bookpower Chapter 46 Martial Saint
Chapter 46 Martial Saint
"What is this!?"
Yue Xingzhou's face changed.
He felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.
It seemed he had discovered something extraordinary.
"We would like to know that as well."
Xia Wuyuan approached the demon corpse, letting the miniature devices he carried record it from a close distance.
Alkaid took in the scene.
Such matters, unless made widely public, would only lead others to believe it was a prank, a fabricated video of bizarre content.
And the paradox was...
The demons lurking in the higher echelons of human society would never allow the situation to escalate.
Unless you were prepared to take on the entire demonic organization on your own to eradicate them.
What followed would depend on whether the video recorded by the Senior Prosecutor would be of any use once uploaded.
If it wasn't...
He would not rely on external forces.
He would accumulate strength and flip the table directly.
"You all..."
Yue Xingzhou glanced at Xia Wuyuan who had just spoken and then at Alkaid, who was squatting down and doing something with a bead, taking quite a while to calm his emotions.
Looking at the corpse, which no longer seemed different from a human, he said in a heavy tone, "This person... this monster's strength... is abnormal."
"These monsters have two forms, one indistinguishable from humans, with strength ranging from martial master to Grandmaster. This can be deduced from their stature; generally, those under two meters are mostly within the Grandmaster Realm, those above two meters might be martial masters. However, they can transform, and once their transformation is complete, their strength increases greatly."
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As Alkaid spoke, he activated the Treasure Bead he carried with him.
At that moment, he began to recuperate, using the Great Sun Suppressing God Diagram. Although just embarking on the subtle process, when a portion of his spirit penetrated the bead, he could vaguely feel something being extracted from the demon corpse and injected into the bead.
"Complete the transformation? Their strength increases significantly?"
Yue Xingzhou looked at the corpse, "Just now, did it complete its transformation?"
"No."
Xia Wuyuan said.
"That didn't count?"
Yue Xingzhou, recalling the terrifying brush with death he just experienced, felt a chill run through his body. "Then, what is considered a complete transformation, and what is called a significant increase in strength?"
"I don't know. This is only my second encounter with this type of monster..."
As Xia Wuyuan was speaking, his gaze turned to Alkaid, "He has slain much more of these creatures than I have in recent times."
"It's just as it sounds."
Alkaid continued, "So, to avoid demons becoming completely unstoppable after their full transformation, it's best to kill them before they finish transforming; the process from starting to complete their transformation takes about ten seconds, which should be enough time to settle a battle."
As the commotion here had already attracted attention, Alkaid did not immediately check the information on the 'Soul Fragment' inside the bead but instead put it away.
Noises were coming from a nearby building.
A large group of figures was hurtling in this direction at great speed.
Yue Xingzhou fell silent for a moment, then looked over at Alkaid...
"Regardless... you saved my life."
He said solemnly, "Next..."
"Be careful!"
Alkaid called out, moving with incredible speed toward a wall.
"Bang bang bang!"
Gunshots rang out.
Sparks flew at the spot where Alkaid, Yue Xingzhou, and Xia Wuyuan had just stood, and stone chips scattered.
At that moment, all three demonstrated the extraordinary reaction speed far exceeding ordinary people, characteristic of a Grandmaster.
Alkaid didn't need to be told; he had already dodged the moment he sensed he was targeted.
Xia Wuyuan had also undergone professional training to combat and evade gunfire and quickly found cover.
The Baisheng Chemical Factory was located near a small town, not far from a small hill that was not large but covered with lush trees.
As the distance between them closed, Xia Wuyuan directly raised his gun and fired.
Despite the demon swiftly dodging, his accurate shooting still caused its sprinting figure to stagger, clearly hitting the mark.
Though hit, its speed did not decrease. Instead, its form quickly swelled, transforming from under two meters to a monstrous three meters tall.
Xia Wuyuan was taken aback, and his gunfire became even more intense.
Alkaid also fired rapidly as they closed the distance.
But at that moment, the demon whose size had bloated to three meters suddenly turned around, and branches it had casually grabbed were fiercely thrown their way.
The branches, enhanced by ferocious power, flew like arrows from a bowstring, as fast as thunder.
Alkaid's Chengying Sword was thrust out immediately, the blade vibrated, and the three incoming branches were all cut and deflected.
Xia Wuyuan instead sidestepped.
And ahead...
The demon, realizing it couldn't escape, suddenly turned and charged furiously back into the fray.
The immense size of the three-meter-tall body brought a crushing aura as it turned to pounce and attack.
The battle garment it wore could no longer fully protect its body after transforming, revealing areas dripping with blood from gunshot wounds, adding ferocity and fierceness to its appearance. Even Xia Wuyuan, who had experienced numerous battles and had fought in national Martial Path competitions, felt his breath catch.
Especially since, even with multiple gunshot wounds on its arms and other places, not a single bullet had penetrated through!
This implied...
"Martial Saint!?"
Xia Wuyuan exclaimed in shock, losing his composure.
"Bang bang bang!"
Gunfire erupted once more.
Amidst this noise, Xia Wuyuan suddenly came to his senses, only to see Alkaid shooting with an unchanging expression, calm as ever.
Only, facing the demon who had now fully revealed its true body and unleashed its ferocity, even the large-caliber handgun struggled to incapacitate it in the short term.
"Distract him!"
Alkaid commanded.
"Alright!"
Even though Xia Wuyuan did not understand Alkaid's purpose, he did not hesitate, discarding his gun and taking out the Triangular Spike he carried.
He brazenly engaged in combat.
Although the demon, having fully manifested its demon body, possessed a physique as strong as a 'non-human' Martial Saint, the bullets lodged in its arms and thighs somewhat restricted its strength. In such a situation, and being a grandmaster himself, he was not supposed to...
"Boom!"
A thunderous sound erupted just as they were about to clash.
Before Xia Wuyuan's astonished gaze, the demon's punch, which seemed to explode the air, caused the air around its fist to burst, creating a layer of white froth, reminiscent of...
The Innate Gang Qi of mythological legends!?
But whether it was Gang Qi or not was not the point!
The point was the power of a punch capable of bursting air and creating Gang Qi—how immense must it be!?
Xia Wuyuan felt an indescribable terror rising from within, causing his entire body to jolt as if electrified, pushing his thought processes and reactions to an unprecedented limit.
In life and death, there is great terror!
This was the peculiar sensation brought about by the full secretion of adrenaline in the human body when one is at the brink of death.
Under this heightened perception, Xia Wuyuan's thoughts became exceptionally sharp, and as his gaze fixed on it, all the variations of the demon's punch unfolded before him...
However, when he saw these variations clearly, an unprecedented sense of helplessness filled him.
Perfect!
The demon's strike was almost perfect.
The fist's power enveloped and sealed all the space he could dodge or move into, as if...
Aside from taking the punch head-on, he had no way of breaking through.
But to take this punch head-on...
The only outcome waiting for him was one.
Death!