Colonial Suit

The sharp sound reached his ears, but Blood瞳 flicked a finger wind behind him without turning his head.

It accurately struck the object approaching from behind.

However, with a 'ding,' the object remained motionless, still stabbing towards the back of Blood瞳's head... Blood瞳 frowned slightly and reached back to grab it.

Blood splattered. A hole instantly appeared in his palm. The object had actually pierced through his hand!

Impressive, Blood瞳. In the blink of an eye, his expression didn't change. He directly activated bullet time, changing his grip to a flick, and instantly flicked out thousands of finger shadows. The sounds of impact merged together, forming a long buzzing sound. Finally, he knocked the object off its course, and it landed at his feet.

Only then did Blood瞳 lower his head to take a look, discovering that it was a slender, needle-like bullet.

In the sunlight, the bullet was covered in dense pits, yet it still trembled unwillingly, like the tongue of a venomous snake. A layer of blurry energy shrouded the bullet, emitting a rustling sound.

With a cold snort, Blood瞳 stepped on it. Black flames flashed and disappeared.

The bullet no longer vibrated, and at the same time, Blood瞳 seemed to hear a muffled groan in his mind. Immediately after, he felt a needle-like mental attack cross time and space, colliding head-on with his own.

Blood瞳's body shook violently, feeling as if he had been stabbed hard. A trace of blood flowed from his nose. However, the opponent didn't fare well either, forcefully pushed back by Blood瞳's mental power, emitting a wounded-like fluctuation.

After that... everything returned to normal.

Blood瞳 looked around and saw that the surrounding area was still a peaceful street, with no hint of danger. It was as if the assassination had never happened.

Only the bandaged merchant he was holding coughed violently again, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.

His face was completely wrapped in bandages, and the blood dripped from the gaps in the bandages, looking shocking.

"Heh..." He seemed to know that Blood瞳 was looking at him, gasping for breath. He suddenly laughed. "Isn't it amazing?"

"Yes," Blood瞳 nodded. The enemy just now was truly abnormal. Not only was his attack power astonishing, but the strength of his mental power was also beyond imagination. Even he had unknowingly suffered a silent loss. From just one simple exchange, Blood瞳 knew that the opponent was at least at the third stage of the Meteor level, and might have even touched the edge of the Comet level.

If they really fought... he might not be his opponent.

However, the opponent was clearly wary of something, and after only one attack, he fled far away, not even giving Blood瞳 a chance to meet.

"He's called Wolfhawk. He's from the Black Hand Syndicate," the bandaged merchant said weakly, as if knowing what Blood瞳 was thinking.

"The Black Hand Syndicate are the ghosts of this universe. They clear away anything that gets in the way for their clients. So they are also known as the Night Universe Cleaners."

"Assassins," Blood瞳 said softly.

"That's right. You can understand it that way," the bandaged merchant coughed again. This time it was even more violent, as if even his internal organs were about to be coughed up.

Blood瞳 was surprised to find that his body had weakened to the point of near exhaustion. In other words, he was already doomed.

Even the colony's sub-body could not save his life!

"Hehe... don't waste your energy," the bandaged merchant said, panting after coughing for a while. "Wolfhawk's bullets are not so easy to deal with. I've been chased by him for more than a month, and it's already not easy to have lasted until now."

"............" Blood瞳 didn't speak, but his gaze grew colder and colder. An invisible killing intent emanated.

The bandaged merchant and Lord Hensel were both the most important people in his life. Hensel died, dying silently. Blood瞳 could still convince himself because he wasn't there. But now the bandaged merchant was actually going to die, and die by Blood瞳's side. In any case, Blood瞳 could not suppress the rage, fury, and thunderous anger in his heart.

It was the rage of a beast, a fire of anger that even death could not stop!

"Heh." On the contrary, the bandaged merchant suddenly smiled. "What are you doing? Do you think I'm doomed?"

"Hmm?" Blood瞳 was stunned. Only then did he realize that the bandaged merchant was still maintaining an optimistic attitude, with no hint of a dying person.

"Don't forget, I'm a Hidden Merchant..." The bandaged merchant panted for a while, then said to Blood瞳, "Help me up."

Blood瞳 frowned slightly, then helped the bandaged merchant to stand up. At his suggestion, he went around to the side front of the RV.

This was a part that he had never seen the bandaged merchant open. But this time, he pressed a button without hesitation. Then the entire RV disintegrated in front of them.

This RV had been with the bandaged merchant since Blood瞳 first met him. And it had never left his side. From the outside, there was no car more dilapidated than this one, and it was also filled with the trash... or treasures... that the bandaged merchant had collected from various worlds.

