The blade scraped past the iron fist, scattering sparks.
Immediately afterward, the Supervisor's body suddenly froze, shock surging into his eyes.
The next moment, his enormous head crashed to the ground.
Black Mech Gang Supervisor (Ordinary Tier 2) killed. Obtained 1,780 Experience Points.
"I figured I should be pretty famous in Sin Capital."
Ignoring the mechanical corpse that had crashed to the ground, Jiang Xiao revealed a grim smile as he looked toward the increasingly chaotic aliens around him. A silver-blue streak of light shot out from the burning shop and floated into the air.
Since he had already made his move, he could no longer be bothered with any possible consequences or chain reactions.
Tonight, he was going to hunt to his heart's content!
He poured the Experience Points into Source Energy Intensity. His depleted source energy instantly recovered to its peak, while the Source Energy Circuit of the Thunder Cannon Floating Cannon gradually changed from blue to yellow.
"Not good, that's the Old Capital Killing God! I recognize that mask! The Old Capital Killing God!"
"What? He really came?!"
"No!!!"
The Thunder Cannon Floating Cannon's hum tore through the night sky. A deep-blue wave of light swept across like the Grim Reaper's scythe, and the powerful shockwave instantly shredded more than a dozen aliens.
The second wave of light finished charging right after that, slicing the fleeing aliens in half! Their intestines and mechanical armor fragments vaporized in the heat, and the pungent smell of charred flesh immediately spread throughout the entire market!
"Do you think you can get away?"
Jiang Xiao snarled as he swung his battle blades. His entire body shot straight into the densest cluster of criminals like a shell, both blades flashing and weaving together.
Whether they were Martial Artists or not, every alien was within his attack range!
"Get him! Get him! We can't let him keep destroying the market!"
Three Armored Jeeps rapidly charged over from not far away. More than a dozen fully armed Mech Martial Gang members still had no idea what had happened; they had merely received the order issued by the Supervisor moments ago.
Jiang Xiao did not pause for even an instant. He raised and lowered his blades, cutting down alien after alien, while the Thunder Cannon Floating Cannon turned its barrel and spewed a blinding yellow light from its overloaded charge. The three Armored Jeeps and the aliens atop them melted into one beneath the explosion.
He immediately raised his Source Energy Intensity by one point, and the source energy he had spent most of recovered once again.
The Thunder Cannon Floating Cannon maintained peak firepower from beginning to end!
Explosions and flames raged, while blood of every color, like an oil painting, flowed across the ground.
Suddenly, Jiang Xiao narrowed his eyes. He sensed two powerful auras rapidly approaching from above the market!
Boom!! A huge hole burst through the ceiling, and two black figures leaped down. The Source Energy Auras unique to Tier 2 Martial Artists surged upward, while the Mechanical Prosthetics covering at least sixty percent of their bodies lit up in unison, gathering terrifying power.
Ordinary Tier 2 Martial Artists. Sigh, another pair of five-hundred-pound bodies that couldn't produce even a few ounces of flesh.
"How dare you cause trouble in Mech Martial Gang territory! What a fucking—"
Origin Data surged, and blade light flashed.
The two mechanical corpses crashed to the ground.
Jiang Xiao surveyed the wreckage of the Wicked Soul Market. Seeing that no worthwhile prey remained, he did not linger. He quickly stripped the core components from the three mechanical bodies, then finally disappeared into the night beneath the glow of the raging fire.
Seeing this, some terrified aliens hiding in the corners shakily took out their terminals and began notifying their respective gangs.
It did not take long for a piece of news to set the entire Sin Capital ablaze.
--The Mech Martial Gang's Direct Market had been attacked by the Old Capital Killing God. Four Ordinary Tier 2 Martial Artists, forty-one Tier 1 Martial Artists, and more than four hundred gang members had died on the spot!!
The silent night was shattered by countless cries of alarm.
At the Viper Gang headquarters, a Viper Clan Martial Artist with an incomparably powerful aura smashed the tabletop to pieces.
"Old Capital Killing God! I can't believe you actually dared to come to Sin Capital!"
Sin Capital · Central TV Tower.
Kliffen, who had been constantly mocking the prisoners of Sin Capital while throwing in a bit of news, suddenly brightened.
He immediately snatched up the microphone and said mysteriously:
"Woohoo, you scumbags, I've got one bad piece of news and one even worse piece of news. Which one do you want to hear first?!"
A wave of curses immediately erupted from the various bars and public platforms across Sin Capital.
Kliffen's voice rose in pitch. "Then allow me to tell you all. The bad news is that there is · no · good · news. Hahahaha!!
"The even worse news is—
"Guess what? The Old Capital Killing God has come to Sin Capital!! That's right, you filthy scumbags didn't hear wrong. That God of Death has arrived in Sin Capital, and he caused a Major Event the moment he appeared!
"He burned down the Mech Martial Gang's Direct Market and slaughtered four Tier 2 Martial Artists. This Sin Capital, crawling with bastards and cowards, has finally received a real man!
"Oh ho ho ho, now the snakes from the Viper Gang had better watch themselves. Your snake-headed deputy leader seems to have quite an issue with him. Be careful not to get sent to your deaths as cannon fodder~
"Mm-hmm, and you cowardly old bastards from the Council Sunset Squad had better lift your blankets and check underneath before going to sleep tonight. Don't wet yourselves in fright.
