Wu Xiude had, of course, undergone Cybernetic Modification, and to no small degree. Now that his access privileges had been stripped away, his entire body became sluggish and heavy.
Yet for years, he had worried that Zuo Tai would use similar authority to strip him of everything. To that end, he had worked hard to recruit enhanced individuals unaffected by Cybernetics, while using every opportunity to cultivate and train, all so that he would still have a chance to resist in a situation like this.
Yes, what happened in that instant was precisely what he had practiced so often... though the target was different.
Emotion drove his Qi and Blood, Qi and Blood stirred his instincts. His eyes went bloodshot as he stretched out an arm and clawed forward. Moving on pure instinct, he somehow seized Fang Weixian by the throat just before the "eggshell" fully closed.
At that very moment, powerful electric shocks erupted from his chest, abdomen, spine, and other areas—the Cybernetic devices implanted in his body had "rebelled." Meanwhile, the "eggshell" before him ignored his arm as its flowing mechanical components instantly closed together, forming a completely sealed space that protected Fang Weixian within.
As for Wu Xiude, the flesh and bones of his arm below the elbow were severed outright.
"Stop!" Zuo Tai shrieked, no longer caring about appearances.
But her opinion counted for nothing. The "eggshell" that had shielded Fang Weixian split off some of its mechanical components, transforming them into savage steel blades that stabbed forward. Wu Xiude, stripped of his privileges, electrocuted, and with one arm severed, had no power left to resist. His brain and vital points in his chest and abdomen were pierced directly.
This former adjutant, now the actual controller of half the Twelve Great Districts, died without even a