Chapter 57 - 55: Seimei Misawa vs Five Emperors Poison Coin

Chapter 57: Chapter 55: Seimei Misawa vs Five Emperors Poison Coin

South Sea, Xinghua Alley.

"Why won’t you die! Why are you still not dead! Are you alive just to humiliate me?!"

"Eheeheehee, hahahahahaha, ahahahahahaha, it hurts, it hurts so much."

Seimei Misawa’s furious voice and Yang Xiao’s grotesque, mocking laughter echoed endlessly through Xinghua Alley.

Yang Xiao revived once more after being dismembered, and countless Shadow Ghost Hands reached for Seimei Misawa.

Seimei Misawa was truly enraged.

In his eyes, this Yang Xiao was nothing but a disgusting cockroach.

He was incredibly weak, yet impossible to kill no matter how many times he was struck down.

A white light flashed in Seimei Misawa’s eyes as he bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The blood transformed into blue flames in mid-air. With a wave of his White Feather Fan, the blue flames erupted!

The blue flames seared the Ghost Hands.

The Ghost Hands fell from the sky one after another, turning into human shadows on the ground.

Flames engulfed the human shadows as they struggled, letting out silent, agonizing screams.

A moment later, the shadows were completely annihilated by the blue flames.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Yang Xiao’s face flushed red as he bent over, vomiting mouthfuls of blood.

He was suffering from a backlash.

Seimei Misawa snorted coldly. His figure, like a fox spirit, seemed weightless as he drifted rapidly toward Yang Xiao.

He gripped the White Feather Fan in his left hand, his right hand transforming into a sharp claw that stabbed viciously at Yang Xiao’s heart.

Yang Xiao slapped the ground, and a Ghost Shadow Wall erupted to block Seimei Misawa’s attack.

Seimei Misawa sneered relentlessly.

His claw pierced the Ghost Shadow Wall as if it were tofu, easily breaking through its defenses. His icy gaze locked onto Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao slowly raised his head, his wide mouth stretching into a ferocious, cunning smile.

Seimei Misawa immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Suddenly, Seimei Misawa couldn’t move. His body froze in mid-air.

"Heeheehee..."

Making a theatrical, almost dainty gesture, Yang Xiao pointed below Seimei Misawa’s suspended body.

"Gotcha."

Seimei Misawa looked down in disbelief.

Two Ghost Shadows were gripping his own shadow tightly!

Yang Xiao pulled a Slaughter Knife from his crotch and stabbed it toward Seimei Misawa’s throat.

There was no hesitation, as if he were just slicing a piece of fruit.

Fear instantly filled Seimei Misawa’s eyes.

’Shit, I was careless!’

Just as Yang Xiao’s Slaughter Knife was about to pierce Seimei Misawa’s throat, a sudden change occurred!

"Yip!"

A sharp cry, like that of a child, suddenly erupted.

Yang Xiao was blasted away. In mid-air, he looked quizzically at Seimei Misawa’s shadow.

’Why is this happening?’

’Why did the shadow of a Nine-tailed Fox appear?’

The shadow of the Nine-tailed Fox was tearing at his two Ghost Shadows.

Freed from his restraints, Seimei Misawa’s face was filled with the lingering fear of a near-death experience. He stared at Yang Xiao, his killing intent soaring.

He bit his middle finger and drew a Talisman on the White Feather Fan before waving it fiercely.

Fierce blue Fox Fire, mixed with a gale-force wind, instantly engulfed Yang Xiao.

Yang Xiao’s body was instantly torn to pieces.

The pieces of his body burned with blue flames, preventing his corpse from regenerating.

Seimei Misawa patted his chest, still shaken with fear.

"I really have Lord Nine-tailed Fox to thank for helping me out."

Seimei Misawa had no desire to get any more tangled up with a madman like Yang Xiao. Just as he was about to leave, a gunshot rang out.

Two bullets grazed Seimei Misawa’s cheek.

Seimei Misawa touched the blood on his cheek in astonishment. A deep, venomous hatred instantly filled his eyes as he glared at the woman who had appeared in the alley.

