Deep in the Living
Chapter 143 - 137: Fingers

Chapter 143: Chapter 137: Fingers

Just now in the resting room, the owner of the Fighting Hall had mentioned that today’s opponent was considered to be of the same kind as Luo Di.

Initially, I thought that the opponent would be similar to the Murderer in the movies, even capable of shaping into the complete form through Fear Embodiment.

But when Luo Di saw this opponent, who was escorted to the stage,

Disappointment,

Complete disappointment,

This was not a kind of his own at all, even more disgusting to Luo Di than the previous Cockroach Man.

If the disgust of roaches was merely physiological,

The essence of the man before him oozed with pus of disgust through and through.

Luo Di had once smelled similar evil, emanating from Wu Wen’s father.

Although the two had no connection in status, one was a company executive, law-abiding. The other was a Death Row Inmate who took pleasure in torture and murder.

But their intrinsic evil was identical.

They had discarded the most primal, fundamental humanity, never seeing the people around them as ’human.’

Wu Wen’s father treated those around him as tools, as steps, as indispensable things to maintain his executive status, even his own daughter was but an element of those steps.

The man before him, however, saw the people around him as tools to vent his perverted desires, with living people reduced to livestock in his eyes.

Luo Di didn’t even need to look at the man’s data, he could easily conjure up the abhorrent scenes of the other’s cruel slaughter and torture of his victims.

Such a person did not deserve to be associated with the Murderer.

A true Murderer never wastes time torturing their prey, and in essence, deeply respects their prey, their identity, and the hunting opportunity they provide.

The moment they find their target, they execute them in the cleanest and most decisive manner.

...

Despite the disgust,

The sensation the Death Row Inmate gave to Luo Di was extremely dangerous; he was the type that could only be dealt with using ’Hell Mode.’

Because of the Sisterhood’s involvement, it wouldn’t be as simple as the host had said; the ’Suppressant’ injected into the opponent could have already been tampered with.

To kill the opponent while retaining human form would be extremely difficult.

And the opponent also possessed a characteristic Luo Di had never encountered - ’Partial Spirit Body.’

So far, no outline of a Spiritual Body had been seen, nor was it certain if it could be seen with the naked eye later.

Thinking this,

Luo Di took a deep breath and reached his hand toward the pig skull at his waist.

To win this deadly battle, his only reliance would be on this thing. Fortunately, these past few days he had been receiving supplementary lessons from his squad leader, and Luo Di’s familiarity with the pig skull was almost on par with his former Zombie Blade.

To a certain extent, the pig skull was even more handy.

Fingers slid across the surface of the pig skull, up to the neck.

Swoosh!

Like slipping on gloves, he inserted his hand into the pig skull, squeezing the pituitary between the brains.

’Cornered Tool - Activate’

The pig skin of the pig skull flowed like liquid towards Luo Di’s arms, adding an extra layer of ’pig skin’ to both his left and right arms.

Although this layer of pig skin wasn’t as hard as zombie skin, it was sufficiently tough, and could improve the synergy with weapons.

Of course,

The most important part wasn’t the skin.

As the pig skin flowed away, what fitted over Luo Di’s right hand was not the pig skull, but a uniquely shaped ’Pig Slaughter Knife.’

A sturdy cervical vertebra served as both knife back and handle,

The blade retained a metallic appearance, fitting perfectly within the Knife Back Bone,

One side of the blade was engraved with a pig head motif,

On the other side, a Chinese character,

[Zhu],

Emitted a thick murderous aura that merged completely with Luo Di’s own Killing Intent, and you could faintly hear the pig’s squeal coming from within the blade.

As the pig skull underwent its transformation, the crowd shouted the name [D] once again.

It was this very knife that had cut the previous Cockroach, and they were eager to see Mr. D execute the Death Row Inmate.

Seeing that Luo Di was ready, the host turned and left the stage.

Clack! The exits of the Octagonal Cage were completely locked down, and at the same time, all the shackles on the Death Row Inmate were unlocked.

Swoosh~

The Death Row Inmate immediately tore off the tape from his mouth,

And something quickly protruded from his oral cavity,

It wasn’t a tongue, but a finger, one that was even longer than a middle finger.

This could be called a ’finger tongue,’

Protruding out of the mouth,

Slightly turned upwards,

As if perceiving something.

Maybe sensing the large amount of living humans in the audience, ideal for his desire to torture,

Or perhaps perceiving that there was a target right within the iron cage, his long-suppressed desires could finally be unleashed.

Shortly after the finger tongue curled, another part of his body also began to slightly rise.

Target acquired,

The protruding finger tongue withdrew back into the mouth,

Buzz!

The Death Row Inmate vanished from in front of Luo Di in an instant, leaving behind only a slight whirl of air on the ground,

"So fast!?"

Like a ghost,

The Death Row Inmate had already reappeared behind Luo Di with a type of agility unfathomable, and strangely, there was no movement to raise a hand in attack, as if there was no intention to attack?

Although fast,

The squad leader could do so too, and the recent tutoring had made Luo Di adapt to such fast-paced combat.

Twisting his ankle, he turned around and slashed!

The Pig Slaughter Knife in his hand drew a crescent of silver light, directly threatening the Death Row Inmate behind him, with precision and speed dialed to the max.

Swoosh!

The silver light swept across,

The anticipated decapitation didn’t happen; not even a speck of blood splattered out.