"Hahahahahaha!!!"
Kliffen's deranged laughter echoed throughout Sin Capital, yet most of the criminals were thrown into an uproar.
It was not as if Sin Capital had never seen butchers before.
Killing at the slightest disagreement was, honestly, quite common here. However, this was the first time a God of Death capable of slaughtering Tier 2 Martial Artists on a large scale had appeared.
Tier 1 Martial Artists could still be surrounded and killed with enough Gunpowder Weapons and Electromagnetic Weaponry. But what about Tier 2 Martial Artists?
At least, the weapons held by most of Sin Capital's criminals could not inflict much damage on Tier 2 Martial Artists.
"Sin Capital is going to fall into chaos again. I wonder how many gangs will rise and fall this time."
"Has Sin Capital ever not been chaotic?"
"..."
Spark Bar.
The enormous bar was packed with people, yet not a sound could be heard at this moment. Everyone held the same pose, silently watching the television hanging from the ceiling.
Qian Ling withdrew her gaze and looked at Li Yuan behind the bar. The two stared at each other in silence.
"..."
"I figured you only got back from Mr. Jiang less than half a day ago?"
"Mm..."
Li Yuan sighed helplessly. "I didn't expect Mr. Jiang to be so bold. It seems we underestimated his hatred of the aliens. I wonder what exactly he went through to develop such an intense bloodlust toward them."
Thinking of Jiang Xiao when he had slaughtered the Venomous Hunter Group, Qian Ling said thoughtfully, "I feel that aside from his disgust toward the aliens, he seems to gain something from killing."
At that, a sharp glint flashed through Li Yuan's eyes, and he gave a slight nod.
"In any case, don't go to the Yuanjin Black Market for the next few days. Contact Mr. Jiang remotely and ask whether he wants to come to Spark Bar and lie low for a while."
"I understand."
At the Mechanical Workshop, Jiang Xiao hung up his communication with Qian Ling.
He looked at the air in front of him with a relaxed expression. "Personal Panel."
Total Experience Points: 10,231 Source Energy Intensity: 59 (307/1000) Spirit Energy Intensity: 36 (781/1000)
The Spirit Energy Experience Points he had gained from the Viper Clan's Longya and from learning had given his Source Energy Intensity and Spirit Energy Intensity a considerable boost.
His Source Energy Intensity in particular. With the amplification from his Talent Value, his actual strength was enough to rival a Martial Artist with seventy points. Coupled with the Thunder Cannon Floating Cannon in overload mode, fighting a Tier 2 Elite head-on would not be difficult!
Looking at his total Experience Points, Jiang Xiao pondered for a moment before ultimately choosing to raise his Spirit Energy Intensity to forty-six points—in other words, the Tier 1 Peak.
As a warm current surged through him, Jiang Xiao gritted his teeth and held on.
A short while later, the discomfort faded, replaced by an indescribable comfort that filled his mind.
Source Energy Intensity: 60 (319/1000) Spirit Energy Intensity: 46 (0/2500)
With a thought, the even clearer streams of Garbled Code than before faintly coiled around Jiang Xiao's fingertips, while invisible fluctuations spread across a range of four to five meters around him!
"Not bad."
Aside from the increased range, Jiang Xiao believed that detection equipment would have an even harder time finding him from now on. It was time to plan how to rescue Xiguang.
The sooner this was done, the better.
Looking at the map of Kasar Street Block that Qian Ling had given him, Jiang Xiao fell into thought.
A frontal assault was unlikely to work. Even if he could not be locked onto, the operator could still control the weapon manually. He would not gamble on whether the other party's neural reaction speed could hit a Tier 2 Martial Artist.
His opponent had opportunities to make mistakes, but he did not. The Electromagnetic Tank's enormous caliber could inflict such devastating frontal damage that even a Tier 3 Martial Artist would have to think twice.
Mm... Besides, a frontal assault was unnecessary.
The real difficulty in rescuing Xiguang lay in finding her. According to Qian Ling, communication between the Spark Gang and Xiguang had already been cut off before he came to Sin Capital. At present, aside from knowing that Xiguang was still alive, they knew nothing else!
"If I can find Xiguang, perhaps I can bring her out without anyone noticing..." Jiang Xiao's eyes lit up.
This was indeed a good method. As long as the Sin City Council did not know Xiguang had escaped, that enormous mechanized army would most likely remain stationed there for a long time.
It might be able to restrain the forces of the Sin City Council and the Viper Gang to some extent. Besides, those troops would make excellent sources of Experience Points.
"Find Xiguang..."
He took out the Terminal Goggles that had been with him for so long. After pondering for a moment, Jiang Xiao tried injecting a greater amount of Origin Data into them.
The radar's range immediately began expanding, and the battery consumption accelerated accordingly. In the end, it barely stabilized at a radius of around seven hundred meters.
"The range is barely enough. All that's missing is target locking. As it happens, the Sniper Scope component of the Electromagnetic Rifle has relevant technical data. Perhaps I can make some adjustments."
X-21's Sniper Scope was a specialized personal terminal, so Jiang Xiao had some understanding of this kind of detection terminal.
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