Chapter 91: Chapter 91: Not Using a Gun, but Martial Arts? How Does One Become a Martial Arts Grandmaster
After looting Liebo Mansion, Qi Suian found an excuse and left without hesitation.
What happened afterward was none of Qi Suian’s business. He could barely protect himself, let alone a bunch of liabilities.
In truth, after the disaster he’d brought upon them, Liebo Mansion was in a state of panic. Many had already fled to avoid dying in experiments.
Now, with no military protection, it would perish soon enough.
But it didn’t matter. The so-called Liebo Mansion had only been around for a few decades anyway.
Liebo Mansion was established by Chang Shaoyong in his youth, helping his father. It was only later passed down to him.
"Looks like this fortune is really in the hands of the so-called Yanyi Cao Family," Qi Suian muttered.
He had to admit, this new batch of survivors was indeed different from the last.
"They’re managing the entire Jade Dragon Association in an orderly fashion. Looks like they were from the ruling class to begin with," Qi Suian assessed the situation.
Then, he considered how to kill them.
The Jade Dragon Association, like Liebo Mansion, had a territory about the size of a town. Its scope was not small.
Therefore, unless Qi Suian assembled the Floating Cannons and entered the same mode he’d used against the Blood Moon, killing them one by one would be very troublesome.
But even if he combined them and went into overdrive, the Dark Energy Beams couldn’t annihilate the entire territory in one go.
Besides, killing every single one of them would be too much trouble.
Not only was there no benefit for Qi Suian, but it would also be a waste of time.
’As long as I kill this group of survivors, the remaining natives will fall in line.’ Qi Suian didn’t plan on staying here for long.
After killing the survivors and taking the fortune, he would have to start hunting Desolate Beasts for fuel and find a suitable place to take shelter. Otherwise, with the temperature rising daily, he wouldn’t survive.
The Tai Sui God did have a material module that was high-temperature resistant, heat-resistant, and insulating, but due to its low number of evolutions, it couldn’t fully unleash the power of an SSS-rank module.
If the temperature rose any further, even the Sand Jiao Scale Pattern Shell couldn’t help the Tai Sui God continue to resist it.
The power of a module was dependent on the Tai Sui God’s armor, basically on a one-to-one, one-to-ten, or one-to-hundred ratio.
Moreover, this only counted base armor. Extra armor provided by things like the viral bloodline bio-armor or the artificial crystal vein alloy wasn’t included in the calculation.
’Alright, I’ll make a move to test the waters first. Lure out the Cao Family’s old ancestor and we’ll see.’
Qi Suian didn’t wait three days to negotiate with the Cao Family. After he finished his looting, he came over to launch a sneak attack that very night.
"AI, confirm the location of the Cao Family’s old ancestor. Just blast him to death with a Ghost Energy Storm," Qi Suian said.
Luring him out was the right idea, but only if he was still alive.
If he died under the Floating Cannons, then Qi Suian would just go on a killing spree.
[I do not recommend using a Ghost Energy Storm. It may damage the fortune. I suggest using Dark Energy Beams for a precision strike.]
Qi Suian thought about it and realized that made sense.
After all, his purpose for coming here was the fortune, not just to kill survivors.
"Fine. You make the first move."
"Right, can the reconnaissance network determine the number of survivors?" Qi Suian asked the crucial question.
The natives had no conflict of interest with him, so Qi Suian couldn’t be bothered to kill them.
But survivors were different. They were a naturally hostile faction. Plus, with the way Qi Suian was killing, leaving any of them alive would surely lead to endless trouble.
So, he had to wipe them all out.
[Approximate locations have been marked. A Ghost Energy Storm sweep can be initiated directly.]
The AI showed Qi Suian the distribution of the survivors.
Meanwhile, the attack didn’t stop. A Floating Cannon fired a Dark Energy Beam directly at the Cao Family ancestor’s location.
"This distribution is interesting. Some are sleeping in a large common room, some have private rooms, and some are even on patrol."
"It seems even in this so-called Ancient Martial Family, the class divisions are clear." Qi Suian was certain that the ones sleeping in the common room were definitely from side branches or were illegitimate sons.
As for the private rooms, they belonged to either the direct line of the main family or the so-called prodigies of Ancient Martial Technique.
As for those on patrol, they were part of the night watch security system. Qi Suian couldn’t tell much about them for now.
’Seems the idea that more modules make you stronger isn’t without reason.’
"Perfect. Let’s just kill them all," Qi Suian said.
Since he knew the survivors’ locations, he could just use the Floating Cannons to kill them instantly.
These survivors came with their own Extraordinary abilities, but in Qi Suian’s eyes, they were just average, not even comparable to the Immortal Surgery.
Let alone someone like Chunyu Hu, who was judged by the AI to be a high-energy lifeform.
Across the two worlds, only Chunyu Hu had earned this title. Blood Moon and the Profound God were beyond classification and weren’t counted.
[As you command.]
Receiving the order, the AI acted immediately. Under the Floating Cannons, a massive number of Dark Energy Beams and Ghost Energy Storms erupted simultaneously.
As for fish slipping through the net, it was a possibility. After all, his reconnaissance network had a limited range and couldn’t provide complete coverage.
But judging from the distribution, he had basically grasped their locations.
Nothing is ever 100% successful. As long as he was confident enough, Qi Suian dared to be reckless.
"NO!!!"
Amidst the successive blasts of Dark Energy Beams and Ghost Energy Storms, an old voice cried out in grief.
