Invincibility Begins with Mastery of Fist Techniques-Chapter 111 - 110: Self-Sacrifice

'Five seconds... It was really five seconds?!'

Tang Chen's jaw dropped. In that short amount of time, he had nearly been stabbed through the heart. And yet, Zhou Yuanjue had already killed two Celestial Demon People without a scratch? One of them even had a particularly tricky offensive, field-type mutation ability.

'What the hell just happened?!'

In the moment he was stunned, the male and female Celestial Demon People exchanged a look and seemed to make a decision at the same time. In a flash, they abandoned their attack on Zhou Yuanjue and Tang Chen, preparing to retreat.

Their opponents' strength was somewhat beyond their expectations. They hadn't been able to finish them even with a numerical advantage. Now that it was two-on-two, their chances of victory were slim to none.

Throughout the entire quarantine zone, there were countless more of their kind. But there probably weren't many Aliens like Zhou Yuanjue. If four of them weren't enough, then five or six would be. They could just overwhelm him with numbers. There was no need for a fight to the death; otherwise, if they were trapped in a 'Demon-Catching Bottle,' it would be disastrous.

WHOOSH!!

Without another word, the two Celestial Demon People turned and fled.

"What are you standing around for? After them."

A voice reached Tang Chen's ears as he stood there in a daze. Then, he saw a massive black shadow flash past him, rapidly chasing after the two fleeing Celestial Demon People.

Only then did Tang Chen snap out of it as if waking from a dream. He shot off in pursuit, quickly pulling out the walkie-talkie at his waist.

"Calling headquarters, B2 team has killed two Celestial Demon People. The remaining two have fled. We are currently in pursuit. Monitoring, please lock onto our position. If there's any situation up ahead, notify us immediately. Over!"

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「At the same time, in another sector of the quarantine zone.」

Three Celestial Demon People, two in front and one behind, had cornered Yang Guhong of the Nine Dragons Sect and his temporary partner, Wang Wenjing, in the street.

Of the two Celestial Demon People standing together, one was two meters tall with an enormous physique. The blocky muscles on his body were like armor. His arms were especially swollen, resembling those of a gorilla, and seemed filled with immense power.

The other was tall and gaunt, looking like a bamboo pole. The contours of his skeleton were clearly visible, as if all his flesh and blood had been refined away.

And behind those two stood a Celestial Demon Person holding a Bone-Carving Knife, an eerie light glowing in its eyes.

Shadows spread from behind the three Celestial Demon People, sealing off the city block where Yang Guhong and his partner were. They exerted an intense psychic pressure, stirring up all sorts of negative thoughts.

"So these are Celestial Demon People? I'd heard of them before, but this is the first time I've seen one in the flesh. They really are like monsters. Does each of these bodies represent the end of an ordinary life?"

The towering Yang Guhong, who looked like a giant, wore a white Martial Arts Uniform and spoke with a calm expression. He carried no weapons, only a pair of thin gloves on his huge hands, seemingly made of some kind of tough silk thread.

"There are too many of them. We'll likely be at a disadvantage in a direct fight. These guys are no pushovers. My intuition is screaming warnings at me."

Beside him stood a woman covered in a ghostly shadow. She held two daggers, and her face was quite delicate, but her body was extremely swollen, revealing terrifying muscle definition that looked incredibly discordant.

Under the combined pressure of the Celestial Demon People, the intuition of her mutated body was blaring warnings, signaling the terror and power of their opponents.

"All teams, attention! This is headquarters! The number of enemies exceeds projections. Please evacuate toward the quarantine line immediately. I repeat, please evacuate toward the quarantine line immediately!"

Just then, Chen Lingyun's voice came from the walkie-talkie on Wang Wenjing's waist, and her expression changed instantly.

"Retreat! The situation has changed!"

Wang Wenjing immediately said to Yang Guhong in a grave tone.

"Retreat? We're already here. How can we just leave without testing their mettle? Besides, if we leave, what about the thirteen hundred people here? We're not saving them?"

Yang Guhong said slowly.

