Shining Thunder Light

"Phew... phew..."

Hugo panted heavily, doing his best to calm himself from the shock of what had just happened.

"Y-you... who are you people? Why did you attack us?"

He stared at the group led by the San Yan man, a faint glint of hatred flickering in his eyes.

Without a word of disagreement, they had killed six of his guards. If Old Wu had not reacted in time, he himself would likely have ended up like those Guards—a corpse lying on the ground!

Hearing Hugo's question, the San Yan man at the front wore an indifferent expression as he said with a hint of mockery, "What, are you still trying to play dumb at a time like this, Young Master Hugo?"

"Fuck! So they really came for me!"

At the other party's reply, the last trace of hope in Hugo's heart was completely extinguished.

Looking at their formation, his heart sank uncontrollably to rock bottom.

There were thirteen Star Traveller Tier 9 warriors in total, and more than half of them were Psychic Masters. Someone was dead set on buying his life!

Who was it? Adona, or those few bastards?

"You'd better pray I don't make it back safely. Otherwise, your good days are over!"

Hugo secretly sent a distress message to a close elder in his family, then suppressed his fury and probed the San Yan man under the guise of negotiation. "I've never met you people. We shouldn't have any grudges, so did someone hire you?"

"How about this? I don't care who sent you. I'm willing to pay double the price, as long as you let us leave. You can look into it—I have a high-grade resource planet under my name. I can definitely afford it!"

"Heh, Young Master Hugo really is generous. Unfortunately, credibility is the one thing we value most in this line of work."

The San Yan man said expressionlessly, "Our employer gave you two choices: destroy all communication devices and voluntarily accept a Biological Chip, or we'll kill you ourselves!"

"Young Master Hugo, which will you choose?"

Hearing this, Hugo no longer held any hope of talking them over.

"Damn it, you're not leaving me a single way out. You forced my hand!"

"Whoosh!"

A spherical silver metal object, its surface faintly flickering with red points of light, suddenly appeared before him.

"Old Wu, do as we discussed!"

Hugo transmitted in a low shout.

Old Wu, standing at his side, immediately turned cold-eyed. A stream of psychic power shot out like a powerful hand, seized the spherical metal object, and hurled it with all its might toward the enemy group!

"Run!"

After doing that, Old Wu did not hesitate in the slightest. He grabbed Hugo and rushed at high speed into the depths of the passage!

The two Wuxia Race Psychic Masters each carried Qi Yuan and the other three warrior guards as they followed closely behind.

Less than one-hundredth of a second after they rushed out, a deafening explosion thundered from behind them—

"Rumble—"

The entire Crystal Passage shook violently. A powerful shockwave swept in from behind Hugo's group, driving them even faster.

"Crash—"

Behind them, countless crystal fragments fell without end, completely blocking off the passage in the blink of an eye.

"Boom!"

Moments later, an incomparably massive golden snake head smashed through heaps of crystal rubble and forced its way in from behind the collapsed passage.

The San Yan man, the brawny Four Arms man, and the others swiftly shot through the opening blasted out by the enormous golden snake.

With a wave of his hand, the gaunt Silver Scale Man turned the giant golden snake back into a finger-thick form, where it coiled around his neck like a necklace.

However, a conspicuous red patch had appeared on the Golden Little Snake's back.

"Fuck, the ones I hate dealing with most are these people with backing. Their strength clearly isn't much, but who knows what kind of ultimate weapon they might be hiding on them!"

He cursed bitterly. "A B6-grade Radium Mother Bomb—used properly, it could wipe out an entire group of Star Traveler Tier 9s! That brat really was willing to spend. Poor Second Brother..."

"Now do you understand why I didn't let you act rashly from the start?"

The San Yan man calmly glanced at him, then stepped onto a green flying shuttle and shot forward. "Follow them! Don't lose them!"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

Within the brilliantly colored Crystal Passage, Hugo's group fled at tremendous speed.

As they ran, they repeatedly changed direction and entered different branching tunnels.

Only after fleeing in a bedraggled state for more than two hours—

"How is it? Did we shake them off?"

Hugo looked at the blank display on the Detector, and a trace of relief finally appeared on his face.

But before he could even catch his breath, piercing sounds of rushing wind came close behind them from the passage at their rear.

"Master, they've caught up!"

Old Wu's voice transmission sounded in Hugo's mind at the same time.

"Fuck, they must have a more advanced Detector. The signal from mine has been blocked!"

Hugo understood instantly.

"Faster, faster, faster! Pick up the pace!" he urged anxiously.

However, Old Wu and the other three Psychic Masters had been flying continuously for a long time while carrying others. Their speed had already reached its limit!

The sharp sounds behind them drew ever closer, and the distance between the two sides steadily shrank.

Very soon, Hugo could already see the enemies pursuing them from behind!

"What do I do?"

Watching the approaching enemies, Hugo could not help but grow anxious.

I can't die. I can't die. I, Hugo, absolutely cannot die in a place like this!

He suddenly turned to look at the Star Traveller Tier 9 slaves he had purchased before entering the Emberlight World. A flicker of reluctance passed through his eyes.

"Forget it. Staying alive comes first. I can only sacrifice you!"

At that moment, he had already decided to make the four Star Traveller Tier 9 guards fight to the death as a rearguard, creating a slim chance for his own escape!

"Qi Yuan, in a moment, I'll have those four guards hold them back with their lives. Find a chance to split off from me and run. If you make it out safely, we'll meet at the entrance to the Aurora Corridor!"

Before taking action, however, he quietly gave Qi Yuan this instruction through voice transmission.

To Hugo, Qi Yuan was currently his most important "asset" aside from Lei Bao Star.

After all, this was a genius guard with an almost one-hundred-percent chance of breaking through to the Universe Level. Once he grew stronger, he would definitely become one of Hugo's most capable subordinates!

If having Old Wu carry one more person had not slowed him down considerably, Hugo would never have been willing to leave Qi Yuan behind to flee alone!

The enemy's primary target is me. His chances of escaping should be quite high!

Having made up his mind, Hugo was about to order the Star Traveller Tier 9 guards to act according to the plan.

Yet at that moment, his gaze suddenly froze—

The genius subordinate in whom he had placed such high hopes had actually jumped off the Psionic Weapon carrying him, then charged straight toward the pursuing enemies!

"Holy shit, Qi Yuan, what are you doing? Come back!"

Hugo was dumbfounded and hurriedly shouted through voice transmission.

Yet the only response he received was that resolute, unflinching back, along with the dazzling Thunder Light gradually shining brighter around it—

"You go! I'll stop them!"

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