Chapter 1 The Cave

This wasn't Old Lingdun City. There were no restraints here when it came to fighting.

Suren could kill them and retreat without any worries.

With this complex terrain, even if Old Lingdun sent ten times the pursuers, they might not be able to catch him.

But with that, his plan to go to Dawn City inconspicuously was ruined, and he would have to abandon the identity of "Jonny" again.

But right now, it seemed he had no choice but to act.

...

"Hey... you there, yes, you! Take off your mask!"

The "Iron Riders" guy in front of Suren was still urging him to take off his mask.

After all, it was time to set up camp and rest, and most of the people in the transport team weren't wearing gas masks. The man glanced over and naturally noticed Suren's difference.

Seeing that Suren was slow to move, the man raised his gun, as if he would shoot as soon as he sensed something was wrong.

He definitely couldn't take off the mask; taking it off would definitely cause problems.

Listening to the urging, Suren didn't care about the guy in front of him. He guessed from the subtle movements of the gun that this guy wasn't even a professional, so the threat was limited.

Suren's eyes were always on "Swordflower" Hall in the distance.

If he really had to act, he had to kill this person immediately to ensure that there were no accidents in the battle.

However, just as Suren's fingers were slightly exerting force, preparing to control the "invisible living corpse" behind him to slash the second-tier professional first,

Suddenly!

Several other people from the Knights who were searching the camp discovered something and shouted, "Captain, I found this!"

This urgent shout attracted everyone's attention in the camp.

Suren also looked over and saw that the man was holding a broken mechanical arm.

It wasn't an ordinary mechanical arm. It looked like a living person's severed arm. However, the tattered bionic skin reflected a metallic luster, and there was no blood at the break, but some broken, complex, high-precision mechanical parts.

Others looked puzzled, but Suren was familiar with it and thought in surprise, "[PX-911 Mechanical Limb]?"

The reason why he was familiar with it was because there were parts disassembled from this mechanical limb on those strange puppets in his storage ring.

Seeing this broken arm, Suren also realized that the woman used a broken arm to attract some tracking abilities of the enemy?

Obviously, "Swordflower" Hall also realized this, and his face became very ugly.

Finding the mechanical arm meant that they had been "misled" by the wanted criminal, and staying in the camp was probably a waste of time!

Even the person opposite Suren no longer had the mind to urge him to take off his mask.

He wasn't in a hurry to act either.

His immediate superior was assassinated, and Hall was under great pressure. He turned his head to look at the man in the black top hat in the team and asked, "Harkins, how long will it take for your divination ability to be used again?"

Hearing this, the man named Harkins showed a look of embarrassment, "At least two hours."

Hall shook his head, "What about now?"

Harkins wanted to say it was impossible, but looking at the captain's livid face, he knew he couldn't refuse: "I'll try."

With that, this guy stuck the silver-handled staff in his hand into the ground, and then formed a warlock seal with both hands. In a blink of an eye, a silver hexagram array appeared under his feet.

Not far away, Suren was wondering what these guys were going to do when he suddenly saw the starry sky symbol appearing on the hexagram of the high-hat man, and suddenly realized something: "Divination?"

Although he hadn't encountered a professional with this extremely rare and mysterious ability in reality, he had seen relevant records in the textbooks of the Black Tower Academy.

Diviners are truly extremely rare professionals.

They need certain specific "spiritual medium talents" to take up this profession.

There might not be a few qualified diviners in the entire Old Lingdun.

However, in the eyes of alchemists, any ability has a price.

Abilities like predicting the future and divining good and bad fortune, although they can be called divine skills, also come at a great price and are truly high-risk professions.

It's okay if the divination target is within the diviner's ability, such as finding a lost wallet, which probably only costs a little energy.

But if the divination target exceeds their own strength, or touches some taboos, the loss of lifespan is minor, and the price may be infinitely amplified.

For example, when divining an item, a source trace accidentally glimpses an indescribable existence and instantly dies.

Just as the thoughts flashed through Suren's mind, the hexagram array under the high-hat man's feet had completely lit up.

And the magic was that the silver-handled staff he placed in the center of the array seemed to be attracted by an invisible force, and slowly swayed in a certain direction, as if guiding something.

The cane kept swaying in one direction, but it didn't fall in the end.

It seemed to be lacking something.

But doing this, the diviner Harkins seemed to be very strenuous. He chanted a spell, and his whole body was trembling.

Seeing that the divination had no results, he gritted his teeth and took out a crystal necklace.

As soon as the crystal necklace came out, a faint blue light instantly blessed the alchemical array.

With a "clang", the hand suddenly fell to the ground, pointing to a cave in the southwest.

And the necklace also floated up, and the triangular crystal pointed in the same direction like an arrow.

But at the same time, the diviner Harkins seemed to have his soul hit by an invisible hammer, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and his face turned pale. With this mouthful of blood, he seemed to be ten years older, and his complexion obviously deteriorated a lot.

