The flying car’s smart computer seemed to be broken, repeatedly saying, "Detection confirmed, the flying car has been targeted, the flying car has entered firing range, please land immediately, please land immediately."
Lin Fu, holding Celia’s collar, suddenly realized that it wasn’t the smart computer that had malfunctioned but that the danger hadn’t passed—the hidden aim was still there.
The moment this thought emerged, she could no longer care about anything else. Pulling Celia, she kicked open the twisted, burning half of the car window and leaped from a kilometer-high altitude.
Just as she jumped, the flying car was hit again, and the massive explosion created a powerful shockwave. Instead of descending, Lin Fu was propelled upward by the shockwave.
Her body felt as though it had been violently struck by a massive mountain, causing excruciating pain as if her internal organs had shifted.
Lin Fu immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
Celia, whom she was holding, also lost strength in the explosion and slipped from her grasp; the distance between the two widened in an instant.
Damn it, Celia was unconscious. If she dropped , she was doomed.
Lin Fu wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, activated the energy from her combat suit, and didn’t have time to save Celia. Instead, she drew her war blade from her backpack first. Her body moved so fast in midair that only the faint blue light emanating from the war blade in her hand could be seen.
A sky-shaking collision echoed through the night sky.
Below, the spectating crowd was excitedly dancing and waving their hands, "It’s starting! It’s starting!"
"What was that huge bang just now?"
"It was the war blade, the energy impact emitted by high-energy weapons."
"It seems the assassin is audacious and skillful; the person being targeted for assassination isn’t a pushover either."
"The response was swift."
From the ion cannon hitting the flying car to the complete explosion of the flying car, and both parties battling in the night sky, all these events took place in less than a minute. Both the assassin and the target executed maneuvers that were textbook-level.
The flying car was destroyed, but the people inside escaped, making the powerful ion cannon useless—it couldn’t target an individual in the night sky.
Real-life killers had to be deployed.
In front of the Xiling Fighting Hall, Evelyn, dressed in a red dress and wearing an elegant, retro lady’s hat, watched the events in the sky and said coldly, "Do you think the person above could be my sister?"
"I don’t know," Xiling responded emotionlessly. "We should focus on ourselves. We can’t stay on Capital Star any longer, or else Fu Xing will surely capture us."
Evelyn’s face contorted into an angry hue at the mention of this topic. "Damn it, I wanted to use Fu Xing, not to have him use me against myself."
The last time Fu Xing arranged the second extermination round, they suffered heavy losses, and even the elders of the Lost Association had words of criticism against her.
"We must pick up the pace!"
"Let’s find Lin Qingfeng first. Without Lin Qingfeng, even if Lin Fu is the best chess piece, it will be useless unless we want to end in mutual destruction—something the Lost Association would never agree to," Xiling said impatiently. "I’ve warned you, no more tricks. If anything happens, I won’t help you clean up the mess."
"I get it, do you think I want this? I love my dear sister!"
Evelyn, watching the increasingly fierce and dangerous battle in the sky, revealed a venomous smile.