From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 188 - 156 Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell

He did not obtain the Source Material.

Lu Heng confirmed over and over that his Source Quality Fusion Degree was still 82%, not a fraction higher.

This was quite unreasonable.

Of course, it wasn't entirely impossible for this to happen, just that the likelihood was a bit low.

There was only one scenario that would result in killing Sato Ichiro without getting any Source Material.

That was if the Source Material on him was not in a free state.

In other words, he had already obtained the complete "Soul Reaper" Class.

But could that be possible?

The "Soul Reaper" is a Second Rank Class, and currently, there are very few Superpower Users who can obtain the starting Source Material of Second Rank, no one should have been able to obtain a complete Second Rank Class yet.

Lu Heng had cut down two Superpower Users, Hideyoshi Tsugawa and Saito Takeji, who both possessed Second Transition Source Material, and only then had he pushed his Source Quality Fusion Degree to 82%.

Could Sato Ichiro have pushed his Source Fusion Degree to 100% so quickly?

The likelihood of that was too low.

Moreover, there was another most critical piece of information.

While on the ambulance, Sato Ichiro had said a sentence, "You do not need to know who I am, you just need to know that your Source Material will very soon be mine."

This sentence had already indicated that Sato Ichiro's primary goal was to contest for Source Material.

That is to say, he must have initiated a battle for Source Material, and there definitely was free-state Source Material on him.

If there was free-state Source Material, then it should have been possible to absorb it.

However, Lu Heng's Source Quality Fusion had not increased, and there was no prompt of absorbing Source Material.

Why was that?

Lu Heng squatted down, straightened Sato Ichiro's face, and looked carefully.

There was no problem with the body; it was indeed Sato Ichiro.

If it was a disguise skill, after death the skill effect would also disappear.

Since there was no change in appearance, it proved that the one who died was Sato Ichiro.

So where had the Source Material gone?

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On the street, the siren of the ambulance was blaring urgently.

The rescuers were saving lives.

Two people were rescued from the ambulance, one the driver and the other a doctor.

"This doctor still has a pulse, quickly get him to the hospital for surgery."

"The driver also still has a pulse…"

The rescuers brought over stretchers, lifting the critically injured, unconscious doctor and driver, preparing to carry them onto the ambulance for emergency rescue at the hospital.

At that moment.

Lu Heng glanced at the doctor being lifted, strode over, pulled out his gun, loaded, took off the safety, and pressed it against the doctor's forehead.

The surrounding rescuers, law enforcement officers, and agents from the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau who saw this scene, almost at the same time, cried out, "Stop!"

Chen Linian hurriedly shouted, "Don't shoot! This is a medical worker."

When Lu Heng had used the Shadow Clone to get in the ambulance, it was the doctor with the Fusang features who had injected him with a tenfold dose of the sedative.

If it were a regular person, such a dose would directly kill them.

Therefore, even if this doctor with the Fusang features was a real doctor, then he still deserved to die.

Lu Heng pressed the gun against his head, staring at his face, trying to see if he would have any reaction.

However, this Fusang doctor seemed to be truly unconscious, with no reaction at all.

Chen Linian hastened forward a couple of steps, attempting to intervene, "Don't shoot, even if this man has committed a crime, he should be investigated by us..."

Bang!

Without even a glance at Chen Linian, Lu Heng shot in the middle of his sentence.

With a gunshot sound, the Fusang doctor's head exploded.

Half of this Fusang doctor's head was gone, and he couldn't be deader.

Chen Linian had just walked up beside him when he was splattered with blood on his face, suddenly stunned there, not knowing how to face this situation.

Originally, he thought this would be the end.

But after Lu Heng had shot the Fusang doctor, he suddenly turned his head towards another stretcher.

On that stretcher lay the ambulance driver.

"What are you doing!" Chen Linian suddenly showed a terrified expression, wanting to rush over and stop him.

Lu Heng didn't look back as he walked towards the driver, then released a Shadow Clone.

The Shadow Clone held a sword to Chen Linian's neck, preventing him from continuing to move forward.

Lu Heng walked beside the driver's stretcher, lifted the gun to his head, staring at his expression.

Though the driver appeared motionless, his eyelashes trembled slightly.

Lu Heng slowly spoke, "Do you know why your Golden Cicada Shell escape failed? You shouldn't have taken the Source Material away."

That's right.

There was no Source Material on Sato Ichiro, no Source Material on the Fusang doctor.

And there were only three people in the ambulance, besides Sato Ichiro and the Fusang doctor, only the driver was left.

Eliminating the other possibilities, the remaining one, no matter how unlikely, had to be the truth.

"I can give you everything you want..." the driver began to speak, but before he could finish,

Bang!

Lu Heng pulled the trigger, a headshot spattered white and red all over the ground.

The two stretcher-bearers, frightened, screamed and turned to flee.

[Absorbed Source Material, Source Quality Fusion reached 100%.]

[Source Fusion complete, Class fusion occurred, promoted to Second Transition Class "Shadow Swordsman".]

