So Zhou Ziwei simply ignored the box completely. Even if the grenade worked, he wouldn't use it. The power of that thing probably wouldn't be enough to really kill a master ranked among the world's top ten killers.
Using my own Soul Bead would be more reliable.
Although this Soul Bead has its limitations, it can only be detonated if Zhou Ziwei's own soul power is used to surround its exterior.
This means that the Soul Bead's maximum range is only twenty meters, which is Zhou Ziwei's current soul power scanning range. Once it exceeds this range, Zhou Ziwei's soul power will dissipate. Without the assistance of soul power, the Soul Bead is nothing more than a ball of light and weightless energy. Even if it hits a three-year-old child, it will not cause any harm.
However, this limitation in distance might be quite fatal to others, but with Zhou Ziwei's extremely fast movement speed, it shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Basically, as long as he can get within twenty meters of that giant, no matter how strong the guy's body is, he's doomed...
Volume 2, The Assassin's Nightmare, Chapter 289: The Giant
Although Zhou Ziwei was full of confidence, he dared not be careless in the face of someone who was likely much more powerful than Xueying. Seeing that there was not much time left before the five minutes mentioned by the blond man, he hurriedly left the stone house and sent his group of Kun pets to the surrounding area of the island to closely monitor all unusual movements.
Although the blond man said that the giant was not an assassin at all and was completely unsuitable for assassination, only able to fight people openly, it is likely that his appearance will not be mysterious or secretive.
However... Zhou Ziwei didn't know anything about the blond man, so why would he blindly believe what others said? In any case, it's always better to be cautious.
After waiting for another two minutes, a roaring sound suddenly came from the distant sky. Zhou Ziwei looked up and saw a very old helicopter flying towards them.
Is a giant arriving? Hmm... it seems this guy's entrance is quite blatant...
A slight look of seriousness appeared on Zhou Ziwei's face as he stared intently at the helicopter in the sky. The helicopter flew lower and lower, and after reaching the airspace above Floating Light Island, it gradually stabilized its flight altitude at a low altitude of fifty or sixty meters and flew steadily over the island. However, it seemed that it had no intention of landing on the island.
Zhou Ziwei was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look around, only to find that the entire island was covered with piles of rocks, with not a single relatively flat spot to be found, let alone a place for a helicopter to take off or land...
Since there was nowhere to land, it's estimated that the giant would have to be slowly lowered down from the rope ladder.
The thought of his nemesis, the giant, being slowly lowered down from the helicopter's rope ladder made Zhou Ziwei's heart flutter slightly.
Without a doubt, the best opportunity would be when the opponent is on the rope ladder, suspended in mid-air, neither touching the sky nor the ground. At that moment, if Zhou Ziwei were to launch a fierce attack, he would have a very high chance of success. Even if he couldn't kill the giant, he was absolutely certain that he could at least leave the guy missing an arm or a leg.
But... doesn't this seem a bit too underhanded?
Zhou Ziwei touched his nose with his finger, a little conflicted, but then he thought... his current identity was that of an assassin, so why worry so much? An assassin's duty is to kill their target at any cost, by any means necessary. What assassin would talk about morality or fairness? Wouldn't that be idiotic? As for whether this giant was really an assassin, what did it matter to him? Just because this guy acted openly and honestly, did he have to fight him openly? If he gave up his advantages as an assassin and used his strengths against the enemy, that would be extremely foolish. Even if the people behind the black market assassin network found out, they probably wouldn't appreciate him for it; they would only doubt the authenticity of his so-called assassin identity...
Having thought of all this, Zhou Ziwei immediately made up his mind that no matter what, he would take action as soon as he found a good opportunity. Killing the enemy was his goal, and he didn't care whether the means were honorable or not.
A short while later, the helicopter gradually flew to a spot not far in front of Zhou Ziwei, but it still showed no sign of lowering the rope ladder.
Zhou Ziwei suddenly saw the helicopter door open in mid-air, and a huge man crawled out and stood on the helicopter's landing gear.
