Chapter 41: Killing Mechanism?

This skill...

Tang Luo's words caused Sun Ang's rising anger to suddenly stall.

Skill? The Tang Luo before him noticed his own skill.

How is that possible!

Not to mention his skill activates silently, extremely secretive.

He isn't using any skill at all right now!

What is this Tang Luo saying?

"Could it be the legendary Incompetent Fury?" Tang Luo continued, "I read anger from your expression."

Mockery!

Naked mockery!

Adding fuel to the fire, anger flared to the heavens.

Sun Ang felt a bloody sweetness in his mouth, unsure whether it was from biting his gums or the aftermath of that palm strike.

He strained his eyes wide, trying to make out the scene before him.

As long as he could see clearly, he would have the strength to counterattack.

Sun Ang had a skill—Third-Person Sight.

It can achieve near-perfect surveillance and reconnaissance; he learned of Tang Luo's existence through this skill.

Of course, the skill's target is not Tang Luo, but Zhang Yuchou.

What the Merit Jade Lotus dispelled was precisely the "Invisible Eye" formed by Third-Person Sight.

Moreover.

Sun Ang also has another skill, called Object Control Technique.

Taken alone, it's not exactly a divine technique.

But when used together with Third-Person Sight, it forms an extremely terrifying invisible assassination technique.

To execute Object Control Technique, one must personally see the object being controlled.

Once the controlled object leaves the field of vision, it will immediately lose control.

Furthermore, during the process, the whole body is almost unable to move.

The mind must be highly focused, akin to high-speed driving or intense competitive gaming, allowing no distraction.

Using Object Control Technique alone, the enemy is a moving target.

Oneself is also a living target, immobile, equivalent to playing a life-or-death game with the opponent.

I can see you, and you naturally can see me—monitoring and such cannot achieve the effect of personally seeing.

But Third-Person Sight can perfectly achieve the effect of personally seeing.

Enough to let Sun Ang kill invisibly from a thousand miles away.

The truth of the Planchette Incident is actually this.

Of course, due to some limitations of the skill, Sun Ang cannot achieve perfection, leaving no loopholes in the assassination.

But the main elements being sufficient, it's enough for him to stage the case as a "supernatural incident".

At least the police will surely find no evidence of him.

And it's impossible to determine his true method of crime.

At most, one might feel that Sun Ang had some contact with the deceased before their deaths, slightly suspicious.

But as fellow parties involved, mutual contact isn't exactly unusual, is it?

Third-Person Sight was broken by the Merit Jade Lotus.

Because the merit power's characteristic of hardly harming people, it didn't cause any damage to Sun Ang.

But it also put his skill into cooldown.

Unable to be activated.

Object Control Technique, however, Sun Ang can still execute.

Anyway, his limbs are so painful that even lifting them is difficult.

They're probably all broken.

Even with superhuman recovery, he couldn't stand up in a short time.

Object Control Technique doesn't require Sun Ang to stand up.

As long as his vision recovers, turning his head to give him a suitable angle and choosing a suitable object,

he can ambush and kill Tang Luo.

Let the opponent also experience the taste of "capsizing in a gutter".

That taste—will be the flavor of Tang Luo's blood and life.

"How did you fake the Planchette killing?" Tang Luo asked.

Sun Ang's black spots before his eyes began to diminish, his vision began to recover.

"You think I'll tell you?" he said haltingly, his voice muffled.

Not for anything else, just to buy time.

"Alright, change the question." Tang Luo, being very laid-back, didn't press further, "Zhang Yuchou, will you be safe from now on?"

"Ha!"

Sun Ang laughed loudly, "I've already tampered with him; if I die, he won't live either!"

Unexpectedly, there are still such kind people wandering among gods and demons.

Caring for the safety of ordinary mortals.

Hmm, I understand.

Tang Luo nodded, "Your acting skills are worse than Da Baobei's."

The acting master voiced criticism.

The forced smile on Sun Ang's face disappeared, and the flickering black spots before his eyes also completely vanished.

All that remained was a patch of black shadow; upon closer look, it was actually the sole of a shoe.

He couldn't attend to anything.

Sun Ang immediately employed Object Control Technique, targeting the shoe as the object to be controlled.

His consciousness surged wildly, turning into an invisible force, about to control the shoe……

For a moment, Sun Ang didn't even have time to think how to use the shoe to counterattack; his most instinctive thought was very simple.

Just to stop the shoe from falling.

Tang Luo was somewhat surprised; an unknown force lifted his foot.

He was resisting it, preventing his foot from landing.

Pfft!

A palm strike in midair, an invisible attack, turned Sun Ang directly into a headless corpse.

If I don't step on it, then I won't.

Master Xuanzang is versed in various physical salvations; changing the method is quite simple.

He also happened to try Empty Palm, the skill used to impersonate the Tathagata Divine Palm.

The effect still satisfied Tang Luo.

How to put it?

Level one corresponds to a maximum distance of ten meters, with power reduced by 50%.

From now on, he can keep his distance, no need to worry about getting splattered by the opponent's blood.

After each fight, he must cleanse with the Merit Jade Lotus, which is also a bit extravagant.

Moreover, his blood-soaked appearance does not match the 'Enlightened High Buddha' persona Tang Luo has constructed.

He retracted his foot, just as Tang Luo was about to leave.

Above Sun Ang's headless corpse, there suddenly appeared an invisible, intangible yet genuinely perceptible aura.