"Damn you, woman! You think you’re worthy of hurting me?!"

Li Mingyue narrowed her eyes and, without a word, continued firing at Seimei Misawa.

Enraged, Seimei Misawa raised his White Feather Fan.

Suddenly, several blinding lights shone on his face.

"Anomaly Administration Bureau!"

"Seimei Misawa, you have committed numerous crimes in the Xia Kingdom and violated public security regulations!"

"Get on the ground! Don’t move!"

Seimei Misawa shielded his eyes from the lights, his face contorted with venom and ferocity.

"Damn it, you ants dare to join the fray?!"

Seimei Misawa let out a piercing shriek and waved his White Feather Fan.

The air temperature plummeted, and countless ice blades shot toward the Investigators.

Liu Wei rushed to the front, holding a container covered by a yellow cloth. He roared as he whipped the cloth away.

"You dare act so brazenly before officials of the Xia Kingdom! You’re courting death!"

Beneath the yellow cloth was a glass container filled with water, in which five copper coins covered in green patina were soaking.

Liu Wei clasped the Five Emperors Poison Coin in his hand.

Toxins gathered from all directions, transforming into a powerful Supernatural Power that manifested within Liu Wei.

Liu Wei clenched his fists and smashed them violently toward the countless ice blades.

A purple poisonous mist coalesced into a Poisonous Dragon, which lunged at Seimei Misawa with bared fangs and brandished claws.

The ice blades were rapidly corroded within the Poisonous Dragon’s body. Undiminished in power, the dragon continued its charge toward Seimei Misawa.

The Investigators couldn’t help but cheer.

’This one move should be enough to take down Seimei Misawa, right?’

The corner of Seimei Misawa’s eye twitched.

"Who do you think you’re looking down on?!"

He formed a Sealing Technique with one hand, and a shield of blue flames rose from the ground, resisting the Poisonous Dragon’s corrosion.

Liu Wei had already anticipated that he wouldn’t be able to kill Seimei Misawa in one hit. He shook his head and muttered:

"This is a tough one."

Liu Wei glanced back at Li Mingyue, a bright smile on his face.

"Mingyue, time me."

Li Mingyue froze for a second.

"What?"

Yang Shayan’s voice came through everyone’s earpieces.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Out with the old, in with the new, huh? Wasn’t that my job before?"

Liu Wei said helplessly:

"Sister Yan, you don’t want a promotion, so why fight for this credit?"

Seimei Misawa said angrily:

"How dare you ignore me!"

Seimei Misawa gripped his White Feather Fan and charged at Liu Wei.

Liu Wei snorted, a toxic mist erupting from his body as he met Seimei Misawa’s charge.

Yang Shayan’s voice continued over the comms channel:

"The Five Emperors Poison Coin is the most destructive of all the Taboo Items in the Anomaly Administration Bureau’s archives.

The person who uses it will accumulate all sorts of toxins, and those toxins are very, very real.

According to our calculations, a user can only wield the Five Emperors Poison Coin for no more than six minutes and thirty-eight seconds.

Otherwise, the Investigator hospital won’t be able to save them.

As long as they don’t exceed six minutes and thirty-eight seconds, the Anomaly Administration Bureau can bring the user back.

However, the user will be left in a permanently weakened state, unable to continue working.

Liu Wei wants to give you the credit for co-wielding a Taboo Item before he retires.

Watch carefully. This is Leader Liu’s last mission.

There are four minutes and thirty seconds left. Start the timer."

Li Mingyue quickly started the timer on her work watch, looking on with emotion at Liu Wei as he battled Seimei Misawa.

...

The Investigators watched the battlefield nervously.

This was a battle beyond mortal comprehension, one they could not interfere in.

The two on the battlefield moved so fast that bullets would not only fail to harm Seimei, but might also accidentally hit their leader.

But the Investigators believed Liu Wei could defeat Seimei.

Because, as the Old Cat at the Anomaly Administration Bureau once said, the Five Emperors Poison Coin was formed from the public resentment during the reign of the Qing Dynasty Emperors.

In other words, the Five Emperors Poison Coin was equivalent to the power of more than half a dynasty.

