Colonial Suit

Lier had changed…

In the past, she always had a gentle smile.

Even though her clothes were ragged, she gave off a feeling like a spring breeze. But the Lier before him was completely different. She wore a red, tight-fitting combat suit, highlighting her extremely fiery curves, but her face was as cold as ice. The purple stains caused by pollution had completely disappeared, replaced by skin as smooth as solidified fat. Her long, blood-red hair fluttered behind her. Two sharp bone spurs protruded diagonally from her posterior scapula, filled with baleful aura. Just one glance gave off a cold and enchanting, yet ruthless, feeling.

Hearing Blood瞳's call, she raised her head and glanced at him from afar. “You… know me?”

“Lier?” Blood瞳 took a few steps forward, then stopped. His eyes told him that the woman in front of him was indeed Lier. But for some reason, he found it difficult to find any familiar feeling from her. It was as if Lier had become a completely different person.

“Lier!? Is that my name?” Lier seemed to remember nothing, looking at Blood瞳 with confusion and asking softly.

Blood瞳 nodded involuntarily.

“Not a nice name.” Lier reached out and flicked her long hair. “I hate this name. It gives me a sense of emptiness. And you, who are you? What are you doing here? Are you here to steal my food?”

Food!?

Hearing these words, Blood瞳's heart twitched. His gaze involuntarily turned to Zero and Heng on the ground. At this moment, they were in a miserable state, covered in bleeding wounds, already in a semi-comatose state. They looked as if they had experienced an extremely fierce battle. Blood瞳 found it hard to imagine that Lier had done this. In his memory, Lier was a girl who wouldn't even dare to kill a mouse.

What surprised him even more was what he had just heard Lier call them… food.

This was a classification unique to mutants for ordinary people, just as humans hunted mutant beasts. In the eyes of mutants, humans were also a type of food. But hearing such a term from Lier's mouth made Blood瞳's heart ache.

Had Lier… become so unfamiliar?

It was clear that her mutation was very perfect, obviously a hundred times stronger than ordinary mutants. She not only retained extremely high intelligence, but her combat power had also been terrifyingly enhanced. But for some reason, looking at such a perfect Lier, Blood瞳 suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, as if he had lost the most precious thing.

“Lier… I am Blood瞳.”

“Blood瞳?” Hearing this name, Lier seemed to have no feeling at all. She thought for a while and shook her head. “Never heard of it. But you look very ugly. Especially those eyes… um… I smell it, you have the scent of food on you. You are the same as them, all food. So, are you here to disturb me?”

“…” Blood瞳 did not speak, but a trace of sorrow was revealed in his eyes.

This gaze made Lier feel very uncomfortable. It seemed that in her mind, being looked at like this by food was an insult. So she got angry. A terrifying aura suddenly erupted from her body, like a gust of wind sweeping in all directions. In this terrifying aura, her expression suddenly became extremely cold, and her eyes revealed a bone-chilling light.

“Since you are food… then you must have the awareness of being food. Go die!”

With a loud bang, the ground beneath Lier's feet shattered, and immediately after, she pounced towards Blood瞳 like lightning…

In just an instant, Blood瞳 felt an unprecedented pressure!

So strong!

The Lier before him no longer possessed even a trace of her former gentleness. Her strength had already exceeded Blood瞳's imagination. With just one exchange, Blood瞳 judged that he absolutely could not withstand Lier's attack.

If he was at his peak condition and wearing his armor, perhaps he could contend with Lier. But at this moment, he had neither. If he was caught by Lier, he would definitely suffer the same fate as the two mercenary subordinates on the ground.

In the blink of an eye, Blood瞳 did not even have the chance to think about retreating. Almost as a conditioned reflex, he sidestepped, dodging Lier's lightning-fast grab. At the same time, he turned his heel and swung a whip kick. This whip kick condensed all of his current strength, not seeking to injure, but seeking to force her back!

But Lier's reaction was even faster than his. Missing the grab, she slightly turned her body, and the bone spur on her left shoulder suddenly emitted a piercing sound, immediately piercing out, blocking Blood瞳's whip kick. Blood瞳 only felt a numbness in his calf, as if he had kicked a block of iron.

And Lier's bone spur was even more terrifying than he had imagined. Just as it blocked his attack, it took the opportunity to stab forward. The tip was extremely sharp, flashing with a strange blue light.

Blood瞳's expression immediately changed. Because at this moment, he suddenly thought of those two massacre scenes, the huge open wounds on those corpses and the poisonous blue substance. Shocked, he suddenly retreated backwards, and at the same time kicked a large tree behind him. The tree trunk, as thick as a bucket, was actually cut off by his kick. The upper half of the canopy pressed down on Lier with a sharp wind.

