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

Ryougi Shiki didn't even turn her head, but simply answered calmly.

"It's strange that he can be late sometimes."

After stretching his joints and listening to the "crack" sounds coming from his bones, Li Cheng casually remarked, his gaze towards Fang Yan becoming increasingly sharp.

"So, next—"

As the sound faded, the two figures moved in the next moment.

Next, in order to defeat the strongest, and inevitably most likely, interceptor before us, let our battle begin at this moment!

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This is the first update of the day. By the way, due to the accumulated number of "blades" (kidney blades), I now owe two more updates.

Chapter 23, Section 88: Sonic Bomb

The battle immediately entered a fierce stage.

Iron fists and daggers clashed and danced. Li Cheng roared repeatedly, launching a frontal assault while his stance shifted left and right, searching for an opening to strike.

Cheng Yan, standing in front of the test site gate, was like an indestructible wall, constantly deflecting the two's fierce attacks.

"drink!"

A punch thrown with all his might was easily caught by his opponent. Li Cheng tried to advance again, but Cheng Yan twisted his arm, breaking Li Cheng's balance and throwing him to the ground. Shi swung his blade at that moment, but Cheng Yan struck his wrist with an elbow, then kicked him, causing him to fall to the ground as well.

Li Cheng tried to grab Cheng Yan's body, but Cheng Yan immediately turned around and punched Li Cheng in the chest. At that moment, Li Cheng felt as if a rhinoceros had crashed into his chest. He was sent flying by the blow, crashing into the reinforced wall before falling to the ground.

As the tenth floor of the testing ground, its walls, floors, and even ceilings have undergone extensive modifications, making it difficult for even an A-level attack to leave significant marks. This is both to ensure the safety of the testing ground and to guard against potential combat damage.

At least for now, if this protective wall hadn't existed, Li Cheng would have already smashed through it and fallen directly from the tenth floor to the ground.

"Ugh..."

Clutching his aching chest, Li Cheng got up from the ground, rushed forward, and began fighting with Cheng Yan again.

Attack, defuse; attack, defuse again; attack, get caught out, and be defeated.

They attacked and fought with all their might. But it was clear that the two of them were completely unable to break through Cheng Yan's defenses. He was like an impregnable fortress, keeping them outside the gates of the testing ground and completely eliminating any possibility of breaking through.

Sent flying backward once more, Li Cheng got up and caught Shi, who had also been knocked back. The two temporarily stopped their attack, catching their breath and resting to recover their strength. The continuous attacks had greatly depleted their stamina, and they needed to stop and rest midway.

Despite having just finished a high-intensity battle, Cheng Yan remained calm and composed, showing no signs of fatigue, and quietly stood guard at the gate.

Tsk, this won't do, there's no way to break through.

Looking at Cheng Yan, who stood silently in front of the test site gate, Li Cheng felt a growing anxiety.

"Emiya, hasn't he arrived yet?"

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Shi asked from the side.

"I don't know, maybe things aren't going well for him."

Staring intently at Cheng Yan, who stood motionless in front of him, Li Cheng spoke slowly, his body slightly lowered, already prepared to strike again.

"I've arrived."

With a deep, steady voice, a man appeared at the entrance.

Kiritsugu Emiya, carrying a full set of weapons, walked in from outside the door.

"You've finally arrived, you rascal," Li Cheng laughed, looking at Kiritsugu Emiya's disheveled and dirty appearance. "What's wrong, ran into a tough opponent?"

"Thankfully, it's been resolved."

Walking up to the two, looking at Cheng Yan standing motionless in front of him, and then at the two panting people on either side, Emiya Kiritsugu roughly understood the current situation.

"...So, I still can't break through?"

"Yeah, it feels like fighting with cotton; no matter what I do, it's completely ineffective."

With a slightly bitter expression, Li Cheng said helplessly.

"Now, let's test my idea."

"Yes, it all depends on you now."

