98: Chapter 98 Love Turns to Hate

Above the detention center's exercise yard, sudden alkaline rain was blocked by a force field shield, casting flickering spots of light.

"Three-Hands" Cheng Yu leaned his back against the cold metal wall, watching the figure holding a frost-flower staff approach step by step.

The personnel within the "Jinmen" Group had all been bailed out by "Three-Hands"; this was his own end, and "Three-Hands" did not want to implicate anyone else.

The Security Officer Cheng Yus at the detention center had wanted to intervene, but a psychic call from "Zhao Fei" Planet had stopped them all.

"Staff Demon" Cheng Yu did not waste words; the frost-flower staff sliced through the damp air, aiming for "Three-Hands'" face with bone-chilling cold.

"Three-Hands" Cheng Yu ducked to avoid it, his left hand transforming into a claw and striking out like a viper, aiming straight for "Staff Demon's" abdomen.

However, "Staff Demon" flicked his wrist, the long staff spinning, and with a "pop," it parried his attack, the tip of the staff sweeping toward his lower body.

"Three-Hands" had to leap back in a panic; the frost-flower staff grazed his ankle, leaving behind a bone-chilling sensation, and his movements immediately slowed by half a beat.

"You have grown lazy." "Staff Demon" Cheng Yu's voice was as cold as his frost-flower staff. "A life of comfort has ruined you."

"Three-Hands" Cheng Yu spat, his eyes grim.

He knew he was no match in a direct confrontation and had to rely on a surprise move.

"Three-Hands" lunged forward; this time, his fists were a feint, but the real killing blow came from behind.

His third hand suddenly stretched like a rubber band, crossing several meters of space to silently claw at "Staff Demon's" heart!

This move was insidious and tricky, having helped him defeat countless strong enemies in the past.

However, it was as if "Staff Demon" had eyes in the back of his head; without turning around, he swung the frost-flower staff backward as if it had a life of its own, meeting the rubbery hand perfectly.

"Crack!"

A slight, crisp sound like shattering ice crystals.

The moment the third hand touched the frost-flower staff, it was frozen by a rapidly spreading layer of frost.

That bone-chilling cold not only froze the psionic energy but also traveled along the invisible energy connection, directly assaulting "Three-Hands" Cheng Yu's physical body.

His entire right arm was instantly covered in white frost, the biting cold numbing half his body and completely ruining his movements.

"Staff Demon" did not let this opportunity slip by; the frost-flower staff followed like a shadow, striking his ribs heavily.

"Argh!"

"Three-Hands" Cheng Yu heard the clear sound of his bones snapping; his entire body was sent flying by the immense force, slamming hard into the wall before sliding limply to the ground.

He struggled to crawl up, but the freezing of his right arm and the excruciating pain in his ribs left him nearly suffocating.

"Staff Demon" Cheng Yu approached step by step, dragging the frost-flower staff on the ground, creating a teeth-grinding friction sound.

"Psionic Hand..." "Staff Demon" looked down at him with no ripples in his eyes. "Do you really think you can rely on this move for a lifetime?"

"Three-Hands" Cheng Yu coughed up blood and smiled bitterly; the opponent's psionic attack had completely necroticized his nerves. Forget about three hands; now he didn't even have one left—he was completely crippled.

In the face of an absolute difference in strength, fancy tricks only invite ridicule.

"Staff Demon" raised the frost-flower staff, aiming at his head, cold killing intent enveloping him.

"After all, we were brothers once; I'll give you a chance to leave your last words."

The fear of death surged like a tide, but "Three-Hands" Cheng Yu took a sharp breath, forcibly suppressing that fear.

He lifted his head, blood and sweat mixing as they flowed down from his forehead, but "Three-Hands'" eyes were unusually calm, even carrying a hint of mockery.

"She doesn't love you, and she doesn't love me; she only loves herself!"

