Chapter 1831 An ant trying to shake a tree—not because the tree is strong, but because the ant is we

Chapter 1831 An ant trying to shake a tree—not because the tree is strong, but because the ant is weak; Sato Kazuma, on the verge of tears.

The dark gold energy surging around Lin Feng had become almost tangible, making him appear like a god of destruction emerging from ancient mythology.

The lines spreading across his skin burned fiercely, and every breath caused the surrounding space to tremble violently.

The ground beneath his feet vanished silently, not by cracking, but by turning into nothingness, as if it had been completely erased from existence by that overwhelming power.

"Roar!!!"

A superhuman roar erupted from Lin Feng's throat, no longer words, but a pure outpouring of power.

His figure suddenly blurred, and in the next instant, he tore through space and appeared directly in front of Luo Hao.

It was no longer the thunder of the past, but the simplest and most violent fist, carrying a dark golden torrent of destruction, crashing down!

This punch far exceeded the limits of his previous performance, and even faintly touched the boundary of another level.

Wherever the fist passed, space shattered like fragile glass, revealing the chaos and nothingness behind it; the destructive energy had not yet touched the body, but the terrifying pressure it brought was enough to crush ordinary gods into dust.

Luo Hao finally made a move.

She did not retreat, nor did she make any obvious defensive stance. Just as the fist was about to hit her, her slender, jade-like right hand seemed to rise casually, her five fingers slightly curled, and she gently pressed forward.

There was no sound.

There was no explosion.

Only the most direct and violent collision of two extreme forces!
Centered on the two people, a shockwave that could not be seen with the naked eye suddenly spread out!
The already shattered mountain range below was wiped away by this silent impact, as if by an invisible giant hand, with a large chunk disappearing instantly, leaving a smooth, mirror-like surface that revealed the scorching, churning lava deep underground!
Further away, the peaks collapsed and disintegrated, turning into the finest dust.

However, this terrifying aftershock, which was enough to reshape the terrain and wipe out life, subsided and dissipated silently as it reached an invisible boundary at the edge of the battlefield, as if it had never existed.

The battlefield was strictly confined to this mountain range that was destined to disappear completely; and at the center of the battlefield, Luo Hao's figure remained motionless.

Before her gently pressed palm, Lin Feng's violent fist force, capable of shattering stars, was forcibly restrained and compressed by a more refined and supreme power, ultimately transforming into a dark golden energy ball that struggled violently but could not burst, which she held in her palm.

The dark golden light illuminated her exquisite and serene face. Her deep eyes reflected Lin Feng's inhuman, destructive face, yet she remained completely unmoved.

"Just that?"

She spoke softly, her tone calm.

The dark golden light in Lin Feng's pupils flickered intensely.

He couldn't understand it, he couldn't accept it! He had burned everything he had, overdrawn a power that even he himself had never fully comprehended, in exchange for this power that was enough to crush all his past enemies!

Why...why do I still feel so powerless in front of her?

"die!!!"

More dark gold energy burst forth from his body explosively. He abandoned all rules and his fists, like a storm, carrying the momentum to destroy everything, slammed into Luo Hao from all directions.

Each strike is enough to tear apart continents and dry up oceans!
Luo Hao's expression remained unchanged as he calmly moved through the devastating storm of attacks.

Her movements possessed an exquisite beauty and composure. Every step she took was perfectly timed to avoid the strongest point of impact. Every flick of her sleeve and every light touch of her fingertips was precisely timed to coincide with the moment when Lin Feng was channeling his power, either deflecting his attack or subtly neutralizing some of his strength.

From afar, it looked as if a destructive storm was chasing a small boat. The storm was violent and raging, enough to tear everything apart, but the small boat always managed to find a gap in the raging waves and dance gracefully, without getting a single leaf on it.

The earth was leveled and obliterated layer by layer.

The sky was sometimes flashed with blinding dark gold light, and at other times the chaotic energy was soothed by an invisible force; the scale of the battle was extremely large. If Bai Xuan's power had not suppressed the aftershocks, the whole world would have felt this terrifying tremor.

After a straightforward, head-on collision, Lin Feng was sent flying backward for the first time, crashing heavily into the invisible barrier behind him, creating faint ripples.

The dark golden light surrounding him dimmed for a moment.

