Counterkill

Wang Ji smiled faintly. "You're here!"

Wang Ji shifted slightly to the side, and the bullet struck the ground beside him.

"Damn it! You're quick!" Scorpion cursed, then fired again.

Whoosh! Five figures raced toward him. Aside from the sniper Scorpion, the other five were all War General Level martial artists, most of them seasoned War Generals. They were all fast.

In just four or five hundred meters and less than five seconds, they had surrounded Wang Ji.

"Liu Zhendong, you really want me dead, don't you?" Wang Ji mocked.

Liu Zhendong gave a cold smile. "You should've let my men break your knees before you became a Quasi-Martial Artist. Then you wouldn't be dying here today!"

"You're all here to kill me?" Wang Ji looked around.

The team leader, Gao Qiang, said unhurriedly, "Wang Ji! You're suspected of being a newly promoted Intermediate War General. Quite the genius. What a shame. And don't bother trying to record a video or livestream this to get evidence against us. We know that trick too. We've already blocked all communications in the area."

Wang Ji smiled. "Oh! Whether it gets out is another matter. First, I have to record it. All right, that's everyone!"

Whoosh! Wang Ji began his killing spree.

"Not good! Get out of the way! He's not an Intermediate War General!" Gao Qiang was horrified.

Whoosh, whoosh... The two War Generals, Dayang and Kezi, didn't even have time to react before Wang Ji sliced off their heads. They were the two who had hunted him last time. He remembered them.

If he hadn't run into the Rat Tide instance last time, there was a real chance he might have died out there. Naturally, he couldn't let these two off.

"How is this possible?!" Gao Qiang couldn't believe it. That speed... it was practically the speed of sound! Terrifying!

Gao Qiang's greatest pride wasn't his fighting strength, but his decisiveness. In that instant, he made up his mind and turned to run!

Without the slightest hesitation, he turned and fled.

"Boss! What are you—? We still have a chance!" Liu Zhendong shouted.

Whoosh! The next moment, Wang Ji's sword flashed like an illusion, thrusting toward Liu Zhendong. Liu Zhendong's swordsmanship was no weak, and his mastery was even a little better than Wang Ji's. But Wang Ji was several times faster, and the Heavy Mountain Sword was nearly as sharp as a Series 9 weapon.

Crack! Liu Zhendong's War Blade broke in two. Wang Ji's sword then pierced his throat.

"Run!" The last man finally broke down. In the blink of an eye, the team leader had fled. Of the four remaining War Generals, three were dead! What kind of Junior War General was this? You could call him a Junior War God and people would believe you!

"Run!"

But just a few seconds later, a bloodstained long sword pierced him from behind. Apart from the first to flee, team leader Gao Qiang, all four of the men who had surrounded Wang Ji were dead!

Chase him! Keep hunting him down! There was still one left: team leader Gao Qiang.

"You can't get away!" Wang Ji pursued him relentlessly. That burst of maximum power had taken a toll on him too. Now he wasn't moving at his peak, but he was still going over 300 m/s.

Gao Qiang might have been naturally fast, or perhaps he'd learned a secret technique that boosted his explosive power. Either way, his speed also exceeded 300 m/s for a short time, and he was even a little faster than Wang Ji.

Gao Qiang raced ahead with all his strength. Faster! I have to go faster! Once I get another fifty kilometers ahead, I'll survive! I've already sent a message! Faster!

Gao Qiang used an explosive secret technique, burning through his genetic Origin Energy as he fled at full speed. Three minutes later, he slowed down and Wang Ji finally caught up with him.

"Any last words?" Wang Ji asked with a chilling smile.

Panting, Gao Qiang said, "If I give you all my savings, will you let me go?"

"Impossible!" Wang Ji shook his head.

Gao Qiang said, "What if I told you I'm not that close to Liu Zhendong? I only took the job because he paid me 200 million. I'll give you two billion! Will you let me go? I've spent years in the Wilderness Zone saving up those two billion. I'll give it all to you!"

