Flying Head Barbarian

On the cold and desolate snowfield, Qing Chen's team marched forward, looking like a long line of ants when viewed from the sky.

Everyone leaned forward slightly to resist the fierce, cold wind in the wilderness.

Qing Chen was always at the forefront, silent and taciturn.

"Old Chen!" someone cried out from behind.

Qing Chen turned around and saw "Old Chen," the old intelligence officer he had just met yesterday, slumped on the snow outside the group, lifeless.

Some people surrounded him and cried for a while, then turned around and went back to the group, following them into the distance.

They knew they didn't have any more time to grieve.

In recent days, many people in the more than 1,000-strong group have collapsed from hunger and cold, and they sit on this long escape route, becoming new milestones.

Qing Chen tried to lead them to find food, but the wilderness in the northern winter was extremely barren, and even wilderness survival masters might not be able to find enough food for more than a thousand people.

"We only have one day left, and we're still far from where we're going," Qing Chen calmly said to Li Cheng and Qing Ling. "We can't stop for long along the way. We'll have at most a two-hour short rest, and then everyone must use their willpower to get through these last 24 hours..."

Li Cheng and Qing Ling frowned. "Understood."

"Did you remember the route I told you?" Qing Chen asked.

Li Cheng was taken aback for a moment. "We'll follow you, boss. Wherever you go, we'll go."

Qing Chen shook his head. "Did you even remember the route?"

Qing Ling said, "I've got it."

Qing Chen nodded. "Remember, don't stop, don't look back, don't be afraid of hardship. Only by arriving on time can you survive."

Li Cheng and Qing Ling looked at each other in bewilderment.

They were supposed to die in the pursuit at A02 Base. Now that they've been given a second chance at life, they're willing to endure any hardship as long as they can survive.

The problem is, Qing Chen could have personally led them to the target location, so why did he repeatedly emphasize that they should memorize the route themselves?

Is something going to happen?

However, at that moment, Qing Chen turned around and saw a strange white lantern floating in the distance. There was a mouth in the middle of the lantern, opening and closing as if it was about to swallow the soul of the dead.

ATS-271 Shikigami "Buluobuluo"!

The Hu Corporation Intelligence Agency has recorded this shikigami. Although it has no ability to harm people and only feeds on "death energy," it can fly in the sky for reconnaissance.

Onmyoji is here.

And they came in a very swaggering manner.

The people who came weren't worried about being discovered at all. They just let Buluobuluo trail behind the group to keep track of the direction. They were certain that Qing Chen and his group couldn't escape, and they didn't take the more than a thousand people on the snowy plain seriously.

Qing Chen knew that the one who wanted to possess him was an Onmyoji whose lifespan was about to end.

If that person really came, I'm afraid all the more than a thousand people present would die.

Not only that, there was definitely more than one Onmyoji who came.

Li Cheng suddenly looked at Qing Chen: "Boss, you knew all along that someone would be chasing us, right? That's why you had Qing Ling and memorize the route, you wanted to..."

The next moment, cries of agony came from the rear of the group. Qing Chen looked over and saw twelve people being dragged into the thick snow by an unknown entity.

Immediately afterwards, the originally pure white snow turned red.

Until this point, they didn't even know what had attacked their team.

The soldiers tried to dig through the snow to rescue their comrades, but when they finally managed to dig through the snow, they could only find twelve corpses that had been bitten in half.

It must be some terrifying shikigami!

And it must be a shikigami of A rank or higher!

Just over ten seconds later, the shikigami hidden in the snow launched another sneak attack, dragging away another twelve warriors.

This time, however, the soldiers didn't wail; they only shouted with all their might, "Don't worry about me, run!"

"Run!"

"Please take care of my parents!"

Qing Chen knew that what was meant to happen would eventually happen.

Qing Ling took a deep breath and said to Qing Chen, "Boss, I know you've tried very hard to lead us out, but it seems impossible now. You're stronger and faster than us, so the best solution is for us to stay behind and hold off the Onmyoji while you continue on your way!"

Li Cheng paused for a second before saying, "I agree, boss, let's go."

But as soon as he finished speaking, Qing Chen only said, "Remember what I said, we will meet again at the finish line," and then turned around and controlled Kamiyo Yunzhi and Takahashi Izumiike to break away from the group and run wildly to the southwest.

The cold wind stung his cheeks as Qing Chen ran frantically, driven only by the fact that he had brought these people out of that hell and he was determined to bring them back to the human world.

Instead of letting these people die in this godforsaken place.

Qing Chen ran as fast as he could.

Following closely behind was the one that Buluobuluo from the sky.

On the snow-covered plain, a snow line rolled endlessly, as if some murderer was hiding in the snow, relentlessly chasing Qing Chen.

