Susanna noticed that Dwight seemed to have multiple fractures, and immediately dared not hold him in her arms anymore. She could clearly see that whenever her hands trembled slightly while holding Dwight, a low groan of pain would immediately come out of his nostrils, and large beads of sweat would appear on his forehead at the same time.
Susanna, being a biology student, was naturally familiar with the structure of the human body and could be considered a semi-doctor. Upon seeing the situation, she knew that moving Dwight's body rashly would only harm him. If things went wrong, his broken ribs might pierce his heart, and then... even a god couldn't save him.
She carefully laid Dwight flat on the floor, then Susanna stood up, roared, and turned around, like a raging little lioness, lunging fiercely towards the direction where the men in black were.
However, this time Susanna only lunged a few steps before stopping abruptly, her eyes wide open, staring blankly at the scene before her, speechless for a long time.
The men in black remained standing still, their postures unchanged from when they attacked Dwight. Even their faces retained the same fierce, vicious, and utterly insane expression.
However, they were frozen in time, as if time had stopped, their bodies completely frozen at that point in the past, unable to move any further.
What are they doing? Are they playing a prank, trying to scare me?
Susanna was suspicious and wondered what these people were up to. She was furious because Dwight had been beaten so badly by these people and wanted to rush over and fight them, but she didn't expect to encounter such a strange thing. Suddenly, her anger slowly cooled down.
Something unusual must be going on. Susanna dared not be careless. She slowly circled around the men in black standing in the middle of the lounge, then bent down and picked up the delicate little knife on the ground. Only then did she feel a little braver.
Although Susanna knew perfectly well that even if she had a knife, it would be practically useless in front of these desperate criminals; if they could take the knife from her once, they could take it from her a second time.
In her hands, the knife was not only useless for self-defense, but under the watchful eye of a master, she wouldn't even have the slightest chance to commit suicide.
Although she understood the situation in her heart, Susanna felt slightly more at ease when she gripped the cold hilt of the knife. She then tried to approach the group from behind, step by step, until she was less than a meter away from the man called "boss." Suddenly, Susanna screamed "Ah!" and with all her might, slashed the short knife in her hand...
To be honest, Susanna's little knife was fine for peeling apples, but using it to chop people up... that was obviously a bit too childish. However, Susanna didn't care about that. All she knew was that these bastards had beaten Dwight so badly that he was seriously injured, with many broken bones, and was now on the verge of death.
The reason Dwight is the way he is now is entirely because of Susanna... So Susanna only wants to avenge Dwight and tear all those murderers to pieces.
Although she imagined it to be ruthless and merciless, Susanna herself didn't really believe that her strike would actually hit the target.
You should know that this is a biological research institute under the Zhou Group, and because of its importance, it is heavily guarded by security personnel.
It would be impossible for an ordinary petty thief to break into the laboratory.
These people not only broke in, but they also broke in silently, which shows how powerful they are.
The reason why the security guards outside didn't cause a commotion or even raise a warning was actually for only two reasons: firstly, the actions of these men in black were too covert, even managing to deceive all the guards and security personnel at the research institute, who remained completely unaware until this point...
Another reason is that... all the security guards in the research institute have been subdued or even killed by these people.
Regardless of the reason, it only proves the power and terror of these men in black.
Susanna knew that her strike against such a powerful expert would not end well; there was no chance of actually hurting him, and she would likely be the one who got hurt in the end. However, Susanna still did not hesitate to strike him down.
Even knowing it meant death... she still had to make that cut, otherwise she would feel she could never face Dwight again.
However, a miracle occurred that Susanna never expected. Her slash, filled with rage, did not elicit any anger from the other party. The guy known as the boss did not even turn his head once, remaining motionless in the same posture he had used to attack Dwight.
Then, a muffled "crack" was heard, and the knife in Susanna's hand actually chopped down on the boss's head.
The boss's head was really hard; after taking the blow head-on, blood gushed out like a fountain. But in reality, Susanna's full-force strike only managed to cut through the outer skin; it didn't even scratch the skull inside.
Despite this, it still startled Susanna, who was momentarily unable to believe that the knife had actually injured the villain.
The leader, who had been posing there, immediately lost his balance after being stabbed and naturally lunged forward... with a thud, he crashed heavily to the floor.
Even though this guy fell flat on his face, he didn't utter a sound, and the position of his body didn't change much, except that he changed from a standing position to a lying position.
Susanna could hardly believe her eyes. She couldn't believe that someone with her skills could so easily defeat a powerful expert. Could it be… he… he wasn't actually killed by her, but was already…
Thinking of this, Susanna was even more horrified. She then turned to look at the other men in black standing next to her. She saw that they were completely unresponsive to their leader's attack, still maintaining their original poses and expressions, and had not yet come out of their frozen state.