Wang Ji shook his head. "Forget it. I don't need the money. I'm afraid of people like you who'll kill someone for a quick payment. It's safer to wipe out the roots."

Gao Qiang was about to say something when a delighted smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Wang Ji's heart tightened, and he took a defensive stance.

Boom! A figure flashed past. "Hold your sword!"

Wang Ji made his decision in the blink of an eye: kill Gao Qiang! Kill him before the newcomer arrived! They were already enemies, so he might as well finish this completely!

Wang Ji threw everything he had into attacking Gao Qiang. To his surprise, Gao Qiang's power output was impressive. Though he'd only just entered the advanced War General level, he could exert over 60,000 kilograms of force—nearly twice his base strength. Even though Wang Ji was stronger, Gao Qiang could still hold him off for a while.

Boom! A War Blade came crashing down with overwhelming force.

"Block it!" Wang Ji's 12,000 kilograms of Spiritual Force were shattered the moment they touched the blade.

Wang Ji used his perfected footwork to retreat at high speed, his Spiritual Force propelling him. In an instant, he exceeded 400!

Whoosh! He shot straight into the sky! In the blink of an eye, the explosive force of his leap, combined with his Spiritual Force, carried him a hundred meters into the air!

"A Spiritual Force user!" the newcomer said gravely.

Gao Qiang cried out in delight, "Uncle Ling!"

The newcomer nodded at Gao Qiang, then called up, "My friend above, I mean you no harm!"

"No harm?" Wang Ji scoffed.

The man swung his blade at a boulder nearby. The dazzling blade light, like a streak of silk, carried tremendous force and an overwhelming, disdainful majesty that felt like facing the power of heaven itself. "See? I only did that to separate the two of you just now. If I'd attacked like this then, you would've been hurt!"

Wang Ji was deeply shaken. What terrifying swordsmanship. The man hadn't been exaggerating. But it was still safer to remain in the air. Who knew what he was really thinking?

"I only came because a junior asked for help. Why don't we talk about what happened?" the man said amiably.

"Uncle Ling!" Gao Qiang stammered, no longer looking composed as he had at the start.

"Then tell me! Gao Qiang, tell the truth! What happened?" the War God asked.

Wang Ji sent Wu Tong a message on his smartwatch. "Uncle Wu! Didn't you say there were no War Gods here? I ran into one! His swordsmanship is terrifying! I almost died!"

In the blink of an eye, Wu Tong called him. "Wang Ji? What's going on? Tell me quickly! If you have to, give them the supervisor's name! Supervisor Zhuge Tao's name might still carry weight with a War God! Tell him you're a key recruit of the Limit Martial Hall and that you'll soon be entering the Basic Training Camp!" Wu Tong said in a panic.

As he spoke, he immediately contacted Zhuge Tao. "Supervisor, Wang Ji is being hunted by a War God in the Wilderness Zone!"

"What?!" Zhuge Tao was shocked.

"You were in the wrong!" the War God said amiably after Gao Qiang had finished. His tone was calm, but his expression was stern.

"Yes! Uncle Ling, I was wrong! Whatever the other guy wants to do, I'll accept it!" Gao Qiang said readily.

The War God nodded. "You admitted your mistake. That's good."

Whoosh! A blurred figure swept past, and a slender man with a hooked nose gradually came into focus.

"Admit what? I just got here and saw you bullying a junior, Old Ling!" the newcomer said.

The War God Ling replied amiably, "Zhuge? You got here fast! Who was I bullying? Don't you know what I'm like? When have I ever bullied anyone?"

The newly arrived War God Zhuge nodded. "That's true. Everyone knows what you're like, Old Ling." Then he looked up at Wang Ji. "You're Wang Ji, right? I'm Zhuge Shan, Zhuge Tao's older brother. He sent me to save you!"

Wang Ji was stunned. "Zhuge Shan? He's Supervisor Zhuge's older brother, a War God?" Just then, Zhuge Tao called him. "I sent War God Zhuge Shan to save you. You..."

Wang Ji said, "War God Zhuge is already here."