Trampling on Human Lives

"Wang Xuyan?!"

Wang Chao and Ma Han cried out at the same time.

Ma Han reacted faster and immediately understood what had happened.

"Wang Xuyan, you really sold us out! Are you even human?!"

Upon hearing the voices, Wang Xuyan instinctively shrank back.

But she quickly realized she had found a new backer. She stopped hiding and swaggered out with her head held high.

"You scrawny little monkey, watch your mouth!"

"Brother Jin only came to ask a few questions. Who knew that bitch Xu Xiao wouldn't cooperate? How is that our fault?"

"She only has herself to blame!"

Wang Chao helped Xu Xiao up. Her face was pale as paper.

She had been shot in the abdomen, blood soaking through her skirt and staining it red.

"They came looking for Lu Li..." Xu Xiao explained the situation to Wang Chao with difficulty.

His face was filled with anxiety. "Then just tell them! Lu Li isn't here with us. Tell them to look somewhere else..."

Zhao Jin pushed Wang Xuyan, who was standing in front of him, aside and slowly stepped forward.

"Of course I know Lu Li isn't here. But Xu Xiao has Lu Li on her friends list."

"So I need her to bring Lu Li here for me."

"You think she'll help just because you say so?" A student in the crowd shouted.

"You came up and injured our class rep without saying a word, and now you want us to help you? What kind of logic is that?!"

Zhao Jin tilted his head slightly and looked toward the crowd.

The instant his gaze settled on that student, a bullet whistled out and struck him squarely between the brows!

He died.

Just because he had stepped forward and said one sentence.

The crowd instantly erupted into chaos, everyone trying to scatter and flee.

But Zhao Jin's people had no intention of allowing that to happen.

More than a dozen masked men in fitted combat outfits had already surrounded the crowd. The moment anyone tried to escape, they would be knocked to the ground.

Zhao Jin took out a Gold Pocket Watch and said blandly, "My demand is simple. I only need you to bring Lu Li here."

"My patience is limited. As long as Lu Li doesn't show up, I'll kill one person every thirty seconds."

Hearing this, Ma Han spread his arms and formed the Flame Longbow.

"You really think we're made of clay?!"

Wang Chao also rose from the ground, the skin all over his body hardening like armor.

"No more killing innocents!"

Looking at the two standing in his way, Zhao Jin chuckled, not taking them seriously at all.

Time swiftly passed in silence.

Thirty seconds soon elapsed. A gunshot rang out, randomly claiming another life.

"Bastard!" Ma Han's fury surged. Unable to care about the consequences any longer, he released his fingers, and a Flame Arrow shot out at once, streaking straight for Zhao Jin's face!

Just as it was about to hit, Zhao Jin neither dodged nor evaded. Instead, his smile widened.

Bang!

The Flame Arrow exploded in front of Zhao Jin, instantly raising a huge fireball.

"D-Did it work?"

Not only Ma Han, but every trapped survivor felt a surge of joy.

It seemed that Zhao Jin was nothing more than a blustering fraud.

But the very next second, their hearts sank to the bottom!

The Flame Arrow had indeed injured Zhao Jin, nearly blasting all the flesh off his face.

In some places, even white bone was exposed!

But those wounds were healing at astonishing speed!

In less than three seconds, Zhao Jin's grim smile reappeared. The look in his eyes was as cold as the frost of deep winter, too chilling for anyone to meet directly.

"Time's up. Kill another."

A gunshot rang out, and another person fell.

Zhao Jin did not even care about Ma Han's attack, as if, in his eyes, it had been nothing more than an insect bite.

"I told you to stop!"

Wang Chao roared and lunged at Zhao Jin-san.

The latter neither dodged nor retreated. He simply raised his leg and kicked Wang Chao squarely in the throat!

"Overestimating yourself!"

Ignoring Wang Chao's violent coughing on the ground, Zhao Jin-san looked up at the crowd.

"Who else wants to test their strength?"

No one answered.

Low sobs began to spread through the stifling silence.

Zhao Jin-san walked over to Xu Xiao, grabbed her by the hair, and yanked her up from the ground.

"Call Lu Li here now. Otherwise, I'll keep killing people until there's no one left!"

Crying gradually rose from the crowd.

"Class monitor, why don't you just do as he says..."

"Yeah, call Lu Li already. Otherwise, he really will kill all of us!"

"Lu Li was the one who provoked his enemies. Why should we have to pay the price?"

"Hurry up and contact Lu Li! Is his life really more important than all of ours put together?!"

"Waaah... Lu Li, you coward, get out here! I don't want to die..."

Watching the fragile crowd, Zhao Jin-san smiled even more happily.

"Crying? That counts as time too!"

Gunshots rang out recklessly, claiming one life after another.

Just then, an announcement appeared on everyone's Data Panel at the same time—

[Congratulations to Player Lu Li for becoming the first player in the world to kill a Lord Creature. Reward: First Kill Chest ×1!]

"Lu Li?!"

The announcement seemed to provoke Zhao Jin-san badly. He raised his hand and slapped Xu Xiao hard across the face.

Perhaps feeling that wasn't enough to vent his anger, he dragged the girl toward the entrance of the residential complex.

"Looks like killing people alone isn't enough to make you hurry up."

"To make sure Lu Li shows himself as soon as possible, I'll have to arrange some special services for you."

He threw Xu Xiao onto the concrete and shouted at his men.

"Get two men over here and hold this bitch down. The rest of you, line up and take turns 'enjoying' her!"

"I'd like to see how long you can hold out!"

Xu Xiao was on the verge of collapse.

The overwhelming emotional shock left her temporarily speechless. Pinned down, she could only weep and shake her head helplessly.

Zhao Jin-san's men moved quickly. Before long, a leering middle-aged man approached.

He began viciously tearing at the girl's clothes.

Every bit he ripped away was met with waves of laughter.

Just as Xu Xiao's clothes were about to be stripped off completely, Ma Han acted again!

He swiftly drew the Flame Longbow and fired three arrows in rapid succession.

Two struck Zhao Jin-san, while the third hit the leering man who had been about to assault her.

Seeing that his attack had landed, Ma Han rushed forward, intending to snatch Xu Xiao back from them.

But before he could even take a step, a black shadow suddenly sprang out and clamped its jaws around Ma Han's calf!

"Ah!"

Ma Han screamed and fell to the ground.

Two more black shadows followed close behind, biting down on his hands from either side.

By the time everyone got a clear look at the black shadows, the sound of Ma Han's arm bones shattering rang out as well!

They were three Blood-Eyed Black-Furred Hounds!

Each hound was wreathed in faint black mist. They were not large, yet they radiated an exceptionally savage aura.

"Zhao Jin-san, that damn skinny guy kept hitting you. It made me upset!"

A short-haired woman with smoky eye makeup stepped forward slowly, then planted her foot on Ma Han's head.

"Want my children to eat him up, one bite at a time?"

The woman's accent was strange; she clearly did not sound Chinese.

Zhao Jin-san wiped the blood from his face, completely unconcerned.

"Zhi Quan, those attacks pose no threat to me. But if you want to play, go ahead."

"Okay!" Zhi Quan nodded and controlled the hounds, preparing to tear Ma Han apart.

But before she could give the order, all three hounds suddenly turned their heads toward the same place.

It was as though something in the darkness was drawing them in...