Dual wielding volcanoes, killing through the west

Before he could react, the immense force had already shattered his jaw through his fist. His teeth clashed together, and in an instant, all the remaining teeth in his mouth were reduced to dust! Zhang Renfeng, though arriving late, landed a super-fast uppercut, producing a crisp sound of flesh and bone exploding.

His jaw was tilted back, and his neck and head snapped nearly 100 degrees with a crisp cracking sound.

Zhang Renfeng remained calm as he unleashed the attack with his right arm, while his left arm was flattened and pressed down like a heavy cannon, ready to fire!

"boom----!!"

Just as the Ripper was airborne, Zhang Renfeng stomped his right foot on the ground, sending snow flying. Twisting his waist and rotating his back muscles, he twisted his left arm clockwise a full half-circle, and a palm strike, like a thunderbolt, landed squarely on the Ripper's face, dealing another heavy blow to his already fractured and deformed cervical vertebrae!

"Crack!"

The fragile neck made a snapping sound.

His hand had loosened, the dagger slipped from his grasp, and he spun 180 degrees, head down and feet up, like a corpse at someone's mercy. What was truly terrifying was that, up until this moment, his body had never touched the ground; from that initial uppercut, he had remained suspended in mid-air.

"What the hell do you think you are...?"

Zhang Renfeng glared angrily, strode forward, and swung his tightly clenched iron fist like a sail blade, smashing the Ripper's head, which was about to hit the ground.

"boom--!!!"

When the force is too great, it can really make a person spin like a top!

After spinning halfway around, the Ripper, who had lost consciousness, swung his arms in the air as if he were drowning, waving them unconsciously.

"Sharing the same title as me?!"

"Whoosh—!!!"

The fist came hurtling through the air.

After retracting his stance, Zhang Renfeng roared and strode forward again, using his backward arm to propel himself forward in a lunge and twist, like a ferocious comet slamming into the Ripper's jaw. The fist exploded, drawing a sharp and ferocious trajectory in mid-air.

After four consecutive blows, the Ripper finally quieted down, having been thrown several meters away, and lay flat on the snow.

It stopped moving.

Chapter 426: You audacious monster, I knew you weren't human!

"Isn't this a bit... off..." Vivian stared at the fallen Ripper from afar, greatly shocked, and muttered softly, "An opponent of this caliber, in a detective novel, would at least have to be involved in several major cases before he dies, right?"

“I still don’t understand.” Ren frowned, looking very confused. “What is he trying to achieve by doing all this? There must be a reason.”

“Believe me, you don’t need to understand the mental world of these killers. Just know that they are dangerous.” Zhang Tito sighed, which was rare for him, and spoke from the bottom of his heart. “Unlucky me, I had already encountered a lot of mentally disturbed killers before I met you.”

“In most cases, even if you know the whole story, there’s nothing you can do. The deed is done, and they’ve already become what they are. Whether it was well-intentioned or malicious, the best course of action is to send them to meet God. After all, God will decide for them.”

"However, assuming he really exists, I don't think he would be of any use... Otherwise, how could the world still be in such a rotten state?"

“Miss Tito…?” Vivian carefully observed her profile, and in a daze, she even saw a slight resemblance to Theonado in the gap between her nose and eyes.

The same furrowed brow expression.

The same pessimism.

However, compared to Theonado's hazy sadness, Zhang Tito's sadness was more disheartening, as if she had already seen the future with her own eyes.

……

"Are you sure you don't need our help?" Zhang Renfeng asked again, "The snowstorm has subsided now, so we can help you complete the task together. With more people searching, the efficiency will be higher."

“No need, I wasn’t really that helpful anyway, I just happened to be passing by. Didn’t you take care of Dover Chuck the Ripper yourself?” Silverfrost adjusted her belt, tightened the two swords on her back, brushed aside her silver bangs that were obstructing her view, and smiled sassily. “But, speaking of which…”

Her emerald eyes were full of curiosity. She reached out and patted Zhang Renfeng's chest, making two thuds, like the sound of striking a block of iron.

"This is the first time I've ever met someone as incredible as you. I think... in this world, apart from my mentor, there is probably no one who can rival you."

"Your mentor?" Upon hearing this, Zhang Renfeng's eyes lit up instantly. "Could you tell me his name? I don't mean anything by it, but if possible, I would be very willing to pay him a visit in person."

