Chapter 99: Will Binding

Five silver shuttle-shaped aircraft appeared on the horizon. As soon as they approached the villa area, they began to transform rapidly, becoming five silver humanoid Mechas.

Seeing this situation, Lin Lei immediately turned around and ran into the woods. The residential area was nearby, and even if there was going to be a battle, it could not happen here.

Lin Lei was extremely fast. As he ran, he began to equip the Crystallized Mecha. A second later, a black Mecha appeared in the woods.

The Crystallized Mecha slammed its back feet hard against the ground and leaped into the air, hovering above the woods. At the same time, two Binding Blades transformed into two Moon Blades capable of both offense and defense.

Lin Lei turned to look and saw that of the five Silver Mechas, only four remained, while the other had completely vanished.

He felt slightly strange, but there was no time to ponder this, because the four Silver Mechas had already spotted Lin Lei and immediately changed their flight direction, flying towards him.

Lin Lei did not stay where he was. After ensuring he had attracted the enemy’s attention, he continued to fly towards a desolate area, while the four figures behind him chased him relentlessly.

The two sides chased and fled, soon flying hundreds of kilometers to a barren wasteland. Lin Lei dove down and stood on the ground, then raised his Moon Blades horizontally in an offensive posture.

The speed of the four Silver Mechas also slowed down, and they stopped several hundred meters away from Lin Lei.

“Are you a warrior of the Star Alliance Guard?” one of the Silver Mechas took a step forward and asked.

“You guessed right, Dark Remnants. Last night, I saw too many atrocities, and now, it is your judgment time.” Tremendous energy began to flow through the Crystallized Mecha, emitting a heavy and dignified aura.

The distance between the four Silver Mechas narrowed slightly. Clearly, the opposing Crystallized Mecha gave them great psychological pressure.

This was a strong expert! There was a qualitative difference from the warriors sent by the Star Alliance the previous two times!

The four Dark Remnants, with keen senses, immediately noticed the difference in the warrior sent by the Star Alliance this time and became exceptionally cautious.

Lin Lei did not intend to attack first, because these guys still had so-called Will-level attacks, which Lin Lei had to treat with care.

“Those atrocities were committed by failures. They could not withstand the call of the God and went mad. And we killed only in self-defense!” the Silver Mecha actually began to explain.

“Save your explanation for the Star Alliance!” Lin Lei would not be swayed by a single sentence from him. Since they did not dare to attack first, Lin Lei took the initiative.

But just as he was about to erupt, he felt a pain in his head and his vision went black, as if something was grabbing his brain and blinding his eyes. This must be the Will attack Elder Yun mentioned.

Lin Lei gritted his teeth hard and concentrated his mind. At the same time, the energy Moon Blades in his hands danced wildly. He did not need his eyes at all, using only his sense of danger to block and evade the attacks from the opposite side.

Beams of death rays shot towards Lin Lei’s Crystallized Mecha but were completely deflected by the energy Moon Blades.

It was unknown where these Dark Remnants got these Silver Mechas, but their attack power was astonishingly high. At the very least, the Crystallized Mecha’s Protective Force Field could not withstand their attacks.

However, Lin Lei still withstood the opponent’s first wave of fierce attacks, and the binding sensation in his head slowly decreased, while his eyes gradually regained their vision.

“Not good, attack quickly! His Will is too tough, I can’t bind him, hurry!” the Silver Mecha at the very back suddenly shouted.

In the next moment, the Crystallized Mecha turned into a stream of light. The Silver Mecha at the front suddenly froze. Several smooth curves appeared on the Mecha, penetrating through the front and back, and slowly expanding. Finally, the Silver Mecha suddenly collapsed into several pieces.

“Three of you, bind him together! Make him lose consciousness!” Seeing the tragedy occur, the three immediately stopped their attacks and instead used all their strength to unleash a Will binding, attempting to make Lin Lei faint.

Immediately, the Crystallized Mecha, which had disappeared into the air, reappeared as it slowed down. His Moon Blade was less than half a meter away from the second Silver Mecha. Just a moment later, the second Mecha would have suffered the same fate.

Sweat slowly dripped down the forehead and back of the pilot inside the second Silver Mecha, soaking his entire cockpit.

But he did not dare to distract himself for a moment. The three of them combined their efforts to bind Lin Lei’s consciousness with all their might. Even so, the Moon Blade in the Crystallized Mecha’s hand still sliced down slowly but firmly towards the second Silver Mecha.

This was a clash of pure Will! Whoever could become the final victor would be the ultimate winner of this battle!

Lin Lei felt like his head was being pressed by a giant stone, extremely heavy. His body’s protective mechanism attempted to make him fall into a coma, but Lin Lei bit his lip hard, using the intense pain to resist this almost despicable Will attack. The downward cutting motion of his Moon Blade never stopped for a moment!

The pilot of the Silver Mecha under the blade’s edge nearly collapsed. The three of them had already used all their strength, but they still could not stop his attack. Looking at the overflowing energy light of the Moon Blade, if he was cut, slicing through the Silver Mecha would definitely be as easy as cutting tofu.

Damn it, if one of them hadn’t insisted on checking a life signature similar to their target midway, if the five of them were together, they wouldn’t be in such a passive situation.

