"Pretty!"
"Here you go!"
After seeing Rui take down an enemy with a single shot through the night vision binoculars, Burke and Cole praised him on the walkie-talkie in unison. The praise from his comrade greatly eased the discomfort Rui felt from his first kill. He set up his sniper rifle again and fired shot after shot.
Whoosh whoosh!
Bullets fired one after another, and enemies fell to the ground with muffled groans. Most of these people were ordinary people who had undergone gene modification. Although they had higher physical fitness and certain fighting skills, they still fell like weeds being harvested when faced with the precise shooting of the electromagnetic sniper rifle.
Of course, among these fugitives were a few extraordinary Transcendent. One of them, an ordinary-looking middle-aged man, wielding an alloy rapier, actually deflected a bullet fired by Rui while moving at high speed. His body was enveloped in fiery Yuan Qi that blazed brightly, making him particularly dazzling in the darkness.
"Martial artist!" Lancelot's eyes lit up, his fighting spirit burning.
This martial artist's Yuan Qi is already sufficiently refined. Based on my previous life experience, this guy's rank should have reached the Tier Three, but he hasn't gone very far. According to the rating of the Sade Arena, he belongs to the lower-middle Tier Three, and his combat power level should be around 165.
However, unlike the tranquil environment of the arena, this is a battlefield of life and death. All the fugitives are desperate wolves with nowhere to run, far more dangerous than bio-beasts of the same rating. This is not only because humans possess higher intelligence, but more importantly because Transcendent professionals have more methods and equipment bonuses.
"Leave this one to me, Burke. You and Cole deal with the other three. Rui, unleash your firepower on the east side. Don't worry about me!" Lancelot leaped up and ran quickly while speaking into the walkie-talkie.
"Understood!" Burke and the other two replied in unison.
Before the battle, the squad made it very clear that they only needed to obey any orders Lancelot gave. The battlefield situation was constantly changing and allowed no hesitation or laziness.
"Hmm? There's an ambush?" Hogg warily watched the tall warrior rushing up at high speed. His Yuan Qi flowed like water around his rapier. His attribute was fire, and the characteristics of his Yuan Qi were explosion and burning, which could inflict a certain amount of burning damage on the rapier. He was more than capable of handling both close combat and prolonged battles.
After Lancelot finished explaining the battle plan, he threw himself into the fight wholeheartedly.
With the Body of Steel fully activated, his Constitution increased by 11 points, reaching 21 points. His physical defense and recovery also improved accordingly. His body suddenly grew taller, making his tight-fitting combat suit bulge. With a shake of his arms, several black blades popped out from his alloy gauntlets. The Electromagnetic Armor inside his tactical backpack, which had transformed into a stack of metal plates, also emitted blue light, ready to form a shield or armor at any time to defend against the opponent's powerful attacks.
"Hmm? Just one person?" Hogg observed for a moment, then felt a little relieved. He could still fight one person. He didn't feel any suppression from the life level of the person in front of him, which proved that either the other party was much stronger than him, or they were at the Tier One or lower.
Thinking of this, Hogg's eyes turned fierce, "I'll kill you!"
He twisted his feet, and streams of Yuan Qi flowed through his muscles. Energy enveloped his legs, and with a bang, Hogg suddenly vanished from his spot.
"Flash Step?" Lancelot grinned, recognizing the secret technique used by the martial artist opposite him.
Flash Step, Strong Fist, Hadoken are basic martial arts techniques commonly used by professionals.
"Let's see whose Flash Step is faster!"
As he murmured to himself, Lancelot's body vanished like a ghost, and only after a long while did a gust of wind pass by.
The two were incredibly fast, and almost simultaneously used Flash Step. Hogg was quite surprised, initially thinking Lancelot was also a martial artist. However, after exchanging blows, he discovered that this was not the case. There wasn't a single Yuan Qi in the other's body; he was just a pure penis.
Having been entangled with the Alliance's armed forces for many years, Hogg was extremely experienced in combat. He instantly determined the best way to deal with Lancelot: to keep his distance and use his long reach to slowly whittle down his health.
Thinking of this, Hogg swung his rapier down with a heavy blow, trying to force Lancelot back.
The rapier he used was pointed at the front and wide at the back, especially at the hilt, which was as wide as a palm. This structure was not only suitable for piercing attacks, but also very powerful for slashing.
In Hogg's plan, Lancelot, being a big, muscular guy, would definitely not dare to take his attack, which was covered in his Yuan Qi, head-on. As long as Lancelot took a step back, Hogg would take one or two steps back, use the front half of his rapier to wrap his elemental Yuan Qi, forming an air blade, and use the burning properties of the fire elemental Yuan Qi, as well as the high penetrating power of the rapier, to turn his opponent into a burning human sieve.
But this idea was quickly and ruthlessly shattered by Lancelot's next move.
He raised both fists, his gaze almost solidifying in a state of Heightened Focus. The high-speed rapier appeared several times slower in his vision, making it easy to predict its trajectory in the next second.
Lancelot extended his hands ahead of time and clasped them together tightly.
Boom!
Because his palms moved so fast, the air was directly slammed into the ground with a loud bang. Just as his two palms were one centimeter apart, the rapier suddenly appeared between his palms like a phantom and was tightly held between them.
"What?" Hogg was almost speechless with shock.
Disarming someone with bare hands is just a plot device in movies; it's almost impossible in reality unless the difference in skill between the two is exceptionally vast.
But how could this guy in front of me be that much stronger than me?
Otherwise, wouldn't it be easier and less strenuous to just slap yourself to death?
Does that mean his Combat Skills are sufficient to predict such fast-moving rapier attacks?
"A coincidence, it must be a coincidence!" Hogg refused to believe it, veins bulging on his forehead, and the Yuan Qi covering the sword began to surge, attempting to break free from the cage constructed by Lancelot's hands.
However, no matter how hard Hogg tried, the rapier remained unmoved, while the Yuan Qi attack was blocked by a thin blue energy shield that suddenly appeared on his arm.
"Finished? My turn!"
Lancelot slowly raised his head, a slight smile playing on his lips. At the same time, he tensed his core muscles, using his left leg as the center, and lashed out with his right leg like a whip, delivering a side kick that struck Hogg in the waist and abdomen.
Because the side kick was too fast, Hogg was about to raise his left leg to block when he felt a tearing pain in his side abdomen, followed by his internal organs. His ribs were broken, piercing through some of his internal organs.