Once again, Li Chenghe launched an attack, engaging Cheng Yan in a fierce battle. Cheng Yan, however, remained calm and composed, simply standing still and continuously deflecting their attacks, her movements perfectly steady.

Meanwhile, Kiritsugu Emiya, standing at a distance, drew his weapon and began aiming and firing.

"boom!"

A bullet was fired at extremely high speed, approaching Cheng Yan's head. When it was about ten centimeters away, a strange wind pressure appeared, easily deflecting the bullet.

"Bullets are meaningless to me," Cheng Yan said calmly as he deflected the attacks from the two men once again. "Apart from a direct confrontation, there is no way to bypass my protection and have an effect on me."

"Is that so..."

For once, Kiritsugu Emiya showed a slight smile.

He suddenly threw two earmuffs from his pocket and stepped back. Quite in sync, Lee Seung-ha and his companion each caught one and put it on, then retreated together. Following this, Emiya Kiritsugu pulled a black cylindrical object from his pocket, pulled the tab, and hurled it at Cheng Yan.

A grenade?

Cheng Yan looked at the thing that was gradually approaching in the air with some confusion.

Their protective shield covered virtually every avenue that could harm them except in close combat; even the explosion and shockwave of a grenade could be defended against. This weapon should be utterly meaningless to them. So why did they think this little thing could hurt them, and why did all three of them deliberately retreat?

Wait, earmuffs?

Cheng Yan seemed to have thought of it, but before he could react, the small black cylinder had already exploded in mid-air.

An extremely powerful sound wave surged and enveloped the room in the next instant.

"Ugh!"

The windproof protection perfectly withstood the powerful shockwave of the sonic bomb. However, the intense, high-frequency sound waves completely penetrated Cheng Yan's ears. This was obvious; no matter how much protection was used, it couldn't possibly defend against sound, unless the person intended to be deaf for life.

There are many kinds of enhancements in this world, capable of defending against various attacks and providing users with various enhancements. However, sound, as one of the five senses, cannot be defended against. This is because the sound waves of an attack, along with normal sound, are blocked. While enhancements that defend against specific frequencies of sound are feasible, martial artists typically cannot use them. This is because shielding sound waves weakens their organs' ability to receive signals, something martial artists cannot accept.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Kiritsugu Emiya decided to try using sonic bombs to test whether Cheng Yan's protection was sufficient to cover this aspect.

"Ugh!"

It seems the result was quite satisfactory.

Covering his bleeding ear, Cheng Yan squatted on the ground in pain.

The sonic boom, exploding at extremely close range, instantly destroyed his eardrums, robbing him of all his hearing. The uncontrollable bleeding from his ears brought unparalleled, intense pain, and his brain was churning like a paste from the overwhelming sound waves. At this moment, even standing became difficult for him.

Throwing away the protective earmuffs, Li Cheng took a step forward, meeting the other's raised eyes. The two stared at each other in silence. Cheng Yan wiped the blood from his ear, took a deep breath, and stood up again.

He had lost his hearing, his ears were injured, and his head was throbbing. Undoubtedly, Cheng Yan's fighting ability had been greatly weakened at this moment.

However, he couldn't retreat. Just like the people opposite him, he couldn't retreat either.

Come on, let's keep fighting.

He saw Li Cheng across from him open his mouth and say something. He couldn't hear what he was saying, but from the shape of his lips, Cheng Yan could roughly guess that what he wanted to say was that.

Yes, then let's come on, let's fight!

Enduring the physical pain, Cheng Yan forced a smile, clenched his fists, and faced the two men charging forward, once again engaging in battle.

The truly brutal moment of fighting to the death unfolds at this time.

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This is the second update today.

Section 89, Chapter Twenty-Four: Bloodbath (Part 1)

Five meters might not seem like a small distance to an ordinary person. But for these superhuman beings rated A, it's a distance they can cover in an instant.

