Task 2
When Luo Zhao opened his eyes, he first saw Jiang Yu kneeling injured not far away, then he felt the feeling of weightlessness brought by being suspended in mid-air, and then he felt a dull pain in his abdomen.
Ying Yungui saw that she woke up and put her back on the ground.
"There's something wrong with Jiang Yu. You guys stay here and don't move." Ying Yungui said and walked forward.
Jiang Yu's eyes were out of focus, and he seemed to feel no pain from the wound on his right shoulder. He murmured, "Don't move, I'm here to save you..."
In his mind, the red-haired girl was tied up and thrown on the edge of the rooftop, her hands and feet tightly bound, her mouth stuffed with rags. A group of men in black, whose faces were unclear, stood between them. One of them scoffed, "You think you can save people just by yourself? So what if you have superpowers? You still can't even protect the person you love?"
The leading man in black pulled out a silver gun, loaded it, pointed the black muzzle at Luo Zhao, and said to Jiang Yu, "We have three bullets left. You choose who to shoot at."
Jiang Yu knew that his ability couldn't activate as quickly as a firearm like this. If he acted rashly, Luo Zhao would likely be pierced in the next second. He didn't dare look Luo Zhao in the eye, even as he was muffledly yelling, "Ugh! Ugh!"
The man in black put the muzzle of his gun to Luo Zhao's forehead and said, "Don't move, or the wound won't look good." He turned to Jiang Yu and said, "Choose."
Jiang Yu exhaled and made a decision. "Three shots, all aimed at me."
A giant tree was quietly growing beneath Luo Zhao's feet, unnoticed by the men in black. It would drain all of Jiang Yu's remaining energy, but its defenses would ensure Luo Zhao could wait for rescue within its trunk.
Jiang Yu made an estimate - the man in black would definitely not shoot him in the vitals with one shot, so as long as he could maintain consciousness within three bullets, his supernatural power could be successfully activated and Luo Zhao could be saved.
He loosened his fingers that had been pinched until they turned white, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Come on."
The man in black turned the gun around and whistled at Jiang Yu: "Let me think about where to hit." The bullet was fired, and Jiang Yu staggered backwards due to the impact, feeling that the right half of his body was about to be flipped over.
Blood was gushing from his right shoulder, and physiological tears were flowing uncontrollably, but he could only grit his teeth and sweat as he sped up the output of energy.
The man in black rubbed his wrist and raised the gun again: "Stand still, if you miss, aim for her head with the next one." After that, the second bullet was fired. Jiang Yu groaned and fell to the ground - the second bullet pierced his left calf.
Jiang Yu's consciousness was beginning to fade, his vision blurry, and he couldn't make out what the man in black was saying. "Almost there, just a little more," was all he could think.
The next second when Jiang Yu opened his eyes again, he found himself being hugged tightly by Luo Zhao.
"Jiang Yu, wake up, wake up quickly."
"...Me?" Jiang Yu didn't react to what happened, but the voice and body temperature so close to him were not fake.
When Luo Zhao heard his voice, she pushed his shoulders back with trembling hands, crying and cursing, "Why did you wake up just now?" Luo Zhao's actions affected the internal injuries in her abdomen that had not fully healed, and she began to cough violently.
Shi Youchen immediately came over and held Luo Zhao down, reminding him, "Calm down, don't get excited." His brows furrowed. "I can only treat your injuries to this extent. The rest of your injuries require a more detailed examination, but right now..."
Jiang Yu subconsciously followed Shi Youchen's gaze and looked over—
Most of the space on the top floor was occupied by trees. The trees and intertwined vines blocked out the sun, and the half of the open space near the elevator was enclosed into a small dense forest.
Jiang Yu's eyebrows twitched, realizing it was his own ability that had formed it. But he hadn't manipulated it to create this cage structure. While Jiang Yu was still perplexed, Shi Youchen healed the laceration on his left calf and explained, "You were momentarily disoriented and even started attacking randomly. That was formed during your fight with Ying Yungui."
Jiang Yu said bewilderedly: "Then he..."
"It was difficult for him to use his supernatural powers to attack you, so he got close to you and sent you to us from under the nose of the black-robed man." Shi Youchen tore open the right sleeve of Jiang Yu, revealing the place where the blade pierced.
"You don't have to worry about him." Shi Youchen had used up a lot of energy and was starting to feel dizzy. "I need to pull this out so I can help you heal."
Jiang Yu groaned, and felt a stinging pain as the skin and flesh separated on his right shoulder. Then he felt warm energy from the outside covering the wound, and the pain slowly subsided.
"How's the black robe?" Jiang Yu asked in a low voice.
Shi Youchen suppressed his discomfort and said, "At least before they were separated just now, Ying Yungui was pinning him down and beating him." He was not wrong. Ying Yungui not only got close to Heipao and Jiang Yu, but was not at a disadvantage in a one-on-two fight. He even found the time to knock Jiang Yu unconscious and teleported him in front of Luo Zhao, then turned around and pinned Heipao down, beating him back step by step.
"He's very strong." They both admitted.
