novelraw Chapter 270: This Kid Absolutely Can't Be Kept Around
Chapter 270: This Kid Absolutely Can't Be Kept Around
It took quite a while, but the Aberrant finally finished writing everything down.
Su Zhan put away the notebook containing the method.
How could he verify the authenticity of this thing? What if the other party was deceiving him?
He would test it himself first, then decide whether to kill the other party or not.
An immense, High-risk level Pressure descended from behind him.
Su Zhan's pupils contracted sharply, and he whirled around.
He saw the Transcendence Society powerhouse wearing the half-face mask, standing there silently, having arrived at some unknown time.
The gaze beneath the mask swept coldly across the scene, finally settling on Su Zhan, and on the companion at his feet who had just completed his betrayal.
The companion was already on his last breath.
Su Zhan recognized this person.He was from the Transcendence Society, the one who had arranged the test time and place with Lin Wei last time.
"Save... kill me! Now!"
Seeing the newcomer, the Aberrant on the ground looked up with eyes full of pleading.
Falling into the hands of the organization's enforcers would be a fate a million times more painful than death.
Mist Energy erupted instantly beneath Su Zhan's feet.
"Pop!"
The informant Aberrant's head exploded like a watermelon, splattering red and white matter everywhere.
Su Zhan gave him a quick death, which could also be considered keeping his promise.
The half-face mask man remained unmoved, his gaze locked on Su Zhan: "Not bad strength, and ruthless enough methods. I'm curious, do you have any grievance with our Transcendence Society?"
Every muscle in Su Zhan's body tensed, a cold light gleaming in his golden vertical pupils.
Facing a powerful enemy of High-risk second stage, any attempt at concealment or showing weakness was utterly meaningless.
Su Zhan stated bluntly: "Yes."
The half-face mask man was slightly taken aback, seemingly not expecting the other party to admit it so straightforwardly.
With keen interest, he pressed further: "Oh? What kind of grievance?"
"You people caused the death of someone very important to me."
Su Zhan's voice carried hatred.
This hatred wasn't entirely feigned;
he thought of Xie Xi.
"So that's how it is..."
The half-face mask man suddenly understood, his tone then turning sinister: "In that case, then I cannot allow you to live."
Before the words even finished.
Su Zhan was already moving.
He knew the gap in cultivation realm was vast;
he had to strike first and go all out!
"ROAR—!"
Su Zhan's body began to undergo drastic changes.
Dense black scales instantly covered his entire body, his hands transformed into sharp claws, a thick and powerful tail pierced through his clothing, whipping through the air.
His eyes turned into golden vertical pupils, and grayish-white Mist Energy surged around him.
Su Zhan directly entered his strongest, fully mutated combat form.
"A decent form... Pity, the gap in cultivation realm is not something a form can compensate for."
The half-face mask man's tone remained flat, but he finally became serious as well.
"Crack, crack, crack..."
His already hunched figure visibly withered and shriveled at a rapid pace, his skin tightly wrapping around his bones, his entire person instantly becoming like a skeleton draped in human skin.
His eye sockets sank deep, emanating a dense aura of deathly stillness.
This extreme thinness seemed to compress and purify all his energy, bringing forth even greater power.
"Die!"
The half-face mask man's skeletal hand reached forward, and five pitch-black rays instantly shot towards Su Zhan.
Su Zhan's golden vertical pupils contracted.
His tail violently whipped the ground, using the force to dart swiftly to the side.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
Su Zhan's sharp claws swept out, several Mist blades slashing towards his opponent.
The half-face mask man neither dodged nor evaded, his emaciated chest directly taking the brunt of these blade flashes.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The blade flashes exploded, yet only left a few shallow white marks on his withered skin.
"Too scattered in force!"
The half-face mask man commented hoarsely, instantly appearing at Su Zhan's side, a finger pointed forward, deathly aura concentrated at its tip.
The skin beneath Su Zhan's scales felt a stinging pain.
His tail swept horizontally, his claws simultaneously thrusting towards the other's heart, using offense as defense.
"BOOM!"
Tail collided with the other's arm.
Su Zhan only felt a tremendous force transmitted through it, his entire tail going numb.
And when his claws touched the other's chest, it felt as if he were grabbing the hardest alloy, unable to penetrate even a fraction.
The physical strength of a High-risk second stage far exceeded his imagination.
"Get away!"
The half-face mask man gave a low shout, his other hand forming a fist that, seemingly light as a feather, imprinted on Su Zhan's abdomen.
"PUH—!"
Su Zhan was struck as if by a heavy blow, a mouthful of blood spraying out. His massive body flew backward, smashing hard into a pile of rusty metal scrap with a tremendous crash.
In just one exchange, the difference in power was clear.
Su Zhan struggled to his feet from the wreckage, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.
He quickly repaired his injuries while his fighting spirit, instead of falling, actually rose.
The half-face mask man, who had originally prepared to pursue, paused his movement slightly: "Medium-risk peak, taking my punch head-on, yet still possessing such fighting spirit... Kid, you truly make me see you in a new light."
From their earlier clash, although Su Zhan was sent flying and spat blood.
The half-face mask man could sense that while the other seemed disheveled, he hadn't actually suffered fatal wounds.
For a Medium-risk level to achieve this degree against a High-risk second stage was simply unheard of.
A look of regret for talent appeared in the half-face mask man's eyes. Halting his offensive, he said hoarsely: "Kid, with your talent and strength, being stuck at Medium-risk is truly a pity.
Our Transcendence Society embraces all rivers, and cherishes talent most of all.
As long as you are willing to submit, accept the Lord's grace and pass the test, the matter of you killing A Pu before can be written off.
At that time, resources, power, the organization can all be given to you. What do you say?"
Su Zhan spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva: "Dream on!"
The half-face mask man sighed, his tone turning cold: "Stubborn and unyielding, then I can only snuff out this genius right here!"
He spread his arms wide, the grayish-white mist permeating his body suddenly deepened.
Carrying a strong aura of decay, wherever it passed, not a blade of grass grew.
Pushing both palms forward, a vast wave of deathly gray ash swept towards Su Zhan, covering an extremely large area, almost half the scrap yard.
The light in Su Zhan's golden vertical pupils blazed brilliantly. Instead of retreating, he advanced.
The mist surging around him condensed into a conical shape, violently plunging into the tide of gray ash.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!"
The two streams of mist collided violently.
The scales on Su Zhan's body emitted a dim light under the erosion, but the speed of his charge did not diminish in the slightest.
Sharp claws tore through the mist, his thick tail churning like a propeller, forcibly carving out a path through the tide of death.
"What!?"
The half-face mask man was genuinely shocked.
His move was actually being forcefully broken through by the other party in this manner?
In the blink of an eye.
Su Zhan had broken through the ash tide, his sharp claws aimed directly at the face.
"Hmph!"
Though startled, the half-face mask man did not panic. His arm, dry as firewood, swept out to block, instantly covered in a thick layer of bone armor.
"CLANG!"
A powerful shockwave spread out from the two as the center, once again sending the surrounding scrap flying.
Su Zhan was forced back three steps by the recoil, his arm numb.
The half-face mask man also swayed slightly, several clear claw marks left on the bone armor of his arm.
He had actually been forced back half a step by a Medium-risk peak!?
The gaze beneath the Skeleton Emissary's mask completely changed, filled with utter astonishment.
This youth absolutely must not be allowed to live!
Otherwise, he would surely become a major threat to the organization in the future!
"Very good!"
The half-face mask man's voice was icy, the mist around him boiling once more, its power seemingly rising another notch: "Next move, I'll send you to your grave!"
Su Zhan took a deep breath.