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Chapter 334: Without Being Human, One Has No Human Weaknesses

The other officers could only watch helplessly as Liuli’s sword struck out as swiftly as a startling swan. By the time they realized what had happened, it was all too late.

Liuli withdrew her sword, slashing back. Countless sword shadows overlapped, enveloping everything above the ground in the courtyard. Whether it was the mechanical officers wanting to rush up for revenge or those trying to turn and escape, there was no difference.

The sword light dissipated.

Only a scene of sliced bodies and blood-soaked snow remained.

Liuli swayed twice, inserting her sword into the ground to support herself.

"Not a bad fight." She took off her hood, placing it over Lin’s face with wide-open eyes.

"Sword Immortal, are you alright?" Xue Xiaojin rushed over from the backyard with a group of hunters, "Captain Talisman said reinforcements were needed here."

When he reached Liuli’s side, he was startled by her injuries.

The ice needles on the surface were melting quickly, but two thick ice spikes had pierced through her chest and back, each the size of a bowl! At that size, her heart and lungs couldn’t possibly remain intact.

Xue Xiaojin hurriedly took out Blood Orange, but he didn’t know where to start—Blood Orange could only quickly stop bleeding and close wounds; it couldn’t handle such severe injuries as hers.

Liuli smiled, reassuring him, "Don’t worry, I won’t die, at least not now."

"But..."

"Go find me a coat."

Xue Xiaojin immediately complied.

He had just asked a companion of similar height to the Sword Immortal to take off his coat, and when he turned back, he saw Liuli gripping the ice spike with both hands.

"My lord, you can’t pull it out—"

Before he could finish, Liuli forcefully extracted the ice spike!

A gush of hot blood spilled onto the ground.

But surprisingly, no more blood flowed from the wound.

Xue Xiaojin cautiously looked at her injury, then gasped—indeed, it was a massive penetrating wound, he could even see the snow behind her. But inside the wound was all crimson red, concealing any detail, or rather... there was no detail at all.

Liuli discarded the ice spike, draped the coat over her shoulders, and shrugged, saying, "Now it doesn’t look unusual, does it? Can’t let him see me looking so pathetic."

"You..." Xue Xiaojin was speechless for a moment.

Liuli wasn’t surprised; she’d had many similar experiences. Though she looked human, feeling pain, breathing, and bleeding, she ultimately wasn’t human.

She was the artificial being N21.

Human vulnerabilities didn’t exist for her.

The enemy’s Ability User lost because of this.

The opponent named Lin was almost the embodiment of ice and snow, yet she was still human... Facing the true embodiment of sword skills, she was obviously lacking a bit.

"This courtyard is yours to take care of." Liuli said.

Xue Xiaojin snapped back to his senses and nodded quickly, "Yes, you should rest!"

Just then, a thunderous howl from a hundred meters away shattered the glass windows of Cyan Grass Hall with its loudness. Everyone turned to see a giant translucent gray wolf in the courtyard, standing three to four stories tall, capable of smashing a three-story wooden house with a single slap. Fighting alongside it was an incredibly burly giant, judging by the attire, undoubtedly from the mechanical side’s Ability Users.

"What an incredible spell..." Xue Xiaojin couldn’t help but exclaim.

According to the Immortal Master’s arrangement, Hot Pepper Village was defending the western courtyard, while the Witch Gathering Hall monitored the east. This majestic giant wolf must be the guardian beast summoned by the witches.

As he spoke, golden lightning suddenly streaked through the clear night sky, striking the ground and momentarily lighting up the entire Beitian Academy.

Clearly, Liu Shuyue had also joined the battlefield.

Liuli immediately changed her mind and turned to walk toward the eastern courtyard.

"Sword Immortal?" Xue Xiaojin looked at her back in surprise.

"Just keep watch here; I’ll go add more fuel to the fire." She waved her hand, speaking in a lighthearted tone, "The more exciting the fight inside the academy, the more it will attract the enemy’s attention."

