Chapter 118: The Perfect Show (3k Second Update)

Ben Halisi also realized some problems at this moment; hearing George's impassioned voice, which sounded as if he were performing in a stage play, he looked back at Bai Cangshu and sneered.

"Is this your plan? To set me up and fish for sympathy on the internet?"

He shook his head, the rolls of fat on his face nearly shaking off his body.

But this physique of his was not entirely the result of laziness or a lack of exercise.

His ability, 【Super Regeneration】, was essentially an extraordinary level of cellular activity and metabolic capacity; once injured, he would rapidly metabolize and heal the wounds through cell division.

His body was as if it were permanently maintained in an embryonic state, sustaining a powerful capacity for division and regeneration.

This abnormal metabolism and activity caused his consumption of energy, protein, and nutrients to be several times that of an ordinary person, and especially after being injured, he had to force himself to endure the nausea and consume massive amounts of food.

Over the long term, it was naturally difficult to maintain his figure.

But this nausea and ugliness were exchanged for his title of 【Regenerator】; even if raked by machine-gun fire, he could revive again. As an unkillable hero, he had been quite popular seven or eight years ago.

Bai Cangshu tilted his head slightly, his smile wanton; he was becoming increasingly accustomed to looking at people with his lower eyelids, though this was not intentional on his part.

It was just that when he saw certain opponents, a single glance was enough to confirm that the other party was no match for him, not even close.

That disdain born from the depths of his soul made it difficult for him to view the other party as an equal.

Just like this idiot who was throwing his weight around, relying on a bit of regenerative ability—heh.

Bai Cangshu shook his neck, his joints and muscles emitting creaking sounds; he walked toward the 【Regenerator】 step by step, his malice no longer needing to be hidden.

Ben Halisi also sensed the other party's intentions. Before being certain of the opponent's superpower, he instinctively took out a telescopic baton from behind him and swung it hard. The baton extended, its tip made of alloy; if it struck someone, the result was basically shattered bones.

He had long been accustomed to harming others; the number of people who had been left disabled at his hands was at least several dozen, if not hundreds.

He looked at the yellow-skinned man walking over, a cruel smile appearing on his face as well.

Bai Cangshu watched the movement of the muscles beneath the other man's fat, neither using 【Two Tigers Style: Fire Kata: Raging Fire】 to dash forward, nor using 【Thunder Breathing: Thunderclap and Flash】 to instantly kill the opponent.

He just walked toward Ben Halisi slowly, step by step.

Ben Halisi watched this arrogant yellow-skinned man walk up to him and immediately raised his arm, swinging the baton down fiercely.

The force of his full-strength strike could exceed one ton; this was a basic ability granted to him by his powerful active cells.

The point where powerful Ability Users in this world were stronger than ordinary people was that they did not just possess superpowers expressed as 【Regeneration】 or 【Flight】.

They also possessed the physical capabilities required to support those superpowers.

Almost all Ability Users had physical qualities far superior to ordinary people; the more powerful the ability, the more powerful the corresponding physique.

Almost every top-tier Ability User could ignore gunfire.

Among The Seven, the result of 【Queen Maeve】 being raked by machine-gun fire at close range was just a bit of pain, 【Starlight】 being hit by a sniper rifle only resulted in being knocked away, and 【Homelander】 almost completely ignored gunfire.

This monstrous physical capability was the foundation of their overwhelming superiority over ordinary people.

Pfft!

Halisi had wanted to hear the sound of bones shattering, but the baton only made a muffled thud. His pupils constricted; the alloy baton he had swung with all his might had actually been caught by that yellow-skinned man with one hand.

Halisi tried to pull it away with force, but there was absolutely no reaction.

The other party's strength was terrifyingly great.

"You..."

Bai Cangshu tilted his head, his eyelids drooping; while his left hand gripped the opponent's baton, his right hand flicked instantly, as if it had vanished.

Bang!

The three strikes almost merged into a single sound.

Halisi's eyes instantly ruptured, and his cervical vertebrae snapped.

He had been selected by Vought International to become a hero because of his powerful regenerative ability, but to prevent him from wailing due to the excruciating pain of injuries and affecting his image,

Vought International had specifically arranged surgery for him, causing extensive damage to the nerves that perceived pain. Therefore, this kind of injury, which could make an ordinary person wail or even die,

only made Halisi stagger two steps. His eyeballs were twitching rapidly, granulation tissue began to grow, and the cartilage in his throat also regenerated rapidly.

He let go of the baton, saw that Bai Cangshu was still standing in front of him, and sneered,

"A type with pretty good speed and strength, you think you can win like this?"

"I am a Regenerator, an unkillable Regenerator!"

He spoke big words, but his right hand was preparing to draw a gun from behind his back.

But all these movements were meaningless within Bai Cangshu's 【Transparent World】.

Bai Cangshu opened his arms and took a deep breath. The Ripple Qigong dissipated, and a large amount of air surged into Bai Cangshu's lungs. His muscles trembled slightly, and an aura like thunder began to spread.

He shifted his stance, his hands one in front and one behind, and then suddenly vanished.

Chirp!

The air emitted a scorched smell, like a muffled thunderclap exploding.

The speed, erupting from 17 points of Strength and 17 points of Agility simultaneously, was so terrifying that an afterimage of Bai Cangshu standing in place still remained in Ben Halisi's eyes.

