Chapter 69

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Little did he know, before entering, Lin Qing had already killed a Brotherhood captain, Fang Lingcheng, and had fortuitously obtained this bulletproof vest that could resist high-tech damage.

However, after blocking several bullets and a significant amount of melee damage for Lin Qing, the bulletproof vest from Wenzhou had its durability drastically reduced to 32 points.

Lin Qing was also hit by these two shots, losing 4 points of health, but as long as the dum-dum bullets didn't enter his body, there wasn't a major problem.

He pounced on the Surgeon like a fierce lion.

The Surgeon threw his pistol at Lin Qing and drew two sharp willow-leaf surgical knives.

His assassination techniques were very comprehensive, using poison, strategy, and guns, but what he was most skilled at was his old trade.

Using surgical knives.

These two surgical knives actually emitted a dark blue glow in his hands!

Lin Qing was startled.

These were blue enchanted weapons!

At least one weapon characteristic was enchanted with blue magic.

He had only heard Li Meilin mention it once, but he never expected to encounter it head-on in the final battle with the Surgeon.

The Surgeon smiled coldly.

This pair of blue willow-leaf surgical knives was an item from a story world, the "Holmes Surgical Knives."

From the movie "Devil in the White City," these were the specialized surgical knives used by the famous 19th-century American serial killer Dr. Henry Howard Holmes (H.H. Holmes)!

These "Holmes Surgical Knives" were not ordinary blue weapons, but deep blue weapons.

They had a terrifying 9 points of damage, and the attributes attached to them were threefold.

The first, "Precision," allowed the surgeon's dexterous hands to find the gaps between bones, organs, blood vessels, and nerves, much like a butcher. For heavy armor, there was a high chance of bypassing the solid defense and piercing the soft flesh. This knife had a 50% chance to ignore all enemy armor.

The second, "Grievance," meant that countless wronged souls would wrap around the surgical knife, continuously harming the next victim. Your attack had a 20% chance to make the enemy fall into the fear of the wronged souls, unable to move, and be directly hit by you.

Each attribute was so terrifying and cold!

In addition, the Surgeon had a level 5 "Surgeon" skill, which, due to his familiarity with the human body's blood vessels, nerves, and muscles, had a 25% chance to cause deeper damage in melee combat, increasing the additional damage by 50%.

The Surgeon, with this knife, aimed a stab at Lin Qing's chin.

There were the lymphatic system, the nervous system, and the fatal throat and respiratory tract!

If he hit there and then lightly swiped the "Holmes Surgical Knives," a single stroke would create a mist of blood, warm and spectacular.

The Surgeon sneered and dodged Lin Qing's Sword of Heaven, aiming for Lin Qing's throat.

However, in the next second, Lin Qing took a completely shocking approach.

He threw away the Sword of Heaven without hesitation.

In front of the Emei disciples and Zhou Zhiruo, he discarded the famous Sword of Heaven as if it were trash.

This was Lin Qing's strategy.

He couldn't wield the sword, and the Sword of Heaven in his hands only had 3 points of ordinary attack, worse than a sharp dagger.

Lin Qing's true killing move was his grappling skills!

This sudden change caught the Surgeon off guard!

Though experienced, his mind didn't wander as wildly as Lin Qing's.

To discard the famous Sword of Heaven and engage in a close combat grapple with him!

But this change allowed Lin Qing to gain a slight advantage in an absolutely disadvantageous situation.

His White Eyebrow Eagle Claw technique was activated!

A white light flashed from the "Eagle King Wrist Guard."

Lin Qing's skill was enhanced to the fourth level effect.

The Surgeon's cold hands, wielding the "Holmes Surgical Knives," were forcibly grabbed by Lin Qing!

Then, he was helplessly flipped over again.

Lin Qing gave a signal.

Gouzi, who had been eager to join, immediately wagged his tail and rushed over, shouting, "Master, I'll do it!"

His sharp Wu Gou knives fiercely stabbed into the Surgeon's chest, who was immobilized.

The Surgeon's eyes widened, and he muttered, "Despicable!"

Lin Qing smiled faintly and whispered in his ear, "I said one-on-one, but I can't control my subordinates from helping."

He pulled out a sharp dagger and stabbed it into the Surgeon's back.

As expected, a white light flashed from the Surgeon's body.

Automatic medical treatment!

Gouzi's face turned pale; he knew the severe consequences of not killing such a red-flower double-stick fighter in one go.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and the Surgeon's head was violently thrown back.

Headshot effect!

It was KG!

The leader of the long-range team, who had lost his legs, had begged Jingxu to bring him along, and at this critical moment, he gave the Surgeon a decisive shot.

The Surgeon fell into a daze from the headshot, lasting another 3 seconds.

KG shouted, "I know! This is a rare story item called the ICU Emergency Monitor. When the vital signs drop to a critical level, it automatically administers life-saving drugs and adrenaline!"

"How do we kill him?" Lin Qing shouted.

