Chapter 556 - Path Of Blood (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The retinue under Damon’s command were made up of low tier mercenaries from the Middle east. They would fight for anyone who could provide them with money and sustenance.

However, after Chen Fan defeated wave after wave of militia, the leaders of those mercenary groups felt they had underestimated the situation. Chen Fan trucked along, storming through Kyrgyzstan to Uzbekistan, obliterating over thirteen local militia groups.

The smallest group had a bit over a hundred fighters while the largest group had more than a thousand.

In less than half a day, Chen Fan had killed more than three thousand men. However desperate those militia groups were, they faltered before Chen Fan.

Their reluctance to fight forced Damon to turn to the professional mercenary groups.

Meanwhile, in a mountain valley near the city of Qars.h.i.+ in Uzbekistan.

“Boss, you’re saying our target this time is just one individual?” A brawny white man asked as he cleaned a Barrett M82 while he had a cigar in his mouth; one of his arms had a three-headed viper tattoo. There were more than a dozen fully armed soldiers around him.

This was the Poison Viper Mercenary Group.

They were a mid-size professional mercenary group; it ranked at hundred and sixty seven in the world’s mercenary list. They mainly operated around Afghanistan, taking smaller jobs such as extraction missions.

They had state of the art equipment, all of it manufactured in the U.S.

Hummer, armored vehicle, heavy machine guns and RPGs, you name it.

“The client will pay us ten million bucks for slowing down our target for half an hour,” said Reno, the leader of the group.

His face was disfigured by a large scar, and therefore, his moniker among his comrades was Scarface Reno.

The brawny man slapped his thigh and shouted, “Oh s.h.i.+t! Ten million? The Yankees paid me only half that for a full-on war in Afghanistan. Let’s do it! Even if he’s some kind of martial arts master, so what?”

Everyone agreed with him and chuckled.

They risked their lives for only one thing: money. Around their neck of the woods, ten million dollars was enough to hire an entire regiment. Although the Poison Viper Mercenary Group was small, they were experienced fighters and had even faced off with a few Grandmasters in the past.

“Boom!”

A blaring explosion erupted from the distance.

Reno pulled a taut face and said, “Those must be Number-Four’s mine traps. The target is close.”

The others quickly readied their weapons and stood in battle formation.

“b.a.l.l.s! Number-Four used to be the explosives expert at the American Navy’s Seal Unit. Not even the Dragon’s Fang unit from China could have detected his mines. That b.i.t.c.h is dead meat!”

The Brawny man guffawed.

Even the Extraordinary Ones or Mixed Martial Arts Masters would have been severely injured if not outright killed by landmines.

Before his words faded away, another wave of explosions came up.

“Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom!”

Each explosion sounded closer to them than the last. When the last mine was set off, it sounded as if it had detonated only a few meters away.

“What’s going on?”

Everyone was shocked by the turn of events.

They had set up over a few dozen land mines along Chen Fan’s path. It would take an explosion expert a few hours to avoid the land mines.

However, Chen Fan had stormed through the minefield without stopping for a second.

“Those landmines should have destroyed a Merkava main battle tank,” the Brawny man murmured in disbelief.

“KOM!”

When the last explosion was detonated, no one could believe their eyes as they watched an azure figure fly out from the explosion. The violent explosion spat out deadly metal shards, but none of them could have harmed the azure figure. Even his clothes remain untouched.

“What the…”

Reno narrowed his eyes as he found the azure figure familiar.

“Bang!”

The Brawny man fired his Barrett M82. A shot from the Barrett M82 Anti-material semi-automatic sniper rifle could penetrate the metal plates on armored vehicles.

What happened next made everyone flinch.

Even Reno rounded his eyes in utter disbelief.

They watched as the azure figure extended two fingers and stopped the bullet. The bullet was lodged right in between his fingers, looking as deadly as a cigarette b.u.t.t.

“Oh my G.o.d!” the brawny man exclaimed. He was so shocked that he didn’t even notice that his cigar had slipped out of his mouth.