After saying this, "Three-Hands" Cheng Yu used his left hand, which could still barely move, to laboriously straighten his collar, while also trembling as he pulled a cigarette from his breast pocket and lit it.

Even though he was imprisoned and facing death, he had to maintain the final dignity of an Imperial Baron.

"Staff Demon" Cheng Yu's brow twitched imperceptibly, his gaze drifting for a moment, but the next instant, the frost-flower staff swung down without hesitation.

There was only a slight muffled sound, covered by the rumbling thunder of the rainy night.

"Three-Hands" Cheng Yu's body trembled slightly, and then he completely lost all signs of life.

He leaned against the wall, his head bowed as if he were just asleep; only the blood slowly spreading beneath him signaled his end.

"Staff Demon" Cheng Yu silently glanced at the corpse on the ground, put away the long staff, and his figure disappeared into the smog.

In the exercise yard, only the sound of rain outside the force field shield remained, along with a gradually cooling corpse.

The effect of the smoke bomb gradually dissipated, but "Three-Hands" Cheng Yu's soul gradually solidified.

"Hehehe, didn't expect that, did you!"

The soul-form Cheng Yu smoothed his slicked-back hair with his third hand; he had long ago modified himself into a ghost-form life, which was why he had performed so poorly during the fight earlier.

After all, that was a method of physical control similar to a marionette, so naturally, he wasn't skilled at it.

One of the three major directors of the "Jinmen" Group, an Imperial Baron, a Cheng Yus Clone who had fought in hundreds of battles, big and small, throughout the Hive City—how could he possibly accept death so easily?

He was far from having lived enough!

Moreover, he had an even more important reason not to die.

"Three-Hands" Cheng Yu wanted to personally eliminate that woman who had toyed with his feelings, cast her into hell, and torment her for eternity!

Soul-form lifeforms have many flaws; for instance, they have no way to conceal their inner thoughts. Their thoughts immediately form illusions that affect those around them, and those with stronger psychic sensitivity might even get the illusion that they are watching a TV drama.

All the Security Officer Cheng Yus who were watching from a distance immediately saw the love-hate entanglements between "Staff Demon" Cheng Yu, "Three-Hands" Cheng Yu, and "Blade Demon" Cheng Yu.

Some clones were gnashing their teeth, some had moist eyes, but most of the clones watched with disdain, feeling that these three were all drama queens.

The story summary was that when the three of them were hanging out in the Underhive, they were very close buddies. The three of them practiced martial arts very diligently, thinking of learning arts and skills to sell to the Imperial family, becoming high officials, starting harems, and then drinking and playing together every day.

Due to twists of fate, the three of them failed to walk the righteous path and instead joined a gang under the "Jinmen" Group.

During a routine gang fight, "Blade Demon" Cheng Yu accidentally came into contact with a gender-swap emerald and turned into the cute girl Cheng Yu.

The other two completely disregarded their former brotherhood and immediately launched a fierce pursuit of her.

Cheng Yu initially chose "Three-Hands" Cheng Yu, but later, due to various melodramatic misunderstandings, she turned and threw herself into the arms of "Staff Demon" Cheng Yu.

However, life as a professional assassin is not very stable, so Cheng Yu would occasionally still meet with "Three-Hands" Cheng Yu to ask for money.

"Three-Hands" Cheng Yu played the role of the provider for a long time. He had originally thought, in his saintly way, that even if he was being very humble, if his second brother and third sister could be happy together, then he, the eldest brother, could just take the loss.

Until recently, he bought a piece of intelligence and discovered that "Blade Demon" Cheng Yu also had ambiguous relationships with several other high-ranking Cheng Yus Clones.

Thinking about it, it made sense; how could the little money he gave her possibly let her live so freely for so long? There must have been other clones providing protection.

The refined and easygoing "Three-Hands" Cheng Yu went completely insane; he transformed himself into the vengeance-driven ghost Cheng Yu.

"Moron." The detention center warden, Cheng Yu, concluded after finishing watching.