The Highest Bounty

Chapter 56: Liliath’s Fight

Instantly, Liliath’s heart began to beat rapidly as she looked at Cooper’s condensing figure right in front of her eyes.

At that moment, the sound of a message came from her communicator.

She guessed that the message came from Gu Ding. Gu Ding probably knew what had happened to her, but instead of looking down to read the message, her eyes remained locked on her opponent’s body. Not once did she dare to let her guard down.

“I didn’t expect the people who killed my five men to be two kids,” Cooper’s split-body was also a bit surprised by Liliath’s appearance.

He did not attack immediately because he had yet to sense any danger from the original body. This was also one of the weaknesses of the Shadow Body – the original body could feel all changes from the split-body, but not the other way around. If he knew that the original body was in danger, he would have killed Liliath immediately.

Without uttering a word, Liliath quickly changed the Combat Armor in her hands into a light energy sniper rifle. Swiftly, she placed the body on her shoulder and loaded the ammunition. Throughout the act, not once did her eyes leave Cooper’s split-body.

The combination of a light energy weapon and light energy bullets was very effective on people infected with the virus. Even so, Liliath knew that it would be unlikely that she would be able to defeat her opponent, but it would at least buy her some time.

She was not sure what was happening on Gu Ding’s side because he had not come back yet. This only meant one thing – he had encountered an opponent himself. Although she could not understand why there were two Coopers, she did not rule out the possibility that Gu Ding’s monitor had given him incorrect information.

However, this was not the time to complain about Gu Ding’s mistakes. It was probably a tiny mistake, and there were actually two of them guarding the place. If Gu Ding lost, the only thing that would be waiting for her was death. If Gu Ding won and rushed over, the two of them might stand a chance to win if they worked together. Therefore, the only thing she could do was buy time until Gu Ding arrived. If she had to do everything alone, she would be dead in the water.

Cooper did not stop Liliath from changing her Combat Armor either. He seemed to be completely confident and said, “It seems like you’re a gunner. That means that it wasn’t you who killed my five men. My, oh my. This is my first time seeing a gunner as young as you. Still, that’s too bad. Firearms won’t work on me.”

“Is that so? Let’s try and see!” Liliath aimed at her opponent and pulled the trigger.

“Bang!” The first bullet cut straight through the air. However, Liliath sights remained fixed on her target. She pulled the trigger two more times as both bullets whistled toward her target.

Three bullets were fired instantly, after which Liliath aimed the barrel once again at her opponent.

“You got me…” Cooper teased. Although the shots seemed to hit him, there was no damage to him at all. “As I’ve said, firearms are useless against me.”

“Aren’t you a virus-infected creature?” Liliath frowned slightly. Even if her opponent was strong, the virus in his body should respond to the ultraviolet radiation in the bullet. However, it seemed that it was completely ineffective against her opponent at that moment.

“What a clever little girl. You figured it out,” Cooper pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “Since you’re no threat to me, I’ll capture you alive first. I’ll wait for the original body to come back and do what he wants with you.”

“Original body?” Liliath was stunned for a moment when she heard what he said. “This guy’s a split-body?”

Suddenly, Liliath understood what was going on. The one that had chased Gu Ding was the original body while the one that remained here was his split-body. Liliath had some knowledge about split-body-type abilities and knew that most split-bodies would be weaker than their original body. Most split-bodies got their strength from the original body, which halved the strength of the original body. If this was the case, then Gu Ding was probably winning on his side. Only now did it make sense why Gu Ding’s monitor had made an error. It had correctly shown that there was only one person as the split-body left behind by Cooper had probably hidden somewhere undetectable.

‘If you know that the opponent’s a split-body type, you’ll immediately know what their weakness is,’ Liliath immediately came up with a countermeasure. “The puppets from split-bodies are generally afraid of fire while Shadow Bodies are afraid of high-intensity light. Split-body illusions can only confuse its opponent’s sight and hearing, but cannot actually attack…”

After learning that her opponent was merely a split-body, she knew that it only had half the strength of the original body. This made Liliath more confident as she secretly praised herself for listening attentively during the class taught by her lecturer. As a result, she had mastered most of the content that was taught in class.

“Let’s try again!” The firearm in Liliath’s hands changed once more. It changed into a high-speed submachine gun as she quickly loaded it with flame bursting bullets. If her opponent was a puppet type split-body, those bullets would be his ultimate nightmare.

“I’ve said it time and time again. Firearm type weapons are useless against me.” Cooper’s face showed disdain as he rushed toward Liliath.

Liliath pulled the trigger of the firearm in her hand again as continuous bursts of bullets flew toward her opponent.

In a flash, Cooper rushed out of the smoky air, still unscathed. He sped forward and grasped Liliath’s throat with one hand. He lifted her up by her throat and said, “How many times do I have to tell you? When will you believe that firearms are of no use against me?”

“Really?” Liliath gasped the word softly as she was lifted in the air. “Then what about this?”

As soon as she spoke, a spherical metal object fell from her hand toward Cooper’s feet. Immediately, she closed her eyes.

After a moment, a dazzling light came from under Cooper’s feet and lit up the entire room, dispelling all the haze around them.

The only thing Liliath heard was Cooper’s split-body wailing sharply as her throat was released.

What Liliath used was a flash grenade. Shadow Bodies could only exist in shadowy places, so when she used the flash grenade, it dispelled the darkness in the room and effectively chased Cooper’s split-body off.

However, the effect was only temporary. The re-condensation of Shadow Bodies would only take a few minutes, and Liliath did not have many flash grenades left. She only had four left in her hand.

“There’s no way to completely kill this guy. Shadow Bodies are almost completely immune to physical attacks …” Liliath thought of this and suddenly recalled a move she had yet to try.

The ability of split-bodies made it so that any kind of split-bodies created had residual consciousness of the original body. Once the residual consciousness within the split-bodies dissipates, the split-bodies would automatically disappear. Furthermore, the residual consciousness in the split-body was generally very weak, being less than one percent of the strength of the original body’s consciousness. Even so, each time there was a separation, it would cause some kind of pain to the original body.

Since their opponent’s original body was a Rank 6 Gene Body, the spirit-body was at least a Rank 5 Gene Body. Otherwise, their opponent would not have been able to advance to Rank 6. A Rank 5 Gene Body’s spirit index was generally between 300 points and 1000 points. This also meant that the residual consciousness intensity in that split-body should be between 30 points and 100 points.

On the other hand, Liliath’s spirit index was 100 points, while her pupillary power could increase her spirit attack. She could use all her pupillary powers to increase her spirit in order to wipe out the residual conscience left in the split-body. Of course, the premise of this method succeeding was based on her opponent never doing spirit practice. If her opponent’s spirit was extremely strong, to the extent of exceeding 1000 points, Liliath’s attack may not be effective.

Having said that, the most important point was that Liliath had never used this sort of direct spirit attack before. She had just happened to see relevant introductions in some books in the past. However, she decided to take a chance and try it out instead of waiting there like a sitting duck.

On the other end, Gu Ding’s situation had also changed slightly.