Chapter 455: Stitcher

"Very good, now they've all been attracted by the explosion in the kitchen."

Heart 9 lay prone on the roof of a building, squinting at the smoking kitchen in the distance. A hand with only four fingers rubbed his chin gently.

"Now that the estate's defenses have shifted, we have a chance to go straight through the backyard and catch up with the group transporting the scrolls."

Jian Changsheng poked his head out from beside him and couldn't help but say:

"I understand the logic... but where did your time bomb come from just now??"

A dozen minutes ago, when they knew they were about to be exposed, Heart 9 had proposed a diversion... He left a time bomb in the kitchen. After they took the opportunity to hide on the other side of the estate, the bomb detonated, and the intense fire and noise immediately attracted a large number of guards.

Since exposure was inevitable, rather than waiting for the chefs or guards in the estate to discover them and launch a carpet search, it was better to take control of the situation himself and indirectly guide the changes in the estate's defenses... It was thanks to this plan that the bodyguards were now attracted to the kitchen in the east, and the defenses on the route to the warehouse in the west were actually thinner.

"Hehe, guess?" Heart 9 grinned.

Jian Changsheng naturally didn't have time to guess. He scanned the surroundings with binoculars and quickly locked onto a direction.

"There! We wasted too much time, they're already moving the scrolls back to the warehouse!"

"Go!"

As Heart 9 finished speaking, his figure leaped from the roof first. He spread his arms in the air, and a pair of bat wings, similar to the Beidou Conglomerate bodyguards who had chased them earlier, appeared on both sides of his arms.

"So he's also a Skill Divine Path..." Jian Changsheng realized when he saw this.

But the next moment, his mouth opened involuntarily, and astonishment and shock appeared in his eyes!

He saw Heart 9's two ribs pop open with a snap, and a pair of metal nozzles resembling flamethrowers emerged from his body. Orange-red flames roared out, and the terrifying propulsion gave him near-sonic speed, causing him to crash toward the warehouse like a meteor!

"Holy crap?!"

Jian Changsheng was dumbfounded. He stood there for a full ten seconds before remembering to provide support, immediately using [Blood Drop Top] to flash out at high speed!

Seeing two figures flash across the sky one after another, the bodyguards patrolling the west side of the estate looked up at the sky simultaneously, then looked at the lingering mist left by Heart 9's flight, all stunned.

"What just flew past..."

"Didn't see clearly. Was it a person? Or a bird?"

"Oh no! That's the direction of the warehouse!!"

“……”

The bodyguards' expressions changed drastically, and they immediately rushed toward the warehouse, releasing several Divine Path auras!

Seemingly hearing the roar of the thrusters, the few people busy moving the scrolls paused slightly. Just as they looked up, they saw a figure like a cannonball crash to the ground!

Clang—!

The steel-like body trampled the earth, making a dull metallic sound. Dense cracks spread across the surface, leaving everyone stunned!

In the flying dust, Heart 9's figure walked out slowly. The clothes on his upper body had long since been burned away, and the ribs with metallic luster closed again, leaving only an imperceptible gap on the surface of his skin.

"Hehehe... get out of my way!" Heart 9 grinned and said viciously, then swung one of the closest figures, throwing him out like a sandbag, knocking down the others as well.

Heart 9 overturned the cart containing the scrolls and quickly searched through the many scrolls. He soon found the target scroll that Chen Ling had deliberately folded at the corner.

He bent down to pick up the scroll. The back indeed had the Plum Blossom 8 mark. He rolled it into a ball, opened his big mouth, and swallowed it whole!

"Whoa, what kind of ability is that?" Jian Changsheng arrived at this moment and said in shock, "Skill Divine Path, [Robot] path?"

"..." Heart 9 rolled his eyes. "This is called [Stitcher]."

"[Stitcher]?"

"Simply put, it's stitching various mechanical items together... You can understand it as the hand of God that modifies and splices everything." Heart 9 pointed to himself. "And I... am my most satisfying stitched work."

Before Heart 9 could finish, four or five figures surrounded the warehouse. They were all bodyguards who had rushed over from all parts of the estate. Their average strength was at the third stage, and there were more figures rushing over in the distance.

"Go! Try to keep them alive." One of the bodyguards said in a low voice.

At his command, many figures swarmed up, releasing various Divine Path skills simultaneously, sealing off all their escape routes from all directions!

Cold light flashed in Jian Changsheng's eyes. He took out a short sword from behind him and turned into a blood shadow, rushing toward the two people attacking from the side!

At the same time, a wild laugh rang out from Heart 9's direction:

"You guys think you can capture me alive?!"

Heart 9 raised one hand, and every inch of skin from his shoulder to his forearm lifted like scales. More than a dozen cannon barrels thicker than his arms were exposed to the air, and brilliant fire bloomed from them at high speed!!

This scene stunned everyone who came to encircle them, and they immediately wanted to scatter, but they were already half a step too late.

The exploding flames were like a scorching beast, instantly swallowing most of the figures. Screams rang out instantly. Even Jian Changsheng, who was not far from Heart 9, widened his eyes suddenly and was then swept into the explosion!

"F*** you, Heart..."

Before Jian Changsheng could finish, a deafening roar blew the entire warehouse away, and raging fire swallowed the earth, burning hundreds of calligraphy and paintings collected by Zong Wen to ashes!

Boom—!!

The entire estate noticed the explosion, and Zong Wen, who had just walked out of the estate, was dumbfounded.

"That... isn't that my collection warehouse???"

Zong Wen looked at the raging fire and thick smoke in the distance, his eyes turning red. He trembled with anger for a long time, then gritted his teeth and said a few words:

"Beidou Conglomerate... I'm not done with you!!"

More and more bodyguards gathered in the direction of the explosion. In the thick smoke, a figure dragged another figure, who was blown to a bloody mess, and rushed out laughing:

"How about it, newbie? Is my strength enough to cover for you?!"

Jian Changsheng, who was no longer in human shape, was grabbed by him and shaken in the air like a piece of rotten clothing. After a long while, the lump of mud slowly and laboriously raised a middle finger:

"Heart... you're all... lunatics!!"