Ch. 169 - Inconvincible
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Notes
Translator's note: Running out of fuel? Missing Liu Shuai already, huh?
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Translator's note: Running out of fuel? Missing Liu Shuai already, huh?
The blur image above the little girl's neck solidified, and a new head quickly formed in place of the severed one.
During this time, she had fully raised her hand.
Ma Xingbang felt a chill run down his spine as a slender arm sprouted from his neck. He was both shocked and angry, repeatedly using his abilities to attack the arm, but all efforts were futile.
He could only watch helplessly as the hand reached for his face.
At this critical moment, Fang Xiu acted.
He moved like a ghost, his scalpel flipping in his hand as he held it backward. He thrust the blade at the little girl's face.
With one strike, the scalpel buried into her face.
Fang Xiu poured all his pain power into the scalpel.
Instantly, the girl's face transformed into that of a strange man, who began to scream in pain.
"Damn it! How many faces does she have!" Fang Xiu wondered if the mental hospital had fed the little girl many human faces to test her abilities, but the exact number was unknown.
Despite this, Fang Xiu didn't stop. His right hand, holding the scalpel, became a blur of motion as he madly stabbed at the little girl's face again and again.
The girl, while being stabbed, continued her actions uninterrupted.
She took Ma Xingbang's face off and placed it on her own.
Fang Xiu didn't care whose face it was; he kept attacking.
"Oooooh!" The faceless Ma Xingbang made inhuman moaning sounds. Without a mouth, his screams seemed to be squeezed out of his throat.
His face became covered with bloody holes, and then he collapsed onto the ground, dead.
Fang Xiu frowned. He had thought his attack would be enough to kill Faceless, but it was clear that wasn't the case.
His multiple strikes were all transferred to Ma Xingbang.
This meant that when the girl changed faces, any damage she took was assigned to the previous face. During the interval of changing faces, any extra attacks were effectively useless.
No matter how powerful the attack, it couldn't simultaneously consume all the lives she had.
With this ability, the little girl was like someone who could resurrect from the dead.
When she wore someone else's face, and if the owner of the face died, the girl was essentially in a state of death. However, she only needed a few seconds to change her face and revive.
All damage received during this interval accumulated on the previous face, even if that face was already dead.
The little girl could act during the intervals of changing faces.
Her ability was overwhelmingly undefeatable.
Actually, the best way to deal with a Specter like this is not to give her time to grow. When she had no faces at the start, that was the easiest time to kill her.
Fang Xiu's relentless attacks angered the little girl. Despite Fang Xiu having disfigured himself, she slowly raised her hand.
WHOOSH!
Countless silver strands whipped through the air, instantly wrapping around the little girl's arm. The force generated by the hair was enough to topple a building, but still, it couldn't stop her from raising her arm.
Suddenly, an arm grew out of Fang Xiu's neck.
Fang Xiu ignited the bronze candlestick, and the ghastly green flame flickered wildly. Within the range of the candlelight, the arm at his neck seemed to be disrupted, freezing in place.
The bronze candlestick, which was effective against Specters, was working wonders.
However, it didn't last long. Fang Xiu's complexion turned visibly paler as he was losing blood rapidly. The candlestick, fueled by the blood of a second-tier psychic, was powerful but too draining.
If he didn't extinguish the bronze candlestick soon, he would die from blood loss.
But extinguishing it meant he'd lose his face to Faceless.
They were at a stalemate.
Yang Ming and Bai Qi frantically attacked, their twin dark golden daggers slashing through the little girl like a storm.
In an instant, the little girl was sliced into countless pieces.
But it was all in vain; as one face shattered, a new one slowly appeared, and her injuries healed!
No one knew how many faces the little girl had.
Fang Xiu had already thought of a way to deal with the little girl, but the current conditions made it impossible to do anything.
They could have several psychics take turns lighting the bronze candlestick to freeze the little girl's arms. She only had two hands, so she could only take the faces of two people at the same time.
With her most powerful attack method disabled and unable to acquire more faces, the others could continuously kill the little girl, depleting all her faces.
Unfortunately, there weren't enough psychics here to keep the candlestick lit for long.
Eventually, Fang Xiu chose to extinguish the bronze candlestick.
At this stage, they were unable to deal with the little girl.
A cold touch passed through him, and everything went dark for Fang Xiu. The world fell silent.
He knew his face had been taken.
Fang Xiu quickly made several cuts on his own face, restoring his senses.
Meanwhile, the little girl was wearing his face.
Yang Ming and Bai Qi also stopped their attacks. They knew that if they continued, Fang Xiu would be the one to die.
Desperately needing to replenish her collection, the little girl didn't care anymore about whether Bai Qi was disfigured or Yang Ming was ugly; she took both of their faces.
Under the dilemma of harming a comrade, they had no power to resist.
Fang Xiu's gaze flickered. It seemed that Yang Ming's ability wasn't omnipotent, and external forces could indeed ruin God's Plan.
After taking the faces, the little girl didn't turn and leave as before.
"You destroyed my faces! You all deserve to die!" she declared.
This time, she used the ability she had stolen from Bai Qi. She pushed Bai Qi's ability to its limits, transforming into a blur as she charged at them.
Fang Xiu was her primary target, as he had stabbed her the most.
A hole appeared in Fang Xiu's chest as the little girl's slender arm went through it, blood spurting out. He looked down at the little girl and said calmly, "It seems having a strong body isn't always good. Needs another cut."
As everyone watched in shock, he picked up a scalpel and stabbed it into his forehead.
After resetting once again, Fang Xiu didn't choose to fight Faceless head-on.
It was difficult to deal with her under the current conditions, and even if he managed to, it would be hard to continue their mission.
They could use the Golden Key to return and regroup, but there was a problem: over time, the seal on the Green Mountain Mental Hospital would weaken, releasing more Specters. That would greatly affect the efficiency of retrieving Zhou Qingfeng's gift.
Thus, after sharing his intel on Faceless with everyone, Fang Xiu disfigured himself.
Following suit, Bai Qi disfigured himself as well, while Yang Ming stubbornly refused to mar his features, and Ma Xingbang smeared his face with dirt.
"Can I borrow your fa—" the little girl appeared again, and once again, she stopped mid-sentence.
She scanned the group, finally fixing her gaze on Ma Xingbang's face. Her criteria for selecting faces seemed to be based on completeness and attractiveness.
As for Ma Xingbang smearing dirt on his face, it had little effect on the girl; a wash would suffice.
Ma Xingbang was horrified and desperately activated his gravity powers, but his face was still taken.
Yang Ming and Bai Qi wanted to intervene, but Fang Xiu stopped them.
After taking Ma Xingbang's face, the little girl turned and left. The faceless Ma Xingbang struggled desperately, trapped in a dark and silent world, unable to breathe.
Eventually, Yang Ming cut a few slits in his face.
After Ma Xingbang could speak again, his first words were, "You just watched her take my face! You're purposely harming a bureau agent, I'm going to report you to headquarters!"
Hearing Ma Xingbang's threat, the three were surprisingly calm, unmoved by his words.
"Idiot," Bai Qi said.
"You chose to be the smart ass, who else is to blame?" Yang Ming scoffed.
Fang Xiu said, "Let's kill him. No one here knows it was us. If headquarters asks, we'll say he died at the hands of Faceless."
Ma Xingbang instantly backed down. He had many abilities, all being second-tier, and he was confident in a one-on-one situation but not against a group.