Susanna stretched out a delicate hand, trembling, and checked under the nose of a man with a ferocious face. Sure enough... this man's breathing had already stopped. Still not entirely sure, Susanna placed her hand on the back of another man's chest, carefully feeling for a moment. She discovered that this man's heart had also completely stopped beating. Only then was she finally completely certain... these people were indeed already dead. They had died simultaneously the moment they hit Dwight, and they had died instantly and completely, without any lingering traces.
Otherwise, their bodies wouldn't have maintained such a slight balance after death, remaining standing for so long without showing any sign of collapsing.
God... When did Dwight become so powerful? I don't think I even saw him fight back, but... how could he kill so many people in an instant? And what's most terrifying is that... there isn't a single scratch on their bodies. So... how did they die?
Susanna was horrified and couldn't help but turn around again to look at Dwight lying in the corner, only to be startled once more... Dwight, who had just been critically injured and on the verge of death, was no longer in a dying state, but had somehow managed to sit up.
The dent in his chest had completely healed, his dislocated arm had reattached itself, and even his broken leg seemed to be fine.
Dwight's overall demeanor showed no signs of being seriously injured or dying; on the contrary, he was many times better than before he had fought so fiercely.
Susanna was completely dumbfounded...
In fact, even Dwight himself did not expect things to turn out this way. He had really risked his life to protect Susanna from being humiliated.
Moreover, he knew that with his small frame, he probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single punch... Helpless, Dwight could only activate the most powerful and terrifying blood crystal on his body.
As for what use this crimson crystal would have after activation, Dwight was also unsure.
Although this thing had defeated the guy lurking in Jiang Chunshui's body on the plane last time, the feeling was different. In fact, it was just absorbing energy from the same source that time, so Dwight always suspected that this blood-red crystal had no other use besides containing fierce and malevolent energy.
This time, Dwight made an unexpected discovery... In fact, when the crimson crystal was fully activated... that is, when it was forced to emit that "thump-thump" sound, it would automatically generate a strong suction force that could instantly drain the soul power of everyone who came into contact with his body.
It drained everything in an instant... leaving absolutely nothing behind. Because of this, although those unlucky guys attacked Dwight's back fiercely, even beating him so badly that he was vomiting blood and half-dead, they didn't even have a chance to be happy before they were all dead.
When a person's spiritual power is completely exhausted, the soul will naturally dissipate; this is an ironclad law.
These soul energies were instantly absorbed into Dwight's sea of souls. Unlike Zhou Ziwei's original body, the absorbed soul energies no longer required constant refining with the Six-Syllable Mantra to eliminate their malevolent energy.
But Dwight's clone was different. The malevolent energy attached to his soul power was a terrifying thing that could drive others insane, but for Dwight, it was a great tonic to strengthen that blood-red crystal...
The blood-red crystal, after experiencing that violent pulsation, now appeared much weaker.
But now, after suddenly absorbing the malevolent energy attached to the souls of those people, the blood-red crystal finally regained some of its luster and became quiet and peaceful again, like a harmless ruby quietly floating in some mysterious space... Who would have thought that once this thing unleashed its power, it could actually suck a living person to death... This thing... is truly quite sinister...
Although the Six-Syllable Mantra is very powerful, it can only easily collect the wandering ghosts scattered in the air, and it has no effect whatsoever on the living.
But this time, the blood-red crystals easily drained the life out of a living person; this seems even more powerful than the Six-Syllable Mantra...
And then something even more unexpected happened. After the soul power that had just been extracted from the bodies of several living people was simply filtered by the blood-red crystal, Dwight couldn't wait to quickly transfer this soul power to the various parts of the severely injured bodies.
First, it stimulates the cells at the wound site to become full of vitality, then it accelerates the absorption of dead cells or blood clots at the wound site, followed by rapid repair.
Speaking of which... the soul power absorbed from a living person is simply unbeatable in terms of repairing the body and increasing cell vitality... In just a short while, it has completely repaired all the injuries he had just suffered.
Even broken bones grow wildly under that intense stimulation, as if they were insane. In just over ten seconds, bones that were clearly broken into two pieces would become completely integrated as if they had never been broken at all.
"This...this soul power is too strong! It's practically reviving the dead and restoring flesh to bones!" Dwight exclaimed inwardly, then swayed as he stood up, leaning against the wall beside him...
