Ghouls are a sub-human race originating from 《Tokyo Ghoul》.
Their strength, speed, and self-healing far exceed those of humans. Their skin and muscle can defend against ordinary firearms, but they can only consume human flesh.
They are capable of using appendages called Kagune. Based on the opponent's situation, it was likely the Rinkaku-type belonging to the original story’s protagonist.
It possessed high attack power, versatile forms, and great balance.
As for the Venom Symbiote, it originated from the Marvel series.
It is a special extraterrestrial lifeform capable of parasitically bonding with a host, augmenting their existing abilities while granting them new ones.
Shape-shifting, self-healing, and so on...
With the two stacked together, the host's vitality and combat prowess were pushed to an absurd level, making them nearly invincible in the early stages.
This thing also seemed to have a negative side effect—amplifying the host's existing negative emotions and triggering violent behavior?
No wonder he had the confidence to be so arrogant. His strength was indeed high, but unfortunately for him, he had run into her this time.
It was common knowledge that Venom’s weaknesses were sound and fire.
—And Mo Shao happened to have both!
...
Without even bothering to exchange words, Mo Shao raised her hand and unleashed a burst of intertwined lightning and fire, followed immediately by a wave of sonic vibrations!
Almost instantly, the Venom on his body went berserk, losing its cohesive state as if it were boiling.
The young man let out a howl of agony, his entire body trembling and struggling as if he were having a violent drug-induced fit.
Even while struggling, he desperately tried to leap toward her, but he was pinned in place by wave after wave of sonic control.
Seeing this, some of his teammates launched attacks at Mo Shao.
Well, really only a portion of them. It was doubtful if even thirty percent of the people actually moved to help their "boss."
Another twenty percent were in a state of loafing about, helping neither side and maintaining a strictly "none of my business" attitude.
And more than thirty percent were actually attacking those who were trying to help the leader—and they were being incredibly ruthless about it.
They were all aiming to kill, not holding back in the slightest, seemingly terrified that their teammates might actually survive.
After all, most people who would follow such a young man weren't exactly normal... they usually harbored some anti-human tendencies.
The remaining twenty percent weren't just standing there either; they were actually synchronized with Mo Shao, attacking the young man directly.
It seemed this guy really hadn't won over his people...
...
It made sense, though. With the combination of a Ghoul and Venom, he probably treated people like little bread rolls to be eaten daily, much like a certain Egyptian seductress.
Unless they were on the Chaos side, anyone who truly respected him would be the one with the problem.
Previously, they had listened to him purely because of his overwhelming strength. Since they couldn't beat him, they had no choice but to follow orders for the time being.
But now, with such an obvious opportunity to break free from the guy—it was a no-brainer. They all chose to kick him while he was down.
And the final result of this was... Mo Shao hadn't even exerted much effort yet. She had only applied a bit of crowd control, and the guy just went down for the count.
—She didn't even know his name.
It really was an anti-climactic battle... whatever. At least she didn't come away empty-handed.
Mo Shao used the Earth element to condense a stone bottle and thoroughly collected all the spilled Venom. This stuff was good material.
It had many variants. She would see if she could develop some Mousekatools with it later—something like a "serum," perhaps?
She also collected the young man’s corpse.
A Ghoul's body had some research value; its cell activity was quite impressive. Even if she didn't plan on using it herself, she could still sell it.
She figured many people would have a demand for this kind of research material, so it would likely fetch a decent price.
The guy also had a storage item on him. After Identifying it, she found it was a spatial ring commonly seen in cultivation novels.
It had a volume of about one hundred cubic meters. A good find. Now she wouldn't have to carry a bunch of storage bags around like a nuisance.
She took the ring along with the resources inside. Mo Shao didn't check them immediately, but just looking at the quantity, she knew she had reaped a massive profit.
The guy had probably hoarded a vast amount of the team's supplies on himself, and now it had all conveniently fallen into her hands.
...
“He was very cautious about things that could counter him.” Only after the dust had settled did Zhang Jiaying step out from the crowd.
With a relaxed expression and a hint of emotion, she spoke to Mo Shao.
“I didn't expect the opportunity to come so suddenly while our preparations were just beginning. I truly didn't expect you to be hiding these specific abilities.”
She bowed with great gratitude. “Thank you for your help.”
“I wasn't really intending to help you guys.” Mo Shao's eye twitched slightly. This wasn't her being stubborn; it was the pure truth.
She had originally planned to just kill a few people to settle the dispute once and for all. Who could have known it would evolve into this situation!
“Ah...” Zhang Jiaying realized the situation and apologized awkwardly. “I’m sorry for involving you in our internal conflicts.”
After a brief pause and some thought, Zhang Jiaying signaled someone to bring over a blue dragon-headed staff.
Mo Shao glanced at it and recognized it as the [Echoing Staff] from 《Honor of Kings》. Its effects were...
[Increases Magic Power and increases Movement Speed by 7.5%]
[Spell hits trigger a localized explosion, with an internal cooldown of five seconds]
While it was a fairly mediocre item in the game, it was quite decent for this stage in reality.
So, by bringing this out, she intended to...
“Please accept this as your fee for stepping in.” She offered it with both hands, speaking very sincerely.
“Hmm...” Mo Shao was stunned for a moment. She could even make extra profit like this? And wasn't this woman being a bit too sensible?
—But since there was profit to be made, she wasn't about to turn it down!
Rate on N.U.
