Chapter 112 – Action

Night fell.

Su Hao carefully inspected his two swords and Armor. The swords were the Long Blade and Short Blade he was used to in his past life. The Armor was custom-made at great expense.

He still preferred fighting in thick Armor, which might save his life in case of an accident.

The Armor and Long Blade were inscribed with various Yashan-brand Runes, convenient for activation during combat.

There were also three fist-sized orbs, all ‘Twenty-Burst’ gadgets. They had little destructive power but were quite intimidating.

And Yashan was also checking his two Long Blades at this time, one main blade and one spare.

Dense circular Runes were carved onto the carapace in the style of tattoos.

Yashan was already intimately familiar with these Runes, to the point where he could activate them the moment his Thought Power moved.

Su Hao turned to Yashan and said, “Yashan, are you ready? Tonight’s Bone Demon is all yours.”

Having become a Counter-Thorn Beast at this time, Yashan’s Blood Qi intensity had reached its peak. With the boost from being an Evolved Human Level 3, he steadily reached the level of a beginner Grand Tutor.

Although his Blood Qi intensity was nowhere near that of the Bone Demon, with a large number of Runes to back him up, it was hard to say he wasn’t a match for the Bone Demon.

Yashan trembled with excitement, gritted his teeth, unable to speak, and just nodded heavily.

Revenge for his wife and child would be tonight; he had waited two years, and suffered for two years.

Su Hao put on his Armor, lowered his Mask, stretched his body, and hung his twin blades at his waist. Everything was ready. Su Hao said, “Let’s go! If you can’t win, run straight towards me. Don’t be reckless; as long as you stay alive, there will be more opportunities later.”

Yashan immediately nodded, “Thank you, Boss Wei!”

For Yashan, as long as he killed the Bone Demon, death was not unacceptable. However, if he died without being able to kill the Bone Demon, that would be the most unbearable outcome.

As Su Hao and Yashan pushed the door open, Taini, who was pretending to be asleep, poked her head out of the room and quietly watched her father and Uncle Wei disappear into the darkness.

She was taller now, and more sensible.

A long time ago, her brother, mother, and father had suddenly disappeared. Her father had never mentioned it, and she didn’t know where they had gone. She knew now.

She had only one small wish in her heart: that her father would not suddenly disappear, would not suddenly be gone and unreachable…

Because her only remaining family was her father.

…

Su Hao and Yashan both activated the ‘Light Absorption’ Rune, blending into the darkness, making them difficult to detect.

Su Hao first led Yashan to the Bone Demon’s location, pointing to a building and saying, “He’s on the third floor of that small building.”

Yashan took a deep breath, gripping his Long Blade tightly.

Tonight, he would use this blade to personally sever the Bone Demon’s head and vent the hatred in his heart.

The hatred he had suppressed for two years would also be fully unleashed tonight, cut by cut, with his blade.

Yashan remained silent and immediately activated the Runes ‘Hardness,’ ‘Penetration,’ ‘Sharpness,’ and ‘Corrosion’ on his body, reinforcing the dense spikes covering him.

With a light leap, Yashan jumped onto the opposite building.

‘Spike Burst’!

“Pfft pfft pfft――”

Dense spikes burst out from Yashan, shooting towards the third floor where the [Bone Demon] was located, covering the entire area.

“Ah!” A pained cry came from the third floor, and a giant Bone Armor person instantly broke through the roof and leaped into the air.

At this moment, Deli, the [Bone Demon], was bleeding from numerous large and small wounds, and the injuries were corroding with a ‘sizzling’ sound.

It was clear that Yashan’s surprise attack had some effect.

However, such injuries were nothing to Deli; they were merely excruciatingly painful and could be quickly repaired. Deli’s Bone Armor surged, and the wounds were soon covered, leaving him unharmed.

However, after repairing himself, Deli noticed something unusual about his wounds: “What is this intensely corrosive power?”

