Chapter 169 - 169 151 Assassins

169: Chapter 151: Assassins 169: Chapter 151: Assassins “Have they been found?” “No, perhaps they never came here.” Lu Ping’an pondered as he listened to the radio communication. Life system abilities might sound weak in battle, but when fired up, they could actually be very formidable and hard to find. Plague rain might be a pre-prepared ritual or even a pollutant. Magic Plants Mine Array could be laid beforehand, triggered automatically by a signal from the rainwater. Even the rat swarm might have been set up with a timer or remote-controlled cages. And if they couldn’t find the attackers, the attack would not only continue but also intensify. “Surround!” Enraged, a special service team captain with shoulder badges took action first. He was a middle-aged man who took off his sunglasses. In his pale eyes, there were hints of a burning fire ring. The next moment, the fantasy became reality. A firewall forming a ring over a meter high surrounded the police cars. As they appeared, they blocked the charging rat swarm. Besides the smell of flowers and the stench of decay in the air, the scent of grilled meat wafted through. But the real target the firewall wanted to block had already appeared at the edge of the battlefield. “‘New Humans,’ so many… Damn!” The bizarre figure walked into reality. Magic Monsters called the “New Humans” didn’t look human at all. Six elongated Magic Monsters over three meters tall, at least five or six meters long, approached. Their gigantic snake tails were made of rock, which they used to move. Their upper bodies, however, were huge “three-headed snakes” draped in black rocks. Their massive size and weight caused earthquakes as they moved. The one facing Lu Ping’an had an oily middle-aged man as the middle head, a woman’s head on the left arm, and a hunting-dog head on the right. This was the “New Human,” a crude and ironic war demon that some Beast Tamers and Healers loved to use as high-quality losers. These Magic Monsters, with an average combat power of around third-tier, were unbelievably stopped by the small flame circle at their waists. The deterrent power of the flames was obvious. These Magic Monsters, made from “humans,” had intelligence and combat instincts comparable to wild beasts. Six “heavy trains” at least two stories high were all stopped like this. However, judging by their restless movements, it was only a matter of time before they crossed the firewall. “Six of them, two for each of us. Get it done quickly.” Apart from the middle-aged man who continued to maintain the firewall, the other three captains took action first. To deal with such creatures efficiently, they needed to step in. “Boom!” Xia Qin surprisingly made the first move. She stepped on a “New Human’s” head and slammed it to the ground. Her small figure single-handedly lifting the train-sized creature was rather terrifying. She didn’t draw her sword. With one punch after another, she hammered the giant snake into a deep pit. Pure violence shattered the rocks, each hit accompanied by a scream and splashes of blood that flew several meters high. At that moment, Lu Ping’an fully realized how much Xia had held back during their duel. But he didn’t stop either. “Let’s go!” Lu Ping’an suddenly turned his head and twisted his shoulder. Little An’s tentacles flashed through the air, and something nearby was sent flying. Upon regaining her senses, Hua Xueyi finally noticed her altitude and realized what to do. She vigorously shook her head, her golden hair unfolding like golden wings. With another flap, she started to float. If she had normal wings, the corrosive rainwater would be a nightmare. But her metallic wings were attuned to her rhythm, allowing her to soar. Flying above the clouds didn’t take long, as the rainclouds only spanned a few hundred meters around the convoy. “…Captain, in that direction, about 200 meters away, there’s someone in a cloak looking at us!” The gliding unit was especially important at this moment when visibility was needed. “Good.” In the radio transmission, Xia Qin turned her head and left immediately. Her piercing gaze also singled out Lu Ping’an. One “New Human” had turned into a pile of broken corpses, and another one was still struggling in the pit. Lu Ping’an jumped lightly and struck with his blade…but it didn’t penetrate the defense. “Clang!” The sound of the war scythe’s rebound almost made Lu Ping’an drop it. He sighed helplessly. Was this third-tier Magic Monster too difficult for him? “I hope the aging poison works on humans too…” The next second, Little An’s reverse whip threw Lu Ping’an into the air. Facing the giant beast, Lu Ping’an fell for a moment before suddenly stopping and drifting, just in time to dodge the monster’s sweeping tail. At a suitable height, Lu Ping’an spun, and his slender scythe followed his right hand. With a gentle probe and hook, blood sprayed, and screams echoed. Indeed, Lu Ping’an couldn’t break the monster’s defense, but he could stab through the wound Xia had smashed open. The Silver Poison spread rapidly, and the giant beast slowed down and aged at a visible pace. It was only at this moment that Lu Ping’an confirmed that the monstrous combination of corpses and rocks was a single entity. “Ouch, ouch!” “Ahh, ahh!” “It hurts, it hurts!” Beastly roars, wails, and shrill screams filled the air as the three heads communicated their agony. However, the Silver Poison had already taken effect. The giant beast continued to frenzy, but it had slowed down significantly… These man-made War Beasts had notoriously short lives! “Ahh!” The next moment, the pupils of all three heads turned white. Pain left their faces, which was undoubtedly a bad sign. “Berserk?” “Hmm, frenzy. Don’t let them touch you, or you’ll shatter like tofu.” The Beast Tamer took control of the monster’s will and casually drove it into a raging fury. Under its “master’s” command, the giant snake sprang up again, fiercely pouncing towards the closest Lu Ping’an. Lu Ping’an, who had jumped up in advance, just laughed. Using the War Scythe as a support rod, he gently lifted and swung it, leaping over the reckless injured beast once again. The youth hanging upside down in mid-air was already behind the giant beast. He had his back to the roaring three-faced beast while gently spinning his War Scythe. A turn, a hook, a pull. Silver light and blood light intertwined. When the young man fell, the three heads fell as well. “Boom!” The giant beast fell to the ground, causing an aftershock. “Lu Ping’an!” The surprised cry for help from the sky marked the beginning of trouble. The gliding girl encountered her nemesis, as a large number of golden bees surrounded her, but the smallest was the size of a thumb. Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t be difficult for Hua senior sister to deal with these things, but now her “hair” was used as wings. If she used them to attack, she would risk crashing. “Golden Bell, three, two…” Lu Ping’an shouted out abruptly, and Hua Xueyi above was taken aback. How did he know the name of her move? However, seeing Lu Ping’an count down while throwing up a “gift”, she swallowed the curse words she was about to say. The girl abruptly flicked her golden hair, put her hands in front of her knees and curled up into a ball. The tips of her hair draped forward like curtains, forming a crescent-shaped protective sheet that fit together as a whole. It only took a moment, and the golden protective cover protected her entire body. The girl, using her Abnormal Ability to its fullest, had a faint golden light emerging from her skin. “Boom!” Lu Ping’an’s “express delivery” arrived, and the loud explosion covered her, wiping out the surrounding Demon Bees. The next second, Hua Xueyi released her “Golden Bell” state, flapping her wings and floating up again. But her current disheveled appearance made her look as if she had just been taken out of an oven. The pain all over her body, as well as the damaged hair roots, caused her to glare fiercely at Lu Ping’an below. “This was the fastest way. Now go and help sister Xia.” Lu Ping’an didn’t care about her complaints. He just coldly and calmly observed the battlefield around him. Seeing Lu Ping’an’s indifferent attitude, Hua Xueyi was taken aback for a moment but then followed his instructions without hesitation… Since she lacked practical experience and he hadn’t made any mistakes all the way, it was better to listen to his commands. There were at least four Captain-level individuals in the convoy. One maintaining the Firewall, while the other three per person had two… Special Service Team Three had already completed their share of the task. Under the command of the “Beast Tamer”, even though two giant snakes had broken through the Firewall defense, they were still held back. However, other than Xia Qin, the killing speed of the other team Captains didn’t seem to be very fast. There was still one lively beast left in the inner circle… But maintaining the battle line wasn’t a problem. Lu Ping’an saw that on the battlefield, the most annoying things were the seemingly harmless and immobile “big trees”. They and their poisonous fog divided the battlefield, forcing each team to fight on their own. Even if they tried to support each other, they had to go around in circles while being careful of the rat hordes on the ground. The spreading fog was still shifting, and more than one unlucky newcomer accidentally fell face-first into the muck. “What’s that? Can I resist it?” Lu Ping’an asked casually. “You’re a Gardener, I’m not.” The big cat was quite realistic; she admitted that she didn’t know. “But in the end, you don’t have to touch it. The stuff made by Gardeners is really tricky. The same result might be due to completely different principles.” However, the generally timid cat couldn’t help but add a comment. Lu Ping’an silently made a note in his mind, preparing to collect some seeds and branches of this tree after finishing the fight. If it can make a professional fall so easily, it shouldn’t be a simple toy. As for Xue En on that side, he took out a flamethrower from the back of the car and began to disperse the surrounding poison fog, trying to secure some fighting space for Lu Ping’an and the others. Throughout the whole process, the “Soldier” hadn’t stopped. He was constructing a temporary position and used the flamethrower to burn down the nearest small tree. At this moment, Special Service Team Three was the first to complete their task, creating a small safe zone, which made the other Special Service Teams also struggling in the fight take a new look at this team with mostly newcomers. “He’s dead, Little Huang is dead!” A sudden roar made everyone freeze. The speaker was at the center of the convoy, on the heavily guarded escort vehicle. The vehicle door had unknowingly opened, and the old man on the passenger seat was half-lying outside. He clenched his throat, his expression full of disbelief. His desperate and frightened eyes, filled with confusion and reluctance, could never close. Blood slid down the dagger that hadn’t been pulled out yet, already mixing with the accumulated water. The rain had unknowingly stopped, and Xia Qin arrived with a sword and a severed head, her face full of displeasure. “A fourth-tier Beast Tamer. ‘Purple Mud Puddle’… He’s a local mercenary with a bit of a reputation, not a cultist. We’ve been played.” But no one responded, and everyone’s eyes looking at those around them were filled with caution. They were suspicious that there were assassins from the cult lurking among their own people. But one voice broke the silence, leading to an even more profound silence. “I saw it. No one approached that vehicle. Little Huang… he committed suicide with the dagger in his hand…” This answer seemed even worse than having an assassin infiltrate the team. This meant that from the beginning, Little Huang had been under a suicide contract. So what was the purpose of the attack on their group? Was it just a mockery? Somehow, many Special Service Team members thought of a smiling face at the same time. A young man who always showed a confident smile after the battles. “Sophist!!” Xia Qin tried to keep calm, but seeing her dead comrade in the car, her anger still erupted. Her hand clenched the severed head, and no one moved it, but it suddenly cracked into pieces and blood, as if invisible knives and forks had cut through it. Lu Ping’an, who had been calmly watching the whole time, touched his chin and nodded in satisfaction. “The Contractor’s path seems quite interesting. I should try it.”