Chapter 9 Mom?

Atop the long table piled with food, a fully naked woman with a protruding belly let out a playful laugh, and it seemed as if she was shy about Li Ye seeing her bare skin.

She pressed her legs together, covering her most vital area.

However, the sumptuous feast and the charming naked woman only inspired fear in everyone present.

Among them, including Starfire, Shadow Stream, the Detective, and others' bodies had all entered a state of rigidity.

Because the woman was gently stroking her own belly with a face full of kindness, as if she was anticipating the life within.

In her other hand, however, she held the delicate head of a child.

The girl who should have blossomed like a flower bud would never await her moment to bloom.

"Are you also here to celebrate the birth of my child?" the woman asked with a smile.

Looking at the familiar little girl's head, Li Ye's mind felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer.

It was unclear whether it was fear, anger, or guilt that surged to his brain.

The closest to her, he acted decisively, swinging the steel axe in his hand to draw a perfect circle and chopped it down toward the woman's head!

The next second, the long table full of food was severed in two by Li Ye's axe. All the food and skeletons scattered across the ground.

Yet, the woman appeared on the ceiling, her large belly notwithstanding, she moved as deftly as a spider.

At the moment Li Ye swung his axe, she dodged the attack and leaped to the ceiling.

"Don't harm my child!" the woman's face twisted ferociously.

Her response came in the form of dense gunfire!

All of the assault team members raised their gun barrels and unleashed a frenzy of bullets at her.

This monster!

It was unexpected that a raid aimed at a human trafficking gang would evolve into an extermination of a monster, or rather, a 'Sufferer'.

"First team, reload! Second team, suppress! Third team, rotate!" the police officer who had regained his composure bellowed, ordering all assault teams into action. They were to continue the onslaught and ensure the bizarre woman was continuously suppressed. As an officer who had cooperated with the Disaster Processing Department several times, he had ample experience in combat against Spiritual Ability Users.

This was also a tactic of the assault teams against Spiritual Ability Users; the Spiritual Barriers could indeed defend against bullets but also depleted Spiritual Energy.

As long as the attacks were constant, they could rapidly wear down their Spiritual Energy and eventually kill the target.

However, the woman's reaction speed was extremely fast, she used her hands and feet to quickly crawl beyond the range of the gunfire.

And from the ceiling, she drew out a crimson long knife with several eyeballs on it. It was clearly Spiritual Ability Equipment!

With several eyeballs moving on it, everyone suddenly lost sight of the eerie woman in their field of vision.

Seizing this chance, the bizarre woman moved rapidly towards the window. Obviously, she was trying to escape the room, to escape the encirclement.

But with several Processors and assault team members present, how could they let her wish be fulfilled?

"[Listen to me] Fingers and toes stiffen!" Cheese immediately uttered her ability.

This caused the woman's speed to falter suddenly, and she fell from the ceiling, crashing hard onto the floor. In that moment, she cared not for escape, but quickly clutched her belly as if worried about her child getting hurt.

At the same time, Starfire finally snapped out of his shock; it was his first encounter with such a bloody and eerie sight, his body involuntarily stiffening and trembling. Now he forcibly steadied his shaking left hand and ignited the lighter he had been clutching.

With a swing of his right hand, the flame on the lighter shot out, transforming into a fireball that pursued the woman on the ground. The blazing flames instantly engulfed her! Amidst the fierce fire, the woman let out a maniacal scream!

This was his ability, domination of fire from the Zero Path.

With just a whiff of a flame, he could turn it into a blazing inferno capable of engulfing tall buildings!

This was also why he always carried a lighter with him. It was his strongest weapon!

Of course, these flames could not kill a Sufferer. The Spiritual Barrier of a Spiritual Ability User could also defend against fire and prevent the high temperatures.

But... they could not escape suffocation!

Hence, the bizarre woman forced herself through the hail of bullets, rushing out of the flames only to unexpectedly encounter a heavy hammer right before her eyes!

It was the Heavy Knight!

She had been waiting just outside the fire, and the moment the woman emerged, she smashed her hammer down at her!

The bizarre woman roared and swung her knife, trading blows with the Heavy Knight. Their weapons clashed furiously, emitting a piercing noise.

This startled Li Ye, knowing the Heavy Knight's hammer could shatter a security door, yet it was caught by this eerie woman!

"What the hell is she? A Spiritual Ability User?" Li Ye, observing the woman once again encircled by flames, couldn't help but ask Cheese in a low voice, "Or a Sufferer?"

"If there's a Spiritual Barrier, then naturally she is a Spiritual Ability User. Judging by her strength, speed, and body resilience, she's a Spiritual Ability User of the True Martial Path! As to whether she's twisted or not, that's hard to say," Cheese responded with a grim look on her pretty face, eyeing the mysterious masked dead and the delicate skeletons scattered across the floor.

As a seasoned Processor, Cheese had a vague sense that this was some sort of sacrificial ritual.

Why would a human trafficker possess such knowledge?

Could it be... the Ember Church?

Meanwhile, the instructor who stayed on the first floor changed expression upon hearing the dense gunfire.

This was not the kind of firepower to be used on human traffickers; all these bullets were overkill enough for a happy shooting game for the human trafficker's entire clan.

"Something's wrong!"

The training instructor thought, quickly rushing out and leaping up. Jumping over three meters high, he stepped in mid-air and moved again, astonishingly using the Spiritual Barrier as a stepping stone.

This was the Aerial Stepping technique that utilized the Spiritual Barrier as a platform.

Those who had mastered this skill could perform double jumps and multiple jumps, gaining the ability to fight in mid-air.