46: Chapter 46 I was given a chance, but you didn't use it.
Daofeng waved his hand, signaling Shancao and A-Qi to approach slowly, while saying, "Release my people, and I can guarantee you a quick death."
Yun Zhuo shoved the nose-ringed woman in his hand forward and said coldly, "Tell your people to back off, or I'll crush her to death right now."
"Since that's the case, then you can just go die."
Hearing this, Shancao and A-Qi lunged forward in a single stride.
Yun Zhuo immediately threw the nose-ringed woman aside and leaped backward fiercely.
Shancao caught the nose-ringed woman, but her head was already caved in, and her nose was filled with red and white brain matter; she was dead beyond any doubt.
A-Qi, who was rushing toward Yun Zhuo, saw Yun Zhuo suddenly stop.
Years of mercenary life immediately set off alarm bells in his heart. "Not good, it's a trap!"
But he had already swung his long blade, hacking towards Yun Zhuo. Just as he wanted to retract his blade and retreat, a hemispherical plasma light curtain instantly bloomed from beneath his feet.
It flashed across his blade, slicing his combat sword into two pieces.
"Oh no, it's an ambush!"
There was an ambush nearby, and he hadn't even detected it; that could only mean the opponent's strength was far superior to his own.
Daofeng quickly jumped into the car, and all four vehicles simultaneously drifted, turned around, and executed the movements in one smooth motion.
But upon turning around, he saw an identical light curtain unfolding in front of them as well.
In an instant, the two light curtains merged overhead, turning into a honeycomb-patterned blue dome, locking them inside.
Yun Zhuo was immediately excited. "Holy crap, what is this? A cyber barrier?"
Teacher Su explained, "It's a raster beast-trapping cage commonly used by gold-farming hunters to surround and hunt beast herds."
As she spoke, the three armored vehicles in the convoy suddenly exploded, and ten beast god mechas rushed out.
They swung their blades at the plasma light curtain in front.
Dragging their blades and leaping up, the heavy long swords carved trails of light in the air, striking the light curtain. Aside from exploding into a sky full of electric arcs, the light curtain didn't even ripple.
Seeing this, Teacher Su couldn't help but exclaim, "It seems my uncle really went all out this time. A beast-trapping cage of this level is more than enough to surround and hunt level 50 Mutated Beasts."
Before Su Qingyuan's voice had even faded, several blue lights suddenly flashed on the hills on both sides. Dozens of blue corrosion energy bullets, trailing exhaust flames, shot toward those beast god mechas!
The beast god mechas inside the light curtain reacted extremely quickly and with great coordination; they left some mechas to continue attacking the light curtain while the others swung their blades to provide cover.
But the power of these corrosion energy bullets far exceeded their expectations. After a series of violent explosions, all the beast god mechas were blown apart, turning back into men and women who slammed into the ground, their life or death unknown.
Then, the same tactic played out again, and another volley of corrosion energy bullets came flying in.
Daofeng, inside the car, could no longer sit still. He took his War Princess and two other teammates out of the car to transform and initiate Body Integration.
But before they could stand firm, another mecha was blasted apart. Only his swordsmanship was sharp enough to slice a corrosion energy bullet into a sky of fragmented starlight with a single strike.
But in the end, he was trapped in the beast-trapping cage and could only dodge in place. A dozen or so corrosion energy bullets couldn't get close to him, but what followed was a barrage of dozens more.
One corrosion energy bullet precisely hit the mecha's core. After the light dissipated, Daofeng and his War Princess fell from the air to the ground, curling up and vomiting blood.
The next moment, five beast god mechas swooped down from the mountain and rushed into the beast-trapping cage. Just as they pulled open Chen Bo's car door...
...a mecha flipped the roof of the car and rushed out from inside.
The mecha that was opening the door didn't notice and was instantly sliced into two, turning into a man and a woman who slammed onto the ground.
Yun Zhuo had thought only Chen Bo and Li Wanqing were left in the car; he hadn't expected someone to be hiding there.
