The men guarding his residence were all his trusted subordinates, and now nearly all of them had been wiped out by the assassin in one fell swoop. How could he not be furious?
Gripping his Nine-Ring Saber, he charged forward. He couldn’t let Lin Li create a third Fireball and finish off his few remaining men.
’The explosive power of the Fireball is pretty good...’ Lin Li thought to himself with satisfaction, looking at the impressive results of his attack.
When he was fighting Hong Jiu earlier, he had deliberately held back from using his Superpower. The plan was to use the commotion from the fight to lure all the patrolling Red Blood Gang members in the manor over, then use his Superpower to wipe them all out in one go.
His plan had been a resounding success. Of the twenty-some Red Blood Gang members, more than half had been killed by the Fireballs. The rest were missing arms or legs, and would never be able to cause trouble again.
CLANG.
Lin Li swung the Spiritual Artifact Dagger in his hand, which was glowing with a faint golden Spiritual Light, and parried the slash from the enraged Hong Jiu’s Nine-Ring Saber.
The two Spiritual Weapons collided, sending a shower of sparks flying in all directions from the point of impact.
FWOOM.
While his right hand held the Spiritual Artifact Dagger to block the enemy’s heavy, ferocious attack, his free left hand shot forward.
A fist-sized Fireball instantly formed and shot out from his palm.
The distance was too short and Lin Li’s attack was too fast. Hong Jiu could only defend by coating his body with Spiritual Energy and taking the Fireball Attack head-on.
BOOM.
Because he hadn’t charged it, the Fireball’s destructive power was somewhat lacking.
The Fireball struck Hong Jiu’s chest but didn’t cause any particularly serious injuries.
"Damn it." Hong Jiu, having taken the Fireball Attack head-on, felt a searing pain from the intense heat. He cursed aloud, then quickly created some distance to compose himself.
As an experienced fighter, Hong Jiu knew that an assassin who had awakened a ranged attack was extremely difficult to deal with.
Close-quarters combat was the correct strategy. Creating distance would only give his opponent the space to attack at will.
But he had no choice right now. His opponent had seized control of the battle’s rhythm, and he had to quickly compose himself to face the grueling fight ahead.
HUFF...
Panting heavily, Hong Jiu stared at the assassin over a dozen meters away.
Just as he expected, another Fireball appeared in the wretched assassin’s hand. As time passed, the Fireball slowly began to grow larger.
Although its rate of growth was slow, he could clearly perceive his opponent was injecting Spiritual Energy into the Fireball to increase its destructive power.
Lin Li methodically infused Spiritual Energy into the Fireball in his hand. He was preparing to hit his opponent with a big one.
Just as Lin Li was charging up his ultimate attack, he saw the panting, grim-faced Hong Jiu suddenly toss his Nine-Ring Saber to the ground, a look of desperate resolve spreading across his face.
Hong Jiu’s strange actions left Lin Li deeply puzzled.
’Tossing away your weapon in the middle of a fierce battle is obviously not a wise move. There’s no way he’s surrendering to me, so why would he do that?’
But Hong Jiu, having tossed aside his weapon, didn’t leave Lin Li wondering for long. The reason for his actions was quickly revealed.
"Bastard, prepare to die!"
The moment Hong Jiu finished his threat, a faint golden Spiritual Light surfaced on his body.
Hong Jiu, who stood one-point-nine meters tall and was slightly chubby, began to undergo a drastic physical transformation. His skin rapidly turned green, and his arms and legs began to shorten...
’What is this?’
’So the Gang Leader of the Red Blood Gang is a Cultivator who’s awakened a Superpower!’
’Ugh... this guy’s awakened Superpower is disgusting!’
Lin Li watched as, in just a few short seconds, Hong Jiu lost his human form and transformed into a giant green caterpillar.
He looked at the giant caterpillar that was once Hong Jiu with an expression of utter disgust. At the same time, he finally understood why the members of the Red Blood Gang had caterpillar tattoos on the backs of their hands.
ROAR. After using his Superpower to turn into a giant caterpillar, Hong Jiu seemed to have lost his sanity. He let out a great roar at Lin Li, then compressed his body like a coiled spring and shot forward.
A giant caterpillar three meters long and as thick as a bucket charged straight at him. If a girl who was afraid of bugs were to encounter such a situation, she would surely be so scared her legs would go weak and she’d scream her lungs out.
Although Lin Li wasn’t afraid of caterpillars, being charged by such a disgusting creature still made him feel a bit nauseous.
He bent his knees, pushed off the ground with all his might, and leaped straight onto the roof.
Having used his awakened Superpower to transform, the giant caterpillar Hong Jiu pounced and hit nothing but air.
He writhed his massive body, looked up at Lin Li on the roof, and roared.
"Weren’t you here to assassinate me? I’m right here! Don’t you dare run away!"
Listening to the voice coming from the giant caterpillar before him, Lin Li responded in a calm tone.
"Oh, so you’re still sane! I thought you’d lose all human reason after using your Superpower to turn into that disgusting bug."
In truth, after using his awakened transformation Superpower to become a giant caterpillar, Hong Jiu was indeed less rational than he was in his human form.
Hearing the wretched assassin call his form disgusting, he fumed. Even though he himself thought his transformed appearance was ugly, that was a thought reserved for him alone; he would not allow anyone else to say it to his face.