The canopy was too large, even Lier could not avoid it, and could only watch as her bone spur plunged into the tree trunk. With a muffled sound, the tree trunk was pierced by the bone spur and completely shattered. A large amount of wood chips mixed with debris scattered in all directions. The entire open space was immediately in a mess.

In the chaos, Blood瞳 exclaimed in surprise, “So those massacres were your doing!”

“What are you talking about? I don’t know!” Lier replied blankly. She flung her left shoulder, throwing the remaining canopy away, stirring up large clouds of dust on the ground. Then she twisted her body again and pounced towards Blood瞳. Her speed was only slightly slower than Blood瞳, but her destructive power was many times greater. This pounce was incredibly powerful, and the strong wind enveloped Blood瞳's mouth and nose, making it difficult for him to breathe.

But none of this was the most terrifying. The most terrifying thing was that as Lier pounced, her blood-colored long hair actually grew wildly like a living thing, coiling towards Blood瞳 from all directions. The bright red hair was like a snake, sealing off every one of Blood瞳's escape routes.

Damn it!

Blood瞳 now understood why such a powerful combination as Zero and Heng would be beaten so miserably by Lier. Lier's mutation had given her unimaginable abilities! These abilities could even make up for the difference in combat power with armor! If ordinary mutants were only created for survival, then Lier's mutation was completely combat-oriented. She had actually turned herself into a pure killing weapon!

“Wait!” Seeing that his retreat was completely sealed off, Blood瞳 dared not hold back any longer. Although he did not want to hurt Lier, he had no choice at this point. He gritted his teeth, and the dazzling blood spots appeared in his eyes again.

“Lier, I’m sorry!”

With a sudden force under his feet, Blood瞳 did not retreat this time, but instead bravely met her head-on. At this moment, he regained his former ferocity, like a cheetah flying close to the ground, directly crashing into Lier's arms, avoiding Lier's strange long hair in this way. But as a price, he was also cut by Lier's bone spur, bringing up a string of blood beads.

However, Blood瞳's ferocity was also revealed at this moment. He completely ignored the damage he had suffered. Instead, he bent his elbow and, taking advantage of the momentum, slammed it hard into Lier's ribs. With a bang, both of them showed pain.

To be honest, Lier's strength had already exceeded Blood瞳's limit. However, her combat instinct was many times worse than Blood瞳's, so she was caught off guard and hit solidly by Blood瞳.

However, Lier's mutation was too powerful. Blood瞳's elbow strike, which was enough to break ribs, was only a slight pain for her. On the contrary, Blood瞳, as the attacker, felt as if he had hit an iron plate, and a sharp pain came from his elbow, making it impossible for him to lift it.

But Blood瞳 seemed to feel nothing. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the two were close, he directly headbutted Lier's face, as if he didn't care about his life.

Logically speaking, in Blood瞳's state, this headbutt would at most have a restraining effect and would not be able to harm Lier at all. However, the female's innate instinct to love beauty made Lier's face change. For the first time, a look of horror appeared in her eyes.

In the blink of an eye, she suddenly stretched her neck and let out an extremely terrifying scream!

“Ah!”

Immediately, an invisible sound wave suddenly erupted, and the ground within a radius of ten meters was lifted up and shattered into powder. Trees were uprooted, and a large amount of debris flew in all directions. Blood瞳 only felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and his whole body was as if crushed by countless giant hammers. His whole body was immediately blown away.

While his body was still in the air, he felt his skin begin to burst and blood spurt out. However, as soon as the blood splashed, it was shocked into a blood mist by the terrifying sound wave, making his whole body look as if it had been fished out of a sea of blood. The most terrifying thing was that the sound wave not only attacked his body, but also severely damaged his nervous system. In just an instant, Blood瞳 flew more than ten meters away like a broken sack and then fell heavily to the ground.

A large amount of blood flowed from under his body, quickly accumulating into a pool of blood…

Lying on his back on the ground, Blood瞳 stared blankly at the sky.

Had Lier… become so strong?

Had he lost just like that?

But that was fine… being able to die at Lier's hands could also be considered a kind of happiness…

Wait, what was that!?

In a daze, Blood瞳 suddenly saw a meteor falling from the sky, crashing into the mountain wall not far away.

With a loud rumble, half of the entire mountain collapsed. Countless huge rocks collapsed. The earth shook violently, and a shock wave swept over, blowing away half of the forest.

In the apocalyptic scene, Lier still maintained the posture of screaming with her neck outstretched. Her blood-red long hair fluttered behind her.

Then, a burly metal humanoid appeared on the collapsed mountain wall, like a fierce tiger occupying the mountain peak, coldly watching below.

Blood瞳 met his gaze and immediately felt a tremor from the bottom of his heart, as if he had seen the most terrifying demon in the world. A strong sense of oppression instantly surged into his heart, his eyes went dark, and he passed out.

Before passing out, a terrifying term popped into his mind for no reason.

“Cosmic Mercenary!”