Hall seemed to have expected his subordinates to spit blood, and his face wasn't good-looking either. "Thank you for your hard work."

"Chase!"

Without time to say more, he greeted his men and chased in the direction pointed by the floating crystal necklace.

In the blink of an eye, the "Iron Riders" and more than a dozen others hurriedly left the camp.

...

Seeing the people leave, Manager Abagon greeted everyone: "Okay, everyone go to rest, continue to be on duty at night, and don't relax your vigilance!"

After such a commotion, the faces of everyone in the transport team didn't look good.

But after all, the other party was from the Umbrella organization, and even if they were angry in their hearts, they had to hold back. The wasteland hunters cursed a few words and continued to sleep and be on duty as they should.

Not far away, Suren looked at the guys who left, and the steel wire in his hand also loosened, but his eyes gradually became deep.

He had originally planned to act, but he didn't expect the other party to ignore him and leave directly.

However, he didn't feel lucky because he was discovered, but instead felt a sense of inexplicable crisis.

"This divination ability is very dangerous..."

Suren narrowed his eyes, and a eager thought popped into his mind.

Was this probably what Chihiro said before, those special tracking ability users?

Having such people in the Umbrella organization was a great threat to any wanted criminal.

Now that the woman was an SS-class wanted criminal, Suren felt that he was at least an S-class. If a mysterious diviner came up with this, they would have to fight sooner or later.

Besides, now that his abilities and scythe had been exposed, the next time he encountered an encirclement, the people who came might not be so easy to kill.

Thinking of this, Suren thought to himself: "It's hard to say whether there are a handful of extremely scarce diviners in the Umbrella organization... They should all be in Old Lingdun City. Now there might only be one or two in the cave."

Kill one, lose one?

Suren raised his eyebrows, and a dangerous playfulness suddenly flashed in his eyes.

Since danger had sprouted, then he should nip it in the bud...

Thinking of this, the idea immediately turned into action. He controlled the living corpse, quietly touched the back of the tent, and then avoided people's eyes, unlocked the Spider Spear Implantation, climbed up the rock wall to the top of the cave, and then chased in the direction those guys from the "Iron Riders" left.

...

Although he had only met once, Suren had a deep impression of the woman: calm, rational, and decisive.

In her, he could always find some thoughts that could be understood and resonated with each other.

Since that woman chose to hide her severed arm in a transport team she passed by, then she must also know that the enemy had divination and tracking methods.

Suren felt that if he were in that woman's situation at this moment, he would definitely not just run away, but would ambush those people from the "Iron Riders" somewhere.

After all, without killing the diviner, there was no way to be clean.

So... Suren chose to chase after him. Killing people was an alternative plan.

The first choice was to wait for the "ambush drama" that he thought would definitely happen, and be the mantis behind the cicada.

Suren's eight-armed spider spear ran very fast on the ceiling, and soon caught up with those people from the "Iron Knights". He deliberately kept some distance, for fear of being discovered. Although he couldn't see anyone, he could hear the sound of those people running.

"The pendulum shows the second passage on the left!"

"Not far, chase!"

"..."

Suddenly, an accident happened.

As the group of people chased, they suddenly triggered an explosive device.

With a loud "boom", the air wave and flames came head-on, and the entire cave rock wall shook violently, and gravel fell like rain.

Immediately afterwards, there was a fierce fighting sound.

"A fight broke out?!"

Suren was almost knocked off the rock wall by the air wave of the explosion, but instead of being surprised, he showed an expected joy.

He didn't delay, and quickly accelerated towards the direction of the movement.

There was only a faint light in the dark passage.

However, there were occasional flashes of metallic fire from the collision of swords, and the sharp sound of "clang" was endless.

Suren's night vision allowed him to capture the two figures fighting fiercely. The one holding the sword was naturally "Swordflower" Hall, whom he had seen before. This guy's fast sword was airtight. The fencing style of the court rapier had an elegant air, and his figure was as light as dancing. Dodging showed ease, but the tip of the sword was hidden with murderous intent...

On the other side was a one-armed woman with shoulder-length silver hair. She was also holding a slender katana, waving and slashing in a wide-open manner. On closer inspection, not only was the woman missing an arm, but there were also damages on the bionic skin all over her body, as if she had experienced a fierce battle before.

But even with a broken arm and a bad physical condition, she was still evenly matched with Hall, and even vaguely gained the upper hand.

The two sides fought back and forth, very fiercely.

"Second-tier melee professionals are indeed ridiculously responsive..."

Suren hung on the top of the rock wall and watched from a distance, while also secretly observing Hall's fighting habits.

The nerve reaction speed of this kind of melee second-tier professional has reached the point where they can "cut bullets with a knife". If he has precautions in advance, even if Suren has the Black Scythe in hand, his own reaction is not quick enough, he may not be able to hurt such a person.

He didn't rush to act, just hanging in the cave not far away.

Because he knew that the silver-haired woman dared to ambush, she must have the certainty of taking action.

