After the Mountain Lord reached the fifth level of the Martial Path, the city's firearms could barely hurt him anymore. His bronze skin and iron bones were more than mere words. Blood qi enveloped him, rendering him impervious to fire and water, blades and bullets, while an endless stream of malice formed a barrier around his body.
"Count the casualties! Anyone who can move, follow the Mountain Lord! Protect all the equipment!" Yin Shou used his broadsword as a crutch and shouted behind him. The Mountain Lord's subordinates seemed accustomed to this. They never worried that he might be defeated. As long as they followed closely, victory would come.
The massive explosion had inflicted heavy casualties on the Mountain Lord's men, but it had not shaken their resolve. The wounded were carried out, and more subordinates entered the darkness.
Support frames were installed and rubble cleared away. Like vicious hunting dogs, they raced through the underground tunnel, advancing several hundred meters farther.
"Life signs detected in sector B3! Someone's in East A7! They're fleeing toward the First District!"
Heavy gunfire erupted. In the subway tunnel, the number-one gang traded fire with unknown opponents. The enemies concealed in the darkness were cunning and treacherous, with an absurdly tenacious will to fight. They were even harder to deal with than the Night Watch.
"Charge through!"
Yin Shou's forces paid a heavy price for their forced advance, but finally drove the enemy back.
When he examined the bodies, he discovered that all the enemies were Dogmen dressed in pastors' robes.
"Didn't the Night Watch conscript all the Dogmen in the slums? How did these scrawny cannon fodder suddenly become so tough?" Yin Shou sliced open a Dogman's body and saw that their hearts were larger than an ordinary person's, etched with strange blood-red