Swallowing the Stars: Starting with a Meteor Tear

Chapter 24 Life and Death (Part 2)

Lei Hong stared at the short, middle-aged man who had spoken, his expression extremely unpleasant.

"Friends, what do you mean by this?"

The short, middle-aged martial artist's eyes were playful, and a sinister smile crept across his lips. He repeated in an awkward accent:

"Leave your backpack! Or die!"

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As soon as the short, middle-aged man spoke, the atmosphere between the two parties suddenly fell into a brief silence, and even the flow of air seemed to freeze.

The members of the Chasing Wind Squad showed annoyance on their faces, and each of them involuntarily tightened their grip on their weapons.

In the unsupervised wilderness, it's not uncommon for martial artists to fight each other for treasures due to personal grudges.

However, Lei Hong was somewhat puzzled.

"They dared to hunt a Lord-level Silver Horned Rhinoceros. If I'm not mistaken, the person in the middle is very likely a War God-level expert! A War God-level powerhouse wouldn't want our measly stuff, would they? That's just too... too tasteless."

"Friends, we're the team from the Extreme Martial Arts Gym!"

He remained calm, loudly reminded the user, and quietly activated the alarm and emergency call function on his communication watch.

In this city of 023, it's practically impossible to coincidentally call up the War God Squad again, but it would be enough to attract the attention of one or two ordinary War General-level squads.

At that point, these people in front of me will have some reservations and probably won't go too far.

After all, the leaders of the five major forces have unanimously and explicitly prohibited martial artists from killing each other.

Although this wilderness area is basically an unregulated place, that is in the absence of evidence.

If there is concrete evidence, the Chinese military or the Extreme Martial Arts Academy would not hesitate to eliminate a group of scum within humanity in order to maintain internal stability!

But the next second, Lei Hong's heart skipped a beat!

The communication watch is not responding! The other party is carrying jamming equipment!

His heart sank instantly.

The short warrior from the Sakura Kingdom became even more unrestrained after hearing his words, his triangular eyes still fixed on Lei Hong and the group, a dangerous glint in them.

The two so-called warriors from the Li family hunting team beside him seemed to be interested as well, and they surrounded him from both sides.

If you look closely, you can see the hint of greed in their eyes.

Zhou Yang, holding the Starry Sky Spear, stood shoulder to shoulder with Lei Hong. His mental power had already been quietly released, entangling the six 7-series throwing knives at his waist.

The 7-series throwing knives are capable of harming even low-level lord-level monsters.

He was prepared. If things really came to a head, he would simply reveal his mental power trump card and leave all three high-level warriors behind!

However, just a moment later, Lei Hong's slightly dejected voice reached her ears.

"Leave your backpacks, we're leaving!"

"What?"

The members of the Chasing Wind Squad looked at Lei Hong with some disbelief.

"Uncle Lei."

Zhou Yang was also somewhat unwilling. Their backpacks contained all the spoils from this wilderness hunt, with a total value of at least two billion!

This is crucial to whether he can purchase the second level of the "World Destruction" manual as soon as possible.

However, he soon noticed that Lei Hong was giving him a subtle look.

"Listen to me!"

Lei Hong shouted again and threw his backpack on the ground first.

They had just noticed strangers approaching and were prepared to evacuate quickly, so they had their backpacks on. Little did they expect that these strangers would benefit from their presence.

"well"

Lei Hong held a very high position in the squad. When he gave the order, the squad members, though unwilling, had no choice but to obey.

Besides, the opposing side had at least three high-level warriors, and they really didn't have the confidence to fight them.

They dared not really hope that the other party was afraid of the reputation of the Limitless Martial Arts School and would not dare to attack them.

At this moment, Zhou Yang's mind raced slightly. The look Lei Hong had just given him was a reminder—

Taking advantage of the moment he took off his backpack, he secretly glanced at the short, Japanese martial artist and a sense of apprehension rose in his heart.

"Friend, the backpacks are all here, can we go now?"

After everyone threw all their backpacks on the ground, Lei Hong cautiously asked the group opposite him a question.

The short, Japanese warrior wore a very satisfied smile.

He nodded slightly to Lei Hong, but then uttered a nonsensical sentence in broken Chinese:

"I really like the culture of your Chinese nation, especially one very interesting idiom."

"What?"

Lei Hong was slightly taken aback.

Just kidding!

A word that sounded like a joke popped out of the mouth of the Japanese warrior, leaving Lei Hong momentarily bewildered.

However, in the next instant, his expression suddenly changed!

