Stitcher
"Very good. Right now they have all been attracted by the explosion in the 【Kitchen】."
【Heart 9】 crawled on the roof of a building, his eyes narrowed as he looked at the thick smoke rolling from the 【Kitchen】 in the distance. A palm with only four fingers left gently rubbed his chin,
"Now that the manor's defense has changed, we have the opportunity to directly cross the backyard and catch up with that group of people transporting 【The Scroll】."
【Jian Changsheng】 peeked his head out from beside him and couldn't help but say:
"I understand all the logic... But where did your time bomb just now come from??"
More than ten minutes ago, after they knew they were about to be exposed, 【Heart 9】 took the lead in proposing a move of 【Feint To The East, Strike To The West】... He left a time bomb in the 【Kitchen】, and when they took the opportunity to hide on the other side of the manor, the bomb happened to detonate at the same time. The intense firelight and sound immediately attracted the attention of a large amount of defenses.
Since exposure was a foregone conclusion, rather than waiting for the chefs or guards in the manor to discover them first and then launch a carpet search, it was better to directly grab the control in their own hands, and in disguise, guide the changes in the manor's defense manpower... It was precisely thanks to this plan that the bodyguards were all attracted to the 【Kitchen】 on the east side now, and the defense manpower on the route leading to the 【Warehouse】 on the west side had decreased instead.
"Hehe, take a guess?" 【Heart 9】 grinned.
"Over there! We delayed too much time just now, they are already putting 【The Scroll】s back into the 【Warehouse】!"
"Go!"
As 【Heart 9】's voice fell, his figure took the lead in leaping off the roof. He was seen spreading his arms in mid-air, and a pair of bat wings similar to the Beidou Consortium bodyguards who had pursued them earlier appeared on the sides of his arms.
"So he is also on the 【Path of the Artisan】..." 【Jian Changsheng】 suddenly realized when he saw this scene.
But the next moment, his mouth unconsciously opened wide, and astonishment and shock emerged in his eyes!
Only to see 【Heart 9】's two ribs pop open with a smack. A pair of metal spray tubes resembling flamethrowers probed out from inside his body. Orange-red flames roared out, and the terrifying thrust directly granted him a speed approaching sound, smashing towards that 【Warehouse】 like a shooting star!
"Fuck?!"
【Jian Changsheng】 was dumbfounded. He stood blankly on the spot for a full dozen seconds before remembering that he needed to go support him, and immediately used the 【Blood-Drop Spinner】 to flash out at top speed!
Seeing two figures sweeping across the sky one after the other, the bodyguards patrolling the west side of the manor looked up at the sky at the same time, and then looked at the remnants of clouds left by 【Heart 9】's flight in the sky, all dumbfounded.
"What just flew past..."
"Didn't see clearly, seemed like a person? Or a bird?"
"Oh no! That's the direction of the 【Warehouse】!!"
"..."
The bodyguards' expressions changed drastically, and they immediately chased towards the direction of the 【Warehouse】, with several 【Divine Pathways】 auras being released along the way!
Seemingly hearing the roar of the flamethrowers, the few people busy transporting 【The Scroll】s paused slightly. Just as they looked up, they saw a cannonball-like figure smash into the ground with a boom!
Clang——!
The steel-like body trampled on the earth, letting out a muffled metallic sound. Dense cracks spread across the ground surface, directly dumbfounding everyone!
From the flying dust, 【Heart 9】's figure slowly stepped out. The clothes on his upper body had long been burned away. The ribs emitting a metallic luster closed again, leaving only an imperceptible gap on the surface of his skin.
"Hehehe... All of you roll away for Laozi!" 【Heart 9】 grinned and said viciously. Then he picked up the closest figure and threw him out like a sandbag, knocking over several other people to the ground in the process.
【Heart 9】 directly overturned the cart carrying 【The Scroll】s, and his gaze quickly searched among the numerous scrolls, soon discovering the target scroll that Chen Ling had deliberately folded a corner of.
He bent down and picked up that scroll. As expected, there was the mark of the 【Eight of Clubs】 on the back. He simply rolled it up into a ball, opened his big mouth, and swallowed it whole!
"I'll be damned, what kind of ability is this?" 【Jian Changsheng】 also arrived at this moment, speaking in shock, "【Path of the Artisan】, [Robot] 【Path】?"
"..." 【Heart 9】 rolled his eyes, "This is called 【Stitcher】."
"【Stitcher】?"
"Simply put, it's stitching various mechanical items together... You can understand it as the Hand of God that modifies and pieces together everything." 【Heart 9】 pointed at himself, "And myself... am my most satisfying stitched work."
Before 【Heart 9】 finished speaking, four or five figures hurriedly surrounded this 【Warehouse】. They were all bodyguards rushing over from all over the manor, with an average strength at the 【Third Tier】, and there was a continuous stream of figures rushing over from a distance.
"Attack! Try to keep them alive." One of the bodyguards said in a deep voice.
Following his command, the numerous figures swarmed up. Various 【Divine Path Skill】s were released at the same time, sealing all the retreat routes of the two from all directions!
Cold glints flashed in 【Jian Changsheng】's eyes. He took out a short sword from behind him, and his figure turned into a blood shadow, charging towards the two people attacking from the side!
At the same time, a burst of unbridled loud laughter sounded from 【Heart 9】's direction:
"Just you lot, still want to capture me alive?!"
【Heart 9】 raised one hand. Every inch of skin from his shoulder to his forearm flipped open like scales, exposing more than a dozen cannon barrels thicker than his arm to the air. Brilliant firelight bloomed from them at top speed!!
This scene directly dumbfounded the crowd coming to encircle and suppress them. They immediately wanted to scatter, but they were already half a step too slow.
The exploding flames were like a blazing giant beast, instantly swallowing more than half of the figures in it. Mournful screams sounded instantly. Even 【Jian Changsheng】, who was not far from 【Heart 9】, suddenly widened his eyes and was swept into the explosion!
"Fuck your mother's Heart..."
Before 【Jian Changsheng】 finished his words, the roaring loud noise blew the entire 【Warehouse】 away. Raging fire swallowed the earth, burning hundreds of calligraphy copybooks and scrolls treasured by 【Zong Wen】 to ashes!
Boom——!!
The entire manor noticed this explosion. 【Zong Wen】, who had just walked out of the house, was even more dumbfounded.
"That... isn't that Laozi's collections 【Warehouse】???"
【Zong Wen】 looked at the raging fire and rolling thick smoke in the distance, and his eyes immediately turned red. He was so angry that his whole body trembled for a long time, and then he gnashed his teeth and spat out a few words:
"Beidou Consortium... Laozi is not done with you!!"
More and more bodyguards gathered towards the direction of the explosion. In that rolling thick smoke, a figure was seen dragging another badly mangled figure, rushing out while laughing loudly:
"How is it, Newcomer? Is my strength enough to 【Act as a Safety Net】 for you?!"
【Jian Changsheng】, who was already unrecognizable, was grabbed and shaken in mid-air like a piece of ragged clothing. After a long time, that pile of mud slowly and with difficulty raised a middle finger:
"Heart... all fucking... are lunatics!!"