The Immortal Ruins - Chapter 30 The New World

Dabiao was sitting on a rock with his rocket launcher in his lap, munching on a compressed energy bar. “Looks like you were right, boss.”

“I’ve informed the others. We will proceed to Shan Mao’s position as fast as possible,” Lei She, the commander, said gruffly. “Our sentry on the main road into town has reported that a group of twenty soldiers has just returned, but that guy wasn’t with them.”

Dabiao threw the rest of the energy bar down his throat and jumped from the stone. “Ready to roll, sir!”

“Let’s go!” Lei She kicked off the ground, sprinting off in a flash of silver light.

Dabiao grabbed the rocket launcher and followed suit, leaving behind a trail of green air.

Luo Dabiao, who had two bronze life rings, was called the Lethal Weapon.

Jiang Shaoliu was dragging a big hedgehog back to the cave.

Most of the monsters in the vicinity of the cave were cautious and had already escaped far away. Only this hedgehog stayed behind and Jiang Shaoliu killed it.

But it was so small, only 3 meters tall and 4 meters long, it was not even enough for one meal for him.

The surroundings became quieter as he came nearer to the cave. His sensitive ears picked up the sound of the gentle breeze blowing in the forest and the rustle of every single leaf, and every ripple in the water of the nearby stream.

He slowed down and eventually stopped, letting the hedgehog’s paw fall to the ground.

A flicker of sunlight glittered on the lens of a scoped rifle in the distance.

“Fire!”

As the order sounded, three snipers simultaneously pulled their triggers and three alloy bullets burst towards Jiang Shaoliu’s head, heart and abdomen.

Jiang Shaoliu instantly dropped to the ground. The bullets missed him and one of them took a spike off the hedgehog carcass.

Four submachine guns fired at the same time, blocking the way ahead in a deadly crossfire.

“It’s the Gangxing Group again!” Jiang Shaoliu rolled out of the way and ran straight through the hail of lead, his heels kicking up clods of dirt. “They show up everywhere!”

A small master was playing with a dagger in his hand behind a big tree. He eyes said he was there to find trouble.

Another master was kneeling behind a huge boulder not far away, wearing an alloy steel claw like a big cat.

“Shan Mao, this guy is too fast! We can’t hit him!” someone shouted in the distance.

The master wearing the alloy steel claw narrowed his eyes.

Jiang Shaoliu was a blur heading in his direction with bits of bark, dirt and leaves flying all around him, torn up by the storm of bulllets.

He was zigzagging rapidly, getting closer and closer to the gunmen.

“Shoot him while he’s running! Fire from cover and keep your distance from him!” Shan Mao roared into the forest, “Prepare for close combat when you run out of bullets!”

Shots rang out from all directions.

Jiang Shaoliu leaned forward and heard a bullet whizz over his head, so close he could feel the heat coming off it.

The rate of fire was starting to slow down.

The gunmen began to change positions in the distant undergrowth, firing on the move. There was still a storm of bullets flying in his direction, but not enough to pin him down. Now was a good chance for Jiang Shaoliu to charge!

Jiang Shaoliu grabbed a stone off the ground and sped up even further. Now his true qi was flowing into his right hand through the meridians, which made his skin feel burning hot.

He spotted the distant gunman. “Go die!” with a flick of the wrist, the stone was sent on its way.

Crack!

The sound echoed the remote forest. Some small trees were broken in half while the older ones were pierced straight through, scattering leaves and broken branches across the forest floor.

One of the gunmen was spraying bullets from his machinegun as he ran, his skin bronzed, when the stone caught up to him.

He stumbled as his sternum was suddenly blown out of his torso, collapsing to the ground with his finger still tightly squeezing the trigger of his gun.

Rat-tat-tat-tat!

Bullets flew everywhere, ripping trees and shrubs apart.

“Qiang Zi!” Shan Mao’s eyes became red with fury. Green air enveloped his legs as he stormed towards Jiang Shaoliu, screaming, “I’m gonna kill you!”

All the gunmen stopped running around and aimed at Jiang Shaoliu.