"No need, he's not the kind of person who would argue. I was just saying. If you really go, he might host a banquet for you, but he would never fight you." Silver Frost smiled and waved his hand, gently stroking the metal badge on his chest. "Whenever you come to the vicinity of Takashu, you can go sit over there."

“Tall trees? But isn’t that Native American territory?” Vivian’s mouth dropped open in astonishment. “You’re Native American?! But… your skin is clearly…”

Silver Frost answered the question with a bright smile and waved to them, "If you have any requests in the future, remember to come to me first. My prices are fair, and I'm honest with everyone!"

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Meeting, getting to know each other, saying goodbye.

For someone you meet on a journey, both of you have your own things to do when you pass by each other, and being able to do this is already almost perfect.

However, in that perfect moment, the Ripper, who should have been lying on the ground, peacefully serving as a backdrop to this scene, began to move.

His finger hooked in the snow.

"Ok?"

Tito was the first to notice this detail, and at first, she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Zhang Renfeng did indeed shatter his jaw, breaking his cervical spine in the process. In this situation, unless a prosthetic doctor with a full set of advanced medical equipment suddenly appeared out of the snow, he would basically be dead, though the timeframe was uncertain. He might die immediately, he might freeze for a while before dying, or he might already be dead, and what we're seeing now is merely his instinctive nerve reflex.

The world has thus lost a ripper who indiscriminately killed and had mental problems, which is certainly a good thing.

However, out of caution, Tito habitually closed his right eye and glanced at him with his left.

"..."

"?!"

The result caused her expression to change drastically in an instant; she thought she had misread it.

"What's wrong, Tito?" Zhang Renfeng was quite sensitive to changes in a person's "aura" and immediately noticed the girl's lapse in composure. "Is there a problem?"

"No, this can't be. It's only been a short time... Could it be malfunctioning?" Tito rubbed his left eye, tapped it twice against the eye socket, and looked like he had seen a ghost.

However, the next second, her self-deceptive comfort was ruthlessly shattered by reality.

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"ah------!!!"

Suddenly, the Ripper sprang to his feet and let out a terrifying shriek at Zhang Renfeng and the others.

His jaw was shattered, but he seemed completely oblivious to the pain, screaming as he slowly stretched his mouth open, all the way to his ears.

His mouth already contained few good teeth, and along with broken flesh and bone, it was a bizarrely shaped opening. His eyes, ears, and every muscle in his face were squeezing together, and the shrieking sound even carried a strange feeling, like fingernails scratching glass, causing physical discomfort.

"boom!"

His back bent at an inhuman angle, as if it would snap at any moment. A cloud of blood mist exploded on the Ripper's back, dissipating in a ring.

Several tentacles tore through his clothes, emerging from his back, writhing and twisting as if trying to detach from his body and grow outwards. At the same time, his facial features also changed slightly; some sticky, thread-like substance gushed from his wounds, sealing them like wax.

It's hard to say whether this is still a person, or rather, it's hard to tell whether this state is considered alive or dead.

"You see... right... you lowly mortals, in the end, you and I are not even the same kind..."

He spread out his arms, which were pierced by tentacles, and the tentacles on his back also grew out together, like the wings of a bird.

"I, Dover Durin, will be under the protection of the [Empty Man]..."

"Rebirth!!!"

……

“Dover Doolittle?” Vivian was so shocked by what she saw that she stammered, “Wasn’t he killed by the Jack Gang twenty years ago?”

None of them had ever seen such a scene before. In an instant, Ren drew his twin blades, while Yinshuang drew her twin swords after creating some distance. They were all ready to fight with all their might.

"...I knew you weren't human long ago...Take this—!"

Even Zhang Renfeng was afraid when faced with something he had never seen before. However, some people would run away after being afraid, while others would become even angrier after being afraid; he was the latter.

"what--!!!"

Turning around, he reached out with both hands and grabbed the door panel. Zhang Renfeng lowered his waist slightly, steadied himself in a horse stance, and the veins on his forehead bulged slightly as he roared. Like pulling up a radish, he ripped the cedar wood mansion door, weighing about 70kg, off the door frame.

With a loud "boom," snowflakes fell and wood chips flew everywhere!

