Chapter 78 - : Intruders Must Die (2/2)

“B*lls.h.i.+t. I’m not leaving without you!” the black man retorted angrily.

The slender man smiled sadly. “We’ve been living dangerously, life on the edge, and we’re always gambling with our lives. I’ve now lost a leg. Even if I get out of this alive, I’ll just be a useless cripple.”

“I don’t give a d.a.m.n…”

The slender man interrupted harshly, “Black Tail, you know the rules. Don’t do something that will make me lose my respect for you.”

The black man squeezed his eyes shut. He struggled to push aside his sorrow and hesitation, before clenching his teeth and fleeing with Chu Yue in tow.

Not long after, Xiao Luo came down from his sniper’s nest.

“It was you?”

The slender man looked in horror at Xiao Luo. He could not believe that the harmless-looking young man whom they’d spared was capable of causing so much damage.

“He actually left you behind. Looks like your companion isn’t stupid,” Xiao Luo remarked lightly.

The slender man looked up rebelliously. “We members of the Red Scorpion Mercenary Corps are no pushovers. You are going to pay for this.”

“Oh, really?” Xiao Luo smiled mockingly. “I wonder if you have heard of our old saying.”

“What saying?” the slender man asked.

“Mercenaries are not allowed in Hua Nation. Intruders. Must. Die!!!”

Xiao Luo spoke softly, but his words dripped with seemingly infinite killing intent. He spun around and clenched his left hand into a claw. With a rush of wind, he brought his fist flas.h.i.+ng across the slender man’s neck like a bolt of lightning.

“Poof!”

With a single, savage sweep, flesh and bone were torn asunder. A b.l.o.o.d.y gash appeared in the man’s neck from which his warm lifeblood sprayed out.

Without a backward glance at the slender man, Xiao Luo chased after the black man.

Unable to move, the slender man slumped onto the ground with a gla.s.sy stare. His blood continued to pour out, staining the ground around him red. He twitched violently, and there was no more hope of survival for him. He could only desperately, painfully wait for the Grim Reaper.

…

Wild Boar Ridge was a dense forest. Canopies of countless tall trees blocked out the sun, while the ground was thickly covered in green moss and shrubs. It was very easy to get lost in this forest. Furthermore, many wild animals were roaming around.

The black man who’d kidnapped Chu Yue made it about 500 yards before Xiao Luo caught up to them.

Xiao Luo exerted his full strength. Accelerating his already rapid pace, he swiftly appeared before the black man. He exhaled coldly and sent a vicious sweeping kick flying toward the man’s knee. The man’s knee shattered with a loud crack, and his long, straight leg was instantly bent backward. It looked as effortless to Xiao Luo as snapping a bamboo pole.

Intense agony surged through the black man’s body as he staggered and dropped onto his good knee. Before he could even cry out in pain, Xiao Luo’s iron leg was soaring through the air straight toward the man’s chest. The roaring wind from his kick’s pressure made the man break out in a cold sweat.

Desperately, the black man crossed his arms over his chest to block the blow, so Xiao Luo’s kick landed squarely on his arms.

“Boom!”

As though he’d been rammed by a train, the black man’s bulk was sent flying backward in a straight line. He only came to a stop when he smashed into the trunk of a large tree. The insides of his chest were turning over violently as thick blood gushed from his mouth. The explosive, terrifying power of his opponent made him temporarily forget the pain. Instead, he tried to discern the ident.i.ty of this man who had kicked him.

When he saw that it was Xiao Luo, his face wore the same expression of disbelief as the slender man’s. Who would have thought that a young kid they’d overlooked would come back to bite them as such a fearsome enemy?

As Xiao Luo readied the killing blow, his heightened senses picked up on a large group of mercenaries a few hundred yards away. They were quickly approaching. He stopped himself short, turning to pick up the terrified Chu Yue. Slamming both feet into the ground, he shot off like a bullet and disappeared like a ghost.

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