“This battle is unavoidable! Bo Ge has already found the enemy’s supply depot, and once he succeeds, we won’t linger in battle, we’ll turn and leave!”
The few Team Leaders immediately nodded, “Understood!”
Fang Xin turned his head to look at Luosai Hu and his men, “I’ll stall for some time first, you all keep moving! Once they make a move, we’ll fight and retreat!”
Luosai Hu frowned, one hand already resting on his treasured artifact.
Fang Xin pointed to his ear and shouted at Luosai Hu, “Officer, the explosion just now damaged my hearing a bit, what did you say?”
Luosai Hu shouted loudly this time, “Did you see that seagull?”
Fang Xin muttered to himself, what kind of strange passphrases are these? In this pitch-black night, where am I supposed to see a seagull?
“See what?” Fang Xin yelled at the top of his lungs.
Luosai Hu’s adjutant shouted, “Did you see that seagull?”
Fang Xin tilted his ear, one hand specifically cupped around it, pretending to improve reception, “What seagull?”
Just as the adjutant was about to speak, Luosai Hu, without thinking, drew the pistol from his waist and fired a shot at Fang Xin.
Fang Xin instantly flashed, the bullet grazing his temple, and he thought he had dodged it. Unexpectedly, that pistol was a treasured artifact; after the bullet flew past, it actually made a turn and came back towards Fang Xin’s head.
Seeing this, Fang Xin flashed again to dodge, but the bullet, like a homing missile, relentlessly pursued him. Luosai Hu fired several more shots, and multiple bullets chased after Fang Xin.
Fang Xin turned around, directly revealing the shield on his arm, and then injected his Qi into his Counter-Armor.
With a clang, the shield on Fang Xin’s arm cracked. After two more sounds, the shield’s light receded, instantly becoming unable to resist, and the next two bullets came again, hitting Fang Xin squarely.
Even though Fang Xin was a thick-skinned Strength-based expert, and was wearing the Counter-Armor, he was still sent flying backward by the subsequent two shots.
A tremendous force rotated, seemingly trying to bore into his body.
Fang Xin was in so much pain he almost couldn't catch his breath.
He looked down and saw two bullets still spinning on Fang Xin’s Counter-Armor.
A sweep of the Panlong Spear sent the two bullets flying out, where they landed on the ground and continued to spin like tops.
Fang Xin rubbed his chest. Although he had blocked several bullets, half of his shoulder was so sore it felt like it was about to fall apart. Fortunately, his rigorous training and various inhuman torments had prepared him, allowing him to grit his teeth and endure.
Luosai Hu saw that his treasured pistol hadn't killed Fang Xin, so he immediately pulled out a weapon over a meter long from his spatial ring. If you called it a cannon, it had a scope; if you called it a sniper rifle, its bullet diameter was six centimeters.
Seeing this, Fang Xin couldn't help but quickly flash several times. If he were hit by that thing, he'd be scattered everywhere, and then the whole village would be picking him up with chopsticks.
Zhang Zhen and the others quickly gathered towards him, wanting to fight alongside Fang Xin, but the current situation was clear: the opponent's level was already close to twelve-star combat power. It was impossible for them to kill him.
Energy surged at the muzzle, as if absorbing enough energy before firing.
A single shot from this thing would be unbearable even for an early twelve-star combatant.
Zhang Zhen shouted, “Everyone, form a battle array! Use these enemy researchers to block the outer perimeter!”
Fang Xin instantly panicked. He had just managed to acquire a few decent researchers; how could he squander them like this? If these enemies went crazy and killed them all, wouldn't he be like a dung beetle encountering diarrhea, having come for nothing?
He quickly yelled at the top of his lungs, “Don’t! They’re all innocent!”
Zhang Zhen's expression was cold, “Team Leader Fang! At a time like this! There’s no innocent or not innocent! We have no reinforcements! We can only resort to this to buy time for Team Leader Tai Shi Bo!”
Fang Xin decided immediately, “We have reinforcements!”
Zhang Zhen said in a deep voice, “Team Leader Fang! At this moment, letting other team members come to rescue us would be hindering this mission!”
“Who said to let other team members come to rescue us! Shi Gou!” Fang Xin shouted at the top of his lungs.
In the distance, Shi Gou, who had already annihilated all the enemies, was covered in blood, a look of enjoyment on his handsome face. He was currently raising his hand to admire his crimson palm, which he had just pulled out of an enemy’s chest.
After hearing the call, Shi Gou turned his head and looked towards Fang Xin.
Seeing Fang Xin’s current state, a moment of confusion flickered in Shi Gou’s eyes, but he could still sense that his life was in Fang Xin’s hands. Any improper thoughts would result in his immediate self-destruction.
Luosai Hu’s large sniper rifle was aimed at Fang Xin’s head. The trigger was pulled, and a tongue of flame shot from the muzzle.
Bang!
