Chapter 53: Justice Partner: I’ll Cover The Retreat!
Above the sky, countless vines grew and intertwined, like a mass of constantly expanding dark clouds, bringing an alternative sense of oppression to the creatures on the ground.
Seeing the scale of the Starlight Vine expansion growing larger and larger, about to cover his own head, Yuan Zhu no longer stayed, pinpointed the direction of the city gate, and began accelerating madly on the roofs.
Whenever encountering an uncrossable gap between buildings, the uniform on his body would surge with Shadow Power, applying powerful thrust to his body, leaping several meters away. Or while leaping in mid-air, condensing a temporary Shadow platform under his feet, borrowing force a second time to achieve a double air jump.
Relying on this skill, even carrying a 100kg Bodhisattva Statue on his back, he was still invincible in the world. Like a black lightning bolt, traversing through the night, his two legs almost running out sparks.
He surpassed one after another frenziedly battling Corpse Ghosts and ownerless small Kesa Ghosts flying chaotically, listening in all directions for targets worth hunting. Wanting to do one more big score before leaving the city.
Then suddenly hearing from a nearby alley the familiar ‘baa baa’ sound. That was the foreign reserve member of the Mao Mao King squad, Little Goat.
He had a thought, adjusted direction with some curiosity, deciding to go to the source of the sound to investigate what happened. Of course, there was also a bit of showing off in front of people.
After all, having just killed through Vajra Temple, his confidence in front of people was unprecedentedly bursting. Even after exiting [Boss form], he had reinforced his uniform to a new stage, feeling he could dominate a low-end battlefield.
I am no longer the me who just crossed over to Du Ling, I am now terrifyingly strong!
Before he could get close, an elderly and piercing shrill howl covered the sheep baa sounds, causing his eardrums to ache sharply, like some kind of sound wave + Mental Shock.
Could there really be an enemy?
When Yuan Zhu made a few double jumps and successfully climbed to the top of an attic, his eyes widened involuntarily, seeing a scene of infighting and slaughter.
At this time, Rainbow Chicken Comb Head Lu Rang was lying half-dead on the street. His chest had suffered a brutal impact, severely collapsed, half of his chest cavity sunk in, forming a large crater. Now blood was flowing from the corners of his eyes and nostrils, breathing weakly, mouth vomiting blood in big gulps, having out breath but no in breath, clearly not long to live.
Behind him was the Little Goat with a broken lumbar vertebra, four hooves flipped and broken, equally bleeding from all seven orifices in utter misery, currently ‘baa baa’ wailing.
Seeing Lu Rang’s miserable state, from the bloodstain splash traces on the ground, and the positions where he and Little Goat were lying.
The young man very likely suffered a frontal impact to protect this goat, getting his chest cavity collapsed, flying back at lightspeed. The terrifying Kinetic Energy impact transferred to Little Goat’s body, so both had broken bones and torn tendons, dragging on the ground for a distance before lying down waiting to die.
Not far from Lu Rang was Mai Lili, who was once again scared into hugging her head and curling up, choosing to silently wait for death. And Meng Xiyue, the model university student of Taixi City, with a serious face, fulfilling her duty to protect teammates.
Hmm???
This young lady can protect people too! Where is Zhou Chu? Dead?
Just as Yuan Zhu was surprised if the script was taken wrong, a piercing scream rang out again, a ‘high-speed rampaging shriveled old woman’ shooting out from a dark corner at lightning speed, leaving afterimages, still wearing a Combat Suit alienated by [Filthy Blood].
Grandma Yu now had ghastly green eyes, mouth cracked 120° into a bloody maw, upper and lower rows of sharp tusks, sharp Bone Spurs protruding all over her body, and at the tailbone position, a slender Tail Whip grew to assist balance.
She is no longer human!
Yuan Zhu was unclear what the old woman had experienced before, but now, obviously overly dependent on the Combat Suit and fed massive Filthy Bone Demonic Blood, it had turned the tables and controlled her whole body into deep distortion, irreparable.
Her sanity was completely worn away, her body under the parasitic blessing of the uniform, completing some ultimate evolution.
No longer treating the uniform as Tools to control, but deeply fusing human and clothes, transforming into a seemingly hunched and stooped figure no more than 1.2 meters, actually covered in ferocious bone blades, legs with extremely developed muscles, plus a bonus Tail Whip rampaging muscle old woman.
While she was high-speed circling and confronting Meng Xiyue, at the battlefield periphery there was also a group of similarly mind-polluted by ‘Filthy Blood’, thoroughly transformed into Demonic Creatures ‘eggplant-headed civilians’, successively arriving drawn by the bloody smell.
This group of Demonic Creatures’ heads were neither green-pupiled humans nor blood-red Tomato Heads, but a brand new green… like green tomatoes grown with human features, but not yet mature.
Little Spicy Stick quipped: “Wow, how long has it been since I paid attention, here they’ve evolved a new species! Is this Tomato Head polluted by Filthy Blood, transforming into ‘forgiving color Mad Tomato’?”
“…”
Yuan Zhu was speechless, Little Spicy Stick had said everything he wanted to say, so he could only choose to take action.
“Don’t rush! Let that pink-haired one show off first. Look, Meng Xiyue seems about to get serious?” The game sprite reminded Yuan Zhu again.
In the center of the long street, Meng Xiyue originally just out of simple care for teammates, frequently struck out, using invisible force to repel Grandma Yu’s attacks, while frowning thinking how to rescue Lu Rang a bit, or simply preserve herself and leave directly?
