To master this skill, one must first sever one of one's fingers, then use a special method to reattach the severed finger, and nourish it with qi and blood every day.
This finger would not cause any abnormality under normal circumstances, nor would it cause any inconvenience to his daily life.
However, when he needs to, he can pour half of his body's blood and energy into this finger. Under the powerful impact, the finger, which has been broken once before, will break off again at the point of the previous break, and then be shot out at a speed far exceeding that of a bullet.
It is said that when this skill is mastered to a high degree, a single finger can pierce through the clouds in the sky, hence the name "Cloud Piercing Finger".
Giants are born with superhuman strength and thick skin. They have seen many battles, big and small, but generally speaking, as long as they fight using their physical instincts, no one can hurt them.
Since he himself is unharmed, he is already in an invincible position. In addition, with his almost elephant-like strength and speed that is disproportionate to his weight and size, there are not many people who can escape from him.
Therefore, the giant had never actually used the Cloud Piercing Finger, a cruel skill that injures oneself before killing the enemy, in actual combat since he learned it. However, after that exchange and witnessing Zhou Ziwei's strength, the giant knew that he would hardly be able to kill this strange Easterner with his brute force alone. That's why he risked destroying one of his fingers to unleash the strongest move he had ever made in his life.
Sensing the destructive power and speed of this attack, Zhou Ziwei was horrified. Although the force field in front of him had a strong protective function, he could not guarantee that the force field could withstand such a fierce blow. Therefore, the moment he saw the severed finger coming, Zhou Ziwei immediately and without hesitation unleashed his soul power from all parts of his body as if it were free, instantly filling the area within five meters around him with his soul power.
"Swoosh—" The severed finger shot into the force field blocking Zhou Ziwei's path almost the instant it left the giant's hand. Its fierce momentum was slightly slowed by the change in the force field.
However, the power of the Cloud Piercing Finger is simply too strong. Although the performance of the force field space is very powerful, there is always an upper limit to the power it can change.
Leverage allows a slender person to lift a massive boulder, but it cannot lift a mountain.
Using skill to overcome force is only effective within a specific range of force. Once the force exceeds a certain limit, no skill can compensate for it. This is the principle behind the saying "one force can overcome ten techniques".
Therefore, after the Cloud Piercing Finger entered the force field space, it was only slightly affected by the distortion of the force field space, which caused its speed to slow down slightly. However, the severed finger quickly broke through the force field space without any obstruction, and its direction of movement did not even reverse or change in the slightest.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwei hadn't placed all his hopes on that force field space. The instantaneous soul coverage bathed Zhou Ziwei's entire body in dense soul power, and instantly all his agility and speed increased tenfold, as if he had taken an aphrodisiac.
Although the force field failed to block the attack of the Cloud Piercing Finger, it still bought Zhou Ziwei a chance to catch his breath. In the instant that the severed finger paused slightly, Zhou Ziwei used his increased agility to suddenly shift his body half a foot to the right.
Finally, he managed to dodge the severed finger that was shooting at near-light speed, thus avoiding a fatal blow to his heart.
Despite this, Zhou Ziwei's ribs were still ripped open by the rapidly flying severed finger, leaving a deep bloody gash. Even a small piece of one of his ribs was instantly wiped away by the destructive force of the severed finger...
What incredible power!
Zhou Ziwei was the first to feel the terrifying explosive attack. If he hadn't mastered the two skills of force field space and soul coverage beforehand, that terrifying finger strike, which was almost as fast as light, could have easily pierced his heart.
Faced with such immense power, even his body, which had been transformed by five drops of the Water of Reincarnation, was utterly unable to withstand a single blow...
