When Chen Chong roared and pounced, time seemed to freeze at that moment.
In a spacious laboratory, the bloody smell still lingered near the experimental table. The white researchers widened their pupils, their faces filled with extreme fear. Even the fastest-reacting person had just reached for the alarm bell on the corner of the table and hadn't pressed it yet. Catherine, the target of Chen Chong, had just turned her head with an incredulous look in her eyes.
Under the effect of the Super God Water, Chen Chong's nerve reactions, physical fitness, strength, and speed all explosively increased, far exceeding the limits of an ordinary person! Although he didn't have the unmatched potential and combat power of a Saiyan physique like in the comics, for an ordinary person like him, it was a complete transformation!
Chen Chong's escape plan was very simple, but there was a crucial prerequisite for him to escape through the underground river behind the experimental area, and that was Catherine, who possessed the highest status and authority in the entire base! Whether it was for the sake of escape or personal revenge, he had to immediately control her as a hostage!
From the moment Chen Chong sprang up from the experimental platform, he calculated everything clearly. It would take 4 to 5 seconds for the researchers in the laboratory to react and press the alarm bell, and for the guards at the entrance of the hall to rush in after opening the door with their identity cards. At this moment, Chen Chong was only five meters away from Catherine. With his astonishing strength, reaction speed, and speed that far surpassed an ordinary person, crossing this five-meter distance would only take...
0.5 seconds!
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, in the midst of the fierce gust of wind, Chen Chong had already pounced five meters and reached Catherine's side. At the same time, his fingers spread out and grabbed towards her shoulder! As long as this grab was successful, with Chen Chong's current strength and sharp fingertips, he could immediately pierce Catherine's scapula and render her completely defenseless!
However, in this split second:
"Screech!"
Faced with Chen Chong's fierce grab, Catherine, who had initially looked incredulous, suddenly let out an extremely piercing and harsh scream from her mouth! This scream seemed to contain some kind of inexplicable spiritual power. Everyone in the hall who heard the sound felt as if a steel needle had directly pierced their brains, causing excruciating pain!
Chen Chong, who was at the forefront, let out a muffled groan. He felt his head throbbing, and his mind became dizzy and disoriented. The precise capture and arrest that was previously assured suddenly lost its accuracy, allowing Catherine to dodge. Only five deep wounds were left behind!
When Chen Chong reluctantly stopped and turned around, two streams of heat flowed from his nostrils.
It was blood.
"Catherine is also an Awakener!"
In an instant, amidst the intense pain, a thought flashed through Chen Chong's mind like lightning, making his heart grow cold.
At this moment, the hall was filled with continuous screams. It was evident that Catherine's strange scream earlier was an indiscriminate attack, and no one was spared. His plan had encountered an unforeseen accident and oversight. That was Catherine, a researcher who unexpectedly possessed strange abilities as an Awakener! And Chen Chong had been completely unaware of this crucial information in the past three months!
"It was close, so close..."
Facing Chen Chong, Catherine's beautiful face still retained a trace of panic, and her voice seemed hoarse from the previous strange outburst.
She had underestimated him!
She never expected that Chen Chong would wake up so quickly, let alone that this "toy" would dare to attack her. She also didn't expect that he came so close to succeeding, had already injured her, and revealed her identity as an Awakener!
Catherine wasn't a natural Awakener. Due to her exceptional abilities in life research, she worked for the organization and obtained an invaluable gene mutation potion, which successfully turned her into an Awakener. This was her personal secret, unknown to anyone in the research base other than Davis.
However, this hidden secret had clearly helped her at this moment.
Having successfully overcome the crisis, Catherine stared fixedly at Chen Chong. Her eyes were filled with undisguised malice and cruelty.
"Very well... my little sweetheart, you have given me a tremendous surprise. Do you think..."
"Screw your cuteness!"
Bang! Enduring the pain in his brain, Chen Chong interrupted Catherine's nonsense with a fierce sneer. It was like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey. He once again fiercely attacked!
The scream Catherine unleashed earlier only caught him off guard. With his willpower, that level of sound wave didn't cause much actual damage. Now that two to three seconds had passed, the guards outside the hall might rush in the next second, and in about ten more seconds, a large number of fully armed guards would arrive. He didn't have any time to waste, he had to subdue Catherine within this extremely short period of time, even if she was an Awakener with superhuman strength. He had to go all out and make a desperate move!
"You despicable creature! Do you know who you're facing?"