"Hit him!" KG sneered. "The ICU Emergency Monitor can only immunize against the cooldown of two doses of medicine, but it's not omnipotent! As long as you deal enough damage, once the medicine's cooldown is over, he will still die!"

Thus, the unfortunate Surgeon was betrayed.

Tragically, he had ordered Lin Qing to retreat the Emei disciples 200 meters, and without these female disciples and subordinates watching, Lin Qing didn't have to worry about the decrease in his righteous reputation from the inhumane group attack, and he attacked mercilessly.

The Surgeon died.

No matter how powerful an adventurer was, they couldn't survive a continuous headshot from a long-range attacker, a melee deputy tank, and a close combat expert skilled in grappling (Lin Qing).

Lin Qing's final stab pierced the Surgeon's heart.

The Surgeon finally died in a daze.

Lin Qing wiped the sweat from his brow.

The cumulative damage the three of them inflicted on the Surgeon definitely exceeded three times his total health!

It was evident how powerful the Surgeon's emergency monitor was.

Lin Qing was somewhat anxious.

He didn't know if he could extract the valuable emergency monitor from the Surgeon's key. This required good luck, and Lin Qing's luck had never been great.

He also didn't forget that Zhou Zhiruo had been poisoned by the Surgeon. This poison could only be cured by an antidote or the space.

The damage he caused was only a quarter of the total, while KG caused more. Fortunately, KG and Gouzi stopped at the end, allowing Lin Qing to claim the kill.

Lin Qing had only one chance to extract.

Fortunately, the Surgeon had one unlucky thing.

In the previous bet with Lin Qing, he had set the item to be discardable and, in a hurry to escape, didn't take it with him!

Thus, the number of items and equipment on his body was significantly reduced. Otherwise, Lin Qing would have had no chance of extracting the emergency monitor or the antidote.

Lin Qing closed his eyes, extracted once, and prayed to the sky.

Hopefully, it would be the antidote.

But it was very disappointing.

As the space said, his luck was extremely poor. This time, he didn't extract the Surgeon's most valuable monitor, nor the antidote, nor the sharp "Holmes Surgical Knives." Instead, he got another item—a small, exquisite badge with a red flower and two crossed sticks, with the word "Righteousness" of the Hong Gang on the back.

[Red Flower Double-Stick Badge]: A symbol of elite status in the Hong Gang.

These simple words puzzled Lin Qing. He didn't look further and put the [Red Flower Double-Stick Badge] away.

The Surgeon's gruesome corpse lay on the ground.

Seeing that Lin Qing didn't find the antidote, Zhou Zhiruo's beautiful eyes dimmed.

Lin Qing's gaze met Zhou Zhiruo's, and his eyes were gentle and peaceful. Despite knowing her poison was incurable, Zhou Zhiruo felt reassured.

At this point, of the seven Hong Gang members who entered the world, only Gouzi and half of KG remained, both looking at Lin Qing with a mix of reverence and fear.

Lin Qing smiled and said calmly, "Don't worry. I keep my word. Since I promised you could live, I won't kill you as long as you don't betray me. But I want all the information about the Hong Gang, including everything you know about the space and adventurers. Understand?"

The two shuddered and nodded in agreement.

In the space, the strong rule.

Although Lin Qing's personal combat strength wasn't great, his intelligence and strategic grasp of the world's plot made it unwise to oppose him.

Just as Lin Qing was about to further interrogate, he heard a shout from a distance.

A Wudang disciple rushed over, saying, "Bad news! While you were away, the five members of the Ming Cult launched a counterattack. In the end, Zhang Wuji, Yang Xiao, Yin Tianzheng, and Wei Yixiao broke through the six major sects' blockade and escaped. However, the girl was stopped."

Lin Qing was both shocked and angry.

He had only dealt with the Hong Gang members, and these five had escaped?

What were the six major sects doing?

Lin Qing hurried to the scene.

Kongzhi and Song Yuanqiao both looked ashamed.

Seeing Lin Qing, Kongzhi sighed, "We have failed to live up to Song Zong's trust. We are truly ashamed."

"How did they escape?" Lin Qing asked, puzzled. "With so many people from the six major sects, they should have been able to stop them."

"Zhang Wuji charged at us from Wudang," Song Yuanqiao said, looking reluctant. "We couldn't harm him, so we were tied up. The Eagle King, Bat King, and Yang Xiao have superb lightness skills and used Xiao Zhao as a cover. It's inconvenient for martial artists to harm a young girl, so they used hidden weapons to injure her, allowing the three to escape. However, they were all severely wounded."

Lin Qing sighed. He had made a mistake, underestimating the strength of the Ming Cult's key characters.

Even without Zhang Wuji's protagonist aura, these important characters were hard to kill. Their martial arts were formidable, and their lightness skills far surpassed those of the six major sects. Even if he were there, it would be extremely difficult to ambush these Ming Cult leaders. They might even counterattack in desperation.

The escape of the White Eyebrow Eagle King made exploring the [Tianying Sect Headquarters] much more difficult.