Chapter 458 - 325: Fierce Battle at the Bar, Slaying a Man

Chapter 458: Chapter 325: Fierce Battle at the Bar, Slaying a Man

This was his life’s work, and now it was all destroyed in an instant.

Not only that, but his mechanical arm had also been severed. Repairing it would cost a fortune.

At the thought, he wanted nothing more than to flay Wu Liangchen alive.

He suddenly understood how Yao Li must have felt.

Because this kid was just too damn hard to deal with.

From the moment the hunt began, he had been losing his men left and right, and now even his main base was destroyed.

If he couldn’t kill the boy, he might as well get out of the game for good.

But when he looked for Wu Liangchen again, there was no trace of him.

"What’s going on? Where is he?" Xue Zhanhu roared at Tian Yushi.

At that moment, Tian Yushi was enveloped by a vortex of high-speed wind blades, the powerful updraft holding her suspended in mid-air.

A trace of confusion flickered across her small, neurotic face upon hearing Xue Zhanhu’s question.

"Yeah, where is he?"

"You’re asking me? Who the hell am I supposed to ask? I listened to your damn lies and waited for him here, and look what happened! Now my base is destroyed, and you’re just putting on an act..." Xue Zhanhu was practically losing his mind with rage.

But before he could finish, a massive wind blade sliced through the air and sent him flying.

Though he managed to avoid injury by retracting his tentacles just in time, his massive body was still smashed into the rubble.

"Such a racket. I’m already looking, aren’t I? One more word out of you and I’ll kill you too!" Tian Yushi said slowly, her crimson eyes ceaselessly scanning the area for the slightest trace.

A tentacle snaked out from the rubble and dragged Xue Zhanhu out from within.

Xue Zhanhu was now covered in dust and grime, a truly wretched sight.

But even with rage burning in his heart, Xue Zhanhu wisely shut his mouth.

The power Tian Yushi had just unleashed was enough to startle even him.

Crucially, Tian Yushi’s mental state was clearly not right.

This reminded Xue Zhanhu of a certain rumor.

It was said that the young prodigy of the Tian family possessed multiple personalities. Whenever she faced a powerful foe, a second or even a third persona would automatically take over. The power she could unleash then could reach the upper echelons of a Level Four Adept, even touching the cusp of Level Five.

And seeing Tian Yushi now, it seemed the rumors were true.

So, Xue Zhanhu made the wise choice to stay quiet.

After all, arguing with someone who was clearly mentally unstable was the most foolish thing one could do.

Tian Yushi’s eyes gleamed as her Telekinesis spread out in all directions like spilled mercury, searching for any trace of Wu Liangchen.

But she found nothing.

Aside from the ruins, which were still giving off plumes of smoke, the surroundings were deathly still.

The streets were empty, and even the surrounding bars had turned off their lights and closed for the night.

After all, with a commotion this big, anyone with half a brain would stay far away. No one dared to stick around for the show.

"’Interesting. Where have you hidden yourself?’" Tian Yushi murmured, her face filled with eager excitement.

She was like a child who had found a favorite toy, full of longing.

A chill ran down Xue Zhanhu’s spine as he watched her.

’This woman is completely insane.’

At that thought, Xue Zhanhu was struck by a pang of regret.

’I never should have listened to this crazy bitch.’

’It would have been so much better to hide and plot my revenge later. But no, I had to wait in the bar. And look at me now! My entire operation is destroyed, and I’m injured to boot.’

Just as he was wallowing in regret, he suddenly heard a faint gunshot in the distance.

The sound was faint. If Xue Zhanhu hadn’t cranked his artificial heart to maximum power, pushing his senses to their sharpest, he might have missed it entirely.

’Not good!’

The thought immediately flashed through Xue Zhanhu’s mind.

But it was too late. Traveling at nearly five times the speed of sound, a custom bullet crossed the three-kilometer distance in an instant, howling as it came for both Tian Yushi and Xue Zhanhu.

Indeed.

Though Xue Zhanhu had heard the gunshot, he had misjudged.

It wasn’t one shot, but two.

It was just that Wu Liangchen had pulled the trigger so quickly that the two shots sounded as one, leading to his miscalculation.

Every muscle in Xue Zhanhu’s body tensed. His artificial heart raced at nearly triple its normal load as his tentacles whipped furiously, attempting to block the shot.