Luo Zhao wiped away his tears, his eyes swollen like two walnuts: "So what should we do now?"
When Shi Youchen withdrew his hand, the penetrating wound on Jiang Yu's shoulder had healed, and the dagger stained with blood lay quietly on the ground.
"I believe he can win," Shi Youchen said, "but we can't just sit there and wait. Jiang Yu and I are both exhausted." He looked at Luo Zhao and said, "What can you do with your abilities?"
Luo Zhao: “…”
Jiang Yu: "..."
Shi Youchen saw their reactions and asked in confusion: "What's wrong, you..." He suddenly thought of a possibility.
"I don't have any special powers."
"She doesn't have any special powers."
Luo Zhao and Jiang Yu spoke at the same time.
Shi Youchen's suspicions were confirmed, and it would be a lie to say he wasn't disappointed. But he still apologized: "Sorry, I took it for granted."
He assumed that Luo Zhao, as Ying Yungui's blood relative, was also a gifted awakener like him. Furthermore, Luo Zhao's appearance could easily lead to misunderstandings...
Luo Zhao shook his head, his tone dejected: "I should be the one to apologize. I can't help you with a battle of this level. I will only be a drag on you..."
Jiang Yu: "No one is born with special abilities, and no one should bear any responsibilities."
Shi Youchen felt more and more dizzy. He held his forehead and said, "We'll talk about this later. We have to catch the fugitive quickly..." Before he finished speaking, the other half of the "cage" made a loud noise and broke open with a "bang".
Dead branches and broken wood were scattered all over the ground.
The figure that was originally hidden was revealed.
The moment he saw the black robe, Jiang Yu suddenly realized and shouted to Ying Yungui: "His ability is not wind! It's..."
"It's a mental invasion, I know." Ying Yungui wiped the trace of blood from the corner of his mouth with his thumb and smiled disapprovingly.
Shi Youchen's chaotic mind suddenly cleared up, and he murmured, "A person cannot possess two superpowers. The black robe's superpower can be confirmed to be a mental invasion, and what about the wind blade before..."
Shi Youchen, Jiang Yu, and Luo Zhao all realized at the same time: "There's another person!"
The three people over there just reacted, but Ying Yungui's mouth was grinning. Aside from the vital and vital parts of his body, the rest of his body was covered with cuts and wounds of varying sizes.
He was so used to fighting that he realized it after only two or three rounds of attack on the black robe.
The actual combat made the violent gene in his body active. He didn't even look at the scars scattered on his body, and said excitedly: "You won't be able to hold on for much longer, right?" The black-robed man's body was shorter, as if he was kneeling or squatting.
Only Ying Yungui knew that he had been beaten so badly that his internal organs were probably dislocated.
The man in black robe roared in disbelief: "Why? It's a close combat, but I can't touch you! Why?!" His throat was hoarse and the smell of blood filled his entire throat.
Ying Yungui was in high spirits and completely ignored his loss of control. Instead, he raised his hand.
The dead branches and broken wood scattered on the ground were all hanging in the air, with the tips pointing vertically downwards, like a net made of thousands of needles.
Ying Yungui laughed: "Now, can you still hide?"
Under his control, all the sharp blades pierced into the ground, into the body of the man in black robe, and into the body of another man.
A pool of blood first appeared on the ground next to the black robe, and then a kneeling figure slowly appeared in the air.
Luo Zhao opened her eyes wide, pointed at the thin figure and said, "It's him! Li Sen and I met him at the cinema downstairs!" As she spoke, she suddenly realized that Li Sen was not tied up with her, and she became uneasy.
Jiang Yu grabbed her trembling hand and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, it will be fine."
Shi Youchen stood up and said, "Li Sen should be hidden somewhere." He analyzed calmly, "When the man in black robe said we stole his things, he must be referring to Li Sen, so she's probably not in danger of death right now."
He picked up the bottle and took a sip of the cold drink, forcing himself to be more conscious.
"Ying Yungui has already subdued them. The rest will be much easier."
The man in black robes had stopped moving, but the man beside him tremblingly stood up. Unusually tall and thin, with plain features, he was the "administrator" they had met before.
The "administrator" pulled out the dead branch stuck in his arm and threw it aside, grinning at Ying Yungui, "Rude." He looked past Ying Yungui and looked at Shi Youchen and the other two, "It seems like one person is missing?" He smiled meaningfully.
Ying Yungui watched him pull out the dead branches and broken wood from his body one by one, not worrying at all that he would attack, because—
"Non-materialization, a rare ability."
The "Administrator" pulled out the last one on his right shoulder and hissed in pain. "What's the point of being rare? I still lost to you, didn't I?"
Intangibility, commonly known as "invisibility", allows one to continuously operate and make oneself and the things one touches invisible, but all of one's physical movements are still affected by one's own body size.
"That's why you are as thin as a bamboo pole." Ying Yungui glanced at the utility knife in his hand, the tip of the knife was stained with blood.
The "administrator" said helplessly, "Do you think I want to?" He threw the box cutter away and raised his hands in surrender. "He's dying anyway, and you can still get your job done. Why don't you just let me go?"
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