Depths of the Living
Chapter 39

Suppression

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Facing the Possession again, This was the only thing Luo Di could think of and the only thing he could do.

Injecting the corpse poison through a bite was the least harmful to the class monitor and would reach the artery the fastest for the quickest effect.

After confirming that the secretions from the jiangshi teeth had stopped the bleeding, Luo Di released his mouth.

Now, all that was left was to wait for the results.

In the half year since their practical training, he had already come to regard the class monitor as a friend and greatly admired her strength. In his opinion, the class monitor's willpower was definitely not low, and she would surely be able to break free.

"What did you do!?"

The Spider Woman, possessing the class monitor, was about to resist when she suddenly felt a violent tremor in her thoughts.

This tremor spread throughout her entire body via the nerves.

Her stomach also felt an immense force, as if it were about to wring her dry.

Vomit.

Gag!

Pitch-black, foul-smelling filth gushed out of the class monitor's mouth, exceeding the total amount of food she had eaten in a day. It was also mixed with a large number of spider corpses.

The Possession was interrupted!

At this moment, The paper figures in the hall all cracked apart, and the spiders within the paper bodies crawled out, converging towards the vomit and gradually forming the Spider Woman's true form.

But just as her true form was condensing, a sinister blade had already slashed down.

Her not-yet-formed body was struck on the head, and the corpse poison immediately began to erode the "Pituitary Gland" hidden within.

"Aaaargh!!!!"

The entire wedding hall echoed with a woman's scream, the space itself trembled, and a distinct "spatial rift," different from the building's structure, appeared at the main entrance.

Luo Di naturally wouldn't miss this chance to escape.

Killing the imposter's true form in the Corner Space was too difficult, and the class monitor was still unconscious. Escaping from here and contacting an investigator was the best option.

By the time the spider swarm re-aggregated and repaired the wound on its head, the wedding hall was already empty.

"You can't get away!"

The woman's limbs rapidly elongated to twice their original length, and her mouth split open into a fanged maw resembling a spider's. She gave chase at the fastest possible speed.

Stairwell.

Luo Di carried the class monitor, dressed as a bride, and sprinted down the stairs, no longer trapped by the "ghost wall" stairwell.

Breaking through the cordon set up on the first floor, he had just stepped out of the old building when, Boom! A tremendous noise came from above. A large amount of bricks and tiles rained down from the sky. Fortunately, Luo Di had already carried the class monitor a considerable distance.

Only a few small, flying pebbles landed on the class monitor, which coincidentally caused her to wake up earlier.

Her vision gradually cleared, and she first saw the rapidly moving ground tiles, allowing her to determine that she had already escaped the building.

She didn't panic or become flustered.

She didn't rush to ask Luo Di what had happened.

Knowing that she had escaped was enough.

"Luo Di, quickly put me down..."

Before she could finish speaking, the class monitor was thrown down, almost falling to the ground.

Luo Di knew very well what the sound just now meant. The imposter had broken through the wall of the stairwell and jumped down. Any hesitation would mean being caught.

Now that the class monitor was awake, everything would be easier.

"I'll hold this thing off. Class monitor, quickly find a way to contact the investigators... You can still run, right?"

"Yes!"

The class monitor had no intention of staying to fight. She had just escaped the possession, was weak, and had no weapons. Staying here would only make her a burden.

She summoned the speed of a physical education sprinter and quickly ran towards the exit of the residential complex. While running, she also began to shout for help loudly, hoping her cries would overpower the sound of the heavy rain and awaken the residents within the complex.

Even if the residents didn't hear her, she would reach the street corner immediately and flag down passing vehicles.

"Don't even think about leaving!"

The spider woman, who had leaped from the third floor, landed steadily. Her limbs moved with astonishing speed, and it took less than five seconds to catch up to the class monitor.

Her face was now devoid of skin, and the crevice in the middle seemed to be splitting open with rage. The crevice appeared to be filled with compound eye-like structures, similar to a spider's.

As she rapidly crawled along the class monitor's escape route, A blade with immense pressure slashed from the side, cutting through even the falling raindrops.

Swish~

A few drops of fresh blood mingled with the rainwater, flowing together towards the storm drain.

He landed a hit, but it only cut three centimeters deep. The spider's innate abilities allowed the woman to dodge effectively in the nick of time.

Her body was wounded, and the corpse poison inflicted intense, corrosive pain. On top of that, the entire wedding ceremony had been disrupted by this young man, fueling her hatred.

The spider-woman could no longer think rationally. The negative emotions accumulating in her mind had far exceeded their limit, and the urge to kill the young man became her sole driving force.

In her view, she could still catch up if she killed him quickly.

Having lost the two heads from her tail, the woman had to spit out hair-like spider silk from her mouth.

The quantity was limited; the black hair could only be divided into four strands at most.

