The shouting didn’t stop, faces were flushed red, ears steaming, until—bang!
A gunshot rang out, and the lights from the surrounding searchlights illuminated the rotating metal bullets as if reflecting in a curved mirror, highlighting both sides of the stand-off.
It was unclear who had fired the shot, but from the direction of the Sela people’s camp, it pierced into the exposed flesh of a raider.
After a moment of silence, his eyes bloodshot, he lifted his cannon-like revolver.
This seemed to be a signal, instantly igniting the tense atmosphere between the confronting parties.
In an instant, roars and sinister laughter mixed with the sound of gunfire thundered in the ears, blood splattered, and raiders and Sela soldiers were suddenly fighting each other, bullets flying everywhere.
Ya Ro stared dumbfounded at the smoking pistol in Li Ming’s hand.
That shot had not come from a raider, nor a Sela person, but from Li Ming.
Once he realized what had happened, Ya Ro felt a sudden chill, and spoke in a low voice, "Aren’t you afraid of being discovered!"
"Don’t worry." Li Ming tucked the pistol into his chest; he had taken Control of it at some point, and though its killing power was limited, it was enough to start a dispute.
"Kill!" Lu Ka roared, the scene descending into chaos, with explosions erupting continuously. His body surged with intense flames, and with his metal great axe, he swept aside the ordinary Sela soldiers.
He was shameless, not bothering with life forms of the same tier, specializing in killing those ordinary life forms.
Suddenly, a fierce elemental beam of light shot from the side— it was a C-Class life form from the Sela, locked in combat with another, with almost no one else around to intervene.
"What are we doing here? Watching the show?" Ya Ro didn’t understand, not knowing what Li Ming was up to.
"Shh!" Suddenly, Li Ming silenced him, and Ya Ro’s heart tightened as he quickly shut his mouth.
The next moment, a battle cry came from the other side, and another group of raiders was attacking, led by a burly figure wielding a mechanical flail.
"Lu Bi, Lu Ka’s brother," Ya Ro’s face changed slightly, "That guy is still so cunning and sneaky. From the beginning of the standoff, he probably had his brother hide on the side, ready to provide support at a moment’s notice."
With the addition of another C-Class life form, the battle instantly turned one-sided.
The Sela C-Class life form was on the defensive, barely holding on.
Lu Ka and his brother worked together seamlessly, and after a few exchanges, the Sela man was directly split open by the great axe, falling down unwillingly.
"The C-Class life form is mine, the rest are yours. Finish the battle quickly." Ya Ro, still absorbed in thought, suddenly heard Li Ming say this, and his face changed immediately.
Before he could react, Li Ming suddenly bent his knees, and like an arrow shot from a bow, he burst forth.
"Fuck!" Ya Ro cursed, forced to follow suit.
"Ha, those fools, thinking we’d keep fighting them slowly," Lu Ka grinned, laughing. In these times, an ambush was the right way to go.
"We should retreat, the Sela reinforcements must be on their way," Lu Bi said somberly, but his face suddenly changed, turning to look toward the other side.
Li Ming charged straight towards Lu Ka and his companions. Without a word, the ion sword materialized, and he struck with it.
The group of raiders, caught by surprise, immediately opened fire.
Sparks flew everywhere, bullets ricocheting off Li Ming, who charged through them unstoppable. His ion sword slashed horizontally, cutting four blockers in half, blood exploding on the ground!
"Seeking death!" Lu Ka roared with rage, not having time to deal with the attacker, he swung his axe.
Li Ming grasped with a large hand, catching the blade of the axe firmly, stopping it in its tracks.
Lu Ka’s face drastically changed in disbelief.
Then, Li Ming activated "Thunderstorm Fervor," the ion sword instantly turned a deep blue, more ardent than before, with the blade even showing signs of melting, blue electric arcs bursting out, slashing a thunder light over a dozen meters long.
Chopping down head-on, Lu Ka didn’t even have time to groan before he was cleaved in two.
Ya Ro, just stepping into the battlefield, was left with his mouth agape.
Fuck, killed just like that?
