Deep in the Living-Chapter 186 - 180 Failure

Iron wire entwined, torture devices constructed.

Before the arrival of the special deceased, Luo Di created even more precise beast traps that emitted no heat and placed them in several inconspicuous areas.

Hua Yuan also witnessed the entire process of the torture device’s construction, eyeing the beast traps with their iron wires and sharp sawteeth; even she could sense the threat and experience phantom pain.

"You’re actually a ’Connector’? This clearly isn’t something from the Corner."

"Yes."

"Hiss~ It’s making me so anxious now~ I really want to finish up here quickly and then give you a proper interrogation..."

≮Heheha≯

The laughter of the deceased came from the depths of the darkness, interrupting Hua Yuan’s words.

"Here it comes!"

At the edge of vision, deep within the darkness.

The masked deceased was approaching, running at an incredibly high speed in a very odd posture.

Hands shaped like blades,

exaggerated swinging arm movements,

feet stomping on the ground rapidly and forcefully, each step leaving behind black footprints that no grass could grow from.

The speed was astoundingly fast; he had closed a distance of ten meters almost instantly from the moment he was seen dashing out of the dark.

To maintain maximum running speed, the deceased did not carry the intimidating black knife and it was unknown where the weapon was stashed.

Luo Di immediately exchanged glances with Hua Yuan, signalling the beginning of combat.

The two rapidly retreated in a certain direction, deliberately luring the deceased into a specific area... and they intentionally slowed down, to a pace that the deceased would gradually catch up with.

Just as they were about to be caught,

just short of a five-meter distance,

the deceased’s foot stepped on a patch of iron that was excellently disguised, triggering the trap.

Spring of hellish material brutally contracted, clamping down with the trap’s pieces.

Ding!

There was no sound of flesh and bone shattering, but rather a weird metallic collision.

The beast trap that could easily snap a Pseudo-Person of the same level was now stuck! The sawteeth couldn’t penetrate the deceased’s shin, merely slicing open the skin.

Something inside the deceased, or the hardness of his being itself, blocked the beast trap.

Upon careful observation, something like a thick color could be seen flowing under the skin, a gloomy hue.

Similarly,

the iron wires released from the beast trap couldn’t drill into it either, unable to inflict pain but merely acting as a restraint.

But at least it stopped the creature, making the deceased focus on its feet, and the most threatening black knife was not on hand.

An excellent opportunity,

Luo Di and Hua Yuan attacked from left and right simultaneously,

Ding!

The same strange striking sound, and a very unsettling feeling upon impact.

The smoking hot Pig Slaughter Knife chopped precisely at the deceased’s neck,

even though it should have been the weakest part of the human body, it only penetrated less than two centimeters deep. The feeling conveyed wasn’t like flesh at all, but more like an unknown hard material, and the dark hue oozing at the wound made Luo Di’s scalp tingle.

Hua Yuan faced a similar situation on the other side.

Her current form, the Invader’s Stance, was one of the strongest physical forms, aiming to pierce through the opponent’s side with the shape of a hand blade.

What seemed like an ordinary hand blade was actually covered with a layer of highly concentrated Spirit Body Film, possessing a strong ’Invasion Attribute’.

Any object touched, whether a fresh living thing or an inorganic dead object, would be invaded, its surface structure disintegrating instantly.

It was because of this invasive nature that Hua Yuan firmly occupied the top position in the sisterhood, unmatched even by sisters of previous terms.

Ever since she grew from Thought Corner, she had been unceasingly invading everything around her, unstoppable and hardly ever encountering any form of setback.

But now...

When her hand blade landed on the abdomen of the deceased, the anticipated scenario of invasion and piercing did not occur.

The Spirit Body Film that represented the ’Invasion Attribute’ lost its original effect the moment it cut through the skin and touched the underlying structure.

The ominous glimmer directly caused the Spiritual Body to disintegrate, decay, and become entirely ineffective.

Not only did it fail to harm the deceased, but it also resulted in Hua Yuan’s fingers being broken.

"Unable to Invade!?"

Hua Yuan couldn’t believe what was happening before her. She had fought various powerful sisters and even Pseudo-People from other organizations, but nothing like this had ever occurred.

Her invasion rights were exceedingly high; anyone she hit would suffer mishaps.

Yet, the deceased in front of her seemed to be her nemesis, as if he was specifically created to target her, like her natural predator.

≮Heheha≯

The deceased’s laughter was like a bone-chilling frost, penetrating her ears and freezing her brain.

Two arms, surpassing ordinary humans, reached into the pitch-black darkness where no light shone, and from ostensibly nothing grasped two black knives.

The deceased could blend with the darkness, utilize the darkness, and turn death and darkness into weapons to wield.

However,

Luo Di was a step faster on this side.

The moment the beast trap touched the opponent’s flesh, Luo Di had already estimated its hardness; their body material was not human at all, and was more like the black coffins from before.

The failed beheading further confirmed the high strength of the deceased’s flesh.

Luo Di immediately changed strategies, turning the Pig Slaughter Knife back into the appearance of a pig’s head.

"Zhu Bo, lend me all your strength!"

Hmph~ The pig’s head gripped in hand instantly transformed into a pair of rubber gloves typically worn for slaughtering.

Clang clang~

A Butcher Hook Chain grew from the left arm, and the hook neatly looped around the deceased’s neck.

Meanwhile, Luo Di had moved to a spot five meters away, gripping the other end of the chain with both hands, leaning back his body, ready to launch it like throwing a chained ball.

"Hua Yuan!"

With Luo Di’s loud shout,

Hua Yuan immediately performed a standing takeoff, kicking fiercely with both feet!

No longer Invading, but accumulating pure strength in her legs, she performed a soaring kick! Striking the deceased so hard that a ring of air dispersed from the point of impact.

The deceased was kicked backward, losing balance, with the black knife still not swung.

Luo Di seized this golden opportunity to spin his body around his right foot as the pivot.

The weightless deceased was lifted off the ground by this force, not even having a chance to swing the black knife before being thrown out.

Towards a specific spot, a place pre-set with a giant beast trap.

However...

Whoosh!

The deceased flying mid-air managed to elongate the black knives and stick them into the ground, forcibly stopping the backward flight, landing solidly on his feet.

But as he raised his head again, directing his silver coin-embedded mask towards the front, both living beings had already vanished without a trace.

This time,

The deceased was no longer laughing, but rubbing the wound on his neck irritably, removing the burning heat and the offensive smell, his patience exhausted.

No longer running,

And no longer heading to the nearest coffin,

Instead, he stood in the unlit darkness, his body gradually merging with it, leaving only the mask fallen to the ground, as though this means of movement did not allow for the mask to be taken along.

This was his least favorite way of moving; after killing the two living beings, he would come back to pick up the mask.

...

Among the woods.

Two figures were moving swiftly, trying to stay as far away as possible from the coffins they encountered along the way.

Hua Yuan glanced at her empty-armed stump, then at her other hand with all fingers broken, and resignedly shook her head. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com

She had already accepted the fact that Invasion was ineffective, and her brain was pondering something else.

Suddenly, Hua Yuan turned her head, staring seriously at Luo Di—who was running parallel to her—without a hint of seduction or invasion.

"Mr. Di... Can I trust you?"

Luo Di didn’t respond, merely shooting her a glance with his demon-like eyes.

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