Farewell, Cage!
"Huff… huff…"
Qiu Ran y in the backseat, sleeping peacefully. The howling wind and snow of the outer world were not muoise for the modified car of the Abyss Humanitarian Relief anization, which had excellent soundproofing.
She curled up, ed in a coat, with a small, sparkling drool trail hanging from her mouth, occasionally giggling:
"Potatoes, potatoes are cooked… hehe… Master, o work…"
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Suddenly, a loud artled Qiu Ran awake. She quickly raised her head to see Nuo Mi, the ied one, pounding on the gss and shouting at her:
"Open the door!"
"Don't hit it, don't hit it! I just got this new car…"
Qiu Ran pitifully leaned over the fro and unlocked the car door.
"Damn, it's freezing out there! I've been yelling at you fes, why didn't you respond?"
Nuo Mi quickly climbed in, shaking off the snow and mud. She expertly ehe clutd gear, muttering:
"Uh, I… I was asleep." Qiu Ran scratched her head, giggling sheepishly.
"Seriously? Ier world, where you never know when a tornado, sandstorm, blizzard, avanche, ndslide, or earthquake might hit—you sleep through that?"
Nuo Mi said, popping the car door open and shouting outside:
"Hey, you do?"
Just then, Li Aozzi opehe door and climbed in, his gravity shield proteg him from the wind and snow.
"The hook's on, drive."
Li Aozzi spoke quickly, opening the medical kit to treat his shoulder, stopping the bleeding, and bandaging it:
"Law IV's cars are faster on ft ground, we 't outrun them."
"So what do we do?"
"They don't knoitched cars. Drive a bit, then unhook the back car. They'll stop to check it."
"But evehey'll still catch up!"
"They have four cars from the climb. If they split one off, three will remain… I hahem."
Li Aozzi rummaged through the car, finding s and gasoline in the backseat.
"—If they dare e, they're seeking their owh."
Li Aozzi held the , weighing it in his hand, satisfied.
He had been sidering transitioning to the blood magic path during the [Mutant] phase due to his mutation dire. Seeing the , he decided not to hesitate.
He would follow the blood magic path!
"When I advao [Echoer], s and whips are the best ons for me, plementing the low-threshold blood magic path to boost my bat power."
The problem with [Starfall Master] was the high threshold and long training period. In his past life, Li Aozzi and his fellow enthusiasts always thought about how to ge that.
The threshold of four prerequisite Omega-level abilities was solvable, with stable methods avaible ter.
But how to ge the prison-like experience? Li Aozzi had superior skills and awareness, but ordinary pyers cked that capacity.
Why did so many py [Warrior]?
Not because of fshy moves like Skull Splitter, Uppercut, Shadowless Light Fist, Qi Gong on, Iional Punch, or Nine Heavens Thunder Kick—but because it required no thinking.
Mages had to calcute cooldowns, formus, mana cost ratios, and positioning.
Mutants needed precise ability use and leveraging all factors to be effective.
But warriors didn't hat.
They just activated their brute strength and charged, solving 90% of problems.
The remaining 9.9% could be solved with a Bck King Bar.
The st 0.1% couldn't be solved, leading to iable defeat.
The "blood magic path" was low-threshold and easily popurized.
Even without the [Ability Capsule] factor, pyers almost always acquired the core abilities needed for the "blood magic path":
[Life Extract], [Death Link].
These were Delta-grade, on abilities.
The plete "blood magic path" only required an additional tinuous damage ability.
No one knew Li Aozzi's thoughts.
Nuo Mi just g him, saying:
"It's up to you."
Despite Li Aozzi's tendency to lie, Nuo Mi couldn't bring herself to dislike him.
His nationality might be fake, his name might be fake, and he might even be fake.
But in the face of life ah, he didn't abandon her, a stranger, aiated with the ruthless Law IV to buy time without betraying her for safety—this alone made him far better than most.
Besides, Li Aozzi's ability had an irresistible, oppressive presehat left her speechless.
Li Aozzi adjusted the rearview mirror to prevent Nuo Mi from being dazzled by Law IV's high beams, prioritizing vehicle safety.
"Qiu Ran, watch the rearview mirror. If you see headlights, tell me immediately."
"Oh, oh—wait, aren't we supposed to be chasing others? Why does it sound like… we're being chased?"
Qiu Ran was fused.
"You're right, but no prize. We're being chased by some very bad people. Keep an eye on the rear, and I'll buy you a drink ter."
Li Aozzi didn't bother expining Law IV, knowing the average person's strong fear of such agencies.
Nuo Mi suddenly asked:
"What about me?"
"You, the driver, want to drink? Reminder: drunk driving is illegal in every try, and aren't you underage? Want to drink?"
"Huh? Damn it, (civilized Frostshroud), I've smashed tless heads since birth, and you're telling me I 't drink because I'm underage? (civilized outer world)!"
Li Aozzi wao tease Nuo Mi to lighten the mood. But the moment, Qiu Ran, peeking out the rear window, screamed:
"They're ing! Owo, three, four—four cars! Ah, they're heading right for us!"
Ping—bang, g—
Before Qiu Ran finished, several white cracks appeared on the gss, with a 9mm bullet hitting the gss right in front of her nose, making her dud hide on the backseat cushion.
"Don't panic," Li Aozzi reassured, pig up the and gasoline . "This is a Durina Light Industry level-three bulletproof gss, withstand full-power bullets and 12.7*108mm mae gun rounds. They 't break it."
"I know, I maintain this car…" Qiu Ran said pitifully. "But I, I haven't tested its bulletproof ability."
"That's not good. Have you seen Durina's boss, Lurio Durina, hold a press ference? He sat in the car a his subordinates shoot at it for 10 minutes in front of reporters."
Qiu Ran was amazed: "Such a bold boss."
"Bold my ass. His ability is kiic absorption, immuo firearms."
Li Aozzi patted her shoulder:
"Miss Qiu Ran, I'll drop the soon. Just touch it with your fio activate your ability."
"Uh… okay."
Li Aozzi's joke rexed her a bit. She held onto the cushion tightly, but her panic lessened.
Li Aozzi reed the front passenger seat to stand steadily on it, watg Law IV's pursuing cars through the rear gss, calg the distance.
"400 meters… 300 meters… too fast. At this speed, the wind will blow me off."
Using his ability ihe car would it in the gravity field, but his current ability trol was too low to avoid affeg his allies.
The key was the car—without a vehicle ier world, it was basically a death sentence.
Holding the seat, he shouted to Nuo Mi:
"Nuo Mi, you have 20 seds to slow down to 60 km/h without letting them notice."
"Got it, don't yell!"
Nuo Mi gently lifted her foot off the gas, smoothly decelerating the car. Qiu Ran could hear the guensifying.
Jingle—
Standing in the car, Li Aozzi ed the iron around his arm. The , used for seg the car, was 8 meters long, each link 10mm in diameter. It was heavy for an ordinary person but just right for Li Aozzi to wield.