In an instant, Lu Liang was interrupted mid-technique and fell to the ground, shouting, "Who's there?"
Xia He simply waved one hand through the air. She caught all six bullets with ease, then immediately flung them back.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft~"
The three-person team had no time to react before they were hit. And these weren't just ordinary hits—each bullet struck an acupoint, and they silently collapsed to the ground.
Taking advantage of the opening, Wang Changle had already charged up to Zhang Chulan and reached out with both hands to grab him.
But Xia He stamped one long leg down and appeared in front of him.
A faint pink qi shimmered in her hand. With a bang, she struck Wang Changle's chest armor with her palm. Her slender hand collided with the Armor of Toughness, producing a deafening clang of metal on metal.
"Mmm~ Handsome, you're so hard~"
Xia He panted coquettishly and shook her hand. Not only was he hard, he had also deflected a good portion of her force. It reminded her a little of that old man Yuan Tao from their organization.
[Health reduced by 5%] [You have been affected by "Bone Scraper Blade." A check of your Intelligence will now be made. Intelligence: 10. You resisted the attempt to beguile you.] [A Charisma check will now be made. The check failed. You have been affected by "Lustful Color."] [Notice: "Lustful Color" will gradually corrode your Intelligence, reducing it by 1 point per hour for 12 hours. When Intelligence falls below 5, "Lustful Poison" will be triggered. When Intelligence reaches zero, "Infatuation" will be triggered.]
That single blow had triggered two separate checks, and it had landed with tremendous force. Without the armor's double damage reduction, he would have been sent flying outright.
Even after breaking through the Armor of Toughness and weakening the blow twice, she had still managed to hurt him. Xia He was dangerous!
More frightening still was the negative status effect, "Lustful Color," with its three-stage trigger. His heart skipped a beat.
Even a probing attack had been this powerful. Xia He truly lived up to her name as one of the Four Maniacs.
But Wang Changle was quick, too. Seizing the opportunity, he grabbed Zhang Chulan and hurled him backward with all his strength.
"Xu San, catch him!"
In the blink of an eye, the situation on the field changed completely.
The unaffiliated contractors scattered and fled. The three members of the team lay motionless, their fates unknown.
Xu San and Feng Baobao had arrived. Zhang Chulan was flying toward the rear, while two Living Corpses followed behind Wang Changle as he ran off in the other direction.
Xia He shifted her position, leaving streaks of afterimages in the air as she went for Zhang Chulan again. Feng Baobao also charged out, steel blade in hand.
"Whoosh!"
A flash of cold light shone from Feng Baobao's hand as her steel blade swept toward Xia He in an unstoppable arc.
Xia He ducked aside. A mass of pink qi gathered in her hand, her fingers curling like hooks as she lunged straight for Feng Baobao's face.
Suddenly, Feng Baobao was pulled through the air by a telekinetic force and brought in front of Xu San. The Earth Monkey had also caught Zhang Chulan and returned to Xu San's side.
"Baobao, don't let your guard down."
A cold glint flashed across Xu San's glasses as he stared fixedly at Xia He, who stood there with lazy ease.
"Xu San, put me down..."
Feng Baobao floated in midair and mumbled.
"Xia He, we've already gotten Zhang Chulan back. Now you'd better surrender!"
Xu San set Feng Baobao down and pushed his glasses up. Behind him, one row after another of Nato Tong employees stepped forward.
"Xu San, I have to say, you've planned this pretty well."
As Xia He spoke, she glanced from the three people lying on the ground to Wang Changle in the distance.
"Xia He, you won't get away this time!"
With a wave of his hand, Xu San sent the Nato Tong employees after Lu Liang and Liu Yanyan.
Xu San's eyes shifted, and he glanced toward Wang Changle as well.
How had this man gotten here before them? Something was off!
He didn't look like an Otherworldly Person from this country. He looked a bit like a medieval knight.
An Otherworldly Person from abroad? He'd taken a direct blow from Xia He, and that armor was extraordinary. It looked like some kind of artifact-forging technique!
"Xu San~ I've pretty much taken care of things here! I'm leaving now... Is that okay?"
