#219 - Ethan: This is the seventh level?

Upon arriving at Ethan's manor, the butler immediately stepped forward with a tray.

On the tray were two glasses of wine.

Ethan took one and savored it.

Zhao Zheng remained unmoved.

He didn't particularly like wine, and besides, he was still on Ethan's turf, so caution was paramount.

What if the wine contained some potent poison? Drinking it would be foolish!

Seeing Zhao Zheng's refusal, the butler retreated, but not before giving Zhao Zheng a disdainful look.

Zhao Zheng didn't bother with such lackeys.

Anyway, when he unleashed his power later, a single punch would likely leave no survivors in the manor.

"Chen, you're more patient than I imagined."

Ethan swirled his wine glass, smiling as he said, "However, I still can't understand why Yan Country would send you? Don't misunderstand, I'm not looking down on your strength. Your ability to defeat Ma Dongwu at such a young age proves your immense potential. I believe you will eventually reach our level. But not yet."

Zhao Zheng said calmly, "No one sent me. I came of my own volition."

"Is that so?" Ethan asked with a smile, "Then what is your purpose here?"

This fellow still thought Zhao Zheng was here to negotiate.

But that wasn't the case...

Zhao Zheng said, "Is it even necessary to ask? Of course, it's to eliminate that black devil."

Hearing this, Ethan was slightly taken aback.

He couldn't comprehend how this young man, clearly a seventh-order cultivator, had the confidence to attempt an assassination in his manor?

Did he really think his "Magneto" was nonexistent?

"Are you confident you can kill James under my watch?" Ethan couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Zheng wasn't foolish enough to reveal his true intentions: "Of course not, but I can offer you an important secret in exchange for that black devil's life!"

"Oh?" Ethan's interest was piqued: "Tell me about it!"

Zhao Zheng shook his head: "I need to see that black devil first, don't I?"

Ethan pondered for a moment and finally nodded, rising from the sofa: "Come with me! I hope the secret you speak of is truly that important."

As he finished speaking, Ethan gave Zhao Zheng a meaningful smile.

His meaning was clear.

If Zhao Zheng's secret wasn't enough to warrant James's life, he definitely wouldn't let Zhao Zheng leave today.

Zhao Zheng's expression remained calm, not at all concerned by Ethan's look.

Subsequently.

Ethan led him to the depths of the manor via an elevator!

This place resembled an underground base, with the surrounding walls constructed entirely of steel...

No wonder Ethan dared to bring him to see James; he was confident!

Such a place was undoubtedly Ethan's domain.

The elevator stopped on the ninth sub-level, deep underground.

When the elevator doors opened, a long tunnel stretched ahead. Passing through the tunnel, they arrived at a spacious area.

A massive glass room appeared before Zhao Zheng.

Inside the glass room, a young black man was sleeping.

It was James.

It seemed that falling into Ethan's hands hadn't been easy for this fellow.

Being trapped here was even more restrictive than being in prison.

At least in prison, inmates were allowed outside for fresh air, but the black man's activity was limited to a glass room.

The glass room was very simple, with only a bed, a bathroom, and some training equipment.

Oh, and a computer.

While Zhao Zheng observed the black youth, Ethan also observed Zhao Zheng.

He noticed that this young man hadn't hesitated at all during their journey.

He didn't know if this guy was blindly confident in his strength or had some other trump card.

"You've seen James, now can you tell me the secret you brought?" Ethan asked.

Zhao Zheng shook his head without turning around: "How can I be sure he's the black devil I'm looking for? What if you found someone to impersonate him?"

Among the extraordinary items produced by the Spirit Realm, there are ways to change appearance, just not many.

Like the glasses Zhao Zheng was currently wearing, which were one of them.

Hearing this, Ethan wasn't afraid of Zhao Zheng playing any tricks, since this was his territory anyway.

Without overthinking, he pressed a button nearby.

"Beep—"

An ear-piercing sound suddenly rang out in the glass room, waking the black youth.

Seeing Ethan outside the room, the black youth showed a look of fear and quickly got out of bed to explain: "Sorry, Mr. Ethan, I trained all morning and was too tired, so..."

Ethan waved his hand and said, "Show me your fire ability."

"Okay."

The black youth, James, agreed and raised his hand.

