298: Simple cracking method

"...It's not that they have strong regenerative abilities, but simply that their skin is thick..."

Tang Ku frowned slightly. His Void Eye caught a flicker of abnormality on them. When that slap landed on the face of the old man wielding the mace earlier, the skin and muscle on his face had actually been torn. However, because his Physical Body was too sturdy, the torn muscle and skin were only a tiny fraction, so small that they couldn't even be seen with the naked eye.

And it wasn't just his face; even his neck, when jerked by the inertia of the immense force, had suffered tears in the muscle and skin—injuries that were similarly difficult to observe with the naked eye.

"If their regenerative abilities were strong enough, injuries of this magnitude should heal quickly... So, that brings up a question..."

The guys he had sent flying charged back at him, fearless of death. Tang Ku dodged their attacks while pondering, "They don't have strong regenerative abilities? No, to be precise, is it that their regenerative abilities can't keep up with the damage to their Physical Body?"

Boom!

Both fists shot out, spinning like a windmill, and these people were sent flying once again. Yet, they still charged up as if they were completely unscathed, engaging Tang Ku in close-quarters combat once more.

"Their strength is great, and their Physical Body is very sturdy. But precisely because the Physical Body is too sturdy, injuries that could originally have been healed by the Physical Body's own regenerative abilities have turned into injuries that require a massive amount of energy to heal..."

Tang Ku grabbed the longsword in the hand of the woman among them again, twisting the blade into a pretzel with force, and then slapped her on the shoulder. Her shoulder suddenly dipped, and the cartilage at the connection point between her shoulder and arm instantly showed signs of separation—commonly known as a dislocation. However, the degree of this dislocation was so minor that it didn't affect her current ability to move, making it completely unnoticeable.

Tang Ku's perception was immensely powerful, and in an instant, he had spotted the location of her injury. He couldn't help but smile slightly: "It seems that while this kind of reverse parasitism can bring powerful Physical Body strength, it is a completely unbalanced power... Heh, Francis, you're watching, right? Simply evolving the Physical Body's strength is a path that won't work at all. It's foreseeable that the minor injuries on them will follow them for a long time, and perhaps one day, when the injuries accumulated on their Physical Body reach a certain level, they will suddenly erupt all at once, causing what kind of catastrophic damage!"

Tang Ku used a sweeping leg to instantly knock down all the guys surrounding him, then looked up and spoke to the sky.

"Heh, so what? What I need are killing machines on the battlefield, not warriors burdened with honor. They only need to be able to fight; as for what kind of injuries they sustain, that is not important... Don't forget, even if they die, they will still transform into Xenomorphs and continue to attack. And those Xenomorphs are even harder to kill, and they will possess the host's own strength, perhaps even be stronger than the host! With such combat capability, do you think such flaws have any meaning? Rest assured, when you die, I will turn your body into the most lifelike specimen in the world, and as a trophy of their first battle, display it in my collection room!"

Francis's voice came from mid-air, sounding hollow and distant, as if he were in a completely different space-time.

"Is that so? Heh, you really are arrogant. Do you think that since I've seen the weaknesses of these warriors of yours, I wouldn't have a way to break them?"

Tang Ku sneered. He looked at those warriors who had stood up again to surround him and smiled disdainfully. At this moment, the weapons they held had all been completely destroyed by Tang Ku, and now everyone was unarmed.

"If you have a way, just try it. Heh, if you really had a way, you wouldn't have been entangled with them for so long!"

Francis's voice said with great disdain.

"Is that so?"

Tang Ku couldn't help but smile. "You might not know an old saying from my Huaxia, which goes: 'Injuring ten fingers is not as good as breaking one; breaking one leads to unstoppable bleeding!'"

Francis was silent for a moment, then said, "This phrase... what does it mean?"

"Do you really not know the meaning of this phrase?"

Tang Ku curled his lip and grabbed the nearest person, who happened to be the guy who had been using the gate-sized greatsword earlier. Tang Ku slammed a fist into his chest, and his chest actually sank in slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye. With just one punch, he had smashed all of his ribs.

Tang Ku ignored all the attacks from behind and around him because their attacks couldn't hurt him in the slightest. Then, Tang Ku gripped this guy in front of him tightly, punching his chest repeatedly like a pile driver, until he punched through his entire chest. He grabbed the Xenomorph larva out from the chest, then easily crushed it into pieces, never giving it a chance to transform into its fully developed form.

"Hmm, this is the method I was talking about. Do you see it?"

Tang Ku smiled. "Since his injuries can't heal, I will artificially expand the injuries, making him suffer injury upon injury, so he dies faster!"

"Hmph, so what!" Francis said, still unconvinced. "How many times can you use an attack like that? No matter how strong your stamina is, it can't withstand the number of my people. Moreover, these warriors of mine are sturdier than the last; you will definitely be exhausted to death in the end!"

"Don't misunderstand, kid!"

Tang Ku violently flung the warrior's corpse away, slamming it into three approaching people and sending them flying. Then he laughed coldly, "Everything I've done is merely to let you see the loopholes in your so-called 'strongest warriors in the Universe' plan, and then to deal a heavy blow to your confidence—that is all. Besides, wanting to kill these mutant monsters of yours is actually very easy. For example... like this!"

Whoosh!

Tang Ku's figure instantly vanished. Francis, who was staring at the surveillance screen from somewhere, suddenly lost sight of Tang Ku. Suddenly, when he appeared on camera again, he was actually holding a human head in his hand... It was the head of the old man with the sturdiest Physical Body. Looking behind him, a headless corpse suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"Impossible! How can human strength be this strong? This is unscientific!"

Francis was so angry he almost smashed the screen in front of him, but he forced himself to calm down and sneered, "Don't forget, even if you kill him, the Xenomorph parasitizing his body will emerge and take his place to complete the work of slaughter!"

"Oh, you mean... this guy?"

Following Tang Ku's words, Francis's eyes instantly widened, revealing an expression of disbelief.

On the screen, a Xenomorph was being held by its neck by Tang Ku, suspended in mid-air, while Tang Ku hovered there, revealing a strange smile.