I am a hero of the former civilization.

boom--

That's the sound of feet stepping on the ground, sending pebbles flying.

thump—

This is a pale aura created by turning in mid-air.

From the hill to the plain, and finally into the canyon, fists collided with fists, and with a series of muffled booms, the canyon collapsed like a glacier. Ryan felt that the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable.

Despite consuming too much energy, it didn't inflict any fatal wounds. This masked, ragged guy was like a monster, tireless and incredibly violent.

If that fist were to take a solid hit, his fate wouldn't be much better than the Herrscher of Ice's. And constantly dodging would just waste energy.

Only in this way!

Ryan, who was retreating, suddenly stopped. Qian Jie rushed in front of him and threw a simple straight punch at his face. This time, Ryan put away his power defense.

Ok?

Qianjie felt his fist strike the opponent's face without any resistance. Ryan, too, stared at the fist that was powerful enough to blow his head off. With his eyes completely focused, he felt as if the world had stopped.

Turning his head, he felt a tearing pain in his cheek, and heard a rumbling echo behind him. He caught a glimpse of a raised whip kick out of the corner of his eye, and simply slid forward, his shoulder slamming heavily into Qian Jie's chest.

Extremely powerful. Iron Mountain Lean.

boom!

Qianjie, who was standing on one leg, felt a tightness in his chest and leaned backward. Before he could regain his balance, he saw Ryan pounce on him like a tiger climbing a mountain. He thought to himself that this guy was very strange.

Sometimes he's like a slippery eel, darting around everywhere, and other times he's incredibly fierce, unafraid of being punched and killed on the spot. It's this combination of strength and gentleness that makes him somewhat uncomfortable.

"But I prefer your style of fighting!"

Without even needing to stand firmly, Qianjie delivered a front kick in mid-air, making no sound, as if the air had been compressed to its limit. Only when it was released did a muffled 'boom' be heard, but Qianjie frowned.

The enemy, who had been pouncing like a tiger, paused and moved to the side like a dragon, as if he had anticipated that he would kick. Moreover, his movements were strange; under the influence of the power, he moved to the side with just a bounce and a slide.

Swimming Body Eight Trigrams Step.

Without thinking, Ryan moved to the side, forming a blade with his palm. Purple arcs of electricity, like blades, stabbed towards Qian Jie's armpit.

Beng Jin. San Chuan Zhang.

Read as "palm" and written as "atomic cutting knife," Qian Jie didn't know why these moves were so strange. He instinctively swung his hand to block, deflecting the hand knife to the side, and then felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.

The hand chops transformed into eagle claws, gripping his shoulder and pulling him sharply into her arms.

Seeing the left elbow coming at him, Ryan dodged to the side. When he saw his clothes torn and his chest muscles bloody and mangled, he forgot the pain and threw out his right fist hidden under his ribs.

Inch-force. Heaven-opening!

Thump—Boom!

The two people who were intertwined separated instantly. Qian Jie staggered back dozens of steps, his legs plunging into the ground. He glanced at the dented fist mark on his chest and quickly raised his head.

"What is this?"

He was somewhat confused; he was clearly stronger, yet he couldn't establish an absolute advantage.

Tick, tick.

A pool of blood had gathered at Ryan's feet. He also raised his head, his gray eyes cold and clear.

"Techniques are things that humans have learned over thousands of years to overcome the strong with the weak. I have combined authority and Honkai energy with them to create the purest killing technique."

He reached out and tore his shirt, revealing well-defined muscles.

"Qianjie, I have to thank you. It's been so many years since I've had such a satisfying fight!"

Chapter 88 Huh? The King of Assassins!

Ryan and Qianjie developed a sense of camaraderie during their fight; one was adept at overwhelming with strength, while the other seamlessly blended skill with authority.

But to be honest, Ryan still had some advantages. After all, Thousand Calamity's power was not troublesome, and his fighting style was straightforward. With Ryan's experience of thousands of battles, he could predict his next attack without even thinking.

The greatest strength of the Thousand Calamities is its directness; once the enemy lowers their guard, even a Herrscher can be instantly killed.

Of course, to the assembled poisonous pupae, this battle was like gods fighting.

"What kind of monsters are fighting?!"

Xiao leaned half his body out of the cockpit and saw the ground riddled with ravines and gullies, and small hills that looked like they had been hit by a meteorite. With his knowledge, he instantly came to the conclusion:

This wasn't a heavy firepower exchange; judging from the marks, it looked like two people were fighting. So the question comes back to square one:

What kind of monsters could cause such destruction?

"Chief, shall we continue the mission?"

From the distant canyon came muffled thuds, and even visible shockwaves, according to the last intelligence sent back by Unit 3.

They saw a white-haired man fly into the sky and then slam a gyroplane weighing tens of tons out like a brick.

Xiao remained silent, wondering if a Herrscher was hiding here and if the Moth was deliberately ignoring this desert because it dared not provoke him.

It's very likely, damn it, that they've made us the scapegoats.

"Land, establish long-range communications, and send the intelligence to Chasing Fire..."

boom--

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden explosion made him shrink back. Turning his head, he saw that a gyroplane had turned into fireworks and was falling in circles, with a white contrail remaining in the air.

