Under one person: I, Zhang Zhiwei, the arrogant Zhang.

At the same time, Lü Ci had already reached the center of the Japanese special forces brigade, and all the Japanese outsiders who tried to block his way were blasted into bloody pulp by him.

However, at the same time, he became separated from his unit and fell into enemy fire.

"Shoot him!"

Yamamoto Ichiki shouted.

Dozens of special forces members from the Japanese pirates simultaneously pointed their submachine guns at Lü Ci and pulled the triggers.

"Bang bang bang..."

Countless brass bullets shot out.

This is what makes the Japanese pirate special forces team so difficult to deal with.

Not only do they possess superpowers, but they also carry submachine guns and pistols. With superpowers and pistols, they are virtually invincible in various small-scale battles.

"Fuck your mother's... Hedgehog Lu!!"

Li Yunlong, who was lying in the back, saw this scene and couldn't help but scream in alarm, slapping his thigh in frustration.

Lu Ci was a precious darling that he had painstakingly "borrowed" from the brigade commander at the cost of several hundred military horses. He absolutely did not want this kid to perish here.

But given the current situation, even if he wanted to help, he was powerless to do so and could only curse inwardly.
"What's wrong with Zhang Da'er?! How could he let his precious Lu Ci charge into battle alone? Isn't that reckless?!"

But at that moment, something happened that made Li Yunlong's jaw drop.

He saw that, facing the enemy's dense barrage of submachine gun fire, Lü Ci not only did not retreat or dodge in the slightest, but instead charged forward into the dense line of fire.

Even more strangely, the Japanese soldiers' dense barrage of fire suddenly slowed down as it approached Lü Ci, as if it were drifting past rather than being fired at.

Lu Ci easily dodged it with a simple movement.

No matter how fast these bullets originally were, as soon as they got close to Lü Ci, they would suddenly slow down and become limp. Not only was their power greatly reduced, but their trajectory was also severely deflected, making them no threat to him at all!

"Well done! That's fucking great! This kid... he's amazing."

Li Yunlong's expression immediately changed, and his previous anxiety vanished in an instant.

Tian Jinzhong, standing behind, also looked on in astonishment at the scene: "What new trick has the hedgehog invented this time?"

Zhang Huaiyi was also somewhat surprised. Although he had ordered Lü Ci to behead him, he had no idea that Lü Ci had this special skill.

The reason he dared to send him was simply because he believed that with Lü Ci's strength, plus the experience he had accumulated from navigating the five major meat grinder dungeons, he would definitely have his own strategies for dealing with a hail of bullets.

But he really didn't expect that Lü Ci would break the deadlock in this way.

"What exquisite control... This muscle-bound brute can actually achieve this level of mastery in the use of qi?"

Zhang Huaiyi, a master of micro-management, saw through the principle behind Lü Ci's technique after only a few glances.

In fact, it's quite simple. Lü Ci used the versatile and adaptable nature of the Ruyi Jin (a type of internal energy) to mimic the movement of flowing water.

Among the techniques of Ruyi Jin, there is a move called "Hunxiang Liushui Zhuan," which originally used Ruyi Jin to simulate a high-speed rotating torrent, forming a vortex like a storm, thereby achieving the effect of combining offense and defense and rebounding attacks.

In Zhang Huaiyi's initial plan, Lü Ci would rush into the crowd and, facing a hail of bullets, would use "Hunxiang Liushui Zhuan" to violently deflect all the bullets.

However, this will have a consequence: the chaotic flow of bullets is an indiscriminate attack, and its rebound is also indiscriminate. Bullets have no eyes, and in such a chaotic battlefield, they are very likely to accidentally injure friendly forces following behind.

This is also why he initially only allowed Lü Ci to rush forward and kill Yamamoto Ichiki.

But he didn't expect that Lü Ci would evolve a new move based on the Hunxiang Liushui Zhuan technique!

He abandoned the intense spinning and instead used the Ruyi Force to simulate a normal and calm deep water state, forming a huge Ruyi Force field with a radius of several meters around his body.

This force field doesn't possess any strong defensive capabilities; it only has the properties of water, but that's exactly what he wants.

When a bullet enters his energy field, it's like shooting into water.

Water is 800 times denser than air, so the higher the speed of a bullet fired, the greater the resistance it encounters when it enters water.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary rifle bullets lose all lethality after penetrating one to two meters underwater, and are very prone to tumbling and deviating from their original trajectory due to hydrodynamic forces.

In many later films and television dramas, when someone hides in the water, people on the shore will fire several bursts of bullets into the water, and then blood will splatter on the surface, killing the person.

But in fact, this is completely wrong from a physics perspective.

