Chapter 79

Qianye walked out of the cave, his backpack now several kilograms heavier. It contained a second-grade Force Gun, five Force Solid Bullets, over a dozen gold coins, and some survival equipment and food for the wilderness.

When Qianye had been gone for about a day, Feiniao and his men appeared outside the cave. Feiniao looked rather disheveled, his clothes dirty and torn in several places.

The members of the Sky Snake Gang were also listless, and only six of them remained by Feiniao's side, the rest having fallen behind. The arrogance they had displayed when leaving the city was long gone.

Upon seeing Li Lunzhe's corpse inside the cave, Feiniao's face turned extremely grim. Although he was arrogant and proud, he was not a fool. He was well aware of the strength of Li Lunzhe, who was known as the strongest hunter among the young generation. In the wilderness, a hunter's strength was fully utilized, and even Feiniao would not dare to say he could defeat Li Lunzhe one-on-one.

However, now, Li Lunzhe was dead, and his death was extremely painful.

Feiniao squatted down, ignoring his洁癖 (cleanliness obsession), and personally removed Li Lunzhe's clothes, carefully examining every wound. The more he looked, the paler his face became. This was an exceptionally professional and meticulous method of torture! Seeing such techniques, Feiniao knew that if it were him, he probably wouldn't last a minute. The more such a sadistic and bloodthirsty person, the more fragile their psychology.

If he fell into Qianye's hands, the best course of action would be to commit suicide immediately.

The image of Black Wolf's corpse flashed through Feiniao's mind, and he slowly stood up, saying, "Pack up! We're going back to the city!"

All the Sky Snake Gang members breathed a sigh of relief and immediately followed Feiniao, hurrying away. The more they pursued, the more afraid they became. An enemy they could only chase but never catch, and the horrifying corpses of their companions along the way, made these once arrogant Sky Snake Gang members truly feel fear.

Is Qianye really only Level 3? This was the question that arose in everyone's mind.

At that moment, Qianye was standing on a mountain peak dozens of kilometers away, surveying the surroundings. He looked in the direction of the cave where he had hidden, "That Feiniao should already be on his way back, as long as he's not completely stupid or crazy."

Qianye opened his map, which already had several locations marked. These were ambush points, forming multiple lines of defense along Feiniao's path back to Dark Blood City.

Feiniao's morale was now broken, and after several days and nights of continuous pursuit in the wilderness, he was still quite capable. He found the cave an hour earlier than Qianye had expected, but that also meant Feiniao's physical strength was greatly depleted. This time, Qianye did not intend to let him return.

Eliminating Black Wolf and Feiniao would mean the loss of the two strongest of the Sky Snake Gang's so-called four great experts, dealing a heavy blow to the Sky Snake Gang.

As Qianye was choosing his ambush points, he suddenly sensed something and looked toward the distant horizon.

The dark season on the Eternal Night Continent is also known as the Far Land Day. The night sky was dark and vast, and the stars at the world's peak seemed especially distant. At that moment, a star in the nearly barren sky suddenly began to flicker intensely.

The star quickly grew brighter, and each flicker seemed to expand its light. In Qianye's dark vision, the star was rapidly moving toward him. Soon, a small bat-winged airship appeared in his field of view, with flames still burning on its body.

The airship wobbled and its altitude continuously decreased, eventually crashing to the ground on the other side of the mountain, followed by a rising plume of smoke.

Qianye was instantly alarmed. The airship's shape was so distinctive that he would never forget it! It was a Red Scorpion Legion's dedicated lifeboat! He had once escaped a dead-end situation in one of these lifeboats.

He never expected to see it again here. Qianye noticed that the fire on the airship was not due to mechanical failure but was clearly the result of an external attack. If even a lifeboat was attacked, the situation on the Red Scorpion's main battlefield could be imagined. However, with the Red Scorpion's strength, they should have been invincible in the entire Rocky Domain, let alone in Dark Blood City.

Qianye's heart turned cold, recalling the mysterious black-robed figure and William from the peak of the mountains. If they had encountered these two, even a Red Scorpion-level squad leader would be powerless. Only if the Red Scorpion Legion deployed a deputy commander or higher would they have a chance to fight.

Qianye hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and rushed toward the location where the lifeboat had crashed. Even if he might face a formidable existence like William, Qianye was determined to take the risk. Although his time with the Red Scorpions was short, the Red Scorpion Legion had given him much, including the concept of comradeship!

As for Feiniao, Qianye no longer had the time to deal with such a minor character.

Qianye moved cautiously, his body low to the ground, using the terrain for cover as he approached the crash site. He quickly climbed to the top of the opposite mountain and carefully peered out.

The lifeboat had crashed on the mountainside and was now engulfed in flames. A dozen Blood Clan warriors had formed a perimeter and were advancing toward the lifeboat.

Suddenly, a red beam shot out from a pile of rocks near the lifeboat, instantly blasting a Blood Clan warrior away. However, the other Blood Clan warriors began to accelerate, crossing a hundred meters in the blink of an eye, rushing into the pile of rocks and engaging a tall Red Scorpion warrior in combat.

The Red Scorpion warrior was already covered in wounds, surrounded by seven or eight Blood Clan warriors like a wounded lion trapped by a pack of wolves.

