I adopted a child demon from the Gap, and I'm a special agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Ab

The Spartacus who had seemed relatively normal and rational during their last meeting was now completely transformed into a crazed, muscular giant. He treated Li Cheng as an enemy, launching a relentless, dog-like attack that smashed the once-smooth ground into rubble. Li Cheng, meanwhile, darted and dodged through the chaos, searching for a safe opening.

Once again, Li Cheng tried to bypass Spartacus to attack Jiang Chaoxian on the platform behind him, but was caught up by the berserk Spartacus halfway there and was sent flying far away with a punch. Then, Spartacus pounced on Li Cheng's position and unleashed another round of wild swings and punches, forcing Li Cheng to dodge constantly.

No, this guy is too strong; there's no way to fight him head-on.

He tried again to catch his opponent's fist, but was sent flying by the blow, his arms going numb. Li Cheng moved his sore and numb shoulders and had to admit that there was an insurmountable gap in physical ability between the two of them.

However, attempts to evade Spartacus and directly capture the mastermind were equally unsuccessful. Despite his bloated physique, the crazed giant's speed and explosive power remained undiminished. Li Cheng was unable to shake him off, and his several attacks only resulted in Li Cheng suffering numerous blows himself.

If... a gap is used...

No, if I did that, Xi would be able to locate me. Knowing tide's personality, she would definitely use the gap to teleport here immediately.

Looking up, Jiang Chaoxian, who had just peeled off a human skin, seemed to sense something and turned around, giving Li Cheng a very friendly smile.

We can't let her come here, we can't let her see this thing.

Taking a deep breath, Li Cheng stopped dodging and watched as Spartacus charged towards him with a roar.

I am different now than I was before. I can do it, I am capable of it. This kind of opponent is not invincible!

Calming his mind, Li Cheng advanced instead of retreating, meeting Spartacus head-on.

He sidestepped, ducked, and dodged the opponent's terrifyingly powerful punch. Li Cheng shifted his feet and instantly moved behind his opponent. Gathering his strength, he unleashed a powerful punch, striking his opponent hard in the waist.

The shockwave in his skin and muscles was so strong that Li Cheng felt his fist trembling.

Spartacus staggered from the punch, but then he turned around with a maniacal laugh and swung his fist horizontally. Li Cheng, unable to dodge in time, was hit directly, his entire body being propelled up by the bloated arm. But the next moment he reacted, grabbing the arm that had struck him, climbing up it, and leaping onto Spartacus's head, delivering a powerful knee kick so heavy that Li Cheng could hear the sound of the skull cracking.

I'm sorry, but I can't show mercy when dealing with a crazed martial artist of the same level.

With his legs clamping Spartacus's head, Li Cheng rolled forward, violently flinging the massive body into the air. Then, he leaped up to meet Spartacus as he plummeted from the sky, striking him squarely in the chest, causing Spartacus to cough up blood instantly.

Concentrating power in his hands and striking the enemy's body, it's not an immediate attack, but rather a devastating blow that explodes within the enemy's internal organs—a technique known as double strike. This was a skill Li Cheng hadn't mastered before; he only gradually understood it after forming a contract with Xi and as his own strength increased.

This was also the first time he had tried to use this ability in actual combat.

That palm strike to his heart should have temporarily stopped his heartbeat and made him unconscious. Given his recovery ability, he should be able to recover in no time.

After landing smoothly, Li Cheng took a breath and looked at Spartacus, who was lying on the ground unresponsive. He turned around and looked at Jiang Chaoxian on the platform.

"Then it's time to settle things between us."

Li Cheng's expression remained unchanged, but he clenched his fists and slowly walked towards Jiang Chaoxian's location.

“Don’t rush, the show isn’t over yet,” Jiang Chaoxian simply smiled gently. “People who are too impatient will never get what they want. This is a timeless lesson, and I hope you can remember it well, as it will benefit your growth.”

Not bothering to waste words with the other party, Li Cheng jumped directly onto the platform where he was. But in mid-air, Li Cheng clearly heard the voice of Spartacus, who should have been unconscious.

"My love will never be defeated by the oppressors!"

