"Wait!"
Just as Xiang Lie took a deep breath, preparing to leap into the air with the young girl in his arms, using his own "throne" to collide with the ground, a faint yet crystal-clear voice came from within his embrace.
Xiang Lie froze, lowering his head to look at the girl.
"Hm?"
"I have… a way." The girl lifted her silver eyes, brimming with tears, yet her gaze flickered with an unprecedented resolve. "But… you might suffer severe injuries."
Xiang Lie nearly laughed upon hearing this.
He looked at the black-clad figures closing in on them, their electroshock guns crackling in their hands, and tossed his head boldly. "No problem! What's your plan? Hurry up and use it! No matter how severe the injury, could it be worse than jumping off here and being crushed into mincemeat?"
"Hurry up! If we linger any longer, we'll both be fried into charcoal!"
The girl gave him a deep look, as if etching his current appearance into her soul.
She said nothing more but made a gesture that Xiang Lie would never forget.
She suddenly raised her head, opened her small mouth, and bit down on Xiang Lie's proud, rock-hard right trapezius muscle!
"Ugh—!"
Xiang Lie grunted and froze in place.
He had imagined a thousand possibilities—maybe the girl would suddenly unleash some superpower, or have some escape device—but he never imagined that his first student would… bite him!
And bite his most sacred "throne"!
Her sharp teeth easily pierced his resilient skin, sending a searing pain through him, accompanied by a warm liquid flowing from the wound.
He could clearly feel his flesh being devoured by the girl!
However, the next moment, an even more bizarre thing happened!
The girl who had devoured his flesh suddenly erupted in a blinding, dazzling light! The light was so intense that everyone instinctively closed their eyes.
When Xiang Lie opened his eyes again, the girl in his arms had vanished.
In her place was a long spear, silver-white in color and of ancient design, floating quietly before him!
The spear was long and elegant, yet covered in spiderweb-like cracks, resembling a broken artifact unearthed from an ancient battlefield, having endured countless cycles of destruction and reconstruction. It emanated a desolate yet powerful aura, causing the surrounding air to freeze.
"Alert! Maximum alert!"
The scar-faced man let out a terrified scream, his face no longer calm and composed.
"She's 'armed'! Damn it!"
All the black-clad soldiers across from him, upon witnessing this scene, immediately went on high alert! The tension on their faces was a hundred times greater than when Xiang Lie had threatened to jump off the building earlier! The stun guns in their hands were swiftly holstered, replaced by heavier, more menacing weapons.
Just as Xiang Lie was momentarily distracted, a familiar voice echoed directly in his mind—it was the girl's voice, but this time it carried a metallic quality:
"Hurry up, grab me!"
This sudden mental dialogue startled Xiang Lie once more, but he acted almost instinctively, reaching out and grasping the floating spear before him.
It felt icy cold, yet somehow connected to his very bloodline.
The moment he gripped the hilt, a colossal, overwhelming force surged through the spear and into his body!
What shocked him even more was that the gruesome wound on his right shoulder, torn open by the bite, was now healing at an astonishing rate, visibly contracting and closing! New flesh and tissue grew at an astonishing rate, and within just a few breaths, the wound was completely healed, leaving not even a trace of a scar!
["Muscle God System": Detecting injury to the trapezius muscle and initiating repair...]
Xiang Lie didn't even have time to pay attention to the chaotic voices in his mind; he only felt that he was now... invincible!
Unprecedented strength surged through his limbs, as if a single punch could shatter this entire building!
"Come on!" He stood with his spear raised, his battle intent soaring, pointing at the black-clad figures across from him, ready to engage in a fierce battle.
The soldiers witnessed Xiang Lie gripping his long spear and the wound healing instantly, leaving them completely speechless.
"Reporting to the boss... the target has completed his armament with the 'Weapon Girl'! He... he has become her Master!"
"How is that possible! How could this giant withstand the flesh-devouring effects of armament?"
"Run! I can't hold on much longer!"
Just as Xiang Lie had taken his stance, the urgent voice of the girl echoed in his mind once more, tinged with weakness.
Hearing this urging, Xiang Lie's boiling blood instantly cooled a bit. He glanced at the others, who were on high alert, then weighed the powerful spear in his hand. He had no hesitation.
Fighting could wait; the safety of the trainees was the top priority!
He turned around, clutching the spear, and leaped out the third-floor window without a second thought!
"Hahaha! Impressive!"
The expected excruciating pain did not come. He adjusted his posture in mid-air and landed steadily on the ground, causing only a few fine cracks to appear.
There was no time for further reflection. Xiang Lie set his sights on a direction and sprinted off, faster and more fiercely than before!
Upstairs, a group of stunned black-clad men remained.
"Boss… should we chase him?" one of the men asked hesitantly.
The scar-faced man's face turned ashen. He stared at the direction where Xiang Lie had disappeared, then helplessly waved his hand: "We can't catch him… Damn it!"
He angrily punched the wall, but his gaze was drawn to something on the ground. It was Xiang Lie's gym bag, which he had dropped in the chaos.
A soldier stepped forward and opened the bag.
Inside, besides a few sweat-soaked clothes and a can of protein powder, there was a student ID card.
The soldier picked up the ID card, using the light from his flashlight to read the information on it:
"Giant Tower Academy, Mechanical Engineering Department, Class of 02... Student, Xiang Lie?"