The transport rails had snapped into several sections. The surrounding steel plates had warped under the intense heat, giving off a burnt smell.
Bai Zhu fell backward onto the cold metal plating. Having exhausted all his Reiatsu at the very last moment, his body was covered in burns.
Unma stood several steps away, while the shattered control console still spat sparks.
She reached out as if to help the unconscious Bai Zhu up, but her arm stopped halfway and slowly withdrew.
Her gaze swept over the dried blood at his temple before falling on the fresh wound on his wrist, cut by shattered glass.
A glint of greed flashed through her eyes.
Any thought of helping him leave vanished completely.
Unma turned around. Her high heels crunched over the inert golden particles scattered across the floor. She stopped before a row of toppled medical cabinets, pulled open their warped doors, and rummaged through the broken equipment until she found an intact blood collection tube and a blood-drawing needle designed for mechanical arms.
She crouched beside Bai Zhu again, the hand holding the needle trembling slightly.
It was excitement.
A powerful being capable of cleaving the sea with a single slash, even cutting apart the underground facility the Kakin Royal Family had operated for years along with that terrifying monster—what kind of value did his bloodline hold?
As long as this blood was sent into the Seed Urn, it would be enough to nurture a Companion Nen Beast surpassing every one in Kakin Empire history. By then, let alone the other princes, even the military would no longer be able to shake Benjamin's position.
That thought made Bai Zhu's earlier act of saving her seem utterly insignificant.
The tip of the needle approached the artery inside Bai Zhu's elbow.
Unma was