111: The knife is also very fast within five steps

After Li Xiao asked, he realized that the big shot inside the Blue Ice Squad had actually replaced all the troops stationed at Yuling Tunnel with their own people.

Thus, the fifty-thousand-strong army of the Xiaoyao Squad marched straight toward Hengshui.

It wasn't until they were less than five kilometers away from Hengshui that they encountered resistance from a unit of the Blue Ice Squad stationed at the Hengshui service area.

However, with only two or three thousand troops and a pile of civilian vehicles, they were no match for Di Yun's infantry fighting vehicles.

They dealt with the defenders in no time and occupied the outskirts of the city.

By this time, the players in the command center realized that the enemy had already reached their doorstep.

"What is going on! How did the Xiaoyao Squad get in!"

"Who was on rotation at Yuling Tunnel!"

"Hurry and assemble the troops! We're done for if we don't!"

Everyone in the command center's conference hall panicked upon hearing that the Xiao Yao Unit had already attacked the outskirts of Hengshui.

The acting Team Leader, Zheng Qi, suddenly stood up from the head seat and shouted, "Tang Wu! You took over the rotation at Yuling Tunnel starting yesterday! Why were you completely unaware that the Xiaoyao Squad passed through Yuling Tunnel!?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the high-ranking members of the squad present looked toward the young man sitting at the side seat, dressed in a black combat suit with his long hair tied back in a flowing cloud style.

The young man known as Tang Wu, who had a cold expression, suddenly smiled. With a slightly hoarse voice, he said calmly, "I thought everyone here was trash, but I didn't expect you, acting Team Leader, to be worth recycling."

"It really is you! You actually betrayed the Blue Ice Squad! Have you forgotten how Team Leader Blue Dragon saved you from the mercenary group two months ago!?"

Zheng Qi was furious and immediately drew a pistol from his waist, aiming it at Tang Wu's head.

The people present now realized that Tang Wu had defected, so they all raised their pistols and even leveled their rifles.

"Heh... Saving my life? He spent one hundred thousand Star Coins to hire a mercenary group to seize multiple resource areas of my Tangfeng Squad, killed over twenty of my brothers, and then staged a military performance to force me to merge my squad! You call that saving my life?"

"But you shouldn't use our lives as bargaining chips to claim credit! Besides, Blue Dragon is already dead, what more do you want!"

"Don't waste time talking to him, kill him! We can still organize troops to intercept them in time!"

Faced with someone ready to open fire, Tang Wu said calmly, "I have already planted one hundred C4 charges in this room, enough to kill each of you dozens of times over."

"What!"

Hearing this, everyone rushed toward the door to escape, but the door seemed to be blocked by something from the outside and wouldn't open at all.

"Tang Wu, what kind of trick are you trying to pull!"

Zheng Qi's face was so gloomy it could drip water, and his finger pressed repeatedly on the trigger.

"It's simple: hand over the position of Team Leader, and the Blue Ice Squad will be merged into the Xiaoyao Squad!"

"In your dreams!"

"Delusional!"

"Kill him!"

Tang Wu's words immediately provoked strong opposition from Zheng Qi's First Platoon. Just as they were about to open fire, Tang Wu shouted coldly, "Let's see who dares!"

Before the words had even faded, a dozen players who had been watching coldly in the conference room suddenly drew their guns and aimed them at the eight or nine people on Zheng Qi's side.

Seeing this, Zheng Qi's heart sank. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect the clown to be myself. I thought the vast majority of people were working hard for the Blue Ice Squad, but it turns out all the talk of unity was just a fig leaf for you hypocrites!"

Tang Wu said in a deep voice, "Zheng Qi, the result is already clear. Will you do it yourself, or should I send you off?"

Tang Wu's words had already sealed the fate of the few people in this office; this was what they called iron-blooded, perhaps.

"Fine! Then I'll do it myself!"

Zheng Qi knew that Tang Wu would never allow those who opposed him to exist, especially those who had once conspired with Blue Dragon to kill his subordinates.

He slowly lowered his gun, but at the very moment he was about to aim at his own head, he suddenly swung the muzzle toward Tang Wu and fired without hesitation.

Several other accomplices acted at the same time, and in an instant, the conference room was filled with the sound of gunfire.

Tang Wu must have anticipated that Zheng Qi would not willingly go to his death. At the very moment the other side opened fire, a long blade of sixty or seventy centimeters had already appeared in his hand.

He took one of Zheng Qi's bullets head-on, and just as the second bullet was fired, he had already taken a diagonal step to Zheng Qi's side.

The long blade swung down rapidly, following the line above the pistol's rear sight.

With a hiss, the blade instantly sliced across Zheng Qi's neck.

Thud! Zheng Qi wore an expression of astonishment as he fell to his knees, then his hands hung limp, and the pistol clattered onto the floor.

A ring of blood appeared around his neck, followed immediately by blood gushing out.

Meanwhile, the gunfire in the conference room stopped.

Those few accomplices were outnumbered; before they could fire more than a few shots, they were taken out instantly by twice as many enemies.

Tang Wu sheathed his long blade, wiped it on Zheng Qi's shoulder, and then gave him a light nudge, pushing him to the ground.

"I suppose you haven't heard the saying: beyond five steps, the gun is fast! Within five steps, the blade is fast!"

Tang Wu laughed, a hearty and uninhibited laugh, "Heh heh ha ha ha, brothers, did you see that? The enemies who plotted against you are all dead! The Blue Ice Squad will soon cease to exist!"

He had practiced swordsmanship for a long time for this day, having used many captives from the Black Hawk Empire to hone his blade skills.

He discovered that melee damage from cold weapons like the long blade was extremely high; even a player from a level ten base might not be able to withstand that strike just now.

A single pistol bullet, even a headshot, only dealt seventy or eighty points of damage. For Zheng Qi to kill him, he would need to fire at least seven bullets.

In that amount of time, it was more than enough for Tang Wu to strike with his blade two or three times.

The moment Zheng Qi fell, the leadership of the Blue Ice Squad had changed hands, though that person was not Tang Wu.

At this moment, a person walked out from the corner of the conference room and said to Tang Wu, "Boss Tang, should I initiate the merger with the Xiaoyao Squad now?"

"Yes, merge immediately to avoid the city defenders and the Xiaoyao Squad from clashing."

Tang Wu turned to everyone remaining in the conference room and said, "Everyone, immediately contact your respective forces and prepare to merge into the Xiaoyao Squad. Li Xiao possesses immense strength, and I believe he can lead us further. I hope everyone will cooperate fully!"

Saying this, Tang Wu glanced at his friends list, a corner of his mouth curving upward, and sent a message to the woman he could never forget from the moment he first saw her.

"Xiaoyu, the matter is complete."

With almost none of the fighting that had been imagined, the fifty-thousand-strong army of the Xiaoyao Squad smoothly took over the entire city of Hengshui.

[System Notification: The Tianyu Republic Blue Ice Squad has successfully merged into your squad!]