hsntnovel Chapter 6 Talent Poison Claw
Chapter 6 Talent Poison Claw
Without the baptism of blood and fire, without the tempering of pain and death, flowers grown in a greenhouse cannot even withstand a horde of vile beasts.
Not to mention the heavy destiny that lies deep in her bones and blood, and concerns an entire civilization, that she will bear in the future.
Time passed slowly, and the wound healed rapidly under the interplay of blood and qi and impurity. The deadly poison that had invaded the body was expelled, dripping from the fingertips onto the ground and corroding tiny pits.
The pain was still excruciating, but Li Ai's eyes became clearer. She gritted her teeth, gradually adapting to the pain, learning to control it, until she could overcome it and defeat it.
After an unknown amount of time, the scarlet current slowly dissipated, the viscous blood plasma gradually dried, and the dust settled.
Li Ai's face was ashen, and she slowly stretched out her five fingers. The next second, her originally slender hands were quickly covered with a layer of glossy black nails, and her fingertips suddenly extended, becoming sharp as scimitars coated with poison, faintly emitting the putrid stench unique to poison claw rats.
"This is... a poisonous claw?" Li Ai's pupils contracted slightly, her expression full of astonishment.
She raised her hand and waved it lightly, her fingertips tracing the concrete pillar beside her, instantly leaving several deep marks, far sharper than ordinary ironware.
Li Hui nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad. Poison Claw Rats are inherently filthy beasts that rely on their innate poison claws for survival. You plundered and devoured over a hundred of them, and the filthy energy fused with your blood and qi, naturally awakening the same talent."
"Even without weapons, your hands are now comparable to sharp steel blades, and they are also corrosive and poisonous. As your strength increases, the toxicity and hardness will also increase."
Li Ai raised her hand and gripped the iron spear beside her. The black armor on her fingertips rubbed against the spear shaft, producing a piercing, sharp sound and sparks flying.
Unfortunately, the individual strength of the Poison Claw Rat was too weak, and even though it plundered and devoured a large number of them, it was not enough to help her break through the barrier of realm.
His strength increased again, and the circulation of qi and blood throughout his body became smoother.
This gain was indeed enormous, but she hadn't yet settled the score for being deliberately kept in the dark by Li Hui and dragged into the deadly battle with the rat swarm!
The next second, anger surged in Li Ai's eyes, and she suddenly thrust the spear at Li Hui. The spear passed straight through his spirit body without any sense of impact, leaving only a phantom.
"Li Hui, you bastard! You deliberately tricked me! You could have explained it beforehand, but you insisted on watching me fight to the death and suffer. I'm not finished with you!"
The girl trembled with rage, unleashing a torrent of curses, her eyes bloodshot, wishing she could pounce on him and tear his obnoxious appearance to shreds.
"Hahaha, you can't hit me, you can't hit me~ Pressure is what drives breakthroughs. If you can't even endure this little bit of hardship, how are you going to get revenge on Lin Weiwei?"
Li Hui floated in mid-air, arms crossed, smirking mockingly, completely ignoring Li Ai's anger, which made Li Ai's breathing rapid and almost out of control.
Just as the two were exchanging barbs—
Bah!
A deafening thunderous roar suddenly exploded from afar, the sound waves penetrating the dilapidated building and spreading rapidly in all directions, startling the filthy beasts lurking in the shadows into agitation and howling.
Li Ai's expression changed drastically, her hair stood on end, and she instantly suppressed all her anger and went into a state of alert.
Li Hui's smile vanished instantly, his expression turning grave as he shouted, "It's gunfire! Don't make a sound, get hidden right now!"
Li Ai didn't dare to delay. She immediately shrank into the shadows in the corner of the building, held her breath, and even deliberately slowed her heartbeat.
Li Hui transformed into a faint shadow, drifting through the dilapidated walls to investigate the outside world—a hundred meters was the limit of his distance. Helping her find out the situation outside couldn't be more appropriate.