He swung, Luo Di, completely focused, remained in peak condition. The heavy rain didn't disrupt his vision.

Swish! With just two slashes, he severed the incoming black hair.

But the black hair was merely a distraction.

The moment he cut through the hair, the woman had already closed in.

Crack~ A sound came from her arm joint.

Her fingers, like her arms, were twice the length of a normal person's, and her nails were even sharper.

Her five fingers closed together, shooting out like a piercing spear towards the young man's head. If she hit, his entire head would be impaled.

Facing the danger of death, Luo Di showed no intention of retreating. He widened his eyes and slashed again!

The blade collided with her fingers.

Clang!

The sound of metal striking metal rang out.

The Zombie Blade unexpectedly flew out of his hand, soaring high into the air and landing in the green belt of the residential area more than ten meters away.

Luo Di looked at his trembling palm, his expression grave. "Is this the strength of a true Imposter?"

However, the spider-woman was also in pain. Two of her fingers had been severed in the collision. The intense pain caused her to cry out madly, drowning out the sound of the rain and echoing throughout the entire complex.

She didn't stop attacking; her other hand was already poised.

Whoosh!

Her arm swung, and another, even more ferocious, piercing attack came.

This time, Luo Di had no weapon to defend himself with.

He stood frozen in place, seemingly not having recovered from the previous impact, with no intention of dodging at all.

But Luo Di's gaze was exceptionally clear, as if he had seen through her attack path.

Swish~ His flesh was pierced.

However, the blood mixed with the rainwater was an unusual black.

What the spider-woman had pierced was not Luo Di's head, but his right palm, which had moved to block the attack.

To be precise, it was his zombified palm. The hardening effect belonging to a zombie seemed to have been inherited as well.

Yaa!

The woman swung her right arm, which had just had two fingers severed, again.

Luo Di decisively raised his other palm. Swish! His palm was slightly pierced but not penetrated.

A fierce glint flashed in Luo Di's eyes, which were covered in bloodshot veins.

Ignoring the pain of his impaled palm, he forcefully pressed down with his ten fingers. The zombie's nails dug into her hand, firmly gripping the spider-woman's hands and ensuring she couldn't pull her arms back.

Before she could kick or spray spider silk, Luo Di's forehead veins bulged, and he gritted his teeth, unleashing his maximum strength! This was the strength gained from over a thousand push-ups and various Physical Education classes every day for so long.

Although the spider-woman displayed Phobia-concretization and could construct Corner Spaces, she still belonged to the human category. Her weight did not exceed 70kg.

Luo Di used his right foot as a pivot, twisting his waist and back.

Like throwing a hammer, he rotated his body 360°, using his full strength to throw the woman out.

Clang!

In the darkness of night, the humanoid spider was thrown more than four meters away and slammed heavily against a metal streetlamp. The sound of bones breaking could even be heard.

The moment the throwing motion was completed, Luo Di completely disregarded his impaled palm and immediately ran towards the green belt, intending to retrieve his weapon.

Just as he was about to grab the hilt... Whoosh! A strand of black hair wrapped around the blade, and the next second, it was in the woman's hand.

"What!"

His weapon was taken, Luo Di's current physical condition was definitely no match for the opponent, and the same move would never be effective a second time; he couldn't confront her head-on.

Adrenaline surged, urging him to flee at full speed, to live as long as possible and gain a chance for rescue.

But just as he was about to take his first step, the Spider Woman had already caught up behind him.

At the critical moment, A metal trash can suddenly flew over, hitting the Spider Woman precisely on the head. Household garbage mixed with rainwater splashed onto the woman's face, causing a distraction.

The class monitor's shout cut through the rain, reaching him directly:

"Luo Di, get out of there!!"

Luo Di didn't need the class monitor's reminder; he had already moved away the moment it happened.

The Spider Woman frantically cleared the garbage, and just as she was about to pursue...

Bzzzz!

Bzzzz!

Bzzzz!

Some kind of alarm sounded from above, waking all the residents in the neighborhood. All sorts of furniture vibrated with the noise, and birds in their homes began to chirp.

Click~

A special lighting system descended from the sky.

Intense, deep red light came down in the shape of a rectangular frame, perfectly boxing in the Spider Woman.

The border of the frame displayed the word "WARNING" in five languages.

It prohibited any non-target personnel from approaching, warning all non-target humans that the area within the frame was extremely dangerous.

This intense red light instantly overwhelmed the light from the neighborhood's streetlamps, even bathing the surrounding streets in its red radiation, dyeing them crimson.

The Spider Woman had no time to escape.

Swish!

Five slender, deep black pillars descended from the sky.

Click~

They instantly pierced the woman's spine and limbs, rooting her to the ground.

Immediately following, a military helicopter, bearing a circle and the letter "I" printed on its side, appeared in the night sky and slowly descended.

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