As Qianye watched the battlefield, the Red Scorpion warrior's movements suddenly slowed. The surrounding Blood Clan warriors rejoiced and pounced!

Qianye's heart cried out in alarm!

Being a former member of the Red Scorpion Legion, he knew what the tall warrior was about to do, but it was already too late to stop him.

A blinding silver light appeared in the midst of the battle, and all the Blood Clan warriors screamed, covering their faces and staggering backward. A circle of flames then rapidly spread from the Red Scorpion warrior, the shockwave hurling the Blood Clan warriors one by one. The flames clung to the Blood Clan warriors, refusing to extinguish. The Blood Clan warriors screamed in agony but fell silent after a few rolls.

The silver threads in the flames indicated that they were infused with Dawn Force, which was highly lethal to dark races. These Force Grenades were extremely powerful but also very expensive, typically issued only to squad leaders.

In the center of the explosion, the Red Scorpion warrior had completely disappeared. He had detonated four Force Grenades at once, leaving no trace of his body.

Five Blood Clan warriors remained. They had been on the outer perimeter and had narrowly escaped the explosion. They were clearly terrified and hesitated to approach the blast site, even though the Red Scorpion warrior had been completely obliterated.

At that moment, a loud boom echoed nearby, and a glowing Force Bullet flew through the air, blasting a Blood Clan warrior away.

The remaining Blood Clan warriors immediately scattered, forming a staggered attack formation and rushing toward the source of the gunfire, a patch of low shrubs.

The Force Gun fired again, but this time the shot was off, the Force Bullet grazing a Blood Clan warrior. The warrior howled, his movement momentarily halted, seemingly hit by the residual force, but the damage was negligible for a physically strong Blood Clan warrior.

Sure enough, the Blood Clan warrior continued his attack with his companions, while two others also drew their Force Guns and began firing at the shrubs. Amidst the explosions, a small figure leaped out of the shrubs, performing a series of frog jumps to avoid the Blood Clan's gunfire, looking rather flustered.

Qianye inwardly sighed, the person in the shrubs was clearly a rookie, missing the shot at a hundred meters. It was clear he was too nervous. Blood Clan warriors were incredibly fast, and even low-level Blood Clan warriors typically only allowed for two shots at a distance.

However, since this person was a rookie, Qianye felt it was his duty to protect him, even though he was no longer a Red Scorpion.

Qianye's finger pressed the trigger at a steady pace. As soon as the Force Bullet left the barrel, he moved the gun, not bothering to check the result.

A Blood Clan warrior preparing to shoot was hit in the back and blasted away! The sudden high-ground attack threw the Blood Clan warriors into a panic. As they searched for the enemy, Qianye's second shot was already fired, hitting another Blood Clan warrior with a Force Gun.

The last two Blood Clan warriors abandoned the rookie and charged at Qianye. They had recognized that this attacker was clearly much more formidable.

Qianye stood up from his firing position, drew his short knife and hand axe, and charged forward! Dealing with two Level 3 Blood Clan warriors was no challenge for Qianye. A few swift strikes, and he had felled them.

Not far away, the rookie reacted quickly and also rushed up the hill, leveling his Force Gun. However, before he could complete the charge, all the enemies were already lying on the ground.

This was a young woman who had just come of age, her body not fully developed, her beautiful face still retaining a hint of childishness, and her large eyes filled with panic.

Qianye looked around, seeing no other Blood Clan warriors, and then gestured to the rookie, saying, "Follow me, we need to leave immediately!"

"But I still need to collect Captain Xia's remains..." the rookie said, her voice trembling and soft.

"We don't have time! Move now!" Qianye said firmly, taking two steps and grabbing the rookie's collar, dragging her away.

The rookie looked back, tears streaming down her face, as she was dragged along by Qianye.

Qianye roared, "No crying, rookie! Start running at your maximum speed for two hours! Keep up with me!"

The rookie was startled, momentarily thinking she heard an order from a superior in the legion. She instinctively slung her Force Gun over her back, adjusted her state, and hurriedly followed Qianye. After running for a while, she wondered why this sudden young man spoke and acted so much like a Red Scorpion.

However, she never found the opportunity to voice her doubts. Qianye led her through a series of twists and turns, climbing and descending the complex mountain terrain. Although the speed of the run was not particularly fast, the physical exertion in the mountainous environment was significantly increased.

The rookie's face turned pale from exhaustion, her breath coming in white puffs, leaving her no energy to speak. Later, her eyes became glazed, and she relied solely on her training to keep up with Qianye without falling behind.

The rookie did not know that shortly after they left, a large group of Blood Clan warriors appeared near the lifeboat crash site. A team of elite warriors had been following them, being led by Qianye through mountains and valleys for a full hour before finally being shaken off after crossing two shallow streams.

Qianye ran for two hours before stopping, saying, "You can rest now, rookie! You have thirty minutes."

The rookie immediately collapsed on the ground, barely managing to pull out her water bottle from her backpack, taking two large gulps, and then with great effort, closing the cap.

"You can use a stimulant. We still have to continue moving, this time for an hour."

Hearing Qianye's words, the rookie's face fell.

PS: Two chapters, 7000 words.

This long trip through several places has been really uncomfortable, and I've started coughing again.

However, seeing that the red tickets have exceeded ten thousand every day for the past four days, I will work hard with everyone.

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