Moments later, a group of armed men came into Li Hui's view.
The gunshots had already alerted the scattered filthy beasts nearby. Now, ten warriors led the way, wielding greatswords and spears with ferocious speed, tearing the filthy beasts apart as easily as cutting melons and vegetables. Their teamwork was impeccable, their attacks ruthless, and they exuded the ferocity of desperate criminals.
These people were all dressed in black outfits with a tiger descending the mountain pattern, with short blades at their waists and heavy spears on their backs. They were clearly a hunting group that spent years in the wilderness and were no benevolent people.
"Captain, there's a tracking marker here, just like before!" A henchman squatted down and pointed to a light red mark on the ground, shouting excitedly.
mark?
Li Hui's heart sank as he watched the group of people rushing toward the low building, their steps hurried, clearly heading for Li Ai.
He didn't dare linger, instantly darting back into the building, his voice urgent: "Stop hiding, run! They're coming for you!"
Run? Where to run?
Li Ai looked around. The low building was mostly collapsed, with broken walls and ruins scattered inside. It was filled with the stench and filth left by rats. Apart from the gaps she had come through, there were almost no smooth escape routes.
Her gaze swept rapidly, finally settling on a light-transmitting hole in the ceiling—a good twenty meters above the ground, the opening narrow but just big enough for a slender woman to squeeze through.
"Fresh footprints are in there, keep up!"
The shouts from outside grew closer, and the footsteps made the ground tremble slightly. Li Ai's heart pounded wildly, and she dared not delay for even a moment.
She took a sudden running start, pushed off with her feet, and leaped more than five meters into the air. Her venomous claws gripped the broken platform on the second floor, and she used the momentum to flip herself up. Without stopping, she continued to climb upwards.
She knew in her heart that no matter how unreliable Li Hui was in ordinary times, he would never utter a single falsehood when it came to matters of life and death.
The enemy that could make him so eager to flee must be a deadly crisis that she absolutely cannot confront head-on at present.
With a running start, a jump, and a climb, Li Ai moved as swiftly as a cheetah, getting further and further away from the ground and closer and closer to the light-transmitting opening above her head.
Just as she was about to reach the hole—
"She's on top!"
"Shoot them directly! The Lin family gave orders: kill or alive!"
Li Ai's heart suddenly tightened, almost stopping. She instinctively turned to the side, her entire body hanging tightly against the protrusion on the wall, her back pressed against the cold cement surface.
The next second, with a loud bang, the ground and rocks where she had been standing instantly collapsed, creating a huge hole, and debris flew everywhere, grazing her cheek.
The deafening gunshots echoed wildly inside the enclosed building, making Li Ai's eardrums bulge and buzz, and her head spin.
"It's the Fierce Fang-I type bolt-action hunting rifle!" Li Ai's scalp tingled, extreme terror flashed in her eyes, and cold sweat poured down her body.
Ordinary firearms are ineffective against tough-skinned beasts, while the Beast Hunter Rifle is a specially designed firearm that completely abandons rate of fire and magazine capacity in order to focus on extreme lethality.
Its bullets are incredibly powerful. Even a tough-skinned worm-toothed dog would have its limbs blown off and its body shattered if hit by one. With her current defensive capabilities, if she were hit, she would definitely be reduced to dust!
The second bullet arrived in an instant, but fortunately, after the first shot rang out, Li Ai changed positions without stopping and barely dodged the fatal blow.
When the two gunmen who had crawled in first saw this, they cursed and changed their ammunition.
The Lie Liao-I rifle weighs 22 kilograms and is incredibly powerful, but its drawbacks are also extremely obvious. It fires single shots and has a very slow reload speed. From the moment the shot is fired, the spent cartridge is manually ejected, a new cartridge is loaded, and the rifle is re-aimed, the entire process takes at least four to six seconds, resulting in a very long downtime.
It is very effective against large, slow-moving beasts, but its weaknesses are obvious when facing agile martial artists.