Skill?

To Tang Luo, it felt just like a skill.

But before Tang Luo could reach out to test it, the aura hovered slightly and then dissipated invisibly.

……Could it be that killing a God-Demon Walker also grants the opponent's skill, randomly acquiring one of them?

Tang Luo thought to himself.

This is not exactly good news.

According to the current information, the God-Demon Game has no teaming system.

But it also does not encourage God-Demon Walkers to slaughter each other.

For the same mission objective, to a certain extent, it actually encourages God-Demon Walkers to cooperate.

But if Tang Luo's speculation is true.

Then God-Demon Walkers would clash over their skills.

Moreover, such conflict born of coveting another's skill is deadly.

Even equipment could be discarded for a chance to survive.

But skills cannot be discarded.

What is yours, is yours.

If I want it, you must die.

"Interesting." Tang Luo gained a new understanding of the God-Demon Game's ecology.

Zhou Zhen Guo never mentioned this to him.

Either he concealed it.

Or he himself didn't know.

Tang Luo leans toward the latter, considering that Zhou Zhen Guo even told Tang Luo about the skill he himself had obtained.

If it was out of fear that Tang Luo learning the 'kill to steal' mechanism would make him hostile.

Inside the carriage, he had no need to tell Tang Luo about his newly acquired 'Restoring Tide'.

Zhou Zhen Guo probably doesn't know.

Tang Luo believes that, under normal circumstances.

Not many people would proactively tell other God-Demon Walkers about this discovery.

This mechanism only spreads among some relatively powerful God-Demon Walkers.

Newcomers could never know.

Zhou Zhen Guo, having just passed the novice stage and being a pseudo-veteran, not knowing is quite normal.

Proactively telling others is tantamount to saying to them: 'I carry a secret treasure; killing me gives a certain chance to obtain it.'

Isn't that equivalent to giving someone your address so they can mail you blades?

'This subtle sense of déjà vu……'

Tang Luo shook his head, again placed the Merit Jade Lotus on his head, and entered an invisible state.

Killing Sun Ang likewise granted him some merit power.

It was enough to cover all the expenses incurred in this matter, with a surplus left over.

Equivalent to Merit Power -333.

Obtained Merit Power +666 from Sun Ang.

This wave of punishing evil and promoting good is definitely not a loss.

However, to speak frankly.

Even Tang Luo himself hasn't figured out how the 'boundary of good and evil' of punishing evil and promoting good is defined.

All we can say is 'analyze each specific issue case by case.'

But Sun Ang, who killed several people, undoubtedly belongs to the 'evil' category.

Killing him to obtain Merit Power is something Tang Luo is completely certain of.

If he could be guided toward goodness, atone for his sins, and successfully achieve 'laying down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha instantly,' perhaps more Merit Power could be gained.

Of course, Tang Luo has no interest in that whatsoever.

His consistent approach is simply 'physical salvation.'

Mental salvation?

It doesn't exist.

Tang Luo only knows how to counter violence with violence.

Returning to the hotel, upon instantly entering the 'Untouchable' state, Tang Luo 'floated' into the room and immediately dispelled it.

The time absolutely cannot be long.

If it lasts longer, this time he'll lose out.

After taking a quick shower, Tang Luo entered dreamland.

Early the next morning, Tang Luo was awakened by his phone ringing.

On the other end was the police, hoping to understand the situation with Tang Luo.

'He just came in and chatted with me about the case details, then left.' Tang Luo said that if he were lying, he'd be struck by lightning.

Anyway, the lightning wouldn't kill him, and what he said was indeed the truth.

Weren't the two of them just chatting about the case?

As a key protected individual, Sun Ang's death or disappearance would certainly attract attention.

And the hotel front desk, lobby, corridors, and stairs are all under surveillance.

Plus there's the testimony of the front desk attendant.

The fact that he saw Tang Luo cannot be concealed.

If everything remains peaceful, the matter will be forgotten over time.

The planchette spirit incident will also become an unsolved case.

But if something happens, Sun Ang inexplicably showing up at the hotel to meet Tang Luo will inevitably become a major point of suspicion.

Tang Luo also did not dispose of Sun Ang's corpse.

As long as no clues are left, that's fine.

Moreover, he has a perfect alibi; surveillance can prove Tang Luo never left the hotel all night.

His room is on the fifth floor.

Furthermore, the windows of most hotels can only be opened a crack; not even adults, let alone children, can squeeze out.

This is to prevent safety hazards.

There is no second route to bypass surveillance, avoid detection, and leave without anyone knowing.

At most, Tang Luo would merely attract police attention.

And that amount of attention is not enough for Tang Luo to let Sun Ang off the hook.

To be frank, Tang Luo himself truly doesn't care.

If the Fighting Victory Buddha acts timidly, hesitating and looking ahead and behind, is he still the Fighting Victory Buddha?

Being steady and being timid are two different things.

Acting according to one's heart and acting recklessly are also two different things.

However, thanks to Tang Luo's 'blessing,' the originally planned leisurely outing also turned into Tang Luo's solo act.

As the last survivor, Zhang Yuchou went from covert protection to overt 'tailing.'

In order to ensure nothing else happens.

Until Tang Luo returned home, Zhang Yuchou's side had not been lifted.

It's estimated to wait until the day the rent expires.

On the day he returned home, Tang Luo also happened to receive his custom-made 'God-Demon Set'.