However, in the instant before her strike landed, her fingers suddenly tightened, and her fist came down like a hammer.
This was a power-generation technique from Mixed Martial Arts, which could instantly focus the body’s entire strength into a single point to massively increase the fist’s destructive force.
CRACK!
A crisp crack of bone echoed as the man’s nasal bone shattered instantly.
His entire face seemed to twist as if by an invisible force, caving inward.
The tremendous impact lifted him off his feet, sending him flying backward three or four meters before he crashed heavily onto the ground with a dull thud.
His body lay motionless. Only crimson trickles of blood seeped from his seven orifices, mixing with the puddles on the ground.
The remaining three men froze, their faces filled with disbelief.
"Aargh! You damn thing!"
After a moment’s hesitation, one of them whipped out a switchblade from his waist. Its edge glinted coldly in the rain as he slashed at Zhao Ying.
The instant the Sword Light cut through the curtain of rain, Zhao Ying dodged to the side, the cold blade grazing the tip of her nose.
Her left hand shot out like a viper, precisely seizing the knife-wielder’s wrist.
Immediately after, her arm trembled slightly, and three consecutive sharp cracks sounded with startling clarity in the rain.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
His wrist bone, elbow joint, and shoulder blade shattered in succession from the twisting force.
The knife-wielder’s right arm instantly became a whip of flesh, bent back in seven places, hanging limply at his side.
He collapsed to the ground like a boneless heap. A flush spread rapidly from his face down to his neck. His mouth hung wide open, but he couldn’t make a sound, only a low whimper from his throat.
Another rush of wind came at her. Without even turning, Zhao Ying reflexively flung the captured switchblade to her side.
SQUELCH!
The sharp blade tore through the rain and buried itself in the head of the man rushing her, the tip emerging slightly from the back of his skull.
The man’s eyes flew wide open, the light in them dimming rapidly. His body stiffened for a moment before toppling heavily to the ground, splashing up a spray of water.
Suddenly, Zhao Ying sensed danger.
She dropped low.
BANG!
The next second,
a gunshot rang out.
A crater blasted open on the wall beside her.
The one who fired was the last man, the bald one.
Seeing his three underlings die so horribly one after another had scared him out of his wits.
But he was the leader, after all.
Gritting his teeth, he pulled a black pistol from his waistband, aimed at Zhao Ying, and pulled the trigger.
But he never expected that she would dodge it, even at such close range.
Before he could pull the trigger again,
WHOOSH!
A cold wind swept past.
Zhao Ying’s figure vanished from her spot.
The next second,
she appeared in front of him.
Her right leg cut an afterimage through the rain.
It struck his arm directly, the crisp sound of the break even drowning out the downpour.
The pistol went spinning away.
Before the bald man could even fall, Zhao Ying’s knee slammed into his chest like a battering ram.
CRACK!
With the sound of shattering ribs, his chest caved in. The bald man was sent flying backward, crashing into and collapsing a sheet-metal dumpster.
Zhao Ying’s eyes were indifferent. She leaped into the air, bringing her leg down in an overhead axe kick.
BOOM!
Spiderweb cracks instantly bloomed across the concrete ground. The bald man’s body was embedded in the fissures like a flattened insect.
Shattered bits of concrete sprayed against the walls on either side, pattering down.
The bald man coughed up bloody foam, his eyes bulging as he died in disbelief.
His legs, however, still twitched a few times from nerve reflexes.
From start to finish,
the entire fight took less than ten seconds.
Four men, all eliminated, completely unable to resist.
The rain began to fall harder.
It drummed against the surroundings with a loud PITTER-PATTER.
Zhao Ying raised a hand to wipe a Blood Bead from her bangs, then glanced up the road ahead.
Then, she picked up the knife from the ground.
She went to each man and stabbed them again, making absolutely sure none were left alive before turning to leave.
「Not long after.」
A police drone, its red lights flashing, slowly approached and hovered over the alley.
In the rain, four corpses in gruesome states lay quietly in pools of blood.
For this type of incident, the drone simply took a picture before turning and flying away, disappearing into the downpour.
Although the Lower City District maintained a semblance of order, it wasn’t strictly enforced. Especially in a chaotic area like Zone D, which teemed with gangs, death had long been a common sight.
Similar incidents happened every day.
Although the manner of death this time was particularly gruesome,
the officer reviewing the photo didn’t give it a second thought.
He just assumed it was the work of a Modified Person.
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