Chapter 717 - 449: Void Creatures [2]
「A few minutes earlier.」
The southern continent of Kapu Star.
Kari City.
Kari City’s population exceeded one hundred million, but on the vast continent of Kapu Star, a city of this size was only considered medium-sized.
One could only imagine how terrifying the population of Kapu Star was.
——BOOM!
Suddenly, with a tremendous roar, a massive building collapsed.
Six figures shot out from the smoke and dust.
They landed on the surrounding rooftops.
Their gazes were cold as they watched the scene unfold.
"This Alien Origin Body is a tricky one! How about we cooperate for now and make sure it doesn’t escape? As for who gets to contain it in the end, we can leave that up to individual skill. What do you say?"
Just then, one of them, a middle-aged man in a Tang suit, looked at the others and spoke up.
The others had no objections.
After all, the power of this particular Alien Origin Body was clearly unusual.
"Hah! Cooperation? A bunch of cowards. I’m all that’s needed!"
Just then, an ill-timed voice cut in.
They turned to look at the source of the voice.
The speaker was a young man of about seventeen or eighteen. His voice was clear, yet tinged with arrogance.
The corners of his lips curved into a brash, unrestrained smile, and his eyes glinted with near-maniacal confidence.
At first glance, he looked like any other teenager.
But a closer look revealed some strange details.
For instance, his head was a full size larger than an average person’s, making it look disproportionate.
It sat precariously on his slender shoulders, looking so out of place it seemed ready to crush his frail frame at any moment.
Even more bizarrely, his feet were always floating above the ground.
He looked like a marionette dangling from invisible strings, radiating an indescribable sense of unease.
A flicker of recognition passed through the eyes of everyone present.
They immediately recognized who this young man was.
He was one of the powerful Power Users who had recently emerged.
He called himself the "Mind Demon."
Once bound to the Celestial Destiny System, aptitude, Bloodline, and status meant nothing.
Any ordinary person, with enough luck and just a sliver more courage than average, could successfully contain an Alien Origin Body, receive a boon from the System, and become a Power User.
And this young man was a prime example.
He had been just an eighteen-year-old high school student who, by a stroke of luck, contained an Alien Origin Body and gained the bizarre Ability of Telekinesis.
The power was incredibly tyrannical, allowing him to manipulate any object within his line of sight at will.
What was even more terrifying was that he had since contained several more Alien Origin Bodies. With multiple enhancements from the System, his Telekinesis had grown even more fearsome.
「Just a few days ago.」
Rumor had it that, simply because he got into an argument with another Power User, he had used his Telekinesis to crush an entire bus, along with the rival Power User inside, into a twisted ball of metal and flesh. The scene was said to be utterly gruesome.
So, when they heard him say this, the others exchanged glances.
They opened their mouths to speak but ultimately said nothing.
The large-headed youth merely snorted at their reaction, his eyes filled with disdain.
Just then, the sound of footsteps suddenly echoed from within the distant dust cloud.
Soon, a blurry black shadow appeared from within it.
Seeing this, the large-headed youth known as the Mind Demon sneered.
"Perfect timing!"
The next moment, an invisible field of Telekinesis instantly erupted from him.
The sound of twisting and snapping steel echoed from the surrounding ruins as dozens of rust-covered rebars tore free from the concrete wreckage.
They hovered in mid-air, their tips all aimed squarely at the hazy figure in the dust.
"Die!"
With a roar, the large-headed youth violently clenched his right fist.
The hovering rebar instantly broke the sound barrier, creating milky-white vapor cones as a sharp shriek tore through the air.
They formed a torrent of steel, surging toward the center of the dust cloud with unstoppable force.
They covered the hundred-meter distance in an instant!
However, just as the rebar was about to plunge into the dust, all the rebars bizarrely stopped, as if they had lost all momentum.
The youth’s expression changed slightly at the sight.
Before he could react, the rebars shot back toward him at an even more terrifying speed.
They moved too fast for the naked eye to follow.
They left only a few white streaks in the air.
PFFT! PFFT PFFT!...
A series of muffled thuds erupted as flesh was pierced.
"Ugh! How is this possible..."
The last thing reflected in the large-headed youth’s wide eyes was the final piece of rebar Piercing his heart.
The Telekinesis Shield surrounding him had been completely useless.
The immense momentum slammed the youth’s ruined body against the broken wall behind him, pinning it there.
Blood gushed out, snaking its way down the twisted rebar.
The Mind Demon was dead.
The area was plunged into a deathly silence.
The only sound was the crunch of boots on rubble, coming from within the lingering dust cloud.
CRUNCH... CRUNCH...
Just then, a slender figure emerged from the dust.
The remaining Power Users immediately fixed their gazes on it.
Their expressions were grim.
The Mind Demon had been arrogant, but his power was undeniable.
Yet he had been killed in an instant.
It was more than enough proof of this Alien Origin Body’s power.
But giving up and fleeing was out of the question.
According to the information they had gathered, the more powerful the Alien Origin Body they contained, the greater the feedback from the System.
’If we can contain it, our power will reach a whole new level.’
However, just as the figure began to resolve in their sight...
Suddenly, the remaining five figures trembled.
Blood began to pour from their mouths and noses.
The next moment, four of them exploded into a mist of blood.
The last one standing had a look of utter horror on his face.
As a Power User...