"?!" Silver Frost's emerald eyes widened in surprise, his face showing an expression that said, "Dude, if you're human, I'll just eat you."

There were so many monsters on the battlefield that she didn't know where to look.

In contrast, Ren appeared much more experienced, directly canceling the samurai sword slashing motion and gracefully rolling away from Zhang Renfeng's attack range.

He had personally witnessed how Zhang Renfeng uprooted a tree and swung it like a round stick during his duel with Zhu Kuilong. Being teammates with such a guy was very stressful... He was afraid that if the guy wasn't careful, he would be killed as well.

Now, even if he were to swing this door like a hammer, he wouldn't hit himself.

"drink---!!!"

Rotation.

Twist your waist.

Raise your arms.

Sell ​​it!

The 70-kilogram weight drew an arc in the air, bringing with it a gust of wind, and slammed down hard on the ferocious-looking monster!

Chapter 427: The diagnosis: None of them are human.

Having just been "reborn," Dover's mind was in a mess, a jumble of thoughts, with too many memories that didn't belong to him suddenly flooding his mind.

Big tree.

Sunlight.

rainwater.

Tree shadows.

There was also the smell of rotting soil.

He remembered himself as a fungus growing in the soil, growing slowly and steadily day after day, year after year.

To give an analogy, he is like a raw egg that has been cracked open, mixed with ingredients such as cream, water, and flour. The original self is transformed in the constant stirring, blending into the other things and becoming a better dish. He is no longer the egg white and yolk.

The moment his roots emerged from his body, he felt refreshed, as if he had experienced the accumulation of nutrients under the soil before finally breaking through. This feeling was similar to human excitement and joy, which overwhelmed him.

But the next instant, he saw a 70kg solid cedar wood door flying toward his forehead.

"?!"

In that brief moment, human reason returned. He immediately ducked his neck and sprawled on all fours, lunging to the side. The door grazed his shoulder, instantly smashing one of his arms into a bloody pulp, leaving it limp. As the wooden door slammed heavily into the snow like a plank, the once ferocious creature's eyes shifted from savagery to fear.

He turned his head and took one last look at the house that held such a deep obsession for him, then took off running as fast as he could, as if possessed.

"Want to run?"

Zhang Renfeng's eyelids twitched involuntarily. In his memory, this guy was an old man. And an old man with loose bones and degenerated muscles could not possibly run at such a 100-meter sprint speed. His intuition told him that if he hesitated at this moment and let him go, something terrible would definitely happen.

Looking around, he wanted to ride after them, but the only rideable thing nearby was the two horses that Vivian and her companion were riding on. They had been untied from the carriage and tied to the side of the mansion. They had nothing to eat and had been frozen all night, so they could no longer support a person's weight.

"boom--!"

The Volcano Pistol fired with its characteristic deep, resonant sound. The wind and snow were so strong that Zhang Renfeng wasn't sure if the bullet's trajectory would be affected. He aimed for the back of the head, and the Ripper did indeed stagger, slightly losing his balance, without even slowing down.

Upon hearing the gunshot, he immediately went berserk, switching to crawling on all fours on the snow and fleeing towards the distant snow-capped peaks.

“Fire…” Tito murmured, “Ordinary methods won’t work, we have to use high temperatures, burn it to death!”

"Fire, huh? OK, that's easy to handle." Zhang Renfeng turned around and naturally took over the command, looking at Yinshuang, "Can you even run dressed like that?"

"It depends on how long I have to run." Silverfrost stretched her wrists and ankles, quickly completing her warm-up exercises, her emerald eyes eager to try. "I'm confident I won't fall behind within two kilometers!"

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“Hoo…Hoo…!”

The dry, cold air filled his mouth and leaked out from his broken jaw, making Dover's thoughts even more chaotic.

Interestingly, he felt nothing at all about the broken jaw and fractured cervical spine—experiences that should have been excruciating, like being cut by a dull knife. Every nerve in his body seemed to have been tempered and scorched by a raging fire, radiating heat continuously, like a lit magnesium strip burning in the air, turning into dazzling and bright red iron.

Those insignificant pains no longer concern him.

"So that's how it is... I... I succeeded, ha... This is what it feels like to descend into the void..."

So refreshing!

so perfect!

But... that's not enough.