While Lü Ci's force field couldn't protect against sword cuts and axe strikes, it was remarkably effective against high-speed physical attacks like bullets, making him fearless in the hail of bullets on the battlefield.

To hurt him, ordinary firearms won't work; the only way is to charge into his energy field and fight him head-on.

But given Lü Ci's current strength, there aren't many who dare to say they can reliably defeat him.

Lu Ci moved through the battlefield as if it were empty land, slaughtering everyone in his path. The Japanese pirate special forces were known for their fearlessness in the face of death, but even they felt a chill run down their spines when they saw Lu Ci charging straight towards them like this.

The special bulletproof vests they wore were useless against his Ruyi Jin; they would die instantly upon contact, and even a single touch would leave no trace of their bodies. They couldn't stop him at all.

Soon, Lü Ci rushed to Yamamoto Ichiki's side.

This caused Yamamoto Ichiki's pupils to shrink slightly, but as a seasoned colonel, he did not back down. He gripped his sharp Japanese sword tightly with both hands and fiercely slashed at Lü Ci's overwhelming momentum!
"Clang!"

Swords and fists clashed!
In just one round, Yamamoto Ichiki felt a shockwave travel along the blade, making his arms numb, his thumbs crack, and he could barely hold the hilt!
"I... am completely outmatched?!"

Yamamoto Ichiki retreated in a very disheveled manner, rolling backward in an attempt to create distance.

At the same time, he pulled a wakizashi from his waist and hid it in his sleeve.

The wakizashi is a short sword used by the Japanese to commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as a final act of self-immolation.

Of course, compared to committing seppuku, more people preferred to use it for surprise attacks.

The wakizashi was thrust at an extremely tricky angle, like a venomous snake, towards Lü Ci's heart!
However, Lü Ci maintained a force field with a radius of several meters around his body.

Within this field, everything around him, from the slightest breeze to the changes in airflow, is under his control.

"A sneak attack? Is that all you've got? You dare to play dumb here? Die!"

Lu Ci struck out with his palm, and the Ruyi Zhenjin transformed into a giant wave that tore the air open like a spider web, shattering the wakizashi in Yamamoto Ichiki's hand in one fell swoop. Then, with its remaining power, it slammed into Yamamoto Ichiki's chest!

"Crack!"

The long sword in Yamamoto Ichiki's hand was shattered by the shockwave. He staggered backward, gushing mouthfuls of blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs. His internal organs had been completely destroyed by Lü Ci.

Knowing he was doomed, a glint of madness flashed in Yamamoto Ichiki's eyes, and he shouted:
"Long live the Emperor!!!"

Immediately afterwards, purplish-black blood vessels resembling small snakes suddenly appeared all over Yamamoto Ichiki's body, and his seven orifices instantly expanded into several terrifying black holes, with an extremely violent Qi surging wildly from his body!

With a deafening roar, Yamamoto Ichiki chose to self-destruct.

Lu Ci had no idea that the Japanese soldier had such a trick up his sleeve. He was too close to dodge and was hit squarely by the terrifying blast wave.

His energy field can only defend against physical attacks such as high-speed firearms, but it has little defensive power against this kind of energy explosion!
Lu Ci was blasted backwards and tumbled several times in the air before landing lightly as if nothing had happened.

Lu Ci used to spar with Lu Jin, the "National Preceptor," and his ability to adapt to different situations and his combat intuition were top-notch.

The only way to defeat him is through overwhelming strength, by taking him down head-on.

It's unlikely that such surprise attacks and petty tricks, like self-destruction, will pose any fatal threat to him.

However, as a powerful superhuman, Yamamoto Ichiki's self-destruction, which risked his life, was still a force to be reckoned with.

Even though Lü Ci managed to deflect the force to the extreme, he was still injured in the arm by the explosion, and the blood flowing from the wound had a strange purplish-black color.

Clearly, Yamamoto Ichiki's self-destruction was carried with some kind of deadly poison!
At this moment, Tian Jinzhong rushed over and saw that Lü Ci was injured and the blood on his arm was black. He immediately took out a healing talisman to apply to him.

Lu Ci grabbed Tian Jinzhong's hand: "It's just a minor injury. Using the talisman drawn by Senior Brother Zhang is a waste of his talents. Good steel should be used where it's needed most!"

When they came down the mountain, Zhang Zhiwei gave them a lot of talismans.

Although these talismans look unremarkable and somewhat sloppy, they have the ability to bring the dead back to life and heal the wounded. As long as a person still has a breath left, they can be saved.

They brought a lot with them when they came down the mountain, but now, each of them has very few left.

Most of these talismans were not used by them themselves, but by their comrades who were seriously injured in battle.

