CH 141

Knicks’ slender fingers pressed the bruised marks on Bai Chunian’s cheeks and the sides of his neck.

Eris studied his thigh bone behind him while casually tossing Bai Chunian’s tactical dagger in his hand. He used its tip to slash at the side of his leg, cutting the fabric while leaving a bloody mark on his skin. 

Bai Chunian licked the dirty blood on his lips, and a rusty smell spread in his mouth. His body’s self-healing speed could not keep up with the speed of Eris’s marring. His physical strength was almost depleted, with serious damage to his chest and abdomen.

“Is this all Cursemaker and Puppet Master’s combined power… could do?” Bai Chunian grabbed Knicks’ wrist and struggled to prop up his body.

“I never recognized this name. You want to destroy me? Unfortunately, you can’t.” Knicks snorted. “Did Electro-optic Phantom go down the deep tank to get the medicine? Let me tell you, the deep water medicine vault is one-way. Without iris and fingerprints, one can only go down but not up. There are more than ten one-way radiation doors installed inside, and the HD medicine is stored at the bottom. The signal from the communicator has disappeared, right? You’ve lost contact with him now, haven’t you? Even if we kill you here, he won’t know.”

“Rimbaud … is…” Bai Chunian’s eyes bent, “behind you…”

Knicks vigilantly looked back. However, no one was behind him. When he turned back, Bai Chunian opened his mouth, his two sharp fangs lengthened, and his pupils changed from black to sapphire blue. His hair also became silver from its roots. A lion growl came from his throat.

A strong and intense brandy pheromone rushed out from his damaged and injured glands, spreading around with him at its center.

Knicks immediately released his hand, but his fingertips had stiffened and could not bend, and a layer of shiny glass spread from his fingertips to his forearms.

In addition to Knicks, Eris was also closest to him. Although he reacted quickly by blocking with his arms, his elbow still turned into glass and spread to his lower body like rapid ice. 

Sarcosuchus was guarding the cultivation pod, 50 meters away from Bai Chunian. Nonetheless, the heavy oppressive force still affected him; his outstretched hand solidified and fractured in an instant, condensing into a glass bead and falling to the ground and breaking.

Meanwhile, Samael’s body under the cultivation pod directly condensed into a glass bead.

Specter Hourglass shrunk in the corner, about 70 meters away from Bai Chunian. The intense force pushed him down to his knees, but he did not disappear.

Everything happened in a blink of an eye. 

Only a few seconds later did Sarcosuchus feel that his right hand had been amputated. The penetrating pain made him clutch the stump left behind and produce a heart-piercing roar as he fell onto the cluttered reagent table with a heavy thud.

Bai Chunian’s injuries healed. He slowly stood up from his knees. His deep sapphire blue eyes had no focus; a fierce light flashed in his eyes.

The fishbone ore pinned to his ear flashed with dark light, making the quiet, soothing sound of waves lapping at the beach sound in his ears.

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Eris took several steps back. His body crashed against the fallen reagent table, the vitreous coating on his skin shattered; the glassy mass shattering, his skin bursting in a shower of blood.

It seemed that Puppet Master’s differentiation ability was related to Puppet Substitution, being able to choose a person to switch position with him to receive damage on his behalf. 

“It’s not worth it to die in mutual destruction.” Knicks appeared where Eris was initially standing. He dusted off the dust and glass shards on his body, and coldly stared at Bai Chunian. He silently estimated his grade’s differentiation ability based on the concentration of his pheromones. If he could identify Divine Envoy’s A3 ability through this battle, it would not be a loss.

Whether it was the records of the Research Institute or the news brought by other spies, no one had seen Divine Envoy activate his A3 ability in all these years. Above all, they were not even sure of his differentiation grade.

The concentration of pheromone overflowing from Bai Chunian’s body had already far exceeded M2-grade, but it had not yet reached A3. Knicks didn’t think it was his A3 ability. Bai Chunian might be controlling himself, or rather, something was limiting him.

