"What are you?"
The three men were startled and hurriedly turned around.
They had all undergone countless training exercises and fought for their lives.
Yet someone had approached them without making a sound. Whoever it was, they had to be no ordinary person.
They guessed it might be someone sent by a rival company.
But soon,
once they got a good look, they couldn't help freezing.
Standing before them was a young man in his early twenties. He was dressed plainly and looked unremarkable, smiling as he watched them.
"It's him," one of them said, recognizing the newcomer as the owner of this Farm.
The other two relaxed as well.
If he was just an ordinary person,
there was nothing to worry about.
They probably hadn't noticed him earlier because all their attention had been on the meteorite.
"Kid, I suggest you pretend you didn't see anything tonight. Maybe you'll still get to keep your life." At last, Captain Zhao, the leader, spoke in an unfriendly tone. The company had ordered them to keep things quiet, but he didn't want to kill anyone if he could avoid it.
If the man left now, he could let this go.
"You're planning to steal something on my land, and you still expect me to leave?"
Lu Yuan looked at the three men and smiled.
He hadn't attacked them right away because he wanted to find out who they were.
He'd naturally noticed the compound crossbows in their hands, and it had alarmed him. Those things were powerful and expensive, and strictly prohibited. Their identities were clearly no ordinary matter, so he had to get to the bottom of it.
"Your property?"
One of them scoffed. "This meteorite fell from the sky. How could it be yours? Get out of here, or don't blame us for what happens."
Their patience was limited, and they didn't want to waste time talking. One man quietly put a hand on the quiver behind his back, threatening Lu Yuan to leave at once.
"Since it landed on my Farm, it's mine."
Lu Yuan shook his head, making no move to leave.
"Boss, stop wasting your breath on him."
The short man's eyes were full of killing intent. "Just take him out."
"Fine, but make sure you leave no trace." Captain Zhao nodded. If the man was asking for death, they couldn't be blamed.
With that, he turned away and prepared to retrieve the meteorite with the other man, before anything else could go wrong.
As for Lu Yuan, he was already a dead man in Captain Zhao's eyes.
After receiving the order,
the short man licked his lips, then swiftly drew several sharp bolts and loaded them onto his crossbow. His movements were quick and fluid.
The crossbow could fire in rapid succession, and its stopping power was immense—it far surpassed that of an ordinary bow. So, once he'd finished loading, he looked at Lu Yuan with not only cruelty but pity.
He pitied an ordinary man who had no idea what he was up against, a man who could have walked away alive but had chosen to court death.
The next moment, the short man didn't hesitate. He aimed at Lu Yuan and fired a rapid volley.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
The bolts shot out with a sharp whistle, their tips gleaming coldly.
But Lu Yuan didn't retreat. He'd been wanting to see what it felt like to fight someone with this body of his.
So, as the bolts flew toward him, he stood still and simply raised a hand.
The man laughed at the sight.
What an idiot.
Even wild beasts with thick hides, like wild boars and black bears, couldn't withstand bolts from a compound crossbow. And this man thought he could catch them with his bare hand?
But in the next instant, his smile froze. The bolts he had just fired
had been caught in the other man's hand.
How was that possible?
The short man was shaken to the core, as if he'd seen a ghost.
After that, Lu Yuan simply dropped the bolts and took one step forward.
The distance of several dozen meters vanished in an instant. Before his enemy could react, Lu Yuan made no unnecessary move—he simply gave him a light slap.
There was no helping it. With his body as powerful as it was now, no human could withstand it. If he used even a little more force, he'd smash the man's head apart.
Smack.
Lu Yuan's palm landed on the short man's head.
In an instant, blood gushed from the man's nose and mouth. He staggered backward, then collapsed.
"Something's wrong—this guy's trouble. Take him together!" Seeing this, Captain Zhao immediately understood that their opponent was no ordinary man. He ordered the other man to join him, and the two fired bolts from different directions.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Dozens of bolts shot out.
Lu Yuan didn't even look at them. He casually shifted his body a few times and dodged them all.
They were only a little over ten meters away, but every aspect of his physical abilities had surpassed the limits of humanity.
To him, those bolts were far too slow.
"Damn it, he's fast. Close in!"
Captain Zhao clearly had plenty of combat experience. When he saw the bolts weren't working, he immediately changed tactics. He and his teammate drew daggers from their waists and charged. The short man had come around by then, too. His head was still spinning, but he joined the attack to finish things quickly.
"Quick to react, at least."
Lu Yuan smiled. With the three men closing in, he decided to stop holding back.
In the next instant, he stepped forward and appeared beside the short man.
Then he formed a fist and drove it toward the man's chest.
Bang!
Crack, crack~
The blow was so powerful that the short man's ribs shattered. He flew a full twenty meters backward, his head lolling to one side, his breath gone.
Having finished that, Lu Yuan immediately turned to deal with the other two. He felt nothing at all about the fact that they'd tried to kill him.
In his previous life, he had spent over ten years struggling to survive in an era where the strong preyed on the weak. He'd seen real cruelty.
What did this little thing matter to him?
"Something's wrong with this guy."
Watching his subordinate get killed in a single blow, Captain Zhao immediately judged that they were no match for Lu Yuan and decided to flee. After all, his life mattered most.
But Lu Yuan gave him no chance. He was too fast, reaching the other man in an instant.
He raised his hand and punched again.
Bang.
The blow struck the man in the shoulder and slammed him into the ground, leaving a huge crater. He never got up again.
In less than three seconds, Lu Yuan had dealt with two men.
Then
he looked at the last man standing, Captain Zhao, and quietly asked, "Tell me. Who sent you, and what are you after?"
"You think you can pry information out of me? Dream on." Captain Zhao's expression changed, but he refused to speak.
"Still got some fight in you."
Lu Yuan smiled and swiftly closed the distance.
They had clearly come for the meteorite. The only question was whether they knew about the Heavenly Sword Embryo.
Otherwise, there would've been no need to leave one of them alive. This matter was too important.
If they did know, he'd have to be even more careful from now on.
It was never comfortable to have people watching you.
Lu Yuan moved so fast that a sharp whistle rose around his body. A tremendous force was clearly building within him.
"I'll fight you!"
Captain Zhao trembled, but quickly forced himself to calm down.
Then he immediately took a white pill from his waist and swallowed it.
Gurgle, gurgle~
It was the sound of flesh and bone writhing.
Captain Zhao's body rapidly grew until he stood a full two meters tall.
At the same time, his right arm began to swell. The muscles bulged thicker than a millstone, his veins stood out, and white steam rose from his body. Even the whites of his eyes were streaked with blood.
He was in a completely inhuman state!
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