Fortunately, he managed to dodge the finger strike. Although he was slightly injured in the ribs, and even his bone was broken, such external injuries were nothing serious for Zhou Ziwei. At this moment, his soul's protective aura had not yet dissipated, and his entire body was bathed in the nourishment of soul power. Therefore, the long blood groove under his ribs had only just spurted out a spurt of blood when his cells, driven by the soul power, began to divide and regenerate almost frantically. In the blink of an eye, the bleeding stopped, and the missing bone and the long blood groove began to grow and heal rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Almost simultaneously, the three soul beads under Zhou Ziwei's control, after a brief pause due to the sudden attack, resumed their rapid trajectory, drawn by the power of his soul, and hurtled towards the giant's massive body.
Although the giant is very powerful, if even one Soul Bead could explode on the giant's body, then... he would definitely be dead!
However, the giant was already shocked again when the Cloud Piercing Finger failed to achieve its intended effect, and immediately raised Zhou Ziwei's estimate several levels higher.
At first, when he faced the three-souled, silver-glowing new-style cross-shaped darts, he remained calm and unperturbed.
But now, seeing only three black beads the size of rice grains shooting towards him, the giant was no longer careless. After letting out a roar, he immediately swept his leg, sending a large swarm of pebbles flying into the air and crashing into the three soul beads flying from the sky.
Zhou Ziwei was shocked to see this. After being entangled by the power of the soul, his soul bead would immediately burst into countless disintegration rays after a violent impact, which was something that Zhou Ziwei could not control.
Therefore, Zhou Ziwei dared not let the three soul beads be hit by the stone. He quickly shifted his soul power and narrowly managed to get two of the soul beads away from the giant, avoiding a fatal blow.
However, the soul bead that was launched from the front was not so lucky. After all, Zhou Ziwei was standing in this position, and almost half of the rocks flew from this direction, leaving almost no blind spots.
Both the speed of the Soul Orb missile and the stones kicked out by the giant were terrifying. It was almost inevitable that such a collision would occur in the blink of an eye. Even with Zhou Ziwei's reaction speed under the cover of his soul, he could not accurately reverse the trajectory of the Soul Orb at such a distance.
And so, right before their eyes, the soul bead was instantly struck squarely by a fist-sized rock.
With a "poof," the Soul Pearl exploded, and then all the stones flying in the air in the small area around the Soul Pearl disappeared without a trace in an instant, turning into countless stone dust that fell all over the ground.
"Hiss—" Although the giant had long guessed that the few rice-grain-sized objects that Zhou Ziwei shot out must be extraordinary, he never expected that these things would be so terrifying.
Although the giant always believed that his body was much harder than ordinary stones, he still knew that if he were hit by those black beads, the outcome would be quite tragic.
Despite his powerful limbs, the giant's mind was not so smooth. In just a moment, he had already guessed the limitations of the Soul Beads... that is, Zhou Ziwei only suddenly released the three black beads when he broke through to within fifteen meters of him, but before that, he preferred to charge forward through the long sky of stone bullets rather than use this powerful killing move. This shows that the black beads are not capable of long-range attacks.
Having figured this out, the giant immediately kicked the ground with both feet, creating another storm of stone projectiles twice as fierce as before. Then, he quickly retreated, slowly putting distance between himself and Zhou Ziwei.
Zhou Ziwei was greatly troubled when he saw that the distance between himself and the giant had exceeded twenty meters again.
Twenty meters is a distance that he could cover in less than half a second if he were to unleash his full speed. However, the problem is that the giant is acting like a madman, kicking faster than a rabbit and constantly launching countless powerful projectiles that completely block Zhou Ziwei's path, preventing him from getting any closer.
Zhou Ziwei could block the stone projectiles with his force field, but he could no longer increase his speed... Moreover, as the giant retreated rapidly, his left index finger was always pointing at Zhou Ziwei's chest, whether intentionally or unintentionally. No matter how much his body swayed, the direction of his finger never changed.
This gave Zhou Ziwei a chilling feeling, knowing that if he pushed too hard, the big guy might unleash that terrifying finger strike again at any moment...
You think you can run away? Not so easy!
Seeing that the giant had retreated in the direction that seemed to be the only building on the island, the stone house in the center, Zhou couldn't help but have a slight thought. He sneered and then relaxed his mind, instantly summoning all the insects he had driven aside. With a command, he ordered all twenty-odd mosquitoes to attack, and they all flew onto the giant's body in an instant...