His body had already been struck by countless punches in an instant, shaking like a sieve.

Bang bang bang...

Amidst Bai Cangshu's frenzied strikes, a hearty, satisfying smile played on the corners of his mouth. This guy who claimed to be unkillable was even more refreshing to beat up than the indestructible sandbags in the 【Training Institute】. Chirp!

Amidst the violent strikes, a pitch-black flash suddenly appeared. Bai Cangshu even thought that his Cursed Energy hadn't completely disappeared and had triggered 【Black Flash】 once more.

But that flash was merely a fleeting glimpse; it didn't penetrate anything, but instead vanished inside Ben Halisi's body.

Bai Cangshu's heart stirred, and his figure stopped instantly.

He maintained his stance, slowly straightened his body, patted his clothes, and turned to walk toward Bobby and the others.

John, who had fallen to the ground, looked at Ben Halisi, who was still standing in place, and spoke up,

"Boss, are we just going to let him go like this?!"

He had assumed that even if he couldn't kill the 【Regenerator】, this boss with the terrifying aura would at least sever one of Ben Halisi's arms, then wax-seal it and put it on display in the gang's exhibition.

He hadn't expected that he would just give the guy a beating with his fists?

Bai Cangshu did not care at all.

【You have killed the Regenerator, Ben Halisi, and gained 100 Dimension Points.】

The space's prompt explained everything; under 【Death Intent Senra】, there was no such thing as a truly immortal Regenerator; at the very least, this kind of regeneration ability at this stage could not be exempted at all.

【You have killed a hero; Milestone: Super Criminal progress updated, current: 1/10.】

【Milestone: Murderer progress updated, current: 35/1000.】

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George, who was standing behind John, had by now become a loyal follower of the new boss, "Tao Baibai," and he immediately walked up to the motionless 【Regenerator】.

He saw that this fat guy's body was completely intact, with his eyeballs and throat already fully regenerated, yet the person himself had no movement at all.

George tentatively reached out a finger to check for breath and found there was no movement at all.

"He's dead!"

George's heart thumped and pounded violently, even more agitated than just a moment ago.

"He's dead, the 【Regenerator】 was killed by the boss!"

George shouted excitedly; all of them had been exploited by Ben Halisi and had feared the other's power, but at this moment, this dead Halisi could no longer make them afraid.

George kicked the Regenerator's corpse over, and John also frantically hammered at the corpse.

Only the little girl who had just regained consciousness wailed loudly.

Bai Cangshu returned to Bobby and the others; by now, everyone was completely won over by this new boss.

Whether it was power or methods, this "Tao Baibai" was extraordinary.

They did not know what means the boss had used to kill the highly regenerative Ben Halisi, and no one dared to ask.

"Ans, you know what to do next, right?"

The little black man Ans could not fight like George, but his brain was quite good.

He nodded repeatedly, walked up to George, and after George was ready, punched George's cheek until it swelled up.

Bobby and the others followed suit; those afraid of pain smeared some blood on themselves, and many people simply lay straight on the ground, starting to pose as if the B45 Gang had gone through a fierce struggle and paid a great price to finally kill the hero 【Regenerator】.

Ans fiddled with the camera, frantically taking photos from various angles.

And the two little girls who were wailing and snuggling up to the bruised and battered John became the best material.

Ans looked at the photos he had taken, feeling that perhaps in the future he might even win a Pulitzer Prize.

——

One day later, a piece of news composed of short videos and livestream replays fermented rapidly through short video platforms and social networks.

【Hero: Regenerator wantonly bullies people at the bottom of the slums, calling the lower class "swine."】

【Community gang B45 swears to defend the safety of community residents, pays a tragic price to defend and kill the Regenerator.】

A series of exaggerated headlines, carrying videos and text, were forwarded by one lower-class person after another who had been enraged by the content in the videos, and it quickly went viral.

Vought International did not know at first, thinking it was some clumsy prank, but after careful verification, they discovered that the 【Regenerator】 had truly lost contact.

Vought International immediately issued a statement that they would cooperate with the police to investigate the matter.

It was already very ridiculous that the disappearance of a hero known for protecting citizens required police investigation, but what made the event develop to an extreme was that on that day, over a hundred members of the B45 Gang, led by Bobby, carried the injured John and his two younger sisters and marched grandly to the police station to surrender.

This incident immediately caused an even greater sensation, with a large number of media outlets and reporters scrambling to report it.

This matter could no longer be suppressed.

In front of a New York Times reporter, the beaten little girl sobbed uncontrollably, saying she only wanted to protect her brother and that she knew nothing; she had been sent flying seven or eight meters by that vicious hero.

This scene quickly made the headlines of various news outlets.

A large number of self-media also followed closely and began to speak out.

It seemed as if everyone had always been so concerned about the survival rights of these lower-class people and had just forgotten before; now, they were all scrambling to speak out.

There were even some heroes who came out at this time to argue that B45 was innocent and that the B45 Gang had just done a heroic deed.

The recording from that livestream, especially George's final tragic line, "I'm going to kill that hero," became a trending topic several times.

Inside Vought International, CEO Stillwell had a splitting headache.

Originally, it was just a small matter of the 【Regenerator】's death, but now it seemed to have developed into the public beginning to question whether these heroes were truly protecting them.

In those corners where no one cared, were there more lower-class people being bullied by these heroes?

This kind of question had a huge impact on Vought International.

(End of this chapter)