Douluo Continent: The Spirit-Eyed Detective Huo Yuhao

Chapter 33 Type I Biological Blood Vessel Activation Enhancer

boom!

A deep, resonant sound, like the tolling of a bell, rang out.

The double-headed hammer seemed to have struck something extremely hard, and the recoil made the burly man's arm go numb.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a tortoise shell.

Then, the tortoise shell shook again, causing him to take two steps back.

"I'm sorry, Nan Nan, I'm late and you got hurt." Xu Sanshi stood in front of Jiang Nan Nan, holding up the Xuanming Tortoise Shell Shield, his voice low.

"No, you came just in time, thank you." Jiang Nannan understood the situation. Although she disliked Xu Sanshi, she would probably have been seriously injured if he hadn't blocked the blow.

"Your shoulder... is injured..." Xu Sanshi pretended to be deep and took the opportunity to touch Jiang Nannan's shoulder.

Then, Jiang Nannan reacted.

"Don't touch me!!!"

Jiang Nannan delivered a spinning kick to Xu Sanshi's tortoise shell, the powerful force sending him and his shell flying like a ball.

Xu Sanshi flew out and crashed squarely into the face of the double-headed hammer who had just stood still, knocking the burly man into a daze.

"Nannan, you're still quite energetic, hehe, it's a good thing to be energetic." Xu Sanshi stood up and said with a sly smile.

"This guy's love-struck..."

Huo Yuhao, who was secretly observing, couldn't bear to watch.

"Persistent pestering..." Jiang Nannan snorted.

"Hehe, persistence works really well. That's how my dad won over my mother," Xu Sanshi chuckled.

Then he turned to face the enemy, waved his hand and said, "Nannan, go heal your wounds and send a message. I'll take care of everything here."

"Oh."

Jiang Nannan responded and was about to leave.

"Hey...give me some reaction." Xu Sanshi said with a long face. He was hoping to show off and impress Jiang Nannan.

"This is indeed the best option right now. I'm injured and can't help, so I should leave as soon as possible."

Besides...

"You can't beat someone with a fourth ring?" Jiang Nannan said calmly without turning her head.

"Hehehe, a piece of cake, just the Fourth Ring Road," Xu Sanshi said, putting one hand on his hip and laughing while holding the tortoise shell.

Jiang Nannan's trust in his abilities made him complacent.

"A mere... Fourth Ring Road?"

The giant man wielding the double-headed hammer was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged. "You brats don't take me, your grandpa, seriously at all?"

Then, his soul rings flashed, and as his soul skill was activated, ghostly flames ignited on the skulls at both ends of the giant hammer, transforming into two evil spirits that attacked Xu Sanshi.

Xu Sanshi brandished the Xuanming Shield to defend against the two evil spirits that were drifting towards him.

"Are all your attacks so weak? They can't even break through my defenses," Xu Sanshi taunted, the attacks from the two evil spirits were practically tickling him.

"Now you'd better be prepared for this next move."

The burly man commanded the evil spirit to entangle Xu Sanshi, while his own giant hammer had already completed its charging.

The immense brute force and soul power propelled the giant hammer to smash into Xu Sanshi's Xuanming Shield.

Another deep, resounding impact.

The shockwave from the impact spread out almost visibly.

"I...I'll take it..."

Xu Sanshi gritted his teeth and withstood the impact of the Xuanming Shield, sliding straight backward for several meters, grinding the ground beneath his feet and creating two deep pits.

"Xuan Ming Zhen!"

Xu Sanshi shook off the giant hammer, and the powerful recoil slammed into the giant man.

"Ah! I've suffered a backlash!"

The giant screamed in agony as his body cracked, turning into a corpse covered in fissures.

"died?"

Xu Sanshi, holding the Xuanming Shield, shook his numb hand and looked at the fallen corpse with suspicion.

The sudden victory left him somewhat bewildered. Although he was indeed very strong, it had come too easily, giving him a feeling of things abruptly ending.

Something's not right.

Although Xu Sanshi acted foolishly in front of Jiang Nannan, it didn't mean he was really stupid. He glanced at the corpse on the ground and looked around warily.

Then, he raised his hand, and a ball of black water gathered in his palm.

His martial soul is the Xuanming Turtle, a water-attribute creature. Its abilities go beyond just a defensive shield; water control is also one of his innate skills.

Although the power of this water control is somewhat insignificant compared to the super strong defense.

Xu Sanshi manipulated the black water to gather more and more, and then continuously splashed it in all directions. When he splashed it in one direction, a burly human figure appeared out of thin air.

