"What?!" This move caught the attacker completely off guard. He had never expected Shi Tiexin to do something like this at such a moment, causing many of the killing moves he had prepared in advance to fall flat.
"He's... saving someone?"
"At a time like this?"
"In a situation like this?"
"—Is this a joke?!"
The attacker simply could not understand Shi Tiexin's motives. "Shi Tiexin, Shi Tiexin. I once respected you for being meticulous, intelligent, and sharp-minded. Never did I expect you to make such an unforgivable mistake. You wasted your own time, exposed your trump card, and, most importantly, burdened yourself."
"So today, you are fated to die!"
The attacker's spirits soared. He slapped his hands together, Thought Energy rushing to his brain. "Kill!"
Buzz, buzz, buzz. All the black structures in every direction seemed to have been pumped full of chicken blood.
Red lasers buzzed as they burst forth, while black clumps large and small flew at high speed. Their edges turned into flowing paste; once they stuck to him, they would immediately release restraint fields at close range and drag Shi Tiexin's speed down.
But the attacker had still been a step too late. Shi Tiexin had already crossed the blockade a moment in advance.
On one hand, he made the chain twist and shift incessantly like a living giant python, exerting crisscrossing forces on the scavenger and helping her evade the attacks. On the other, he charged forward at high speed to meet her.
"You're not seriously doing this, are you?" Chu Feiyan clung tightly to someone, doing everything she could to stabilize her body. "Why are you being so impulsive?!"
"You're the impulsive one." Shi Tiexin countered, "Was the weak point in the black membrane really the location of the opening of life? Would