Chapter 24
Wilderness Town.
Ruins of a collapsed villa—
Covered in vines.
No one would have thought that a mysterious experimental base existed deep beneath the ruins of this villa.
The entire underground experimental base was half the size of a football field, giving off a rough industrial style. It was more like a large prison rather than a base.
There were dozens of steel cages in the dimly lit base.
With more than 10 prisoners with numb expressions in every steel cage.
The air was filled with a dilapidated and unpleasant smell. There was blood, sweat, and excrement. All kinds of smells mixed together, completely stimulating one’s sense of smell.
There were also dozens of armed patrolmen patrolling back and forth.
“Supervisor, it’s six in the afternoon. The sun is almost setting.”
A man in combat uniform reported to Zhang Yaoyang, the head of the base.
Zhang Yaoyang placed his feet on the desk. His gaze was dark and fierce, like a vicious wolf that was about to devour someone.
“Have all the test subjects been injected with the Type-B Beastification Potion?”
Zhang Yaoyang said calmly.
“All injections have been completed. It will be effective in about 10 minutes.”
The man in the combat uniform hurriedly replied.
“Very good!” Zhang Yaoyang held the chair with both hands and suddenly stood on the desk with a fierce expression. “Open all the cages immediately and release all the test subjects.”
“Let the Advanced Apprentices of the top ten high schools in Jiang City test the effects of the Type-B Beastification Potion for us. Let’s see if there are any areas that need improvement.”
The man in the combat uniform left to carry out the order immediately.
Not long after, ferocious roars came from the depths of this base, as if countless monsters had been released from their cages.
…
On a dilapidated old street…
Rumble!
Two figures that kept colliding and intersecting suddenly appeared. The violent power directly shattered the surrounding abandoned cars of the old era into countless sc.r.a.p metal.
“No more fights, no more…”
Suddenly, a burly and strong figure took more than ten steps back and stopped on the old street. He kept panting and sweat dripped from his head.
“So soon?”
Chu Zhou smiled and looked at Shi Meng, who was covered in blood.
Shi Meng rolled his eyes. “Chu Zhou, you b*stard. You’re too evil.”
“You had at least 50 chances to defeat me, but you stop every time… Are you treating me as a tool to train your combat techniques?”
“Tool? That leaves such a bad taste… Even though it’s the truth.” Chu Zhou chuckled.
He actually admitted it directly!
Shi Meng was speechless.
He would definitely beat Chu Zhou until his face was covered in peach blossoms if not for the fact that he couldn’t beat him.
“Tsk tsk, Shi Meng, what is this look about? Is it the latest beggar outfit? It’s quite unique!”
A light laugh sounded and an elegant woman with long hair appeared at the top of the two-story house.
It was Li Qingshi!
“Li Qingshi, what are you laughing at? Are you his match if I’m not? Fight him too if you have the ability!”
Shi Meng looked at Li Qingshi on the roof and rolled his eyes.
“Chu Zhou, can you still fight?” Li Qingshi blinked mischievously.
“Sure! Definitely!”
Chu Zhou puffed out his chest.
How could a man say no?
“I’ll attack then!”
Li Qingshi’s figure instantly disappeared from the roof.
The next moment, a sharp dagger appeared in Chu Zhou’s vision.
“So fast!”
Chu Zhou’s eyes narrowed slightly. He immediately used his Curved Hand Blade and slashed out an incomparably sharp scarlet arc towards the dagger.
However, before the sharp scarlet arc could cut the dagger, it suddenly disappeared.
Swoosh!
The dagger appeared from another direction and went for Chu Zhou again.
Another scarlet arc cut towards the dagger.
The dagger disappeared again and reappeared abruptly behind Chu Zhou, stabbing towards his back.
Chu Zhou suddenly turned around and slashed down like a death scythe.
The dagger disappeared again.
Just like that, the two sides clashed dozens of times in a flash, but not a single formal collision occurred.
Such a battle was fast and thrilling.
Anyone who was slow to react would be pierced by a dagger or slashed by an incomparably sharp hand blade.
It was like two artists dancing on the tip of a knife were crossing swords. There was an artistic conception to it.
“Chu Zhou, you’re amazing!” Shi Meng looked at the lightning-fast confrontation and exclaimed, “Even Li Qingshi, who is extremely skilled in a.s.sa.s.sination, couldn’t do anything to him. He didn’t even panic…”
He had a deep understanding of Li Qingshi’s a.s.sa.s.sination skills.
Li Qingshi’s unpredictable a.s.sa.s.sination techniques put him in a very difficult position every time.