The voice of the Japanese warrior still echoed in the same spot, but his figure appeared in front of him as if by teleportation, and the short blade in his hand, which resembled both a sword and a knife, swiftly slashed towards his neck.

Fast! Too fast!

At that moment, Lei Hong's mind seemed to suddenly freeze!

Faced with the attack that was already upon him, he tried his best to swing his longsword to block it, but his movements seemed to be slowed down. No matter how hard he tried, he could not catch up with the speed of the short blade. A look of despair began to appear in his eyes.

"God of War level!"

The moment the warriors from the small, cherry-blossom country unleashed their power, Zhou Yang's heart sank to the bottom!

Having noticed Lei Hong's subtle signal, he had secretly become wary.

Sure enough, my worries were proven true!

That short, middle-aged man from the cherry blossom country was actually a genuine war god-level martial artist!

A warrior at the God of War level can exert at least 64000 kg of force at a basic level, and their movement speed can easily break the sound barrier!

Even though his mental strength has now reached the advanced warrior level, he still wouldn't dare say he could challenge a warrior at the god-level at will.

He simply didn't have time to think much at that moment. All his mental energy erupted and transformed into a huge force that slammed into the shield in Lei Hong's left hand.

"Tch~"

The short blade of the Japanese warrior almost grazed Lei Hong's neck, the sharp wind tearing through his skin, and blood immediately gushed out.

"Boom!"

Lei Hong's body fell heavily to the ground, narrowly escaping a fatal blow.

"That was..."

His rationality surged back like a tide, his thoughts resumed functioning, and his gaze, after a rapid jump, locked onto Zhou Yang.

In just a moment, he understood his current situation and immediately and without hesitation roared at Zhou Yang:

"Run! Run!"

His body sprang up the instant he landed, and he lunged at the Japanese warrior.

In his mind, even if his guess was correct, it was almost impossible for this small team to escape unscathed.

After all, the opposing team has a true war god-level powerhouse!

However, if he could hinder the other party even slightly, Zhou Yang should be able to escape successfully with that kind of magical ability!

"Uncle Lei!"

When Zhou Yang saw Lei Hong actually rushing towards the war god-level martial artist from the Sakura Kingdom, he immediately became anxious.

He no longer hesitated, and his powerful mental energy surged forth. The six throwing knives at his waist instantly flew into the air, bringing with them a sharp gust of wind as they attacked the Japanese warrior.

His idea was the same as Lei Hong's; he only wanted to use throwing knives to temporarily hinder the Japanese warrior.

If I can buy just a few seconds, I can use my mental power to take everyone flying into the sky.

Although warriors at the God of War level possess formidable physical abilities, they still lack the capacity for flight.

That might offer a glimmer of hope.

As for the possibility of encountering flying monsters? We can't worry about that now!

However, in the next second, Zhou Yang suddenly felt a chill run through his body, and the hairs on his body almost stood on end.

In his mental perception, a bullet carrying enormous kinetic energy seemed to tear through space and arrive in front of him in an instant.

"There's a sniper!!"

Zhou Yang felt like his scalp was about to explode. In a flash, his survival instinct prompted him to react immediately!

The surging spiritual power in his mind erupted with all its might, surging like waves towards the bullet that was almost upon him, attempting to slow it down.

He quickly raised his spear to block!

However, that bullet was simply too fast! The kinetic energy it carried was far beyond Zhou Yang's imagination.

At the instant their mental powers made contact, he even felt a faint stinging pain, while the bullet's speed only decreased slightly.

"How could this be! Aren't firearms supposed to only be able to injure low-level warriors? Why can't I withstand it!"

His consciousness went blank for a moment, and he only had time to slightly turn his body.

"Boom!"

The high-speed spinning bullet grazed past the rifle and struck Zhou Yang directly in the right chest. His 5-series combat suit was like a thin piece of paper, and it was torn apart by the kinetic energy carried by the bullet the moment it made contact.

"puff!"

The scorching bullet pierced straight through Zhou Yang's chest, leaving a fist-sized hole.

Through the hole, one could vaguely see flesh scorched by the bullet's heat and fragments of shattered lungs.

"Clang clang clang clang."

The out-of-control throwing knife fell limply to the ground.

Only then did a muffled gunshot ring out from a building not far away.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

The rest of the Wind Chaser team hadn't even recovered from the pain of losing their previous gains.

When they came to their senses, they found that Captain Lei Hong had been kicked away by the Japanese man, and Zhou Yang had been shot in the chest and fell to the ground.

Once he realized what was happening, Zhou Yong's eyes instantly turned red, and he grabbed his battle knife and charged forward.

Fuck your mother!

(End of this chapter)