Stronger with Crimson Modifier-Chapter 49: I Am Human

BANG!

At almost the same instant, the heavy security door shuddered with a bang as a huge gash was hacked right through it.

The axe blade pierced the door panel and left a wound on the woman’s shoulder so deep the bone was visible.

At the same time, the axe seemed to get stuck in the door panel.

A piercing shriek erupted from the woman’s mouth.

"Die!"

The red in her eyes deepened, and a savage look flashed across her face.

This life-or-death terror drove her into a complete frenzy.

Now, seeing Hu Qi’s axe was stuck,

she knew this was a golden opportunity.

Without another moment of hesitation, she endured the pain from her injuries, yanked the security door open, and lunged at Hu Qi, her form carrying a foul, bloody stench.

The black nails on her one remaining arm grew at a visible rate, becoming like sharp spikes as she clawed directly for Hu Qi’s throat.

Seeing his opponent charge, Hu Qi’s expression remained unchanged.

He simply shifted his body slightly to the side, sinking his center of gravity into the ball of his back foot.

In an instant, his leg muscles tensed, like a fully drawn bowstring suddenly released.

SWISH!

His foot cut through the air, straightening to form a single, long line with his leg.

It left a white blur in the air.

The human body’s legs are much more powerful than its arms.

The leg muscles are larger and stronger, and the bones are thicker and tougher, allowing them to work in concert to unleash terrifyingly greater power.

If the force of Hu Qi’s arm strikes was close to a thousand pounds,

then the kick he just delivered with his leg definitely reached, or even exceeded, a thousand pounds of force.

BAM!

The moment Hu Qi’s foot made contact with the female monster’s chest,

the area, once protruding, visibly rippled and caved in.

And just as the female monster’s fingers were about twenty centimeters from Hu Qi’s throat, her body shuddered.

She had no time to react.

She was sent flying backward at high speed.

Her black hair fanned out as a bloodcurdling scream escaped her lips.

Her body traveled in a parabola, slamming viciously into the living room wall behind her.

It made a dull THUD.

The impact shattered the framed picture hanging on the wall, creating a spiderweb of cracks.

Finally, her body slid down the wall to the floor.

"...Urgh!"

Her body writhed in agony as she continuously spat out blackish-red blood.

But that was all.

An attack that would have killed a normal person on the spot had only injured her; it wasn’t fatal.

’No... Flee... I have to get out of here, or I’m dead for sure!’

At that moment, this single thought consumed the female monster’s mind.

It also made her face reality.

She was truly terrified.

Ever since her transformation, her Life Level had changed.

It had turned her from a woman so weak she couldn’t even truss a chicken, who had to scrape by in society relying on her decent looks,

into a powerful Black Blood Species.

The ordinary humans she encountered were like ants before her, hers to slaughter at will.

She had heard rumors of an organization within the Xia Federation that specialized in dealing with beings like her.

She had even run into those people once.

Their methods were terrifying, and the aura they emitted severely suppressed her.

If she hadn’t run fast enough back then, she would have fallen at their hands.

But now, this person before her...

He clearly didn’t have that same aura.

Yet he made her feel that sensation all over again.

No, it was even worse.

Her body’s survival instincts were screaming warnings at her.

She didn’t dare to rest. She hastily used the wall to support herself and get back on her feet.

Thanks to the powerful Life Force of a Black Blood Species,

the bones in her caved-in chest had already begun to heal.

With enough blood to feed on, it might not take long for her to recover completely.

But she couldn’t worry about that now. She dashed directly for the balcony to the side.

The balcony only had a layer of glass; there were no security bars.

With her strength, a light push was all it would take to shatter the glass.

The ground was about forty-something meters below.

From this height, the fall was unlikely to kill her, but she would inevitably be severely injured.

And then, she would most likely be captured by *those* people.

But staying here was certain death.

One was a possibility of death, the other was immediate death.

Any creature with a functioning brain would choose the former.

These thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant.

In just a few steps, she reached the balcony.

Just as she was about to crash through the glass,

PSH!

an intense wave of pain washed over her.

A gleaming axe blade flashed across her waist.

The next moment, her vision tumbled.

Her upper body went flying.

Her lower body, carried by inertia, continued forward for some distance before slamming into the balcony railing.

Dark red blood splattered everywhere.

"What... what in the world are you?"

Perhaps due to massive blood loss and being on the verge of death,

the monstrous features of a Black Blood Species were fading, and she was reverting to her original, delicate female form.

Her face was now deathly pale, filled with unwillingness to accept her fate.

After spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, she struggled to ask this question.

"Hm? I’m human. Can’t you tell?"

Hu Qi frowned at her words.

"You’re the one I should be asking. Why did you come looking for trouble with me?"

"Heh heh, who are you trying to fool?"

The woman sneered.

She stared at Hu Qi, her face full of scorn.

Her gaze was like she was looking at a dead man.

"Don’t celebrate too soon. Now that you’ve killed us, you’ll also..."

PSH!

She didn’t get to finish her sentence.

The axe flashed.

The woman’s pretty head burst like a watermelon on the spot.

"So much fucking bullshit. If you’re not going to talk, then just die!"

Hu Qi cursed under his breath.

Seeing that she was completely still,

he finally collapsed onto the floor.

His chest heaved as he gasped for breath.

Waves of exhaustion washed over his body.

He might have looked fierce and effortless just now, but in reality, he had put his full strength into every single blow.

It was his first time facing such a monster.

Naturally, he hadn’t dared to hold back.

If he had gotten himself killed, there’d be no one to cry to.

As a result, he had expended a massive amount of stamina.

’So this is what they call a Black Blood Species. Not as terrifying as I imagined. Its recovery and Life Force are just a bit stronger, that’s all.’

Hu Qi muttered to himself with a frown.

Thanks to the dual support of the Nourishing Essence Breathing Technique and the Dragon Spirit and Tiger Fierce Trait,

Hu Qi’s depleted stamina quickly recovered at an astonishing rate.

Inside the apartment, the incandescent light overhead cast a ghastly white glow.

As far as the eye could see, the room was a complete mess.

There was overturned furniture, marks from the axe, and the headless corpse of the woman on the floor.

A large amount of crimson blood flowed along the base of the wall, pooling into a small puddle.

The air was thick with the heavy stench of blood.

And him, soaked in blood from head to toe, holding an axe in his hand...

He looked just like a psycho who had just finished butchering someone.

If anyone else were to see this scene,

according to the laws of the Xia Federation,

they probably wouldn’t even investigate. They wouldn’t give him any chance to argue—no, to explain.

He would be directly treated as the murderer and executed by firing squad.