Volume 3, Chapter 67 – Gradually Driven Toward the Abyss

The danger that had suddenly descended did not make Yajin afraid. Instead, it made his blood start to boil.

The stronger the enemy, the more points they were worth. In countless battles, he had always been the one smiling at the end!

Yajin had absolute confidence. His arrogance came from his own strength.

First, he had to get rid of the two little rats behind him, so they would not interfere with his performance later.

Yajin made his decision at once.

So even with the threat of throwing knives in front of him,

Yajin grinned and said into the communicator, “Don’t disappoint me!”

After speaking, he did not care whether that man had heard him or not. He crushed the communicator underfoot, then pressed himself against the wall and quietly edged toward the front of the conference room, where two more people were still hiding.

When the underlings saw their captain moving back, they immediately followed of their own accord.

The man hidden in the shadows twirled the throwing knives in his hand, his eyes sharp as lightning as he searched for his target. He had a pistol at his waist, but had no intention of drawing it at all.

And Yajin inside the room was also searching for his target.

A blue corner of clothing.

He found it again.

Yajin’s eyes sharpened, and he immediately reached out and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A corpse fell sideways to the floor.

“There’s still one more!”

Yajin was just about to move forward when a scream suddenly rang out from a spot two or three meters away at an angle.

Right after that, a muffled groan came from behind him as well.

What was going on?

Yajin’s heart sank. He saw a man collapse, a bloody hole blooming in his chest.

A sniper rifle!

Yajin quickly spun back around.

Another of his underlings had fallen as well, with a throwing knife stuck in his back.

Including himself, they only had four people left now.

What a troublesome opponent.

…

After firing that shot, Anran was in an excellent mood, because the game prompt had arrived right on time. Her kill count had gone up by one, and her EXP had increased too.

“Not bad. Your aim isn’t any worse than Daogu’s.”

In less than an hour, Anna’s impression of Anran had changed drastically.

Other than her close-combat strength, which she had not shown yet, this newcomer was practically perfect.

As for Feilian, the captain, there was no need to say anything more.

The stronger the newcomer was, the greater his chances of achieving his goal.

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“Looks like Yajin’s side has almost finished up too. Seems this mission is going quite smoothly,” Feilian said.

They were currently on the top floor of the warehouse.

They had just come up from below, searched the place once, and only managed to kill a single sniper. They had not found any more targets.

Anran was still three kills away from upgrading her title.

“We’ve checked the warehouse. The production building, cafeteria, and dormitory have also been searched by the other squads. That leaves only the underground parking garage.” Feilian’s gaze swept across the layout blueprint.

If there was one place most suitable for hiding people, it was the underground parking garage.

“Let’s go.”

Anran spoke impatiently.

…

The one who had fired should not have been one of those Morningstar brats. A sniper would never mistake his own people.

That meant it had to have been someone from another squad.

Yajin analyzed the situation calmly.

If they had enough spare attention to snipe people in the conference center, then they would soon be free to move over here too.

If he wanted all the credit for himself, he had to get rid of the person outside as quickly as possible.

Yajin made his decision immediately.

There were still four of them left.

That was definitely not a small number.

The window.

Yajin’s gaze landed on the window of the conference room facing the corridor.

He made a few hand signals to his men.

Flank him!

Yajin moved forward slowly along the wall. When his men had edged over to the window, he spoke up, “What is it? Did you get scared and run?”

“I’m right here.”

The other party answered.

Hm?

Here?

Yajin was suddenly horrified!

His heart tightened violently, because that voice was too close. Far too close.

He instinctively rolled to the side, and by the time he regained his bearings, the sound of shattering glass instantly filled his ears.

The underling who had just reached the window had his throat slit in an instant.

“Fang Jin!” Yajin roared.

With three subordinates dead, Yajin finally could no longer stay calm.

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Only then did he get a clear look at the man who had suddenly appeared by the window.

Ordinary-looking, with a cold face.

That was Yajin’s first impression of that man.

But this utterly ordinary-looking person was giving Yajin tremendous pressure.

His movements were bizarre, like a ghost that had appeared out of nowhere.

His name was Sandi, the deputy captain of the guard who had come with Heloise.

Bang, bang, bang…

Three bullets converged on him, but Sandi’s figure had already vanished.

He was unbelievably fast. Could he be an ability user?

Yajin held up his submachine gun warily, while his other hand had already moved to the hilt of his blade.

Against a speed-type ability user, guns became far less useful.

“Be careful. He’s probably a speed-type ability user,” Yajin warned.