But right now, Blood瞳 was still shocked.

As the RV disintegrated, he discovered that the interior of this dilapidated old car was actually a set of extremely precise instruments. Countless light paths were distributed around a cylindrical object in the middle of the car body, emitting flickering light. Virtual light screens appeared on the cylinder from time to time. Each light screen was a mysterious place.

And on some of these light screens, Blood瞳 saw something unbelievable.

The bandaged merchant...

In those light screens, there were actually several bandaged merchants. But they were different from the bandaged merchant in front of him. They were all immersed in an oval transparent container, not moving at all.

"See, this is the secret of us Hidden Merchants," the bandaged merchant said with a smile while panting.

"Aren't you always curious about how we appear at any point in the universe? It's because of it."

"This is..."

"Remote cloning." The bandaged merchant's voice became serious, and his eyes flashed with a light called pride.

"This is the greatest invention in the universe. Even in the Third World, it is one of the best technologies. Compared to it, the astral teleportation of the Fourth World is rubbish."

"............" Blood瞳 didn't speak, still feeling a bit doubtful.

Seeming to notice this, the bandaged merchant looked up at him. "You know the difference between the body and the spirit, right? You should have started to separate the two at your stage."

"Yes," Blood瞳 nodded. Wasn't he currently in the initial stage of evolution? The gap between his spirit and body was growing. While his body was evolving, there were also signs of evolution in his spirit. Otherwise, how could his mental power be so powerful?

But what did this have to do with the instrument in front of him?

"Only the body dies, the spirit never perishes..." the bandaged merchant muttered to himself. "Remote cloning is such a great machine. It uses the body as a carrier and the spirit as a filling. It can achieve ultra-long-distance transmission. In other words, as long as there is a carrier, I can appear in any corner of the universe."

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"............" Blood瞳 finally understood and his face twitched. Finally, he cursed, "Damn..."

"Now you understand its use, right?" The bandaged merchant coughed up another mouthful of blood, then said with a smile.

Understood. Now that it had been explained so clearly, how could Blood瞳 not understand?

Simply put, this thing first left carriers, or the user's body clones, in every corner of the universe. Then, through some special means, it transmitted the spirit over. In this way, the user could achieve a near-universe-wide teleportation. Although they couldn't carry matter, they could appear in any corner of the universe at any time.

It was indeed a great technology. Just thinking about it made Blood瞳's scalp tingle.

How advanced would this technology have to be, and how powerful would the force have to be to master it?

And in this way, the bandaged merchant in front of him would not die even if his injuries were severe. Because as long as he performed a remote cloning through the instrument in front of him, he could obtain a brand new body in some location in the universe.

But... since he had such a powerful trump card, why didn't he use it from the beginning?

Blood瞳 quietly looked at the instrument, not speaking.

"Wolfhawk is too powerful. So I never had a chance to use it," the bandaged merchant suddenly sighed. His body softly leaned against the side of the instrument.

Looking at his slow and sluggish movements, Blood瞳's expression calmed down. He quietly asked.

"Why?"

"Are you asking why Wolfhawk is chasing me?" The bandaged merchant raised his only remaining left hand, looking at the rolling clouds in the sky. "Because... I took something from him..."

"Or rather, I got something he always wanted."

"What thing?"

"This..." The bandaged merchant raised his left hand and pulled a lead box from the RV.

Looking at this lead box, Blood瞳's breathing suddenly became heavy...

Of course he knew what this was. Only this kind of thing would be preserved with the lead box in front of him.

It was a unit!

A colony's unit!!

"It looks like you know what it is." The bandaged merchant coughed. Then he held the lead box in his arms. "But what you don't know is that it's different from what you've seen before."

"Different?" Blood瞳 was stunned, not understanding what the bandaged merchant meant.

"It's not an ordinary unit." The bandaged merchant smiled, a hint of nostalgia flashing in his eyes. "Its function is much more powerful than ordinary units. If we talk about its significance, I'm afraid only the core can be compared to it."

Could it actually be compared to the core?

This time Blood瞳 was completely stunned... He never thought that the unit in front of him would be such an important thing. What was the core? The core was the true core of the colony. It could be said that Blood瞳 was able to reach this point today entirely thanks to the core. And the bandaged merchant actually said that the unit in the lead box was as important as the core. How could Blood瞳 not be shocked?

In his shocked gaze, the bandaged merchant said to him seriously.

"I once promised you that I would tell you some things when you reached the Meteor level. Now... it's time..."