Chapter 39 Futile

In the parking lot in front of the shopping center, many of the streetlights that hadn't been destroyed by monsters were still working, and the moonlight was quite bright, so the visibility in this area was pretty good.

But at this moment, the flames that shot into the sky had suddenly dyed everything around it orange-yellow.

The shockwave from the explosion shattered the glass of most of the cars within a hundred meters, billowing thick smoke rose into the sky, and the temperature of the entire parking lot rose by several degrees.

R2, who was at the center of the explosion, was in an unknown state of life or death, and the situation looked very bad.

Feng Bujue, seeing this situation from high altitude, was quite calm, and had no intention of running away on his own. He knew very well that R2 was his only hope of leaving the sandbox "alive." If R2 was really killed, even if he could escape being hunted down, he wouldn't know how to find the so-called "backdoor."

"Feng Bujue." R2's voice suddenly rang out. He was clearly speaking from a great distance, but every word he said could be clearly heard by Feng Bujue. "Maintain your current altitude and use Moon Step to hold on for a while."

Feng Bujue didn't respond, he just did as the other party instructed. He immediately used 【Moon Step】, stepping on the void, and shot up another distance.

At the same time, on the ground, R2 walked out of the raging flames and came to the middle of the parking lot. He looked completely unharmed, and the clothes on his body were also intact. On closer inspection, it could be seen that his body was covered with a layer of shimmering blue light. And this layer of light was the biggest difference between a Tier 2 Derivative and a low-level Derivative.

"Unfortunately, 'conventional data' can't hurt me." R2 looked at the Source Organization members around him and said, "It's meaningless to use things from the script." He spread his arms, "If you want to kill me, you have to use your own strength."

The Derivatives' faces did not change at all, they just silently made the exact same response... They rushed towards R2 from all directions at the same second, and each used their own abilities.

"Taking advantage of the fact that the losses have not yet expanded, investing all combat power at once, trying to kill me in one fell swoop..." R2 slowly squatted down, "Indeed, it's a very correct strategy. The tanker truck earlier was also a good idea... It seems that your intelligence is higher than I thought." As he spoke, he suddenly jumped up, "Unfortunately... it's still in vain."

R2's jump, the movement when starting was very fierce, but he didn't jump very high, only reaching a height of two meters above the ground. However, what he did next quickly explained where the energy had gone.

R2's body suddenly exerted force in mid-air, twisting rapidly, and his feet took advantage of the momentum to spread out, kicking out continuous vacuum slashes around him.

Hundreds of crescent-shaped energy slashes spread out in horizontal directions, rotating spirally in the air. This scatter attack... was shaped like steel blades, and its force was comparable to that of a cannonball, catching the Source Organization Derivatives off guard.

A perfect circular attack range quickly spread out, tearing apart all objects within the circle with a destructive force.

Feng Bujue watched from the higher air, and was amazed. He could see that the slashes that R2 kicked out were actually 【Rankyakku】 (Tempest Kick), but this move seemed to be a higher-level application, and was not the same as the basic 【Rankyakku】 he had just learned.

This was also a setting in Thriller Paradise's skill system, just like Feng Bujue's 【Not-So-Sloppy Repair】 came from 【Sloppy Repair】. Other skills also have this kind of situation.

The 【Rankyakku - Spiral White Blades】 that R2 used at this moment, if measured by specialization level, was undoubtedly S-level. But in reality, there was no such skill card at all, and this move did not occupy an extra skill slot. In essence, this was just 【Rankyakku】, but when the user's strength reached a certain level, they spontaneously used new changes.

"Oh? There are even survivors..." After R2 retracted his move and landed, he immediately turned his face and looked at the only Source Organization Derivative who had survived the Spiral White Blades.

Roar—

A tiger's roar, a swift shadow.

The survivor successfully forced his way in front of R2, his palms striking fiercely in the shape of beast fangs, and an amber light bloomed between his palm winds.

This move was obviously quite powerful, and this Derivative was obviously not an ordinary person.

R2, unable to gain a firm foothold, had no choice but to cross his arms in front of his chest as a defense. With one strike, his entire body flew backwards under the force.

Chi— Bang!

R2's feet stretched out two brakemarks on the ground, but it only slowed down some of the retreat... In the end, his back slammed into the wall of the shopping center, and a large piece of the thick concrete wall was smashed in, and he finally stopped completely.

"So that's how it is, 'Beast Mimicry Enhancement'... I didn't expect a Tier 4 guy to reach this level of completion." R2 took a breath, "The Source... seems to have done something very dangerous again, I have to report it properly when I get back."

"Hey... although I really want to stand by and watch..." At this time, Feng Bujue saw that R2's group killing skills had been used up, so he used Moon Step to slowly fall from the air and landed not far from R2's side, "But I still have to ask... do you need my help?"

"You're underestimating me..." R2 turned his head to look at Feng Bujue and sneered.

His smile didn't last for even half a second, because a fist the size of a sandbag suddenly hit him in the face.

The "Beast Mimicry Enhancement" user pressed the attack, already killing. He used both his fists and feet, a set of combo punches forcing R2 to the wall and beating him violently.

"That last one was okay." R2 was still talking to his opponent in a very calm tone while being beaten, "These ones now, are like scratching an itch."

Suddenly, R2's figure disappeared from Feng Bujue's sight.

The next second, a beam of light descended from the sky, cutting the Beast Mimicry Enhancement Derivative in half from top to bottom. When he fell down, standing from Feng Bujue's angle, he could clearly see the cross-section of the corpse. Because the speed of this slash was astonishing, the incision was abnormally neat, whether it was the internal organs, bones, muscles... they looked as clear as an anatomical diagram.

R2 landed leisurely and stood still, "After all, he's Tier 4, the data strength has limitations, that kind of move is impossible to use continuously in a short period of time." He muttered to himself thoughtfully, and said to Feng Bujue without turning his head, "Thank you for your enthusiasm and thoughtfulness, but you can put away that poker now."

At this moment, Feng Bujue was holding the Death Poker, frozen in place, looking like a wooden chicken.

He wanted to help just now, but he didn't expect that the battle would end the moment he raised his hand...

"Um... ahem." Feng Bujue put away his spiritual weapon and cleared his throat pretentiously, "Okay, I have a more direct understanding of your strength... lead the way."