Mutual Slaughter

Bang!

Matsushima had been less than a centimeter away from death when a bullet saved him!

Meichuan's marksmanship was truly impressive. Even with the Flame Crystal Leopard moving at such incredible speed, he had still managed to knock it back with a single shot and save Matsushima.

Moreover, the shot had been extremely accurate, entering once more through the Flame Crystal Leopard's wound.

The bullet instantly shredded its brain!

This time, the Flame Crystal Leopard was dead beyond any doubt!

"Dead... it's dead!" Matsushima opened his eyes and collapsed onto the ground. Then, as if he had gone mad, he began laughing loudly. "Hahaha!"

Just moments ago, he had thought he was certainly dead! Yet he had survived by the narrowest margin! Escaping death like that—how could he not laugh?

Only after laughing for a long while did Matsushima finally calm down, gradually putting away that crazed expression.

"Meichuan, thank you so much. Without you, I might have died!" Matsushima said gratefully. "Don't worry, Meichuan. Once I become a God of War, I definitely won't treat you poorly!"

"No, Lord Matsushima! I should be the one thanking you!" Meichuan's voice suddenly came through Matsushima's earpiece, carrying an inexplicable undertone.

"Meichuan, what do you mean by that?" Matsushima had clearly caught the strangeness in Meichuan's words, but he still believed in Meichuan's loyalty to him.

After all, Meichuan had been one of the first teammates to roam the wilderness with him, and Matsushima had saved his life several times.

"It's nothing, Matsushima!" Meichuan's voice gradually turned cold, making Matsushima tremble. "I'll take good care of Mimiko for you! So farewell, Matsushima!"

The instant Meichuan finished speaking, Matsushima felt a chill run through his entire body, every hair standing on end. He hurriedly tried to flee, but there was simply no way to do so from where he stood. The surroundings were wide open, without the slightest cover, and he was already badly injured, unable to run quickly.

With a bang, Matsushima's upper body instantly turned into a cloud of bloody mist, blown apart by the powerful sniper round.

"Fuck, these islanders are having an internal feud!" Guan Yong cautiously peered through the window. Seeing Matsushima blasted into a bloody mist, he couldn't help smacking his lips.

"Uncle Guan, what do we do?" Cao Bing asked quietly.

"Don't rush. That guy fired his gun, so he won't escape Old Fang and the others' eyes. We've struck it rich this time!" Guan Yong said with a grin. Then he switched on his earpiece and asked, "Captain, have you located him?"

"Don't worry. Every move he makes is under our watch." Yan Ying replied coolly.

Before long, an ordinary-looking islander appeared beside the corpses of Meichuan and the Flame Crystal Leopard. He carried a firearm on his back, and his face wore a crazed smile.

He kicked Matsushima's remaining half-body, then kept saying something in the island language while laughing wildly.

"Uncle Guan, what is he saying?" Cao Bing curiously nudged Guan Yong. He didn't understand Japanese.

But Guan Yong's eyes flashed sharply as he rapidly said to Yan Ying, "Captain, don't make a move yet. We need to capture this man alive!"

"What's going on?" Yan Ying asked doubtfully.

"Captain, we may have hit the jackpot this time!" Guan Yong said excitedly. Clearly, he understood Japanese.

"Heh, this island sniper may have gotten too excited and blurted out some secrets." Guan Yong gave a quick explanation, and Cao Bing roughly understood what the islander had been saying.

It turned out that this islander had been the subordinate of the man he had shot dead. But long ago, he had begun an affair with Matsushima's wife, Mimiko. Only afterward had he joined Matsushima's squad. Yet over the years, he had continued secretly meeting Mimiko, and even the child was his. Poor Matsushima!

This trip had two purposes. One was to kill the Flame Crystal Leopard, while the other was to secretly kill Matsushima. In fact, he had previously had several chances to kill the Flame Crystal Leopard with one shot, but he had given them all up. He had only acted after Matsushima's other subordinates had all died and Matsushima had been seriously injured.

There was no helping it. Though he was also a High-level General, he specialized in firearms and simply could not defeat Matsushima head-on. Even from a distance, he had not dared to make a move.

And now that Matsushima was dead, his wife had long since handed him the anonymous Swiss bank storage card. He knew the password as well. With all of Matsushima's savings now in his possession, he would soon become a God of War. Even if he had switched halfway into training with cold weapons, a God of War was still a God of War.

The reason Guan Yong had become so excited was because he had heard Meichuan mention that storage card!

A High-level General's savings from ten years of preparing to break through to the God of War level! How much would that be? Cao Bing didn't even dare imagine it!

"Little Cao, hide here. Don't come out unless the captain gives the order!" After saying that, Guan Yong gave Cao Bing no time to reply. Like a nimble leopard, he instantly vanished from the room.

Meanwhile, Meichuan was still muttering loudly to himself.

"Matsushima, you really deserved to die! Mimiko and I loved each other so much back then, yet you had to come between us! Heh hehehe! Now you're dead, dead, dead! Hahaha!"

Meichuan laughed madly as the combat blade he carried for self-defense kept chopping into Matsushima's remaining half-body.

He hacked that half-body into chunks of flesh!

Just as Meichuan continued venting his rage on Matsushima's half-corpse,

four streams of bullets instantly sent Meichuan's limbs flying through the air!

It happened so suddenly that even when Meichuan collapsed to the ground, he had yet to react!

The moment Meichuan fell, Guan Yong appeared beside him. Without the slightest hesitation, he grabbed the now limbless Meichuan and vanished into the building!

As for the Flame Crystal Leopard's corpse, Guan Yong did not even spare it a glance.

That was where Guan Yong's cleverness lay. Compared to assets worth enough to purchase 30 billion Jade Marrow, a Flame Crystal Leopard was nothing at all!

Besides, the battle between those islanders might attract the attention of others. Leaving behind the Flame Crystal Leopard might draw out some lurking rats and snakes!

However, the Divine Arrow Squad had clearly been overly suspicious this time. After a long while, no one came to collect the Flame Crystal Leopard's corpse.

Guan Yong did not return for Cao Bing either. He had probably gone to find Captain Yan Ying!

Then Cao Bing, who had remained hidden, saw Xie Hongxin and Song Shengnan emerge from around a corner.

Song Shengnan was in front, using her horse-chopping saber to shield her upper body. Xie Hongxin was behind her, holding his enormous shield at an angle to protect his rear.

With the two of them positioned like this, over eighty percent of their bodies were protected. The remaining exposed areas were not vital points. If they really came under attack, they could at least preserve their lives!

Moreover, Cao Bing was certain that Yan Ying, Fang Ye, and Zheng Ke were keeping a close watch on every possible angle from which someone could shoot at them, ensuring their safety.