Chapter 319: Giving You a Chance to Live

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Chapter 319: Chapter 319: Giving You a Chance to LiveThe bald man pretended not to hear Liu Jia’s words and did not turn around, but just like that, his eyes still turned black. Xu Huo had already arrived to his right and slashed down with a sword, creating a Sword Qi Barrier that surged forward. The opponent, however, was suddenly covered by a semi-transparent giant bell. The Crimson Sword couldn’t cut through the bell, and the Sword Qi was instead dissipated at the periphery! His expression changed slightly as he quickly adjusted his stance and swept his sword horizontally. S~eaʀᴄh the nôvelFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. The Crimson Sword could only cut through the first target. It was difficult to engage fully in combat in such a forest, and this sword strike was meant to draw the bald man’s attention. Although the bald man couldn’t see, he still took a defensive posture at the sound of the strike, just in time for Yan Jiayu to leap from behind, her muscles bulging as she wielded the Demon-Subduing Pestle, ruthlessly smashing it on the back of his head! The hit didn’t directly land on the bald man, but the bell emitted a deafening buzzing sound, making people at a distance involuntarily cover their ears, let alone the bald man inside the bell. Liu Jia’s shouting had worked, but he was left dizzy and bleeding from the nose due to the ringing of his own tool! Yan Jiayu took the chance to deliver another blow with her staff, and this time the bald man couldn’t hold on. Whether voluntarily or not, he deactivated the tool’s effect and half-knelt on the ground. Xu Huo didn’t hold back just because the man seemed to be badly injured, and as he signaled Yan Jiayu to step back, he swung his sword down! The bald man wasn’t as bad off as he appeared to be. In the next second, he shot out to the left, dodging the slash and reaching for Yan Jiayu with a colorful smoke spewing from his palm! Yan Jiayu instinctively held her breath, turned, and climbed up a tree. With an unbelievable speed, she scaled several meters up the trunk and then leapt down from above, tumbling in mid-air before fiercely stomping on the bald man’s forehead! The bald man tried to grab her, but by then, Xu Huo had arrived and grabbed his arm, twisting it hard alongside the sound of bone cracking. The bald man groaned in pain and struck back with his other hand! Xu Huo blocked the hit with his sword held vertically by his side, and just as the man tried to retreat his hand, Xu Huo kicked him away! The bald man flew several meters before crashing into a thick tree and tumbling down. He spat out blood and immediately took out a potion, but before he could drink it, Yan Jiayu smashed it with a pebble. Shen Xin and Hu Wenhao had finished their end, tying up the player and dragging him over. Xu Huo and the others were all freed up. A flicker of regret flashed across the bald man’s face, then he kneeled on the ground, begging for mercy, "Don’t kill me, I have inside information! I hold no grudge against you; I was just paid to do a job!" "Is that so?" Xu Huo flew behind him with his strings controlled, "Who hired you?" "If I tell you, will you let me go?" the bald man hesitated to ask. "Still trying to negotiate terms?" Yuan Yao, who had been skirting the edge of the fight, finally dared to step forward. Sima Xiao’er said angrily, "If you’re dead, just wait and see how I’ll deal with you back at the Special Defense Department!" The bald man didn’t look at either of them, but stared at Xu Huo, "Just give me a guarantee, and I’ll tell you. You’re in charge here." Xu Huo looked at him, "Speak and you can die a quick death." Seeing that Xu Huo wouldn’t relent, the bald man said, "I’m going to die either way; what good does it do me to tell? Maybe someone will avenge me later!" "That’s one way to think about it," Xu Huo raised his hand, his fingers crossed as they manipulated the strings to glide over, but the Bald Head was once again covered by the Golden Bell, laughing as he said, "Ordinary objects can’t break my Golden Bell; you can’t kill me!" "Is that so?" Xu Huo withdrew his swords and chopped off a five-meter-long log, which he then pushed and kicked toward Bald Head. Bald Head’s face changed color, instinctively wanting to flee, but his escape route had already been cut off. He glanced over Yan Jiayu and the others before choosing Zhou Ning’s direction, only to find that, as he took a step forward, Zhou Ning had transformed into a Giant Python, its gaping maw aiming for him! Bald Head immediately changed direction, but by then the log had already struck him, pinning him against a tree through the Golden Bell. The forceful impact caused the bell to emit a dull drone, rolling his eyes back in his head! "I’m guessing your object can’t last too long, but even if it could go on for twenty-four hours non-stop, that’s no problem—I can strike the bell for twenty-four hours. I wonder if you can listen that long." Xu Huo finished speaking, his hands relaxed and then tensed, breaking the tree behind Bald Head from a distance of five meters. "You’re...cruel!" Bald Head couldn’t even last three minutes before his Golden Bell object disappeared, and he knelt on the ground, propped against the tree, "I say..." "It was Hou Song, a Pioneer Player from the Hua City Special Defense Sub-department." He said, "He’s the one who sent me to ambush you, and he mentioned that if I succeeded, not only would I receive a third of your objects, but also a large sum of money." "Using a third of the objects as a reward, it’s not just for your objects, right?" Zhou Ning looked at Xu Huo, "Do you know this Hou Song?" Xu Huo quickly reviewed the information in his mind, "He’s Chief Liao’s driver; he’s the one who drove me to the hospital." "That’s right, I’ve seen him," Yuan Yao said. Yan Jiayu also said, "I heard Chief Wu say that the news of your evolution was leaked by him." "So he’s the Inside Ghost!" Sima Xiao’er spat, "Old man Liao likes to take advantage of every opportunity, who knew he’d have someone slipping through the cracks right under his nose, I’ll call the chief right away." Xu Huo gestured for him to wait, then asked Bald Head, "Where were you supposed to meet up?" Bald Head’s eyes shifted slightly, he was about to say something when he looked up and was startled by Xu Huo’s gaze. The rippleless eyes seemed to transform into a tangible oppression, giving him the chills and causing a cold sweat to break out, with the words he intended to say stumbling out involuntarily, "...it’s Ting City! Just not far from The First Research Institute!" "Besides the objects, did he ask you to bring my body there?" Xu Huo asked again. Bald Head, intimidated by Xu Huo’s compelling gaze, hastened to reply, "How did you know, that’s exactly what he said..." Considering the Hua City incident, it was clear to everyone else; the objects were secondary. Hou Song was primarily interested in Xu Huo’s second evolution and wanted to decrease the difficulty by only bringing Xu Huo’s dead body back. "But why did he hire you guys to do this?" Yuan Yao couldn’t help asking, "You’re so weak." Bald Head glared at him resentfully. It wasn’t that they were too weak; it was that Xu Huo’s objects were too formidable. With a single confrontation, Xu Huo had killed half of their people. Otherwise, it was uncertain who would win if a real fight had broken out! No wonder so many people wanted him dead; just these objects were enough to make anyone envious. His gaze uncontrollably lingered on the sword in Xu Huo’s hand, then he heard Xu Huo say, "How about this, you lead me to the meet-up, and I’ll give you a chance to live."

Chapter 319: Giving You a Chance to Live

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