Esoteric Buddhism: To live as king in America

The wall of the partitioned room suddenly shattered, and the two policemen, who were undoubtedly connected to the cult, appeared in front of Mian and the others, and attacked them without saying a word.

The tall policeman's muscles bulged, and he swung his fist heavily like a bull, smashing it towards Mian.

Almost the instant he raised his fist, Ain reacted as well.

She leaped high like a cat, landing on the tall policeman's shoulder. Using inertia and some technique that Mian couldn't understand, she deflected the tall policeman's attack, even guiding him towards the gunfire-covered doorway.

The mercenaries outside the door and the policemen didn't seem to be the same group. The moment the tall policeman revealed himself, countless bullets still flew towards him.

Ai Yin, guided by Li Zhaoning's silk threads, gracefully landed back inside the house.

The anticipated scene of the tall policeman being riddled with bullets did not occur. The bullets struck his charred skin with dull thuds, but did not completely knock him down; instead, they ignited his anger.

He roared and abandoned Mian and the others, charging headlong into the direction of the mercenaries.

Watching the tall policemen rush towards the mercenaries, the short, stout policeman couldn't help but sigh.

"The trouble sometimes lies in the fact that these instinctive, carnal 'lackeys' are like that. That's all."

Looking at Mian and the others, a cruel smile appeared on the short, stout policeman's charred and twisted face. He suddenly thrust his right hand forward, his five fingers spread, the flesh of his palm writhing eerily, and a black, poisonous sting emerged.

"Since they're all enemies anyway, it's the same if I deal with them."

Looking at those familiar moves.

Mian's thoughts were in turmoil.

He had only recently witnessed this ability on Matt. According to Ryan, Matt had acquired it by replacing a Worm superhuman. Since Li Zhaoning showed no reaction to the person before him, it meant he was probably not a "Skin Changer," which meant...

"Watch out, it's a worm!"

Mian warned sternly,

"clear."

Li Zhaoning's calm shouts rang out almost simultaneously.

"Ain, you take them away. I'll hold this guy back."

"Um."

The obedient silver knight nodded, his small body bursting with tremendous power. Without the slightest hesitation, he scooped up the still-shaken Carol with one hand and steadily protected the skuas in his arms with the other.

Meanwhile, Mian gave her a low shout.

"Go through the window!"

Mian unleashed one of the few spells he knew.

Countless tiny, translucent, and faintly reddish foam-like substances, like boiling blood steam, suddenly gushed out from the wounds and pores on Mian's arm.

These viscous bubbles spread instantly, as if creating a thick, crimson blood mist out of thin air, completely obscuring the short, stout policeman's figure and vision.

"A trivial skill!"

A sneer from the blood mist came from the short, stout policeman, laced with disdain. The poisoned stinger, its direction unchanged, continued to thrust forward, driven by instinct, right where Mian had been standing.

However, at the very moment the poisonous stinger was thrust out, several gleaming threads, like venomous snakes, silently emerged from the edge of the blood mist, cunningly coiling around the short, stout policeman's wrists and ankles.

It is Li Zhaoning.

She seized the opportunity Mian created to create chaos and launched a sneak attack.

"snort!"

The short, stout policeman flicked his wrist, attempting to break the silk thread, but it was exceptionally strong, possessing a powerful binding force. Although it couldn't completely restrain him, it successfully hindered his movements, buying crucial time for Mian and Ain.

Taking advantage of the split second, Ain, like a nimble cheetah, carried Carol and the bird and slammed them into the dusty window on the other side of the room.

wow-

The glass shattered with a crash. Without hesitation, Ain grabbed Mian, who was physically weak, and they both leaped out together.

Just as Ain leaped out of the window with the two people and the bird, a piercing shriek tore through the air.

A rocket trailing an orange-red flame shot out from the shadow of a low building across the street, like a spear hurled by the Grim Reaper, its target aimed directly at Ain and the two people she was protecting in mid-air.

"Damn it!"

Li Zhaoning's expression changed drastically, and he began to multitask. The silk thread binding the short, stout policeman suddenly loosened, allowing a large amount of silk thread to wrap around the rocket's body.

With Li Zhaoning's full force pulling it, its flight path was forcibly dragged to the side by a considerable distance.

At this moment, Ain also demonstrated her superb physical abilities as a Silver Knight.

While carrying two people and a bird, her petite body twisted violently in mid-air, managing to avoid the impact of all the explosions as much as possible.

Upon landing, the hard cement ground beneath her feet cracked like a spiderweb, but she remained firmly on her feet, preventing the two people in her arms from being directly harmed.

Mian skillfully jumped down from Ayn's arms and growled at her.

"Walk."

At the window, Li Zhaoning's figure also leaped out. While in mid-air, she waved her hands behind her back, and the broken tables, chairs, cabinets, and other heavy objects in the room were suddenly rolled up by invisible threads and smashed like cannonballs at the short, stout policeman who had just escaped the blood mist and the entanglement of the threads and rushed to the window.

"Get out of here!"

The short, stout policeman roared, and as the furniture was thrown at him, he swung his black thorn, which was dripping with purple venom.

Like cutting through butter, the sharp, venomous barbs easily tore and pierced through heavy wooden furniture.

The purple sap attached to the stinger splattered onto the broken furniture, instantly corroding it completely.

The short, stout policeman broke through the barrier unscathed, his eyes flashing with cold killing intent, and dark red lines lit up beneath his charred skin.

"Acceleration!"

He let out a low shout, his body instantly becoming blurry, his speed increasing dramatically, and he pounced straight down from the window like a ghost, his target Mian and the others.

Li Zhaoning's pupils contracted, and the silk threads instantly returned to defend, ready to block this mad dog.

However, at this critical moment—

boom!

A corpse suddenly fell straight down from the second-floor window of a nearby building, landing precisely between Li Zhaoning and the short, stout policeman.

And immediately after landing, the corpse, with an eerie and illogical agility, stretched out its rotting arm, grabbed Li Zhaoning's waist, and lured him into a side alley.

For Li Zhaoning, this wasn't a particularly difficult opponent. However, its relentless and pain-insensitive nature forced her to distract herself from dealing with the persistent zombie. This gave the short, stout policeman an opportunity to continue his attack on the seemingly easier target, Mian.

"Ain, you take them away first."

Seeing this, Mian knew that Li Zhaoning was temporarily held back, so she made a quick decision and shouted to Ai Yin, who had already run a few steps.

He abruptly stopped, turned around, faced the short, stout policeman with the deadly poisoned dagger, and drew his own knife, charging at the policeman instead.

He was determined to become a barrier against the short, fat policeman.