At the critical moment, the Death Row Inmate actually leaned back perfectly, evading so narrowly that the blade almost grazed his skin, a mere centimeter difference would have drawn blood.

Odd, indescribably odd.

Luo Di did not continue the pursuit but instead used the momentum of the spinning slash to distance himself.

"The feeling just now was off, why didn’t that guy make a move while circling behind? No... the attack has already happened!"

Luo Di looked up towards the Death Row Inmate not far away, something blood-red was suspended above his shoulder, discernible with difficulty due to the blood stain, it appeared to be an invisible finger.

Drip!

Blood droplets fell.

A searing pain spread from the side of his chest,

Luo Di looked down to find his heart’s left side already pierced, leaving a finger-thick hole. The piercing happened so swiftly that he didn’t notice at first.

Had Luo Di not reacted quickly, turning his body in time, his heart would likely have been punctured.

"Is this what they call a Partial Spirit Body!?"

Luo Di merely glanced at the wound on his body. The Death Row Inmate had vanished again, reappearing beside him, as though he had never moved—a bizarre, too fast occurrence.

Luo Di was forced to turn and slash,

The situation was exactly as before,

The Death Row Inmate had highly developed perception, leaning his body back to dodge the swing, and that unseen finger pierced again simultaneously.

At the crucial moment,

Luo Di was clear that his slashing distance fell short.

He stopped gripping the handle tightly and let go, allowing the Pig Slaughter Knife to fly from his hand.

Swoosh!

The rapidly spinning Pig Slaughter Knife collided with the specially reinforced edges of the Octagonal Cage, wedging into the iron wire.

As Luo Di executed the throw, he once again widened the gap between them.

A finger hit his spine’s fifth left section at the back, leaving a roughly three-centimeter-deep blood hole, fortunately not piercing through.

Meanwhile, a not so deep nor shallow cut appeared on the Death Row Inmate’s neck.

Blood doesn’t have the chance to flow out, as if being stopped from within.

It’s as if multiple fingers are moving inside the Death Row Inmate’s body, sealing the bleeding wound from inside.

The prisoner himself touched the wound on his neck, tilting his head slightly, with some disbelief.

Faced with the other’s look of disdain,

Steam had been seeping through Luo Di’s clenched teeth, but he quickly suppressed it again.

Stay calm!

He controlled the Hell Power that could potentially burst out any moment, maintaining his human shape.

His right hand made a subtle gesture towards the location of the Pig Slaughter Knife.

The pig skin and the pituitary gland reacted,

Humph! Accompanied by a louder squeal,

The Pig Slaughter Knife, as if alive, flew back to Luo Di’s hand using the elasticity of the Cage mesh.

"This person not only possesses dangerous Spiritual Body parts, but [Perception] is also his forte.

The shutting off of his senses has, instead, heightened his perception for close-range killing, to the point where he can detect even the action of blinking. He can choose to move rapidly at the moment I blink or when my gaze shifts away from him, appearing as if he teleported.

Any shift in the gaze also gets captured by his finger tongue.

Approaching the target unnoticed, then quickly piercing through with a finger.

Being unable to see the Spiritual Body part hinders me from laying out an effective combat strategy... I wish to just [Open Spine] and kill this guy."

There wasn’t any time to ponder further, the opponent could launch a sudden attack at any moment.

Luo Di made a very dangerous decision, one he had never tried before and the only choice he had if he wanted to win this deadly fight.

Before the opponent could deal with the neck wound,

The pig skin on Luo Di’s arm began to flow in reverse, moving back towards the Pig Slaughter Knife, returning to its original pig skull form.

Holding the pig skull with both hands,

"Don’t even think about causing trouble inside my head! Help me with full force to kill this thing, and I’ll give you extra benefits."

After faintly hearing a pig’s response,

He lifted the pig skull high,

Quickly placing it over his head,

The warm and slightly moist opening stayed open, ready for Luo Di,

Perfectly sized, it fit in an instant.

As this scene unfolded, many spectators covered their mouths, some even excitedly stood up,

Even people in the members area rose from their seats, coming to the window to observe closely.

Directly making contact with the Cornered Tool on the head is extremely dangerous.

A moment’s inattention could allow the pituitary to influence the entire brain and take control.

Even with the support from Hell, Luo Di, not affected by The Corner, might still go mad with the pig skull and destroy himself.

However,

The dangerous situation did not occur,

Zhu Bo inwardly feared Luo Di, not daring to make any unauthorized moves nor did he have the courage for mutual destruction; it seemed he was already tamed to some extent, like a pet.

Once the pig skull was donned, a sort of binding reaction instantly spread through the body,

and once the neck’s skin completely adhered,

’Pig Skin Full Body Transformation’

A layer of dense pig-fat skin covered his whole body, making Luo Di plump up.

At the same time,

Both hands appeared to undergo special changes:

Right: The palm and wrist area split longitudinally, a lengthened version of the Pig Slaughter Knife squeezed out from between the flesh.

Left: The arm lowered, the palm split open revealing a large cavity, and something slipped out from it.

Clang clang!

A two-meter-long Hooked Chain fell to the ground, the other end securely grasped within the opened palm.

Through the eyes of the pig skull, Luo Di acquired a ’Slaughter Vision’.

Finally, he saw the Spiritual Body floating behind the Death Row Inmate, a product formed by the Fear Embodiment.

"This guy must have been terribly afraid of fingers in his youth..."