Luo Hao hovered in mid-air, slowly withdrawing her hand. She looked at Lin Feng, whose breathing was slightly disordered, and spoke again, her voice still cold and calm:

“By overdrawing on external resources and forcibly increasing strength, one’s form and spirit have lost their balance; though the desire for destruction is strong, there is no corresponding realm to control it, and it is merely a mere shell.”

Her words, like icicles, pierced deeply into Lin Feng's frantic heart.

"Why! Why can't I beat you?!"

"I've given up so much, even gambled my future! Why can't I even hurt you a little?!"

Lin Feng roared, his voice hoarse and distorted from the excessive burning of power; his face showed an expression of unwillingness as he controlled his body to pounce again.

Dark gold energy condensed into a giant blade that spanned the heavens and the earth, cleaving through space and bringing with it all his despair and resentment as it slashed down fiercely!

Luo Hao finally began to take this attack more seriously.

She pointed her fingers like a sword, and this time, what lingered at her fingertips was no longer as casual as before, but rather a more refined and primal [power].

With a single finger, it silently struck the edge of the destructive giant blade.

"Crack!"

It was like the first crisp sound at the beginning of creation.

The dark gold blade cracked from the point of contact with the fingertip, then exploded with a bang! It turned into countless dark gold light fragments that fluttered down.

Luo Hao's finger, its momentum undiminished, pointed towards Lin Feng's chest from afar.

"puff!"

Lin Feng was struck as if by a heavy blow. The boiling dark gold energy around him instantly dissipated by more than half. He was sent flying backward again, and blood finally spurted from his mouth, leaving a dazzling scarlet streak in the air.

He knelt on one knee in mid-air, barely managing to steady himself. He raised his head, and the madness in his dark golden eyes faded, revealing for the first time a bewildered and incredulous look of near collapse.

The price he paid for the power he gained is so high that it can't even make her take it a little more seriously?

Luo Hao slowly withdrew his finger, looking down at Lin Feng who was nearing his limit. His indifferent voice rang out again, this time carrying a faint trace of detachment, as if expounding a profound truth:
"An ant trying to shake a tree is not because the tree is strong, but because the ant is weak."

"A frog in a well talking about the sea is not referring to the vastness of the sea, but rather to the frog's limited understanding."

"The difference between you and me is not power, but dimensions."

After saying that, she seemed to have completely lost interest and spoke indifferently.

"Sato Kazuma, come here."

Having said that, just like Esdeath before her, she moved slightly and gracefully flew to a cliff edge on the edge of the battlefield that had not yet been annihilated. Her clothes fluttered, she stood with her hands behind her back, and cast her gaze at the distant sea of ​​clouds, completely ignoring the ravaged battlefield behind her and the collapsing Lin Feng.

"Sato Kazuma?"

Lin Feng knelt on one knee in the void. Upon hearing this name, his body, which had been trembling violently due to the backlash of power, suddenly stiffened. An indescribable feeling, even more bizarre than when facing Luo Hao's power, surged into his heart.

Is he experiencing auditory hallucinations due to the severity of his injuries?

Who is Luo Hao calling? Sato Kazuma?! The Sato Kazuma from "Konosuba" known for his incompetence, luck, and thievery?!

He looked up and around, and then in a place that was originally empty, the space suddenly rippled like water.

A tiny spatial rift opened silently, and then a figure stumbled out of the rift in a rather disheveled manner, seemingly not having fully regained his balance.

The newcomer was dressed in what appeared to be ordinary adventurer light armor that subtly exuded magic, with a slightly oversized gray-brown cloak casually draped over it. The cloak's hood was not pulled up, revealing a head of slightly messy black hair.

He had a decent-looking short sword hanging at his waist, but what was more striking was the extremely obvious embarrassment and bewilderment on his face that completely ruined the atmosphere of his entrance.

His eyes darted around, his lips twitched slightly, and he exuded a strong aura of "Who am I? Where am I? I don't want to be here."

If it's not Kazuma Sato, then who is it?!

"Um... haha"

Sato Kazuma chuckled dryly, his eyes completely avoiding meeting Lin Feng's gaze. Lin Feng, who was below with a terrifying aura and was clearly still in a state of explosive power despite being seriously injured, subconsciously glanced in Luo Hao's direction, scratched his cheek, and sounded embarrassed.

"Are you just going to let me do it? Doesn't this feel a bit off?"