The moonlight from the glass dome above enveloped Bai Chunian. He was standing still, lightly clenching his fists, and his sharp teeth reflected the cold light, “To die in mutual destruction? Why should I die with you? No one would be there to collect your bodies.” 

Knicks deeply looked at him. “Why don’t you use your higher grade ability?”

Bai Chunian gently smiled, “It’s not necessary in dealing with you.”

Knicks seemed to see through him. “You’re afraid of losing control, of not being able to stop and restrain it.”

“…” Bai Chunian licked his canines and stopped smiling. 

“Ouch. Are you forcing me to be serious?” Eris ripped off the remaining glass on his body and moved his neck, making a rattling sound of gears.

A sticky bomb was suddenly attached to the dome of the laboratory. After a one-second countdown, the bomb exploded, the glass dome was blown out, and then a black shadow hit the dome, smashing through the glass cover and two black spherical objects were thrown down.

Witnessing this, Bai Chunian immediately covered his eyes, using a hand to lean against the lab counter to hide behind. The two flash bombs exploded; the strong flash and ear-splitting buzzing in the laboratory caused a disruptive strong polyphony effect. The people who were hit by the strong light immediately lost their vision.

The second one burst into many light fragments, strong light solidified into countless shiny spikes. Knicks shielded his eyes and retreated, leaping backwards lightly to the side of a cultivation pod. 

The dome was completely shattered by the pitch-black vines that grew wildly. The members of the special agent team wearing the IOA logo bulletproof uniform jumped down from the vines and landed one after another, holding submachine guns, and a round of bullets rained down.

Lu Yan jumped to Bai Chunian’s side and tilted his head to look at him, “Hey, you bleached your hair.”

“Sure enough, bleaching damages the hair.” Bai Chunian shook his head, his hair and eyes turning back to black. He turned to Bi Lanxing and said, “Perfect timing, and you also found the route.”

Bai Chunian unabashedly said to everyone. “Sarcosuchus is good at defending weaknesses and has speed. Specter Hourglass has strong defense but weak attack. His ability has limited range, don’t get close to him. The blonde guy in a suit can be a substitute. I’ll deal with Eris. Blow the cultivation pod to pieces if you have a chance.” 

The secret service team has been working together for a long time, and they have long been accustomed to Bai Chunian’s fighting style. After learning the strengths and weaknesses of the enemies, they automatically fought separately based on their knowledge and skills.

There was still one minute left before the end of Odd Bones’ cultivation.

Sarcosuchus’ severed right hand had regrown. He wanted to protect the cultivation pod but was blocked by a petite lop-eared rabbit.

He laughed heavily, “Where’d this miniature teacup rabbit come from? Get out of the way if you don’t wanna get trampled.” 

It was not the first time that Lu Yan was underestimated. Holding a tactical dagger in each hand, he appeared on the back of the crocodile in an instant, and the two daggers stabbed at his glands at the same time.

Sarcosuchus’ skin was as hard as steel, and the back of the neck was the same. It was impossible for a dagger to penetrate easily. No matter how powerful the force was, it could not break through. Nevertheless, Lu Yan didn’t rely on strength in close combat.

Sarcosuchus grabbed at Lu Yan with his backhand. Lu Yan was small and had his Supersonic associated ability. Sarcosuchus couldn’t catch him at all. Lu Yan did not rush to get harmed. Every time he appeared on the back of Sarcosuchus, he only stabbed twice. He disappeared using Cunning Rabbit’s Cave and then appeared in another unexpected place, stabbing him twice more.

Sarosuchus had thick skin but could not withstand the thousands of repeated attacks. After countless attacks, Lu Yan’s dagger pierced deep into the back of his neck. He then used his M2 differentiation ability, Fourth Dimension Split, and more than a dozen rabbit omegas with double daggers in their hands surrounded Sarcosuchus. 

