Chapter 1

Thump!

Xun Zian slammed his fist into the concrete road, barely managing to stop his violent retreat.

His arms trembled slightly, his bones bent and deformed, his skin turned blood red from the massive rupture of capillaries. Fine droplets of blood slid down his arms, dripping between his fingers.

"Captain!"

Anxious cries came from the side. Chu Yin stepped forward, flinging three syringes from her palm, which flew and embedded themselves in Xun Zian's back.

The syringes self-injected, driving a pale red liquid into Xun Zian's body, gradually restoring the injuries on his arms.

Li Ang, mounted on the Fear Warhorse, did not continue his pursuit. He twisted his wrist, emitting cracking sounds as his bones reset.

Swish.

The sound of air being torn apart came from behind. Ash, also belonging to the Fifth Mobile Task Force, passed through the barrier and quietly appeared behind Li Ang.

He held a simple short sword in his hand.

A large number of gray particles permeated the surroundings, vaguely forming three identical figures of him, also wielding short swords, charging from the left, right, and front.

Shadow Technique: Cross Kill.

Li Ang slightly tilted his head. The surrounding vision was enveloped in a gray mist, and the air stagnated and solidified.

Through the weak points of the fog, he could vaguely see several Mobile Task Force agents at the crossroads rapidly chanting spells.

Behind them, two laser turrets composed of four crystal fan blades were slowly charging.

"Sigh..."

A soft sigh seemed to come from Li Ang in the mist.

Ash, who was charging rapidly, suddenly felt a pain in his chest, and the scene before his eyes suddenly became chaotic.

An irresistible force struck his chest, his ribs instantly caving in and fracturing. He involuntarily fell to the ground.

The defense of the standard armor, the cover of the gray fog, and the passively triggered protective gear he carried,

failed to prevent him from being pierced by the spear shaft that emerged from the fog, stabbing him hard into the ground, smashing out a human-shaped indentation.

The gray fog dissipated in response. Li Ang, maintaining the posture of thrusting out the spear shaft, did not look at Ash, who could no longer get up, but turned to look at the intersection ahead.

As if sensing his gaze,

the Mobile Task Force agents standing opposite him across a translucent barrier shuddered and accelerated their chanting.

The celestial phenomena in the high altitude changed dramatically. The entire sky suddenly darkened.

Dark clouds gathered and piled up, lightning wandered and flickered, emitting rolling thunder.

Summoning lightning?

Li Ang flung the Tyrant's Horizontal Bar Spear, shaking off the transcenders who had suddenly attacked, trying to save Ash,

and spurred his horse, charging headlong towards the intersection blocked by the towering barrier.

What is he trying to do?!

The Mobile Task Force agents behind the barrier showed horrified expressions, and their long guns and short cannons fired simultaneously, weaving an impenetrable rain of bullets.

As various bullets and shells bombarded him, Li Ang threw out a sphere with a purple top and a white bottom, imprinted with the letter "m."

Perfect Grade item, Sub-Master Ball.

The Poké Ball automatically opened, and with a flash of white light, a Finx Pit Beast emerged into reality.

Compared to its last appearance, this biological weapon had undergone extensive modifications.

Several layers of heavy alloy armor were fitted over its already tough and solid gray-white skin.

Its sharp claws, comparable to blades, wore protective gauntlets that allowed the claw spikes to be exposed.

The part of the Finx Pit Beast that looked most like a weak point - the cross-section of its neck (the Finx Pit Beast has no head, and the cross-section of its neck has a ring-shaped mouth that splits into three petals, as well as six eyes) -

was also covered by a bucket-shaped, semi-hollow helmet that looked crude but was actually hard and strong.

"Roar!!"

As soon as the Finx Pit Beast appeared, it roared to the sky, and its strong arms, hanging down like an ape's, slammed heavily on the ground.

The hail of bullets bombarded the Finx Pit Beast's body.

Solid bullets were deflected or blocked by the alloy armor.

Energy bullets also lost their momentum after passing through the thick metal plates, quietly extinguished, or left shallow white marks on the Finx Pit Beast's skin.

A very small number of bullets that continued to shoot toward Li Ang were all blocked by the pieces of concrete ground smashed up by the Finx Pit Beast's arms.

All of this happened too quickly.

The dark clouds above the crossroads had just accumulated lightning, the laser turrets had just finished charging,

and Li Ang, riding the Fear Warhorse and wielding the spear, had already charged to the front of the barrier.

The broken spear blade of the long spear rotated as it stabbed towards the towering barrier.

The two came into contact, collided, and sparks burst out dazzlingly.

Buzz.

Water-like ripples appeared on the surface of the barrier.

The color changed rapidly from light blue to red.

The bismuth metal pillars, slantedly erected on top of the armored vehicles and maintaining the barrier, vibrated violently, causing the heavy vehicles below to tremble slightly.

Visibly, the entire barrier slowly bent and deformed.

The armored vehicles, whose wheels had long been locked, were pushed back little by little, and the heavy tires rubbed against the ground, making a harsh noise.

Finally.

Clang!!

The towering barrier, deformed to the extreme, burst open.

A deafening roar, enough to shatter ordinary people's eardrums, erupted at the intersection.

The floor-to-ceiling windows of the surrounding shops shattered in unison.

The unmanned vehicles on the street that did not have time to evacuate also sounded their horns after the windows broke.

"..."

Li Ang took a deep breath, pointed to the left, released Disintegrate, and blasted the laser turret that did not have time to turn around.

He swung the long spear to the right, cutting the other turret in half.

The surrounding Mobile Task Force agents tried to step forward to stop him, but were slapped away by the Finx Pit Beast that rushed from behind.

This biological weapon, without pain or reason, was like entering an unpopulated land.

Its huge body protected Li Ang, casually overturning vehicles, slapping away enemies,

allowing the impenetrable hail of bullets, talismans, and spells to hit its body. Even as the armor gradually peeled off and its body was covered with wounds, it did not retreat a step.

Bang.

As the last armored vehicle was slapped into a roadside cafe, crushing the wooden bar,

the road ahead was completely unobstructed.

"Come back."

Li Ang pinched the Poké Ball, the ball released a white light, and after the Finx Pit Beast was taken back into the hidden space, the street scene behind him was in a mess, like a demolition site, full of ruins.

Li Ang did not look back even once.

The Fear Warhorse was brought to full speed, galloping along the city streets that the Special Affairs Bureau had urgently evacuated.

The Special Affairs Bureau had long had countless detailed contingency plans for various types of mutation crises. In a short period of time, they had already notified various strongholds in the city of the news.

They guessed that Li Ang's destination was the Special Affairs Bureau headquarters,

so they cleared and evacuated all the streets along the way in advance, opening up an empty road.

Wherever he passed, the originally bustling city center became silent.

The whole city seemed to be placed in resin, stagnating and freezing.

The Fear Warhorse's hooves trampled on the cross-sea bridge.

Several armed helicopters in the high altitude slowly descended.

One of them, just a little closer, had its rotor blades inexplicably burst. The crew members jumped out in a hurry. After a few seconds, the rapidly falling helicopter was engulfed by a fireball, and the wreckage smashed into an unmanned vehicle, causing a sympathetic explosion.

Within sight, nothing could avoid the guaranteed hit of Colt Revolver's shot.