Stuck in a Chinese novel

Chapter 87: Luo Han

Wei Jun walked inside the compound. He had only taken care of the ones at the entrance and there were still many guards in the compound. He had chosen the east side entrance because of the least visual on that side.

Or at least that's what he had thought as he looked at the man standing in front of him. From the looks of it, and given the lean figure of the man, he didn't seem to be a fighter but looks could be often deceiving. That was the single rule someone must never forget in the world of fighting.

[Qi empowerment realm]

[Strength 27]

[Agility 32]

[Stamina 33]

[Qi 132]

[Status: Hungry]

[No skill currently activated]

[Additional trait: Cannibal]

Wei Jun stared at the man after checking the notifications. The stats of the man without any empowerment from the Qi were still good enough. Not enough to put up a fight against the current Wei Jun but it was still enough to survive against many strong humans. However, once he empowered himself with such an amount of Qi, then it would be a different story.

It was an opponent Wei Jun couldn't fight at the moment. Not without using underhanded methods because he was not a Qi user himself.

'What's the difference between the second and the third realm?' Wei Jun asked the system since his opponent wasn't moving at all and just staring at him.

[Unlike the first two stages where one could increase their physical stats with Qi, the third one allows the armament of Qi on the outside, externally making the person stronger. It would mean stronger attack power and stronger resilience]

'Isn't that the same as the first two but only stronger?' Wei Jun asked.

[Not quite because the Qi holder would have pure Qi, not just some armament]

[Just like that, the defense can be increased manually instead of a fixed amount]

[Not even the special sniper might be able to penetrate through that]

'Any weaknesses?' Wei Jun once again asked because his opponent had been just standing there for five minutes now. Wei Jun wanted to carefully craft a plan using that opportunity.

[Since it is the beginning of that stage, one cannot do so as well as the Qi manifestation realm]

[In other words, the manifestation of Qi is crude and unstable]

[Which means the more damage you deliver, the more it will be used]

'So there would be areas to penetrate?' Wei Jun asked. If the Qi was unstable, then it couldn't be uniformly spread around the body, making it very difficult to guard all the areas at once,

[Precisely]

[That's why the battle ahead depends on the mental capacity of your opponent]

Wei Jun ended the conversation but he didn't make a move. They both just stood there and kept staring at each other. Wei Jun knew his opponent wasn't stalling for time because if there had been a distress call made, Li Wei was there to intercept it so Wei Jun had a good two hours at his disposal.

Finally, once the fifteen minutes had passed, the man finally gave up the battle of wits and asked, "If you have formulated a plan, then why don't you go ahead and implement it."

Wei Jun tilted his head a bit but said nothing. He stepped forward and at breakneck speed, one the man couldn't quite follow, bashed into him with his kick embedded straight in the man's abdomen.

The man was thrown back quite a bit of distance. Currently, Wei Jun's strength and other stats were almost twice the man's current stats and since he wasn't prepared, he hadn't used the Qi armament which caused him to take quite a bit of damage.

Wei Jun, however, stopped. He didn't follow up because the Qi armament was now in effect.

[Qi empowerment realm]

[Strength 92]

[Agility 99]

[Stamina 97]

[Qi 132]

Now Wei Jun's opponent had stats twice than him. Following recklessly at this point was suicide. He knew he wouldn't be able to come out of this unscathed so he simply held back.

The man on the other side stood up, he examined the damage in him. He had to admit that he had underestimated his opponent. He had extensively checked his opponent and he had no Qi. No Qi meant no armament, the person in front of him was a simple human yet the speed and power displayed by the man in helmet in front of him was something else.

"You're not human, are you? What are you? Such a strength isn't possible for a mortal human." The man said nonchalantly, hiding the pain he was currently in.

That one strike meant everything and the man had let his guard down in that crucial moment. He should have used his armament since the beginning but he was too confident for that.

Again, he received no reply from Wei Jun so he had no choice but to initiate an attack himself. To have fun, he decided to hold back a bit but once again he underestimated his opponent. Just as he launched himself to attack, Wei Jun made a beeline past him for the compound.

The man simply chuckled and ran after him. Wei Jun once again got out of the way and the man shot past him. The force from the man alone pushed Wei Jun quite a bit but he didn't resist and let the momentum carry him. He came in front of an industrial pipe and remained there.

It was clear from this short exchange that the man had no control over his power. His mind couldn't keep up with his physical traits. He had power but not much experience to back it up. Another blessing Wei Jun hadn't counted but now he had.

Wei Jun waited for the man to move once again and not wanting to disappoint, the man launched himself at Wei Jun once again. Wei Jun didn't move and let the man take him.

[Protection of Agies]

[Tier: C+]

[Cost: 1000 coins]

[One-time consumable]

The man collided with the shield and both of them were sent through the dense collection of pipes supplying everything to the compound. The factory that required nitrogen, the factory that required water, the factory that required gas, everything was in those pipes, and all of that was destroyed, covering the compound in various gases.

Since Wei Jun was still surrounded by the shield, he wasn't harmed by the various gases but the same couldn't be said for the rest of the people. The man also survived because of Qi but every other person to come into contact with those harmful substances either straight out died or lost consciousness and were poisoned.

Wei Jun wasn't the type to kill thoughtlessly but he couldn't take the risk this time. There were no workers in the factories because of the situation with the Tian family. There were only the guards who were far from innocent people and even if there were a few, Wei Jun couldn't help it. His own survival took priority.

Wei Jun didn't have much time on the shield as the layer around him began to thin out. He hurriedly stood up and ran for the woods. The compound was out of the city and as long as there was no explosion, the city wouldn't be aware of what was happening here.

Wei Jun decided to take the fight to the woods for the sake of confusing his opponent and limiting his movements. The opponent was fast but lacked control so he wouldn't be able to utilize his full speed amidst trees.

As soon as Wei Jun arrived outside of the radius of the gases, his shield ran out. Just at that moment, his senses tingled and he barely dodged the incoming attack. Wei Jun was sent flying through the air just because of the shockwave that the man left behind.

[HP 28\\32]

Wei Jun lost 4 points of HP just from a simple shockwave so he dreaded to consider how much he would lose if a direct hit handed on him. Wei Jun knew that he wouldn't be able to make it to the woods so when he saw the man coming at him again, he pulled out an automatic shotgun and emptied its magazine at him.

The twelve bullets did nothing to the man but he did lose some focus because some of the shells fell on the less protected area of the Qi armament.

Just enough time for Wei Jun to run to the side and enter the woods. The man didn't let Wei Jun get away so easily so he also followed after him but he was a bit too late. Wei Jun left his trajectory, causing him to collide with the tree.

The tree snapped into two as the man passed through it but that was enough for his vision to be impaired. Wei Jun didn't let him have a single moment of time and took out an RPG launcher and aimed it at the man. The man turned around just in time to dodge but he was caught in the explosion nonetheless.

Wei Jun put the launcher back into the inventory and ran deeper into the woods. He knew that his opponent wasn't harmed at all and he wouldn't be able to take him on without sacrifices.