Wow... It really is a giant... Although the distance is still quite far, Zhou Ziwei can still see that the big man on the helicopter is really strong and tall, which is a bit too much. Even standing on the top of the helicopter, he gives people a strange sense of oppression.
The burly man on the plane seemed to have seen Zhou Ziwei as well. His cold eyes looked over from hundreds of meters away, filled with a bloodthirsty killing intent that made Zhou Ziwei feel like he was being watched by a wolf.
Damn it, you want to kill me? Then come on then...
Zhou Ziwei snorted coldly, beckoned to the burly man in mid-air with a provocative gesture, then raised his eyebrows slightly, revealing a disdainful expression.
It's like saying, "Come down here if you dare..."
However, to Zhou Ziwei's utter surprise, whether provoked by Zhou Ziwei's contemptuous gesture or not, the guy didn't even wait for the helicopter to lower the rope ladder before suddenly shouting and leaping off the helicopter more than fifty meters in the air.
Fifty meters in the air! That's equivalent to a dozen stories high. If it were seawater or a beach below, the chances of a safe landing would be slightly higher. But what he was seeing was a jagged pile of strange rocks… Jumping from a dozen stories into a pile of rocks? Has this guy lost his mind? With his weight of over 400 pounds, jumping from that height is practically the same as being hit by a missile. It seems like even without Zhou Ziwei lifting a finger, this guy is almost certainly dead.
Zhou Ziwei scratched his head in astonishment, finding it hard to believe what he was seeing. Even with his body being modified by both the Water of Reincarnation and the power of his soul, he wasn't confident he could jump from such a height unharmed. Therefore, he couldn't imagine how the giant could possibly have escaped unscathed.
With a deafening "boom," the giant's body landed with a sound almost identical to a missile hitting its target. Except for the absence of smoke and fire, the sound and effect were virtually the same. The heavy body slammed into the pile of rocks, sending countless fragments of stone flying in all directions, like a rain of stones. Even though Zhou Ziwei was more than a hundred meters away from where the giant landed, he was still hit by several small fragments of stone. Even though Zhou Ziwei's body was not injured, he still felt a sharp pain where he was hit.
Just as Zhou Ziwei was wondering if the guy had broken his bones, he heard another earth-shattering roar from ahead. Then, a tall figure suddenly sprang up from the pile of rocks and charged towards Zhou Ziwei with terrifying speed, like a ferocious ancient monster.
Damn... it can't be true! You didn't even die from that fall.
Zhou Ziwei swallowed hard, staring intently at the enormous figure rapidly approaching. Even with his eyesight, which was several times better than that of an ordinary person, he couldn't see the slightest injury on the giant's body.
He... seemed completely unharmed despite such a terrifying entrance.
An overwhelming chill suddenly rose in Zhou Ziwei's heart. No wonder the blond man said that this guy couldn't be hurt by those conventional weapons... This guy is simply inhuman... Even a rock thrown from that height would inevitably shatter into pieces, but this guy only smashed the rocks beneath him into countless pieces, while he himself was completely unharmed. It's clear that this guy's body is even harder than stone...
Zhou Ziwei had initially been confident that his body, having been modified by the Water of Reincarnation, should at least be able to match the opponent in terms of physical strength. However, he now realized that if he were to actually compete with the giant in this aspect, he might not even know how he died.
In the blink of an eye, in the brief moment Zhou Ziwei's mind jolted slightly, the enormous figure had already traversed a distance of tens of meters, almost approaching the attack range of Zhou Ziwei's Soul Pearl.
Zhou Ziwei had already taken out three soul beads from his pocket. He quietly watched the increasingly ferocious figure, narrowed his eyes slightly, and in order to confuse the guy, before the other party got within twenty meters, Zhou Ziwei had an idea. He patted his waist hard and released the three new cross darts on his body.
Three silver lights, like shooting stars chasing the moon, flew out from under Zhou Ziwei's clothes and immediately transformed into three streams of light, shooting towards the rapidly approaching giant from three different directions.
