Chapter 719: Chapter 492: I Descend from the Shadow
Hearing the low laughter from inside the damaged interrogation room, Rong Wei’s anger intensified!
“Very good, very good, you dare to resist arrest with force, you are the first in five years!”
Rong Wei’s voice was already out of tune with anger, but as her words ended, a huge Shadow was violently thrown out from inside.
Dadadadada, a barrage of bullets hitting metal sounded, countless bullets sparked off the Shadow, yet they could not stop it at all.
Several soldiers instinctively lay down to both sides as the astonishing Shadow passed between them, and slammed into the overturned shelves.
Thud!!!
Captain Wuji only heard another blood-curdling coughing of blood next to him.
Then he saw Colonel Xiang Shan, dressed in his Combat Suit, shockingly struck and sent flying again.
This time, there was no object to cushion him, and Xiang Shan was sent flying sideways, crashing heavily to the ground seven or eight meters away.
An arm trembled as it was raised, but collapsed back before it could assume any posture.
“Is he dead?”
Rong Wei asked in a shaky voice.
The steel chair from the interrogation room had been thrown out.
“No, data from the Combat Suit’s body scanner indicates that Major Xiang Shan is currently experiencing an excess of hits. His chest cavity is under severe pressure, his brain has suffered a heavy impact resulting in temporary unconsciousness. His body index is within the safe range for now, although he has lost a bit too much blood.”
Captain Wu tapped his helmet, reviewed the situation projected onto the inside of his visor, and promptly reported.
Captain Wu, too, felt bewildered in his heart at the repeated attacks on Colonel Xiang, as if the assailant was set on targeting Xiang.
“Captain Wu, capture that person for me, dead or alive!”
Rong Wei ordered coldly, “I will report this to headquarters.”
On hearing this, Wuji extended his right hand, made tactical hand signals, and six squads of soldiers quickly sought cover and took up tactical offensive positions.
As he swung his hand down forcefully, two squads of soldiers simultaneously pulled the triggers of their pulse guns.
Dadadada, a dense burst of bullets formed a Barrage that surged like a flood toward the shattered doorway.
At this time, no one knew that within the interrogation room, Mu Fan clenched a steel angle about two fingers wide and 1.2 meters long with edges in his hand.
Having just hurled the steel chair, the only thing Mu Fan left behind was its steel back angle.
“It’s been a long time since I last used this…”
A nostalgic tone resonated, and a deep blood-red color flashed across his eyes.
Mu Fan flicked his wrist, and the steel angle began to spin rapidly in the palm of his hand.
Ghost Energy enshrouded Mu Fan completely, reaching an incredibly intense state! No one could describe Mu Fan at that moment—it was as if a chilling coldness emerged from the mists of the Abyss.
And those red eyes, they were as if a Death God had returned from Hell!
Once upon a time, the ghostly green eyes of Instructor Mohandas emerged in his mind.
When the Instructor, disguised as the Fighter, taught him ancient Fighting Skills, when the Instructor revealed his true name, when the Instructor depleted his own Spirit power to pass on a lifetime’s understanding to Mu Fan.
That ancient and time-worn chant, which had once flickered in the deepest recesses of his memory, was now incredibly distinct in Mu Fan’s mind.
It was the inheritance of Mohandas’ Spirit and belief…
At this moment, the Ghost Energy aura around Mu Fan seemed to solidify, dissipate, and churn as if tangible.
His lips parted slightly, and a low chant emanated from his throat, mature beyond his years, each word perfectly synchronizing with the low intonation of Mohandas’ inner chanting:
“In the name of Shadow,”
“Black tendrils coil around me,”
“I sneak through the darkness of Night,”
The swirling aura around Mu Fan gradually dissipated, and his presence, after that last line was softly spoken, eerily transitioned into deadly stillness.
The increasingly clear ancient chant seemed to urge Mu Fan to keep speaking in a mystic manner.
With each phrase Mu Fan uttered, his aura became more closely intertwined with his body.
No one knew, not even Mohandas in his slumbered state of Spirit, that Mu Fan had, by some twist of fate, entered a profound state of Void Enlightenment.
Among their kind, it was an exceedingly rare state of epiphany. In it, the Enlightened’s understanding of Ghost Energy would greatly enhance, and their cultivation speed would advance by leaps and bounds.
At this moment, Mu Fan, lacking the heart of Ghost Energy and assuming the identity of an Alien Race, had astonishingly reached the pinnacle of the five layers of Dark Breath in an instant.
The only thing he was missing for a complete breakthrough was the Jade Tear, powerful enough to fully activate his heart of Ghost Energy!
However, the unique soul resonance continued, and the ancient, time-worn chant still echoed in the darkness!
Mu Fan’s face was calm and icy at this moment, the swiftly spinning steel edges in his hands making not a whisper of sound as his lips parted slightly.
“Fear is but an illusion”
“The darkness is boiling”
Mu Fan now seemed like a feather-light shadow, moving swiftly forward though apparently moving slowly, standing lightly on the cusp of the barrage bombarded with countless bullets before him.
“I descend from the shadows”
A cold smile hooked at the corner of Mu Fan’s mouth, as the misty song from the deepest part of the memory space created by Mohandas finally filled in the last line!
“I am… the Holy Hall.”
A flash of enlightenment filled his heart; at this moment, Mu Fan seemed to have faintly touched upon the essence of Dark Breath amid the haze.
His feet trembled lightly, and he blended with the shadow, vanishing from the spot in an instant.
…
Ratatat, ratatat, after continuous firing for dozens of seconds, Captain Wu suddenly raised his hand to signal a ceasefire.
Because within the infrared sensor, Mu Fan’s figure had just appeared deep in the broken entrance, but now it had completely disappeared!
“Is he dead?”
Wu Ju muttered to himself doubtfully.
“What’s the matter, Captain Wu?” Li Cheng asked with a frown, finally speaking up now because the atmosphere suddenly turned eerie.
“The target has disappeared from the infrared monitoring.”
“Could he be hiding behind the wall?”
“We can’t rule out that possibility, but according to the infrared imaging I saw, the target’s infrared image didn’t move; it just disappeared.”
“Third Squad, go check it out, activate night vision imaging.”
“Should I contact them to restore power?” Rong Wei ventured a suggestion.
“No need for now. The enemy doesn’t have night vision equipment; this is our advantage.”
With a wave of Wu Ju’s hand, the third squad emerged from their cover, exchanged glances, and began to move cautiously towards the entrance.
At that moment, a soft “thud” echoed.
Like the sound of a stone echoing in a sealed space.
“What’s that sound?”
The squad leader looked puzzled at the entrance, but then his eyes suddenly widened.
Because, all of a sudden, a shadow appeared less than half a meter in front of him, and through the night vision goggles, he clearly saw the other’s calm and indifferent face, and in their hands…
A piece of shadow?
The squad leader only had time to raise his pulse rifle before he felt his hands go slack.
The pulse rifle in his hands was instantly split in two.
Then he felt a heavy blow to the chest, a sweet taste in his throat, and a jet of blood spewed out.
He passed out in the instant he was sent flying.
Bang, bang, bang, seven consecutive sounds rang out; all seven members of the squad were struck and sent flying simultaneously.
The pulse rifles in their hands had yet to fire a shot before they all were split in two and fell to the ground.
Everyone only saw a shadow flash swiftly and then disappear behind the two-story building on the side.
“How could this be!”
An outbreak of shocked and angry voices rose, but this seemed to be just the beginning.
A spray of pebbles burst forth, and the already dim emergency lights in the area were shattered simultaneously.
At that moment, darkness enveloped everything.