturally wouldn't be easily shaken off and quickly pursued him.

However, just as Rocky had barely caught up with Toss, maintaining his position of suppression, the relentlessly charging Toss suddenly turned around and extended both hands towards Rocky!

"Thunderous Double Cannons!"

With his palms aimed at Rocky, a sinister smile crossed Toss's face again. At the moment the smile appeared, his raised palms burst into intense light, followed by two Magic Energy Cannon blasts firing fiercely towards Rocky!

The Thunderous Double Cannons, the proudest weapon of the Madman Type-4 Armor, utilized Mana Launchers in the palms to create powerful Mana Cannonballs. The combined force of the twin blasts reached an energy value of 300, powerful enough to rival a real Magic Energy Cannon!

A moment later, two booming explosions were heard, and Rocky, unable to react in mid-air, was directly hit by the twin cannonballs!

The powerful Magic Energy Bullets exploded in the air, kicking up a cloud of smoke. However, before the smoke could clear, a figure fell from the sky and crashed heavily onto the ground—it was Rocky, struck by the Thunderous Double Cannons!Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Hmph...!"

Watching Rocky fall from the sky, Toss no longer needed to flee in disarray since there was no need to run anymore. In his view, Rocky, who had been directly hit by the Thunderous Double Cannons, couldn't possibly survive and was undoubtedly doomed.

Thus, amidst a sinister laugh, he skidded forward a distance, landed, and then looked down at Rocky lying on the ground facing upwards. Immediately, he raised the Rune Longsword in his hand, aimed at Rocky's chest, and thrust down heavily!