Night,
21:10.
He Li and Bai Fei stood on the rooftop of the Spirit Management Association building in Biancheng Branch.
Several kilometers away, fires continuously lit up, streets were filled with fleeing people, car horns blared, and shouts echoed. They were all escaping that area.
The spiritual energy incendiary bomb launched from the rocket launcher carried by Tong Yun fell from the sky. The entire street where he was located turned into a sea of fire.
In the sea of fire, Qie still wore that red long dress, her long sword also became scorching hot, its tassel burning. Ordinary flames could not burn a demon's weapon, but what Tong Yun used was a spiritual energy incendiary bomb infused with a large amount of spiritual energy.
It was listed by the Spirit Management Association as a "Non-conventional Spiritual Energy Lethal Weapon," only to be retrieved from the Spirit Management Association's armory and opened from the weapon safe with emergency contingency authorization.
In the sea of fire, three figures slowly walked out. Each held a fifteen-inch short sword without a handguard in their hands. The three walked in silence. In the raging inferno, they were enveloped by a peculiar cyan spiritual energy that isolated them from the flames, protecting their bodies.
Beside them raged a sea of fire, beneath their feet was the asphalt road leading to hell, and the wind behind them carried the roar of exploding vehicles and the screams of people, like a thunderous performance.
Who is silent? Who draws their sword? Who walks towards death?
The three figures were like vengeful spirits emerging from purgatory. Their twin blades were the fangs with which they tore apart their enemies. Their killing intent grew more immense in the silence. They slowly advanced towards Qie, who stood before them.
Qie watched the three approaching her. She was unfazed by their fierce aura or the flames burning around her. She looked at Tong Yun, who was walking in front, and said sincerely:
"Tong Yun, are you three the only ones left in your Spirit Management Association? I'll give you one more chance. Kill those two and follow me."
Tong Yun raised his hands. The short sword in his left hand flipped and was held in reverse. He silently looked at Qie, not making a sound. He was staking everything at this moment. Rather than being toyed with and slaughtered slowly like this, it was better to fight with all his might. The past seven days had felt like a nightmare. Whenever he closed his eyes, the four brothers he had killed appeared before him.
Therefore, he chose not to look. He was not someone who would bury his head in the sand like a cowardly ostrich.
Tong Yun slowly exhaled, then roared, "Kill!"
Li Mingjia and Hong Si burst forward without hesitation, like two cyan lightning bolts. One blade in front, the other following, they simultaneously attacked Qie, one from the left and one from the right, engaging her in combat.
Tong Yun was acutely aware of the gap between himself and Qie. He harbored no illusions. His goal was to exhaust Qie as much as possible, and then detonate the "Spiritual Energy High-Pressure Bomb" he had hidden within his body.
He intended to perish with Qie. Otherwise, after his death, when Qie had no one left to play with, the citizens of Biancheng would suffer. Qie was a massive source of pollution, like a virus, spreading from one to ten, and ten to a hundred.
This was an unprecedented demon. Tong Yun, who was only at the Spirit Condensation realm, was no match for her. Although he had requested reinforcements from headquarters and received a response, they said it would take nine days because they needed to dispatch a member of the Hunter team from somewhere in the world.
Tong Yun said nothing about this because he knew he wouldn't live to see that day. Susan could come to his aid, but the people of Binjiang needed Susan...
Despair?
Utter despair!
But the reality was laid out before him, and he had no other recourse. Perhaps perishing with Qie like this was for the best. With his brothers accompanying him, he wouldn't be alone.
"Ah!!! Kill!!!"
He roared, like an angry Vajra, like a roaring tiger.
He leaped forward, charging into the sea of fire, his cyan twin blades swirling with flames, slashing fiercely at the red dress.
On the rooftop of the Spirit Management Association building, He Li and Bai Fei lowered their binoculars and exchanged glances. The same look of terror appeared in both their eyes.
Just then, a large number of Level Five Puppet Corrupted Demons appeared on both sides of the sea of fire, rushing along the elevated bridge towards the fleeing civilians.
Puppet Corrupted Demons. He Li had seen them before. Back in the Binjiang cemetery, he had killed many Puppet Corrupted Demons created by Lü Xiangnan. However, the Puppet Corrupted Demons created by Lü Xiangnan weren't even considered nascent level.
The Puppet Corrupted Demons appearing on both sides of the sea of fire registered as Level Five demonic energy on the demonic energy detection device.
"I'll go block those Puppet Corrupted Demons."
"I'll go cover the civilians' evacuation."
The two leaped from the 34th-floor rooftop, continuously jumping and sprinting across the building tops.
He Li directly charged towards the elevated bridge, while Bai Fei headed towards the other side of the elevated bridge.
"Uncle Li! Uncle Li! Jin Fang! Yan Ping! Whoever it is, give me a weapon! I came out in a hurry!" He Li roared in his mind as he approached the elevated bridge.
"A saber, would that do?" a voice, as if suppressing anger, sounded in He Li's ear.
"Chen Sui? But I'm not very skilled with sabers..."
"It doesn't matter, I can use it."
Chen Sui's voice seemed to come from an ice cave, deep, cold, carrying a chilling and suppressed anger.
"Alright!"
He Li responded loudly, then leaped from the tall building, stepped on a lamppost, and then, using it for leverage, flew onto the elevated bridge. Like a cannonball, he crashed through the horde of Puppet Corrupted Demons, his twin saber flashes tearing through them. Over a dozen Puppet Corrupted Demons were cleaved in half.
A small area around He Li was cleared. He stood there, holding his twin sabers, surveying his surroundings, taking a deep breath, and grinning, "Chen Sui, I didn't expect you to be this fierce."
He Li gripped the heavy twin sabers, feeling every cell in his body tremble and rub, emitting surging spiritual energy. This intoxicating sense of power made He Li feel as if every joint in his body was a valve, instantly opened. He could clearly perceive every part of his body and precisely control it.
His body was a treasure, and now, it had been unlocked.
He Li's mind conjured Chen Sui's abilities.
Manifestation System, Weapon: Twin Sabers; Ability: Body Control.
Chen Sui's ability was simple: extreme body control, rational power distribution, and immense improvements in reaction time and coordination.
Furthermore, his greatest ability was to fully unleash the spiritual energy and potential within He Li's body, allowing He Li to exert 100% of his strength.
He Li couldn't help but be stunned. He had initially thought that a frenzied brute like Chen Sui would possess abilities like "berserk" or other forms of mad killing.
However, Chen Sui's ability was a genuine "support ability."
One could imagine how insane it would be when He Li used his gravity ability in conjunction with Chen Sui's power.
At this moment,
He Li, who was slaughtering madly amidst the Puppet Corrupted Demons, felt a sense of enjoyment. He could clearly feel that the power of each saber strike was just enough to lop off the head of a Puppet Corrupted Demon.
Then,
The other saber, in a peculiar manner, cleaved open another Puppet Corrupted Demon, and its blade's slash killed two more Puppet Corrupted Demons behind them.
On the other side of the elevated bridge, Bai Fei, who was blocking the intersection, fighting Puppet Corrupted Demons, and covering the evacuation of civilians behind him, looked at the scene on the distant elevated bridge and cursed,
"Holy shit! This guy's gone berserk!"
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