Chapter 25: Abyss Integrated Pistol

The bearded middle-aged man looked down at the sword stuck in his abdomen, his face filled with disbelief.

He had just been through an Abyss Battlefield, and before entering, he had received a significant investment from a sponsor.

He had used that money to completely fill his Skill Slot, then entered the Abyss Battlefield, where his fully skilled combat power allowed him to perfectly clear it.

He had thought that at this moment, he should be invincible, especially with a pistol in hand.

Yet, this high school student had engaged in close combat and instantly defeated him.

"You… how… "

"You thought you were high-level, invincible in this city, right? Unfortunately, you picked the wrong opponent," Lu Heng said as he activated the "Thunder Weapon."

Intense Thunder Power unfolded from the blade, igniting the wound on the man's abdomen.

Just then.

The Source Energy in the bearded middle-aged man's body suddenly surged, and his entire body burst into flames like a paper doll.

Replacement Puppet!

Lu Heng instantly recognized the skill.

This skill would automatically trigger when a Superpower User received a fatal attack, replacing the original body with a paper puppet to endure the subsequent attacks.

After the "Bearded" triggered the "Replacement Puppet" skill, he avoided lethal damage but still suffered severe injuries and fled the alley clutching his wound.

Lu Heng chased out of the alley to find the "Bearded" had run into a busy street.

If he killed him now, there would be at least seven or eight witnesses on the street, which would lead to serious complications afterwards.

Being targeted by Iron Blood was not something desirable.

Lu Heng did not continue the chase and put on his Bluetooth earpiece, speaking to Su Muyu, "Keep an eye on him."

Su Muyu responded, "I am on it."

The "Bearded" dodged through several intersections, and after making sure he had shaken off Lu Heng, he turned into an old residential area to dress his wounds back at his place.

Lu Heng walked slowly two streets apart, waiting for information from Su Muyu.

It wasn't long before Su Muyu's voice came through the Bluetooth earpiece:

"Xianglin Residential Area, Building 1, Unit 2, top floor, 6th floor. This person seems to be a suspect in the 921 Guanchao Road case. It's very dangerous. Do you need me to come up and help?"

"No need, I'll go up alone. You stay outside the residential area," Lu Heng, not wanting to put her at risk, went into the residential area alone.

Su Muyu continued to report on the target's residence, "The target's residence balcony and room windows all have anti-theft nets. Only the small window in the bathroom is passable."

Lu Heng went directly to the rooftop of the top floor, climbed down from there, and entered the house through the small bathroom window.

The "Bearded" was treating his wounds when he suddenly heard a faint noise from the bathroom.

Although the bathroom occasionally made noises, like when the wind blew against the bucket, he cautiously stood up and walked to the hallway to check.

Just as he reached the hallway, he saw Lu Heng coming out of the bathroom and immediately fired a shockwave.

Lu Heng grabbed a nearby chair and threw it, while simultaneously activating "Gale Step" and charging forward.

Bang!

The shockwave blasted the chair.

Lu Heng, moving as fast as the wind, drew his sword and stabbed forward, the blade piercing through the wooden chair and into the "Bearded" man's chest.

Thump!

Already severely injured, the "Bearded" now had a sword through his chest, the blade puncturing his lung lobes, causing blood to flood into his lungs.

He coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood, then fell to the ground.

Lu Heng neutralized all his resistance and retrieved a pistol from him.

The pistol displayed attribute data.

[Glock G17 Pistol (Abyss Integration)]

[Item Level: C]

[Specifications: Length 18.6 cm, Weight 703 grams, Magazine Capacity 19 rounds]

[Attribute: Attack Power 105 (using standard 9mm bullets)]

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[Evaluation: Made of engineering plastic, this lightweight handgun is highly reliable and easy to carry. The destructive power of firearms is determined by the gun body and bullets, and cannot receive bonuses from the user's strength attribute.]

