King of Assassins

Alongside Iron Bull, there were five other people, really a crowd.

This group was armed with guns. If they weren’t quickly handled, it could get messy. A careless bullet, and you might just be done for.

Of course, Gao Xuan was not afraid of death. At worst, his Divine Soul would project down again, choosing another body to possess.

Just that this current target of possession was great, with suitable conditions all around. Gao Xuan didn’t want to waste this chance.

The other side arrived a bit too quickly, though it was good too. If blocked in the hallway, it would be truly awkward.

Gao Xuan glanced at the two corpses on the sofa. Once the door opened, people outside would realize something was wrong, especially with such a strong stench of blood.

"They’re here."

Gao Xuan responded with a word, quickly moving over to open the door.

The one knocking was a bald giant, who cursed unhappily: "Are you deaf, damn it?"

As the bald giant cursed, a handgun was already shoved in his mouth. He was terrified, but before he could react, Gao Xuan pulled the trigger.

With a bang, the back of the bald giant’s head burst into a mist of blood.

The surrounding people were shocked, hastily moving to avoid and reaching for their guns.

Being in this line of work is inherently dangerous, especially since they had just kidnapped Li Xiaoyu, so they were extremely cautious.

But Gao Xuan’s shooting was too quick, blowing away the bald giant with a single shot.

The remaining four scattered, reaching for their guns, but none were quicker than Gao Xuan. Gao Xuan used the bald giant’s corpse to shield himself, extending his right hand through the giant’s armpit, firing four rapid shots. Four gunmen had their heads exploded.

From the moment Gao Xuan started shooting to when the four gunmen were killed — the whole process took less than two seconds.

Standing at the back was Iron Bull, a giant over two meters tall, who reacted only now.

He glared at Gao Xuan angrily, his eyes flashing with the blue-red glow unique to electronic eyes.

Iron Bull’s muscles were exaggeratedly and massively bulging on his body, even his face seemed full of muscles, making his expression very stiff.

Even in fury, he carried a mechanical feel, coupled with his blue-red electronic eyes, appearing extremely intimidating.

Gao Xuan wasn’t concerned with Iron Bull’s expressions or movements. He unloaded the remaining seven bullets from his handgun onto Iron Bull’s face.

Iron Bull appeared slow and sluggish but reacted quickly. As Gao Xuan fired, Iron Bull’s hands were already protecting his head.

Yet, the first shot landed on Iron Bull’s cheek, nearly blasting his electronic eye.

Iron Bull’s wounded cheek didn’t bleed but lifted a patch of skin, revealing alloy bones underneath.

Iron Bull roared and charged at Gao Xuan.

Gao Xuan hurriedly shrunk back and retreated, skirting along the wall to the other side. His evasive movement was quick and nimble. Plus, with the bald giant’s corpse blocking the way, Iron Bull didn’t see Gao Xuan moving to the other side as he charged madly ahead.

With a bang, Iron Bull carrying the bald giant’s corpse crashed into the half-open door, shattering it instantly.

Iron Bull’s momentum didn’t stop; he continued to charge forward madly until he hit the opposite wall, crashing a deep crater into it.

The bald giant’s corpse, sandwiched in between, was crushed to bits in the collision, making the scene extremely gory.

It was only then that Iron Bull noticed something was wrong. He hadn’t hit anyone. Before he could turn, a sharp blade stabbed out from his electronic eye.

The other intact electronic eye flashed, then went dim without central nervous control, quickly going out.

The body, over two meters tall, swayed a bit and fell heavily onto the floor.

"Too slow, too clumsy. The mechanism for activating the metal prosthetic doesn’t work either..."

Gao Xuan muttered to himself as he crouched down, inspecting Iron Bull with great interest.

Indeed, this guy’s head was modified, using an alloy skull. But to account for the state of the human tissue, the alloy skull couldn’t be too thick.

Of course, it may block handgun bullets, but couldn’t withstand Gao Xuan’s full-force stab. Moreover, when Gao Xuan stabbed, he used the Celestial Dragon Eye to see the thinnest part of the alloy skull.

With brain tissues damaged, regardless of how modified Iron Bull was, he would die instantly.

Gao Xuan checked Iron Bull’s limbs as well and found they were indeed transformed into alloy bones, with several pieces of alloy armor skin mounted on his chest and back.

In Iron Bull’s chest, there was a small artificial heart loaded with a high-density battery to provide extra power to the alloy skeleton.

Having researched briefly, the modification was very crude, basically stuffing alloy bones into the body.

The connections between alloy bones and human nervous tissues were poor, leading to Iron Bull’s slow reactions. Although powerful and tough, it was ultimately too crude.

But, compared to contemporary communication technologies, this set of modified alloy bones could be considered super technology.

Considering the Flying Knife Association was merely a second-tier gang in Wei’an City, it shows this world’s level of modified people must not be low.

After studying a bit more, Gao Xuan casually searched the dead bodies for wallets.

This era used electronic coins. Well, the personal electronic payment wallets generally had passwords.

However, these gang members’ electronic wallets were password-free because they were stolen or obtained illegally.

These guys had questionable identities, making it difficult to apply for personal electronic wallets.

Thus, these electronic wallets were all usable.

The electronic wallet was either a small electronic payment watch or a compact electronic hard drive.

After some simple looting, Gao Xuan called Li Xiaoyu out.