Therefore, she appeared composed while also half-assing it. Wanting to flee alone but a bit conflicted, undecided.
However, the other side had already lost sanity, like a super speed-type zombie Grandma Yu, showed extraordinary greed. Her several probing attacks were all resolved in incomprehensible ways.
If it were someone with a brain, they would have given up the target by now, seeking new prey. But Grandma Yu was different, having a mysterious obsession with that Little Goat, charging towards Lu Rang and Mai Lili’s positions again and again, making Meng Xiyue increasingly irritated.
Suddenly, the rampaging muscle old woman changed tactics, another series of dazzling quick shuttle movements, flashing behind a ‘Mad Tomato’, claw piercing through the heart, dragging it behind at high speed, aiming at Meng Xiyue, hurling it viciously like a human cannonball.
Not only that, after throwing this Mad Tomato, she used hands and tail together, continuously swiping claws dozens of times at high speed, Tail Whip whipping in chain, dismembering the ‘cannonball’ into countless pieces in mid-air, wrapped in massive ink-green Filthy Blood tomato juice, splashing towards Meng Xiyue.
Pink-hair raised palm to strike back, invisible force field once again slapping away massive corpse chunks and Filthy Blood, but still some couldn’t be blocked, spraying onto Meng Xiyue’s uniform and face.
At this moment, the girl face-blasted by strongly polluting green Filthy Blood completely entered berserk mode: “Die… you bunch of shit garbage don’t bully people too much!”
Visible fluctuations distorting, slowly gathering around her. As if air was twisted and squeezed by invisible force, ultimately shaped into a faintly visible but clearly outlined palm.
“Eat this… [Classic Mechanics Basic Model. Newton Divine Palm. Style 1]!”
After chanting this strange name, Meng Xiyue simply closed her eyes, standing straight in place in an undefended pose.
The tricked rampaging Grandma Yu turned into lightning, circling her twice first, confirming the prey had no reaction, then pouncing straight at Meng Xiyue, Tail Whip leading to whip at the fragile white neck.
And at the exact same instant, the air between them seemed slapped flat and exploded, in a flash erupting thunderous boom, invisible palm viciously slapping Grandma Yu’s front.
Tyrannical and fierce! Critical hit!!! Explosion!!!
The muscle old woman was like a high-speed car suddenly crashing into an iron wall. Whole body bones deforming and breaking, emitting ‘crack crack’ bone fracture sounds.
Her originally ferocious face was slapped so features distorted and flattened, body cracking open wounds from inside out, spraying a large mist of green fog, then flying back like a meteor…
“Holy shit! Such vigorous palm power!”
Yuan Zhu’s eyes widened, feeling this invisible palm was just too damn powerful! It was a kind different from Polluting Energy, full of physical beauty, purely mechanical level explosive and bursting.
Simply a dump truck iaijutsu, directly smashing to pieces.
Little Spicy Stick also gave intel feedback: “Very strange, her just now strike, when gathering that air palm print, pollution reaction briefly spiked. But when she unleashed it, no pollution appeared, very clean and eco-friendly, too unbelievable! This isn’t Du Ling!”
Even Buddhism and Holy Church such famous righteous sects, when wielding power, are all filthy as hell. Why can a little university student use clean energy?
“I’ll assist you!” Seeing Grandma Yu flying towards his direction, Yuan Zhu no longer hid, stepping forward.
Justice Partner, Shadow Kitten Hero, strike!
He raised hand towards the Grandma Yu flying upside down above, firing a Shadow Thread, tightly wrapping her waist, then whole body brute force erupting, swinging the Shadow Thread in hand, smashing her like a meteor ball towards the ground.
Boom!
Grandma Yu, with whole body bones broken and tendons torn, now suffering secondary heavy blow, was used by Yuan Zhu as a meteor hammer, smashing another Mad Tomato approaching Meng Xiyue.
Splatter!
Green Filthy Blood tomato juice chunks flying everywhere, drawing a shriek from the girl: “Damn it! Yuan, don’t be so rough, or I’ll hit you too.”
“Newton Divine Palm. Style 3!”
Bang!
Another Mad Tomato was blasted by Meng Xiyue’s ‘air palm’, massive debris shooting towards Yuan Zhu, easily dodged by him. Such strong vindictiveness.
So he adjusted tactics, swinging the old woman, drawing large arcs around himself, knocking away Mad Tomato civilians one by one.
Seeing the remaining Mad Tomatoes dwindling, he still wanted to use [Universe Within The Belly] to swallow a few, trying to refine a batch of strange Ghost Companions, then righteously shouted: “Meng Xi, you take people and go first, I’ll cover the retreat!”
This showing off in front of people, crazy posturing Justice Partner feeling, was really not bad.
Hearing this, pink-hair couldn’t help looking highly at the pitch-black Racing Suit figure, looking burly and powerful with wide punches and kicks, furiously whipping the downed old woman with full impact + kicking her while down Yuan Zhu. Then shaking head to dispel the thought.
Clearly an ally, still helping delay a maddened strong enemy, even bravely sacrificing to cover the retreat, but she just couldn’t feel grateful, instead thinking Yuan Zhu was the evil Boss, so savagely beating a downed elder.
“Lili you go first, Lu Rang this guy… probably can’t be saved.” Meng Xiyue drove away the nearby Mad Tomatoes, quickly coming to Lu Rang’s side who was still vomiting blood, no longer breathing in.
Looking at the light in her peer’s eyes gradually extinguishing, the other slightly raising one finger, lightly trembling, seeming to gesture her not to go, to rescue him a bit more?
