Chapter 454: Living Life on My Own Terms

Chapter 454: Living Life on My Own Terms (2)

Lowering his arm, Xiao Yu’s body swayed slightly.

A wave of overwhelming exhaustion hit him again, yet he grinned broadly.

How long has it been?

The last time he was pushed to such extremes, was it by a master of Hypnosis?

Back then, he too nearly crashed from exhausting his stamina, right?

Surveying the eight corpses around him, Xiao Yu maintained a calm expression.

Under normal circumstances, he might have shown some mercy.

But not now.

Unlike ordinary men, these were eight monsters boasting superhuman endurance.

Just moments ago, he had taken out all eight before the young men had a chance to react.

Perhaps now, it is he who will meet his end!

But then…

Following a clichéd melodramatic twist,

is the ultimate villain about to make an entrance?

Sure enough, someone appeared.

Not Lin Fang, but a woman, slowly descending the stairs.

She was quite attractive.

About 1.7 meters tall with short hair and large eyes.

The moment she appeared,

Xiao Yu, having misjudged the situation, wore an expression of stunned disbelief.

Whether in battle or on the field,

losing focus is always a fatal error!

It was during that 430-millisecond lapse that it happened.

The woman raised her hand, clutching a pistol.

Bang!

The shot rang out, and Xiao Yu rolled, hitting the ground.

“Ha… So this is the ‘monster’ you spoke of—someone even more monstrous than you?”

Gazing at Xiao Yu sprawled on the ground, the woman muttered mockingly with obvious disdain.

Step by step, she approached him, then bent down to scrutinize… a corpse?

Huh? Why was there no blood?

Didn’t the bullet hit him?

The woman was momentarily stunned.

Yet in that instant of hesitation,

a figure that should have been lying limp on the ground sprang up.

With terrifying speed, he shifted from prone to standing right before the woman.

In less than a second, their eyes locked.

Xiao Yu’s gaze remained calm as ever.

In the woman’s eyes flickered fear, confusion, and incredulity.

Impossible!

The bullet clearly struck him—so how could his body…

Wait a minute, did he dodge the bullet when he tumbled?

Realization struck, and the woman turned pale with shock.

She regarded Xiao Yu as if he were a demon.

By the time she regained her senses to stagger back and raise her hand,

it was too late… Smack!

Xiao Yu’s hand clamped around the woman’s neck.

Crack!

With his final burst of strength, Xiao Yu crushed the woman’s throat.

“Gurg…”

The woman opened her mouth, emitting a bizarre sound,

as if she wished to gasp or scream.

But the shattered throat bones sealed off her airway.

Her pistol clattered to the ground as she clutched at her neck.

Her face flushed red before quickly turning purple.

Her once-stunning large eyes began to blood.

Finally, with a thud, she collapsed, her legs flailing.

Gradually… her breath faded away!

Xiao Yu continued to pant, his cold gaze fixed on the woman’s corpse.

He had never expected Lin Fang to be so cunning.

First eight people, then this woman.

Using nine lives as a test?

“So you only showed up to confirm that I really couldn’t move?”

Xiao Yu murmured, almost to himself, or maybe as if addressing someone, “Got a minute? My backup is on its way!”

Yes, how long had all of this been going on?

Although Wang Dong and his crew lacked Xiao Yu’s extraordinary endurance, they were nearly here as well…

Suddenly, Xiao Yu looked out of the building.

Within the precise scope of Falcon’s Eye, he clearly saw a figure over a hundred meters away.

That man was carrying a sniper rifle and smiling at him.

Lin Fang!

Xiao Yu squinted, thinking, ‘What a calculating move!’

So you knew they couldn’t kill me after all.

And you let them hold me down,

draining my last reserves of energy.

Taking advantage of that, you escaped the building only to come back and snipe me?

But… Xiao Yu grinned at Lin Fang.

Skill: Salamander Regeneration!

The salamander is a peculiar creature.

Its cells have the power to regenerate.

No matter if its limbs are severed, its tail snapped, or even half its head is lost, given time it can slowly mend.

Even more astonishing, as its regenerative cells grow highly active,

the salamander’s endurance becomes formidable.

Only a body robust enough can unlock such regeneration…

In that instant,

an energy surged within the utterly exhausted Xiao Yu.

It was like a cool spring reviving cracked, parched earth…

…

Within the sniper’s scope, Lin Fang was intently watching Xiao Yu.

His eyes and expression brimmed with excitement.

He felt as if, at that moment, he wasn’t facing a fearsome monster,

but a dragon!

Yes, to him, Xiao Yu’s strength was akin to a dragon.

A terrifying, colossal dragon!

And he himself had transformed into the legendary dragon slayer.

Humanity simply cannot allow dragons to exist in this world.

They are too fearsome, defiant of all rules with raw, brutal power.

That is why slaying dragons is the ultimate honor!

“Goodbye!”

Lin Fang laughed as he pulled the trigger of his sniper rifle.

Boom!

A resounding roar filled the air.

A bullet sped out of the barrel.

Lin Fang watched eagerly, grinning broadly.

He longed for that very moment when the bullet would shred the fearsome, dragon-like youth.

For if this monstrous young man died,

who would then be able to stop his plan and seize those Documents?

No one!

Yet his smile froze the next instant.

Through the sniper scope, the figure that should have been dismembered by the bullet

had vanished!

Countless question marks bubbled up like fish bubbles in water,

swarming Lin Fang’s mind.

How could he vanish when he clearly had no strength left?

He didn’t even have the energy to dodge,

or to take a single step.

Then how did he disappear?

“Is that so strange?”

A chilling, bone-deep voice whispered beside Lin Fang.

“Impossible…” Lin Fang’s face contorted with terror and confusion.

From over a hundred meters away, how could you appear in an instant?

Alas, he would never know.

Someone possessed a skill that was almost like cheating—a leap comparable to that of a flea.

And each time that flea leaps,

it’s as if a normal man could jump over two hundred meters.

Flea Bullet… arriving in an instant!

“No, I won’t lose!”

Snapping back to reality, Lin Fang slammed his sniper rifle against a nearby wall in a fit of rage.

This sniper rifle, weighing around fifteen kilograms, now felt as light as a toothpick in his hands.

But if it struck a person, its sheer weight could shatter bones.

Smack!

A hand grasped the sniper rifle firmly.

Xiao Yu glared coldly at Lin Fang before him.

“What, still not giving up? Trying to show life who’s boss?”