Infinity, The Arcade Age-Chapter 510: The Terrifying Homing Hadouken

Seeing the oncoming air cannon barrage and the wave of rolling earth, Qin Ming frowned and casually flung a Hadoken forward.

Sky, the adventurer controlling the air cannons, instantly reacted. He gathered the cannons in front of him to intercept the incoming energy.

But before the two forces could collide, the Hadoken suddenly split apart in mid-air—evading the frontal clash entirely.

The next second, it curved to the left and right in a graceful arc, then slammed precisely into Sky’s chest from either side.

Homing Modification! Skill: Homing Hadoken!

Hit squarely, Sky coughed up blood and was sent flying backward.

His body crashed hard into a wall, smashing it into pieces before he plunged straight off the edge of a ten-story building.

With a single casual strike, Qin Ming had eliminated one enemy. He then stomped the ground heavily—BOOM!—and a wave of murderous intent burst outward from his body.

The rolling earth that had just reached his feet was blasted half a meter into the air by the shockwave, and the ground beneath cracked like a spiderweb.

Seeing this, Earth—who had been retreating from the force—finally realized he was facing a true expert.

His expression twisted. Without hesitation, he turned and bolted toward the nearest window, preparing to leap out of the building.

Seeing this, Qin Ming narrowed his eyes. Blood began to spiral around his hand before he launched a blood orb with a sharp whoosh, chasing after the fleeing enemy at high speed.

He didn’t even look back.

"If you manage to survive, consider yourselves lucky."

With a buzzing roar, the spinning blood orb carved a deep groove in the floor as it chased its target. Hearing the noise, Earth’s face turned deathly pale. He gritted his teeth and dove for the wall.

The moment his body touched it, the wall suddenly softened—like it had turned to liquid—and let him pass straight through.

Falling freely in open air, Earth finally let out a breath of relief.

But... he’d relaxed too early.

Because the next instant, the wall above him exploded—shards flying everywhere—and the blood orb burst through with a screeching spin.

Just a second after leaving the building, the orb suddenly veered midair, drawing a bizarre arc before locking on and shooting straight for Earth’s head.

It whizzed past rows of windows, shattering reinforced glass with violent wind pressure, causing screams to erupt throughout the building.

Watching the relentless orb close in, Earth paled further and roared in desperation, activating another innate skill.

The walls on both sides exploded outward, transforming into twin dragons of soil that lunged forward to intercept the orb.

But with a thunderous roar, the high-speed blood orb shredded the walls of earth, blasting through them in a spray of dirt—and under Earth’s horrified gaze, continued flying straight for his face.

Shing!

A streak of blood flashed. The orb grazed past Earth’s cheek and vanished into the shadows.

Just as it was about to hit him, a hand yanked him to the side—saving him from a fatal blow.

Stunned, Earth looked up to see none other than his partner, Sky.

Sky was hovering midair, blood on his lips and his clothes in tatters, surrounded by swirling airflow.

He had used Flight Technique, an A-rank ability from Sengoku Blade!

Seeing his companion who had just saved his life, Earth managed a weak grin and opened his mouth to speak—but before he could get a word out, Sky’s expression suddenly changed.

With a cry of alarm, he grabbed Earth again and shot upward like a rocket.

"Run!"

Seeing this, Earth was stunned for a moment before he abruptly realized what was happening and quickly looked down.

There, in the darkness, a flash of red light flickered—the blood orb that had already flown off had actually turned around and was coming back to kill them! And it seemed to be moving even faster than before!

Howling wind roared as Sky dragged Earth, zigzagging wildly through the air. The crimson Hadoken relentlessly pursued them, twisting and turning as if it had locked on like a tracking missile.

The two of them kept firing off skills in an attempt to intercept it, but no matter what they threw out, the blood orb shattered everything on contact the very next second.

SS-ranked Blood Manipulation, combined with S-ranked Homing Hadoken—the power of these fused skills was terrifying. There was no way two ordinary mid-level adventurers could hope to resist.

And this was already Qin Ming holding back. If he had added the Killing Intent Amplification and Golden Body Reinforcement, these two wouldn’t even have had the chance to dodge.

The two sides chased and fled across the sky for quite a while. Seeing that they couldn’t shake it off, Sky flew at a low altitude, dragging Earth through tight maneuvers, trying to use surrounding obstacles to block the blood orb.

But no matter how they dodged, the orb dodged better. It weaved through the environment even more nimbly than them.

Eventually, with no way to avoid it, Sky and Earth crashed headfirst into a nearby building.

At the moment of impact, Earth activated his innate ability again, and the wall they hit instantly softened.

Simultaneously, the surrounding soil exploded upward, forming wall after wall of earthen barriers to protect them.

Buzz!

Just as they entered the room, the blood orb followed with a flash of crimson light, smashing into the building.

BOOM! The entire wall was blown to bits, glass shattered, and the protective earth walls collapsed instantly.

The room itself was turned into a pile of rubble.

As for Sky and Earth...

BOOM! With a deafening blast, the two were blown out of the room, tumbling across the ground with barely a patch of intact skin.

Thanks to the obstacles buffering the damage, they survived—but were left severely wounded by the explosion.

With his ever-growing power, Qin Ming’s combat strength was now extraordinary.

Forget about mid-tier adventurers—even high-level ones... no! Even top-tier adventurers might not be a match for him now!

Not even Akuma, one of the most powerful beings in this world, had been able to defeat him. Qin Ming’s current strength had reached the peak of conventional combat power in the Nightmare World.

That was also the main reason why he wanted to leave the dimensional space—because he was bored. He craved stronger, newer, and more exciting enemies...

Meanwhile, back in the hotel, as the blood orb nearly took out Sky and Earth, Balrog had already clashed with the three women.

As one of Vega’s Four Heavenly Kings—nicknamed Claw Guy or Pretty Boy—Balrog’s strength was no joke. He was a solid first-class fighter.

He was also one of the rare speed-type characters in the Street Fighter world, possessing insane flexibility and an extremely unorthodox fighting style.

As for Chun-Li—though she was the poster girl of the Street Fighter franchise, even more popular than the protagonist Ryu—her actual combat strength was just average. She occupied a role very similar to Mai Shiranui from King of Fighters.

Both were iconic mascots. Their fame was immense, but in terms of actual combat ability, they were second-rate at best.

In fact, Mai Shiranui wasn’t even second-rate—she had originally been a third-rate character at the bottom of the roster.

Let alone facing Balrog one-on-one—even if Chun-Li and Mai teamed up, they still wouldn’t be enough to beat him.

In the original story, Chun-Li only managed to go toe-to-toe with Balrog in a one-for-one trade because Balrog messed up and underestimated her.

In a serious fight, the two weren’t even in the same league.

Of course—that was referring to the original Chun-Li and the original Mai Shiranui.

The current Mai Shiranui... was an entirely different story!

(End of Chapter)

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