Chapter 457 - 100: Because You Are Too Weak!

An explosive blast of air erupted, plowing through the ground like a raging storm and forcing Yao Jin and the others to slide back several meters.

"S-so strong..." Yao Jin muttered subconsciously in her shock as she dug her feet into the ground to widen the distance.

Looking up again, she stared intently at the center of the collision. Amidst the distortion of the airwaves, the light in the area instantly refracted, revealing a humanoid silhouette blocking with steel claws. The Hidden Streamer’s invisibility ability had nearly been interrupted on the spot.

Immediately after, a sharp WHOOSH was followed by a series of loud BANGS! He was sent flying backward uncontrollably, smashing through trees and massive boulders. Splintered wood and crushed stone rained down from the sky, accompanied by a faint trail of blood spraying mid-air.

"How is this possible?!" The airborne Hidden Streamer’s eyes widened. He wondered in horror and disbelief how the man had done it.

He knew exactly how powerful his invisibility was. It was a mutated enhancement of his body’s genetics; every inch of his skin and flesh could turn invisible, allowing his body to blend into the air almost transparently while completely concealing his aura from all directions. Yet despite all this, the opponent had pinpointed his location with absolute accuracy.

WHOOSH!

Before he could recover his senses, an ear-piercing howl tore through the air. Enduring his injuries, he looked into the distance, only to see Lu Chao violently stomping the ground and charging madly toward him with a sharp SWISH!

In his Titan state, Lu Chao’s physical strength had already been amplified to a terrifying degree. With every movement, he leveraged this immense power to achieve astonishing speed. Then, in the split second he halted his momentum, he channeled all that explosive velocity into his devastating Fist Seal.

HUM!

In a single breath, Lu Chao crossed a hundred meters, catching up to the invisible figure still flying backward. A continuous series of explosive CRACKS echoed out as the Hidden Streamer smashed through more trees and rocks along his trajectory.

"Damn it." Seeing this and staring directly into Lu Chao’s cold, murderous eyes, the Hidden Streamer felt an excruciating pain throughout his body. A profound chill gripped his heart, and he completely lost all will to fight.

That brief exchange moments ago had already heavily injured him. The bones in both his arms had been shattered, making it nearly impossible to lift them. Even the Genetic Spring within his body had been shaken by the brute force, leaving him unable to awaken it.

Even worse, with a rushing SWISH, Lu Chao drew his right arm back like a bow and clenched his fist. Stirring the surrounding air currents in a single breath, Lu Chao appeared just a few meters behind the backward-flying Hidden Streamer, as if he had predicted his exact trajectory.

This sight forced the Hidden Streamer to abandon any last shred of hope. His previous shock completely morphed into pure terror. Celestial Hunter? He wondered if this was the true strength of a Celestial Hunter.

BOOM!

Amidst his horror, the wind from the punch arrived, smashing directly toward the back of his head. It felt as if his opponent had accurately calculated every variable, making it impossible to evade. At this critical juncture, death seemed imminent.

"Impossible!" Suddenly, a fierce survival instinct erupted within the Hidden Streamer. He roared in his heart, forcing down the severe injuries from the previous blow as he frantically mobilized his Genetic Spring. He twisted his body to drop to the ground, desperate to dodge the fatal strike.

HUM!

All of his power exploded in this instant. The assassination techniques he had painstakingly studied were pushed to their absolute limits, allowing him to flawlessly coordinate every muscle and use the backward airflow to guide himself toward the earth. It was this very momentum-dissipating technique that had saved him from certain death earlier. But now...

"Die!"

BOOM!

A sudden, cold shout pierced straight into his soul. The Hidden Streamer felt as though a special mark on his body had detonated, completely igniting all of his fear. In that instant, his eyes glazed over. He felt as if Lu Chao’s figure behind him was infinitely expanding. The man was like a natural Hunter standing at the very top of the food chain, instilling in him an instinctive, biological horror and dread.

Under this overwhelming influence, the Genetic Spring he had so painstakingly mobilized fell silent once more. All of his resistance came to an abrupt halt.