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 623: Emily's Obsession
Zhou Ziwei was quite annoyed because after discovering the true meaning of the Six-Syllable Mantra, he found it difficult to bear the extremely powerful and terrifying aftereffects. Therefore, he understood that his most urgent task was to find a way to make his soul power more and more abundant.
Only with a strong foundation can one withstand more backlash. He was really looking forward to seeing what kind of effect would be achieved if he used the method of combining soul consciousness with the Six-Syllable Mantra and demonstrated the six-syllable mantra one by one.
Uh... I hope I don't actually become a Buddha on the spot!
The very first character of the six-syllable mantra almost cost Zhou Ziwei his life. Without sufficient spiritual power as a backup, he would never dare to try it again.
If one wants to significantly improve their soul power in a short period of time, Zhou Ziwei believes the best way is to learn a powerful spiritual cultivation method.
Relying solely on devouring the souls of others to replenish one's own needs... whether this is morally reprehensible is another matter, but it's ultimately not a sustainable solution. Otherwise, the Earth is only so big, and there are only so many life forms. If he grows stronger and stronger, wouldn't he eventually drain the souls of all life forms on Earth? He would truly become an absolutely terrifying demon. And if he were the only one left on Earth, what would be the point of becoming so powerful?
In light of this, Zhou Ziwei immediately activated his consciousness to influence Emily, causing her to develop an intense and urgent desire in her mind: to have that old bastard Zhuihun teach her skills, so that she could become as powerful as her father and her older brother Zhou Ziwei.
Who knew that after hearing Emily's request, Soul Chaser considered it for a long time and then said something... that his system was not suitable for Emily and that forcing her to practice it would be harmful rather than beneficial.
On the contrary, Zhou Ziwei's skills are very suitable for her. She should simply become Zhou Ziwei's apprentice. Maybe she can actually learn some amazing skills.
Upon hearing Zhuihun's words, Zhou Ziwei was so angry he almost vomited blood. What kind of person is this? I went through all the trouble of creating a daughter for you, mainly because I wanted to steal your cultivation techniques. How come I'm the one who has to train your daughter? You old bastard, you don't actually want your daughter to steal my cultivation techniques, do you?
Damn... I don't have any cultivation techniques here, just the Six-Syllable Mantra. But even if I taught it to you, I doubt you'd be able to use it.
This isn't something everyone can use... Furthermore, the method of absorbing natural energy... this seems to be related to the soul power derived from the Six-Syllable Mantra. I wonder if ordinary people could also absorb natural energy directly...
Emily is a new human created by Zhou Ziwei. If you really think about it, Zhou Ziwei should be considered her father. So, Zhou Ziwei has no objection to teaching Emily his skills, but he just doesn't know how to teach her.
If Emily can't get the method of cultivating spiritual power from Zhuihun... then Zhou Ziwei's entire scheme will have been for nothing.
When he created Emily, he consumed a large portion of his soul power. If nothing unexpected happens, he probably won't be able to replenish it to its original level for a year or two. And that's assuming nothing happens during that time and his soul power isn't significantly depleted.
I originally thought that if I could learn the cultivation method of spiritual power, and it matched my own Six-Syllable Mantra, I might actually be able to create an even more abnormal method for accumulating soul power. But who knew... that Soul Chaser just wouldn't fall for it no matter what...
Seeing Emily constantly clinging to him and acting coquettishly ever since she received such a reply from Zhuihun, Zhou Ziwei felt an urge to hit her.
But Emily was the only human he had created in all these years, and her value was so precious that even if he only wanted to appreciate her as a work of art, Zhou Ziwei couldn't bear to destroy her... Helpless, he could only endure the pain of being entangled by this beautiful girl day and night, but he absolutely could not retaliate.
This was the third day since they left Motown. Robert's family had been taken to international waters by Zhou Ziwei and then taken away by a Chinese cruise ship that had been arranged in advance.
Soon they will arrive at their next destination in the United States, Washington City. The families of the other three of the four agents are all in Washington City, which saves Zhou Ziwei the trouble of traveling back and forth.
However... as the political center of the United States, Washington's military defense capabilities are naturally far superior to those of the small city of Mo City. Moreover, after the hostage crisis in Mo City, the military of the United States is very clear about Zhou Ziwei's next move.
Unless the M army completely surrenders to Zhou Ziwei, it is entirely conceivable that when they try to rescue the remaining three families, they will inevitably be met with a long-planned ambush.
Just to fulfill his promise, Zhou Ziwei, even though he knew it was a trap, had no choice but to grit his teeth and jump in.
Of course... the main reason is that Zhou Ziwei is quite confident in his abilities. With him and Zhuihun working together, he believes there is no place on Earth that they wouldn't dare to go.
