Chapter 71: Split in Two

“Damn it!”

Little An sprinted out of the office, rushing to the restroom at full speed.

There were cameras on the office walls. If the real target was really in the restroom and had already ‘finished their business’, it would be a disaster if they checked their phone and saw them!

Right now, she would rather the real target not be there at all than let things reach the most troublesome point.

Chen Fengshi hoped for the same thing. Of course, what he hoped for most was that the real target was in the restroom, preferably still busy with their business, completely unaware of their arrival.

However, when Chen Fengshi rushed into the women’s restroom and saw that the door which was supposed to be closed was now open, he just wanted to slap himself!

Chen Fengshi poked his head out the window and saw a dark shadow sprinting in the hallway. He quickly leaped out, and while chasing after it, he sent a message on his phone to Little An: “I’m chasing the person, you check the men’s and women’s restrooms.”

When Little An returned to the women’s restroom, she received the message. Seeing that door open, she also wished she could slap herself!

But there was no time for that now.

She pushed open every single door to check, preventing the possibility that the real target was still hiding here. Chen Fengshi sent her that message because he had the same worry.

Little An pushed open the doors one by one with as little noise as possible. No one. They were all empty. The restroom was visible at a glance, and there was nowhere else to hide.

So, she went out and entered the men’s restroom opposite.

She didn’t feel very comfortable, but she had experience going into men’s restrooms with friends to beat people up, so this uncomfortable feeling wasn’t too strong.

The doors all looked open, but some were only half-open.

Little An kept her movements to a minimum. Fortunately, this restroom was cleaned fairly well, and there was no water on the floor.

One door, then another…

No one, still no one.

When Little An reached out to push open the fifth half-open door, as the door opened, a pitch-black gun muzzle appeared right before her eyes!

That black handgun, behind the gun was a man with a thin face and narrow eyes. At this moment, his body was covered in a layer of red mist, but the red mist thread on top of his head only extended out by ten centimeters. He squatted on the toilet lid, holding the gun and waiting like a hunter waiting for its prey.

The door was pushed open. Little An saw the gun muzzle, and the man saw Little An at the same time.

So, the gun fired—

The loud bang shot out of the restroom window, rushed into the hallway, echoing all the way.

The moment she saw the gun muzzle, Little An twisted her body to dodge while reaching out at her fastest speed!

Then, Little An felt her shoulder get hit like a hammer, but she completely ignored the gunshot wound. Her other hand grabbed the gun body tightly, pulled it hard, and instantly dragged the gun and the person out together.

The red mist inside the man holding the gun became denser, and the red mist thread on top of his head quickly extended outward. Many ten-centimeter-long red mist threads stretched out from all over his body, as if waiting to welcome the countless connections stretched out by the awakened Parasites around him.

That Demon General tightly held the handgun. He originally wanted to fight for it, but after being dragged out, he was shocked to see that the handgun was severely deformed by Little An’s grip! Only then did he let go and abandon the gun. Before he could even stand firm, he spun around and kicked at Little An. The move was clean, the angle was tricky and ruthless. Not only had he trained, but he clearly had extraordinary combat experience!

Little An’s left hand only felt a severe pain and she could not control it at all. That Demon General’s tricky and ruthless kick came from her left side, leaving her with no chance to block it.

However, Little An, who also had rich combat experience and was good at fighting, would not give the Demon General a chance to stand firm and attack. So, risking being swept by the kick, she did not dodge or avoid it, but quickly rushed forward. Her right arm, which was originally holding the gun, did not pull back at all. She struck forward in a half-extended state, aiming directly at the Demon General’s face!

From bottom to top, a leg kicking out from the side, and Little An’s swift rushing punch—in an instant, the winner was decided.

The Demon General’s leg hit Little An’s left arm, but before the force fully landed, his face was punched by Little An. His head snapped back instantly, and his body was thrown flying by that force!

Instantly, Little An felt relieved!

At this moment, using the Golden Power of Life, she had an absolute advantage in strength. So she did not dare to delay, lest she draw more Parasite reinforcements. After landing a hit, she didn’t even bother to check her gunshot wound. She quickly rushed forward, caught up with the flying Demon General, and kicked him in the chest with all her might!

The Demon General’s body hit the wall, directly cracking a piece of tile. He had no chance to stand up before Little An’s chasing kick arrived!

He hurriedly hugged himself with both hands. Even though he knew his strength couldn’t block this kick at all, this was the only self-rescue he could do right now.

But, when he hugged Little An’s kick, he saw her body suddenly covered by dense red mist. And this kick, which should have been impossible to block, he actually blocked it easily, and even felt he had room to spare.

Yes, at this crucial moment, the golden mist on Little An turned into the red mist of the Primordial Power of Life!

Chen Fengshi, who had jumped out to chase, was too far away from her, so she could no longer maintain her state. This… what a messed up feeling this was!

If she had just one more second, there was a high chance she could have taken down this Demon General!

But she was just this unlucky! Her mood… was absolutely terrible! Oh wait, she was a woman.

The original strength advantage was instantly reversed. The Demon General pushed hard, and instantly pushed Little An’s whole body more than two meters away.

The standing Demon General had a twisted face, and his body and face were already covered with dense red mist threads. He twisted his neck, making a cracking sound. His clenched fists swung out mercilessly along with a wind-like forward rush!

