I'm Human! (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

Bang!

Almost at the same time, the heavy security door jolted with a bang, split open by a huge gash.

The axe blade pierced through the door, leaving a bone-deep wound in the woman's shoulder.

At the same time,

the axe seemed to have gotten stuck in the door panel.

—Aah!

"Die!"

A piercing scream tore from the woman's throat.

The red in her eyes deepened, and a savage expression flashed across her face.

The terror of facing life and death drove her completely mad.

Now that she saw Hu Qi's axe was stuck,

she knew this was a perfect opportunity.

Without further hesitation, she endured the pain of her injuries, yanked open the security door, and lunged at Hu Qi on a gust of fishy wind.

The black nails on her one remaining arm lengthened by a visible span, turning into sharp spikes as they clawed straight for Hu Qi's throat.

Facing her attack, Hu Qi's expression did not change.

He merely shifted his body slightly, sinking his center of gravity onto the ball of his rear foot.

In an instant, the muscles in his leg tensed like a fully drawn bowstring before exploding outward.

Hiss!

His foot cut through the air, stretching taut into a straight line with his leg.

It drew a white streak through the air.

The human leg was far stronger than the arm.

Its muscles were larger and more powerful, its bones thicker and harder, allowing them to work together and unleash even more terrifying force.

If the force behind Hu Qi's punches was merely close to a thousand jin,

then this kick, driven by his leg, had absolutely reached—or even surpassed—a thousand jin of force.

Bang!

The instant Hu Qi's foot struck the woman monster's chest,

the protruding area rippled visibly before caving in.

When the woman monster's fingers were still about twenty centimeters from Hu Qi's throat, her body shuddered.

She had no time to react at all.

She was sent flying backward at high speed.

Her black hair spilled loose as a shrill scream burst from her mouth.

Her body arced through the air and smashed viciously into the living room wall behind her.

A dull bang rang out.

The impact shattered the wall painting hanging there with spiderweb cracks.

At last, her body slid down the wall and collapsed onto the floor.

"...Urgh!"

Her body twisted in agony as blackish-red blood continuously sprayed from her mouth.

But that was all.

An attack that would have killed an ordinary person on the spot had only injured her. It was not fatal at all.

"No, run. I have to get out of here, or there's only one road left—death!"

At that moment, this thought filled the woman monster's mind.

It also made her face reality completely.

She was truly afraid.

Ever since she had been transformed, her level of life had changed.

She had gone from a woman powerless enough that she could not even truss a chicken, able to struggle through society only by relying on a face that was passable enough,

to a Black Blood Species wielding great power.

Ordinary humans were like ants before her, free for her to slaughter as she pleased.

She had heard that the Xiya Federation had organizations dedicated to dealing with beings like them.

She had encountered those people before.

Their methods were terrifying, and the aura they gave off suppressed her intensely.

If she had not run fast enough back then, she would have fallen into their hands.

But now, this person before her.

He clearly did not carry that kind of aura.

Yet he made her feel that sensation again.

No, it was even worse.

Her body's instinct for survival was screaming warnings at her.

She did not dare pause. Quickly bracing herself against the wall, she forced herself to stand.

Thanks to the Black Blood Species' powerful vitality,

the bones in her caved-in chest had already begun to heal.

With enough fresh blood to replenish herself, she might recover completely before long.

But she could not care about any of that now. She charged straight toward the balcony to one side.

There was only a layer of glass outside the balcony, with no security bars.

With her strength, she only needed to ram it lightly to smash through the glass.

This place was more than forty meters above the ground.

At that height, the chance of her dying outright from the fall was small, but she could not avoid being severely injured.

Then, those people might very well capture her.

But if she stayed here, death was certain.

One option meant she might die. The other meant she would die right now.

Any creature with a functioning brain would choose the former.

These thoughts only flashed through her mind.

Within a few steps, she had reached the balcony.

Just as she was about to crash through the glass.

Pfft!

A violent wave of pain struck her.

A section of axe blade gleaming with cold light flashed past her waist.

The next moment, her vision spun.

The upper half of her body flew away.

Her lower body, propelled by inertia, rushed forward some distance before slamming into the balcony railing.

Dark red blood splattered everywhere.

"You... what exactly are you?"

Perhaps because she had lost too much blood and was on the verge of death,

the abnormalities of being a Black Blood Species were fading, and she had returned to the frail appearance of an ordinary woman.

Her face was deathly pale, filled with unwillingness.

After spitting out several mouthfuls of blood, she struggled to ask that question.

"Hm? I'm human. Can't you tell?"

Hu Qi frowned as he spoke.

"You're the one I should be asking—why did you come looking for trouble with me?"

"Heh, who are you trying to fool?"

The woman sneered.

She stared at Hu Qi with a face full of mockery.

Her gaze was like that of someone looking at a dead man.

"Don't celebrate too soon. Now that you've killed us, you'll also—"

Pfft!

Before she could finish,

the axe flashed.

The woman's lovely head burst open on the spot like a watermelon.

"You really talk too much. If you won't say it, then go die!"

Hu Qi cursed under his breath.

Only after seeing that she had completely stopped moving did he drop onto the floor.

His chest heaved violently as he panted harshly.

Waves of exhaustion washed through his body.

He might have looked fierce and relaxed just now, but in truth, every strike had used his full strength.

It was his first time facing a monster like this.

Naturally, he had not dared hold back.

If he got killed, there would be nowhere to cry about it.

That had also drained a huge amount of his stamina.

"This so-called Black Blood Species seems to be nothing much. It's not as terrifying as I imagined—its recovery and vitality are just a little stronger."

Hu Qi frowned and muttered to himself.

Under the double boost of the Nourishing Origin Breathing Method and Dragon Spirit Tiger Fierce,

Hu Qi's depleted stamina soon recovered at an astonishing speed.

Inside the room,

the incandescent light overhead cast a ghastly white glow.

As far as the eye could see, the room was a complete mess.

Disordered furniture, axe marks, and the headless female corpse on the floor.

Large amounts of crimson blood flowed along the base of the walls, pooling into a small puddle.

The air was thick with the stench of blood.

And he, soaked from head to toe in blood and holding an axe,

looked like some deranged murderer who had just finished hacking someone apart.

If anyone else saw this scene,

under the laws of the Xiya Federation,

they might not even investigate or give him a chance to argue—no, to explain.

They would simply treat him as the murderer and shoot him.