Chapter 258: Complete Defeat
[WARNING, WARNING. 00009425 HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED ELECTRONIC FOREIGN OBJECT. SYSTEM REQUIRES HIBERNATION FOR ONE TO TWO DAYS TO RECOVER.]
[WARNING, WARNING!]
The long, electronic warning tone, accompanied by beeping, reverberated endlessly in her mind. Huang Shi Yao was in a terrible state!
Unaware of the situation, her two bodyguards anxiously supported her. "Miss, are you all right?"
’Our Miss can’t get hurt!’
’She was the family’s greatest treasure now, an incredibly precious Space Ability User.’
’If anything happened to her, the entire Huang Family would make them suffer!’
Huang Shi Yao gritted her teeth and pointed ahead. "Get... get her."
’There’s definitely something wrong with Song Kexin’s older sister!’
’Otherwise, 00009425 wouldn’t have had such a serious malfunction while scanning her.’
In the month since the apocalypse began, ever since she acquired the 00009425 system, everything had always gone smoothly for Huang Shi Yao. She had never suffered such a humiliating defeat.
Xie Ning’s eyes narrowed.
Song Kexin straightened up, a fierce glint in her eyes. "Sister, can I fight them?"
"You can. As long as no one dies, it’s not against base regulations."
The sisters’ exchange was ruthless and indifferent; their two short sentences radiated an endless chill.
"I’ll take the one on the left."
"I’ll handle the other one!"
Song Kexin slowly took a few steps forward, her cold gaze fixed on one of the bodyguards, who was dressed in a black shirt and shorts.
The man scowled at her. "Don’t get cocky, little girl. You might be Fire Element, but as a Third Rank Power-type, I’m not afraid of you!"
"Third Rank?" Gasps rippled through the crowd of onlookers once again.
Numerous stall owners packed up their goods, abandoning their posts to crowd around the entrance of East and West Alley... to watch the drama unfold!
"Your fire is useless against me!" The bodyguard raised his arm, the muscles swelling grotesquely.
He threw a punch straight at Song Kexin’s face.
Song Kexin was instantly enveloped in a layer of flames.
When a Superpower User’s ability grows stronger, their speed and power increase significantly as well.
While she couldn’t match a Power-type Superpower User in raw strength, her speed was by no means inferior to the bodyguard’s.
On top of that, she had been frequently training her combat skills with Ji Taixian and Wang Zongxuan, so she dodged the man’s punch with extreme speed.
At the same time, a sharp crack split the air.
A long whip of fire materialized in Song Kexin’s hand, and without a word, she lashed it at the large man.
Power-type Superpower Users specialize in close-quarters combat.
With the long whip in Song Kexin’s hand, her opponent had no hope of getting near her.
A small smile touched Xie Ning’s lips. She knew her sister had this fight in the bag, so she turned to watch Song Shijun and the other man.
Before the apocalypse, Song Shijun had been a weakling, unable to do any physical labor. But he had improved immensely from Zong Xuan and the others’ recent training.
Combined with his innate Wind Ability, his speed was absolutely top-tier.
His form became a blur, zipping across the area as fast as the wind, as swift as a shadow. His opponent couldn’t even graze the hem of his clothes.
The bodyguard fighting him, like Song Shijun, was also Second Order.
But it was obvious this Defense-type bodyguard was no match for Song Shijun.
In less than five minutes, the Defense-type bodyguard was defeated, covered in his own blood.
Meanwhile, Song Kexin landed a blow with her flaming whip on the Third-stage Superpower User.
Contrary to what the Third-stage Superpower User had believed, the Fire Attack was not, in fact, ineffective against him.
In fact, a long gash had been torn across his chest, so deep that his bone was visible.
THUD! The Third-stage Superpower User was all but crippled. He collapsed onto his side, cold sweat pouring down his face from the sheer pain.
Seeing both of her bodyguards so thoroughly defeated, Huang Shi Yao panicked. She shrieked at the top of her lungs, "Help! Someone, help! Where’s the patrol? Patrol! Someone is fighting and killing people in the base! Quick—"
SHING!
A metal spike grazed the young lady’s cheek and slammed into the wall behind her.
The crowd of onlookers stared, wide-eyed and speechless.
’Where in the world did these monsters come from?’
’All three of them are siblings, and every single one is a Superpower User?’
’Holy crap. No wonder they dare to act so brazenly inside the base.’
The Third-stage Superpower User nearly wet himself in terror, his voice trembling. "Th-this great one... y-you can’t possibly harm our Miss. We... we’re from the Huang Family. This is... this is the daughter of the base management committee’s director, Huang Zhaosheng... Miss Huang Shi Yao."
Just then, the long-overdue patrol team finally arrived.
Xie Ning found the team leader somewhat familiar. He looked a lot like the underling who had been trailing Wu Liangcai when they entered the base two days prior.
The underling obviously recognized the Fourth Rank powerhouse as well, for he sucked in a sharp breath. Before Huang Shi Yao could continue to court death, he scrambled forward and whispered urgently in her ear.
’Was she kidding him? Two days ago, his boss, Wu Liangcai, had been beaten on this Fourth Rank powerhouse’s orders, and he still wasn’t able to get out of bed.’
’How could he possibly dare to keep courting death?’
Huang Shi Yao froze when she heard what the underling said.
’F-Fourth Rank?’
Huang Shi Yao’s pupils contracted. As she looked up at Xie Ning, she herself didn’t even realize that her gaze was brimming with intense jealousy.
’While the common folk were still struggling just to survive, a genius had already reached the Fourth Rank in this world.’
’And it had only been a month.’
’Fourth Rank!’
’Her father had recruited so many talented Superpower Users, yet he had only managed to bring in three Third Rank greats.’
’Moreover, supporting these Superpower Users was a massive monthly expense. Only a family with deep pockets like their Huang Family could afford it.’
The underling scurried over to Xie Ning, bowing and scraping obsequiously. "I’m so sorry, so sorry, Great One! My apologies, my apologies! Our Miss Huang didn’t mean to disturb any of you."
"Uh... this whole thing has been a misunderstanding. Could you please be the bigger person and let this go?"
"Miss Huang tried to have her men seize me for no reason at all." Xie Ning arched an eyebrow. "What kind of misunderstanding is that? Isn’t it just a simple fact?"
The underling’s face twisted in distress. "Great One, please don’t make things difficult for us."
"Who has the time to make things difficult for you?" Xie Ning retracted the metal spike from the wall and shot Miss Huang a cool glance. "My usual way of dealing with riffraff is to just beat them. Is Miss Huang interested in getting a new daddy?"
Xie Ning crooked her pinky finger. "If you’re not convinced, we can keep going."
The onlookers’ mouths twitched.
Huang Shi Yao’s face was ashen, her expression that of someone who had suffered the ultimate humiliation.
With a THUD, the underling dropped to his knees and raised his hands above his head. "Daddy!"
Xie Ning: ...
Everyone: ...
’So damn embarrassing!’
Xie Ning turned and walked away, not wanting to waste another second on the underling with the shockingly dramatic flair.
’She had originally planned to demand some Crystal Cores from the underling as compensation, but things had gotten so humiliating that she no longer wanted to stay there for another second.’
Song Kexin and Song Shijun hurried to catch up with their sister.
"Kexin, are you about to advance to the next rank?" Xie Ning asked in a low voice.
That final lash of her whip had clearly carried the oppressive aura of a Third-stage Superpower User.
’Kexin was about to advance a rank!’
She was well aware of this herself, and nodded at the question.
"Let’s go. Home, now." Xie Ning grabbed her siblings and made a beeline for their courtyard home, not a second to waste.