After that person succeeded with one strike, the four subordinates of Ling Lingwu didn't linger; they turned and ran out of the beast-trapping cage.
The beast-trapping cage that was impregnable to Chen Bo's bodyguards was like a water curtain to them; they just lifted their feet and stepped right out.
That person's slash landed on the light curtain, but aside from exploding into a sky full of electric arcs, it didn't even touch a hair on them.
Next was another barrage of firepower. That person didn't even last two minutes before disintegrating into a man and a woman who slammed onto the ground, dead or alive unknown.
The four mechas outside then ran back in to check and helped up their injured teammates.
The other two mechas walked out of the beast-trapping cage and dug out two devices resembling Prism Towers from under the road surface.
Once the devices were removed, the light curtain of the beast-trapping cage instantly vanished.
Then they just left, without saying a word.
"Where did your uncle find these people? They're so professional!"
As he said this, a group of people riding mechanical lizards charged down from the distant hillside.
Ling Lingwu was charging in the very front; he paused there for a moment and waved at Yun Zhuo, which counted as a greeting.
Then, he kicked his mount and rode off with the main group, disappearing completely.
Yun Zhuo came to that car, but he didn't immediately reach out to pull the door.
He first went around finishing off the mercenaries who weren't dead yet.
Just when he was coming over, he had seen someone injecting medicine into their neck. If he waited for them to recover, it would be him and Teacher Su who ended up dead.
Seeing there were no survivors left, he then ripped the car door off.
With a bang, it startled Chen Bo and Li Wanqing inside.
But Chen Bo quickly forced himself to calm down and looked calmly at Yun Zhuo, who was looking down into the car.
"Yun Zhuo, although I don't know who those people were, don't think that..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Yun Zhuo yanked him out and slapped him twice, hard. "You're at death's door, and you're still putting on an act?"
Yun Zhuo had held back his strength; if he killed him now, how would he ask his father for the ransom later?
Even so, Chen Bo felt like he had been hit in the face with two shovels, completely disoriented, and fell headfirst onto the ground.
Then, Yun Zhuo yanked the terrified Li Wanqing out.
Although the events of this period had made her mature quite a bit.
But in the end, she was still just an eighteen-year-old girl. In his own previous life, she would have been just a college student with clear, foolish eyes.
Unlike Yun Zhuo, who had killed so many Mutated Beasts that he already had the potential to become a butcher.
"You... what are you doing? Let go!"
Li Wanqing grabbed Yun Zhuo's hand with both hands, and in her desperation, she even wanted to bite him.
She didn't even stop to think: was her mouth harder than Teacher Su's mecha?
Yun Zhuo threw her to the ground.
Before she could crawl up, he stepped on her leg.
She sat up, trying to reach out and move Yun Zhuo's foot away.
Yun Zhuo gently ground his shoe tip, and with a crunch, he crushed her leg bone into pieces.
"Ah!"
The excruciating pain made her scream, and she collapsed back onto the ground.
Only then did she seem to realize that she might be about to die.
"Yun Zhuo, I didn't expect your heart to be so cruel. Have you forgotten? We grew up together, went to school together, walked home together, and did homework together until night. We walked in the rain under the same umbrella, rode the same bicycle, and I sat on the back seat holding you. Have you forgotten all these beautiful memories? Why have you become so heartless now?"
After listening to Li Wanqing's hysterical reminiscence, Yun Zhuo sighed and said, "My life has been without regrets. I recall that run under the sunset; that was my lost youth."
"Huh?" Li Wanqing was completely bewildered.
"Huh my ass! Return the spirit origin stone my mother left me, and I might consider sparing your life."
"Impossible. If I give it to you, what will I do? I can't become trash... No, listen to me, my vows to you are still valid, really. Besides, the spirit origin stone is gone once used; even if I wanted to return it, I can't."
"Sigh, then there's nothing I can do. I gave you a chance, but you were useless. You can't blame me for what happens now."
Seeing Yun Zhuo raise his foot again to stomp on her face, Li Wanqing hurriedly said, "Wait, I have a clue about the spirit origin stone! I'm not lying to you, really!"