...

The explosion just now caught the "Iron Riders" off guard. Six of the ten people were still alive. Captain Hall restrained the silver-haired woman, and these guys were casting spells and shooting cold guns from the side.

Suren also looked at it intentionally, and the diviner Harkins was indeed still alive.

This kind of "rare professional" must be a key protection object. Obviously, they also guessed that the woman would focus on killing him, and the few people who were alive protected the diviner in the center.

Suren originally thought about finding an opportunity to act and kill Hall to end the battle.

But suddenly, he discovered some abnormalities.

"These people are deliberately delaying time?"

Suren also saw that Hall knew that he couldn't kill the wanted criminal "Nineteen" at all. His offensive also converged his murderous aura and became long and continuous, completely a fighting style of entanglement.

Not seeking to hurt the enemy, but only seeking to delay.

"Strange..."

Suren saw this and a hint of contemplation flashed in his heart.

Why delay time?

Waiting for reinforcements?

...

The battle continued.

How fierce was "Nineteen"?

Since she could escape from the Umbrella organization's encirclement and fierce battles many times, how could she be held back by a second-tier professional?

Her purpose of ambush was very clear, to kill the "diviner"!

Nineteen saw Hall's purpose of delaying, so she ignored this guy, and suddenly a stream of thrusting airflow spurted out from under her feet, directly rushing towards the diviner.

Her figure flashed past.

She slashed with the katana in her hand, and a wave of sword energy visible to the naked eye roared past. Only a cold light flashed, and two heads had already flown up, and the corpses gushed like springs.

The few people protecting the diviner were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and they quickly opened fire to try to stop her from continuing to kill.

However, even the alchemical bullets only produced "clanging" sparks on Nineteen, and the explosive bullets only knocked her back half a step...

The thoughts in Suren's mind were still flying, and seeing those people raising their guns, there was no ripple in his heart: "The [PX-911 mechanical limb] has super high physical and magical resistance. If the alchemical bullet doesn't hit the vital point, it can't hit her at all. And... perhaps, she doesn't have any 'vital point' in the conventional sense!"

He had previously disassembled and analyzed the functions of this mechanical limb very carefully. Although he didn't understand many technologies, he also speculated that the current "Nineteen" might be all mechanical except for the brain and nerves, or alchemical substitutes.

Therefore, the weaknesses of normal people, such as the nasal cavity, ear holes, eye sockets, and various bone joints, had probably been completely eliminated and avoided in the design stage for her.

This was a super mechanical warrior that existed purely for combat and killing!

But on second thought, Suren wondered again: "Since she is so strong, who was able to break her arm before? Third-tier professional?"

Moreover, being chased by a second-tier team, not fighting back, but having to escape?

Suren felt that she might have guessed that there might be stronger pursuers behind, so she didn't delay killing these people.

Thinking of this, Suren narrowed his eyes and muttered: "Reinforcements are on the way?"

...

Nineteen broke into the crowd and operated with a hand-to-hand operation, killing several people in a row, and "Swordflower" Hall's face turned black.

This second-tier swordsman also found a chance to stab Nineteen's damaged limb with a sword, and the fire splashed.

But after all, it was mechanical, and it didn't have much practical significance without hurting some key components.

In this face-to-face effort, Nineteen had killed all six people, including the diviner.

At this time, she ignored Hall, who wanted to hold her back, and spurted out a thrusting airflow under her feet, turned her head and ran wildly towards the depths of the cave.

"Escaped?"

Suren looked at it and felt that things were probably over here. If it were him, after killing the diviner, he would not pay attention to this second-tier professional who could not be killed for a while.

But he didn't want Hall to take a few steps and couldn't catch up, and cursed: "Damn it!"

Then he gritted his teeth and made an incredible move.

Suren watched this guy take out a green potion while running, and stabbed it into his neck without hesitation.

Seeing this, Suren's eyelids jumped. No matter how he looked at this action, he had a strong sense of déjà vu.

Wasn't this the operation he used when fighting Yan Gui before?

Could it be that this guy also saw that he couldn't beat him, and wanted to inject "X serum" to risk his life?

It seemed that he had received some kind of death order. If he didn't keep people, he probably wouldn't be able to live if he went back.

But...

Suren dared to inject the serum because he had "Aberration Inhibitor", what did this guy rely on?

In the next instant, watching Hall's body swell up like the Hulk transforming, Suren understood and was greatly surprised: "He doesn't want his life to hold her back?"

In a blink of an eye, this guy had become an [Abomination Warrior]!

It turned out that this was not a pure "X serum", but an Abomination Potion.

Hall didn't intend to suppress the aberration at all, he just wanted to hold Nineteen with his life.

Suren's eyelids twitched as he watched. How terrifying was the Black Tower's ability to control people? A second-tier professional, said to self-destruct, and self-destructed?

However, he was more concerned about another thing.

Abomination Warrior?

It seemed to be a very good living corpse material...