Chapter 189 The Enhanced Humans (1)
"Two left!"
"!!!"
The two enhanced humans remaining did not even look at their comrade as they ran away.
"Fly! Fly little commoners! Hahaha!"
They no longer even had any notion of fighting back as all they could think of was to save themselves as they heard the sound of Gerald's growing laughter. They should have brought more people, one of the escaping enhanced human thought.
Surely, if they have brought the other 6 of their team... No, if they brought the fully enhanced ones, or if they were more successful in absorbing the Essence. They maybe they would have--
The man's thoughts came to a stop as he felt something warm on his chin. "Wha--?" And before he could even say anything, he felt his vision instantly shift before it completely darkened. His body quickly fell to the ground like a noodle as his head was twisted by Gerald.
"1 left!"
Hearing this, the last remaining enhanced human could not help but slightly look back. It was his mistake, however; As doing so made his nerves waver even more; seeing the ominous expression on Gerald's cackling face as it leaped to approach him.
"N… no, stay away!"
"Hahaha!" Gerald's fingers were already only a foot away from grabbing the enhanced human's face. But then…
...The enhanced human suddenly disappeared, making Gerald slightly stumble in his steps. Gerald's eyes slightly widened in confusion for a few seconds. But after a while, the smile on his face slowly started to disappear, replaced by a frown as he slowly looked towards his right.
"What do you think you're doing?" Gerald's breaths were starting to get heavy; his frown turning into a snarl, "You fucking beggar?"
Gerald's eyes did not falter as stared straight towards Van's eyes, who was now suddenly on his left, holding the last surviving enemy by his collars.
"I…" Van muttered,
"...am here to pick up trash."
"..."
Xinyan's eyes could not help but slightly twitch as she heard that, "What's with these people and their one-liners?" She thought as she looked at the newly arrived Van with a shocked expression.
"Then you should pick yourself up," Gerald slightly scoffed as he slowly approached Van, "Hand that fucking Normie over," he then said as he gestured for the enhanced human.
"...Normie?" Hearing what Gerald just said, Van could not help but turn his head towards the intruder that he was holding; but as soon as he did so, the man with a circle burnt mark on his forehead struggled, his fists already on the way towards Van's face.
But right as it was only a few inches away from the tip of Van's nose, Van's eyes started to sparkle in gold.
[Time Perception]
Van slightly tilted his head to the side as he let go of the man, his cheeks lightly grazed by the man's knuckles.
'This… is a normal human?' Van could not help but squint his eyes at the thought. He could feel a slight sting on his cheek as he was not expecting a normal human to be capable of such speeds.
But after Van was done with his thoughts, he lifted up two of his fingers and impaled them straight through the man's eyes, gouging them out completely before moving back and turning back to this normal speed.
"..."
"W… what the?" The enhanced human was at a loss first as he felt that something was wrong. But soon, the tinge of pain in his face and the sudden lack of vision caused him to panic. "Gaah!" His screams started to fill and echoed throughout the air as he spun and groveled on the ground.