This handgun displayed attribute data, indicating it had undergone basic Law Integration using Divine Energy and could be brought into the Abyss World.

At the onset of Abyss Descent, firearms had great power and long range, giving them significant advantages in battle.

As a result, many superpower users, after their first Abyss Battlefield, chose to take firearms into the Abyss World.

However, bringing a Level C handgun into the Abyss World required consuming 600 Divine Energy.

This price was quite high because in a Danger Level 3 Abyss Battlefield, a Main Quest rewarded 100 Divine Energy points and a Challenge Task rewarded 300 Divine Energy points.

If it was a lower Danger Level Abyss Battlefield, the obtained Divine Energy was even less.

That meant, to bring a handgun into the Abyss World, one needed to perfectly clear a Danger Level 3 Abyss Battlefield.

If unable to complete the Challenge Task, they would need to save Divine Energy from two or three battles.

Not just handguns but bullets too required additional Divine Energy for Law Integration before they could be brought into the Abyss World.

A handgun without bullets was no better than a brick.

Of course, the power of the handgun justified the expenditure of Divine Energy, at least initially.

However, spending Divine Energy on items posed a problem: they could be taken by others.

For example, right now, Lu Heng twirled the handgun and placed it into his item slot.

"Bearded" saw the handgun he had fought so hard for being taken by Lu Heng and spat out blood in anger.

Lu Heng crouched down, searched him, and read from a card, "Feng Kangyu, tell me, why did you attack me?"

Coughing blood, Feng Kangyu weakly responded, "If I tell you, will you let me go?"

"No, but I can make your death quick."

At this stage of their dispute, reconciliation was impossible.

As he lost more blood, Feng Kangyu's breath grew weaker, and he grew more afraid of dying:

"Give me a chance to live, and I can tell you the channels for trading Demon Crystal Cores. You're a superpower user too, you should know it's a shortcut to getting stronger."

"Just the Dark Network, I knew that already," Lu Heng remained unmoved.

Shortly after Abyss Descent, indeed there emerged a Crystal Core Dark Network for trading Demon Crystal Cores.

However, not everyone could register on the Dark Network; it required special channels to obtain an account.

"Even if you know it, you can't get a Dark Network account," Feng Kangyu clung to his last hope.

Lu Heng turned to look at a laptop on the living room coffee table, shattering his last struggle with a sentence, "Dark Network accounts are bound to computer hardware codes, so your account will soon become my account."

"You!" Feng Kangyu choked out another mouthful of blood.

Having taken what he needed, Lu Heng had no interest in dragging this out and said coldly:

"Talk. Who ordered you to attack me? It won't be pretty if I have to torture you. Besides, what's the use of secrecy to your employer? He can't save you."

Before today, Lu Heng didn't know Feng Kangyu, and his sudden attack was likely instigated by someone.

Under the looming blade, Feng Kangyu confessed, "Gongteng Group, Mr. Gong suspects you're involved in the death of his son, he wanted me to kill you after finding out the truth."

Lu Heng figured it out immediately.

Gong Chusheng was the famed prince of the Gongteng Group, a powerhouse business in Coastal Ningyun District, practically an emperor there.

Just how powerful was Gongteng Group?

Half of the properties for sale in Ningyun District were developed and invested by Gongteng Group.

Moreover, Gongteng Group's business spanned heavy metals and petrochemical industries, truly a giant in Coastal Ningyun District.

It was also unfortunate that one of the four beasts Lu Heng had killed was the prince of Coastal Ningyun's business circle.

Indeed, it was because the Gong Family was powerful and influential that Gong Chusheng dared to act so lawlessly.

In his previous life, Su Muyu had been driven to disability from a fall, and yet these four men got away with it.

For a giant corporation like Gongteng Group, cleaning up after their young master Gong Chusheng was just a matter of spending some money, nothing simpler.

However, this life, no matter how much money the Gong Family spent, they couldn't clean up after Gong Chusheng anymore, they could only collect his body.

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