In the blink of an eye—no, in less than a blink of an eye, a mere fraction of a second—Li Cheng traversed the five-meter distance and, for the first time, struck Cheng Yan squarely in the stomach. For the first time, he had finally hit Cheng Yan's body.

The next moment, Cheng Yan's raised knee struck his face, sending him flying and crashing into the ceiling above his head.

A cold glint flashed past, and Ryougi Shiki, the leader of the sixth group, suddenly rushed forward, raising her hand and slashing a bloody gash on Cheng Yan's calf as he couldn't retract his foot in time. It was only because the opponent retreated quickly that Ryougi Shiki managed to cut off the leg.

Cheng Yan fell to the ground, then sprang out his leg, clamping it between Shiki's sword-wielding hand and slamming Shiki's body to the ground. He then got up to snatch the blade from Shiki's hand, but Shiki turned the tables and clamped his leg around Cheng Yan's neck, locking each other's bodies in a tether, unable to move for a moment.

Just then, Li Cheng attacked from behind, reaching out to try and lock Fang Yan's neck. But as if he had been prepared, Fang Yan rolled forward without even hearing him, narrowly avoiding the attack. At the same time, he forcefully broke free from the blockade, turned around, and kicked both of them away.

"That guy, isn't he deaf?"

Standing up, Li Cheng looked at Cheng Yan, who was covering his ears and standing up again, with some surprise, wondering how he had noticed his attack.

"It's a kind of ability like 'mind's eye' or 'intuition,' either an innate ability or something cultivated through training. In short, it's the ability to detect attacks that you weren't aware of before."

He speculated, then got up and rushed forward again.

Li Cheng followed closely behind, and the two of them met Cheng Yan again, one after the other.

Stepping onto a stone pillar, Shi leaped into the air, gripping his blade tightly as he launched an attack. Cheng Yan, on the ground, charged straight at him, but at the last moment, he suddenly shifted his stance and delivered a sweeping kick. With impeccable teamwork, the two launched their attack together.

Instead of retreating, Cheng Yan advanced, kneeling forward with his right leg and using his knee to block Li Cheng's sweeping kick at the joint, forcefully stopping the attack. He then lunged forward, his elbow slamming into Li Cheng's chest like lightning, knocking him backward to the ground. He then switched from elbow to palm, using Li Cheng's body to leap up, actually meeting the attacking Ryougi Shiki in mid-air, kicking him to the ground with one kick, before landing smoothly and watching the two of them scramble to their feet.

My ears are still ringing and stinging.

Cheng Yan narrowed his eyes, cautiously observing the two people opposite him.

It's alright, it's alright. I can still hold on. I won't let them break through, I won't let them get past me. I'll hold on...

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Kiritsugu Emiya sitting on the ground by the wall, not joining the attack. This was normal; he wasn't the type to excel in direct combat, and his physical abilities were only around B-rank. Plus, he had clearly been injured before, so he only threw a sonic bomb at the start before stopping to rest.

A gust of wind whistled past his ear as Li Cheng charged at him once more. Without turning back, relying solely on instinct, Cheng Yan took a step back, turned, and deflected the sudden attack. Before Li Cheng could react, he kicked him, sending him flying. But Li Cheng immediately followed, the cold glint of his blade flashing as Li Cheng flew away.

Unable to dodge in time, Cheng Yan could only stretch out his hands and forcefully clamp the blade between them. Shi exerted steady force, pinning Cheng Yan against the wall. But then Cheng Yan let out a muffled groan, and with a "crack," snapped the blade in two. He then threw down the broken pieces of the blade and lunged forward, twisting Shi's shoulder as if to strike him.

Just then, Cheng Yan's legs were suddenly grabbed. Li Cheng, who had rushed up again without anyone noticing, pounced and slammed Cheng Yan to the ground, grabbing his legs. Shi, who had been under Cheng Yan's control, broke free almost immediately and kicked out, striking Cheng Yan's face at an angle high enough to snap a nerd's hamstring. Blood spurted from his nose, and his head slammed hard against the ground.