It wasn’t that he couldn’t heal, but rather that healing the wounds required more Harmony energy.

Deli became vigilant, but he was still in a state of rage. Being attacked while sleeping soundly made him extremely uncomfortable.

As soon as he jumped out, he immediately perceived Yashan’s location, locking onto the completely black Yashan.

“[Counter-Thorn Beast]?”

Perceiving that the opponent was merely a level three Evolved Human of the [Shen Armor] sequence, Deli’s face instantly contorted into a ferocious grimace.

How dare a mere [Counter-Thorn Beast] stand before him and try to tear him apart?

Deli didn’t even bother to speak. He immediately formed a bone blade in his right hand and charged at Yashan. He would make this insect that disturbed his sleep slumber forever!

Yashan also remained silent, gritting his teeth and swinging his blade forward.

The images of his wife Harmony and his son’s smiling faces flashed in his mind, so clear, yet so distant, never to return.

He roared with all his might, “[Bone Demon]! Die with your regrets!”

‘Barrier’ ‘Hardness’ ‘Sharpness’ ‘Penetration’ ‘Corrosion’.

The moment they drew near each other.

‘Bone Spikes’!

‘Burst’!

Deli activated Bone Spikes, and dense Bone Spikes grew all over his body.

Yashan activated Burst, and his speed increased significantly.

Yashan was stopped by the suddenly emerging Bone Spikes, slowing his approach. Unable to get close, he reluctantly swung his blade, cutting through a large number of Bone Spikes in front of him. The blade’s edge narrowly grazed past Deli, causing no damage whatsoever.

At the same time, Deli’s bone blade slashed down towards Yashan.

Yashan timely retracted his blade to block.

Clang!

Then Deli slashed backward and sent it flying.

Deli seized the opportunity and stomped his foot.

Heaven-Sent Burial!

A large number of Bone Spikes suddenly erupted from the ground, precisely stabbing towards Yashan.

Clink!

However, the scene Deli imagined, with Bone Spikes penetrating Yashan, did not occur.

Yashan was merely struck forcefully into the air by the Bone Spikes, unharmed.

Deli narrowed his eyes: “When did the Counter-Thorn Beast’s defense become so strong? Something’s strange!”

…

Su Hao, hidden nearby, watched for a while. Seeing that Yashan was unharmed, he turned and left, heading towards his objectives.

His mission was to take down the Thread Demon.

Perhaps the Bone Demon and the Thread Demon had fought too fiercely last night, as neither appeared tonight to cause trouble.

This suited Su Hao perfectly. If he could quietly eliminate the Thread Demon, it would save him a lot of trouble.

Su Hao cast ‘Light Absorption’ and ‘Air Piercing’ runes on himself and silently moved towards the Thread Demon Xike.

Upon reaching the small building, Su Hao suddenly stopped.

“What is this?”

As he got very close, Su Hao discovered that the inner and outer walls of the small building were covered with countless invisible, thread-like structures, similar to invisibility threads.

If not for the faint Blood Qi reaction on these threads, he wouldn’t have noticed them.

“Perhaps as soon as I touch these threads, the Thread Demon will immediately detect my position, just like a spider.”

Su Hao took two steps back, retracted his Radar Perception, and focused it on the small building. What he saw made him gasp in astonishment.

The entire small building was densely packed with invisible threads, both inside and out. Not even a mouse could sneak in.

Recalling the scene two years ago when the Speed Demon was suddenly torn to pieces, Su Hao estimated that anyone foolish enough to force their way into this building would end up being inexplicably dismembered.

Su Hao gained a new understanding of how much the Thread Demon feared death.

This defense is a bit exaggerated.

Su Hao hesitated for a moment. Could he still assassinate them like this?

In this world, Evolved Humans are not considered truly dead unless their heads are chopped off and then split into several pieces.

And doing that without being noticed is clearly impossible now!

I can’t get close at all.

Su Hao took a deep breath and thought to himself, “Then I can only charge in.”

(End of Chapter)