The two remaining underlings were his capable lieutenants, the genuinely strong kind.

Bang!

One of the windowpanes shattered.

They still had not been able to lock onto the target’s position.

That wall had now practically become a tool the other side could use at will.

“Morningstar mongrel, if you’ve got guts, stop sneaking around!”

Yajin shouted.

“Then I’ll grant your wish!”

Yajin got a response at once.

The conference room door suddenly moved. Yajin immediately shifted his aim and pulled the trigger. Rat-a-tat-tat-tat.

Swish, swish!

Two more throwing knives flew over. This time, those two underlings were prepared. With a horizontal sweep of their guns, they knocked the knives aside.

Sandi’s arm was grazed by a bullet, but he did not even frown. His eyes narrowed, his right foot pushed off, and he lunged in like a phantom.

His cold gleam was like snow.

A flash of blade-light swept past a neck from his right hand.

In an instant!

Blood sprayed.

Yajin fired several shots in succession.

At the same time, another underling swung his rifle butt and smashed it over.

Pressed from two sides, even Sandi had no choice but to retreat. He grabbed the corpse of the underling whose throat had been slit and pulled it in front of himself as a shield.

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“Bastard!”

Watching his companions die one after another, the remaining underling raised his gun and pulled the trigger wildly. The splashing blood made it hard to tell whose it was.

The instant he emptied his magazine, he drew the blade at his waist and charged forward.

Slash!

Clang!

Yajin no longer cared about anything else.

At this close a range, facing the enemy’s speed, and with a corpse blocking the way, guns were already of limited use.

Only close combat could solve the problem.

Good.

Yajin’s greatest strength was close combat anyway.

He drew the telescoping iron rod from his waist and charged in as well.

The two attacked Sandi from different directions.

Bang!

The slashing blade was blocked by a dagger, and the small dagger was instantly forced back several centimeters.

Seeing the chance, Yajin thrust his rod straight at Sandi’s thigh.

The tip of the rod had been sharpened. In truth, it was more like a specially made short spear.

If that struck solidly, the thigh would be crippled at once.

Bang!

Throwing away the corpse he had been using as a shield, Sandi’s agility now fully came on display.

Holding twin blades, he calmly tapped the rod’s joint with the short blade in his left hand.

The rod took the force, and its direction shifted at once.

Yajin had not expected to win in one blow. Sandi was strong, and he had long known this attack would not succeed.

So the moment Sandi’s right hand could no longer exert force, Yajin immediately drove in with a knee strike.

Sandi had no choice but to retreat. With that, his right hand loosened, and how could the underling beside him possibly let that go?

The flashing blade attacked Sandi like a violent storm.

Hit him while he’s down and finish him.

Yajin’s staff technique was just as fierce, rumbling out like peals of thunder.

Forced step by step toward the corner of the conference room, Sandi seemed to have fallen into a desperate situation.

Yet suddenly, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Yajin’s heart instantly tightened.

At that moment…

“Did you really think my speed was only this much?”

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The moment the words fell, Sandi turned into a black shadow.

Damn it.

Yajin inwardly cursed. Even he could not see clearly, let alone…

Sure enough, the moment he turned his head, he saw Sandi cross his twin blades to block his underling’s attack, followed by a high-speed kick and a merciless slash across the throat.

Blood, blood.

Hahaha!

A morbid smile spread across Sandi’s face.

Slash!

Death Step.

Sandi froze for a moment.

Because the underling whose throat he had cut had actually stabbed a blade into his side abdomen.

Pain surged up.

That look in the other man’s eyes was saying, Don’t underestimate me?

But in the end, he still fell.

“Die!”

The enraged Yajin brought his rod smashing down.

It carried the force of a thousand pounds.

Because he had been distracted for that brief moment, even with Sandi’s speed, he could no longer dodge in time. No matter what, a short blade could not withstand the iron rod.

Sandi’s arm sank, and Yajin followed up with a vicious kick straight into his wound.

Kicking wounds was one of Yajin’s signature moves.

Yajin, who had seen all his underlings slaughtered, was enraged.

And Sandi, now injured, was equally enraged.

How long had it been since he had felt pain like this?

Aaaah!

Slash!

Yajin barely managed to retreat a step in time, but his sleeve was still cut open.

“You’re a little stronger than I imagined. Looks like we can play a little longer.” Strange, eerie light flickered in Sandi’s eyes.

Play?

I’m staking my life on this!

Deputy captain of the guard.

If I kill you, then even if the rest of my squad is dead, I can rebuild an even stronger team!

Yajin launched another probing attack.