1017: Chapter 1017: Inside Man (Extra Large Chapter, Requesting Monthly Pass) 1017: Chapter 1017: Inside Man (Extra Large Chapter, Requesting Monthly Pass) Temporary Laboratory
The red-haired girl dripped the solution in her hand into the test tube, and a wispy white substance quickly erged in the azure liquid, then dissolved rapidly.
The girl shook the test tube slightly, turned around, her back facing the cara in the corner of the laboratory, and slowly walked towards a nearby rack of test tubes.
As she moved, the azure liquid in the test tube gradually turned milky white, and she held it close to her body.
Soon, the girl arrived at the rack, raised her hand, her palm passing through the blind spot of the cara, reached inside her clothes, and switched the milky white test tube in her hand with another azure one prepared earlier, placing it on the rack.
At this mont, there were already three azure test tubes on the rack.
Then she turned back, as if nothing had happened, returned to the experint table, and took out a new test tube.
Boom—
Just then, a loud chanical roar ca from outside the door.
Outside this temporary structure, so machinery seed to be starting up, and the troops previously stationed nearby were gathering.
Hearing these sounds, the girl looked up at the door, then refocused and continued mixing the solution in her hands.
Core Area of the Camp
Standing under dense clouds and cold wind, the bearded man gazed at the elder in front of him and slowly smiled after a slight daze, “At this point, Linen, are you still trying to deceive ?”
He took a deep breath and raised his tone, “Linen, I know you are adept at strategy, but do you really think you have any other way out?
“You want to make believe that you truly have a backup plan, that there’s a large army outside, eyeing us fiercely, ready to rescue you at any mont.
“But Linen, I’ve said it before, I won’t make the sa mistake twice.
“When you drove the land fortress here, I had already dispatched sentries to scout all routes from Yilan City to here.
“Any large army couldn’t pass through the wilderness without leaving a trace, and naturally, they would have left signs behind.
“Clearly, on this vast wilderness, there are no traces of any army that could possibly co to rescue you.”
The bearded man gazed at the elder not far away, “Linen, you have no reinforcents left, that only capable mobile force that could have supported you, are now fleeing westward with the airship passengers.
“Even if they could return now, I already have defenses prepared to counter them.
“Linen, we both know, the greatest danger of such a fast-moving force is when it remains hidden, unknown to anyone, but once it’s revealed and understood, it loses all its deterrent power.”
The grand war machine ford a huge encirclent, dense chas forming an ancient amphitheater-like ring.
Even the cold wind below couldn’t stir, blocked outside by the dense machinery of war.
The bearded man raised the foil in his hand, looking towards He Ao,
“Linen, tell , how do you plan to turn the tables?
“Do you think you are still in Yilan City?
You are the nominal legal leader there, anyti anywhere you could find an army loyal to you, just by playing a king vs.
king duel ga, you could control the situation with your supporters.
“Linen, look around you, do you really think you can command my soldiers?”
The bearded man’s emotions finally seed to stabilize, he gazed at the elderly man, his voice raspy as he chuckled,
“Linen, we have encountered countless powerful exotic beasts and arrogant Transcendents in the wilderness, now, they either beca materials for Secret dicine or manipulated Transcendent Items.”
Wave after wave of chanical operation noises rising under the surging clouds, countless dark, cold, or glowing cannon muzzles constantly adjusting, like sharp spikes extending under a gloomy sky, targeting the elder below.
“I admit your individual combat strength is strong, but do you really think you can escape with your life under a powerful combined rcenary Corps in the wilderness?
Do you think you can escape from the siege of the most powerful war machines mankind has created?”
He slightly raised his head, laughing in the almost ceased western wind, “Linen, I must say, you indeed stirred the entire Federation, and many years later, your story might even be turned into dramas and poetry, sung as the protagonist of those legendary tales,”
He paused slightly, his foil piercing the ground below, his smile growing richer, “It’s an honor, to be the person to close out your legendary life.”
He grasped the foil in his hand, a white sphere falling into his palm, his cheek filled with a smile as he stared intently at He Ao, “Linen, no one is coming to rescue you now, you have nowhere to escape.”
“Your analysis makes sense,”
He Ao calmly gazed at the bearded man in front of him, “But there is one small mistake.”
He slowly lifted the wine glass in his hand, under the dim sky, the crimson liquid resembled flowing blood.
He brought the glass to his lips, then looked at the bearded man and sighed softly,
“I don’t need saving, nor do I need to escape.”
The Elderly gazed at the now empty wine glass in his hand, flicked his finger, and the wobbling glass flew into the sky.
“Fire!
Attack!”
In that instant, the bearded man seed to realize sothing, and without hesitation, he raised his hand and shouted loudly.
At the sa ti, he began to jump back, falling behind the oncoming cha.
And the man in the gray suit just calmly watched this unfold, he raised the golden cane in his hand and slowly lifted his foot, taking a leap forward.
In that instant, countless eager cannons burst forth with terrifying power, and the brilliant light once again illuminated the sky like a scorching sun.
