Chapter 226: Countdown (1/2)

Chapter 226: Countdown

The two figures slowly walked out from the dark street as they headed toward the door of the museum.

“It seems they are waiting for us.” Culkin smiled. He looked toward the door of the museum. Through the door, they could see Chen Xiaolian standing inside with a smile on his face as he looked out of the door at the two of them.

“Come in, if you do not want her to die.”

In Chen Xiaolian’s hand was a shining long sword used by knights. Judging from its appearance, it should be one of the items within the museum. Although it was not some high-class weapon purchased from the system, it was still a sharp weapon; that weapon would have no problems beheading ordinary people.

At that moment, that sword just happened to be placed before the neck of an ordinary person.

The Countess of the Norman family.

Her long and slender neck was trembling non-stop. Who knew if it was due to the coldness of the night wind or her fear toward the blade of the sword.

“How many times do you want me to say it? I already have the door opened to receive you guests. Yet, you people don’t even have the courage to enter?” Chen Xiaolian cast a provocative glance at Culkin and Lei Hu who were standing outside the door. “Could it be you fellows plan on letting this beautiful and noble lady die under my hand?”

“You wouldn’t dare kill her,” Culkin said with a sneer. “She is an important storyline character. Killing her? Aren’t you afraid of failing to complete your quest?”

Storyline character?

A though burst out from within Chen Xiaolian’s mind: As expected!

Chen Xiaolian smiled. Shaking his head, he said, “Of course I’m not afraid. Because the item… had fallen into my hands. She presently holds no value to me. Oh… … that’s wrong. She still has a bit of value, and that is as something to threaten you fellows with!”

Xian Yin’s body suddenly turned stiff. She appeared to be struggling; however, Chen Xiaolian tightened his grip on the sword and pressed the blade of the sword further down upon Xian Yin’s neck.

Culkin furrowed his brows slightly. In but moments, he recovered and sneered. “You think this type of threat… … or should I say, did you think this lie would work? If you really got the item, why would you stay here to wait for us? You would have run off in anticipation of our pursuit.”

“Obviously, I am here to recover the debt you owe!” Chen Xiaolian replied frostily. “You’ve cut off one of my team member’s arm. Do you think it’ll end just like that?”

Culkin looked at the Countess who was held close to Chen Xiaolian’s chest. Seeing the irrepressible fear leaking out of the Countess’ eyes, Culkin’s heart gave a pound. Chen Xiaolian then spoke out in a slow and steady voice.

“You can make a gamble. Gamble on the possibility that I wouldn’t dare kill her, gamble on the possibility that the item is not really in my hands. However, can you afford this gamble?”

Lei Hu could not help but turn to look at Culkin, his eyes revealing a slight feeling of anxiety.

Culkin waved his hand and took a deep breath. With a solemn expression on his face, he said, “All right, it seems I really cannot afford to make this gamble.”

The other side were not aware of the relationship between him and Xian Yin. They do not know if they were cooperating or if Chen Xiaolian was truly threatening them. That was a very favourable condition for him. Chen Xiaolian was certain that before they manage to obtain the item they want, or at least, before determining the whereabouts of the item they want, they would not risk having Xian Yin die.

Culkin’s pair of eyes stared intently at Chen Xiaolian’s hand. Lei Hu who was beside him looked around, sweeping the area for any possible ambush locations.

They are being extra cautious? Even so, they will never find out Bei Tai’s ambush. Even after using the system to detect, the results will be the same. After all, we are not in a battle state right now. The system will not reveal Lun Tai and Bei Tai’s location. Chen Xiaolian thought to himself.

“If you want this woman, you may come snatch her away.”

Culkin frowned and he was seemingly hesitant for a moment. Finally, he walked forward.

“Snatch her, is it?” The tone Culkin used seemed rather relaxed.

Chen Xiaolian’s eyes were firmly focused upon Culkin’s foot movement.