In Lü Ci's view, a talisman is equivalent to a life, and he only has minor external injuries, so using it on him would be a waste.

“Hedgehog, you’re quite aware of your situation, but you’re poisoned now, so don’t push yourself!” Tian Jinzhong said.

"What's there to be afraid of?" Lü Ci laughed nonchalantly. "I learned to practice Qi before I even learned to walk! Have all these decades of practice been for nothing?"

"You used Qi to force the poison out?" Tian Jinzhong asked.

"No," Lü Ci replied decisively.

"..." Tian Jinzhong was speechless for a moment.

“But I can use my Ruyi Jing to seal the meridians in my arm and prevent the poison from spreading,” Lü Ci said.

At this moment, Zhang Huaiyi also walked over from the front, looked at Lü Ci's blackened arm, and said:

"This isn't Qi poison, so it's difficult to completely remove it with Qi. You'll need some appropriate antidote medication to help. Right now, medicines are the most scarce and rare commodity at the front lines. However, you can go to the military hospital in the rear. I remember there are a few extraordinary people from medical families there who help treat the wounded. Dealing with your little bit of poison shouldn't be a problem."

Upon hearing this, Lü Ci looked at Zhang Huaiyi in surprise: "Into the hospital? Big Ears, you were injured?"

Zhang Huaiyi explained, "Our regiment previously defeated the Sakata Regiment to cover the retreat of the field hospital. Naturally, I've met the doctors at the hospital. Speaking of which, there are... some of our acquaintances among them."

"Someone we know?" Lü Ci asked. "Who is it?"

"You'll find out when you get there," Zhang Huaiyi said, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.

While the group was talking, their hands did not stop moving at all; they continued to kill the Japanese pirates cleanly and efficiently.

The Japanese pirates were completely routed after Yamamoto Ichiki's death. Most of them were shot dead, and the few who tried to escape under the cover of night were also caught up and killed by Zhang Huaiyi, Tian Jinzhong and others.

The battle ended before dawn.

The soldiers of the Independent Regiment began to clear the battlefield.

The equipment and weapons used by this special operations brigade are all top-of-the-line and the best in the world today!
In addition to the powerful submachine guns, there were sniper rifles with scopes, powerful melon grenades, specially made bulletproof helmets and vests that could withstand rifle bullets, as well as various sophisticated melee knives and special operations equipment.

Li Yunlong stared wide-eyed at the spoils of war.

He picked up a special helmet and tapped it, making a crisp metallic sound. Then he picked up a bulletproof vest, examined it carefully, and thought about shooting it, but then reluctantly put it down.

Then, he picked up a submachine gun, examined it several times, and laughed loudly:

"Hahaha! I'm rich! I've really struck it rich this time!"

Kong Jie, the deputy commander, was not as excited as Li Yunlong.

He squatted silently on the ground, examining each of the Japanese pirates' corpses one by one.

He was carefully observing what these Japanese soldiers looked like.

"Political Commissar, and brothers, I have finally avenged you!"

He muttered to himself, "These beasts were the ones who caused my Independent Regiment to suffer heavy losses in the last night raid, and even killed my political commissar partner."

He wanted to remember these faces, even though they were all dead.

At this moment, Political Commissar Zhao Gang, like Li Yunlong, was examining the weapons in the hands of these Japanese pirates.

After roughly counting the number, he stood up, excitedly hugged Li Yunlong, patted him hard on the back, and laughed loudly:

"Hahaha! Old Li! We fought really well this time! More than a hundred submachine guns, more than a hundred sniper rifles with optical sights, more than a hundred Browning pistols, as well as all kinds of special secondary weapons and bulletproof equipment. This set of equipment of the Japanese devils is worth more than the entire equipment of our regiment combined! It's incredible! It's really incredible!"

"Hahahaha, our Independent Regiment's victory in this battle is truly a triumph for the serfs!"

Li Yunlong was also grinning from ear to ear, and he directed his soldiers:
"The equipment on these Japanese soldiers is all treasure. Take it all off, leave nothing behind!"

But then he realized something was wrong:

"Hey, Zhang Dabiao, what are you doing? Why are you pulling on that Japanese soldier's underwear?"

"No, Commander, didn't you say we should strip them all off, leaving nothing behind? I noticed these Japanese soldiers' underwear are all in English, they're imported. My underwear still has holes in it, so I'll just take it," Zhang Dabiao laughed.

"You really live up to your name, you're incredibly fierce!"

Li Yunlong laughed and cursed, then said, "Since it's imported, give me a pair. We'll wash them and wear them anyway. Let's see if imported underwear will feel tight in the crotch." (End of Chapter)