So You're Actually Pretty Good

"Duke Inferno" Afrit and the Annihilation Gang.

Bai Heng had read about them in the Interastral Astronomical Society's library.

According to Dr. Primitive, Nanook sees less value in the Annihilation Gang than a baby who deliberately breaks a vase.

They call themselves servants of Destruction, yet they've never earned a glance from Nanook.

Compared to the Antimatter Legion, one is a proper army, faithfully carrying out the Path of Destruction, while the other is like a rabble wandering the stars, trying to drag everything around them into a torrent of destruction.

However, if you underestimate these desperadoes walking the Path of Destruction, they can cause you a lot of trouble.

Bai Heng looked at Afrit, who was at the center of the stage, igniting the fires of Destruction, and guessed that the second highlight of the auction would be the cancer of all worlds—a Star Nucleus.

If they came for that, it would all make sense.

"Ruan Mei, I'll help you get him out of here; you owe me one." Herta pressed her slender fingers against her over-frequency communication earpiece, maintaining contact with Ruan Mei not far away.

In Herta's eyes, Bai Heng was just a clerical worker for the Interastral Astronomical Society, probably as helpless as most of the scholars present, and it would be difficult for him to escape from the Annihilation Gang easily.

At that moment, several humanoid monsters burning with scarlet flames and charred black suddenly appeared in the darkness-shrouded venue.

"Fire Demons…" Bai Heng stated the origin of these Annihilation Gang members, his tone calm: "Herta, the Astronomical Society's library records that 'Duke Inferno' is actually a descendant of Sissakahr, the Creation-Phase Spirit Flame of Genius Society #29, the king of the Fire Demons. So, this guy is practically the grandson of your Genius Society #29, and you have some connection."

"I admire your courage to crack jokes calmly in this situation, but to avoid making Ruan Mei a widow, you'd better leave with me quickly." Herta looked up at Bai Heng and said coldly:

Anyone else, and Herta wouldn't bother.

But Bai Heng was Ruan Mei's sweetheart, and he also had something she was interested in, so Herta naturally couldn't abandon him.

She raised her ring finger, which had a bright silver metal ring on it.

Judging by the design, it should also be a Curio.

But as Herta used the ring to prepare to leave, her slender willow eyebrows furrowed slightly:

"The surrounding spatial parameters have been altered; I need three minutes to modify the parameters, or I won't be able to complete the spatial transfer."

As she spoke, the staff members who originally belonged to the Space Station 'Herta' defense department and were acting as bodyguards on this trip became nervous.

The Fire Demons, like black goats, crawled out of clusters of scarlet flames, carrying the hellish flames of the underworld, and surged towards everything alive in the venue.

Those who were only present via projection could naturally leave without a care.

But many of the staff members who had come to the venue in person were now in danger, and when their bodies touched the Fire Demons, the strange flames would instantly ignite them.

"Duke Inferno" Afrit still stood in the center of the venue, like the conductor of this "Destruction" anthem.

Enjoying the supreme glory given to him by chaos and death.

The bizarre movement grew more and more intense, and the entire venue transformed into a cage of flames.

If her true body were here, Herta would naturally not fear this small Annihilation Gang, but unfortunately, she was only a puppet on the scene.

Several Fire Demons began to approach the VIP seats, their shriveled hands, burned to a crisp, hanging on the second-floor platform.

Being security personnel for the Space Station 'Herta' defense department, Herta's bodyguards were naturally well-trained.

Faced with the approaching Fire Demons, they immediately took out their portable, handheld short-blade railguns.

The ammunition was loaded, and a pale blue light poured out of the gun barrels, falling on the Fire Demons like a rainstorm.

But unfortunately, the railgun's energy rounds couldn't penetrate the Fire Demons' bodies, instead making the monsters' movements even more violent.

The bodies of several security personnel trembled slightly, but they still gripped the weapons in their hands, constantly pulling the triggers, trying to slow down their movements, but to no avail.

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The Fire Demons hunched over their flaming bodies and pounced on Herta and the others, their movements frantic and ferocious.

But as the Fire Demons' shriveled limbs were about to touch the retreating security personnel, and the scorching temperature rushed towards them, Herta even urgently sent a request for help to Ruan Mei:

"Ruan Mei, there's a bit of a problem here…"

A flash of cold light appeared, and a silver longsword cleaved through the hunched body, sawing off the bones forged by the flames, and extinguishing the violent fires.

"Three minutes."

Bai Heng pulled out the Nameless embedded in the Fire Demon's body and kicked the Fire Demon, which had turned into shattered bones, his tone calm:

"Right?"

Kicked by him, the Fire Demon's broken body instantly shattered into pieces, collapsing into a pile of charred bones.

Another Fire Demon pounced, Bai Heng slightly twisted his body, then lightly raised the longsword in his hand, piercing along the Fire Demon's bone ridge and severing its entire spine.

When the flames were extinguished, he stepped on the Fire Demon's skull, instantly crushing the charred black goat into dust.

His movements were smooth, his sword moves were fierce, and according to what Jingliu had taught him, each sword pierced the vital points, and he didn't forget to finish them off.

Herta's eyes were slightly stagnant, and a fluctuating tone came from Ruan Mei on the other end of the communication device:

"Herta? Her… I'm coming over right away."

After hearing Ruan Mei's voice, Herta came back to her senses and said:

"No, you don't need to come over; the problem here has been solved."

Several security personnel stared blankly as Bai Heng solved the Annihilation Gang's creations with practiced ease, unable to imagine that the person in front of them had previously looked so frail.

Having secured three minutes, Herta's face regained some of its arrogance. She waved her hand and said, "Done."

The bright silver ring on her ring finger emitted a soft, white halo, enveloping the group in the VIP area.

In the next instant, the group arrived at the entrance of the Bololunzi Hotel.

Punklorde was still experiencing a downpour. The towering, cloud-piercing buildings were hidden within the black rain clouds, but now, the upper floors of the Bololunzi Hotel, flashing with data chains, swayed in the firelight.

Most of the floors in the hundred-plus-story venue were ablaze. The rain poured down, scattering in all directions, yet it couldn't extinguish the inferno. This extremely contradictory and impactful scene unfolded before everyone's eyes.

Many onlookers gathered below the Bololunzi Hotel, enjoying the spectacle.

"Today, Punklorde's security system must give us an explanation. How could they let the Annihilation Gang in?" a scholar who had just escaped the Bololunzi Hotel roared in the crowd.

Herta, hearing what this person said, spoke calmly, "I should have expected it. This auction prematurely revealed information about the Star Nucleus, which would definitely attract unnecessary trouble. I just didn't expect that it wouldn't be the Stellaron Hunters or the Antimatter Legion who came, but this group from the Annihilation Gang... But then again, it turns out you're not completely useless."

Herta put her hands on her hips, her crimson-purple pupils re-evaluating Bai Heng beside her.

Bai Heng didn't bother being modest with Herta:

"Of course, your brother here actually..."

Before he could finish speaking, a fierce sense of oppression suddenly pressed down on Bai Heng's shoulders.

He frowned and immediately changed his tune:

"Run!"

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