Hunter of Immortals

Chapter 151: Aerial Crisis

What was that?

The black shadow had flashed past so quickly that he didn't have any time to react.

During his rapid descent, Adam plunged his arm into the glass wall of the building, shattering one glass panel after another, but the strategy really did work to slow his descent.

Soon, he was able to steady himself once again, yet right as he tried to do something, the black shadow arrived again.

This time, he was able to catch a clear glimpse of it. It was a gargoyle-like anomaly that was entirely inky-black in color, with glowing lines running down its body. Not only was it capable of flight, it was extremely fast, making it very difficult to deal with on a battlefield high up in the sky like this one.

Hook tried to force his way into the building so he would at least have some stable footing to battle his opponent from, but not only was the anomaly alarmingly fast, he was being weighed down by Hook, so his movements were restricted.

As a result, Adam could only watch as the gargoyle anomaly crashed into him once again.

This time, the angle at which the anomaly crashed into him was even more damning, sending him flying off the edge of the building.

"Hook, brace yourself!"

In this dire situation, the first thing that Adam decided to was to rid himself of the dead weight attached to him. As he issued the warning to Hook, he tugged forcefully on the bandage, swinging Hook toward the building next to them like an oversized yoyo.

The sound of shattering glass rang out as Hook crashed straight into the building, but due to the reaction force of swinging Hook through the air, Adam was even further away from the building now.

The wind was howling past his ears, and he reflexively looked down, upon which he was immediately struck by a rush of intense vertigo. Even with his body of steel, a fall of several hundred meters would more than likely put an end to his life.

With that in mind, Adam hurriedly released his bandages again, trying to use them to hang off the building, but the gargoyle anomaly was extremely cunning. After witnessing this ability of Adam's, it was prepared for him to use it again. As soon as the bandages were released, the gargoyle anomaly immediately blasted a jet of black flames out of its mouth to send the bandages veering off their original course.

Adam was furious to see this, and he looked around frantically to search for signs of flying vehicles.

There weren't many flying vehicles in Sandrise City, but many people had secured flying licenses. Unfortunately for Adam, there weren't any flying vehicles passing through the area.

With that hope dashed, Adam turned back to the gargoyle anomaly, hoping that it would attack him again so he could grab onto its body and take advantage of its flight ability to keep himself aloft.

However, that hope was also quickly dashed. After deflecting Adam's bandages, the gargoyle anomaly merely circled around him, displaying no intention to attack.

It's trying to prevent me from doing anything until I fall to my death!

Adam could see what the gargoyle anomaly was trying to do, and right as he was scrambling frantically to think of countermeasures, he was suddenly struck by a huge impact from the side, sending him flying horizontally through the air.

Adam turned to discover that Fighter Li was crawling over the outside of the building like a gecko, pursuing Adam during his descent while unleashing powerful palm thrusts in his direction, trying to blow him to the other side.

After realizing what Fighter Li's intentions were, he turned to the direction that he was being sent flying toward to find that there really was a tall building there. It was shorter than the one that they had initially planned to scale, but it was still a very tall building in its own right.

At this point, falling to the other side was a decent option. It was only going to be a fall of several dozen meters from here, one that was bearable given his physical durability.

"Thanks, Brother!" Adam yelled while turning his attention to the gargoyle anomaly.

In his eyes, this was an extremely cunning gargoyle with fast reflexes and high intelligence, so there was no way that it would allow him to make a safe landing without any intervention.

Sure enough, as Adam was flying toward the tall building on the other side of the street, the gargoyle anomaly spread its wings and came flying at him again.

Looks like it's determined to bring me down!

Adam pulled out his carving knife from his bandages to prepare for battle, but right before the gargoyle anomaly entered a range where his attacks could reach it, it suddenly drew to an abrupt halt in mid-air, then flapped its wings vigorously several times, sweeping up gusts of fierce black wind that blew Adam even further away.

At this point, Nie Yiyi had also arrived on the scene. She made a hand seal, and the cyberglyphs all over her body flashed as she unleashed a blade of wind to strike the gargoyle anomaly.

However, immediately thereafter, a tentacle suddenly shot out, wrapping itself around her before dragging her into the building.

After that came the sound of Nie Yiyi's agonized screams.

Fighter Li was Adam's ally, but he wasn't his friend. Out of all of the people here, the only one that he had a close bond with was Nie Yiyi, so it only made sense that he would prioritize her safety above everyone else's. Sure enough, as soon as he heard her screams, he immediately abandoned Adam without hesitation, smashing his way through the glass to enter the building and rescue his friend.

Well, isn't that just great...

Stranded all alone in mid-air, he had virtually no chance of victory over the gargoyle anomaly.

Time passed by very slowly, but the speed of his descent was only becoming faster and faster.

100 meters flashed past in the blink of an eye, and he had already passed by the slightly shorter building. He knew that if he didn't do something soon, then it would be too late.

In this perilous situation, he had no choice but to take a risk.

First, he released his bandages to try and hook onto the building next to him, and unsurprisingly, the gargoyle anomaly immediately tried to disrupt him with its flames again. However, in the instant that those black flames emerged in its mouth, Camera suddenly appeared beside Adam, then quickly pressed down its shutter in the gargoyle anomaly's direction.

The time around the gargoyle seemed to have been frozen, and it only manage to break free from the time-stop effect after some extensive struggles. By then, Adam's bandages had already latched onto the building beside him, and he swung down like a ball attached to the end of a string, crashing straight into the building like a cannonball.

On the way down, Adam plunged through countless walls and sets of floorboards. The momentum generated from being in free fall for close to 200 meters was certainly nothing to be scoffed at. Even for a piece of pure iron, a fall from that height would be enough to significantly warp its shape.

Even with his body of steel, Adam still wasn't able to survive the fall completely unscathed. On the way down, many of his bandages were snapped, and his body was also warped by the tremendous impact.

Thankfully, he was crashing through the walls and floors of the building, rather than solid ground, and each time he crashed through one of those surfaces, his downward momentum would be reduced slightly, so he was gradually slowing down in his descent.

After a string of consecutive crashes, he finally came to a rest amid a pile of rubble and wreckage.

The first thing that he did after drawing to a halt was to withdraw Camera right away. Thankfully, it still hadn't fallen to the ground yet, so it was still alive.

However, Adam could sense that it had been wounded. It was most likely the case that while Adam had been crashing through the building, the gargoyle anomaly had attacked and wounded Camera thanks to its aerial advantage.

After clambering out of the rubble, Adam looked down to inspect his own body.

Many of his joints were bent the wrong way, there were quite a few indentations on his chest and abdomen, and many of his bandages had been torn away to reveal sections of his steel-like body underneath.

I'm in really bad condition, and my movement seems to be limited as well.

Adam tried to run, but he was only able to take a few steps before his mangled legs gave out from under him, sending him crashing to the ground.

It was also right at this moment that the gargoyle anomaly descended through the hole that Adam's body had created while he was crashing through the building.