Superhumans of the Dome City

Alice whistled, "Pretty tough, kid~"

"Don't describe my powers with such suggestive language, okay?"

Gongsun Ce withdrew the ivory barrier and realized that the blood and flesh that had been scattered all over the ground had, within these few seconds, gathered and reformed into Tierlos's body. The orange-haired man stood in front of them, staring gloomly at Hunter Alice, his long-sleeved shirt's right sleeve hanging empty, as if he had lost his arm.

Gongsun Ce remembered the effect of the Demon-breaking Arrow and immediately understood why Tierlos harbored such intense hostility towards Alice.

"Alice Adar... good, you damn woman. Finally, you've come... I'll tear you into pieces with my own hands...!"

Alice twirled a short arrow in her hand, her tone turning cold, "Not thinking of running away this time, freak?"

Tierlos breathed heavily, squeezing out a few words through gritted teeth, "Run away... Run away? Do you know how much flesh I've lost because of you... Do you know how long it'll take for me to reclaim those tissues, how long it will take for them to grow back? Run away?! I'll kill you... Alice Adar, I'll kill you!"

In these few seconds, Tierlos had undergone a drastic transformation: all of his skin had disappeared, replaced by a layer of thick blood covering his muscles; his fingers had turned into sharp claws, and several holes had split open on the back of his hands, ejecting chunks of blood and flesh.

Tierlos, transformed into a blood demon, only had a face now as ferocious as a demon's, barely differing from before. Gongsun Ce found it hard to associate this appearance with a human - was this the "malicious transformation" the Hunters always emphasized?

What kind of desire must one have, to turn their own body into such a state?

"Die for me!"

Tierlos charged in with a roar. Alice aimed for his head and shot a short arrow, only to see the monster's head split open on both sides. The arrow passed through the gap without touching a single bit of flesh.

"Be careful, his reaction speed has increased!"

As blood and flesh threatened to splatter them, Alice retreated into the shadows first. Gongsun Ce used his superpower to hasten his retreat, yet the blood-flesh monster surprisingly kept up. With a mere howl, it caught up to their movements, wildly slapping at the superpower user with its claws.

Gongsun Ce immediately created a telekinetic barrier, but this time, the telekinetic shield shook precariously, about to be breached!

"Both destructive power and movement speed have increased; tell me the principle behind it. I thought he emphasized range and immortality, but his corrosion is already too much."

Alice sidestepped the monster's fist, "I don't know! Don't use common sense to guess the actions of an evil spellcaster, whatever he does wouldn't surprise me!"

"Lend me a few of those short arrows."

"These are Heart Phase Weapons fixed with the concept of launching and demon-breaking; they're of no use to you without the inheritance ceremony!"

The Impermanence Law Enforcer's world sure was troublesome.

"Then I'll deal with him. I'll leave that side to you."

Gongsun Ce clenched his fist with one hand, aiming at the blood-flesh monster's midline.

Tierlos had grown stronger, but at that moment, Gongsun Ce felt himself adapting quite a bit. Fighting a pile of flesh was one thing, but it was more to his preference to fight a person.

"Invisible Fist."

When fighting a person, one has to rely on fists.

Centered around Gongsun Ce's right fist, an immense force appeared out of nowhere and struck the monster's abdomen. This invisible heavy punch sent one-third of its body flying, leaving only the lower half consisting of two stout legs, along with the head that floated up into the air!

Tierlos was severely injured, but the solitary head laughed crazily, lunging towards the young man, "Fool, this attack is useless on me—"

"Triple Strike!"

The delayed following two punches smashed down simultaneously, slamming Tierlos's head into the ground and the lower half running about was also smashed into mush!

The superpower user had no intention to kill; he only knocked Tierlos's head down without flattening it. Gongsun Ce unclenched his fist and approached the orange-haired man's head lying in the pit, "It's about time you surrendered properly, Mr. Tierlos, don't you think?"

Tierlos let out a crazed laugh.

"Kind-hearted little idiot. You think you've won?"

Tierlos's head exploded suddenly before Gongsun Ce, just like when the man first appeared, turning into a storm of blood and flesh that assaulted him! Gongsun Ce retreated swiftly, using telekinetic forces to block the sudden attack. The explosively scattered abnormal flesh reassembled at a great speed, once again transforming into the appearance of the blood demon. Tierlos's shrill laughter rang out, "Ha ha ha! You can't hurt me, louts. I've already told you, I am without a true body!!"

Gongsun Ce's expression was calm, completely unflustered.

"I told you just now, you should surrender—it didn't occur to you at all to think about where Miss Alice went, Mr.?"

Tierlos's face changed dramatically, and he suddenly looked behind him!

The setting sun cast shadows on the rows of shore bridges, creating long shadows on the docks. Alice Adar had moved away from the battlefield by now, shimmering within those shadows. When Tierlos turned back, she had just vanished from the shadows and hadn't reappeared on the ground. Tierlos looked up in panic at the control room at the top of the shore bridge, just as a streak of blue hair fluttered past the window.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Tierlos howled in despair, "Don't even think about it, don't you dare!!!"

He understood why the superpower user was not flustered; because he had been driven into a corner.

Gongsun Ce and Alice had come up with the key after that round of probing. Tierlos would be in a place with a high vantage point but confined space, and the control room of the docks' shore bridge fit the bill. Alice Adar was using her powers to search through it, and the next shore bridge she was going to investigate was Tierlos's hiding place!