46: Chapter 46: First Glimpse of Brilliance!
The Confused Li Ning
46 -46: First Glimpse of Brilliance!
The Confused Li Ning
Scattered gunfire traveled from far to near, on the edge of the new district, seemingly around an apartment, the alarm blaring piercingly.
Many residents rushed out, some even stumbling and falling, their expressions filled with terror.
Boom!
The outer wall of a middle floor cracked open, with several figures tumbling to the ground, one of them dressed in the uniform combat suit of the city guards, quickly darting toward a nearby cover.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The sound of gunfire erupted, stray bullets coming from three directions, aiming at the three figures opposite.
The three who had just landed moved just as swiftly, throwing two triangular metal blocks beneath them, their tips emitting lasers quickly connecting to form a glowing blue barrier that covered them, blocking the bullets.
âThe people from this little place are not to be underestimatedâŠâ, the person on the right spoke in a formal interstellar common language.
The figure on the left coldly said, âIf you hadnât wasted time, we would have been done by now.â
âTheir reinforcements are arriving, we need a quick resolution.â The central figure, apparently the leader, clad in a full-body silver combat suit, scanned the surroundings.
In his hands, he held someone looking terrified.
As soon as he finished speaking, a series of bullet-lights, like a fire dragon from the skies, shot down, with four shuttle-like flying vehicles hovering nearby.
The light blue screen in front of them crackled and flashed with electricity, seemingly on the brink of failure.
âReinforcements have arrived!â
The city guard who had landed earlier relaxed his expression, the crowd around him having mostly dispersed, those who hadnât come out hiding in their homes, some even daring to peek out.
âBai Yu, control the flying machines with the terminal from here to pressure them.
Li Ming, Li Ning, the two of you flank from the leftâŠâ Old Diaoâs expression was tense, the four of them having already disembarked from the flying vehicles, crouching behind a flower bed.
âThis is a residential area, we cannot allow them to escape!â
âUnderstood.â
âThey are all F-grade life forms, with many tricks up their sleeves,â a strangerâs voice came through the channel, âI am Zhang Yuan, from team one.â
âOld Diao, team seven, none of us are F-grade life forms, we can only delay them, waiting for others to arrive, the energy barrier is about to break, get ready to fire.â
âDonât shoot!â Zhang Yuan hastily intervened, âTheyâve got the son of Chief Feng KeâFeng Xiao.â
âWhat?
The son of Chief Feng?â Old Diao was stunned and couldnât help asking, âWhat are the internal affairâs people messing around at now?â
âI donât know, he has a hundred thousand bounty on him,â Zhang Yuan said helplessly, âItâs troublesome now.â
âAll of you, get the hell out of the way, if we canât leave, this kid will die very soon!â one of them grabbed Feng Xiao by the skull, bent down to his ear, his eyes sinister, âLook, their gunfire is continuous.
Once this barrier breaks, you will be the first to die here.â
Feng Xiao, originally terrified, on hearing this, suddenly roared loudly, âYou idiots, stop right now, do you want to kill me!?â
âDamn it!â Old Diao frowned, calling out in a heavy voice, âBai Yu, stop!â
The four shuttle-shaped flying vehicles immediately ceased firing, their gun barrels slowly retracting.
However, the next moment
Bang!
Bang!
Bangâ
Three shots rang out non-stop, followed by several âboomâ sounds as three flying vehicles turned into massive fireballs, plummeting to the ground, then exploding into even larger flames.
The lead man, holding a bulky silver revolver, aimed at Feng Keâs head and said coldly, âYou have one minute to land that remaining flying vehicle in front of me, otherwise his head will explode.â
âDo as he says,â Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth.
Old Diao, stifled with anger, could only instruct Bai Yu to remotely control the flying vehicle to land.
Just as the flying vehicle was landing, the angle of its descent momentarily created a blind spot for the three men.
Zhang Yuanâs eyes flashed coldly, and in an instant, he leapt out ten meters, his skin turning a pale blue.