Tan Qing and Tan Yang’s hydrogen and oxygen glands united to blast Specter Hourglass from a distance. Specter Hourglass couldn’t get close to them, thus, could not counter them with his ability. He could only run around holding his hourglass.

Bi Lanxing’s vines divided the entire lab into several separate isolated areas, making it difficult for the enemy to gather.

“So many of you! It’s not fair!” Eris stood on a table and jumped. His legs swept towards Bai Chunian’s face, who dodged to avoid it.

Bai Chunian, “How come you didn’t say that when it was four against one? You think I can’t call for my own back-ups, too?” 

“Hmph.” Eris clasped his hands together, separated a golden thread from his fingers, and wrapped it around Bai Chunian. The golden thread quickly connected to other IOA members, “If I kill you, others will also die.”

Cursemaker’s associated ability, Cursed Thread, could connect to any 10 targets. Anyone who received damage, the other connected targets would also receive the same injury.

Bai Chunian laughed out loud, “Are you really fighting a battle of attrition with a team that has a doctor?”

Han Xingqian, who was holding his chin and watching the battle on the high place held up by the vines, spread his wings slightly and eliminated Eris’ Cursed Thread. 

Along the way, he also reset Bai Chunian’s stamina.

Dealing with Bai Chunian in a team was already difficult enough, let alone another A3-grade alpha. Knicks saw that the situation was already out of their favor and ordered in a low voice, “Take Odd Bone and withdraw.”

Sarcosuchus, “There are still 15 seconds left!”

Knicks, “Don’t wait, let’s go.” 

“Eris, go after Electro-optic Phantom and bring back the HD medicine.” Knicks slightly raised his hand to signal. Eris fiercely stared at Bai Chunian and provocatively raised the corners of his lips, “I’ll go play with your wife then. Knicks said he drops pearls when he cries, and I wanna pick up a lot.”

After saying that, Eris turned and jumped into the deep tank.

Sarcosuchus embraced the cultivation pod with both arms and pulled it up. He yanked off the transport tube, carried Odd Bone, who still needed 5 seconds before awakening, together with his cultivation pod. He smashed the vines and the thick walls of the laboratory to run away.

Bai Chunian wiped the remaining blood on his lips. “Chase them, I’ll find Rimbaud.” 

*

Rimbaud was stuck in the deep water medicine vault, and the way back was locked by the steel password-locked door. He repeatedly punched the closed door and finally destroyed one, but there was another one blocking him.

Under here, the signal of the communicator was completely blocked, and he couldn’t hear Bai Chunian’s voice.

His heart suddenly beat violently, and the earring attached to Bai Chunian was echoing his heart. 

Rimbaud held his heart, an ominous throbbing frightened him.

“Randi.. Is hurt.” Rimbaud frowned, patted his heart, and whispered soothingly, “It won’t hurt anymore, wait for me.”

With a suitcase containing the HD medicine in his mouth, he continued to swim to the depths. The bottom of the deep water medicine reservoir was connected to the sea. The water pressure continued to increase until he gradually saw the water filter at the bottom.

* 

Bai Chunian climbed the dome, jumped out of the laboratory, and planned to chase and intercept Eris from outside.

Sliding down from the dome of the laboratory to the ground outside, Bai Chunian slowed down. He leaned against the wall with one hand and knelt on his knees with the other to cough. He vomited a puddle of blood. His glands had not yet healed, and the oozing blood soaked his collar and penetrated his clothes.

Dealing with both Cursemaker and Puppet Master who were also using a controller, even if he had to grit his teeth to continue, would be barely enough against them. If his team members hadn’t arrived on time, it was unknown what the final result would be.

Bai Chunian supported himself with the wall to leave the pharmaceutical factory and walked towards the coast. 

“A controller…” It felt good to have this unique connection in the world.

He was a little inexplicably jealous, and he whispered, “I also want… Would Rimbaud have such a thing? If he doesn’t… can I still be considered… his Divine Envoy? If he doesn’t have it, then forget it. I don’t want… to be controlled by someone else”