A heavy gust of wind rapidly approached Li Cheng in mid-air, violently blasting him away. Spartacus, who had been knocked unconscious by Li Cheng, had now stood up again, and his body was even more deformed, swelling into a huge, deformed lump of flesh, five or six meters tall, with countless arms and legs.

"You freak, what have you become? Did you wander into the Resident Evil movie crew for a cameo?"

Li Cheng rose from the pile of rubble, looking at the twisted monster before him—a figure completely unrecognizable from the muscular, smiling man of yesteryear—and sighed, unsure how to describe his current feelings.

"Patience is a wonderful quality that human beings possess, and it is one of the truths that I have always wanted to teach you and guide you to understand."

On the platform, Jiang Chaoxian looked down at the deformed monster and said with a smile.

"And Spartacus is undoubtedly one who truly listens to and understands my teachings, a truly blessed person of patience. Just like his extraordinary ability: to absorb all external harm and transform it into his own power. Possessing such an ability is one of the reasons why he can be saved. Listen to this beautiful call!"

"Ahhhh-"

Spartacus, now completely transformed into a monster, raised his head and let out a violent roar. Then, he extended a bloated limb composed of countless connected arms and swung it down fiercely—

The platform that was on which Jiang Chaoxian was giving a passionate speech was smashed to pieces.

"Ha, you idiot."

Seeing all this, Li Cheng couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hey, where's your rescue? You ended up getting attacked instead?"

He shouted loudly towards the ruins of the platform, and soon he saw Jiang Chaoxian crawl out of it, looking disheveled.

Very good. There are indeed injuries on his body, and I can clearly sense his presence. This time it's not an illusion, it's his real body.

"What a disappointment. Is this all you've got?"

Watching Spartacus frantically slap and roar, Jiang Chaoxian sighed, wiped the blood from his forehead, and then revealed an expression of extreme disappointment.

This time, however, Li Cheng did not give the other party a chance to launch into a long speech. He silently appeared behind him and swiftly attacked him.

"If I were you, I would run away immediately."

The sudden sense of crisis, along with Jiang Chaoxian's casual remark ahead, forced Li Cheng to stop. Only then did he notice that Spartacus, who had been frantically smashing things, was now swelling up more and more violently.

"My love... is going to explode..."

A surge of light engulfed the underground space amidst a violent explosion.

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Chapter 23, Section 196: A Double Kill

The violent explosion unleashed a torrent of flames and intense heat, shooting skyward and instantly igniting the abandoned warehouse. The flames then began to spread.

Jiang Chaoxian had dodged backward the moment the Spartacus explosion began, escaping to a small, inconspicuous passage on the side of the rock wall.

Having gone to such great lengths to find the other party, Li Cheng could not possibly allow them to escape. Without hesitation, braving the intense heat and energy of Spartacus's expansion and explosion, he charged headlong in the direction Jiang Chaoxian had fled.

"Absolutely, I won't let you escape again!"

The pain of being burned on his skin was accompanied by the weightlessness of being blown away by the shockwave. But then, Li Cheng grabbed the wall, forcefully stood up against it despite the shockwave, and rushed towards the cave that Jiang Chaoxian had escaped into, quickly passing through it.

Beyond the cave was an area that resembled a prison.

“You really are a clueless guy, Mr. Li Cheng,” Jiang Chaoxian, looking slightly disheveled, said with displeasure as he looked at Li Cheng, who was panting heavily in front of him, in the middle of the road ahead. His expression was like that of an elder scolding a junior.

"Since I have chosen to leave, you should also leave and wait for my next invitation. How can you continue to chase after me without regard for etiquette? That is a sign of poor manners."

Li Cheng couldn't be bothered to talk to the other person. He already knew the extent of the person's twisted nature, and in his opinion, talking to such an idiot was just asking for trouble.

"die!"

With a furious roar, Li Cheng appeared before Jiang Chaoxian like a phantom, throwing a powerful punch. But the punch only shattered the iron bars of a cell; Jiang Chaoxian's figure vanished into dust the instant Li Cheng's fist struck.

Is it another spiritual clone?

Li Cheng paused slightly, then turned around without hesitation and kicked Jiang Chaoxian, who was trying to ambush him from behind. But Jiang Chaoxian also vanished as soon as he was hit, leaving no trace.

