Sequence 9: Cripple

Lin Yu advanced step by step with his machete, putting on an icy front when, in truth, he had no confidence at all!

He was a Transcendent, and he had injected himself with Gene Enhancement Fluid.

But!

He belonged to a support sequence!

Could he win this fight?

If all twenty-odd of them were ordinary people, with no Transcendents among them, he might stand a chance.

But!

How was that possible?!

The cripple had dark skin and was so thin that his facial bones jutted out. A mess of dreadlocks stuck up from his head. Walking at the front, he gazed coldly at Lin Yu and slowly said:

"Crippled Leg Pathway, Sequence 9: Cripple."

Lin Yu said:

"Oh."

The cripple:

"?"

He had introduced himself.

Wasn't Lin Yu supposed to announce his pathway and sequence too?

Did he have no manners?!

Lin Yu thought for a moment and decided he had indeed been a little rude, so he said:

"Flesh sequence, Sequence 9: Flesh Apprentice."

"?"

This question mark came from Zhai Guang. As he punched Zhao Yang, whose entire body was scorching hot, he glanced back at Lin Yu, his eyes brimming with fury.

Motherfucker.

He didn't want to fight anymore!

He wanted to go back and beat Lin Yu up first.

The Flesh Pathway?!

The cripple frowned slightly, caution and apprehension flashing through his eyes. That was indeed a very difficult pathway to deal with. Rapid flesh regeneration made Flesh Apprentices extremely hard to kill.

Their tendency to go berserk at the sight of blood and revel in pain also allowed every Flesh Apprentice to become a berserker.

The longer they fought, the stronger and crazier they became.

No wonder he had charged over alone.

Everyone on the Flesh Pathway was insane...

That made perfect sense.

Just then.

Lin Yu suddenly smiled:

"You didn't actually believe that, did you?"

The cripple's expression immediately darkened. Violence welled up inside him as he clenched his teeth and stared at Lin Yu:

"You fucking played me!"

Lin Yu shook his head:

"No fucking involved. I just played you."

Throughout their conversation.

Lin Yu, the cripple, and the others had kept edging forward, testing one another. By now, they had clearly reached a suitable distance. The instant Lin Yu finished speaking, a cold gleam flashed through his eyes. He exploded into motion, swinging his machete at the cripple!

Whoosh!

In that instant.

Lin Yu moved so fast that he seemed to become a gust of wind!

Don't forget!

He wasn't merely an ordinary Transcendent. He had also injected himself with Gene Enhancement Fluid!

Even without the boost from special energy, his combat strength was nothing to scoff at!

Lin Yu's mockery, followed by his sudden attack, caught the cripple off guard. By the time he tried to defend himself, a machete was already coming straight at his face.

The cripple frowned slightly, pushed off with one leg, and rapidly retreated.

The next second.

He planted his good leg firmly on the ground and kicked his crippled leg high, aiming at Lin Yu's blade.

Lin Yu's eyes widened.

Holy shit.

That was how people on the Crippled Leg Pathway used their crippled legs?

Wasn't the damn thing crippled?

He could still kick people with it?

Lin Yu felt an immense force, and his machete was kicked aside in an instant!

That crippled leg was incredibly powerful!

Not far away, Ye Qing watched Lin Yu with a smile and offered a hint:

"The legs of those on the Crippled Leg Pathway are their primary means of attack. It's a common fact that defies common sense."

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at the cripple's other leg, the good one.

Since the crippled leg was stronger.

Then...

Couldn't he focus his attacks on the cripple's good leg?

As Lin Yu considered this, the cripple's mind briefly went hazy.

Wait...

What had just happened?

Oh...

He was fighting this damned brat.

The cripple's memory vanished in a flash. He didn't even notice that a moment of his memory had been erased.

And it wasn't just him.

Even Lin Yu hadn't noticed.

Seeing this, the other outlaws immediately converged on Lin Yu. Their faces twisted with viciousness as they roared, gripped their assorted weapons, and hacked at him as though they cared nothing for their lives.

Lin Yu stood perfectly still, his lips curling into a cold, mocking smile.

Tsk...

Were all outlaws this brainless?

Whoosh!

