Betrayal

Yang Lie said, "I know I should train in movement techniques too, but I don't have enough resources!"

In this era where martial arts had transcended the ordinary, there were likewise many extraordinary movement techniques. Treading on Snow Without a Trace and Crossing the River on a Reed could both be easily achieved with just a Profound-Grade movement technique.

However, cultivating extraordinary movement techniques also consumed qi and blood to refine special true qi imbued with miraculous power.

Yang Lie had previously used all his resources to cultivate the two Earth-Grade Martial Arts, Vajra Skill and Flood Dragon Fist. He simply had no resources left to cultivate a powerful movement technique.

"They're here! Powerful enemies!! Six mid-tier third-order Giant Strength Black-Haired Ferocious Apes, and twelve peak second-order Giant Strength Black-Haired Ferocious Apes!!"

Zhao Meixian suddenly looked northward. In the forest four hundred meters away, eighteen ferocious apes emerged, covered in black fur, over two meters tall, packed with muscles, with protruding fangs and savage faces.

Six of those ferocious apes were as tall as three meters, their muscles knotted all over their bodies like six hulking monstrosities.

The moment those eighteen ferocious apes spotted Yang Lie's group of four, greed flashed through their eyes, and they pounced straight at them.

Giant Strength Black-Haired Ferocious Apes had the vile habit of abducting human women as breeding vessels. Many women from human beast-hunting groups had met miserable fates after falling into their hands.

"Close your eyes!"

With a flick of his hand, Yang Lie sent a flashbang flying toward the eighteen ferocious apes.

"Flashbang!"

Zhao Meixian and the other two women immediately shut their eyes.

But the eighteen ferocious apes stared fixedly at the flashbang.

The flashbang exploded in an instant, and dazzling white light flooded the eyes of the eighteen ferocious apes, instantly blinding them.

Weapons like flashbangs had limited effect on powerful humans, but they were extremely effective against ferocious beasts. Many members of low-level beast-hunting groups were merely Qi Blood Realm martial artists, yet by joining forces, they could hunt third-order ferocious beasts. What they relied on was humanity's various powerful technological equipment.

This was the era of super martial arts. Powerful martial artists could resist warships with their flesh and shatter stars with their fists. But this was also the interstellar era. Having absorbed the knowledge of countless civilizations, humanity had created much advanced technological equipment, enough to arm ordinary humans and grant them formidable combat strength.

Taking advantage of the instant the ferocious beasts were blinded, Yang Lie tapped off the ground and appeared before a third-order ferocious ape as though he had shrunk the earth beneath his feet. He struck its head with Flood Dragon выхода в море.

Bang!!

The third-order ferocious ape's head caved in from Yang Lie's blow. Blood sprayed from its seven orifices and splattered across the ground.

Although Yang Lie had never cultivated a movement technique, he moved as fast as a ghost. Using the Flood Dragon Fist, he charged at the heads of the third-order ferocious apes like a humanoid ferocious beast.

Though those third-order ferocious apes had thick hides, tough flesh, and astonishing defense, their heads caved in one after another beneath Yang Lie's fists, and they fell to the ground as corpses.

After opening their eyes, Han Hongmei and the other woman also joined the battle, swiftly slaughtering the second-order ferocious apes.

Before long, only eighteen ferocious ape corpses remained on the ground.

"You three go on ahead! I'll deal with these ferocious beast corpses and catch up with you later!"

Yang Lie looked at the eighteen ferocious ape corpses on the ground, a gleam flashing in his eyes.

The third-order ferocious beasts around Beihe Base City had nearly been wiped out by the endless stream of beast-hunting groups. Large numbers of third-order ferocious beasts had hidden deep in forests rarely visited by people.

Other than during major beast tides, human beast-hunting groups had to risk venturing deep into the more dangerous forests controlled by Ferocious Beastmen to hunt third-order ferocious beasts. That was why third-order Ferocious Beast Meat sold at such high prices.

"Alright!"

Zhao Meixian gave a slight nod and left with the other two women.

Those eighteen ferocious beasts were no small fortune. Men died for wealth, birds died for food. It was perfectly normal for a pauper like Yang Lie to process ferocious beast corpses in order to accumulate wealth.

Yang Lie circulated his true qi, grabbed the ferocious ape corpses one after another, and tossed them directly onto the city wall.

After throwing the ferocious ape corpses onto the wall one by one, Yang Lie leaped up onto it. He looked around and, only after confirming that no one was paying attention to him, stored the ferocious ape corpses in his Small World one by one.

After handling the ferocious beast corpses, Yang Lie leaped forward and shot toward the direction in which Zhao Meixian's group of three had gone like a cannonball.

Han Hongmei asked curiously, "How did you find us?"

Although Zhao Meixian's group had not deliberately concealed their tracks, they moved quickly, and it was difficult to find their trail in this forest thick with vegetation.

Yang Lie chuckled. "That's a secret!"

Yang Lie possessed the powers of many ferocious beasts, including the superhuman sense of smell of a third-order ferocious snake. With the combined powers of numerous ferocious beasts, his sense of smell even surpassed that of an ordinary third-order ferocious snake, allowing him to easily pinpoint the three women's location.

The four moved swiftly through the jungle. Along the way, they encountered quite a few low-level ferocious beasts, but the moment those beasts appeared, the group easily killed them, while Yang Lie, bringing up the rear, stored their corpses in his Small World.

However, after the four crossed the blockade line, they encountered fewer and fewer ferocious beasts.

The following afternoon.

Yang Lie and the others sat together, gnawing on compressed biscuits.

Unless one was extremely powerful, almost no one made fires or cooked in the forest. That was because Ferocious Beastmen lived in the Ferocious Beast Forest, and they could use smoke and fire to pinpoint the location of humans.

Bang!!

Accompanied by a gunshot, a 12.7-millimeter sniper round slammed into Yang Lie's head, blasting him directly off his feet and sending him crashing to the ground.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Almost at the same time, three sniper rounds shot toward Zhao Meixian.

At that instant, a palm-sized box at Zhao Meixian's waist flashed, and a faint energy shield appeared before her.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

The three sniper rounds struck the energy shield and were directly ricocheted away.

That triggered individual defense energy shield was the latest technological achievement of the Human Alliance. Konghe Star could not produce it on its own, and it was one of Zhao Meixian's trump cards.

At that moment, Zhou Qiuju, who had been sitting beside Zhao Meixian, suddenly sprang up and viciously thrust her sword toward Zhao Meixian's side.

Zhao Meixian likewise erupted with the terrifying true qi of the Hundred Refinements Realm. She sprang off the stone and flicked up her longsword, blocking Zhou Qiuju's sudden thrust.

"Qiuju, have you gone mad? You actually dared betray Miss and betray the Zhao Family!! Are you looking to die?"

Han Hongmei's expression changed drastically. She shouted sharply, drew her longsword, and thrust it toward Zhou Qiuju.

Zhou Qiuju shouted, "Han Hongmei, this is the Family Head's order! Your loyalty belongs to the Family Head, not Miss!! Join me and kill her!!"

"The Family Head's order!!"

Han Hongmei's face immediately changed. She circulated her true qi and retreated rapidly, hesitation filling her eyes. Though she was Zhao Meixian's closest bodyguard, she was first and foremost from the Han Family, a subordinate family of the Zhao Family. The one she was loyal to was the Zhao Family Head, not Zhao Meixian.