"Brother!" Lu Bi’s complexion changed drastically, his eyes became incredibly fierce in an instant, as if he wanted to tear Li Ming into two halves, but the next moment, he turned and ran.
In another place, Ya Ro had already entered the battlefield. With his strength, taking care of the small fries was a piece of cake.
Meanwhile, a Super Electromagnetic Sniper Gun appeared in Li Ming’s hands, and "Bullet Sacrifice" was activated, a streak of electromagnetic brilliance shimmered.
Ya Ro also caught sight of the fleeing Lu Bi, urgency creeping into his heart.
If the raiders discovered the existence of a third party on this planet, they could easily associate him with it.
Just as he was about to call out to Li Ming, his expression froze. He saw a thick blue beam of light, enveloped in electric arcs, whizzing past him at an amazingly fast speed, directly piercing through Lu Bi who was trying to escape.
His figure crashed into the dirt, never to rise again.
Ya Ro was horrified. He knew very well the power of Lu Bi, who had nearly a 90% development process and was also a capable general under Atom’s command, to be taken down in an instant?
He couldn’t help but turn to look in the direction of Li Ming, only to have his vision blur as a raider attempting to attack him was torn apart, splattering him with blood.
"Stay focused," said Li Ming, his voice emotionless.
Ya Ro swallowed hard,
A moment later, there was no living thing left in this area, the blood soaked the ground, changing it into a shade of crimson.
Li Ming seemed to have a plan in his mind long ago, without any hesitation, he walked over to the dead Sela captain, stripped off his Combat Armor, and the body was immediately burned to a cinder.
The Mimic Mask on his face writhed, gradually transforming into the deceased Sela captain, and his voice changed as he said, "You know their habits well, disguising yourself as Lu Bi shouldn’t be a problem, right?"
"No, no problem," Ya Ro subconsciously realized, then shook his head, "But I can’t meet Atom, his ability can detect something wrong."
"You don’t have to meet him."
"Oh, oh," Ya Ro nodded subconsciously but then suddenly asked, "What... what exactly do you want to do? This kind of disguise won’t last for very long."
"I don’t intend to keep it hidden for too long." Li Ming put on the Sela captain’s helmet, which immediately emitted an alarm. Clearly, the device had some sort of verification.
He effortlessly took control, it was a D-grade item, requiring not much metal energy.
After taking control, while Ya Ro was not paying attention, the helmet appeared on his head, and once the alarm stopped, he heard a series of disjointed inquiries.
"Colonel Sermo,... please respond, if you hear me, please..."
"I am Sermo..." his voice was a bit hoarse, the communicator officer paused amidst the questioning, then asked, "What happened... why did the life signs of the fourth squad... vanish?"
"We were ambushed by raiders, my armor was shattered, aside from me, it’s a total debacle."
"Ambushed by raiders?" The communicator fell silent for a moment, as if reporting, and then continued to inquire, "What’s the situation now? Do you need support?"
"I have already escaped, I will head back to the main ship as fast as possible, no support needed."
"Received, has area sixteen been thoroughly investigated? Any leads?"
"Area sixteen has been thoroughly investigated, nothing found."
"Received, please return as soon as possible."
Meanwhile, Ya Ro was fiddling with the communicator, accessing the command channel. He was very familiar with it, and upon connecting, he cursed directly, "tnnd."
"Come to my coordinates for revenge, hurry for vengeance, tnnd, the Sela people have screwed us over, my brother is dead, my brother is dead!"
"Lu Bi, what’s the matter?"
Along with a sinister voice, the channel fell silent.
Ya Ro also felt a chill in his heart, but he imitated the voice remarkably well, "Boss... boss... boss, there’s a problem here, we are being ambushed by the Sela people."
"Lu Bi, tell me honestly, what exactly happened!"
"It was while we were scouting this area, we stumbled upon them and fought. Who would have thought that the Sela would arrive so fast with reinforcements..."
"What did I send you to do? Who told you to fight the Sela people!" Atom interrupted angrily, "Our target is not the Sela people, it’s the cargo!"
"Do killing Sela people give us any money!?"