Gu Chen ignored her, and as Sun Jiangman carried him up and down, he held her even tighter.
"If I find out you're deliberately taking advantage of me, I'll kill you!" Feeling the touch on her right breast, Sun Jiangman's delicate body trembled, and then she said in a sinister tone.
Gu Chen quickly shifted his arm, coughed lightly, and said, "How could that be? This is a life-or-death situation, I'm nervous, very nervous."
However, Sun Jiangman didn't have time to care whether Gu Chen did it on purpose or not. She saw a flash of cold light in the darkness, and a bullet came flying through the air with a strong whistling sound, making her heart skip a beat!
Sniper rifle!
If she were hit, even if she were a martial artist at the Mid-stage Bone Forging Realm, she would have no chance of surviving!
Sun Jiangman grunted and swooped down towards the rubble-strewn roof, narrowly avoiding the bullet. The sniper bullet struck the spot where she had just been standing, sending countless tiles flying and making the entire house seem to shake slightly.
Just as Sun Jiangman was about to stand up, Gu Chen, who was on her back, suddenly found the strength to push her back down to the ground.
What are you doing...?
Before she could even utter the word "me," she felt a gust of wind rush past her head, and another sniper bullet ripped through the night sky! A few strands of hair fell down, and even with Sun Jiangman personality, she broke out in a cold sweat at that moment—if Gu Chen hadn't held her down, they would both have been hit by that shot, and would have been crippled if not killed!
"You... how did you know?" Sun Jiangman gasped. She hadn't sensed any danger, yet Gu Chen had. Was it just a coincidence?
"There are three sniping locations in total!" Gu Chen didn't answer her. Instead, his face suddenly darkened, and he coldly snorted, "Xiaoxiang Peak is a gathering place for black market merchants to fight over animal hides and medicinal herbs. Hunters usually need influence, and this stuff is very lucrative, so there are clock towers planted in various places; those are their eyes and ears."
Upon hearing Gu Chen's words, Sun Jiangman scanned the surroundings and discovered that there were indeed several clock towers over ten meters high. Originally, the sky above those clock towers was pitch black, but now lights were on. Clearly, snipers were lying in ambush on them to prevent them from escaping from the rooftops.
"These guys know the terrain very well. We can't escape unless we take out those snipers first," Gu Chen continued.
Sun Jiangman grunted, showing no fear on her face, and said coldly, "I don't need you to remind me!"
On her back, Gu Chen gave a wry smile. This girl was really quite proud.
She scrambled to her feet and immediately sprinted toward one of the clock towers that was flashing lights. The clock tower was less than twenty meters away from them, and Sun Jiangman calculated that it would take him a few seconds to reach it, based on the distance to the rooftop.
After calculating, she rushed to within about ten meters of the clock tower, then with a flick of her slender hand, she swiftly threw a dart!
Right between the eyebrows!
Although the sniper was wearing a helmet, the force of the dart still pierced through the metal, and he didn't even let out a scream before he died.
"Next!"
While dodging the gunfire below, Sun Jiangman ran towards another clock tower, then took out a sniper with a dart. She had been careless earlier, but after confirming the enemy's location, Sun Jiangman displayed the power of the Bone-Forge Realm martial artist. Within a minute, she had only managed to fire two shots at the three snipers before taking them down.
"How about it?"
Sun Jiangman turned around and glanced at Gu Chen. Although her expression remained indifferent, Gu Chen could read a hint of smugness in her eyes. It seemed that she was still holding a grudge against Gu Chen's reminder earlier.
That's true. After all, in her mind, Gu Chen was such a coward, scared like that by a few guns, he wasn't even "a man." How could she think she needed his help?
"Impressive, impressive." Gu Chen offered a forced compliment.
Although the sniper was dealt with, more and more people were gathering around. Gu Chen's heart sank. The Venomous Snake Gang was indeed quite powerful in the area, having mobilized so many people in an instant, all of whom were proficient in firearms.
"Let's run," Gu Chen said, remembering what the van driver had told him during the day. "Let's go to the forest over there. Their car can't get in. We can use the terrain to take care of these guys."
"Are you going to clean up or am I?" Sun Jiangman scoffed. "Let's get this straight."
"You clean it up," Gu Chen said. "I don't have the ability."
Sun Jiangman smiled faintly and said, "Good to know."
She also analyzed the severity of the situation. If there were more people around, their escape routes would be compressed, making it difficult to leave. Although Sun Jiangman wasn't worried about herself, she still had a burden on her child, and she would feel guilty if Gu Chen died.
Sun Jiangman glanced at the road she had come from; it led out of the city. To prevent them from leaving the city, the largest number of people were stationed there. Now, she had no choice but to listen to Gu Chen and head towards the forest.
"Let's go!" Sun Jiangman grabbed Gu Chen and ran towards the forest.
"Stop struggling!" The scarred woman from the Five Tyrant Snakes roared from below, her face contorted with malice. "Surrender, and I'll consider letting you live a little longer."
"Fool!" Although a martial artist like Sun Jiangman doesn't have the Divine Sense sense of a cultivator like Gu Chen, she can at least locate people by sound. As soon as the scarred woman opened her mouth, Sun Jiangman locked onto her and threw a dart at her!
"Whoosh!"
The dart sliced through the night sky, its sharp, piercing sound no less powerful than a bullet. In the scarred woman's vision, she only saw a flash of light approaching, which filled her pupils in the next moment, and then she knew everything!
"Ah, the leader of the Five Tyrant Snakes is dead!"
Dodge her hidden weapon!
"Don't let her see!"
A commotion arose below. With the scarred woman dead, Five Tyrant Snakes, the high-ranking leader of the Venomous Snake Gang, was completely wiped out. Moreover, without a commander, those below didn't know how to track them down. Although the Venomous Snake Gang members were fierce, they weren't fearless. Furthermore, Sun Jiangman's methods were truly bizarre; his brothers were dying inexplicably from darts. The remaining men were instinctively filled with fear and panic.
"Don't you have enough darts?" Gu Chen heard the commotion below and looked up at Sun Jiangman.
"You jinx!" Sun Jiangman, because there were indeed only two throwing darts left in the cloth bag tied to her leg.
"How can you blame me for this?" Gu Chen's eyes widened, speechless.
"Stop talking nonsense." Sun Jiangman's goodwill towards Gu Chen diminished by half, and she said coldly, "We're about to have a physical fight, hold me tight."
"You didn't want me to hug you just now," Gu Chen said nervously. "My lady, please don't set me up and use it as an excuse to kill me later. I'm only an adult, and I haven't even had a chance to enjoy the world yet."
"I'm not as filthy as you!" Sun Jiangman looked down on Gu Chen even more. What kind of time is this to be wary of her, his savior? What a weirdo, a man so afraid of death.
Gu Chen did as he was told and hugged Sun Jiangman, but this time he didn't let his hands wander, after all, it was a life-or-death situation for Sun Jiangman.
Sun Jiangman tore off a piece of cloth from her waistband, tied her hair up, and then pulled out a short blade from behind her leather pants, biting down on the four-inch scabbard.
The entire movement was executed in one smooth motion. With a quick glance, she selected the weakest point, jumped down from the roof, and attacked the Venomous Snake Gang thugs in front of her.
She knew that the only way to enter the forest was in this direction!