Cold steel flashed.

Clenching the machete in his right hand, Lin Yu picked a direction and abruptly darted forward.

Once he closed in on the outlaws, a cold gleam flashed in his eyes, and he swept his machete across!

Boom!

The machete, imbued with transcendent power, swept out with a roar!

Splat...!

Three outlaws were cut clean in half at the waist in an instant.

Blood, scraps of flesh, and organs splattered everywhere.

They also sprayed all over Lin Yu's body, face, and blade...

Scalding blood streamed down his face.

Lin Yu frowned slightly.

He was still too inexperienced.

How had killing someone left him this filthy?

Unhurriedly, Lin Yu took out a tissue and wiped the blood from his face. Then he turned toward the other outlaws, his lips curving into a smile as he said mockingly:

"You're next."

The outlaws' hearts involuntarily raced. Looking at Lin Yu, covered in blood with half a length of intestine even hanging from his shoulder, they couldn't help feeling terrified.

Was... was this guy really not from the Flesh sequence?

He sure looked like he was!

The cripple's expression was equally grim. His ruthless eyes remained fixed on Lin Yu as he kept analyzing him, trying to figure out his sequence...

But he still couldn't tell anything.

All he could see was that Lin Yu was fast and fairly strong.

"Everyone, stay behind me! Watch his position, and don't let him pick you off!"

The cripple shouted, his gaze icy.

Then he charged at Lin Yu again with a strange gait. Being a cripple, he ran with a limp, his movements so twisted and bizarre that they almost made one want to laugh.

But there was no denying that he was actually quite fast!

At least, much faster than an ordinary person!

Charging up to Lin Yu, the cripple pushed off with one leg and leaped three meters into the air, viciously kicking his crippled leg at Lin Yu's head.

A white glow rose from his crippled leg, brimming with transcendent power.

The force behind it was tremendous!

It also boosted his speed.

Lin Yu frowned slightly, debating whether to dodge.

Suddenly!

A dangerously alluring Mandala broke through the soil of the wilderness. Its blood-red flower bloomed freely, displaying an eerie, crimson, perilous beauty.

At that moment,

The surrounding ground was stained scarlet as well.

A bewitching beam of red light abruptly shot from the Mandala's center, striking straight at the cripple.

The cripple felt the transcendent energy inside him suddenly spiral out of control, falling into disarray. He even felt as though he was about to go mad...

The cripple's eyes widened in disbelief...

This...

What was going on?

The next moment.

The cripple's body fell uncontrollably.

He was still staring at Lin Yu in disbelief, thinking this was Lin Yu's doing!

Little did he know...

Ye Qing stood not far away, watching with lazy amusement. She even yawned.

A sharp gleam flashed through Lin Yu's eyes. Seizing the opportunity, he rushed up to the cripple with his machete and hacked furiously at his good leg.

Splat!

Splat!

Splat!

Blood sprayed, and flesh flew!

With a crack, the cripple's good leg was severed outright. Even as a Transcendent with exceptionally strong bones, he couldn't withstand such savage hacking!

The cripple cried out in pain.

"Aah!"

As Lin Yu hacked away, the transcendent power inside him kept burrowing into the cripple's brain, contaminating it and eroding his memories.

The cripple screamed, confusion spreading across his face.

Ah...

It hurts...

I... where am I?

Why does it hurt a little?

My leg?

What's wrong with my leg?

It hurts.

Huh...

Why does it hurt?

Who am I?

Why can't I feel either of my legs?

Whose leg is that on the ground? It's been chopped into mince.

Where's my arm?

Gradually...

With a bewildered expression, the cripple looked around in confusion as he was hacked apart. Like an idiot, he forgot to resist, forgot to struggle, and simply lay obediently on the ground while Lin Yu cut him to pieces.

Lin Yu, meanwhile, took a very practical approach. Machete in hand, he ignored the blood on his body and focused solely on chopping flesh.

Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!

After taking apart the good leg, he moved on to the bad one. After the bad leg, he moved on to the arms...

At that moment.

Everyone present was stunned.

They stared at Lin Yu in horror, as though looking at a demon.

Who were the real Road Bandits here?!