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Chapter 185 - 169: Half Body

Chapter 185: Chapter 169: Half Body

In the high skies, Jiang Zhihui, carried aloft in flight by a Tengu (a creature with humanoid form and bird wings, red nose and face, dressed in a straw raincoat), did not look back. Relying on a nebulous sense of perception, she sensed that all three Shikigami were dead.

"It was faster than I thought."

Her mind was utterly calm; born a Spiritual Ability User and hardened by killing fields, she was no longer the young girl who once took her life in a mental hospital.

How did that saying go? Misfortune may be an actual blessing, and a fortune may be the prelude to disaster.

As the world’s only Summoner thus far, Jiang Zhihui reaped the "exclusive" benefits, which naturally came with further "trials" from the killing fields.

Players from the Otherworld sent by the killing fields to execute script tasks and intent on assassinating her, even with levels only between Lv10-Lv15, were unquestionably strong within that bracket. It was perfectly normal for them to kill three Shikigami swiftly.

Luckily, such assassination missions typically have a time limit, short as half an hour to as long as one or two hours.

Jiang Zhihui had no need to stick around for a head-on confrontation. She could just fly into Seoul City, using the complex urban environment to evade and outmaneuver her opponent.

She was not the one in a hurry, Jiang Zhihui was.

In time, whether she chose to keep delaying until the time limit concluded, prompting the killing field system to punish her assailant, or the assailant became hasty and slipped up, she would be in control of the situation.

As for whether they would cause widespread destruction in Seoul City, resulting in casualties and negative social impact...

Jiang Zhihui didn’t care about the lives of ordinary people. This could be an opportunity to reveal the existence of Transcendents to the world, consider it an early dress rehearsal for the deification plan.

Thinking this, she subconsciously tilted her head, then suddenly widened her eyes, her face taking on the expression of someone who had seen a ghost.

Moments earlier, Li Cheng spoke a few words to Gray Rain, handed over his motorcycle, and then... dismantled most of his own body.

Literally, he detached his entire lower half, from the mid-torso down, including his legs.

Through the cross-section, one could distinctly see the pancreas, kidneys, and intestines, sealed and frozen by invisible forces, even the blood inside still moving and circulating by itself.

"Uh..."

Gray Rain, looking at the half-body still straddling the motorcycle, smacked his lips and said, "Although it’s said not to think with the lower half, going so far as to perform self-mutilation to cure lust might be a bit too aggressive, Li Cheng. Really weird, very weird."

"The person who uses mitosis at home to create clones to help with homework isn’t qualified to call this weird, right?"

Li Cheng retorted casually, tossed the GPS tracker to Gray Rain, adjusted the position of his exoskeleton, activated the rocket backpack, and soared into the sky.

The Sea Shark Type Single Soldier Exoskeleton produced by the Special Affairs Bureau was standard equipment for the Mobile Task Force. The thrust from the rocket backpack was limited and might struggle to lift a Transcendent like Li Cheng, whose muscle density exceeded that of an average person, to great heights or distances.

Therefore, he used an Assembly Puppet to detach his lower half, knowing that as long as it was reattached within a few hours, there would be no issues like organ failure.

This whole spectacle was profoundly shocking to Jiang Zhihui—when she turned back, she saw a man with only his upper body remaining, chasing after her with a rocket backpack, emitting a strange chuckle from his mouth.

"Legs are just decorative to those high and mighty types; they wouldn’t understand."

His four mechanical arms had switched the firearms they held from a shotgun to a light machine gun.

The gun, an Ultimax100 light machine gun modified from the one produced by Singapore Licensed Industries Ltd, originally used a gas-operated open bolt system, 5.56mm caliber ammunition, and a constant-recoil buffer system. It maintained high accuracy while having very low recoil.

After being modified by a backstreet gunsmith, the light machine gun’s recoil was further reduced, completely compatible with jetpack flight without affecting stability.

Intense gunfire echoed through the night sky, each gun equipped with a C-Mag 100-round drum magazine, the four barrages of fire sweeping towards the Tengu and Jiang Zhihui.

The Tengu, far less defensively capable than creatures like the Sea Monk or the Bull Demon, flapped its wings frantically, altering its flight path to dodge the gunfire. The stray bullets were intercepted by Jiang Zhihui unleashing a skill.

[Skill Scroll Name: Bullets Circle Me]

[Attribute: Consumable (Limited to five uses)]

[Type: Spiritual Energy]

[Activation Method: Active]

[Level: Fine]

[Special Effect: Bullet Orbiting. Change the trajectory of any flying object that fits the concept of a bullet, causing it to circle around the user. Lasts up to one minute]

[Consumption: Activation consumes 100 points of Spiritual Power Value, subsequent consumption varies with bullet power]

[Cooling Time: None]

[Use Conditions: Win a round of Russian Roulette with a revolver]

[Note: The skill can only distort the trajectory of projectiles near oneself; it does not exempt from secondary damage such as shrapnel from fragmentary bullets, flames from Dragon Breath Bullets, or radiation from a nuclear blast]

[Note: Thoughts do not fear bullets, and hard work doesn’t fear a challenge]

Once the skill takes effect, it’s like Moses parting the sea, with gun lines automatically steering clear. If used in a shooting game, the user would likely be cursed by their opponents for cheating and wishing misfortune upon their family.

"Damn it..."

Jiang Zhihui watched as the Spiritual Power Value in her player panel rapidly depleted, cursing silently to herself.

As a triple threat – a Spiritual Body, Spiritual Ability User, and Summoner – most of her strength was concentrated in the Shikigami she had at her disposal.

However, they were high in the sky, where only a few Shikigami capable of flight could be summoned.

Time to make a last-ditch effort.

Holding a baby in her right arm, Jiang Zhihui shook her left sleeve, flicking out several white paper cutouts, then she took out a satellite phone and called that Ms. Park from the Blue House.

Killer bees, locusts, flocks of crows...

Swarm upon swarm of low-tier Shikigami blocked the skies, swarming towards Li Cheng.

Firearms were of little use against such targets; the best way to deal with them was with fire.

Li Cheng took out the nearly depleted [Nuclear Energy Lighter] from his Backpack, set it to level three, and shot a column of fire forward.

The flames forcibly tore a gap through the net of low-tier Shikigami, creating an opening for Li Cheng to break through.

This delay allowed the Tengu to once again gain distance, accelerating its dive toward the brightly-lit Seoul City.

On a mountainous ring road, an office worker returning from a business trip was driving while calling home to check in, "I’m back in Seoul, I should be home in about twenty minutes..."

Whoosh—

Two shadows swiftly flew down the mountain slopes, brushing past the treetops and speeding across the front of the car.

The office worker was shocked, almost losing control of the phone and crashing into a tree, "Hey, I just saw a big bird carrying a female high school student holding a baby, being chased by a man with only an upper body."

Seoul City had not yet recovered from the recent shock of an unexplained helicopter crash into the river, with many fire engines, ambulances, and police cars causing traffic jams. And now, everyone witnessed this terrifying scene.

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