Whoosh! In the face of Chen Chong's ferocious pounce like a hungry tiger, Catherine's face turned pale. She suddenly took a step forward, and her long and smooth jade leg swept out like a steel whip, emitting a sharp sonic boom. Her movements were incredibly fast!
This kick was aimed directly at Chen Chong's head. It didn't have any hint of seductiveness, but was instead filled with a deadly fierceness and cruelty, clearly a combat technique with a military style. Moreover, she was currently wearing a pair of sharp high heels, and with her Awakener strength, if this kick landed solidly, there was no doubt it would directly explode someone's head!
She didn't use the strange sound wave attack just now. In fact, she hasn't been awakened for long, and she has just started to master that ability. She only used it hastily once and it already damaged her vocal cords. There is a risk of tracheal rupture if she tries it again in a short time, so she cannot use it again. However, even so, she is not afraid of Chen Chong's attack.
Catherine has always been an ambitious woman who believes in the supremacy of power. She is not as harmless as her beautiful appearance suggests. In addition to research in the base, she spends most of her time consulting Derry various combat skills, and is very hardworking and makes rapid progress, which makes Derry admire her.
With all this, Catherine does not think that Chen Chong, who has just become an awakened person without any training, could be her opponent!
Whish!
Chen Chong's reaction was also astonishing. All his hair stood on end in the gust of wind, and he immediately realized the power of Catherine's kick, which his flesh and blood could not withstand. He suddenly lowered his head and body, avoiding the fatal trajectory of Catherine's high heels on his head. However, he still leaned forward, carrying a suffocating and fierce momentum, and rushed towards Catherine regardless of the consequences!
"Foolish!"
Catherine's eyes were contemptuous. Her fierce kick, which was about to sweep, suddenly changed midway. Her snow-white and clean long legs reflected a brilliant light, like a cleaver cleaving the earth, splitting down towards Chen Chong's head!
Bang!
Sweeping horizontally, chopping vertically! Faced with Catherine's swift change of moves, Chen Chong could only barely turn his head, and then half of his shoulder emitted a grating sound of bone cracking. He was hit like being struck by a huge rock, and fell to the ground with a loud crash!
In that instant, Catherine's contemptuous and delighted gaze directly met Chen Chong's cold and fierce eyes.
A clear emotion was conveyed in Chen Chong's eyes:
Gotcha!
"Ah!!"
Almost at the same moment, the dull impact, bone breaking, and the sound of a miserable and venomous scream rang out together!
Chen Chong, who had been kicked several meters away, stood up abruptly from a pile of parts! One of his arms hung softly, and at least two ribs were broken. The breath he exhaled carried a strong smell of blood. However, he seemed to not feel the piercing pain of the broken bones at all. His eyes burned like a cold and icy flame in a cold stream!
Both suffered heavy injuries, and it was easy to see who was superior!
Whish!
With a sudden step, without any nonsense, only the urgent and cruel struggle for survival, Chen Chong endured the pain of broken arm and internal organs, and pounced once again towards Catherine, who was struggling to stand up on the ground!
Vaguely sensing the impending danger, Catherine instinctively wanted to evade or resist, but extreme pain, coupled with a surgical knife inserted in the gap of her knee bone, prevented her from even standing up.
"Wait!"
Leaning against the workbench, Catherine screamed in horror:
"We can..."
Click!
Without giving her a chance to finish speaking, Chen Chong swiftly leaped from several meters away and stepped heavily on her intact knee, crushing it directly!
"Ah--!"
Catherine's beautiful face twisted into a ferocious expression, like a fierce ghost, and let out another heart-wrenching scream. Any man who saw her current state would feel pity.
"I know that awakened individuals have strong vitality."
Chen Chong grinned and stared at Catherine's hands, which were wildly striking and clawing in the air:
"You won't have a chance!"
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Bending down, Chen Chong picked up sharp objects such as pens and paper knives scattered on the ground, and fiercely stabbed them into Catherine's elbow and shoulder blades on both sides! Making her hands and feet completely disabled, unable to resist anymore!
Catherine's white research outfit was stained with blood, and she remained desperate and hoarse in the midst of the bloody scene. At this moment, less than 6 seconds had passed since Chen Chong erupted from the experiment.
Bang!
Just as Chen Chong finished all this and before he could catch his breath, gunshots suddenly resounded in the experimental hall. He grunted and blood splattered on his shoulder.
It was finally the two guards at the entrance who entered the experimental hall. After a brief moment of astonishment and anger, they quickly aimed their guns at him!