The Creatures That We Are

“He’s just a kid! I’m the one you should come after!”

Gao Shou shouted and pushed his splayed right hand forward. The translucent golden barrier turned into a golden wall, suddenly pushing Madam Wu a few meters away before scattering into crystal-like golden energy particles.

Gao Yang looked at what was happening in disbelief, tears brimming his eyes instantly.

At that moment, not even the threat to his life could stop the tremendous joy rising in his chest.

Fuck, my dad’s an awakener!

“Don’t be scared, Son. Your dad’s gonna protect you!”

Gao Shou clenched his teeth and slowly straightened his kneeling legs. The man who had been bound to a wheelchair, stripped of his mobility, finally stood on his two feet again.

At that moment, his father seemed taller and greater than ever before to Gao Yang, like he had been when Gao Yang was little.

Back then, his father would take him and his sister to the park on Children’s Day.

Gao Yang would ride on his father’s shoulder and beamed happily with a pinwheel, while Gao Xinxin was fast asleep in his father’s arms after exhausting herself playing.

His father was so great then; he was incredibly strong and walked so fast it seemed like he was flying. Like Superman, he was never exhausted.

Gao Shou hurried to shield Gao Yang and Qing Ling with his body, his back as wide as a mountain, heavy and secure.

Madam Wu couldn’t believe what was happening.

So the piece of trash is a human, and he awakened at that last second?

Even so, he should have been infected with Blood Amber’s Patient. How could he still exert this much strength?

While Madam Wu couldn’t quite wrap her mind around it, Gao Yang, with his personal knowledge of the high-ranking Talents, immediately figured it out.

His father had acquired Absolute Defense, serial number 9!

Even at level 1, the top Guard-type Talent granted significant bonuses in Constitution and Endurance, and judging by how his father had behaved, his Talent must have reached level 2 immediately, or even level 3.

That was the kind of cheat high-ranking Talents were. Huai Wei, for example, had reached level 3 after a few uses of her Talent, and she broke through to level 4 as soon as she touched the Time-Space Rune Circuit.

His father could now resist Patient as well as Madam Wu, if not better.

“Blood Amber!” Madam Wu called out.

Standing watching from a long distance, Blood Amber lifted her hand and pressed the button on the left side of her helmet immediately. Clack. The orange visor lifted, revealing Blood Amber’s lower face.

She was breathing a little hurriedly, faint black energy exhaled from her mouth.

“Use Absolute Defense!” Gao Yang shouted. “Your Talent!”

Gao Shou paused.

His awakening had happened so suddenly that he didn’t hear the name of his Talent in his head, as would happen to all awakeners.

As soon as Gao Yang shouted the reminder, the energy path inside his body became complete like the painting of a dragon getting its eyes inked.

His mind cleared. He acquired even more instinctual knowledge on how he could use his power.

Clap! Gao Shou pressed his hands together and shouted, “Absolute Defense!”

Liquid golden energy rose from under his feet, spreading outward quickly until it covered Gao Yang and Qing Ling before rising from the ground, folding together.

Instantly, the three were put into the protection of a translucent energy barrier flickering golden light, several cubic meters in size. Nothing else could enter the barrier from then on.

Clink!

Refusing to believe it, Madam Wu rushed over to throw a punch at the golden box. It stood there like an impregnable bastion, unwavering and indestructible.

Madam Wu didn’t give up. Her instinct told her that such a powerful barrier wouldn’t stand for long. After all, Gao Shou had been infected by Patient, and sooner or later, the poison would come into effect.

Clink, bam!

Madam Wu tested the barrier with attacks. Some distance away, Blood Amber dropped the visor again. Her Patient wouldn’t do her enemies more harm now, but it would harm Madam Wu.

Madam Wu’s Black Gold body granted her great resistance against the virus, but not full immunity. The poison could still infiltrate her brain, only it would take more time.

Inside the barrier of Absolute Defense, Gao Shou breathed heavily, feeling lightheaded. He forced himself to stay upright, looking back at Gao Yang and Little Qing Ling. “Son, Little Ling, you okay?”

“I’m okay.”

Gao Yang grabbed Qing Ling’s wrist. Her heartbeats were steady, her condition not life-threatening.

Although Medicine C couldn’t cleanse poison, Gao Yang still took out another shot of Medicine C and injected Qing Ling’s kicked abdomen with half a dose. He only wished that the great regenerative power of the medicine would help her resist the virus for a little longer.

They could survive this if they bought more time. Before the fight started, he had already sent the SOS signal for Team Heavenbreaker with the button transmitter, and help should be on the way.

“Don’t be scared, Son. Dad will protect both of you...”

Gao Shou threw up blood and collapsed to the ground before he could finish.

Shit!

Gao Yang knew it was his father’s resistance to the virus reaching a breaking point. He looked up to see the golden barrier protecting them dissolving.

Madam Wu barked out a laugh and shouted in excitement, “Let me see what else you’ve got!”

Blood Amber could sense the barrier breaking down as well. She lifted her visor again and quickened her breathing.

After a few seconds, once the golden barrier was completely gone, Madam Wu dashed toward Gao Shou, swinging her sharp bladed hand to decapitate him.

“Hah!” At the last moment, Gao Yang shouted and exhausted the last of his energy to teleport before his father.

“Son!” Gao Shou screamed, but it was already too late to push Gao Yang away.

Then a phantom-like figure rushed past Gao Shou and Gao Yang like a gust of wind.

Madam Wu was taken aback by the figure appearing suddenly from behind Gao Yang’s back. When she managed to react belatedly, a fierce slash was already coming for her forehead.

On pure reflex, she crossed her arms to shield her face.

Clang!

The Green Dog Demon Blade thrust toward Madam Wu’s arm like a spear. Since both were made with Black Gold, the blade naturally failed to pierce through her arm, but the terrifying power behind the thrust wasn’t offset.

Clang!

Madam Wu’s crossed arms were propelled back and ended up hitting her face, inflicting her brain with a heavy blow. She flew off her feet with a whoosh, slamming into a pine tree and breaking the trunk. The tree, standing more than ten meters tall, toppled to the side.

Madam Wu collapsed to the ground, unable to stand up. Although she didn’t look injured, her head had been shaken by a heavy impact. It felt as if her brain had been blended into a thick pulp.

What formidable explosive power!

Madam Wu didn’t know that the man was War Tiger with level 6 Killing Expert, but she knew she wasn’t his match.

While the man’s weapon couldn’t injure her, the power he exerted with his weapon was impossible to defend against. Another hit, and her brain would truly become mush.

Standing before Gao Yang, War Tiger had a hand in his pocket while resting his narrow blade on his shoulder.

He turned around leisurely with a toothpick in his mouth, flashing Gao Yang a teasing grin.

“Oh, isn’t it Elder Seven Shadow? It’s only been a few days. How did you become such a loser already?”

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