"D-don't kill me..." The man trembled from head to toe, his eyes filled with terror.
"Tell me, how many guards are in the noble district right now?" Qin Xun pressed his dagger against the man's neck.
Having just seen his teammate die, the man was so consumed by fear that it took him three seconds to come to his senses.
"F-four hundred..."
Qin Xun gave a disdainful laugh. "There are eight hundred people in the Guard Team, and they actually left four hundred in the noble district. These nobles really are afraid to die!"
"Please, don't kill me..." the man begged again.
"Spare you? So you can keep driving others to despair?"
Qin Xun wasted no words and slit the man's throat with a single stroke.
Dazhuang and Xu Chao exchanged a glance.
Although they both knew Qin Xun had fought ninety-nine matches in the Killing Arena,
and killed plenty of people,
actually seeing him kill someone was still a tremendous shock!
His technique was clean and efficient, killing with one stroke.
Among ordinary people, there were definitely few who could surpass him!
Qin Xun bent down, picked up the man's assault rifle, and slung it over his shoulder.
The group continued deeper, wreaking destruction as they went.
The guards they encountered along the way were killed in an instant by Xu Chao and Dazhuang as soon as they came face to face.
"Wait!" When they reached another intersection, Dazhuang stopped and looked at an electrical box beside them, twice a person's height.
"Rather than shooting out the cameras one by one, it'd be better to destroy this electrical box." He raised both hands, golden light flowing around them. Soon, the light formed a circular outline.
Once the enormous rock appeared, he held it in both hands and smashed it down hard on the electrical box.
Bang!
Sparks flew from the smashed electrical box!
In an instant, a third of the noble district was plunged into darkness.
At that moment.
The district administration building.
The surveillance room on the top floor.
While Black Crow and District Chief Zhong Tianshou were still discussing their next move,
someone pushed open the surveillance room door.
A Guard Team member rushed in. "District Chief, bad news! Someone has broken into the noble district!"
"What?!" Zhong Tianshou shot to his feet, his eyes full of anxiety and disbelief.
Black Crow snapped his gaze toward the Guard Team member. "What exactly happened?"
The Guard Team member panted, "At first, a few cameras went down. Just as I was about to check them, the whole southern area suddenly lost power. And I just found out that several of our people are dead!"
Zhong Tianshou's eyes widened. "H-how is that possible? Could it be that group? But there's no way they'd come to the noble district! Security in the noble district is even stronger than in the civilian district, and its only exit is guarded by over a hundred people. Unless there's something wrong with their heads, they couldn't possibly choose to fight their way out through the noble district!"
"I still underestimated them." Black Crow's gaze fell on He Laowu, who was still driving on the monitor. "They're even smarter than I thought!"
Zhong Tianshou looked anxious. "Call everyone back immediately! No matter the cost, we must ensure the nobles' safety and capture that group!"
"No!" Black Crow said at once. "This is the real lure-the-tiger-away-from-the-mountain trick they wanted to use. We absolutely can't call all the Guard Team members outside back!"
"Captain of the Dark Pavilion, it's easy for you to say. Do you know what the consequences will be if something happens in the noble district?" Zhong Tianshou said gravely. "The reason I can sit securely in the District Chief's seat in Zone 108 is that I can guarantee these nobles' interests and safety."
"I'm firmly against it! You absolutely cannot call the forces outside back. This is their scheme; they want you to call the forces outside back!" Black Crow changed tack. "District Chief Zhong, do you know what the consequences will be if Qin Xun escapes?"
"I hope you understand one thing. I received no orders from my superiors for this operation. I cooperated with you only because of your status as members of the Dark Pavilion! No matter what, nothing can be allowed to happen in the noble district!" Zhong Tianshou turned to the Guard Team member. "First, mobilize the forces in the noble district to ensure the nobles' safety. Then call all the Guard Team members in the civilian district back too!"
"Stop!" Black Crow stared at the Guard Team member. "If you dare take one step outside, I'll kill you on the spot!"
"Just try killing him!" Zhong Tianshou stared back at Black Crow, refusing to back down.
Killing intent erupted in the eyes of the young man standing beside Black Crow, and he took a step forward.
Black Crow took a deep breath and held his subordinate back. "District Chief Zhong, if Qin Xun escapes, you can answer to the Dark Pavilion."
"That's your business. It has nothing to do with me, because I really did receive no orders from my superiors." Zhong Tianshou took out his phone and made a call, continuing, "I'm the District Chief of Zone 108. I can't gamble with the nobles' lives just to cooperate with your operation."
Black Crow was out of options and could only watch Zhong Tianshou call the Guard Team back.
He badly wanted to strangle the man, but given the man's status as District Chief, he could only endure it.
"Have groups one and two come back." Black Crow looked at the young man beside him and ordered, "Tell them to get to the noble district as fast as they can, but not to go in. Have them block it from outside!"
After finishing his call, Zhong Tianshou looked back at the Guard Team member and shouted, "What are you standing around for? Hurry down and organize the forces in the noble district to defend it! If even one noble dies, you won't live either!"
In the noble district, after they had killed more than a dozen guards in succession,
blue light kept flashing on Mengmeng's forehead.
Qin Xun knew Mengmeng was passing information to Xu Chao, probably telling him that the area nearby was dangerous or something like that.
"That's about enough. If we don't leave now, we won't be able to get out. Put on these three men's clothes, then let's go!"
The destruction hadn't lasted long, but making a commotion was enough.
If they kept it up, they might be surrounded, or they might run into someone with Psionic Power and be unable to get away.
Enduring the pain in his left arm, Qin Xun quickly changed into a Guard Team member's clothes.
After the three changed, Qin Xun didn't rush to leave. He raised the assault rifle in his hands and fired several shots into the sky!
The sudden gunfire woke the entire noble district!
After emptying a magazine, the three retraced their route and climbed back over the wall they had entered through.
Then they slipped back into the civilian district and headed for the nearest exit.
Qin Xun felt uneasy!
He didn't know whether the plan would work.
He could only hope they would win the gamble!
Fortunately, a few minutes later, the sound of truck after truck rang out from the street outside.
The direction the trucks were heading was the noble district!
"It worked!" Dazhuang looked at Qin Xun excitedly. "I'm really impressed!"
"It's because those nobles are too afraid to die. Their safety matters more to them than catching us."
"If nothing unexpected happens, large numbers of Guard Team members are being called back to the noble district now. The exits' defenses are at their weakest, so we need to pick up the pace!"
After Dazhuang spoke, he noticed that Qin Xun wasn't in good shape.
He realized that Qin Xun still had a gunshot wound, and he had been running around all night.
He grabbed Qin Xun and pulled him onto his back.
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