Arcane Detective of the Steam Age
Chapter 173

Breakthrough

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The Hellhound was far faster than Li Wei had imagined. As it started moving, everything before his eyes blurred. The next instant, he realized they had already left their starting point and arrived at the entrance to the Central Data Tower.

Even more unbelievably, despite that incredible speed and the rush of air against his face, Li Wei remained seated steadily on the Three-Headed Hound's back, without being thrown off or even jostled.

Where had inertia gone?

As for that question... ask magic.

"What is that thing?!"

While Li Wei mourned this world's laws of physics, the rioters at the entrance spotted the Hellhound charging straight toward them and immediately began shouting in terror.

"A monster! A monster!"

"Sh-shut up! Stop it!"

To ordinary people, a three-headed hound was certainly a strange creature, perhaps even a monster.

But that was all. The public was "ignorant." A dog with three heads that was a little oversized wasn't really anything that strange, right?

For the Luddites, however, it was a different story.

They knew those ancient, mysterious legends well. Precisely because of that, when the Three-Headed Hound charged toward them like black lightning, those myths immediately sprang to mind: a pitch-black, three-headed Hellhound emerging from the shadows with a roar, dragging its prey into eternally burning Hellfire...

"What are you standing around for?! Stop it!!"

At the rioter's command, two enormous construction mechs quickly turned around, attempting to block the Three-Headed Hound. Against humans, these machines were towering walls, but before the hound, they were no more than a pair of cardboard boxes. Facing the mechs in its path, the Three-Headed Hound simply raised a forepaw and swiped forward!

The steel mechs, sturdy enough to withstand bullets, were torn apart by its sharp claws. Their thick steel plates screeched, folding and ripping

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