Finally, a heavy THUD echoed as a bronze, brute-force punch slammed into his chest!

CRACK!

BANG!

SQUELCH!

The teeth-setting sound of fracturing bones lasted only for a fraction of a second before a muffled explosion shook the forest. Looking closely, a three-meter-wide shallow crater had appeared on the ground, fractured and webbed with cracks as if struck by a cannonball. Before the dust could even rise, the residual shockwaves blew it away, leaving nothing behind. Blindingly bright blood and bone fragments splattered across the ground, dyeing the surrounding soil red over a span of several meters.

"Urgh... urgh..."

At the center of the seemingly empty crater, the light refracted. Gradually, a mangled figure materialized, lying in a pool of blood and coughing up crimson. It was a Caucasian face, looking around thirty years old, with short brown hair. This was the first time the Hidden Streamer’s true appearance had been revealed to everyone.

However, Yao Jin and the others’ pupils shrank. "This..."

They could clearly see that more than half of the flesh on his chest and abdomen had vanished. It was as if his torso had been detonated by brute force, forcefully erasing half of his body. The dignified Peak Exploration Level Hidden Streamer was now stuck to the muddy ground, completely paralyzed. With every clinging gasp for air, blood and fragments of his internal organs gushed from his mouth, staining his nearly exposed, remaining body.

"You..." His bloodshot eyes stared at the black-clad figure standing right beside him, looking down from above.

Resentment, fury, and horror filled his gaze. Even now, he could not figure it out. How exactly had his invisible position been seen through?

In response, Lu Chao slowly retracted his right fist, perfectly deflecting all the splattering blood with his invisible aura.

"Because..." Silently staring into the dying man’s eyes that pleaded for an answer, he said calmly, "You are too weak."

HUM!

The Hidden Streamer’s eyes widened. His body trembled before his head lolled to the side, completely dead. No one knew what he felt in his final moments.

Two Peak Exploration Level experts had fallen in succession, the entire sequence of events taking less than a minute. Whether it was the Rebels’ remaining two Superpower Level Law Enforcement Officers, or the other assault members of the Superpower Bureau and the Special Investigation Team, everyone was frozen in shock. A profound wave of dread and wariness washed over their hearts.

"Transcendence Level." Special Commissioner Liu clutched her severed arm and regrouped with Yao Jin and the others. Her face was pale, dripping with cold sweat.

She was absolutely certain that Lu Chao’s strength stood at the absolute pinnacle of the Superpower Level. At the same time, she felt a wave of anxiety, entirely unsure if this man was a friend or foe, or why he had come.

"Run!"

At that exact moment, a commotion broke out among the Rebels. One of the Law Enforcement Officers had been scared out of his wits and frantically pulled back, desperate to escape. This scene acted as a signal. Every member of the Rebels made the same decision, fleeing toward the cliffs and scattering into the surrounding forest. Seeing this, Yao Jin and the others gritted their teeth, hesitating over whether they should also leave.

Faced with this situation, Lu Chao slowly turned around. His Life Sensing operated with radar-like precision, clearly capturing everyone’s Life Magnetic Field.

In the next instant, he vanished from his spot with a WHOOSH!

Just seven or eight seconds later, two heavy THUDS rang out. Two Superpower Level corpses were tossed over, crashing against the mountain cliff right next to the deceased Tyler. One of them had his eyes wide open, his chest forcefully pierced through as a massive, bloody hole gushed like a fountain. The other was completely missing a head; the headless corpse was still wrapped in a specially-made Law Enforcement Officer combat suit, now dyed an exceptionally dark, crimson red.

"Gulp..."

Seeing this, Gao Hu and the others exchanged glances and secretly swallowed hard. Feeling extremely fortunate that they hadn’t rashly tried to run, they silently withdrew the steps they had halfway taken.

As for Yao Jin, the one-armed Special Commissioner Liu, and the rest of the group, their bodies trembled and their faces paled. It was as if they had never felt such overwhelming terror in their entire lives.