From the end of the world

Chapter 71 VS Weirdos 2 (Third update, please subscribe!)

I have to get the clues I want from this strange man in the distance.

Having said that, I actually don't know what form that clue takes. Maybe this weirdo has come into contact with clues about Ma Haya's whereabouts in the past two days, or maybe he will attract Ma Haya in the future. In short, I believe that "Ma Haya, who is suspected of investigating the weirdo" must be related to the "weirdo" in some unclear form.

To do this, I had to ensure that the other party was alive. Either alive to spit out information related to Ma Zao, or alive until Ma Zao was attracted.

Zhu Shi will definitely object. In the worst case, I will have to break up with Zhu Shi, or even fight him. Perhaps I should come up with a way to have the best of both worlds. One that can implement Zhu Shi's ideas and also protect my goals. Think quickly...

Time waits for no one, the weirdo is moving away. I turned my head and glanced at Zhu Shi. She was staring intently in the direction of the weirdo.

I suddenly noticed that her eyes became very strange.

It's not that the emotion contained in her eyes is strange, but her eyes at this moment seem to emit a strong penetrating power. I remembered that she had this sharp look before. Once when she determined that my superpowers did not come from the blood of demons and monsters, and once when she judged that Agent Kong was indeed a "fallen demon hunter" through the fragments of his body.

Zhu Shi closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his vision returned to normal.

"Zhuang Cheng, this time let's do as Lu Chan said and kill that weirdo directly," she said.

"He is the second weirdo after Agent Kong. There may be a third and fourth weirdo in Xianshui City. Why don't we try to capture him alive and interrogate him?" I used words to buy time while trying to think of the "best of both worlds solution."

Unexpectedly, Zhu Shi came up with the idea first: "It's a waste of effort to capture him alive, and there's no need to capture him alive. I have a way to get clues from him."

"What method?" I was surprised.

"As long as we make sure his head is intact when we kill him, we will then let Lu Chan use magic to extract information directly from his brain tissue," she explained.

"Didn't Lu Youxun say that method wouldn't work? The source of the monster's power will destroy the information as it disappears." I wondered.

"I am sure I can stop the destructive process," she said confidently.

I knew very well that she couldn't lie to me about this, but I still couldn't believe it for a moment: "Really?"

She nodded confidently: "Really."

This is really good news!
I compared the two in my mind - if I insisted on following the plan, I would lose Zhu Shi's trust and would not be able to rely on Lu Youxun's support. And even if I continued to follow, I could only leave it to fate and might not be able to wait for Ma Zao. Although I believed that Ma Zao would definitely be attracted, it would be meaningless if it was not within three days.

These three days are just my countdown, not the countdown for Ma Zao's contact with the weirdo. Time is the most important thing for me now. If there is a way to extract the information in his brain on the spot, it is better to kill this weirdo directly. Even if I return empty-handed this time, I can continue to try to find Ma Zao with the help of Zhu Shi and Lu Youxun.

In fact, neither "tailing" nor "Zhu Shi's plan" is a completely reliable direction, but if I have to choose, the latter is more in line with my style.

"I understand." I said, making a final confirmation before attacking, "Just leaving the head behind will be fine, right?"

"That's right..."

While talking to me, Zhu Shi had already swiftly put on a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, and had drawn his sword.

Suddenly, she was slightly startled, then reacted: "Hey, wait, are you planning to attack now?"

"Yes." I focused my eyes on the weird guy.

"Isn't this the opportunity for me to show off my skills?" she was surprised.

It's too late, I've already launched the attack.

By the way, this time I didn't plan to use the slow skill of "igniting the opponent with my eyes". When I faced the fallen demon hunter and Agent Kong for the first time, I felt that it was not easy to meet a supernatural opponent, so I must enjoy it slowly. Now that I have initially established a connection with Luo Shan, I don't cherish this kind of opponent so much.

In my normal form, I can actually use all the skills of my fire elemental form, and the power is not necessarily inferior, but it is not as easy to use. Some powerful skills that can be released several times or more in a second in the fire elemental form may take several seconds or more than ten seconds to release in the normal form.

Now I am using the skill of "summoning fire directly from the enemy's body" against that weirdo. To use this skill, I must integrate my spirit into the heat of the target's surroundings. This is as natural as breathing air in the fire elemental form, but in the normal form, it requires full concentration to do it.

Under my perception, the internal structure of the strange man's torso emerged clearly in my mind. Many people must have imagined how the inside of their torsos work after reading the articles about the structure of the human body in the physiology textbooks. My feelings now are similar to that imagination. In that imaginary picture, I directly stuffed a fireball that was even bigger than his torso. The extremely huge heat appeared out of nowhere in the confined space. What the outcome would be, you can imagine.