In doing so, they could create an opportunity for Chen Xuan to capture the true target.

...

"Captain, let us join the attack team too!" Xiao shouted eagerly from outside the car, "The commotion inside Beitian Academy... is far from normal!"

Even without looking at the electronic map, anyone could feel the current situation deviating greatly from the mechanical side’s planned development. What was supposed to be a silent suppression and siege had clearly spiraled out of control, with explosions and gunfire continuously breaking the deep night’s silence. If Beitian Academy wasn’t situated in the dense forest of Lu Mountain’s mountainside, half the city would have been startled awake by the constant rumbling.

But even if they were far from the city, it didn’t mean they could act recklessly, especially when blizzards and thunder simultaneously appeared in one area, phenomena that even the logistics team couldn’t cover up despite their best efforts. Moreover, Lu Mountain wasn’t a no-man’s land; the mechanical officers responsible for blocking roads had reported over ten interception incidents, indicating that those living at the mountain’s foot had detected the unusual activity up the mountain and were planning to investigate.

It could be said that at this point, the mission’s secrecy was nearly nonexistent; the mechanical side had to subdue Beitian Academy by dawn to secure enough time for the logistics team to handle the aftermath.

The problem was... they didn’t seem to even be able to achieve that.

Xiao Canong noticed that nearly half of the light dots on the electronic map had dimmed, with each dark point representing the disappearance of an officer’s vital signs, while the remaining personnel were still unable to break through the Cyan Grass Hall line, not to mention the medical building behind it.

According to reports from the frontline troops, this was no hospital at all, and the enemies were definitely not unarmed doctors.

It was as if they had charged into a massive trap.

The opponents were similarly armed to the teeth, possibly even more prepared, with not only rifles but also heavy machine guns and rocket launchers.

This seemed utterly absurd.

In Jiang City’s territory, could an unofficial medical organization stockpile so much heavy firepower? And without any leaks before?

But that was indeed the reality.

Even more unbelievably, among the enemies were mixed numerous Ability Users, with a conservative estimate of seventy to eighty, while their side was only equipped with two Execution Teams, with the rest being non-Ability Users, completely overpowered by the enemy’s overall strength.

Despite the powerful capabilities of the Arbitration Court’s officers dispatched from headquarters, two fists couldn’t fend off four hands, and with the presence of Wanderers assisting Beitian Academy, the mechanical side unexpectedly became the one under siege.

Things had developed to a quite adverse point for them.

However, Xiao Canong remained unmoved, not giving the order to retreat even when the blue light representing the Arbitration Court’s ’Snowflake’ Lin extinguished.

"Captain!" Xiao pleaded once more.

At that moment, Xiao Canong’s gaze changed.

He looked outside the car at Xiao, and saw a transparent chain extending from the ground at some point, wrapping around his neck.

Not only Xiao, but also the other mechanical officers guarding the car... whether they were Ability Users or non-Ability Users, all had their necks ensnared by such a strange chain, yet none of them noticed.

Finally noticed?

Xiao Canong grinned.

In an instant, the chains tightened violently, pulling everyone to the ground—even now, Xiao and the others only realized they were being attacked, their expressions suddenly changing.

At the same time, a figure flew out from above Beitian Academy.

Without wings, he was faster than a night hawk, swooping down beside the car in an instant.

The one coming was none other than Chen Xuan!

Ever since the mechanics infiltrated Beitian Academy, he had been watching the situation closely with the Heart Method, easily realizing that the mechanical side always kept a group of high Spiritual Qi individuals stationed outside the courtyard. This suggested they were guarding someone, and this person was likely the commander of the assault operation, Xiao Canong.

In the saying ’to catch the bandits, catch the king first.’

This battle almost gathered all the forces Chen Xuan could mobilize. Simply repelling the mechanical siege wouldn’t count as a significant victory.

But if he could capture the branch leader of the mechanics here, it would severely damage the mechanical’s influence in Jiang City, maybe even force them to leave the country entirely!