The four of them finally arrived in Washington City by high-speed rail. After arriving, Zhou Ziwei did not rush to search for the families of the three agents. Instead, he first found a relatively luxurious hotel to settle in. Then he contacted the Chinese Embassy and made arrangements with the military attaché. He planned to send Chu Qiutang and Emily to the Chinese Embassy before taking any action.
After the hotel incident, Zhou Ziwei dared not leave these two women alone again. He finally understood that the beautiful woman he had created was a complete troublemaker.
Although she may not have intentionally wanted to cause trouble, well... who made Zhou Ziwei portray her as so perfect? That's why people say that beauty is a curse. A woman who is too beautiful is a tragedy. She will inevitably attract all sorts of troubles, and there is no way to avoid them.
So no matter how much trouble Emily caused, it was no wonder she was blamed. Upon closer examination, it was actually Zhou Ziwei's own fault.
In short, Zhou Ziwei wouldn't feel at ease with such a beautiful woman unless she was by his side. Along the way from Motown to Washington, Emily had already caused trouble several times, almost getting involved with the number one mafia family in the United States. It was only after Zhuihun revealed his name that those people were scared off.
It seems that although Zhui Hun has not appeared in public for many years, the title of the number one assassin is not for nothing. Anyone with a little knowledge and background knows Zhui Hun, the king of assassins. Especially in the underworld, his name is even more famous. I believe that in the United States, there are few people who know Zhui Hun’s background who would dare to provoke him.
However, in the small territory of Washington, the reputation of the Soul Chaser might not be so effective. After all, this is the political center of the United States and the headquarters of the US military. The underworld forces in the United States are extremely weak here. Even if the most powerful underworld forces were to extend their reach into the political center of a country, it would be a provocative act that challenges the limits of the rulers. In fact, anyone with a little common sense would know what to do.
However, few people in the military and political circles of the United States know about Soul Chaser. Even if someone does, they only regard him as an assassin. In the eyes of those blindly arrogant military leaders, an assassin will always be nothing but trash and will not be taken seriously at all.
Zhou Ziwei anticipated that once he decided to confront the US military in order to save the families of those three agents, it would inevitably cause a huge commotion. At that time, he would not be able to take care of Emily and Chu Qiutang. Therefore, it would be best to send the two of them to the embassy before taking any action.
It should be relatively safe there. I believe that even if the entire city of Walston is turned upside down, no one will dare to go there and cause trouble.
With his old superior as his backer, Zhou Ziwei could do anything under the guise of a powerful figure. He quickly made arrangements with the military attaché at the embassy, and it was no problem to seek refuge with one or two people.
When Emily heard that she and Chu Qiutang were going to be used as burdens by Zhou Ziwei and Zhuihun and sent to other places to escape trouble again, she pouted angrily. Then she grabbed Zhou Ziwei's arm and shook it vigorously, saying, "Big brother, can you please teach me those skills properly? Emily is so smart and quick-witted, no matter what you teach me, I'll definitely learn it in no time. And once Emily learns, she can help you and Dad, right? Then you won't have to send me away first whenever you want to fight! Ugh... I'm so angry! I know you're going to fight, but I can't even watch the fun from the sidelines! Big brother... you're my own brother, please teach me skills... promise me! I'll give you any reward you want... can I kiss you?"
Without waiting for a reply, Emily pinned Zhou Ziwei down, pressing her large, full breasts against his body, and then lowered her head to kiss him wildly.
Chu Qiutang, who was standing to the side, was first stunned, then became extremely jealous, her face darkening with displeasure.
"Cough..." Even the old man Zhuihun couldn't stand it anymore. He knew that Zhou Ziwei wasn't some innocent young boy. Letting his precious daughter lie on top of a man and keep kissing him like that... This guy, who thought he was a father, naturally felt a bit cheated. So he coughed hard and said, "Stop it... stop it."
Zhou Ziwei still had to be considerate of Zhuihun's emotions. He could tell from the guy's tone that he was a little unhappy, so Zhou Ziwei had no choice but to push Emily up forcefully first, and then said with a wry smile, "I'm telling you, little beauty... please... don't torture me anymore, okay... it's not that I'm unwilling to teach you, but... the kind of kung fu I've learned isn't something ordinary people can practice. Even if I taught you, you probably wouldn't be able to learn it, wouldn't that be a waste of time?"
Upon hearing this, Emily immediately pouted unhappily and said, "You haven't even taught me yet, so how do you know I can't learn?... No... you have to teach me, or I'll... I'll..."