"You've really grown up, which makes me very happy."

In the darkness, Jiang Chaoxian's gratified voice rang out once more.

Li Cheng moved without hesitation, arriving at Jiang Chaoxian's location in the blink of an eye. However, there was only a cell phone in use there, with Jiang Chaoxian's calm voice continuously playing from the other end.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Cheng lifted his foot and stomped the phone to pieces.

"Do you remember what I taught you at the beginning? Don't let your emotions control you. You're not doing well right now. If I were you, I would..."

"Alright, stop babbling."

After listening to the other party's long-winded speech for quite some time, Li Cheng couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted him directly.

The next moment, he reached out and smashed through the wall beside him, grabbing Jiang Chaoxian, who was hiding in a secret room inside the wall and talking on a communicator.

How could you—

Shocked by the other party's reaction, Jiang Chaoxian showed a surprised expression for the first time. The next moment, he met Li Cheng's pupils, which were slightly shimmering with purple light.

"As you can see, I've grown up. Your old tricks can no longer fool me."

Li Cheng sneered, his face filled with icy killing intent.

"Die!"

Roaring, Li Cheng threw a punch, but a sharp pain shot through his head. He groaned and nearly fainted, having to let go of Jiang Chaoxian's hand.

"Although you've grown, you haven't completely gotten rid of your old bad habits. Even though you know I'm a psychic, you still want to have close face-to-face contact with me. You haven't changed much."

After straightening his suit, which had been torn by Li Cheng, Jiang Chaoxian sighed, took out a small knife from his pocket, and walked towards Li Cheng, who was squatting on the ground.

"This time, let me save you properly."

"Stop joking. Do you really think I don't know what you're trying to do? The smile on your face is practically tearing your mouth apart."

With one hand supporting him on the ground, Li Cheng struggled to his feet, looking coldly at Jiang Chaoxian, whose face was now contorted with a smile, his tone becoming increasingly disdainful.

"From beginning to end, you've been nothing more than a perpetrator who revels in destruction and killing. You destroy beautiful things into ugliness, and happiness into tragedy. You constantly hurt others physically and mentally, and then enjoy their despair. You just like this kind of thing."

"You can still stand up, is the punishment not enough?"

Ignoring Li Cheng's words, Jiang Chaoxian simply snapped his fingers, and Li Cheng's expression immediately became much more pained. However, he only swayed slightly, stubbornly holding on, showing no sign of collapsing.

“I have investigated you. In your early years, you had a normal life. But after careful investigation, I found that at that time, you were secretly buying cats and dogs and dismembering them alive for fun.”

"Because you know your own twisted nature, you know what kind of person you are, so you've pretended, you've pretended to be a normal person. But you failed, you're ultimately just a serial killer, so you deceive yourself, pretending to be a savior."

"But I know you're actually quite clear-headed, aren't you? Otherwise, you wouldn't have listened to me finish this long speech, because you know exactly what kind of person you are, and you know whether what I'm saying is right or wrong. You're perfectly clear about it, aren't you?"

Jiang Chaoxian stood silently in front of Li Cheng until Li Cheng finished speaking. Only then did he calmly raise his head, wave his hand, and Li Cheng groaned, blood flowing from his eyes and nose.

"What an unwise person you are, so self-righteous, so wicked, so hypocritical. I'm afraid I can't save you, I can only destroy you, so that others won't repeat your mistakes."

With a hint of pity in his eyes, Jiang Chaoxian continued to exert his power, sending his strong supernatural ability straight to Li Cheng's brain, making his pain even more intense.

“Soulless, thoughtless, coarse and filthy creature, your death will become a hymn on my path to salvation,” Jiang Chaoxian said, his expression growing more and more pleased as he watched Li Cheng’s expression become increasingly pained. “What a pity that your parents have a son like you. Oh, I forgot, your mother died long ago.”

"She died so young, it must be because of you, right?"

Finally, a pleased smile appeared on Jiang Chaoxian's lips as he asked the question with malice.

"You are not allowed to...insult..."

"Oh, you're not allowed to insult your mother? That's true, it's not good to speak ill of a dead person like that. So, how about we talk about your daughter?"