"Is that so?"
Daniel Zhang was still somewhat confused. He touched his body out of instinct and said, "Why is my body not hurting at all? Only my face hurts like it's on fire. Even my molars are loose."
"Maybe your resistance has infuriated these animals, and they're trying to force you to surrender in such a way?"
Li Yao said, "These guys are brutal and cold-blooded. They can do anything. Just a slap in the face is enough for you. Anyway, don't mind the details. Let's go, Mr. Niu!"
"Where are we going?"
Daniel Zhang asked curiously, "Aren't we going downstairs?"
"The corridor is blocked. Their men are everywhere outside."
Li Yao gave a simple answer. He rushed up to the third floor, picked a random room, kicked the door, and led Daniel Zhang to the balcony.
"This is a bug and a tracker. It's effective within five hundred meters and can be used for twenty-four hours. It's a product of the Cultivators' technology."
Li Yao stuffed two chips that were as thin as cicada's wings into Daniel Zhang's hands. "Hide them in the most inconspicuous place on your body. If we're unfortunately separated, we'll have to rely on them to save our lives!"
Daniel Zhang took over the chips and hesitated. "… Well, hide them here?"
"What else can we do? Get you a room in a hotel?"
Li Yao was burning with anxiety. "They'll catch up with us at any moment. Don't waste any more time, Mr. Niu!"
"Fine!"
Daniel Zhang gritted his teeth and made up his mind. He unbuckled his belt.
Li Yao: "Mr. Niu, what are you doing?"
Daniel Zhang: "Hiding the bug and the tracker. Didn't you want me to hide them in the most inconspicuous place on my body?"
Li Yao: "I meant in your socks, under your feet, Mr. Niu."
Daniel Zhang: "Oh, oh, oh!"
While Daniel Zhang was hiding the bug and the tracker, Li Yao had already observed the environment behind the neighborhood and analyzed eleven escape routes.
"It's hidden well."
Daniel Zhang tied his shoelaces again and looked down from the balcony on the third floor. He clicked his tongue and said, "Are we going to jump from the third floor?"
"Are you kidding? How could that be?"
Li Yao smiled and suddenly grabbed Daniel Zhang by the back of his collar and threw him out of the balcony. "I'm throwing you out."
"Ahhhhh!"
Daniel Zhang waved his arms and legs in the air, screaming miserably.
Li Yao, on the other hand, arrived first. Like a meteor catching up with the moon, he landed on the ground first. With sharp eyes and agile hands, he grabbed Daniel Zhang's ankle and spun him around three times like a hammer ball, reducing most of the impact and ensuring that Daniel Zhang landed steadily on the ground.
"Huff! Whoosh! Whoosh! Huff! "
Daniel Zhang's face was ghastly pale. His expression was sluggish, and his legs were shaking like a sieve.
"If you want to scream, wait until it's safe. Teacher Niu, we —"
While Li Yao was talking, his pupils suddenly constricted, and the hair on his arms stood up like the thorns of a boar, which were about to shoot out.
When he was on the third floor, he had used his extraordinary vision to scan the surroundings clearly. There was clearly no one around the dilapidated grove downstairs.
However, when he and Daniel Zhang jumped down together, three weirdly dressed people with extremely dangerous temperaments appeared in front of them. They stared at them intently.
The bald, brawny man in the middle was at least two meters tall. He was wearing a loose-fitting sportswear, but it was like a small-sized tights. It wrapped around his bulging muscles and gave off a soul-stirring feeling. It was as if the sportswear would be torn apart like sugar-coating if he moved slightly.
His bald head was covered with intricate tattoos, which seemed to be the pattern of a storm, lightning, and thunder. What was strange was that the tattoos seemed to be alive. Those lightning-like lines were constantly flashing with a strange light.
On the right side of the bald man was a petite girl. Her body shape was in sharp contrast to his, but her gloomy temperament was equally sharp. She was wearing a small black suit with laces, and there was a scarlet-eyed crow perched on her shoulder, making a "Caw! Caw! "sound.
The person on the left was also a woman, but most of her face was hidden in the wide-brimmed sunhat and the vertical collar of her windbreaker. To be honest, it was rather weird for her to be wearing a windbreaker on such a hot day. However, Li Yao could see that she had golden hair and eyes through the gaps of the windbreaker, as well as the dense tattoos, or rather … runes all over her body. It was probably the reason why she had to hide her real appearance.
At this time, the sky was getting darker and darker. It was very abnormal.
A thick layer of fog appeared out of nowhere, and like overturned dry ice, it surrounded the five of them from all directions.