At this moment, Lin Lei’s Moon Blade had already sunk into the Silver Mecha’s shell. The Dark Remnant inside could already feel the burning sensation slowly approaching. He seemed to see the God of Death waving at him.

This terrifying feeling of waiting for death made his spirit collapse. He shouted out loud, and the Will binding he emitted was immediately released.

With a light clang, the Silver Mecha was sliced through by the blade. Both the Mecha and the person inside were cut in half.

The Will binding suddenly dropped by one-third. Lin Lei’s Will was immediately much freer, and controlling the Crystallized Mecha was also much smoother. His speed instantly increased as he charged towards the remaining two Silver Mechas.

The distance between the two was only a few dozen meters. Even though Lin Lei’s Mecha speed had dropped significantly, he crossed this distance in less than a second. Then, two seconds later, he sliced off the shell of the third Silver Mecha. Subsequently, the Moon Blade, like a scalpel, picked out the pilot inside and flung him onto the ground. It was unknown if this guy was killed by the fall, but he was certainly unconscious.

Only the last one remained on the scene. His Will binding alone had lost its effect on Lin Lei, and he could only wait for his throat to be slit.

What Lin Lei cared about now was where the missing Mecha had gone, so he did not knock this final survivor unconscious either. Instead, just like the previous one, he picked him out of the Mecha and hung him on the back of his Moon Blade.

At this time, the System faithfully upgraded Lin Lei’s Level 3 Strengthening permission. The battle evaluation was A-rank, and the permission increased by 10 points, becoming 86/100. Level 3 Strengthening was already in sight.

A flash of joy passed through Lin Lei’s heart, and he refocused his mind on the Dark Remnants before him. He asked indifferently, “Now, can you explain to me why there are only four of you?”

“I’m here! Look at who this little guy in my hand is!” A voice came from not far away. It was a gloomy-looking man from the Apocalypse Star. He was not piloting a Mecha but had walked down from a small spaceship.

In his hand, he was holding a cute little guy with fair skin and pitch-black eyes. However, his hand was placed on the little guy’s throat, seemingly ready to strangle him directly if Lin Lei made any move!

Lin Lei was very puzzled. Was this guy’s brain flooded with water? Did he think finding a random child would threaten him?

Lin Lei’s voice remained unchanged. “Since you delivered yourself to my door, this guy in my hand is useless.”

The Moon Blade in his hand vibrated, and the blade turned, instantly slicing the unlucky fellow hanging on the Moon Blade into three segments.

Now only one Dark Remnant remained conscious, and he wasn’t even piloting a Mecha, posing no threat to Lin Lei at all.

He prepared to capture this guy alive and bring him back to the Star Alliance to be handled by the Star Alliance Council of Elders. As for the little guy in his hand, he could only blame his bad luck. Lin Lei was not a savior and couldn’t worry about that much.

“If you dare to come any closer, I’ll do it. I guarantee you’ll regret it for the rest of your life!” His hand slowly tightened. The little guy in his hand had a flushed face and difficulty breathing, but he never cried out. He just looked at the Crystallized Mecha with those pitch-black eyes.

Inexplicably, Lin Lei felt a twinge of compassion. He stopped his advancing steps and slowly said, “State your conditions?”

“A life for a life. I want that fainted guy at your feet. Then you let us board the spaceship and leave, no chasing! Otherwise, even if this little guy is handed over to you, I can use my Will binding to kill him!”

Lin Lei fell silent. He was weighing whether such an exchange was worth it: a child’s life in exchange for two Dark Remnants, plus the cost of not perfectly completing his mission.

“I count to ten. If you don’t agree, I’ll do it immediately. At worst, we all die!” This guy saw Lin Lei’s hesitation and prepared to use psychological tactics to force Lin Lei to make a decision.

This guy! Lin Lei gritted his teeth. If he disregarded the little guy’s life, he could kill him directly. However, he also didn’t dare to use the Mecha to burst at high speed to rescue him, because such a small toddler could not withstand the violent airflow caused by the Mecha’s high-speed movement. Without a Protective Force Field, no one could endure that.

“Your request is granted. Take that guy on the ground and get the hell out of here!” Lin Lei compromised with extreme frustration. He retreated several hundred meters, leaving space for the Dark Remnant. But the Energy Binding Weapon in his hand transformed into a Subspace Annihilation Cannon. If this guy dared to play any dirty tricks, he would turn him into elementary particles.

The Dark Remnant immediately placed the child in his hand on the ground, then carried the guy who was beaten dizzy onto the spaceship. The spaceship then took off immediately and fled rapidly.

Lin Lei watched the spaceship disappear into the sky, then put away the Crystallized Mecha. He walked forward and picked up the little guy from the ground.

He hadn’t looked closely before, but now upon close observation, Lin Lei discovered the uniqueness of this little guy. His eyes were warm and crystalline, full of spirit, and the skin on his face was so tender it seemed water could be wrung out of it, slightly revealing a pink hue. He was as cute as could be.

Now held in Lin Lei’s arms, he was not shy with strangers. Instead, he giggled and reached his small hands straight towards Lin Lei’s face. The soft and warm touch soothed Lin Lei’s originally somewhat depressed mood.

It seemed this little guy was worth saving. At least he wouldn’t be condemned by his conscience later for being cold-blooded for a moment.