"The situation has changed. You haven't fought them head-on before, so you don't understand how terrifying they are. Their abilities are bizarre. Once their numbers increase..."

As Wang Wenjing was speaking, her enhanced sense of danger suddenly blared a warning.

Her eyes subconsciously darted toward a corner of the street.

Three silent black streaks, moving faster than crossbow bolts and carrying immense kinetic energy, suddenly emerged from an empty wall at the corner. They took advantage of the pair's blind spot and shot forward viciously. Their targets: Yang Guhong's carotid artery and cervical spine!

At that moment, Yang Guhong also seemed to sense something. He tilted his head slightly to look at the wall on the corner behind him. However, the three speeding black streaks had already covered half the distance, leaving him almost no time to dodge.

'There's no time!'

Wang Wenjing's brain had almost no time to think. As if by reflex, her entire body instantly lunged toward Yang Guhong.

THUNK!!

Wang Wenjing blocked the three powerful black streaks with her body. They failed to pierce Yang Guhong's neck, but they penetrated her left chest, their sharp ends protruding from her back.

"You!"

Yang Guhong's pupils contracted violently. He spun around quickly, catching Wang Wenjing's body as she fell.

Blood stained his palms. Only then did he see clearly what had pierced Wang Wenjing's body: three sharpened, solid-wood chopsticks.

"Tsk. So it was blocked? No matter. This way, we've still taken care of one of them. Now it should be foolproof, right?"

A voice came from the empty wall at the corner. Peering through the darkness of the night, Yang Guhong finally discovered a Celestial Demon Person plastered to the wall, its color almost completely blended with its surroundings.

'A chameleon-like ability to change skin color, and the ability to cling to walls? I was too careless...'

Yang Guhong retracted his gaze. At that moment, Wang Wenjing, whose lungs had been pierced, struggled out of his arms. She was severely injured, her face pale, and she coughed up blood from the corners of her mouth while gasping for breath. The powerful Life Force of a Symbiont was the only thing keeping her from collapsing immediately.

BOOM!!

At that moment, the Spirits of the four Celestial Demon People merged into one, turning the area around the pair into a Purgatory teeming with ghostly apparitions.

Aside from the chameleon-like Celestial Demon Person on the wall, the other three were slowly tightening their encirclement.

"I'm not getting out of here. I probably have one more attack left in me. I'll help you tear open an escape route. If you get a chance to leave alive, remember to help take care of my mom for me."

Under the immense pressure, Wang Wenjing's injured body trembled constantly, but she showed no sign of backing down. She gritted her teeth against the pain and straightened her body.

"Why? To save me, you'd even throw your life away?"

Looking at the woman before him who was trembling uncontrollably but still struggling to stand tall, Yang Guhong asked softly.

"Protecting you is also part of our mission. For this country, you people bring more hope than we do."

Wang Wenjing took a deep breath, feeling her condition stabilize slightly. She said in a low voice, "Now is the time. I'll count to three. Once they've completely surrounded us, we won't have a chance—"

Before she could finish, a large hand gently rested on her head, seeming to transmit a reassuring warmth that made her freeze in surprise.

"Hope isn't something you find by running away."

"I've really been off my game lately."

"I lost a tournament match to a woman, and now a woman just saved my life."

"Master was right. A powerful body often leads to a lax Spirit. I've been too complacent lately."

THUMP THUMP THUMP!!

Every inch of muscle on Yang Guhong's body swelled violently, even the veins on his temples bulged. He instantly grew more than ten centimeters taller. Standing there, he was like a great mountain. His immense lung capacity caused the ground around him to stir with every breath, sending dust scattering.

In that moment, he was like a prehistoric beast awakened from ancient times.

ROAR!!

Immense Psychic Power erupted from his body. Nine glittering, golden Divine Dragons burst forth from him. Baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, they leaped and roared, continuously swimming around him and blocking all sinister and malicious forces.

Nine Dragons Sect, Nine Dragon Pill Furnace. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Nine Dragons Body Protection!

"Leave the rest to me. In a head-on fight, I don't even consider this scum a threat!"