Shi Gou suddenly clapped his hands together, making a sound.
A powerful mental force enveloped Luosai Hu’s area. The tongue of flame from the large sniper rifle barely emerged from the muzzle, and the bullet spun thirty centimeters outside the muzzle, but it simply wouldn’t move forward an inch, as if frozen in place.
Luosai Hu’s pupils constricted at the sight, clearly having never heard or seen such a situation before.
He immediately turned to look at Shi Gou, his heart once again churning with shock. Luosai Hu’s eyes flickered, and he couldn't understand why this strongest super-soldier would listen to Fang Xin's words.
Shi Gou clasped his hands, a crimson domain field with a diameter of five hundred meters enveloping his body.
His mental power could not only control other objects but also his own body, and in an instant, he arrived at Luosai Hu’s location.
Shi Gou floated in mid-air, raised his hand, and aimed it directly at Luosai Hu’s back, stabbing without hesitation, attempting to pierce through Luosai Hu.
Luosai Hu was quick to react. A uniquely shaped Desert Eagle appeared from his spatial ring. He didn't have time to turn his body, so the muzzle passed under his armpit, pointing directly at Shi Gou, who was within arm's reach.
The muzzle spat flames. At close range, the bullet spun and pressed against Shi Gou's flesh. Shi Gou's flesh was torn by the bullet, bleeding profusely.
Shi Gou, however, showed no sign of pain, instead revealing a crazed, manic smile.
He dabbed his finger in his own blood and tasted it.
Then his smile widened, and his palm changed direction, stabbing towards Luosai Hu’s throat.
His palm plunged into the throat, brutally crushing the larynx and spine. Shi Gou withdrew his hand, admiring his slender, long fingers stained with blood.
A mad laugh escaped his throat, “The scent of blood is the most wonderful scent in this world!”
Those who had come with Luosai Hu scattered and fled at the sight.
Bang!
Shi Gou clapped his hands together again, and his domain field expanded, enveloping everyone.
In an instant, everyone within the domain field inexplicably cheered and danced wildly, seemingly losing their minds as if Fan Jin had passed the imperial examination.
Fang Xin looked at this strange scene and suddenly remembered that the King of Slaughter had named this handsome young man Shi Gou, and Shi Gou was one of the seven corporeal souls of a person, and among many human emotions, Shi Gou primarily governed joy.
He had thought it would take a while longer, but he didn't expect that after Shi Gou made his move, the entire situation was instantly reversed. It must be said that an existence with such a high level of combat power indeed held sufficient importance.
Shi Gou moved through the domain field he had expanded, unilaterally slaughtering everyone in an instant. After everything was over, Shi Gou bowed to Fang Xin, then killed his way into the distance.
Until the end, Zhang Zhen and the others were a bit stunned, “Team Leader Fang! This? How could this enemy super-soldier listen to you?”
Fang Xin also feigned a bewildered expression, “I don’t know either, didn’t you see he’s not right in the head? How would I know how a person like that thinks!”
The few nodded. After the spiritual energy revival, there were many strange people, so they actually believed Fang Xin's fabricated story.
Fang Xin glanced at his zhilian device, “Bo Ge has already planted the bomb, it will explode in thirty seconds, everyone start moving!”
The few had just left.
Luosai Hu, whose throat had been crushed by Shi Gou, trembled, then twisted and stood up like a zombie.
His wounds also miraculously healed.
He twisted his head, staring in the direction Fang Xin had left, “He can actually command the strongest super-soldier! High research value! Capture him, and I can earn a great merit!”
Luosai Hu pressed his earpiece, “Send me five hundred... no, two thousand men! I’m going to catch someone!”
Fang Xin led his team and leaped, jumping down from the Ark. After splashing into the water, they found the pre-placed air bubbles beneath the surface. The few climbed in, activated the bubbles, and moved away into the distance.
The roar continued to come from the sky.
Between the water and the sky, a huge phantom lay horizontally, stirring up monstrous waves, launching a fierce attack on the Ark.
“Is that a great general from the army making a move?” Zhang Yaozu asked curiously.
Shi Tailang took over, “Zhang Meiqiu'er, I tell you you’re ignorant and you still argue with me. You don’t even recognize that person? That’s a prodigy on par with our Instructor Zhuge, the youngest Major General, Zhao Qinghu! He’s the second-in-command of this operation, and at such a young age, he commands sixty thousand troops! He’s the successor to be the Eastern Military Region’s top leader in the future!”
Zhang Yaozu, habitually bickering, said, “Alright, Fatty, you’re boasting again. You know him, but does he know you?”
Shi Tailang choked a bit, “Is that the kind of person you can just casually get to know? His status among the Crown Princes of various families is top-tier! He has enough arrogance! Unlike Instructor Zhuge, who is approachable and down-to-earth. Even with Xin Ge’s status, he might not be able to get along with him!”