[Shadow Swordsman: A swordsman that moves between shadows and the material world, mastering the complete skills "Shadow Traversal" and "Rift Slash".]

[Rift Slash: Releasing Source Material Energy to unleash a sword radiance with the power to tear through space, indestructible. The path of the sword radiance forms a Rift Trace that lasts for 3 seconds, which nothing can pass through entirely, not even in a Shadow Travel State.]

Just as predicted, the [Shadow Walker] indeed fused with the [Swordsman], forming the Second Transition Class [Shadow Swordsman].

Because of the nature of Class fusion, the likelihood of encountering the same Class decreases in the later stages.

Even the same [Swordsman] will fuse into different Swordsman Classes due to the influence of other Classes.

The fused [Shadow Swordsman] Class gained a new effect for [Rift Slash].

After the Rift Sword Radiance is released, it can form a Rift Trace.

The Rift Trace can essentially be considered a barrier, anything attempting to pass through it gets torn apart.

Moreover, carrying the abilities of the Shadow Class means that even Shadow Traversal cannot bypass the Rift Trace.

Seeing the data notifications, Lu Heng's lips curved up in a slight smile.

As deduced, Sato Ichiro indeed used the trick "Golden Cicada Shell," with his "soul" burrowing into the driver's body, attempting to make a miraculous escape.

Sadly for him, the Source Material he carried betrayed him.

In reality, if it were anyone else, even if they guessed that Sato Ichiro might have used "Golden Cicada Shell," they might have been helpless.

After all, the law enforcement squad and the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau had arrived; it was now inappropriate to kill.

However, Lu Heng didn't care about that at all, he executed the Fusang doctor and driver right in front of the senior inspector of the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau.

Chen Linian was now somewhat troubled, as the situation was difficult to handle.

He took a deep breath and said to Lu Heng, "You need to come back with me to give a statement."

Lu Heng took out a wet wipe, cleaning the blood off his hands and face, his tone as indifferent as water, "No time."

"Do you realize what you have just done?" Chen Linian's emotions were complex.

Lu Heng was the most troublesome person he had met in all his years.

In the past six months, he had dealt with Lu Heng on many occasions, even investigating the case of the Evil God's Finger in Siam together.

He had distinctly felt just now that Lu Heng had killed not out of passion, but calmly—with each bullet aimed to kill for a clear purpose.

"What did I do? A bunch of Fusang assassins come to Da Xia, committing murder and arson, what is the Iron Blood supposed to do?" Lu Heng glanced at him sideways.

Chen Linian was left speechless.

Because he had seen very clearly that indeed Fusang assassins had perpetrated crimes within the borders of Da Xia, only to have the tables turned on them and be counter-killed.

Chen Linian could only use a negotiating tone, "At least you should record a statement, clarify the events of tonight."

"No time, investigate however you please," Lu Heng, having finished wiping the blood, threw the wet wipe on the ground and walked away.

Just then, Su Muyu and Lin Zeyu rushed over, and the three walked away side by side.

Lin Zeyu looked back at Chen Linian and loudly said, "Inspector Chen, it's time to investigate Chunshang Group, it's the third time Fusang assassins have appeared. Don't let us do all your work for you."

Chen Linian's face turned from green to red with embarrassment, touched by the sarcasm.

Fusang assassins had appeared three times in a row in the Coastal area, each time causing a major commotion with gunfire and bombs.

The Iron Blood Investigation Bureau indeed bore some responsibility for such incidents.

Chen Linian wasn't the only person from the Iron Blood Investigation Bureau present.

His apprentice, Gao Zhitin, was also there.

This was his first time witnessing Lu Heng's [Shadow Clone] ability.

The ability to create a clone identical to oneself.

Gao Zhitin immediately thought back to those two cases six months ago.

The case of four people murdered in an abandoned factory—back then, the case file mentioned a taxi's dashcam footage of someone at the crime scene, but at the time of the recording, Lu Heng had returned to his hotel, establishing his alibi.

And the Hongda Loan Company case, when the Five Miles Bridge shopping mall's cameras captured Lu Heng and Su Muyu shopping during the time of the incident.

Both cases had solid alibis at the time and indeed there was no issue.

However, the key point now appeared.

Gao Zhitin's heart raced as he felt he had discovered a significant secret. These alibis for both cases could have been fabricated using a clone.

With that realization, many things became clear.

He quietly noted these clues in his notebook, but quickly closed it when colleagues approached.

He was no longer fixated on investigating Lu Heng.

In fact, he was very certain that the person who attacked him from behind over a month ago, knocked him out, then entered Yongxing Hospital disguised as him and killed Kenji Ono, was also Lu Heng.

He had no intention of pursuing the matter further.

Over the past six months, he had encountered too many cases.

Some devils with cruel methods could exploit legal loopholes to go unpunished.

While some people, who have not done evil and have even saved many, must be confined by the strictures of the law.

So, he recorded the clues he discovered in his notebook, intending only to keep them as a record.

He was gradually coming to accept a fact: the law maintains order, but what he sought was fairness and justice.