Having employed the Turtle Breath Technique, Ji Tianqi was now akin to a lifeless mannequin, yet his movements were agile and quick.
This was the true purpose of the Turtle Breath Technique, not merely holding one's breath.
It allowed him to ignore the majority of perception and detection abilities, similar to how stealth fighters avoid radar detection.
Of course, it was also because he had profound inner strength, with a century-old skill. Otherwise, one would not be able to move while using the Turtle Breath Technique, let alone silently and swiftly scale up to the 23rd floor.
He came to a steady stop on the side of the building, pressing against the wall and listening intently.
After being reinforced by the century-old skill, his hearing instantly pinpointed the location of everyone on that floor.
There were only four of them, three bound together, and one opposite them, with his back to the wall.
Continually activating the Gecko Wall Climbing Skill, he crawled sideways across the exterior wall, silently reaching a corner of the balcony out of the room's line of sight.
Then, he pulled the safety pin of the Shock Bomb and, holding the bomb, he leapt into the room.
Li Yuanhong was dumbfounded.
Although he knew that Ji Tianqi had started his mission due to the 'mole' inside, he never imagined Ji Tianqi could come up so fast.
Nor that he would so abruptly storm in.
What's more critical was that there were six Ji Tianqis appearing in his view at the same time.
A mirage superpower?
A cloning superpower?
Watching the six Ji Tianqis block between him and the three hostages, the first thought that flashed through his mind was—the intelligence was wrong, Ji Tianqi has more than two superpowers!
He then prepared to activate his own superpower, making a response befitting a criminal's identity.
But at that moment—
Dazzling white light and deafening roars filled the room, which only had simple furniture and was rough around the edges.
Li Yuanhong and the three hostages were more or less affected, only Ji Tianqi, who had sealed his orifices with inner strength, was completely unaffected.
The Wave Striding Steps, propelled by the century-old skill, caused the six afterimages to dissipate.
Yes, all six Ji Tianqis were afterimages.
They were meant to attract the attention of a criminal who might not be affected by the Shock Bomb, or not greatly affected, and prevent him or the hostages from launching a fatal attack.
The real Ji Tianqi had already appeared behind Li Yuanhong at the moment the Shock Bomb took effect, and it was when Li Yuanhong had not managed to make the feared attack.
He abandoned the idea of capturing Li Yuanhong by force—taking him alive was predicated on neither he nor the hostages being in danger to their lives.
He reached out his hand and grabbed the collar of Li Yuanhong's jacket then hoisted him up.
A superpower user with bullet speed needed to exert force from their legs to burst into action.
But once the legs were off the ground, it's embarrassingly impossible to run...
[This is the limitation of superpowers, but it's different for someone who knows martial arts like me, hahaha.]
Ji Tianqi thought gleefully.
Although Li Yuanhong's physical fitness was substantially better than that of an average person, after all, he needed to withstand the burst of speed.
But he was no match for Ji Tianqi, who possessed a century-old skill.
Li Yuanhong raised his hand to attack Ji Tianqi's chest and abdomen, pulling back some of his strength, yet Ji Tianqi easily blocked it.
Li Yuanhong, unwilling to concede, attacked Ji Tianqi's arm with all his strength, but it too was deflected.
Li Yuanhong really couldn't believe it—I'm a tactical-level professional, and I can't beat you, a single soldier level psychotic patient?
He attempted to forcibly break free, trying to tear off his own clothes with an explosive power.
Yet suddenly, he felt his clothes become extremely tough, impossible to tear apart.
How could he have predicted that Ji Tianqi would infuse his inner strength into his clothes to prevent an escape trick?
Unable to break free, he could only continue attacking with hands and feet in unison.
But although his movements were fast, in Ji Tianqi's eyes, they looked as slow and powerless as those of a six-year-old child—benefiting from super-strong dynamic vision and perception ability reinforced by inner strength.
As he counteracted each move, the effect of the Shock Bomb surprisingly came to an end, and the three hostages, as if unaffected, regained their composure.
Their expressions were very tense as they watched the criminal, who looked like a three-year-old in Ji Tianqi's hands.
"Run!"
Ji Tianqi had no time to think and roared, "I'm here to save you!"
Yet the three hostages didn't immediately run; one of them, incredibly bold, shouted, "Hero, let us help you subdue him."
"Lunatic!"
Ji Tianqi cursed and, seeing that the three hostages seemed intent on helping, quickly carried the criminal towards the balcony.
Then, without hesitation, he jumped down with the criminal.
"Damn it!"
The three hostages, who had just been called lunatics by a psychotic patient, rushed to the edge of the balcony in shock and anger, only to hear a loud bang.
Looking down, they saw two figures tangled on the cushioned airbag below—one to ensure authenticity, because the hostages were on the 23rd floor of an unfinished building, an airbag was of course essential.
To be precise, it was Ji Tianqi, like an octopus from behind, using his arms and legs to wrap around and incapacitate the criminal's limbs, rendering the criminal completely unable to exert any force.
They could also see vigilant colleagues rushing over quickly, swiftly taking control of the situation—capturing the criminal, who was also their colleague, from the hands of the 'psychotic patient.'
Only then did the three hostages breathe a sigh of relief, still shaken.