Basically, he relied on the Nine Fold Tremor Punch to shake the air or the ground, forming a large-scale attack that forced Li Qingshi to fight him head-on and turn the situation around…
In the end, he relied on his more abundant physical strength to drag Li Qingshi down.
Chu Zhou’s performance was clearly much better than Shi Meng’s.
Shi Meng could tell that Chu Zhou was able to handle Li Qingshi’s a.s.sa.s.sinations attempts easily.
Even the rhythm of his breathing was not disrupted at all.
“F*ck, that b*stard Chu Zhou is deliberately holding back his strength again. He’s using Li Qingshi as a tool to train his combat techniques…”
Shi Meng widened his eyes and saw through Chu Zhou’s intentions. However, he soon smiled.
“Hehe, I’m not the tool this time! Then it doesn’t matter… Besides, I can’t be the only tool!”
Shi Meng chuckled and did not remind Li Qingshi.
He simply sat on the gra.s.s and watched the show.
Li Qingshi exerted all her strength in her movement technique. She attacked Chu Zhou again and again with the a.s.sa.s.sination techniques she had practiced for many years.
Her figure was like a ghost, and her dagger was even more elusive.
However, after 108 consecutive failed a.s.sa.s.sination attempts, she suddenly thought of something when she saw Chu Zhou’s calm expression.
Chu Zhou’s reaction was very fast.
But… He could actually still be faster.
She knew that Chu Zhou had also cultivated the Sharp Blade Kick.
It was an offensive combat technique, not a movement technique.
However, it was related to his legs after all. He could speed up to a certain extent.
Especially when it came to short-range speed explosions, the effect of the Sharp Blade Kick was very obvious.
However, Chu Zhou did not use his Sharp Blade Kick to increase his speed.
Otherwise, the scale of victory would have long leaned towards Chu Zhou.
It was obvious that Chu Zhou had deliberately held back his strength.
“This b*stard is using me as a tool to train his combat technique.”
Li Qingshi suddenly retreated more than ten meters and stared at Chu Zhou angrily.
“Hahaha, Li Qingshi, you finally realized that Chu Zhou is using you as a tool…”
Shi Meng burst out laughing.
“You’re an as*hole too!”
Li Qingshi glared fiercely at Shi Meng. Shi Meng had discovered the truth and did not tell her. To think that she had been used by Chu Zhou for so long.
“Sigh, neither of you are good enough! You’re too weak and lack tenacity! Besides… What’s wrong with being a tool? A tool is still a human!”
Chu Zhou clicked his tongue and sighed. He lifted his right foot and suddenly slashed at a mossy bus beside him like a sickle.
The bus was cut open with a poof.
His face was filled with joy. His Sharp Blade Kick had finally advanced to the Perfection Realm through training with Shi Meng and Li Qingshi.
“Perfection Realm Sharp Blade Kick?”
Shi Meng and Li Qingshi’s eyes widened when they saw this scene.
Then, they remembered that Chu Zhou’s Sharp Blade Kick had advanced to Perfection Realm most likely because of them.
They instantly felt disgusted.
“Ling Zhan’s foresight is really accurate… This is indeed a very scary guy!” Li Qingshi sighed.
“They say we’re monsters… But I think he’s the real monster. He’s got an Intent Realm Curved Hand Blade and a Perfection Realm Sharp Blade Kick… Moreover, his Life Field Energy is definitely not just 3.5. It’s at least 4. Have you heard of such a high school student?”
“Ling Zhan has really met his match this time.”
Shi Meng said.
Li Qingshi nodded slightly, agreeing with Shi Meng’s words.
They knew how powerful Ling Zhan was… However, they felt that Ling Zhan might not be Chu Zhou’s match after exchanging blows with him.
“Ah! Help! There’s a monster… There’s a monster…”
Suddenly, an extremely miserable scream came from not far away.
Chu Zhou, Shi Meng, and Li Qingshi immediately looked in the direction of the voice and saw a student with a broken arm fleeing in panic.
Suddenly, a human-shaped monster with exposed muscles, as if its entire body had been skinned, caught up from behind and pushed the student to the ground. Then, it bit the student’s throat.
“What’s that? That’s not a monster!”
The expressions of Chu Zhou and the others immediately changed.
Miserable screams sounded one after another near the street in no time. Humanoid monsters with exposed muscles kept appearing in the vision of Chu Zhou and the other two.
“Something’s wrong! These humanoid monsters definitely don’t exist in this town… I’m afraid an accident has happened.”
Chu Zhou, Shi Meng, and Li Qingshi had ugly expressions.
This sudden change made them feel a huge impending crisis.
It was obvious that the origin of those humanoid monsters was not simple.
Such a crisis was very likely not something that Advanced Apprentices like them could deal with.