Fortunately, I Was One Move Ahead

The whirlwind formed wings of vortexes, granting the Howling Wind Divine Envoy explosive speed!

He charged straight toward Gu Hang!

As long as he killed Gu Hang, his mission would still be considered a success.

Those soldiers, who appeared to be highly elite, seemed to have sensed his intentions. Half of them moved to suppress the other surviving priest, while the other half attempted to intercept him.

Bullets rained down, but the Storm Shield faithfully performed its duty, and it could not be easily breached. Two soldiers who were closer blocked his path, drawing short blades to engage him in combat.

The reaction speed and agility of those soldiers shocked the Howling Wind Divine Envoy.

He was moving at ultra-high speeds; the explosive velocity of his turbine wings was so fast that ordinary people could never react, let alone intercept him.

Yet, those soldiers were able to do just that.

Furthermore, their willpower exceeded his imagination.

Approaching him meant enduring the power of the storm. High-pressure wind blades tore through their combat suits and even carved dense, shallow wounds into their bodies. Yet, they remained steadfast and unwavering.

More importantly, the short blades in their hands were actually capable of piercing the wind surrounding him.

This was absolutely superhuman strength!

If he hadn't reacted with lightning speed to detonate a wind bomb between himself and one of the soldiers, knocking him away, he would have already been stabbed.

But he could only knock one away.

The other soldier ruthlessly plunged a blade into his body.

Had the power of the wind not helped him deflect the blade at the critical moment, he would have been struck in the heart instead of the abdomen.

But the current situation remained dire.

The soldier released his grip on the blade with lightning speed, ignoring his own bleeding, and snatched up an electromagnetic rifle, preparing to unload a burst at the Divine Envoy at point-blank range.

If he were hit by that, the Howling Wind Divine Envoy would likely perish on the spot.

His Storm Shield had been punctured by that last strike, and he had no absolute certainty that he could fully withstand the fire of an Eagle.

At the critical moment, the Howling Wind Divine Envoy grew desperate.

He spread his arms and, instead of retreating, lunged forward to embrace the soldier, preventing the elite operative from firing his weapon directly.

His physical strength was inferior to his opponent's, and he would be broken free in a moment, but his Storm Sorcery flared magnificently at this instant!

Wind blades rotated around him instantly, pouring into the soldier's body without a shred of mercy.

Plasteel plates could not be easily destroyed, but they did not cover the entire body. The combat suit was shredded under the high-pressure wind blades, followed immediately by flesh and blood.

Blood sprayed wildly, scattered everywhere by the wind.

In an instant, a large man was sliced away, leaving behind only his rifle, ballistic plates, helmet, remnants of his gear, and bone fragments...

The blood-soaked Howling Wind Divine Envoy dared not pause for even a second.

In his desperation, he had unleashed almost his full power, which was the only reason he could achieve such a terrifying result. However, he had personally experienced the strength of these elites, who were vastly different from ordinary soldiers; the short blade still embedded in his abdomen was proof of that.

If he hesitated for even a moment longer, other soldiers would rush up to him.

If he could put some distance between them and rely on his Storm Shield to block bullets, he might be confident in killing all the soldiers. But firstly, there was Gu Hang, who could manipulate subtle psychic arts to cause trouble, and secondly, he couldn't create that distance right now. The Storm Shield's defensive effect against close-quarters blades was not as effective as it was against bullets. Coupled with his physical strength and combat skills, which were barely better than an ordinary person's, he was at a severe disadvantage against those elite soldiers.

He gritted his teeth and forcibly triggered his power once more.

The storm turbine wings behind him, formed by his sorcery, emitted a violent roar, and he once again erupted with limit-breaking speed from a standstill!

And this time, finally, no one stood in his way!

He charged toward Gu Hang at incredible speed. As he skimmed across the ground, the thin white mist was completely parted!

He was like a sharp arrow!

The next moment, he slammed violently into Gu Hang, sending him flying.

Violent winds completely engulfed Gu Hang.

The Howling Wind Divine Envoy treated Gu Hang even more brutally than he had the soldier he had shredded earlier. He overloaded the energy of his Storm Sorcery once again, uncaring of the severe backlash it might cause, determined to ensure Gu Hang's death.

Gu Hang crashed hard onto the ground.

Then, he stood up on his own.

The Howling Wind Divine Envoy stared at him with wide eyes, completely unable to understand how this could be.

The power he had poured out was enough to tear Gu Hang's entire body to shreds, so why did the Governor appear completely unscathed?

Gritting his teeth, he tried to unleash his power again, but the gale did not respond to his call this time. Instead, he felt a sharp pain in his lungs, as if wind were constantly cutting through his chest cavity.

He couldn't hold it back; his body arched, and he opened his mouth to vomit a large amount of blood, which contained fragments of his lungs.

As the pain subsided slightly, he looked up and saw the Infantry Fighting Vehicle beside him, its autocannon already aimed at him.

Fire.

In an instant, several large-caliber cannon shells shattered his already fragile Storm Shield and subsequently destroyed his body.

Gu Hang still felt a lingering sense of fear.

He had sensed it the moment the enemies appeared: one of the three was exceptionally strong. He had allocated his strength accordingly when dealing with these three fellows.

The other two presented no real surprises; one died before even hitting the ground, and the other was as good as dead, having had his limbs severed yet still trying to resist, only to be pinned down by three or five Marine Elite and stabbed to death.

However, the strongest one still exceeded his expectations.

He had already been attempting to make a move, and while the guy was mid-flight, intercepted by the Marine Elite, it wouldn't have been so easy to plunge a blade into his stomach had Gu Hang not snuck in a dirty trick.

But he hadn't expected that even though the guy's dark arts were pushed to the limit and he had a blade stuck in his abdomen, he could still erupt with astonishing power. Not only did he use a storm in a horrific manner to dismember a Marine Elite, but he also continued to unleash power, charging toward him and sending him flying, with violent storms swirling incessantly around him.

Under normal circumstances, he should have died, just like the Marine Elite who had been shredded.

At the critical moment, the talent he had acquired when he last raised his personal level to LV2 played its part: [Aura of Protection].

This thing required no activation; it triggered passively, taking effect the moment he took a hit.

It truly saved Gu Hang's life.

After being sent flying, Gu Hang could feel those violent winds constantly clashing with and wearing down his spirit around his body.

The power of that gale was so ferocious that, in almost an instant, Gu Hang's spirit was nearly depleted.

Fortunately, this gale force came and went quickly, as it was the entirety of the enemy's one-time burst of power; once he weathered it, it was gone.

However, having withstood this wave of attacks, Gu Hang's spirit was essentially exhausted.

But he wasn't alone; the Infantry Fighting Vehicle could help him take the final step.

Watching the enemy, who had been blasted into smithereens and certainly couldn't come back to life, Gu Hang let out a sigh of relief.

Good thing I was the more skilled one.

Good grief, the female captain's heart-count has even surpassed the protagonist's?

You lechers... I mean, there are so many readers with good taste.

PS: There was a data bug earlier; there are 11 T3 Marine, not 9. It has been corrected! Thanks for pointing it out!