Chapter 140: 锋丝

The people in the carriage, nervously observing the battlefield, suddenly saw a blur. A dark figure, like the Grim Reaper, materialized inside the carriage.

The eyes of the nearest enforcer immediately narrowed. Before he could react, a metal control lever slammed into his forehead. With a horrifying force, his skull exploded, splattering crimson blood and white matter across half the carriage!

This scene instantly terrified the surrounding enforcers. They screamed in horror. Driven by fear, some immediately jumped out of the windows, escaping to the outside of the carriage, while others gritted their teeth and reached for the guns at their waists.

However, before they could draw their weapons, a control lever whistled through the air, impaling an enforcer directly against the inner wall of the carriage!

"Stop!!"

Almost simultaneously, a blur rushed in from outside the carriage. Xi Renjie's body was covered in a layer of hard black, and he punched Chen Ling in the chest!

Chen Ling showed no intention of dodging. He allowed Xi Renjie's punch to land on his chest, and he was sent crashing against the inner wall of the carriage like a cannonball. The terrifying force passed directly through his body, leaving a deformed dent in the side of the carriage.

Blood trickled from the corner of Chen Ling's mouth, and several of his ribs were clearly broken. He squinted at Xi Renjie, who was standing close by, a slight, crimson smile playing on his lips:

"Your strength is too weak, Officer Xi."

Xi Renjie froze. Before he could react, a massive force erupted from Chen Ling's chest, instantly throwing him back. The next moment, a whistling fist slammed into his face!

Boom—!!

Xi Renjie was sent flying in a blur by the punch, crashing out of the carriage like a broken kite. The residual force of the blow ruffled the hair of those nearby. The power contained in this punch was more than three times that of Xi Renjie's earlier strike!

Chen Ling stretched his shoulders. His collapsed ribs visibly healed at a rapid pace. His eyes, like those of death itself, slowly swept across the inside of the carriage...

The remaining enforcers were stunned. They had assumed that Officer Xi Renjie, a second-tier enforcer, would overwhelmingly defeat Chen Ling, especially since Chen Ling was just a newcomer who had only recently returned from the Ancient Military Repository... But Chen Ling's casual punch shattered their illusions.

Inside the carriage, the enforcers' hair stood on end from fright. They simultaneously raised their guns, aiming at Chen Ling, but before they could pull the triggers, their firearms instantly turned into bananas.

Everyone froze in place.

Before they could comprehend what had happened, the dark figure flickered among them. The cold gleam of a dagger swept effortlessly in an arc, and six heads simultaneously flew into the air...

Their eyes were wide, filled with terror and disbelief. As the world spun, they watched their own blood gradually stain the black trench coat, as if their very lives were contributing to the crimson color, spreading across the man's clothing.

Chen Ling, holding the blade in one hand, instantly killed the six closest individuals. In the carriage, only three enforcers remained, cowering in a corner, trembling with their guns in hand.

When Chen Ling's gaze fell upon them, the three enforcers were nearly suffocated by fear. They screamed, closed their eyes, and frantically pulled their triggers!

Bang, bang, bang, bang—!

This time, their guns did not turn into bananas. As the buzzing gunfire echoed, they slowly opened their eyes...

The black figure had, at some point, moved to their side. His blood-stained coat was a horrifying sight. He casually picked up a gun from the floor and slowly spoke:

"Your aim is much worse than when you're shooting civilians... What? Don't you know where to shoot?"

Under their horrified gazes, Chen Ling unhurriedly raised the gun, aiming it at his own spleen.

"Watch closely. I'll only demonstrate once."

Bang, bang, bang—!

Three shots rang out consecutively. The bullets pierced Chen Ling's body, and warm blood splattered onto the faces of the three enforcers, like red ink stains on a pale page.

They stared blankly at Chen Ling, who was shooting himself. They were utterly dumbfounded. That crimson, half-smiling mouth seemed branded into their minds like a devil's. One of them rolled his eyes and fainted on the spot from terror!

"Now, it's your turn."

Chen Ling turned the gun's muzzle, about to make his move, when a black thread instantly flew in from a distance. His eyes shifted, and he unhesitatingly retreated backward!

Boom—!!

The black thread, like an incomparably sharp blade, sliced directly through the carriage from the center, barely missing Chen Ling's head.

As the carriage split along the clean cut, Chen Ling felt his balance shift, and everything slid along the slanted floor. He turned to look out the window on the other side, where a black-clad figure, sword in hand, rushed towards him like a meteor!

At the tip of the steel sword, a barely visible black thread swayed in the wind, emanating a cold, lethal aura.

Seeing this, Chen Ling did not panic. First, he killed the three enforcers with three quick shots, then he leaned back and lightly leaped out of the carriage, descending towards the snow-covered wilderness.

"Chen Ling, your Blood Robe is indeed troublesome, but one clean decapitation will be the end of you," Xi Renjie said hoarsely.

"And the Razor Thread of the second stage of the Sirius Path can concentrate the sharpness of all weapons into an extremely fine line, possessing extraordinary lethal capability. It is your natural enemy!"

Xi Renjie's face was covered in blood. If he hadn't covered his head with his Iron Robe just now, he might have been killed by Chen Ling's punch. Even so, his head was still ringing.

"Is that so?" Chen Ling said calmly, "But first, you have to be able to hit me."

The black thread, wielded by Xi Renjie's sword, lashed wildly through the air like a whip, carving grotesque cracks into the ground. The figure in the crimson coat moved with incredible agility, weaving through it, completely unharmed no matter how the black thread struck.

Chen Ling's peripheral vision swept his surroundings, instantly locking onto several enforcers fleeing along the railway tracks. His figure transformed into a blood-red shadow and shot forward.

Xi Renjie's heart sank, and he gritted his teeth, giving chase at full speed!

However, his speed was considerably slower compared to the Blood Robe in its injured state. Within a few seconds, Chen Ling had widened the gap, leaving him to watch helplessly as Chen Ling plunged into the group, instantly slaughtering five people, and then turning to pursue another group of enforcers.

Seeing this, Xi Renjie grew incredibly anxious. He quickly changed direction, attempting to intercept Chen Ling. The black thread circling his sword swept across the ground with his slashes, each attack aiming for a vital point!

Yet, before the black thread could touch Chen Ling, Xi Renjie felt his hand lighten. He looked down, and his mind instantly went blank.

Unbeknownst to him, his steel sword had vanished, replaced by a blood-stained train control lever.

The next moment, a figure in a blood-red robe, holding a steel sword, flashed before him!

"Officer Xi," Chen Ling's voice was like one from the underworld, "Am I... giving you too much credit?"