"Got you!"

Xu Sanshi swung his shield at the figure. Seeing that he had been exposed, the figure hurriedly dodged and revealed himself. It was the double-headed hammer who had pretended to be dead.

"You really can't judge a book by its cover. Invisibility, summoning spirits, scapegoating—these are all abilities of someone as seemingly crude as you."

"Really... isn't it better to be alive? I just wanted to fake my death to get away." The burly man shook his head, no longer as domineering as before, but rather quite calm.

"Fake death to escape?" Xu Sanshi frowned.

"Don't you understand? Anyone can see that this is a doomed operation. Some of them are true believers in some Holy Emperor, while others are being held hostage by the organization. I don't have any of those things. If I can fake my death and escape through this incident, that would be perfect for me," the burly man said calmly.

"Hmph, you think you can escape?" Xu Sanshi picked up his shield and pointed it at him.

"Fine, killing you and pretending it's a mutual destruction is the same." This time, the burly man's true killing intent was fully revealed, and he was going to use all his strength to kill Xu Sanshi.

"Come on, come on!"

Xu Sanshi shouted loudly, and his shield stood upright in front of him.

The burly man swallowed a pill, his muscles bulged as he gripped the double-headed hammer, and black markings faintly appeared on his body, radiating an evil power several times stronger than before.

"Some kind of pill or secret technique to temporarily boost strength..." Xu Sanshi immediately felt a sense of impending doom, as the aura of the opponent was now far beyond the fourth ring.

In an instant, the giant hammer flashed in front of his shield. As soon as it touched the shield, Xu Sanshi felt a tremendous force that sent him flying backward.

boom!boom!

Xu Sanshi crashed through two walls before stopping, his short hair covered in dust.

"How about it? You can't take my second blow now, can you?" The burly man dragged the giant hammer over.

"Do you think you're the only one who takes drugs?" Xu Sanshi laughed.

………………

"Yuhao, what exactly are you trying to figure out by looking at me like that?"

Xu Sanshi summoned his martial spirit, which Huo Yuhao examined thoroughly.

Huo Yuhao would occasionally ask him to raise his arm or turn around, then he would take a pen and paper and scribble on him, checking him over thoroughly, making him feel quite uncomfortable.

"Will this really make me stronger?"

"Of course, biology is also a super powerful science. Haha, Senior Xu, come on, let's draw some blood."

"They want to draw blood too?!"

…………

That's terrifying...

Xu Sanshi pressed a cotton ball against the spot on his arm where blood had been drawn, his face contorted in a grimace.

It's completely different from being injured in battle; watching a needle pierce your flesh is terrifying.

"You can take it off now, Senior Xu. It's been so many days and you're still holding it down," Huo Yuhao said speechlessly.

"Hehe, I'm still a little nervous..."

"Here, take this." Huo Yuhao tossed a green syringe to Xu Sanshi.

"What is this?" Xu Sanshi swallowed hard as he looked at the sharp needle.

"Bio-bloodline activation enhancer type one, its effect is to strengthen the body and activate the bloodline. Consider this a thank you for being your research subject," Huo Yuhao said with a smile.

"You mean... I'm going to give myself acupuncture?"

………………

Seeing the giant hammer about to smash down on him again, Xu Sanshi gritted his teeth, grabbed the enhancement agent, and stuck it into his body.

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Xu Sanshi felt his heart pounding violently, the drum-like thumping sound seemingly about to shatter his eardrums.

The same black runes as those on the Xuanming Shield appeared on his skin, and waves of black water condensed and rose from his body.

A loud roar came from Xu Sanshi's mouth, making the double-headed hammer feel dizzy for a moment.

"What's wrong with this kid?!" The double-headed hammer couldn't understand Xu Sanshi's strange behavior, shook his head, and then raised his hammer to smash down again.

Whatever it is, he now only has one option: to smash Xu Sanshi to death.

Meanwhile, Xu Sanshi's Xuanwu bloodline had been activated. He neither dodged nor avoided, and the Xuanwu Shield transformed into a ball of black water, forming a barrier around his body under his control.

When the giant hammer fell, it slid away as if it had been coated with oil upon contact with the black water barrier, causing no damage whatsoever.

"How is this possible?!" The burly man was terrified, but no matter how hard he smashed it, the black water barrier remained unmoved, deflecting his attacks.

Xu Sanshi manipulated a ball of black water, covering the head of the double-headed hammer.

The double-headed hammer's head was submerged in the water, unable to breathe, and its hands flailed wildly, but how could its hands grasp boiling water?

He could only suffocate slowly in despair.