The moment Culkin reached a distance of 10 meters from Chen Xiaolian, Chen Xiaolian made his move!

Chen Xiaolian summoned the axe that had lost its axe blades and only had its pole tip left. He charged out fiercely toward Culkin.

Charging Stinger skill! When used, it will automatically increase its user’s Agility attribute to [B+]!

Chen Xiaolian did not know if this [B+] speed was sufficient to keep up with Culkin’s figure.

Most importantly, Chen Xiaolian had suddenly tossed Xian Yin to the back.

Chen Xiaolian made a gamble. At present, the Countess would be more important to Culkin compared to dealing with them.

This time, he made the right gamble!

Seeing Chen Xiaolian toss Xian Yin to the side, a change appeared on Culkin’s face. As expected, the direction that his figure was facing changed from Chen Xiaolian to Xian Yin.

The pole of Chen Xiaolian’s spear was stabbed precisely in the direction that Xian Yin was looking at.

“Bei Tai! Right now!”

Chen Xiaolian shouted out through the guild channel.

At the same time, an invisible Air Incarceration skill emerged before Xian Yin.

The instant that the spear shot out before Xian Yin’s body was the same time that Culkin’s body appeared there.

Culkin frowned. However, he did not panic. He raised his short blade to intercept Chen Xiaolian’s spear.

Ding!

A clear sound rang out. Even though the short knife in Culkin’s hand was as thin as a layer of onion, the collision did not seem to cause any damage to it. Chen Xiaolian felt as though a strong force was coursing through the tip of the spear. The force became like a hammer as it beat straight toward his chest.

While he was parrying the blow from the spear pole, the Air Incarceration skill materialized around Culkin’s body.

Bound!

However, this was not the end of this round of attacks.

A “bang” sound rang out from the top part of the small building.

Lun Tai’s snipe was executed at the perfect timing.

The first attack by Chen Xiaolian’s spear pole had been aimed right at where Culkin would most likely be, thereby forcing Culkin to stop going after Xian Yin. The second attack by Bei Tai with his Air Incarceration skill captured Culkin who was in the middle of parrying the spear attack. The third attack was the final killing blow!

Even though Culkin was very strong, Chen Xiaolian believed that he absolutely do not have the ability to resist a bullet from a large-caliber sniper rifle.

A jet of blood sprayed out into the air.

Under Chen Xiaolian’s detailed plan, Culkin finally suffered from an injury.

At the last minute, Culkin had slightly moved his body. It was only a little and he was barely able to avoid being critically wounded. Although the bullet had only grazed past his shoulder, it was a bullet shot from a 12.7mm sniper rifle. Despite the fact that the bullet had only grazed him, it was enough to draw blood from Culkin.

“Well done, Lun Tai!” Chen Xiaolian gripped onto the spear that was deflected off earlier. Drawing a semicircle with it, he then stabbed forward again.

“Guild Leader!” Lei Hu who was behind Culkin finally made his move. However, he did not move toward Chen Xiaolian who was executing his Charging Stinger skill at Culkin. He did not run toward Lun Tai who was equipped with the sniper rifle and he also did not bother looking around for Bei Tai. Instead, he ran straight back out through the yard.

He’s running? Chen Xiaolian became happy. If that was the case, then their fight would become much easier. In fact… they might even be able to kill Culkin without summoning Bai Qi.

At the same time, an inexplicable burst of fury exploded out from Chen Xiaolian’s heart. This fury was directed at Lei Hu.

Running away? You think you can run away? You actually… dare to run away?

His stab was supposed to be aimed at enemy Guild Leader who had been injured by Lun Tai. It twisted and drew an arc as it abruptly stabbed toward Lei Hu, who was running away.

This is… … Aura of Enmity?

Although Chen Xiaolian was able to think of that, he was still incapable of controlling his own emotions. This member of the opposing team was not really running away. He was utilizing the Aura of Enmity to unravel his well-laid plan.