Volume 2 The Assassin's Nightmare Chapter 291 The Fall of the Giant
"Ding ding ding ding..." More than twenty mosquitoes landed on the giant's body. Zhou Ziwei seemed to hear a series of steel needles hitting hard rock. He immediately sensed the panic and helplessness of the mosquitoes.
As it turned out, the giant's flesh was harder than a tortoise shell. The mosquitoes' mouthparts could not penetrate even a little bit, and they almost broke off their mouthparts.
This is truly a tough nut to crack... Zhou Ziwei was so angry at this giant that his teeth were itching. He immediately ordered the mosquitoes in his mind to spray the poison directly onto the giant's body. Even if it didn't kill him, it would still disgust him.
After receiving the order, more than twenty mosquitoes immediately began to diligently spit on the giant's rough skin, and after a moment the giant seemed to finally feel it.
After all, apart from the first mosquito Zhou Ziwei caught, which had an anesthetic toxin, the remaining twenty-odd mosquitoes all had corrosive toxins.
Anesthetic toxins have virtually no effect unless they remain in the recipient's bloodstream.
However, this corrosive toxin is completely different. Directly penetrating the skin and injecting it into the capillaries will facilitate the rapid spread of the toxin. While spraying it on the surface of the skin is much less effective, it can still have a corrosive effect. The only difference is that one works from the inside out and the other from the outside in.
Therefore, even though these tiny mosquitoes only sprayed venom onto the surface of the giant's skin, it still quickly caused the giant's hard, rock-hard skin to begin to show signs of redness, swelling, and ulceration.
In fact, the giant had already seen a swarm of mosquitoes flying towards him, but Zhou Ziwei was pressing him too hard, and he dared not relax his vigilance in the slightest. Seeing that they were just a swarm of ordinary mosquitoes, the giant naturally did not take such weak creatures seriously, so he ignored them.
But then he suddenly felt a slight itch all over his body, and the giant immediately became alert.
Given the toughness of his body, it would be impossible for ordinary mosquitoes to harm him. Moreover, the sudden appearance of a swarm of mosquitoes in broad daylight was rather strange. This Floating Light Island was practically barren, so how could mosquitoes possibly thrive without plants? How did they survive on this deserted island? Did they just gnaw on rocks every day?
Therefore, although the giant did not pay attention to the swarm of mosquitoes at first glance, he was immediately shocked after thinking about it carefully. He immediately realized that these seemingly insignificant mosquitoes were definitely not naturally growing on this floating island, but must be mysterious creatures controlled by someone else.
He had long heard of a kind of insect-controlling technique called Gu in the mysterious ancient Eastern country, which could control poisonous insects to harm people. He hadn't really believed it before, but now he did. At least the swarm of mosquitoes in front of him was clearly under someone else's control, and the venom of these mosquitoes was so terrifying that it didn't even need to penetrate his body to begin corroding his flesh...
Although the giant didn't take the slight itching and pain on his skin to heart, the thought of the legendary Gu technique, which supposedly could implant the eggs of poisonous insects into a person's body without their knowledge, and then activate at any time according to the Gu master's will, inevitably made the giant feel uneasy.
"Damn mosquitoes!" the giant roared, continuing to kick up a hail of stones to block Zhou Ziwei's pursuit, while also managing to slap himself hard with one hand amidst the chaos.
With a loud "smack," the slap was so forceful that even the giant himself grimaced in pain, and the two mosquitoes that had just landed there unsurprisingly turned into two pools of blood.
You bastard, you killed two more of my sons! I'll fight you to the death...
Zhou Ziwei clearly felt that two of his soul connections with those Kun Chong had been severed by the giant's slap, and he immediately went berserk again.
Seeing that things were going on like this, it seemed that even until the giant escaped into that stone house, he would not be able to get within twenty meters of this guy. Moreover, this guy was clearly very wary of the Soul Pearl. It seemed that it was almost impossible to kill this guy with the Soul Pearl.