"Three minutes, fifty seconds..."

Liu Wei fought more and more fiercely, and Seimei Misawa gradually fell into a sorry state.

"Two minutes, twenty-eight seconds..."

A sickly pallor appeared on Liu Wei’s face, while Seimei Misawa’s white robe became stained with an indelible blackness.

"One minute, ten seconds..."

Liu Wei’s movements grew messy from urgency, and Seimei Misawa’s furious roars echoed through the alley.

"Thirty-five seconds..."

As Li Mingyue counted down, the Investigators’ expressions grew more and more solemn.

"Ants, ants, ANTS!"

Seimei Misawa shrieked, his eyes bursting with a terrifying white light as the faint shadows of nine white fox tails appeared behind him.

Li Mingyue’s eyes widened.

"Leader Liu! Time’s almost up! Eight, seven, six..."

Liu Wei looked at the frenzied Seimei Misawa, tightened his grip on the Five Emperors Poison Coin, and pursed his lips.

"Time’s almost up, huh? Why did it go by so fast?"

An Investigator stepped forward, undoing his gear.

"Alright, boss, had your fun? My turn."

The Investigator looked back at Li Mingyue with a simple, honest grin.

"Alright, miss, now you can time me."

Li Mingyue understood.

The Five Emperors Poison Coin wasn’t meant for Liu Wei to use alone, but for the Investigators to wield in turns.

’Including me, there are five Investigators here. We can use the Five Emperors Poison Coin for about forty minutes.’

Li Mingyue quickly said:

"Leader, give it to me! Let me do it, you time me!"

’She was the rookie, the newbie. If someone had to make a sacrifice, she was the best choice.’

Liu Wei glanced at Li Mingyue and the other Investigator, then scoffed:

"What’s this? You all want to retire too?"

The faces of every Investigator on site changed.

’What does he mean?’

Liu Wei clenched the Five Emperors Poison Coin tightly and cursed:

"All of you better remember to clock in for work tomorrow morning!"

’He would die tonight.’

’He had to take Seimei Misawa down with him tonight.’

’Every Investigator is one of the Xia Kingdom’s elite. There can’t be a second person retiring.’

Everyone stared at Liu Wei in shock.

"Leader, you..."

Liu Wei tapped his earpiece.

"Sister Yan, this is the first time in the history of the Anomaly Administration Bureau that someone has used the Five Emperors Poison Coin to fight an anomalous entity for this long.

Make sure you record my vitals. This data will go into the archives."

A sigh came from Yang Shayan on the other end of the comms.

"Take care, old friend."

Liu Wei took off his earpiece, tossed it to the ground, and glanced at the Investigators.

"Make my MVP screen look good."

With that, Liu Wei’s body erupted in a black toxic mist as he charged toward Seimei Misawa.

Seimei Misawa’s aura surged, and blue Fox Fire flickered around him.

The Investigators calmly watched the battle between Liu Wei and Seimei Misawa.

There were no cheers like before, nor were there the laments that should have been present now.

Only silence.

Once their leader died, the next person would pick up the Five Emperors Poison Coin and rush toward glory.

No matter what, Seimei Misawa could not be allowed to leave here alive.

Seimei Misawa sneered:

"A bunch of useless trash. What the hell are you all getting so fired up about?"

...

In the South Sea, it wasn’t too late. The lights of countless homes painted a picture of a prosperous and peaceful time.

A young couple strolled down the street under an umbrella.

The boy secretly took the girl’s hand, and the girl shyly lowered her head and smiled.

A group of young men, just out of an internet cafe, laughed and joked in the rain, cursing a friend for throwing another game.

A child skipped along with a cotton candy, their parents watching with loving gazes.

None of them noticed what was happening on the nearby Xiangyuan Street.

The area had already been cordoned off by traffic control.

Tomorrow, the news would report that thugs had infiltrated the area and that Sheriffs had successfully apprehended the criminals.

No one would ever know that a man named Liu Wei had died there tonight.

A vintage car, splashing through puddles as it sped toward the dark Xinghua Alley, also went completely unnoticed.

...