Flowers of Every Kind
Hunters carried guns, never knowing they were someone else's prey.
Just as Lao Gao and the others were looking around with grim faces, a huge explosion came from nearby. The low hill beside them collapsed all at once, sending rocks and broken trees rumbling toward them!
In their panic, the four could only split up and run. But before they had covered even a hundred meters, three sealing barriers appeared in quick succession, completely blocking their way!
Lao Gao had a spatial device. He took the lead and tore through the barrier with a Spatial Cutline. But that brief delay was all it took for the rubble behind them to catch up. Their defensive barrier had barely risen before Players lying in wait in the distance destroyed it. The four had no time to dodge and were inevitably struck by rocks. Lao Gao was hit especially hard: even with a small shield between them, the impact sent him flying more than ten meters, and he couldn't stop himself from coughing up blood!
"Someone's controlling these rocks!" he realized, immediately shouting a warning.
Unfortunately, he was already too late. More rocks came hurtling toward them with deliberate aim!
"Bang!" Scarface stepped in front of Lao Gao. His whole body tensed, and his feet sank deep into the ground. With a series of sharp cracks from his muscles and bones, he smashed the boulder coming straight at them with a single punch. Then he and Lao Gao leaped into a tree and fled in the opposite direction.
Both men were injured in the process, but their attackers didn't seem intent on killing them. They took turns attacking, then stopped as soon as they'd taken 20 points from each of their targets.
Xu Huo was injured twice as well.