The giant seemed to have seen Zhou Ziwei's new cross-shaped dart, but he just curled his lip in disdain, showing no concern whatsoever and no intention of dodging. He continued to approach Zhou Ziwei at the same speed and direction.
"Clang clang clang—" In the blink of an eye, the three new cross-shaped darts struck three vital points on the giant's body. However, the sound was as if they had hit a block of iron. The sound was extremely crisp, but it did not sound like they had hit flesh and blood.
If it weren't for the giant's half-open robe revealing his bronze-colored muscles that bulged like small mountains, Zhou Ziwei would have suspected that the guy was wearing an ancient suit of armor.
The three new-style cross-shaped darts missed their target on the first strike, then circled once before turning around and launching another fierce attack. This time, they were even faster and the targets were more cunning. One dart was aimed at the giant's left eye, another at his anus, and the third at his genitals... All of these attacks targeted the most vulnerable parts of the human body. Generally speaking, even if someone had practiced some kind of hard qigong or other similar techniques, they would not be able to achieve these positions. If they were hit, they would still die.
However, when the giant saw the three new-style cross-shaped darts fly back automatically in an instant, his expression was momentarily surprised, but he showed no panic. He still ignored the two new-style cross-shaped darts that were shot at his lower body, but he dared not be careless about the one that was shot at his eyes. His eyes were wide open like copper bells. When the new-style cross-shaped darts flew close, he suddenly roared like a tiger and stretched out his fan-like hand to grab forward... Despite his terrifyingly large size, this guy's arm movements were surprisingly agile. When the new-style cross-shaped darts sensed something was wrong and tried to change direction to escape, it didn't have time and was caught by the guy.
And what's most deadly is... that guy's hand, no one knows what it's made of, just grabbed it and completely twisted and deformed the new-style cross dart, even breaking off one of its wings, it looks like it's basically ruined.
Seeing this, Zhou Ziwei couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. Although these three new-style cross-shaped darts were of relatively low intelligence due to their independent soul entities, and were the kind of ungrateful wretches who would only follow whoever offered them benefits, they had still been with Zhou Ziwei for quite some time and were quite handy to use. Now, one of them had suddenly been rendered useless by the giant. It would be a lie to say that he wasn't heartbroken. Immediately, Zhou Ziwei dared not let the remaining two new-style cross-shaped darts continue to cause such pointless harassment. With a thought, he sent the two new-style cross-shaped darts that had once again failed to achieve their goal flying back to his waist.
The giant watched in as three new-style cross-shaped darts, clearly made of metal, flew through the air, making various non-linear flight paths, and seemed to possess a kind of intelligence and life. He couldn't help but be very curious, and couldn't help but slow down slightly, gently opening his hand to look at the new-style cross-shaped dart that he was holding, which was obviously broken.
The new cross-shaped dart now resembled a twisted little snake, long since crushed beyond recognition by the giant, devoid of any lifelike movement, lying lifelessly flat in the giant's fan-like hand.
The giant tilted his head and looked at it, but he couldn't figure out why such a lump of iron would have such agile characteristics. After looking at it for a long time without any clue, the giant guessed that it probably had little to do with the dart itself. It was probably because the other party had an extraordinary way of launching the dart that they could still make some subtle manipulations in the air after launching the dart, thus achieving an unexpected effect.
Thinking of this, the giant no longer cared about the broken new cross-shaped dart in his hand. He immediately threw it to the ground, then leaped up and rushed towards Zhou Ziwei again.
However, just as the giant was about to move, he suddenly felt a flash of silver light before his eyes, and an immense pain struck him so hard that he couldn't help but roar.
The new cross-shaped dart, which had clearly been completely destroyed and reduced to scrap metal, flew up again with a casual toss from the giant, and as before, pierced the giant's left eye.
This time, because the new cross-shaped dart was too close to the giant, and it had just been thrown away by the giant himself, it was nothing more than a piece of scrap metal in the giant's eyes. Therefore, the giant had no sense of vigilance at all, which is why the new cross-shaped dart was able to launch a surprise attack.
