Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 499 - 143: Vile Companionship

Chapter 499: Chapter 143: Vile Companionship

From the moment Sky Fierce voluntarily appeared within Xiang Shan’s visual range to the complete annihilation of the group, it only took a few minutes.

Heaven Hero was the first to face trouble. Although he didn’t approach Xiang Shan, Xiang Shan had already deployed several drones while sniping that reconnaissance drone. Upon detecting other drones, these drones would release radio signals.

Those signals included the preset curses.

Xiang Shan decoded that patch. To be honest, the level was really good. He even doubted that this was not Heavenly Machine’s handiwork. The Eighth Martial God was a genuine master of Internal Strength, the kind who could have stepped into the front line eighty years ago. And three years of rigorous training, along with the "Curse Skill Compendium" shared by TX-0, made up for his shortcomings in Internal Strength.

Xiang Shan was confident. Although his level of Internal Strength still had a considerable gap compared to Hartman, his insight was not much weaker.

In Xiang Shan’s opinion, the level of this patch was very high, blocking many curses.

But Xiang Shan possessed more curses. The sharing by TX-0 and the research by the Eighth Martial God gave him a luxurious total amount of curse skills.

As long as he determined the basic principles of those patches, he could select the still-effective curses from the existing ones and make slight changes.

Heaven Hero didn’t even leave any last words.

And all these were completed by Xiang Shan before he even saw Iron Dust.

Sky Fierce thought he had dragged his opponent into a dead end, but in fact, by that time, Heaven Hero had already died silently.

Then it was Sky Fierce’s turn.

Seeing those cylinders, Xiang Shan realized that Sky Fierce wanted to use Iron Dust to seal Internal Strength.

Honestly, this move was also commonly used by him in the past. However, the difference was that the legacy of the Eighth Martial God greatly strengthened his Internal Strength. He had a greater advantage in the offensive and defensive aspects of Internal Strength. Compared to the concealment effect caused by Iron Dust, attacks using Internal Strength were still more advantageous. Therefore, he hadn’t been throwing Iron Dust at a moment’s disagreement lately—although, if really necessary, he would use an Electromagnetic Pulse.

If Xiang Shan were in Sky Fierce’s shoes, he would have his subordinates follow him and throw out cylinders, using the cover of his Prosthetic Body to allow Iron Dust to approach a powerful enemy.

But it seemed that Sky Fierce was not very confident in close combat fighting, so he chose not to get too close.

Because Xiang Shan was very familiar with this tactic himself, he knew what the other side was planning when Sky Fierce deployed the Iron Dust.

It was nothing more than sonar radar or passive acoustic localization.

Xiang Shan no longer used this tactic, but the guy who did this stuff back in the day was still around. [Moreover, tuning forks were originally used to calibrate Prosthetic Eyes or test the performance of speed-measuring devices.]

So Xiang Shan shifted slightly and walked a few steps, making sure he slipped into the opponent’s blind spot in the field of vision, and then took the opportunity while the Metal Aerosol was dispersing to throw out a tuning fork and a recorder.

The tuning fork made Sky Fierce Star retreat on its own, and the recorder caused Sky Fierce to keep moving.

And Xiang Shan then moved to Sky Fierce’s right rear side.

Xiang Shan could see clearly that an Iron Flower Bomb came from this angle. There was one of Sky Fierce’s subordinates in this direction.

Confirming there was an enemy in this direction, even if Sky Fierce fired in all directions for suppression, he would still slightly avoid this angle.

Then it was time to take action.

Xiang Shan’s internal force pierced through the neck armor and broke the cervical spine.

Sky Fierce Star immediately crashed into Xiang Shan.

He had originally hoped that Heaven Hero would seize the chance to fire at that moment.

But at that moment, Heaven Hero had been forcibly disconnected for several seconds already.

Sky Fierce hadn’t expected this outcome and was promptly knocked down by Xiang Shan.

Afterward, Xiang Shan seized Sky Fierce’s firearms and swiftly swept through the remaining enemies.

A few seconds later, Xiang Shan turned back to where Sky Fierce was. Sky Fierce struggled to get up.

But Xiang Shan showed no mercy as he severed Sky Fierce’s neck.

"Yo." Xiang Shan, as if weighing it or testing a basketball grip, lightly tossed the head, "I’ve long admired your reputation, Sky Fierce Star, Cobo."

In such circumstances, Sky Fierce still managed to smile, "No wonder Heavenly Machine told me you were stronger than him, much stronger. It turns out it’s true, much stronger... I don’t know you, but you bear a grudge against me. To be remembered with resentment by a hero like you is truly an honor for me."

Xiang Shan said, "Remember the Striped Warrior Borshu?"

"Borshu brothers, huh? You were his old friend? No wonder you hate me," Sky Fierce still tried to irritate this hero. Laughing, he said, "He never told me about you. I had no idea he had such a powerful friend. If I’d known you were around, I definitely would’ve invited you to join our stronghold too. Too bad... perhaps after taking to the greenwoods, all former ties were severed. It’s truly a pity, I’ve always hoped to find a way for more people to accept Ultimate Way Consensus Therapy..."

"Ah right, I haven’t seen Borshu brother for three years either. I quite regret sending him on that reconnaissance mission. If I could have you meet him today, it would have been wonderful."

Xiang Shan said, "Striped Warrior Borshu died three years ago."

"Oh." Sky Fierce caught the implication, sighing, "You actually killed him then. Clearly, it’s murder, yet you cloak it with the name ’liberation.’ I don’t do such things. We of the Green Forest kill straightforwardly, without pretending it’s for some greater good."

Xiang Shan pulled a wire from his wrist, then used the witnessing method to forcibly pry open Sky Fierce’s interface. He connected directly with Sky Fierce, meshing their immediate sensations.

Xiang Shan said, "Three years ago, in front of a hero’s legacy, Borshu brother sacrificed himself to protect others. He intercepted a squad of Mobile Cavalry directly under King Aqini, achieving mutual destruction and stopping the Houndhawk from transmitting intelligence. He died as a hero."

"How could that be?" Sky Fierce was utterly stunned, "What technique did you use... All the parameters I can sense show that I’m directly receiving your neural impulses, and this sensation indicates you’re not fabricating... Why? What internal force skill can deceive a person to such a degree?"

Xiang Shan shook his head, "The reaction is similar to Heavenly Ingenious. Can’t you folks come up with something new?"

"Your Inner Strength is impressive, but your skill at making up lies is poor," Sky Fierce coldly scoffed.

"I’m not too keen on inserting nanowires into your head. Firstly, I don’t like doing it, and secondly, the wire is an expensive consumable." Xiang Shan said, "So I’ll ask you just one question. What if what I just said was true? Think about it carefully."

"How could that be possible." Sky Fierce sneered.

But Xiang Shan indeed read his inner feelings.

"I see." Xiang Shan whispered quietly, "’I haven’t trained him well, so I need to bring him back and correct him again’."

This was genuine camaraderie.

And the most despicable response.

Xiang Shan pulled the storage device out of the head, then slowly placed it on the ground. He raised the gun, "You truly are the most despicable one."