"Move again, and I'll pierce the lobes of your lungs. ”

The cold shotgun barrel was pressed against the right side of Mercer's back, the lighter flap sounded softly, Xuan Yi lit a cigarette with one hand, and the lenses flickered in the firelight, "The victory and defeat have been decided, the next step, are you voluntarily held hostage by me and walked out, or do I force you to voluntarily be held hostage by me and go out?"

"Precise, swift, and decisive, he is one of the founders of the predecessor of [Ring]. Mercer maintained a static posture, but his words were unexpectedly full of lighthearted tone, "In the face of the disparity between strength and weakness, but still being able to formulate such an efficient strategy route in such a short period of time can be regarded as an eye-opener for this group of little devils, this lesson is really perfect." ”

"Alright, I don't have time to listen to this nonsense. Xuan Yi snorted impatiently, "Now, can you understand? As I said before, boy, the path you are taking is absolutely [wrong]. Weak as I am, I can still find flaws, and subdue you, the so-called iron body, in the simplest way, the human identity you have abandoned, and your excessive faith in this iron shell, is the most direct cause of your defeat!"

"What do you mean by my predecessors that I fell into such a situation because I gave up the adaptability that a human being should have?" Although it seemed like a humble request for advice, there was still no sense of crisis in Mercer's tone at this time.

“…… Think about it yourself, I'm just getting angry. Xuan Yi took off his cigarette and slowly exhaled a puff of green mist, "In my time, countless people fought with powerful enemies without fear just to stick to the name [human]. The temptation to transform into a vampire to achieve the concept of immortality, the ritual of giving one's soul to obtain immortality, and so on, have never shaken those people's faith in being human. But ......"

Xuan Yi slowly swept his gaze over the left side of Mercer's back, which was full of technology, and stopped his gaze on the Latin tattoo, "I didn't expect that by now, human identity has become a boring thing that can be easily put aside for the sake of fame and fortune. Fortis fortuna adiuva, the brave man of fortune, boy, is it worth it to abandon a bloody body and a bloody body that has been loyal from birth for the sake of this cold iron shell that can easily be defeated by my human body alone?"

After being silent for a long time, in the face of Xuan Yi's questioning, Mercer suddenly laughed.

"It turns out that this is what you said earlier about [error]. ”

Ignoring Xuan Yi's previous warning, Mercer turned his head, a pair of emerald green eyes stared at Xuan Yi coldly, and he spoke, "Senior, wrong...... It's you. ”

You're underestimating the power of technology.

At the moment when Mercer's words fell, I saw that his legs standing on the ground suddenly disintegrated, and those leg alloys that were originally muscular textures were surging down like a group of living worms at this moment, and twisted on the floor and crawled towards the soles of Xuanyi's feet. Xuan Yi saw that the situation was not good, and was about to leap up, but the group of steel worms took a step ahead of him at an incredible speed, like a locust that locked onto the target prey, and quickly wrapped around the former's calf, only to hear a burst of mechanical staggered sounds one after another, this group of slender and terrifying mechanical worms actually showed a slender and sharp steel drill bit at the tip at the same time, and quickly pierced Xuan Yi's leg muscles in less than half a second, blood splashed everywhere, and in the blink of an eye, they were all penetrated.

【Mechanical Armament: Invasion of Wireworms】

"What...... What the hell is this?!Uh-huh-a

A burst of indescribable pain quickly spread to his brain all over his body, Xuan Yi clearly sensed that the dense swarm of mechanical worms was going down the thighs from the bottom up, and began to expand at full speed in his body, and the inexplicable feeling of swelling and itching came between the palms of his hands, he raised his eyes and swept away, only to find that a slender foreign body was exploring and twisting under the skin on the back of his hand, and pulling a series of grotesque and terrifying shapes between the blood vessels and the cortex.

Oops, I was put on a show by this guy!

The same foreign body sensation began to appear on his face, and in a hurry, Xuan Yi pulled the trigger with all his might, and the shotgun exploded, although he didn't want to kill his old friend's subordinates, but in the face of such a situation, Xuan Yi could only hope that the other party could avoid the fatal part in time, and let this group of fine worms raging in his body give him a few seconds of respite to think about countermeasures.

And yet—

"It's useless, Senpai. You've been in my trap since the beginning. The smoke of the shotgun hitting the target gradually dissipated, and Xuan Yi was overwhelmed to the ground by the pain caused by the foreign objects that were forcibly destroyed in various parts of his body, and at the same time, what came into his ears was Mercer's relaxed tone that sounded like there was no trace of injury, "Why do you think that I will perform an incomplete transformation operation?"

Broken shrapnel fell to the floor one after another, and Mercer moved his shoulder indifferently, the back that should have been blown into a mess by a shotgun at close range was now as bright as steel, and even the right hand with the handkerchief was still bandaged, and at this time it also changed the color of the flesh and restored the state of alloy.

"From the very beginning of my appearance, I have been giving you the wrong mental cues. ”

Approaching with stiff steps on his empty legs like a skeleton stripped of flesh, Mercer leaned down and smiled at Xuanyi's slender and bulging face, not hiding the pride and joy in his heart.

"I took your piercing throat with my right hand, and in time I broke myself up into a wound large enough for the short knife to pass through, and at the same time shed some artificial blood in the palm of my hand, and in doing so, I created the illusion that my right hand was still flesh and blood. ”

Mercer raised his hand and showed it in front of Xuan Yi, only to see a wriggling in the center of his palm, and countless steel wires that had been ordered to immediately change their intertwined state, and a realistic penetrating wound immediately formed, "Immediately after, I used the camouflage function to color the right half of my body, and then tore off my shirt to expose my upper body, so as to strengthen the illusion that you [he still has half of his body not strengthened]. After that, I once again reinforced this realization by setting up the [shield], which is the second thing. ”

"Third, I took the initiative to fight you in close quarters combat, and deliberately did not use the weapon system attached to this body, which gives you the illusion that I am only relying on this steel body to strengthen my hand-to-hand combat ability. The combination of these three things contributed to the failure of you to target my back as a weakness and take the initiative to enter the range of my ability. ”

"Damn...... This thing...... Can't break free...... Xuan Yi half-knelt on the ground with red eyes, he held the ground with one hand to prevent him from falling from exhaustion, and the other hand held down his chest in vain, countless mechanical worms were roaming in his body, but he was helpless against this attack from within.

"Senior, your combat experience is impeccable, but this is a means of attack that you didn't have in that era, right? After living in this remote place for more than 20 years, you can't keep up with the progress of the times. It's not so much that I'm defeated, but that you're defeated by technology. Mercer shook his head, then stood up and said to the teenagers watching the battle around him: "Have you learned, using the information difference between the opponent and yourself, and misleading the opponent's judgment with actions and words, this is also a pretty good winning skill." ”

"Got it, big brother!" replied to the teenagers in uniform in unison, like students answering a teacher's question in class.

"It's not over yet...... It's just a bunch of wire wrapped around it...... Cough...... Come...... Then let's decide the winner!" However, a low and stubborn voice came intermittently, Mercer frowned slightly, and he looked down at the man who had been tormented by the mechanical nematode, and at this time he was still looking directly into his eyes with a fierce gaze, as if he would pounce on him again and gnaw his throat in the next second.

"It's admirable, but ...... Senior, it's time for you to take a break. ”

Mercer sighed lightly, and then snapped his fingers, and the countless nematodes in Xuan's body shrank violently at the same time, and then, a current close to one million volts suddenly exploded, and the burning sensation that paralyzed the heart and lungs instantly made Xuan's eyes darken, and he completely fainted......