Xia He swung onto a motorcycle beside her and leaned forward, showing off her shapely, voluptuous figure.
Her pink hair carried a faint, elusive fragrance as she stared straight at Xu San.
But as her eyes shifted, she seemed to have a thought. Weren't these people from the company, either?
"Don't waste time on her. Go catch the other two!"
Xu San pointed toward the fleeing Liu Yanyan and Lu Liang as he shouted to the Nato Tong employees behind him.
All the Living Corpses on the field had been eliminated. Liu Yanyan and Lu Liang were running in a panic toward a Wuling minivan, apparently planning to escape in it.
"Root Entanglement!"
Green light flashed over Wang Changle, and five vines suddenly appeared in midair, shooting toward Lu Liang.
Lu Liang shifted sideways in midair, then planted both hands on the ground and vaulted over the vines.
In an instant, the vines became five green snakes, coiling upward and linking their tails together to form a net in the air.
As the vines writhed, their heads pressed together and curled upward from below, forming a spherical cage. Under Wang Changle's control, it rapidly shrank, then tightly bound Lu Liang, who had nowhere left to dodge.
[Notice: Your Intelligence is equal to your opponent's. Forced immobilization: 2.4 seconds. Nature Mark applied.]
Lu Liang was pinned in midair, unable to move. He glanced at the Iron Armor knight forty yards away, a look of alarm flashing in his eyes.
This man had not only taken a direct hit from Sister Xia He without being affected, he could also cast spells over long distances and control them with precision.
When had someone this skilled appeared in the Otherworldly Person world?
In the blink of an eye, Liu Yanyan and Lu Liang had both been captured.
[Notice: You have captured the Quanxing newcomer Lu Liang alive. Lu Liang is an important character in the story. You have slightly influenced the story and gained 2% World Origin.]
The vines disappeared, but Lu Liang was immediately bound by a mass of weeds and controlled by Xu San.
"Druid Sect, Malfurion Ode, from Wucheng. Pleased to meet you, Mr. Xu San!"
Wang Changle took off his helmet, cupped his hands toward Xu San in the distance, and turned to leave.
Of course, that name was fake. In this semi-open world, he had to be even more careful than before.
Compared with Quanxing, Nato Tong was a company that was half state-owned, as well as the local authority in this world.
But Nato Tong wasn't the best choice in his mind. It was a force with strict discipline, endless regulations, and complicated rules.
Once he joined, he would inevitably be investigated, evaluated, and assessed.
Getting in wouldn't be difficult. The hard part was gaining an important position, and that position would be crucial to his main quest.
He had stepped in this time partly to show goodwill. After all, he would be dealing with government departments for a while, and a little goodwill would help him in his future plans.
On the other hand, he wanted to form a good relationship—not just with Nato Tong, but with Zhang Chulan, too.
After all, Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao were the protagonists of this world. Having once made an enemy of Ye Zhongming, he understood all too well how dangerous that could be.
Zhang Chulan liked to act weak while hiding his strength, and he was a complete schemer, but he was still decent enough. It was better to be on good terms than to make an enemy of him.
Looking at the whole story, the young man had grown up under the red flag and received a proper education. Though he liked to scheme and acted decisively, he wouldn't kill with the ruthless resolve of Ye Zhongming.
He had saved Zhang Chulan without deliberately approaching Feng Baobao. As long as he didn't go looking for trouble, this goodwill would come in handy sooner or later.
Xu San watched as the man who called himself Malfurion Ode of the Druid Sect slowly disappeared into the night. His fingers flew across his phone as he sent a message reporting the situation.
Before long, his phone beeped. A glint flashed across his glasses, and Xu San looked thoughtfully into the distance.
"So there really is someone like that. A legendary Druid?"
He looked back at the scene. Zhang Chulan had already been "comforted" onto the ground by Feng Baobao, and Lu Liang's meridians had been sealed with a Biyuan Needle. Everything was fine!
With a wave of his hand, he called off the team and took away the three members of the team who had been openly carrying firearms.
In China, carrying firearms without permission was illegal!
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