However, these surging glows simply shot straight through the sky, hitting nothing, not even touching the hem of the elderly figure’s clothes.
A shattered fragnt hit the wine glass in the sky, reflecting a faint light under the brilliance, and instantly shattered into glowing fragnts.
Flas surged up in the night sky, two Blazing Angel chs with obvious modification marks carrying two large swords rushed out, without hesitation, slashing towards the elderly man in the air.
Golden luminescence with two bursts of fla, flashed by.
More and more war machines filled the sky, dense warplanes and chas piled up into vast mountains, covering the figure within.
The bearded man had gradually retreated to the very back of the entire siege force.
He lifted his head to look forward, the overlapping warplanes even blocked his field of view, preventing him from seeing the center of the battlefield.
But he could vaguely catch glimpses of the exploding fire and the roar of exploding machines through the gaps between the warplanes.
The fire and roars resounded intermittently like rapid drumbeats, as if swift footsteps.
The encircled, the brilliance, and the center of the battlefield, were rapidly approaching his position.
The bearded man looked at the chas drawing closer in the sky and retreated again, “Let’s see how many waves you can withstand.”
They had the most elite tactical teams, the most advanced weapons.
The so-called B-level Transcendents are also human, they also have limits, at first, he might be able to dodge all attacks, even launch a counterattack against the army, and achieve brilliant combat results.
But as ti passed, his strength would gradually wane, his body would gradually weaken.
When the first laser cannon hit him, then the second, the third, would follow in quick succession.
Wounds and blood would cover his body, life would gradually seep out from the cracks opening on his skin.
Until everything ca to an end, death would descend upon this once unparalleled powerhouse.
The bearded man was very clear about this process, as he had repeated countless similar events.
And as he retreated, a squad entirely composed of officers quickly appeared behind him.
Their speed was extre, their bodies like illusions, even comparable to the surrounding newly launched warplanes.
This was the high-tier Transcendent squad of the Kopes Mining rcenary Corps, facing particularly strong Prey, when the machines wear down the Prey’s strength, this squad will join the bearded man in delivering the final blow in a bloodbath.
Watching the squad rapidly approaching him from behind, the bearded man’s slightly hanging heart also let go a bit.
“Captain, we can’t hold on much longer, this old guy is too strong, stronger than any Transcendent we’ve encountered before.”
And just as the bearded man was about to et up with the Transcendent squad, a shout ca through his radio.
He recognized it, it was the voice of the officer in charge of defending his area.
He shouted without hesitation, “Hold on, the forces on both sides of you are already coming to support you, trust your comrades!”
There was no reply from the communicator, but the cluster of machines in front of him had clearly beco much denser.
Clearly, the supporting chas from both sides had arrived.
Actually, the bearded man didn’t mind that the elderly mayor was charging in his direction.
He had great faith in the capabilities of his subordinates; if that ‘Linen’ charged at him crazily, he could easily predict his direction and then trap him in a deeper and stronger encirclent.
Just like prey falling into a trap, no matter how much it struggles, it only sinks deeper.
Now, he just needed to wait for this prey to exhaust itself.
The thoughts in his mind didn’t disturb the actions of the bearded man; he continued to retreat rapidly.
The approaching Transcendent squad from behind was getting closer and closer.
The final ‘hunt’ preparations were nearly complete.
Boom—
However, just as he was about to et with the Transcendent squad behind him, accompanied by a booming sound, surging flas shot through the gaps of the stacked warplanes and chas in front of him.
Sizzle—
Along with a harsh rustling sound, a hoarse roar ca through the intercom on the bearded man’s chest,
“Captain, this old guy has been hiding his strength all along, we can’t support···”
The words from the intercom were cut off before finishing.
The bearded man didn’t ask what had happened on the other end because he had already seen the outco.
Not far in front of him, under the contiguous dark clouds of warplanes, fierce flas blossod in front of him, and the burning cha shattered into countless splintering tal pieces.
The elderly man holding a golden staff crossed the surging flas, appearing like a Divine Being returning from hell through the fire waves, erging not far in front of the bearded man.
The elderly man raised his head, glanced at him, and stepped forward; his step seed incredibly slow but covered dozens of ters in an instant, halving the distance between them.
Gazing at the elderly man raising his foot again, the bearded man took a deep breath and quickened his pace backward.
“Captain!”
At that mont, the Transcendent squad from behind instantly rushed forward, several people forming a formation, surrounding the elderly man in a grey suit.
At the sa ti, they each took out Extraordinary Items and attacked the elderly man.
The bearded man slightly relaxed.
These Transcendents were all professionally trained, although only C-level, but blocking a B-level’s steps was still···
Blood along with broken corpses flew across the bearded man’s field of view, the elderly man with grey hair appeared almost without any pause, instantly appearing in front of him.
The cold wind brushed past the chaotic battlefield, raindrops forged from blood dyed with various glows fell behind the elderly man.
The golden staff was thrust into the soft mud, a cold breeze brushed past the blood-stained grey hair strands.