Left with no other choice, Zhou Ziwei could only sigh as a surge of powerful soul energy began to brew within his body.
He then ordered all the Kunchong to retreat quickly and keep their distance, while keeping a close eye on the giant's rapidly retreating figure, a disdainful sneer in his eyes.
Soul Roar – Zhou Ziwei really didn’t want to use this kind of soul energy. Although it was extremely suitable to use Soul Roar to deal with people like giants whose physical defense was extremely strong, since the destructive power of Soul Roar directly affected a person’s soul, no matter how strong a person’s body was, under the invasion of Soul Roar, they were basically no different from a person with a weak body.
Zhou Ziwei was over 90% confident that he could instantly kill the giant with his Soul Roar.
However, the problem is... for Zhou Ziwei, the soul of someone ranked among the world's top ten assassins is an invaluable treasure. If it weren't for a last resort, Zhou Ziwei really wouldn't want to destroy such a precious asset.
While using soul roars to fight enemies is quite effective, it lacks fine-grained control. If Zhou Ziwei were to use a dispersed attack method, it would certainly not have much impact on the Titans. On the contrary, it might directly cause the Titans to become wary of this attack method.
If a cluster attack is used... then it is certain that if the giant is hit head-on by the Soul Roar, his fate will be nothing but annihilation.
In that case, Zhou Ziwei would no longer be able to use the Six-Syllable Mantra to absorb the other party's soul and read those useful skills from the other party's soul memories.
How many people in this world can possess the precious souls of the Ten Great Assassins? Every one lost is one less. But if he could just absorb one or two, then if Zhou Ziwei were to face another group of the Ten Great Assassins again, he would have enough resources to easily win.
Otherwise, the two assassins he's encountered so far are only ranked eighth and tenth in the world, and they're already this powerful. Zhou Ziwei really can't imagine how strong the top five, or even the number one, assassins would be...
No matter how reluctant he was to part with the giant's soul, Zhou Ziwei couldn't hesitate any longer at this moment. Otherwise, if the guy escaped, the black market assassin network would probably declare itself a platinum-level VIP member assassin. But for Zhou Ziwei now, obtaining the full access of that core member was the most important thing, so that he could achieve his goal in a short time.
So... no matter what, this giant must die today!
"Roar—" A deafening roar burst forth from Zhou Ziwei's mouth.
Zhou Ziwei has now gotten into the habit of always accompanied by a real roar whenever he unleashes a soul roar, in order to confuse others and create the illusion that it is just a sonic attack.
Although it seemed that there were no other onlookers on this small island besides Zhou Ziwei and the enemy in front of him, Zhou Ziwei did not believe that the black market assassin network would not use monitoring methods to observe this life-or-death duel between the two.
Therefore... no matter what, Zhou Ziwei must keep his biggest secret and not let anyone know too much about him.
Just as Zhou Ziwei roared, the giant, who was about thirty meters away and had almost reached the stone house in the center of the island, suddenly froze. Zhou Ziwei sensed a crisp cracking sound and knew that it was the sound of a soul shattering.
No matter how powerful the giant was, it was limited to his physical strength. In terms of the solidity of his soul, he might not be much stronger than an ordinary person. So when faced with Zhou Ziwei's soul roar attack, which was a concentrated bundle of energy, the giant's soul shattered instantly. His body swayed a few times for a moment, and then he collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Is it over? That damn big guy, he caused the death of three of my sons.
As the giant fell, Zhou Ziwei stopped in his tracks, his hands supporting his knees, his body slightly bent, panting heavily.
In that short time, Zhou Ziwei had consumed a great deal of his soul power, but his physical strength had not actually been depleted much. Therefore, his seemingly exhausted appearance was just an act for those who might be watching him from the shadows.
At this moment, Zhou Ziwei didn't want to appear too arrogant or powerful. If he became so powerful that others were wary of him, it would definitely not be a good thing for him.