The already short distance between the two parties closed in the blink of an eye, his hefty electric baton crashing down onto the shoulders of the lead man.
Crackling!
The leaderâs face slightly changed, his arm numbing, Feng Xiao hit the ground, and his escape was swift, dashing out in an instant.
He too was an F-grade life form.
Zhang Yuanâs movements didnât stop; his left hand had already drawn a pistol, and he fired head-on.
Clang!
Sparks flew as Zhang Yuanâs eyes widened.
Scales like metal armor plates converged on his forehead, forming a face shield, and the bullet was deflected.
Bang!
The person on the left acted, roaring out loud as he fiercely kicked toward Zhang Yuan, while the person on the right unfolded a metal folding knife and viciously hacked down!
âBang!â Zhang Yuanâs body was sent flying, and a large gash was torn into his shoulder, blood dripping down his arm.
Ignoring everything else, he rolled abruptly, blasting a small hole on the spot, as the leaderâs revolver smoked, his face looking awful.
âAttack!â Old Diao bellowed, and at the same time, Zhang Yuanâs three men hidden in the shadows and Li Mingâs trio opened fire simultaneously.
In an instant, gunfire was relentless, stray bullets flew everywhere, and the Bounty Hunters team quickly split up to find cover.
âChase!
We need them alive!â the leader roared, as Feng Xiao was their only chance to get out of there.
âRun!
Run!
Run!â Feng Xiao was utterly panicked, unable to discern any direction, just knowing to run.
âHere, here!â Li Ning waved his hand, calling urgently.
With a guide now, Feng Xiao clumsily fled in the direction of the voice.
âGentlemen, once Feng Xiao gets here, weâllâŠâ Li Ningâs words were cut off when he suddenly felt the world spinning around and found himself thrown through the air.
âBlock them!
Block them!â Feng Xiaoâs face contorted wildly, recklessly throwing Li Ning toward the pursuers behind them.
Li Mingâs expression suddenly turned cold, and Old Diaoâs eyes nearly popped out!
The two men behind were already catching up, their metal folding knives unfolded, ready to mercilessly slice Li Ning apart.
âIsâŠ
is this it?â As his vision spun, Li Ning hardly had time to feel any other emotions, only sensing his death was ludicrously imminent.
Thud!
He fell to the ground, rolling several times, pain assaulting himâLi Ning was somewhat dazed, not dead?
Then, his pupils contracted as a figure stood before him at some point, lifting an arm, actually catching the descending metal folding knife with his hand.
Li Ning was shocked, then yelled, âLiâŠ
Li Ming!?â
It was as if he had seen something incomprehensible.
Another personâs pupils contracted but did not linger, instead rushing straight toward the direction Feng Xiao had fled.
He knew that todayâs only way out lay with Feng Xiao.
Li Ming watched the man before him, his palm clenched tightly, the immense power eliciting a wailing from the opponent.
What he was holding was not the metal folding knife but the manâs wrist, the sound of bones crushing echoed, and the metal folding knife fell from his hand, which Li Ming smoothly caught.
Then, a barely noticeable deep blue electric arc burst forth, the opponentâs body stiffened suddenly, as Li Mingâs hand moved, the knife slicing across his neck, blood spurting.
The head rolled to a stop before Li Ning, followed by the collapsing corpse.
Li Ning blinked, and the head on the ground still stared with open eyes.
Was this an F-level life form?
Did Li Ming just slice it, and it died?
Not just him, the entire scene fell into deathly silence.
Old Diao had stood up by now, his eyes wide in disbelief, thisâŠ
how could Li MingâŠ
Zhang Yuanâs brows were furrowed.
Hadnât they said this team had no F-level life forms?
The young man looked somewhat familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
But now was not the time for reminiscing; he reminded his team members to stay alert on the channel while quickly heading in the direction of the other personâs pursuit.
The leaderâs face dramatically changed, staring intensely at Li Ming, his cheeks twitching, his eyes filled with fear.