’He’s that old, but his voice is still so powerful. Is Ancient Martial Technique really that amazing?’
After the attack, Qi Suian had already slipped into the Jade Dragon Association amidst the chaos and was heading toward the location on the Treasure Map of the Lost.
Then he heard the commotion.
He could be certain that this person was the Cao Family’s old ancestor.
Although he didn’t know how the man had dodged the Dark Energy Beam, Qi Suian could guess it was due to some ability akin to intuition.
Not even Blood Moon or Chunyu Hu could withstand a direct hit from a Dark Energy Beam; he didn’t believe this Cao Family ancestor could take it.
The Floating Cannons had many strengths, but also many weaknesses. However, these weaknesses weren’t with the cannons themselves, but with Qi Suian.
He couldn’t provide the Tai Sui God with enough fuel for evolution energy, which meant the Floating Cannons’ locking, firing, and speed couldn’t match their attack power.
"Since you’re already here, don’t just stand outside the door." Cao Li’s voice was filled with hatred and rage.
Qi Suian frowned. "He can sense us? The Shadow Navigator unit should be able to block that."
[It can. The Tai Sui God is loaded with too many modules, making its frame a bit too large. The enemy saw it.]
"???" Qi Suian was floored. ’What the hell? So it’s the Tai Sui God’s fault.’
"Then why didn’t you attack immediately?"
’He already saw us, why not strike first? What are you waiting for?’
[Waiting for the enemy to complete his transformation. You can obtain the corpse of an Ancient Martial Survivor fused with the Power of the Limit.]
[This will provide you with greater convenience in your research on the Power of the Limit and Ancient Martial Techniques.]
"You really know how to look out for me..." Qi Suian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. If he really went with that, he couldn’t use the Floating Cannons to attack anymore.
Currently, the only being that could survive a ghost energy attack was Blood Moon. Others wouldn’t even leave a complete corpse.
Perhaps some special zombies, after dying enough times, could evolve a corresponding resistance. Unfortunately for them, they were burned into evolution energy as fuel by Qi Suian before they ever got the chance.
"You’re very confident in yourself." As Cao Li’s words fell, he vaulted over the courtyard wall and charged forward like a thunderbolt.
Qi Suian’s neural reactions couldn’t keep up at all.
With Ancient Martial Technique combined with the Power of the Limit, his physical stats had to be at least 3 points.
It didn’t matter that he couldn’t react; the AI could.
Using data collected from the previous world, the Tai Sui God, under the AI’s control, could be called the previous world’s strongest Fighting Family.
When combined with the Floating Cannons to perform Gun Combat Technique, it was... on par with Cao Li.
That’s right. It couldn’t gain the upper hand; they were evenly matched.
The opponent’s physical stats were high, and his technique could actually keep up with the AI’s combat routines. It was truly extraordinary.
But this was also normal. After all, he came from an Ancient Martial Family and grew up in a world of constant fighting. His combat skills were naturally far superior to those from Qi Suian’s Profound World.
BANG!
Just as Qi Suian was thinking this, he heard a gunshot.
Then, with an expression of utter disbelief in his eyes, Cao Li collapsed.
The AI had taken advantage of his carelessness, pulled a pistol from the Subspace Stable Pocket, and shot Cao Li on the spot.
"Whoa, talk about thinking outside the box." Qi Suian’s expression was one of utter disbelief.
He originally thought the AI planned to defeat the opponent with skill, but he never expected it to just pull out a gun and shoot him mid-fight.
"Then why didn’t you just use the gun from the start?"
[The target possessed some form of Extraordinary intuition. He had to be distracted before a firearm could be used, otherwise it would not be a direct hit.]
’Got it. High evasion, so you have to get in close.’
’You have a gun but you’re using martial arts? How are you supposed to become a Martial Arts Grandmaster like that?!’
’This old geezer is really behind the times.’
Qi Suian was certain that Ancient Martial Technique was indeed impressive, but if it was already that impressive, wouldn’t it be even more powerful with the addition of firearms?
The Tai Sui God grabbed Cao Li’s corpse and tossed it into a freezer inside the Subspace Stable Pocket.
After all, Qi Suian planned to use it for experiments, so he couldn’t just leave it lying around.
"First, let’s get the fortune. Then we’ll kill all the remaining survivors."
Before Qi Suian could even give the order, the AI had already directed the Tai Sui God into Cao Li’s room.
Inside the room was a pile of carbonized particles, evidently Cao Li’s other half. Whether they were male or female, young or beautiful, was unclear.
The only thing that was clear was that Cao Li had sensed the danger in advance and dodged it, while this person had not.
That was why Cao Li had been so furious.
"Speaking of which, why is the red dot on the map glowing so brightly? It feels like it’s about to spill over." Qi Suian looked at the Treasure Map of the Lost; it seemed to have changed this time.
[It could be because you have completely eliminated the threats to the fortune, or because you are extremely close to the fortune’s location.]
This SSS-rank module involved the ethereal concept of "luck" and lacked sufficient data, so the AI, a technology-based module, couldn’t effectively analyze it.
[This can be confirmed by acquiring fortunes multiple times.]
"Ah... fortunes aren’t something you can just... wait, did another red dot just flash on the map? And it’s running out of town."
"And then it just zipped off the edge and disappeared?" Qi Suian asked uncertainly, because it ran right off the edge of the treasure map’s refresh area.
