Chapter 78: Chapter 75: Defeated and Forced to Retreat
"Interesting, so it seems just now it wasn’t a problem with the gun, but with the person?"
Wu Liang shook his hand which was slightly numb; this was the first time he encountered a situation where his own Breaking Blade would vibrate from ordinary objects.
What exactly is Sun Zhoushan’s Awakened Ability?
Enhancing the hardness of objects?
No, even if the bullet’s hardness increases, it can’t achieve the kind of power just now, the stick as well. Hardening doesn’t necessarily mean it can withstand a punch from me.
It’s not just hardness... it’s more complicated.
"Try again and let’s see!"
Before Sun Zhoushan could recover from the shock, Wu Liang threw another punch.
The fierce swing of the fist left the opponent no room to dodge, he could only once again raise the stick in his hand and slam it down hard towards Wu Liang.
This time, the force was not like the casual swing earlier; the subconscious movement to protect himself was almost at full strength.
Bang—
The second contact between fist and baton resulted in sounds no longer as heavy as before, but more crisp collision sounds.
Wu Liang gasped directly, glanced at his hand with a crack and tremble, and the surprise in his heart grew deeper.
Breaking Blade got hurt?
Using the ability, I gain the main traits of the Kitchen Knife Ghost—a Fierce Ghost’s endurance and Ghost Blade’s attack power.
Being able to wound my fist, it proves that even hitting a real Fierce Ghost, that stick would injure it!
Crunch—
Before Wu Liang could say anything, Sun Zhoushan found in horror that his baton broke directly this time!
He used this baton for more than a year, smashed countless Fierce Ghosts to pieces with it!
Now it broke after a punch from an Awakened?
What a joke!
"What kind of monster are you?" Sun Zhoushan threw the baton to the ground and pointed the gun in his other hand at his opponent.
Wu Liang didn’t care about the gun threatening him, he just squinted his eyes and thought for a moment.
Seconds later, a flash of insight appeared in his eyes, and he said, "I know your ability now."
"Power enhancement? Right? The multiplier is about ten times?"
When Wu Liang said this, Sun Zhoushan’s eyes grew colder.
Because, he guessed correctly!
Multiplication Damage
This is the name of his Awakened ability, it allows the damage of everything thrown out from his hand to multiply, up to ten times, able to affect Fierce Ghosts.
Don’t think ten times is no big deal.
The key is—all damage!
If the gun in his hand were a sniper rifle, a bullet could penetrate a tank directly!
Not to mention if it’s a missile...
Of course, super heavy weapons like these haven’t been tried by Sun Zhoushan, he has only tried doubling a sniper rifle’s power.
The stronger the weapon’s damage, the more spiritual power is consumed when multiplying damage.
He estimated that a missile is not within his current grasp.
"Hmph! So what if you guessed it? You can break the stick, but how will you deal with the bullets next?" Sun Zhoushan said expressionlessly.
Wu Liang confidently replied, "Just make sure you can’t hit me."
Then, he shook his legs.
The effect of Breaking Blade extended to his legs, making him capable of explosive movements comparable to a Fierce Ghost’s near-instantaneous speed.
Their eyes met, and the battle was imminent.
Ding-ling—
As the room was filled with tension, a sudden phone ringtone broke the tension between the two, instantly altering the atmosphere from being murderous.
Sun Zhoushan took a deep breath, re-holstered his gun to his waist, then took out his phone from his pocket.
He answered it directly in front of Wu Liang.
"Hello, this is Qingzhou, reporting on Chen Lili’s situation please."
"What? Chen Lili can’t appear as a witness? Her mental state is unstable now?"
Listening to the report from the other side, Sun Zhoushan’s face became increasingly somber. He didn’t even hang up the phone and raised his eyes meaningfully towards the "Wu Liang" sitting at the other end of the sofa.
The other party returned his gaze with a smile.
"How did you do it?" Sun Zhoushan asked reluctantly after hanging up.
Wu Liang disguised by the Puppet Ghost revealed a familiar sly grin, shaking his head feigning ignorance, saying, "I don’t understand what you’re talking about, who are you calling? Making funeral arrangements?"
"Consider it your win this time! Don’t let me catch the slip in your other tricks!"
Finally, Sun Zhoushan could only say this, turning around to leave the room.
He could attempt to forcibly capture them, but carrying them back without violently forcing information wasn’t meaningful.
If Chen Lili couldn’t come for confrontation, capturing the two brothers would be pointless.
He was aiming only to seek the truth.
Nothing else.
"Don’t leave, Captain Sun! How will you compensate for breaking my window with that shot?" the Puppet Ghost, imitating Wu Liang’s shamelessness, shouted loudly.
But the other party completely ignored him, not bothering to turn back.
Before exiting the room, he placed a bank card on the shoe cabinet, coldly saying, "Password: six nines, consider it compensation."
Then he left Xingfu District.
The real Wu Liang, somewhat surprised, went over to take a look at the card.
Who knew he’d actually compensate?
"He’s surprisingly decent..."
Shrugging his shoulders, Wu Liang began tidying up the leftover mess in the room, throwing broken glass shards and the broken baton into the trash.
Wu Liang was in a rather good mood. After all, funding for infiltrating Dongri Grand Hotel had grown a bit.
Nightmare estimating about two days to lock onto those affected by Monkey Claw, so he planned to infiltrate Dongri Grand Hotel Monday morning to locate and destroy what Jiang Tao Hong hid!
If he could find members of the Promised Land organization inside Dongri Grand Hotel by Monday, it’d be even better!
"Dad, you better still be the person I knew... don’t turn into something strange now." Wu Liang murmured.
He was actually a bit anxious inside.
Both wanting to truly see his dad and confirm they’re alive.
But feared that they hadn’t appeared for so many years, perhaps already transformed by supernatural incidents into something no longer normal... perhaps no longer human!
If dad and the others were indeed corpses possessed by Fierce Ghosts, like those villagers in Wangsheng Village, could he deal with it calmly as before?
Wu Liang didn’t know.
At that moment, he couldn’t answer his own heart.
Perhaps only when truly faced with that moment can a decision be made.
Soon... that day will come...