Little An backed away, retreating out of the restroom. She leaped up in the hallway. To avoid being forced into a corner with no way to retreat, she stepped on the wall and agilely leaped and flipped to dodge. Her shoulder hurt badly, and the Demon General’s skills, combined with his overwhelming strength, made it almost impossible for her to fight back.

When she finally found a chance to flip over the Demon General’s head, she took the opportunity to kick him in the chest—but the Demon General didn’t seem to care at all, and almost grabbed her foot.

‘Canyue! What’s the situation with Number Seven?’ Little An tried her best to dodge. Every moment was a life-and-death danger. The only savior she could count on right now was Chen Fengshi.

‘Number Seven is chasing a Demon General.’

‘He’s chasing a Demon General too?’

‘Yes!’ Canyue’s reply made Little An feel relieved. No wonder Chen Fengshi chased so far. In that case, she had to hold on for as long as possible. Letting the Demon General escape would multiply the pressure on their following actions, and it would let the target Fungal Demon, who wasn’t responding intensely, more accurately assess the pressure. ‘Empress, I’ll connect you directly with Number Seven.’

‘No need, just tell him to hurry!’

‘Yes!’ Canyue didn’t waste words at this time. Even though Little An didn’t say what her situation was, she could guess that her pressure must be huge.

That Demon General punched and kicked while yelling in the hallway, trying his best to leap and block the chase. Little An was like an agile black swallowtail butterfly, dodging accurately time and time again. When she caught an opportunity, she circled to the other side, staying in the middle of the hallway as much as possible. However, the Demon General’s conscious blocking soon forced her to only keep backing up in one direction. Even with the help of stepping on the wall to shift and dodge, it only slowed down the process of being forced to the end of the hallway.

Her pressure was huge, but what was the Demon General feeling since he couldn’t hit her?

Little An didn’t know.

But Chen Fengshi’s mood right now was very bad. He quickly caught up with the escaping Demon General, who was a mature woman 1.7 meters tall.

This woman’s agility was driving Chen Fengshi crazy!

Yes, his mood was just wanting to go crazy!

Like a loach? Like a Bat?

Anyway, she just wouldn’t let him touch her!

The alleyways between the buildings were wide, and that woman could easily leap up to the height of eight or nine floors. Casually grabbing a balcony, she could lightly leap again.

Chen Fengshi asked himself, after practicing traditional martial arts for so many years, and doing parkour long-term for fitness and stamina, he was very confident in his agility!

But after leaping between three buildings for a while, and still not catching the Female Demon General running in front of him, the facts forced him to admit that the woman’s agility was definitely not inferior to his!

The surrounding area was a commercial office district, but in the residential buildings facing the street, more and more lights turned on. Sporadically, people with weapons crossed the street. Then, more and more people who had the Fungal Demon parasites inside them awakened surged across the street, squeezed into the alleyways, and appeared in Chen Fengshi’s line of sight.

Leaping out from a windowsill once again, the Female Demon General flipped in the air and landed on a balcony of a certain floor on the opposite building. She turned around and showed a fierce smile at Chen Fengshi who was chasing her.

Yes, her Parasites had all arrived. Next, it was Chen Fengshi’s turn to be in trouble.

Chen Fengshi gave a thumbs up to the Female Demon General, and then, using the momentum twice in a row, he jumped onto the roof.

Before he even ran to the opposite side of the rooftop, Chen Fengshi saw the Female Demon General catching up. He pretended to only focus on running away, and just leaped out, jumping off the rooftop. The distance of his jump made it look like he was jumping straight to the ground.

But, as Chen Fengshi jumped out, the belt in his hand swung out. One end accurately hooked onto a corner of the air conditioning iron frame on the surface. So, his body, which could only fall down, was pulled close to the building wall. He grabbed the iron frame, quickly wrapped the canvas belt in his hand around his arm, crouched down, and waited for the prey to jump out from the rooftop.

A canvas belt was very uncool, but… this was the equipment in Little An’s garage, and Chen Fengshi felt that Little An knew what she was doing. This kind of belt could be used as a rope, wrapped around the hand to act as a glove, and could also cushion blows from blunt weapons. In dangerous times, it could even block a knife. The police wouldn’t check it, it didn’t draw attention when carried around, and you wouldn’t feel bad if you lost it… In short, it was a magical tool!

Besides, Chen Fengshi was sure the belt material Little An provided wasn’t canvas. It just looked quite like it, but felt much tougher.

On the top of the rooftop, the Female Demon General really didn’t expect this. It was only when she jumped out that she saw Chen Fengshi ambushing below.

Too bad she couldn’t see the expression on Chen Fengshi’s face through his helmet.

Chen Fengshi’s pent-up frustration was finally able to burst out! He leaped out like a cheetah. Before the Female Demon General could reach the building surface, he had already pounced on her. His knee ruthlessly pressed into her back, and one hand pushed her head to smash into the building surface.

He just pinned the Female Demon General against the wall like this. Her head, chest, and thighs, having no way to get leverage, slid all the way down the wall!

Chen Fengshi, who had successfully ambushed her, really wanted to say: ‘Beauty, chasing you was really hard—’