Chapter 350 - 243: "The Eight People Below, Hold Your Heads, and Squat Down!
Chapter 350: Chapter 243: "The Eight People Below, Hold Your Heads, and Squat Down!
Tier Twenty-Eight. That was almost the peak of the Saint Tier.
However, due to the "early arrival of the system," the data had a bug, so Li Xiang didn’t know the Exotic Beast’s true Tier. But since it had only hatched a few days ago, he figured it couldn’t be all that powerful.
The other man lay on the ground as the large one turned around, staring at them coldly. His eyes were ice-cold, devoid of any human emotion.
Luo Feifei whispered, "Both of these men are already dead."
Seizing the initiative, Li Xiang raised his hand and shot a blast of Cold Ice Sword Qi at the large man’s stomach.
’If I’m not mistaken,’ he thought, ’the Exotic Beast is hiding in the large man’s stomach. It has already devoured his internal organs and is now using some unique method to control the body like a puppet.’
However, since he couldn’t see the beast’s weak spots through the man’s abdomen, the attack wasn’t perfectly aimed. Li Xiang’s Sword Qi easily pierced the man’s clothes and skin, striking the Exotic Beast’s body. But the creature’s hide was as tough as a super-alloy. The attack produced only a faint CLANG, and the large man didn’t even flinch, let alone grunt.
A low growl...
The sound, deep and filled with fury, emanated from the large man’s stomach. The Exotic Beast had clearly been provoked and was now enraged!
In the very next instant, a black shadow shot out from the large man’s stomach, lunging straight for Li Xiang at the doorway.
’Excellent.’
’It’s delivering itself right to my doorstep.’
The black shadow moved at a full 2.5 Mach. Over such a short distance, it arrived in the blink of an eye.
But as fast as it was, Li Xiang was faster.
Li Xiang’s Extreme Speed reached 5 Mach.
To anyone else, a speed of 2.5 Mach would be a blur, impossible to see, let alone react to. But in Li Xiang’s eyes, it was like watching something in slow motion.
In a flash, Li Xiang summoned the White Jade Golden Hook Rod and swung it straight at the creature’s head.
"THWACK!"
The Exotic Beast was sent flying back the way it came, crashing straight through a wall to the outside.
Li Xiang expected it to flee, but the black shadow instantly reversed course and charged back at him.
The last Exotic Beast he’d fought back home, at the high-speed rail station, had been about the size of a rat and was flattened by a single blow from his rod. This one, however, was clearly stronger. It was larger too, about the size of a Doberman. Its head was now misshapen with a shallow indentation from the blow, but it didn’t seem to be seriously injured.
Li Xiang swung his rod again, this time putting more force and some profound techniques into the blow. Upon impact, an entangling power emerged from the rod, clinging to the beast like a persistent disease. The rod then spun rapidly, and its two golden hooks viciously gouged out two of the countless eyes on the creature’s head. A foul, acidic liquid dripped out, nauseating to behold.
Finally realizing how dangerous Li Xiang was, the Exotic Beast turned to flee. It shot back through the hole in the wall in a flash. At its top speed of 2.5 Mach, it was hundreds of meters away in an instant, crashing through a window into another casino.
Instantly, that casino erupted into chaos, filled with panicked screams and the sound of gunfire.
The hole was too small for Li Xiang to get through, so he raised his large rod. With one vicious swing, he brought down half the wall. Then, in a flash, he was through the opening and in pursuit, entering the other casino.
Although he was faster than the Exotic Beast, the casino was packed with people. The maze of equipment, rooms, and winding corridors seriously hampered his pursuit.
Li Xiang wasn’t a heartless killing machine, after all; the presence of so many people restricted his abilities.
’He had to hold back to avoid hurting the bystanders.’
The Exotic Beast seemed to realize this and deliberately weaved through the most crowded areas, forcing Li Xiang to hold back to the point where he could only use about half of his full power.
The Exotic Beast even started grabbing innocent bystanders with its tail and throwing them at Li Xiang.
At one point, it snatched a little girl off the street. The girl, who couldn’t have been more than eight or nine years old and was as cute as a button, shrieked in terror as the beast hurled her through the air.
Of course, Li Xiang couldn’t just let her die. He shot out an arm, caught the little girl, and gently set her down on the sidewalk before resuming the chase. But in that brief moment, the Exotic Beast had already created a significant distance between them.
However, the Exotic Beast was clever. It knew that in the suburbs, with fewer people and buildings for cover, it would never escape Li Xiang’s pursuit. So, it kept running in circles within the city.
In the ensuing chase, countless casinos and shops were damaged.
Luo Feifei and the others were too slow to keep up.
Of course, they didn’t give up. Instead, they tried to encircle and intercept it from different directions, which did provide some assistance.
Back at the Eternal Night Casino, where it all started, a crowd gathered to investigate. Seeing the two corpses on the floor and the half-demolished wall, and hearing the screams pouring in from other casinos, they could only stare at each other in bewilderment.
"Oh my god, what on earth is happening?"
"That large man’s stomach... it’s completely empty."
News of this Exotic Beast had been suppressed by the US Military. Aside from a few people, such as the city’s top officials, the general public was completely in the dark.
The owner of the Eternal Night Casino had just heard the news and was counting his blessings that his establishment’s losses were relatively minor. Suddenly, a black shadow smashed through a window and scrambled inside. It was a monster of indescribable ugliness. Right after it, a man in black wielding a strange, large rod burst in. The owner was so frightened he stumbled and fell twice. Thankfully, the man in black pursued the monster and they both quickly left.
When the owner finally ventured out, he found his casino in a state of utter pandemonium. Gamblers and staff were screaming and fleeing in every direction, leading to several stampedes. In the chaos, many people were taking the opportunity to loot the place, and some were even assaulting the female employees.
The Exotic Beast fled into a snow-covered area when a wave of intense cold suddenly washed over it, leaving the creature completely Frozen. An incomparably elegant figure appeared—it was Luo Feifei.