His mind was screaming wildly at that moment:

"Are you kidding me?!"

"That's not how the script was written, Master Luo Hao! What happened to me being a behind-the-scenes support?! What happened to me just needing to use my [Steal] skill to sneak in some loot while they're locked in a fierce battle... I mean, strategically steal their key items or abilities to get a share of the mission score?!"

"Why were I suddenly pushed into the starting lineup?!"

"That guy on the other side looks like the ultimate boss! Even though he's low on health, killing me probably wouldn't be much harder than killing a bug, right?!"

"You want me to really fight him? What kind of hellish joke is this?! I'll die! I'm really going to die this time!"

In stark contrast to the mental breakdown of Kazuma Sato, Lin Feng's shock had reached its peak, even temporarily overshadowing the intense physical pain and the feeling of his strength dissipating.

He stared wide-eyed at the man who exuded an aura of weakness.

Kazuma Sato!

It really is Kazuma Sato!
How could he not recognize her! She was one of the characters who left an extremely "deep" impression on him when he was watching anime in his early years! Her fame and unique characteristics even surpassed those of powerful characters like Esdeath and Raho in some aspects!
But why? Why is he here too?!
The transmigrator who summoned the Luo Hao Sect Leader here, didn't even spare a special type of character like Sato Kazuma?
What does he want to do in the world of Akame ga Kill!?
Moreover, judging from Luo Hao's matter-of-fact command and Sato Kazuma's reluctant but still apparent appearance, Sato Kazuma was actually sent by that time traveler to deal with him?!

Are they serious?
Should we let Kazuma Sato take over the fight against him?
This is no longer a matter of disrespect.

This is an absolute and utter insult!

Although Esdeath and Lord Raho's power had overturned his understanding, their power was based on something. They were originally the strongest beings standing at the top of their respective worlds. They were enhanced after being summoned, which was incredible but logically understandable.

But what is Kazuma Sato?
A comedic character who isn't actually known for his fighting skills! Could it be that the mysterious time traveler could forcibly elevate even such a character to a level where he could contend with himself?
Just to make up the numbers? Or to humiliate him even more thoroughly?!

"Hehehe"

Lin Feng lowered his head, letting out suppressed, low, cold laughs, filled with self-mockery and an extreme madness.

"Great, great! Now everyone's being sent to step on me, huh?"

"Am I really that unworthy of your serious attention?!"

He practically roared out the last sentence, and the dark gold energy around his body, which had been dissipated due to his severe injuries, began to burn unstablely again. Although it was far less intense than before, the destructive aura was still terrifying, locking onto Sato Kazuma in mid-air.

Locked onto by this murderous and insane aura, Kazuma Sato felt his hair stand on end and almost jumped up.

"Wait! Wait, boss! It's a misunderstanding! A huge misunderstanding!"

"Let me explain! I didn't come here to challenge you to a one-on-one fight! I don't want to fight you at all! Really! I swear!"

Kazuma Sato frantically waved his hands, his face screaming "I was forced!"; inwardly, he was already in tears, frantically complaining:

"Oh no, oh no, oh no! Our eyes met! He's serious! He's going to kill me! Leader Luo Hao, help me! Miss Esdeath, don't just stand by and watch!"

"Big Brother Bai Xuan, please save me, please save me."

"People will die! I'm really going to die! You said I was just a support/noob?! How did I become the main tank drawing aggro?!"

"This time traveler looks like he could crush me ten times over with a single finger! Even though he seems to be on the verge of death now, he could probably still easily crush me!"

Lin Feng ignored Sato Kazuma's explanations, or rather, to him, they sounded more like the victor's cat-and-mouse game of teasing and mocking.

"Don't want to fight?"

"Once you're sent out, you have no say in the matter!"

Lin Feng slowly straightened up. Despite the excruciating pain tearing through his body, the icy killing intent in his eyes grew stronger.

At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind.

Since you underestimate me so much, even sending someone like this to insult me, then I'll crush him first! At least you'll pay the price for your arrogance!
"Buzz!"

Lin Feng forcefully squeezed out the last bit of power from his body, and the dark golden light condensed in his hand once again. Although the shape was unstable and the fluctuations were violent, the dangerous aura it emitted still made Sato Kazuma's scalp tingle.

(End of this chapter)