It's a pity that because the dart had been severely deformed by the giant's huge hand, losing its original smoothness, although it blew out one of the giant's eyes, it got stuck in the giant's eye socket and couldn't move anymore. Otherwise, if it could have entered the opponent's brain like a ladybug, it wouldn't care what level of master you were in the world. It would have stirred up a storm in your brain, and unless you were Sun Wukong with seventy-two lives, you would definitely die from such a disturbance.
"Ah—" A shrill roar came from the giant's mouth. In pain, the giant suddenly grabbed the new cross-shaped dart that was only half-inserted into its eye socket and then forcefully pulled it out.
This time, however, the giant dared not casually drop the thing again. Who knew if he did so again, it might fly into his right eye.
Moreover, the giant was now filled with boundless rage towards this small, seemingly worthless piece of scrap metal. He vigorously rubbed the new-style cross-shaped dart in his palms a few times, then opened his enormous mouth and shoved the severely deformed object into it. He then snapped his jaws shut, making a crisp "crunch, crunch" sound, and actually chewed the lump of iron to pieces before swallowing it whole…
Feeling the sudden disappearance of the connection between his soul and the fragile, independent soul that originally belonged to the new-style cross dart, Zhou Ziwei was slightly taken aback. Instantly, his eyes widened in anger as he glared fiercely at the giant standing more than thirty meters away, grinning like a ferocious beast, with a faint flame flickering in his eyes.
For Zhou Ziwei, whether it was the new-style cross-shaped darts or those Kun pets, the independent soul entities within them were all formed from a small portion of the soul power that split off from Zhou Ziwei's soul. They were essentially Zhou Ziwei's divided spirits. And because they possessed independent consciousness after taking shape, in a sense, they were like Zhou Ziwei's sons.
Now, Zhou Ziwei watched helplessly as one of his "sons" was swallowed whole by the giant's enormous mouth. He felt no fear at all at seeing the creature chewing steel, but only boundless rage.
"Damn it...you monster, how dare you eat my son! I'll fight you to the death!" Zhou Ziwei roared, and actually took the initiative to unleash his power, like a little lion fighting desperately, and pounced on the giant.
Seeing Zhou Ziwei charging towards him, the giant's狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious/hideous) face instantly revealed a cruel smile. He wiped the blood from his face, glared fiercely at Zhou Ziwei with his only remaining eye, and then suddenly began kicking and digging wildly at the ground as if he had gone mad. Instantly, stones of all sizes seemed to come alive, flying up from the ground and then transforming into a meteor shower, hurtling towards Zhou Ziwei...
Volume 2, The Assassin's Nightmare, Chapter 290: The Cloud-Piercing Finger
When Zhou Ziwei saw that the speed of the rubble was no less than that of the three new cross-shaped darts he had just shot out, he was greatly surprised. Without thinking, he moved his own force field space in front of him and held it vertically in front of him.
Zhou Ziwei originally estimated that his enhanced body could withstand the rubble, but seeing the powerful force of the stones kicked by the giant, he didn't dare to take the risk. He enhanced his body not to be beaten up, and if he could avoid being hit, it would be better not to use his body to withstand the blows.
Force field space is undoubtedly an extremely powerful protective measure. Although using force field space to bind and suspend things within it will cause the force field space to consume an extremely terrifying amount of soul power.
However, if the force field only needs to slightly change the angle of anything that enters the space and eject it, it will not consume too much soul power.
However, if you want to deflect those incoming attacks at a large angle, the soul power consumed will be considerable.
Having witnessed the horrifying scene of the giant descending from the sky, Zhou Ziwei naturally understood that even if he reflected all the stones back the way they came, he would not be able to harm a single hair on that freak's head.
Since that's the case, Zhou Ziwei naturally wouldn't waste his soul power on such a futile effort.
Countless stones rained down on Zhou Ziwei, crashing into the invisible force field space that no outsider could see. Then, like a waterfall encountering a huge rock in a riverbed, they immediately split off to the sides, flying past Zhou Ziwei's body like flowing water.