Lun Tai was to snipe from a long range; Bei Tai was to control the field while he went in to engage in a melee. By adding this upper hand to the mix, as long as their sequence was not broken, their attacks would be akin to a continuous wave of tidal waves. But, if this rhythm that they created were to be broken…

As Chen Xiaolian was inwardly shouting out ‘not good’, the surging wrath within his heart receded and his attention once again fell upon the enemy Guild Leader.

Unfortunately, the delay allowed Culkin to dodge while in the air, causing the spear attack to miss. His hand covered the wound on his shoulder and both his eyes stared angrily at Chen Xiaolian who was standing before him.

The next shot from Lun Tai did not happen.

There was only a furious roar as Lun Tai jumped down from the building behind them.

Due to the rage of having his little brother’s arm cut off, Lun Tai was automatically targeted by Lei Hu’s Aura of Enmity skill, overriding Chen Xiaolian who was closer to Lei Hu. He was then lured away by Lei Hu.

“Damn it!”

Chen Xiaolian swore.

What a powerful Aura of Enmity!

It was too late for him to catch up to Lun Tai. Then, he caught sight of Culkin who stood before him, sneering.

Culkin’s eyes were narrowed and his anger quickly dissipated. His face swiftly changed back to its original state of calmness and he said, “It seems I had underestimated you. However, that opportunity you had just now will not reappear again.”

“If I don’t try, how would I know?” Chen Xiaolian sneered and replied, “It is currently still a one on two.”

“What happened just now was just a mistake on my part. I have decided now, I will first kill you fellows off. Then, I will take my time to pull out the whereabouts of the sacred artefact from her.” Culkin extended his hand, which slowly moved over the wound on his shoulder. Next, his tongue lightly licked the blood on his fingertips. “Prepare yourself for death!”

Chen Xiaolian stared at Culkin and quickly thought to himself.

This time, we are not in the enemy’s designated ambush location and his spatial coordinates ability cannot be utilized… if so…

I might be able to fight against him! Additionally, there is also Bei Tai’s Air Incarceration skill to control the field!

In the next instant, Chen Xiaolian discovered that he had miscalculated!

Culkin gave a sneer and his figure became a blur!

So fast!

Chen Xiaolian’s pupils quickly shrank!

Seeing the figure arrive before him, Chen Xiaolian was only able to shoot out with the spear to parry the incoming blow!

Keng!

“Bei Tai!” Chen Xiaolian shouted out into the guild channel.

“His speed is too fast! I can only try my best to affect him!”

Chen Xiaolian grunted and narrowed his eyes as he struggled to stab his spear forward.

Culkin moved his body to the side to dodge. This time though, his figure suddenly became sluggish for a moment. Culkin’s face revealed surprise; noting that he was unable to dodge, he raised his short knife to block the incoming attack from Chen Xiaolian’s spear.

Keng!

Both their bodies staggered at the same time!

“Well done, Bei Tai! Keep blocking his move!”

…

“It seems the time is nigh for me, the great master Tian Lie to make my move,” said Tian Lie. He was leaning heavily against the chair that Sasha had originally been sitting on. His legs were raised and placed upon the surface of the computer table as he languidly observed the computer screen.

It was connected to a surveillance camera situated across the road from the museum.

Although the video was not too clear, it showed the real time events that were happening and the battle that was going on within the museum’s yard.

Upon the screen, Chen Xiaolian and Culkin could be seen engaging in a melee battle.

“Tian… … Sir Tian Lie, whose side are we on?” Sasha stood to the side and he carefully asked Tian Lie. Since this man before him had attacked him who was a subordinate of Culkin, then he should be on the opposing side of his former boss.

“No, no need to hurry. Considering this kid’s character, he must certainly have a trump card hidden,” said Tian Lie as he considered the matter. Then, he grinned and said, “When he is truly out of options, that will be the time this great master makes my debut!”