The bearded man had imagined countless ways the elderly might break through the encirclent, but he had never envisioned the scene before him—crushing the strongest and most elite corps in the encirclent with absolute, undeniable violence, clearing the encirclent the hardest way possible, and crushing all enemies to erge in front of him.
The elderly man lowered his head, gazing at the bearded man in front of him, his tone calm and hoarse, “Ordinary soldiers of Kopes rcenary Corps can surrender, accept the protection of Yilan City, the officers and everyone involved in this airship incident must face trial.”
“Trial who?
Trial ?”
The bearded man gazed deeply at He Ao, “Linen, you just caught by surprise; I hadn’t anticipated you hiding so much strength, but even so, you are not enough to withstand the power of Kopes rcenary Corps, it’s only because I haven’t gathered my people yet.”
He looked at the elderly man who was just a step away from him, with a slightly mocking smile, “Do you really think you can defeat the Kopes rcenary Corps by yourself?
Even if you kill , a deputy will imdiately take over my command, nothing will end, and you’ll ultimately die here, becoming one of the corpses beneath these dark clouds.”
“Besides,”
He clutched the white ball in his hand, gazing at He Ao, “I am also B-level, you might not be able to kill .”
He raised his hand, about to throw the white ball in an instant.
“Decree: Prohibition of Biochemical Weapons.”
The elderly man just calmly watched him, observing all his moves.
Almost the mont those hoarse, old words were uttered, they beca the law in the cold wind, becoming the rule that binds all life.
The bearded man wanted to throw the white ball in his hand, but his body seed to have its own will, stopping his action.
At this mont, the Elderly had already reached out his hand and took the white ball from him.
“Linen, you are still arrogant,”
The bearded man looked at the Elderly who was close at hand, raising the soft sword in his hand, “You might think I am a commanding type Transcendent like Scott, but unfortunately, I am a combat type.”
The sharp soft sword swept through the dim air, dancing in the air like a gliding snake, with a sudden sonic boom, stabbing towards the Elderly’s heart.
He Ao calmly gazed at the bearded man’s movents, watching the man swing his soft sword.
He faintly sensed a familiar aura between the bearded man’s movents, the aura of a Martial Master.
The Talent Sequences of the bearded man, perhaps, were the subsequent Talent Sequences of a Martial Master.
But honestly speaking, from He Ao’s perspective, although this snake-like soft sword had fancy movents, the technique was not very strong, and the strength increase was not significant, only about 3%.
Although, relative to an ordinary combat Transcendent, this Martial Techniques was quite remarkable, when compared to the terrifying Martial Arts insights bonus pathway of a Martial Master, the bearded man was like a supercomputer calculating for a long ti, only to end up with one plus one equals two.
Of course, perhaps because of the insight bonus, or perhaps because of being truly steeped in Martial Arts, broadening his thought process.
This Martial Techniques did have so referential value, although it was not enough to beco a new Martial Techniques, but it could be rged into old Martial Techniques to amplify them.
He Ao sighed softly, took a step forward, dodging the soft sword while thrusting his cane forward in one motion.
There were no fancy movents, just a plain and ordinary lifting of the cane, swinging it forward, thrusting it.
Heavy Strike!
Power increase 20%.
Discarding those fancy movents, the Heavy Strike Martial Techniques that incorporated the bearded man’s thought process increased from the original 15% to 20%, much more than the bearded man’s fancy flurry.
Pfft—
The golden cane pierced through the bearded man’s heart, the only energy convergence point.
He widened his eyes, looking at He Ao, looking at the cane in He Ao’s hands.
Clearly, he saw the power circuit contained in He Ao’s ‘ordinary’ attack just now, even recognizing the essence of his just-used Martial Techniques that He Ao had integrated.
Seeing how He Ao refined his Martial Techniques, eliminating unnecessary elents, he even got closer.
He opened his mouth, blood spilling out, seemingly confused or bewildered.
He struggled, lifting the soft sword, trying to strike at He Ao again, but he no longer had the strength, letting the sharp soft sword slacken like his body.
“Don’t worry, it will be over soon,”
He Ao gently held his head and said hoarsely, “One last question, where is the girl you brought into the camp now?”
The bearded man’s eyes widened suddenly, seemingly not understanding why He Ao would ask this question, nor why He Ao would know about that girl.
His mouth opened, blood spilling out, “I won’t tell···”
“Okay, I understand,”
He Ao gently patted his head, slowly pulling out the cane, “Thank you.”
The bearded man’s eyes widened, his body fell to the ground.
In the last mont, he seed to understand sothing, yet perhaps understood nothing.
Eventually, he eyed the soft sword that fell beside him, sighing deeply.
Completely devoid of life.
He Ao crouched down, covering his eyelids.
The true path suitable for Martial Masters was actually the endless exploration of Martial Arts.
When he chose the path of the Commander, he had actually already made a mistake.
He probably already knew, but couldn’t let go of power and desire.
The white-haired Elderly walked past the blood-soaked corpse, leaning on the golden cane, heading towards the cold and desolate depths of the streaming wind.
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