Everyone understood that the Onmyoji had come to find Qing Chen, and Qing Chen wanted to take him away in exchange for a chance to save the remaining warriors!

Someone asked in bewilderment, "Old Li, what do we do? We can't keep up with the boss's speed."

Old Li turned around and said in a deep voice, "Follow me. We must reach the location the boss assigned within the target time. Although I don't know what's there, and there might be nothing there at all, everyone has to die there!"

With that, the group set off again!

More than a thousand people resolutely stepped back into the heavy snow.

Qing Chen ran wildly against the wind.

They rushed wildly into the snow-capped mountains.

"You two are probably happy because you saw reinforcements have arrived," Qing Chen said breathlessly to Kamiyo Yunzhi. "As far as I know, that old tortoise doesn't have a shikigami called 'Buluobuluo' among his shikigami, so it must be someone else. The old tortoise is probably still hiding in the shadows. I just don't understand, why would a demigod need to be so cautious about killing a B-Class like me?"

Upon hearing these words, Kamiyo Yunzhi and his companion, who were running wildly alongside Qing Chen, wanted to say something, but were unable to utter a single word.

However, when Kamiyo Yunzhi saw Buluobuluo, he was overjoyed because he knew who the person who came was!

Regardless of whether the ancestor comes or not, as long as this expert arrives, he and Takahashi Izumiike will be saved!

At this moment, Qing Chen said, "I assure you, you will all die before me. But if I survive, you will help me kowtow a thousand times to the gods."

Takahashi Izumiike felt extremely strange upon hearing this. What kind of time was this? This thug was clearly very nervous, yet he kept spouting nonsense.

At this moment, Qing Chen looked back and saw that the snow line behind him was getting closer and closer, and the snow waves were getting bigger and bigger. The speed at which this shikigami was moving through the snow was even faster than when Qing Chen was running wildly.

It should be noted that, in terms of physical fitness alone, Qing Chen had already crossed the threshold of the peak of B-Class and entered A-level.

Any shikigami that can outrun him must be at least A-rank.

We can't run anymore.

There's no escaping it!

With those Buluobuluo the sky, there's no way he can escape!

Just as he was about to rush into the Yamaguchi, Qing Chen suddenly turned around. In the process of turning around, a Black Sniper suddenly appeared in his hand and was aimed at the sky.

Turn around, grab the sniper rifle, aim, and pull the trigger.

It flowed smoothly and was completed in one go!

Breathe!

But at this moment, Qing Chen's body suddenly went from extreme movement to extreme stillness. His breathing was like a command from his brain to his body, calming his chaotic state after the frantic run in an instant for this shot!

With a loud bang!

The palm-sized bullet spun out, piercing through the swirling snow and striking the lantern!

The white paper lantern in the distant sky was shattered by the shot, turning into a streak of light that flew northward.

After a shikigami is killed, it will not truly die. It will return to the Onmyoji's sacred bridge, recuperate for a week, and then reappear to wreak havoc on the human world.

At that moment, the swirling snow in the distance seemed to be boiling, constantly approaching him.

Qing Chen stopped looking in the direction of the streaks of light and instead kept pulling the trigger on the monster under the snow.

His arms were as firm as a rock, and his muscles constantly shifted between tension and relaxation, perfectly counteracting the recoil time and time again.

Surprisingly, the monster in the snow split into twelve pieces the moment Qing Chen pulled the trigger!

Qing Chen suddenly understood!

This is the ATS-038 shikigami "Flying Head Barbarian". Only Flying Head Barbarian has the ability to split into twelve!

The Flying Head Barbarian is formed from the vengeful spirit of a woman. Originally a vengeful spirit, it can be used by an Onmyoji to parasitize a woman's body after being summoned. After 12 days, the vengeful spirit will cut off the woman's head and transform into a Flying Head Barbarian.

Flying Head Barbarian is not a particularly powerful shikigami.

However, an A-rank Onmyoji could use the lives of twelve women as a price to make the Flying Head Barbarian continuously split into twelve more!

It's confirmed, the one chasing us is indeed an A-rank Onmyoji!

Qing Chen frowned. Although his physical attributes resembled those of an early A-level, he knew he would never be able to defeat a true A-level opponent.

But he had to live; he wanted to bring Li Cheng and the others back to the world alive!

The twelve snow lines, constantly arching upwards, advanced in unison. Just as Qing Chen was about to pull the trigger, they would simultaneously adjust their trajectory to avoid the bullets, causing Qing Chen's shots to miss completely.

In just a few breaths, the twelve monsters arrived in front of Qing Chen, their mouths full of fangs flying out of the snow!

Enveloped in snow!