Volume 3, Chapter 68 – Someone Above

“Bang!”

The iron rod smashed a dent straight into the meeting room door.

His first strike missed, and Yajin did not hesitate for even a moment. He immediately slipped back in retreat.

At the same time, Sandi’s short blade had already slashed over lightly. If Yajin had not dodged so decisively, that strike just now would have severed his arm.

That was close.

Yajin stared at Sandi with a grave expression.

This man was putting far too much pressure on him.

He was a powerful opponent of a kind Yajin had rarely encountered before.

Even so, it was not as if there was no chance of winning.

Fast fighters had their own style, but once Sandi took one of his hits, he would suffer badly too.

“Bang!”

The iron rod instantly blocked Sandi’s twin-blade attack.

Yajin shoved hard, then used the opening to sweep out with a kick. Sandi lightly leaped backward and avoided it.

“I thought you’d lost focus. So it was just a feint.” Sandi’s face remained expressionless. The clothes at his waist were already stained red with blood, yet he paid it no mind at all.

Yajin’s gaze swept across that wound.

That might be the key to his victory.

If he kept entangling Sandi like this, that injury would go untreated, and its effect on him would only grow worse and worse.

“So you’re not just some piece of trash good for running your mouth. You do have a bit of skill. But that’s all.”

Staring at the wound on Sandi’s body, Yajin swung his rod sideways.

Even though the weapon had a pointed tip, the shaft itself was not that long. Yajin did not dare use spear-thrusting techniques to fight head-on.

He would drag his opponent into a contest of strength, then kill him in the area where he excelled.

“Clang, clang.”

For a moment, the sound of iron rod and short blades colliding filled the entire spacious meeting room.

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With the obstacles cleared away, this terrain was extremely favorable for Yajin.

For the time being, he seemed to have the upper hand.

Sandi, meanwhile, could only rely on his astonishing speed to keep circling and searching for openings.

Heh.

A smile curled at the corner of Yajin’s lips.

“Clang.”

Another long metallic collision rang out. Yajin bore down hard. Although Sandi still broke away quickly, Yajin could already feel his strength weakening.

He was finally reaching his limit.

In that case, let me take your life.

Yajin still had a secret.

In truth, this iron rod of his could be taken apart.

It was his trump card.

At an unguarded moment, he could quickly thrust out the slimmer section, then pull free the rear half and finish the opponent off.

Click, click, click…

Sandi’s expression still did not change in the slightest. He seemed to be meticulously using his speed to keep maneuvering around Yajin.

Even the edges of his two sharp short blades had developed chips from the constant clashes.

If this kept up…

And just then, footsteps suddenly came from outside.

Dense, hurried footsteps.

Someone was coming.

Both Sandi’s and Yajin’s hearts jumped at the same time.

“The sound came from up ahead!”

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“Hurry up! Don’t let Yajin take all the kills!”

“Interesting,” Sandi suddenly said.

People from the other squads had arrived.

Yajin’s face sank. He had been just about to claim all the credit for himself. If other people cut in now, wouldn’t all his previous effort have been wasted?

Looks like I’ll have to use that move.

Sandi’s blade slashed over in a flash. The sun had almost completely set, and the blade hidden in the darkness gave off a faint gleam, its trajectory becoming hard to read.

“Bang!”

Yajin blocked the strike with ease. He drew the iron rod back, and his right hand quietly slid to the segmented joint.

The instant he pulled it free and smashed down again, that sudden strike would surely be too fast for the other man to react to, no matter how quick he was.

That was what Yajin thought, and that was exactly what he did.

With a soft click, his right hand pulled back sharply, and the iron rod split into two pieces in an almost unbelievable motion.

Then, smiling, Yajin smashed viciously toward Sandi’s head.

His skull would split open!

That was how it should have gone. But the moment Yajin drew back the iron rod, Sandi suddenly stepped back.

In the middle of that contest of strength with Yajin, he somehow drew his movement back, then slashed out with a speed so fast Yajin had no time to react at all.

“Clang!”

If Yajin had not suddenly yanked out the rear half of the iron rod, that slash alone would have been enough to sever his arm.

“Oh? So you had a move like that too.”

Sandi let out a cold laugh.

The blade slid rapidly down along the thick rod Yajin had swung out, and Yajin’s expression changed abruptly.

He hurriedly tried to wrench himself free, but Sandi’s other blade was already following up.

One slash after another.

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Swift as a violent storm.

What shocked Yajin even more was that at this moment, Sandi’s speed had actually risen by another level.

“We’ve played long enough. This is getting boring, so let’s end it early.”

Very soon, Yajin’s body was covered in countless fine cuts. Blood streamed from the wounds, dyeing him into a man of blood.

The pain that reached into his bones made him groan despite gritting his teeth.

Then, at that very moment, his tensed body suddenly slackened, and a chipped blade kept enlarging in his pupils.

The aura of death clamped tightly around Yajin’s throat.

How could his speed still increase?

Had he really been toying with me this whole time?

A surge of fear suddenly rose in Yajin’s heart. No, he could not die here. He still had a bright future ahead of him.

“Wait, I—”

“Pshk!”

The blade tip pierced the skin of his chest.

“Bang!”

A gunshot rang out from the side, and a bullet came flying over. It was followed by a loud shout: “Yajin!”

The blade, one-third of the way in, was withdrawn at once. Sandi gave a muffled grunt, his figure ghostlike as he rapidly retreated and dodged toward the window.

Yajin dropped to his knees, clutching his chest and gasping for breath. His body was still trembling nonstop. The pain no longer felt that obvious, because Yajin’s body was now completely ruled by fear.

Death had come that close.

If Sandi had not needed to dodge that shot, Yajin would already be a corpse.

That man had actually been hiding his strength all along.

Yajin struggled to lift his head and look at Sandi.

But all he could see was darkness.

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Whoosh, whoosh. Two throwing knives shot out.

The members of Nine Songs at the doorway instantly dodged with sharp reflexes, while at the same time opening fire to force Sandi to alter his movement.

With Sandi’s speed, once he realized the other side was about to shoot, he could evade rifle fire with ease.

“That’s enough playing with you for today. The trash of Nine Songs may not amount to much in a fight, but you’re pretty good at sneaking around for intel.”

After speaking, Sandi gave a light jump and landed on the windowsill.

The people outside the door immediately swung their gun barrels toward him.

But Sandi decisively stepped sideways out the window, and his figure vanished into the night.

The height of the second floor was nowhere near enough to stop him from leaving.

…

Morningstar Hunter Lv.2 (0/50)

Health +150, Strength +5, Agility +3.

Anran silently glanced at the title she had just upgraded. She was in an excellent mood now.

After sniping one person from long range, then making another circuit outside, Anran, already no weakling herself, had successfully hunted down three more enemies by relying on her tactical goggles and a fighting style that did not spare bullets.

With 380 Health, she was not much worse off than fighter-type players of the same level.

The conference center was right in front of her, and there was still gunfire overhead. Maybe she could pick up a few more gains.

Anran was feeling thoroughly pleased with herself.

Yet at that moment, Chu Yuan’s startled cry suddenly rang in her ear: “Careful, there’s someone above you!”

Hm?

Anran abruptly looked up and saw a man leaping down from the second floor.

He had an ordinary but sinister face, with a black mole at the corner of one eye.

“Sandi!”

A woman’s voice suddenly rang out from that man.