Poof!

A ball of flame ignited from his palm, illuminating the glass room in red.

Ethan turned his gaze to Zhao Zheng: "Is that enough?"

"Enough!" Zhao Zheng nodded.

"Then, shouldn't you tell me your secret?" Ethan asked.

Zhao Zheng shook his head: "It's not time yet."

"Hmm?" Ethan's face darkened: "Are you playing me?"

At this point, Zhao Zheng was too lazy to waste any more time.

The target was right in front of him, why waste so much breath?

Let's do it!!

Zhao Zheng's figure was like a cheetah with accelerated speed, suddenly rushing towards the glass room.

"Bang!"

The thick tempered glass shattered instantly from his impact.

The sudden situation caused Ethan's expression to change, filled with anger.

He never expected this guy to dare to commit murder right under his nose?

However, he didn't panic.

This was his territory!

Moreover, since he dared to trap James here, he must have prepared for it.

As a King-level powerhouse, Ethan's reaction speed was much faster than the real Magneto...

With a swift wave of his hand, a huge iron block on the floor of the room was lifted up, rushing towards Zhao Zheng to stop him.

At the same time, with a glance, James, who was standing there stunned, quickly flew up, directly sent to his side.

It turned out.

The clothes on James's body contained metal.

Convenient for Ethan to control.

"Bang!"

The iron block blocking the way was directly torn apart by Zhao Zheng.

However, James was also successfully taken away by Ethan.

It could only be said that he was indeed a recognized King-level powerhouse, this adaptability was not just bragging.

Zhao Zheng stood in place, not taking any further action.

Ethan held James with one hand, looking at Zhao Zheng coldly.

"You still want to kill someone in front of me? Idiot!"

His gaze swept around, seeing that the facilities here had been severely damaged, his face suddenly showed anger.

"You will pay the price for your ignorance and stupidity with your life!"

Zhao Zheng said: "Hand him over to me, and I can spare your life!"

Ethan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.

"What a ridiculous joke!"

A seventh-order cultivator actually said he would spare his life? What else could this be but a joke.

Zhao Zheng knew that communication was impossible, and immediately stopped wasting words, directly rushing towards Ethan.

But Ethan had anticipated this and immediately took action, issuing a command.

"Creak, creak!"

Instantly, the entire basement seemed to stir to life.

Masses of metal, like a tidal wave, surged madly towards Zhao Zheng.

In the blink of an eye, Zhao Zheng was submerged.

Seeing this, the black youth beside him, though still shaken, didn't forget to flatter him.

"Mr. Ethan, you are so powerful, like a god, I to you…"

"Shut up!"

Ethan rebuked.

The black youth immediately shut his mouth, not daring to utter another word.

At this moment, Ethan's expression was somewhat grave.

He had been manipulating the metal, compressing Zhao Zheng, but discovered that the fellow inside possessed astonishing strength.

All the metal that rushed over was torn to shreds by that guy!

It should be known that Ethan's bunker was constructed with extremely hard alloys, capable of withstanding even a nuclear blast.

How could that youth named Chen Ye be so powerful?

Was he really only a Seventh-Order?

Sensing something amiss, Ethan immediately retreated rapidly with James.

At the same time, he pressed the communicator on his arm and shouted, "Michelle, the big fish is hooked, come quickly and help me catch it!"

After saying this, he had already brought James to the side of the elevator shaft.

Ethan waved his hand, directly crushing the elevator into a pile of scrap metal, squeezing it to the side, revealing the elevator shaft exit.

Subsequently, he took James and quickly flew upwards.

After reaching the surface.

Ethan threw James to the side, then took a deep breath, exerting force with both hands, appearing to be gritting his teeth.

He was manipulating the bunker's metal, fully compressing Zhao Zheng.

He wanted to trap that monster to death in the bunker!

However.

The next moment…

"Boom!"

A huge sound suddenly came from underground.

Zhao Zheng, as a person, actually crashed through the earth and came directly to the surface!

Just now, his position was at least tens of meters away from the surface.

He was actually able to break through such a thick crust?

Moreover, Zhao Zheng looked unharmed, not even a tear in his clothes…

Ethan was shocked!

At this moment, he couldn't wait to tear the CIA Deputy Director who provided him with intelligence into eight pieces!