The weirdo in the distance exploded before my eyes.

Just like a firework in full bloom, countless flesh and internal organs mixed with scorching flames exploded in all directions, and the grass of the football field at night was suddenly illuminated by the dazzling flashes for a moment.

Of course, I didn't forget to leave the head behind. The explosion scattered only the torso, while the head flew into the air on the spot with the shock wave. My vision couldn't clearly capture the scene that far away at night, but through my perception of the environment, I clearly saw the bewildered expression on that face. It is said that human heads can maintain consciousness for a short time after being cut off, and it seems that the monster is the same.

After a while, the monster's head fell in the middle of the football field like a ball without any elasticity. I then realized whether the head would be broken. I looked closely and fortunately it was not. It was indeed a physically reinforced head, as tough as a real football.

"Is it over like this?" Zhu Shi asked dumbfounded.

"It seems so," I said.

"No, it's already too much that you can ignite people with just one look. Just one look can make them explode..." As she spoke, she seemed to be unable to find the words to describe it, and couldn't help but reveal a speechless expression, "You don't have any skills that are more extreme than this, do you?"

"It's not that excessive..."

I don't think my skill is particularly complicated when taken alone. And if you want to say it's excessive, Agent Kong's skill of banishing the opponent to the shadow world when he can't beat the opponent is also excessive.

Even though it seemed like I defeated Agent Kong very easily, if I didn't happen to be able to teleport myself through fire, even if I had mastered the skills such as elementalization that Zhu Shi boasted about so much, I would probably have been defeated by Agent Kong right there.

After just a few simple encounters, I have understood that in this strange world, the key to victory or defeat is not the size of power, but compatibility is also very important. One wrong step may lead to death, and if someone finds a way to target you, you may end up in defeat. Lu Youxun used to have the power of Chengji Wuchang, but someone found an opportunity to capture and imprison him for research, which is probably due to the same reason.

However, I would be lying to myself if I said I was not happy about Zhu Shi's exclamation of respect. This was the first time I made a formal move in front of her, so I naturally hoped to get her extraordinary reaction and approval. ... Then again, she wouldn't know that doing this would make me happy, so she was trying to please me, although even if that was the case, I would be very happy.

Back to the topic, the battle is not over yet.

Just like what I said before, there is always someone better than you. If you become complacent because you think you have an "outrageous skill", you never know when you will be punished by another "outrageous skill".

And now, I seem to have really seen such an "outrageous skill".

Just when I thought the enemy had been defeated, the strange man in front of me, with only a head left, underwent an amazing change.

He is resurrected.

I don't know if I should say it was a resurrection. It was like a movie had a few frames removed, and he suddenly appeared in that position, intact. There was no light or sound, and I couldn't even capture any of the process. The body fragments that were scattered in the explosion in the distance suddenly disappeared, as if he had never exploded in the first place.

And it is certain that all of this was expected by this weirdo. After he was resurrected, he was stunned for a second. It seemed that he was not confused about his resurrection, but about the doubts about the attack he had suffered before.

He immediately locked his eyes in my direction, then let out an angry roar and rushed towards me.

He was blown to pieces just now, but he rushed forward without hesitation after confirming the enemy's location, and he seemed to be fearless of harm. Obviously, what he showed should be an immortal body ability. And it was not the simple immortal body of "strong recovery ability to be unkillable", but a more elusive mysterious ability.

I recalled the power of blessing that Ma Zao had shown me before. She had once restored the bag of sweet soy milk to its original state right in front of me. Could it be that this weirdo in front of me possessed the ability to reverse the flow of time?

The weirdo's charge was obstructed before he could take many steps.

As early as the moment the monster was resurrected, Zhu Shi's figure had disappeared from my side, like a super soldier whose speed was so fast that it was impossible to catch his figure.

Then a bright sword light flashed from behind the monster, ruthlessly cutting off his neck. Blood shot up into the sky, and his head fell to the ground, leaving only the devil-like body moving forward by inertia.

However, all of this vanished in the next instant. As if nothing had happened, the bloody light that shot up into the sky and the head that fell to the ground disappeared. The demon's body, which was moving forward by inertia, was about to fall to the ground, but suddenly regained its balance, and the head inexplicably returned to his neck.

Zhu Shi was chasing him closely, and a shadow hammer appeared in his hand. Without even turning his head, he swung it towards Zhu Shi.

(End of this chapter)