But this was no ordinary bullet, its power far beyond what he could block.

Crucially, Wu Liangchen’s timing was perfect. The custom bullet instantly pierced several tentacles and appeared right before Xue Zhanhu’s face.

"AAAAHHH!" A tentacle slammed into the ground, launching Xue Zhanhu’s body into the air in an attempt to dodge the bullet.

He managed to save his head, but only by sacrificing his body to the bullet.

BOOM!

Xue Zhanhu’s left shoulder was blown to pieces, blood and motor oil spraying into the air.

The tremendous impact sent him flying. When he landed, he could barely even stand.

Meanwhile, Tian Yushi was facing her own grave crisis.

Wu Liangchen’s timing had been impeccable. Despite the rapidly rotating wind blades forming a massive vortex, the bullet still tore through layer after layer of defense, heading straight for the center of Tian Yushi’s forehead.

But just then, Tian Yushi let out a piercing shriek. The sound was so grating that Xue Zhanhu, who had just barely stabilized his Qi and Blood behind her, once again coughed up a mouthful of blood.

With that shriek, Tian Yushi’s eyes turned an almost solid black. The aura emanating from her body skyrocketed, instantly breaking through the Level Four threshold and reaching Level Five.

Vast waves of Telekinesis rapidly layered in front of her, like thousands of thin but tough sheets of parchment, continuously sapping the bullet’s kinetic energy.

In the blink of an eye, the bullet tore through thousands of telekinetic layers. Its velocity plummeted until it finally came to a dead stop, hovering just before her brow.

This scene left Xue Zhanhu dumbfounded.

’Is this bitch really that ferocious?’

Just then, the bullet twisted and deformed, finally melting into a liquid and dripping to the ground.

With an expressionless face, Tian Yushi glanced into the distant darkness, then shot forward in a blur.

A tremor went through Xue Zhanhu’s heart. Without a moment’s hesitation, he turned and fled.

The gunshot had severely wounded him. Combined with the recent overloading of his artificial heart, Xue Zhanhu was on the verge of collapse.

In his current state, forget about facing Wu Liangchen; even a regular person with a gun could have wounded him.

So, to save his life, he didn’t dare to linger for a moment and bolted into the distance.

Just as he was about to duck into an alley, he sensed something and froze. A second later, a bullet flew past his face and obliterated a nearby utility pole.

’Another shooter?’

Xue Zhanhu’s heart hammered in his chest as he instinctively glanced in the direction the shot had come from.

Then he saw a sudden flash of light, and a bone-chilling cold made his eyelids twitch uncontrollably.

"No—"

With a single slice, his head flew into the air, cutting off his final word.

After his successful strike, Wu Liangchen quickly patted down Xue Zhanhu’s large frame, then glanced into the distance before melting back into the darkness and vanishing.

Tian Yushi had indeed come straight for him, but Wu Liangchen, reacting quickly, had dodged aside.

He could sense the instability in Tian Yushi’s aura.

She was like a bomb, ready to detonate at any moment.

So, to be on the safe side, Wu Liangchen decided against a direct confrontation, opting to stall for time instead.

After all, a power surge caused by the emergence of a deeper personality couldn’t possibly last long.

He just had to wait it out. Once Tian Yushi’s power inevitably waned, she would be dead for sure.

But unexpectedly, after failing to land a hit, Tian Yushi didn’t linger at all and simply left.

This surprised even Wu Liangchen.

’So this Tian Yushi is a clever one. She knew her state was unsustainable and just left.’

But her departure had sealed Xue Zhanhu’s fate.

That last shot was one Wu Liangchen had ordered Song Ling’Er to take via communicator; it was also a way to temper her skills.

After all, no amount of daily practice could compare to a single shot on a real battlefield.

To his surprise, Song Ling’Er performed even better than he’d imagined. While the shot hadn’t hit Xue Zhanhu, it had successfully stopped him in his tracks.

This also created an opportunity for Wu Liangchen to strike.

Admittedly.

This Xue Zhanhu was undeniably strong, a notable figure in all of Qing Province.

But the foundation of his power wasn’t stable. Many of his abilities were derived from external modifications.

This allowed his strength to surge in short bursts, but it was unsustainable.

Therefore, when pitted against Wu Liangchen, who had built his strength steadily from the ground up, his defeat was swift and inevitable.