Because it was that idiot who provided him with incorrect information.

The young man named Chen Ye in front of him could not possibly be a Seventh-Order, he was definitely a King-level powerhouse!

Facing an opponent of the same level, Ethan finally no longer held back.

He raised both hands with great effort, exerting force with his whole body.

"Rumble…"

Under Ethan's control, the entire bunker and manor began to shake.

Then, the manor began to disintegrate, a large amount of metal was drawn away by Ethan, causing many cement debris to fall.

"What's going on?"

"Mr. Ethan…"

"Help! !"

The manor was in chaos.

Many servants died as a result.

However, Ethan couldn't care so much anymore.

After realizing that Zhao Zheng was a tough nut to crack, he had to go all out.

It must be said that Ethan's choice was correct.

If he held back any longer, as long as he gave Zhao Zheng a chance, Zhao Zheng would be able to kill him.

At this time.

A large amount of metal began to fly towards Ethan, then covered Ethan's body.

Zhao Zheng knew that this guy was brewing a big move and wanted to stop him, but a large number of iron cones and iron sheets attacked him, blocking his movements.

After all, this was something released by Ethan, and its destructive power was extremely astonishing, even Zhao Zheng did not dare to ignore it.

In just a few breaths.

A behemoth machine monster, more than a hundred meters tall, appeared in front of Zhao Zheng.

Ethan was hiding in the middle of the giant robot's chest.

Including the black youth James, was also put in by Ethan.

… …

Seeing that Ethan had actually assembled a large amount of metal into a giant robot in a short period of time.

Zhao Zheng showed a surprised expression.

It must be said that this Ethan's ability to control metal is indeed very amazing, and also very creative!

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, a sound of air being torn apart came.

It was Ethan controlling the giant robot, blasting a punch towards Zhao Zheng.

This punch was extremely astonishing in power, like an iron mountain, smashing down from the air.

However, the speed was a little slow…

Zhao Zheng flashed slightly and successfully avoided it.

"Boom!"

The giant robot's iron fist bombarded the ground, causing the earth to shake.

When the fist was taken away, a huge deep pit appeared in the original place.

Zhao Zheng looked at the big-headed robot expressionlessly.

At this time.

Ethan's voice came from the giant robot: "It seems that you have hidden your strength before, no wonder you dared to come here alone, but you are destined to die here today."

As soon as the words fell, the giant robot once again launched an attack towards Zhao Zheng.

Zhao Zheng chose to fly away to avoid it, the giant robot could actually fly up…

This Ethan's control ability is really amazing!

However!

It is definitely impossible to kill Zhao Zheng with this.

Because the giant robot's speed can't keep up with Zhao Zheng at all.

Strange things are coming.

Clearly, the giant robot can't hit Zhao Zheng, but Ethan still insists on attacking Zhao Zheng, not giving Zhao Zheng a chance to react.

If this continues, Ethan will definitely suffer.

Because, controlling such a large robot must consume huge energy.

This is obvious.

Then why is Ethan still doing this?

Zhao Zheng is not stupid and immediately realized that the other party seems to be waiting for something…

Thinking of this.

Zhao Zheng knew that he could not entangle with the giant robot.

He flashed, avoided the giant robot's iron fist, and then quickly rushed towards the giant robot.

When he approached the giant robot's chest, Zhao Zheng's eyes flashed brightly, and he launched an attack.

"Buzz!"

The full-level Armament Haki was activated, and his fist instantly turned pitch black.

In this pitch blackness, there were also traces of red light entwined.

Conqueror's Haki Entwined!

The next moment.

A white air cover covered Zhao Zheng's fist, which was the Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability.

Then, Zhao Zheng punched out with 100% of his strength!

This punch directly bombarded the giant robot's chest.

"Crack——"

The world shook!

An indescribable destructive force spread out through Zhao Zheng's fist, instantly spreading to the giant robot's entire body.

The giant robot, which was hundreds of meters tall, was still alive and kicking a second ago, but suddenly stopped moving.

It was as if it had been frozen!

A few seconds later, a large number of cracks suddenly appeared on the giant robot's body.

The cracks became more and more numerous, spreading rapidly, and soon covered the robot's entire body.

"Bang!"

A loud noise!

That huge giant robot was torn apart.