The smell of blood fermented in the air.
Lucas kicked away the headless corpse at his feet and walked to the iron cage.
He fumbled in the leather jacket pocket of the gang leader and pulled out a ring of blood-stained keys.
“Clink.”
The keys made a crisp clashing sound.
Kimiko, inside the iron cage, suddenly shrank back, her back pressing tightly against the rusted wire mesh.
She was like a cornered leopardess, a low, threatening growl escaping her throat.
Her eyes, hidden beneath messy hair, stared fixedly at the keys in Lucas’s hand, her muscles tensed to the limit.
Lucas ignored her hostility.
He picked out a brass key and inserted it into the heavy padlock.
“Click.”
The lock spring snapped open.
Lucas casually pulled off the heavy iron lock and threw it on the ground.
He pulled open the rusted iron door, which let out a piercing screech of friction.
“Come out.”
Lucas took a step back, clearing the way.
Kimiko didn’t move.
She remained in a defensive posture, her eyes darting back and forth between the open cage door and Lucas.
In this brief standoff, Lucas awakened the system in his mind.
“Scan target.”
[Scanning target organism…]
A blue data panel quickly unfolded on his retina.
[Target Name: Kimiko (Kimiko Miyashiro)]
[Race: Human (compound v Deep Mutant)]
[Status: Extremely Fatigued / Highly Alert / Multiple Soft Tissue Contusions]
[Target Attribute Assessment:]
[Strength: 380] (Can easily tear through steel plates, punch through concrete walls)
[Speed: 420] (Extremely fast short-distance burst speed, movement trajectory difficult to capture with the naked eye)
[Physical Intensity: 350] (Extremely high muscle density, can resist some light weapons fire, but cannot withstand heavy firepower)
[Mental Power: 50] (Subjected to long-term inhuman abuse, mental state extremely unstable, exhibiting beast-like instincts)
[Recovery: 15000] (Special Mechanism: Extremely high cell activity. Enjoying the story? Read on at novelping.com.
Capable of limb regeneration and organ repair.
However, the regeneration process consumes a large amount of energy, is not instantaneous, and is accompanied by intense pain.)
Lucas looked at the data on the panel, his eyes twitching slightly.
“Three hundred and eighty Strength, four hundred and twenty Speed…”
He glanced at his own pitiful 45 Strength and 55 Speed.
This gap was simply like a Chihuahua meeting a Siberian tiger.
If he weren’t wearing the [Carbyne Heavy Armor] contributed by Translucent, Kimiko could rip his guts out with a single claw.
“As for this recovery power of fifteen thousand…”
Lucas noticed the note given by the system.
“Being able to regenerate limbs is indeed impressive, but it’s not fast and requires enduring great pain.
Compared to my [Absolute Immortality], which has no sense of pain and provides instant full-health resurrection, it’s still a bit lacking.”
He quickly calculated a strategy in his mind.
A head-on clash was absolutely out of the question.
He couldn’t keep up with her speed, and his strength couldn’t break her defense (although Kimiko’s physical intensity was only 350, it was still far beyond an ordinary person’s; Lucas’s 45 Strength would probably just be like a scratch).
“I can only wear her down.”
Lucas made up his mind.
He looked at Kimiko, who was still motionless in the cage.
“Not coming out?”
Lucas gave a cold laugh and deliberately took a step forward.
“Then I’m coming in.”
These words were the final straw that broke the beast’s rationality.
A dark shadow exploded from the iron cage.
Too fast.
Lucas felt his vision blur as a foul wind rushed at him.
55 Speed in front of 420 was like a slow-motion replay.
He didn’t even finish the movement of raising his arm to block.
“Bang!”
Kimiko slammed into his chest like a cannonball.
The massive impact sent Lucas flying.
He tumbled twice in mid-air and crashed heavily into a concrete support pillar five meters away.
A large area of cracks appeared on the surface of the concrete pillar, and dust trickled down.
Before Lucas could even slide to the ground, Kimiko had already lunged at him like a shadow.
She straddled Lucas, her legs firmly clamping his waist.
On her face, partially obscured by messy hair, was a savage expression like a predator catching its prey.
“Roar—!”
Kimiko let out a shrill roar and raised both hands, which turned into a storm of iron hammers, ruthlessly smashing into Lucas’s face.
“Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!”
Dull impact sounds echoed in the empty warehouse like dense drumbeats.
With 380 Strength, every punch carried enough terrifying kinetic energy to shatter a skull.
The back of Lucas’s head slammed against the concrete pillar behind him again and again.
Concrete fragments flew.
He had no power to fight back at all.
Kimiko’s speed was too fast, her fists falling like raindrops, completely blocking all his room for counterattack.
She even opened her mouth, revealing sharp teeth, and bit toward Lucas’s neck.
“Rippp—”
A tooth-aching tearing sound.
Kimiko was like a true beast, frantically biting, scratching, and pounding the prey beneath her.
She wanted to completely tear this dangerous source that dared to approach her into pieces.
The violent attack lasted for three full minutes.
The concrete support pillar had been smashed into a deep pit, and Lucas’s head was deeply embedded inside.
Kimiko was panting heavily.
Her attack frequency began to drop.
In those frantic eyes, a hint of confusion and terror gradually emerged.
Something was wrong.
When she had bitten toward this man’s neck just now, it felt like biting into a solid titanium alloy plate.
Her teeth almost shattered, yet she couldn’t even break a layer of his skin.
Her fists, which were strong enough to punch through concrete, had smashed into this man’s face and chest, but aside from the dull metallic clashing sounds, they hadn’t caused any signs of bone fractures or internal organ ruptures.
Maybe it’s not a big deal now… maybe it will be later.
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”