After a long while, Zhou Ziwei slowly walked forward, not even glancing at the giant lying motionless on the ground. Then, with seemingly unsteady steps, he slowly entered the stone house.
With a soft "beep," the computer screen in the center of the stone house lit up again as Zhou Ziwei entered. Then, the blond man clapped his hands vigorously and laughed loudly, "Truly amazing... I never imagined that someone as powerful as a giant would be practically powerless against you... What kind of kung fu was that roar you used to win? Was it the Lion's Roar from ancient martial arts? It's unbelievable that someone who could kill an elephant with a single slap could be brought down by just one roar from you... Tsk tsk tsk... Mysterious ancient Eastern martial arts, truly astonishing."
Zhou Ziwei smiled slightly, wiped away what was probably not sweat from his forehead, and panted, "Just lucky...hehe...actually, if the giant hadn't been intimidated by my first two attacks, a single lion's roar wouldn't have seriously injured him. Hmm...let's not talk about that now. I think...I should consider myself victorious now, and I can get everything I deserve, right? Hmm...this Floating Light Island is too desolate. I don't want to spend the night in this godforsaken place. I wonder...when can you come and pick me up?"
"Hehe... No need for anyone to pick you up..." The blond man revealed a sly smile and said, "Now that you are a core member of our Black Market Assassin Network, there are some things we no longer need to hide from you... This Floating Light Island is actually a branch of our Black Market Assassin Network in the Asia-Pacific region. Oh... of course, the desolation of the island is just an illusion. Now... you can enter the real Floating Light Island... Our youngest and greatest warrior in the history of the Black Market Assassin Network... please come in!"
As the blond man uttered a mocking remark, Zhou Ziwei felt the entire stone house suddenly tremble slightly. The previously open stone door abruptly closed on its own, and the stone house began to sink rapidly into the ground. At the same time, lights hidden somewhere around the house lit up, illuminating the entire stone house.
Sure enough... this stone house is actually a giant stone elevator.
Zhou Ziwei clicked his tongue in amazement. When he first entered this stone house, he had naturally scanned it from all sides with his soul power. How could Zhou Ziwei not see the bottomless passage beneath the stone house? That was why, when he saw the giant desperately fleeing towards the stone house, Zhou Ziwei recklessly used his soul power to kill it. Otherwise, if the giant had entered the stone house, it could have easily escaped Zhou Ziwei's pursuit through the hidden passage.
As long as the Titan doesn't die, how could Zhou Ziwei possibly have a chance to replace the Titan as a core member of the Black Market Assassin Network?
The enormous stone house sank along the passage below for a full five or six minutes. According to Zhou Ziwei's calculations, he should have already reached the bottom of the sea by then. The stone house's speed suddenly slowed down and then came to a stop.
With a soft "beep," the closed stone door opened to the left and right on its own, revealing a long, snow-white, and transparent passageway in front of Zhou Ziwei. Although he didn't know how large the underground building would be, just looking at the passageway that stretched for hundreds of meters and seemed to have no end was enough to amaze him.
Right outside the stone gate, the blond man who had just appeared on the computer screen stood there smiling. Without any hesitation, Zhou Ziwei immediately stepped into the passageway, nodded to the blond man, and said, "To build such a large base underwater, that's quite an ambitious project!"
The blond man laughed loudly again, extending a thick hand to Zhou Ziwei, and said with a smile, "Hello... I'm Vincent, the Asia-Pacific head of the Black Market Assassin Network. It's a pleasure to meet you... my Chinese friend."
Zhou Ziwei smiled and extended his hand to shake hands with the blond man, but when he heard the blond man's next sentence, his expression suddenly stiffened slightly, and he asked with some doubt, "You said... Chinese friends?"
“Of course…” Vincent smiled slightly and said, “It seems you still underestimate the intelligence gathering capabilities of our Black Market Assassin Network, haha… Although you have always identified yourself as a Japanese since you rose to prominence in the assassin world, in fact, we had already started to notice you long before you even started using the alias Samsara.”