Following the trail, Xiao saw a figure dressed in combat gear. He was wearing a combat exoskeleton and a heavy helmet, and it was impossible to tell whether he was male or female. He picked up the second shoulder-fired missile next to him.

"dodge!"

The remaining two gyroplanes began to dive, releasing decoy flares. The pupae gripped the handrails tightly, and in the blink of an eye, their leader jumped off.

Falling from a height of 100 meters would be certain death even with a powered exoskeleton, but none of the Poison Chrysalis members were nervous; they only listened to the commands coming from the communicator.

“I’ll take this one alive. You guys set up the antenna and prepare the coordinates for the ‘Scepter of God’.”

They didn't know who the enemy was, but they knew that if they were discovered by the monster's accomplices, they would have no chance of escape, so they had no choice but to strike first.

However, after witnessing that commotion, even the most arrogant assassin knew that he was not qualified to fight it, so the pureblood's gift came in handy.

Just blast him to smithereens!

How could there be only one person, and why isn't he heading towards the monsters?

Owl practically left a blur as he ran across the wilderness. He remained calm, knowing that the hunt was over before it even began, as the poisonous pupa had no chance against the power that resembled that of a Herrscher.

But the mission still had to be completed, and this person probably anticipated that the pupa had access to the 'Scepter of God' and had no choice but to step in and stop it.

"Then we'll arrest you to get rid of you, and use this incident to divert attention. That will achieve the same effect."

Assassins are not berserkers; quick thinking is the most basic requirement. Owl was obviously faster, and when he closed to within a hundred meters, he suddenly narrowed his eyes.

Aren't you going to run away anymore?

Ta da da da...

Gunshots rang out instantly, and nail gun bullets traveling at several times the speed of sound rained down like a storm, but Xiao dodged them with a simple stop and change of direction, his jetpack spitting out a bright blue flame.

He was airborne, the world seemed to be in slow motion in his eyes. As the other person raised their gun, his brain had already calculated the trajectory and the nozzle on his shoulder was activated.

"You can't run!"

With a spiral slash, he spun down like a top, his two thin alloy blades slicing through the thrown rifles and cutting into the enemy's face.

He reacts very quickly; he's a master.

He saw the enemy retreating relentlessly, and then he spun around again, his twin blades like swirling clouds, skimming the ground, one slicing off the leg, the other slicing off the waist.

The speed was extremely fast, the angle was tricky, making it difficult to defend oneself, and Sakura also found that she could not retreat. With a flick of her thumb, she stepped forward and drew her sword.

A swift, decisive strike!

Clang——

His sword draw was equally swift, and his eyesight was extremely precise. Just as the two swords clashed, he rushed into the paint.

clang! !

Using the momentum, Xiao flipped and jumped back, just managing to dodge Ying's heavy slash as he landed some distance away, his brows furrowed.

"Forget-me-not?"

"Owl."

The two exchanged a glance but found there was nothing to say. There was no righteousness among the poisonous pupae; all that remained were rules.

"So you were the traitor all along."

"Do you think he needs a traitor to lead the way?" Sakura retorted, her tone thick with self-deprecation.

These words immediately silenced the leader of the Poison Chrysalis. He didn't even know who he was fighting. Judging from the aftershocks, it seemed that no inside help was needed and they could just crush them.

"That's true. Then answer one question for me, and I'll let it go: Who was it that helped you rescue Wilvie? And why did they let you go?"

Sakura's lips moved slightly. The offer was very tempting. She only needed to tell Ryan her identity, and Ling would be completely safe. After a brief stalemate, she gently raised her knife.

"He treated me with sincerity, and I will repay him with righteousness!"

"So you're really not smart enough. Did you really think we didn't have a plan to deal with this kind of monster?" Xiao wasn't disappointed. He just slowly got up, held his twin swords horizontally, and sighed, "After being a poisonous pupa for so many years, don't you understand that in the end, the one who wins is not necessarily the strongest?"

Sakura's eyes twitched. The whooshing sound from the sky made her turn her head. A huge hole had been torn in the sky, and the 'scepter' that came from near-Earth orbit was falling into the valley.

coming!

Ryan raised his head at the same time, a smile appearing on his lips. He had fought Qianjie for more than a dozen rounds and was gradually falling into a disadvantageous position.

His Honkai energy is gradually being depleted, and he will only grow weaker and weaker, making his chances of winning increasingly slim. Moreover, Ryan has no intention of killing Qianjie at all, revealing his ultimate purpose in fighting here:

There will always be those who think they're so clever that they'll ring the bell to signal the end of the battle.

The alloy tungsten rod, falling at more than ten times the speed of sound, was so fast that it was difficult to react, and the target locked by the poisonous pupa was Qian Jie.

He was the only target the venomous pupa could detect by his appearance, so who else should they target if not him?

Um? ?

Qian Jie also raised his head, never expecting a stick to fall from the sky. He wasn't illiterate and immediately knew that this thing was a space-based weapon. Ryan's last gentle force had separated the two of them, and then this thing came straight for him.

"You have backup!"