Chapter 113: Solitary Pursuit
Psycho's death was horrific, but not even a fraction as horrific as those of the innocent victims.
Li Qing had no mercy at all when killing such a guy.
“Not even close.”
He muttered to himself, retracted his fist stained with hot blood, and looked up at the sky in the distance:
The helicopter was still hovering high in the sky, intermittently spreading deadly fungal spores towards the city.
“Too high.”
Giorno also looked at the sky.
He briefly estimated the helicopter's hovering altitude:
"The helicopter's flight altitude is at least between 130 and 140 miles. Among us, I'm afraid only Li Qing can reach it ."
The range of movement of a stand-in is often limited to a small range.
Even a long-range attack type Aerosmith can only move within fifty meters around the main body.
However, the attack power of its micro-machine gun is too small, and the bullets have almost no killing effect after flying a distance of dozens of meters.
Therefore, at this moment, the only one who could possibly attack the culprit was Li Qing, whose sound wave had a range of up to 300 meters.
"but…"
There was a hint of hesitation in Giorno's tone.
He was familiar with Li Qing's fighting style and knew that his best method of fighting was to use spatial terrain and displacement ability to directly attack the opponent's body.
But in the helicopter that was over a hundred meters high, there were no teammates to help him with his defense, and the space for movement was so small... Such a combat environment was actually very unfavorable for Li Qing.
"Let me go."
Li Qing didn't seem to be worried about himself at all.
Although fighting in a team is more suitable for him to display his abilities, he is never afraid to face the enemy alone:
"I came here all the way from Sicily this morning. This is not a problem for me."
"Besides..." He clenched his fists and stared coldly at the helicopter in the sky: "At this point, I absolutely cannot let the culprit leave alive!"
The situation was urgent, and since Li Qing had expressed his determination, Giorno and the others would no longer try to stop him.
They decided to split into two groups:
Li Qing boarded the helicopter alone to chase the enemy, while Giorno and others who stayed on the ground were responsible for stealing... borrowing a new car for escape as soon as possible.
In this way, Li Qing carefully followed the edge of the building and quickly sneaked into the blind spot of the helicopter.
When he got close to a certain position, he stopped and listened attentively.
Various sound waves gathered in his ears, and after he eliminated the huge noise of the helicopter propeller with the inexplicable "sixth sense", the outlines of objects in the cabin began to vaguely emerge in his mind.
“Found it…”
Li Qing locked onto the target in the driver's seat:
That guy didn't seem to notice his companion's defeat at all.
He sat leisurely in the automatically hovering helicopter, turned sideways to look at the scene outside the window, and was holding something in his hand and waving it at the ground.
Judging from the outline, it looks like a... camera?
"They created such a horrific hell on earth, and they even recorded it on video?"
Li Qing felt an unprecedented anger:
"Such a scum deserves death—"
"Heavenly Sound Wave!"
A brilliant white light shot up into the sky, and in the blind spot where Jokrat couldn't see, it headed straight for the helicopter hovering high in the sky.
Soon, it successfully hit the target.
"Echo Shot!"
Li Qing's figure rose from the ground and soared into the sky.
The city became a blurred background beneath his feet, and he soon stepped into the sky a hundred meters high.
Finally, Li Qing passed through the metal shell of the helicopter and entered the cabin, and punched from bottom to top at the target that the sound wave was locking on.
However…
What he hit was not a person, but a foot, a human foot that had been completely detached and left on the driver's seat.
The severed leg was torn and broken by the huge force of the echo strike, but its owner was nowhere to be found.
"Survival through amputation of feet?"
Li Qing thought of the trick Amor used against him in the morning.
He hastily turned his head to face the rear of the cabin.
The voice told him that the owner of the broken foot was standing there, staring at him hungrily.
That was Chocolat.
He now has one foot missing, but the amputated section of his foot is covered with a thick layer of green fungus.
Unlike other people, these fungi not only did not eat away Chocolatier's flesh and blood, but also helped him stop bleeding, plug the wound, and relieve pain, making it almost unaffected even when he cut off his leg.
But this sudden attack still frightened him:
"Damn it! If I hadn't decisively chopped off my legs, I'm afraid I would have been entangled by this bald guy."
"But...how did he get here?"
Chocolat stared at Li Qing in front of him and said in disbelief:
"Has Psycho already failed?"
“Where’s my fungus?”
He took another look at the green-white fungal carpet attached to Li Qing's body, as well as the health bar above his head that had not shrunk an inch:
“Why isn’t my fungus working?”
“B-Damn it… Am I going to lose like this?!”
The situation turned around so quickly that Chocolatier couldn't react.
Those who are accustomed to showing their butcher knives to the weak are never warriors, but just cowards who disguise themselves with violence and cruelty.
Looking at Li Qing, who was already charging in front of him and had a great reputation and brilliant record, Chocolat couldn't help but feel fear.
And Li Qing didn't waste any words with him.
The fungus is still spreading wildly in the city. Only by killing the culprit as soon as possible can we end this tragedy as soon as possible.
"I'll hit you!"
Li Qing leaped forward and punched with all his might.
“Ahhh, no!”
Chocolat yelled in panic and had to summon his substitute to fight passively.
Then... Li Qing's fist, which he punched out with all his strength, was blocked by the strange humanoid substitute with green and white fungal spots all over its body...without any pressure.
The air was somewhat quiet.
"Huh?"
Looking at Li Qing who was firmly blocked by "Youth", Chocolat was stunned for a moment, then reacted:
"Even the boss is afraid of Li Qing... is he only this powerful?"
He tried to order his Stand to push Li Qing away, but...
Li Qing really was like a frail old man, being pushed away inch by inch by his youth without any control.
"What the hell..."
The panic on Chocolat's face disappeared in an instant.
Instead, there was a burst of laughter that was instantly freed from fear:
"Hahahaha… You, so this is all you have got?"
Chocolat held his stomach and laughed wildly, without a trace of nervousness in his eyes:
"You only have such a weak force, yet you dare to come and seek death?"
"To deal with a weak guy like you..."
"I don't even need to use my Stand ability!"
The situation reversed in an instant.
After figuring out Li Qing's true strength, the green humanoid substitute guarding in front of Chocolat completely let go.
It clenched its fists that were stained with thick green fungi, and without hesitation, blasted a violent storm at Li Qing.
Li Qing was caught between a rock and a hard place as he faced the fist of this stand whose strength was far greater than his own, and his situation suddenly became embarrassing.
no way…
In addition to being able to release large-scale killer fungi, Joklat's stand "Youthful Years" also possesses the powerful strength of Force A level.
Although the panel data can only be used as a reference, there is also a huge power gap between A-level stands.
But no matter what, as long as it is a strength A, it will definitely be stronger than the current level 2 Lee Sin.
“Damn it…”
Li Qing struggled to cope with the attacks of his youth.
Because the space in the cabin was small, he couldn't jump or dodge, and there was no advantageous terrain to use.
In a boxing match, the only thing he could do was to passively fight with the substitute named Youth Years.
Although he had no physical injuries and seemed to have barely withstood the attack, the ever-decreasing health bar could not deceive anyone.
At this time, something even worse happened...
As Li Qing and Youthful Years engaged in close combat, the "Fungal Armor" he was wearing was gradually deteriorating.
The green and white harmless Penicillium bacteria disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and were replaced by light green killer fungi infected from youth.
“Hahahaha, I get it!”
Chocolat's laughter became more and more arrogant:
"You actually transplanted other strains of bacteria into your body and used antagonism to block fungal invasion?"
"That's clever, but..."
"This method can only block free bacterial spores in the air, but it can't withstand direct contact with 'Youth'!"
