Chapter 193: A Mutated Beast!?
The rounds hammered into the first Blade-type’s chest, spraying black flesh and shards of bone, but it didn’t slow. It skittered sideways, impossibly fast, metal arms flashing. Roulan rolled away, tonfa scraping sparks off the tiles as she slid under a wild swing.
Yifei lunged, spear whipping up to parry the other mutant’s slash. Metal screeched on metal. Sparks burst as the edge glanced off her weapon, missing her cheek by a hair. She spun, drove her spear into the mutant’s thigh, and ripped free. Rotten flesh tore, but the Blade-type only grinned wider, jaws unhinging.
The first one was already on me, blades crossing in a scissor slash aimed at my neck. I dropped low, firing point-blank. The tungsten rounds chewed a hole through its ribs, but its blade caught my shoulder, biting deep and burning cold.
I grunted, kicked out, and sent the mutant staggering.
Roulan came up behind, tonfa smashing into the back of its knee. It dropped briefly enough for me to plant a round in its skull. Bone and gore sprayed, but the thing kept twitching.
The second mutant lunged for Yifei again. She twisted away, using the curve of her spear to catch its blade, wrenching it aside. She moved in close, elbow cracking into its face. For a heartbeat, they were locked—her strength against its inhuman fury.
Roulan called out, "John! These bastards are strange!"
No time to answer. The air thickened, Qi pressing in from below. More shapes moved in the dark behind the chamber, claws scraping stone. Mutants, maybe worse.
My HUD flashed a new warning.
[Life Signs Detected: Stage 2, Stage 3. Quantity: Unknown.]
Yifei’s spear flickered, Roulan braced for another charge, and I raised both guns, sweat slicking my grip.