Although this method could minimize the consumption of soul power, it was still no match for the giant's relentless barrage of large and small stones. Zhou Ziwei had broken through all the way, and although he was completely unharmed, in just a short time, he had consumed hundreds of units of soul power, which made him feel extremely distressed.
Fortunately, the giant seemed to realize that his method posed no threat to Zhou Ziwei, so after a fierce attack that gained no advantage, he gradually stopped.
When the last stone in the sky fell to the ground with a crisp sound, a faint smile involuntarily appeared on Zhou Ziwei's face.
Twenty meters! He finally broke into the giant's range of twenty meters. Now, all he had to do was throw out the three soul beads he had prepared for the giant, and he was sure he could kill this ferocious and savage giant.
So what if his body is as hard as iron and impervious to swords and spears? Zhou Ziwei didn't believe that this guy's flesh and blood body could survive after being attacked by the Soul Bead's decomposition rays.
However, Zhou Ziwei had only just stepped into the twenty-meter range in front of the giant. If the giant were to take even half a step back, Zhou Ziwei would be helpless against him again.
So, for safety's sake, Zhou Ziwei decided to take a few more steps forward, ideally getting within ten meters of the giant, which would basically ensure his safety.
However, although the giant had stopped his frenzied attack of throwing rocks, he was now slightly hunched over, his muscles tense, like a lion that had spotted its prey and was ready to pounce at any moment. His whole body was filled with a violent and dangerous aura.
The closer you get, the stronger the invisible sense of oppression that the giant exudes from his height and weight becomes.
Zhou Ziwei is of a fairly standard height among ordinary people, neither too tall nor too short, but standing in front of the giant, he had the illusion that he was a child who had not yet fully developed.
Zhou Ziwei shook his head slightly, not recklessly speeding up and rushing forward, because he could see that the giant at this moment was like a bow and arrow that had been fully charged, ready to burst forth immediately with just a slight provocation.
Any slightly excessive action now would definitely provoke this guy, and Zhou Ziwei had no idea what terrifying power he would unleash after provoking him, but he knew for sure that it would definitely not be anything good.
So Zhou Ziwei abandoned his once-proud speed and, almost like a tortoise, slowly but steadily walked towards the giant...
Eighteen meters, seventeen meters, sixteen meters...
"Thump, thump, thump..." With the sound of footsteps, Zhou Ziwei's heartbeat seemed to pound heavily in his chest at the same time, making him feel so nervous that he felt like he was about to suffocate.
We can't wait any longer!
Zhou Ziwei silently reflected on himself, because from the faint, malevolent glint emanating from the giant's single, enormous, bull-like eye, he instinctively sensed that the giant was about to make a move. Once the giant made the first move, he would inevitably be put on the defensive...
So even though they were still far from the optimal distance Zhou Ziwei had set for making his move, at this moment, Zhou Ziwei still decisively launched the three soul beads he had been holding in his hand at the same time.
Guided by the power of the soul, the three soul beads became like three black streaks of light, reaching a terrifying speed.
To Zhou Ziwei's utter surprise, the giant launched a bloody attack almost simultaneously with the release of his soul orb, and the speed of that attack was several degrees faster than the speed of Zhou Ziwei's soul orb.
What shocked Zhou Ziwei even more was that... the weapon the giant used to attack this time was actually his—one finger!
Just as Zhou Ziwei threw out the Soul Pearl, the giant also roared suddenly. His already thick arm instantly grew two sizes thicker, looking as if it were two sizes thicker than the giant's own thigh.
Then Zhou Ziwei heard a muffled thud, and a cloud of blood mist instantly sprayed out from the tip of the giant's swollen arm. All the wild and unrestrained power was concentrated on the middle finger of the giant's left hand at this moment, which detached from the giant's palm in an instant and shot straight towards Zhou Ziwei's chest with a speed that was even faster than lightning...
The Cloud Piercing Finger – this is almost the only killing technique the giant has ever learned, and the ruthlessness of this skill is astonishing.