Li Yao had a very strange feeling. The air seemed to have turned into sticky glue, and the sirens of the fire engines and the noise of the neighbors became illusory, as if they came from hundreds of meters away. Or perhaps, he and Daniel Zhang had been dragged into a strange space, a world where no matter what happened, they would not be disturbed for the time being.
"Uh …"
Li Yao wondered if he should greet the three strange people first, exchange some pleasantries, and get some information.
However, the blonde woman in the windbreaker suddenly shook off her windbreaker, revealing countless tools that looked like brushes and paints. She skillfully drew something on the ground. In just a few seconds, Li Yao saw the prototype of a mysterious and complicated circular pattern appear from her pen.
The smell of energy gathering rolled in the air, like the crackling sound of static electricity before a storm.
No matter what the blonde woman was drawing, it had to be something extremely dangerous. Li Yao changed his mind and could not let her finish.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
More than ten steel nails were shot out at the same time, drawing more than ten sharp arcs in the air. Except for two that were shot at the bald man and the girl with the crow, the rest of the steel nails went straight for the blonde woman. Even Li Yao hid behind the steel nails and shot them at the enemy like nails.
The bald man, the raven girl, and the golden-haired woman all revealed mocking smiles. The golden-haired woman didn't dodge and continued to focus on drawing her strange pattern. The bald man, however, took a step forward and growled. He tightened his muscles and formed a giant shield of flesh and blood, blocking all the nails.
Chi! Chi! Chi!
When the nails pierced into the flesh, the bald man and Li Yao exclaimed in disbelief at the same time.
Li Yao did not expect that the brawny bald man's bronze-colored muscles would be so tyrannical. His nails, which could penetrate walls and steel plates, were actually unable to penetrate the brawny bald man's muscles.
On the other hand, the bald man had underestimated Li Yao's strength. He thought that he could deflect the nails, but he did not expect the nails to pierce into his flesh and release a burning pain. He let out a cry of surprise that he had not seen for a long time.
However, these nails alone were far from enough.
The bald man pulled out a nail directly from his flesh and licked the blood stains on the nail. The ferocious look on his face became more intense as he strode toward Li Yao.
With every step, the muscles all over his body wriggled and rolled like pythons. Soon, all the nails were forced out by him.
Swoosh!
The bald man raised his hand and chopped down without any fancy moves.
As for Li Yao, he could not dodge because Daniel Zhang was behind him. He could only cross his arms and receive the attack.
Boom!
Li Yao felt as if a plane had crashed between his arms and almost smashed him into the ground. Between his chest and abdomen, waves of blood surged. His heartbeat accelerated to the maximum, as if it was about to burst out of his ribs and chest muscles.
However, it was precisely because of such an indiscriminate bombardment that some sort of … shackle deep inside his brain or heart was unlocked inch by inch. The power that he had not felt for a long time poured out of the collapsing dam, making him feel very hungry!
Li Yao had not been so hungry for a long time.
This was not the hunger he felt when his superpower had just awakened, but an indescribable emptiness that came from the depths of his soul. This emptiness could not be satisfied with food. Only the painful moans of his enemy could temporarily soothe it.
Li Yao let out an inhuman roar from the depths of his throat and grabbed the bald man's right arm. His ten fingers dug deep into the muscles like a pair of tongs, using the excruciating pain to numb the man's reaction. Then, he pulled down with both hands and flew into the air. His knees slammed into the bald man's face like a drill. With a crack, even if the bald man could train his body to be as hard as steel, he could not train a layer of muscles above his cheekbones. When Li Yao landed on the ground, half of his face had caved in. Blood spurted out from his nostrils and eye sockets. The ferocious look on his face turned into one of shock. He no longer had the calmness he had a few seconds ago.
Before the bald man could even utter a groan, the raven girl was the first to cry out in alarm. She didn't expect that the dangerous aura of a nameless person like Li Yao would increase tenfold in an instant. With a shake of her shoulder, the scarlet-eyed raven soared into the air and pounced towards Li Yao.
At the same time, the sound of countless pairs of wings flapping could be heard in the surrounding fog. Ravens, sparrows, night owls … all kinds of known and unknown birds covered the sky, the fog, and Li Yao's five senses. It was as if he was trapped in a maze of black feathers.
"It's … an illusion!"
Li Yao was very sure that in this bustling and brightly lit metropolis, even if the other party had the superpower to communicate with birds, it was impossible for them to summon so many birds in just a few seconds. And the originally docile birds would never turn into terrifying predators in the sky. Therefore, it was all an illusion. It could not fool him!
Li Yao snorted coldly and simply closed his eyes, ignoring the sounds around him. Based on the information and data he had just collected, he constructed an identical foggy battlefield in his mind and rushed in the direction of the blonde woman in his memory.
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