Chapter 314: Chapter 57: Strength to Pull Up Mountains, Qi to Overshadow the World

Looking down from above the wasteland, the long highway resembled a slumbering Yellow Dragon lying in the wilderness.

The black convoy was like a scale on the dragon’s body, and the two sides engaged in the fire exchange looked like ants.

The “ants” bit and tore at each other, shattering their companions’ bodies, and with fresh blood, a pattern of crimson bloomed across the dragon’s back…

After Li Fei and a host of martialists at the Tao Foundation Stage left, the battle on the highway did not cease; instead, it quickly escalated into an intense phase!

This time, the “Beast King,” “Poison King,” and “Gun King” had all quietly sent people.

Because it was a joint effort by the three factions, each only needed to deploy a portion of their hidden forces to assemble the “Assassination Army” without alerting the outside world:

More than two hundred elite gunmen and archers, over fifty martial artists in the Body Breaking Stage, eleven martial masters in the Qi Change Stage, and four Refining Strength Martial Masters!

Such combat power was comparable to that of a Zhi Ge Court in an Earth-level city, enough to wage a small-scale war!

Li Fei’s side only had over a hundred gunmen, eighteen martial artists in the Body Breaking Stage, four martial masters in the Qi Change Stage, and two Refining Strength Martial Masters.

Their combat power was less than half that of their enemies at every level, with their only advantage being the addition of a Divine Transformation Stage mage like Zhao Yi.

Fortunately, before leaving, Li Fei had taken out a Refining Strength Martial Master and two martial masters, as well as nine martial artists in the Body Breaking Stage, and drawn away all the combatants at the Tao Foundation Stage, leaving a glimmer of hope for everyone.

Before Li Fei left, the two sides were already close, so it did not take long for close-quarters combat to begin.

A Qi Change Stage martial master under the “Beast King” was engulfed in dark yellow Innate Qi and charged directly into the crowd.

The innate qi he cultivated was Earth Element Qi which already had strong defensive power, and he was also wearing two sets of Second-Level Protective Clothing.

Although wearing two pieces of Second Level Protective Clothing might seem bulky compared to the thickness of a heavy sweater, the defensive effect was still quite good, almost on par with Third Level Protective Clothing.

Additionally, his Implant was designed to enhance defensive power, so as long as he wasn’t shot directly in the head, he didn’t need to worry about enemy firearms.

After this martial master entered the crowd, he ignored the knives, axes, and iron rods swung towards him and continuously waved his palms, sending people flying with the howl of the wind with each strike.

Everyone struck by him was left with broken bones and tendons, instantly losing their will to fight!

This single martial master toppled over a dozen people in the blink of an eye, and for a while, no one could stop him.

But as he passed the door of a heavy truck, gunshots suddenly rang out, and a bullet pierced his head!

The martial master’s body shook, and he fell with a bewildered expression.

He had always been vigilant, listening intently in all directions–it should have been impossible for a gunman to shoot him at close range under normal circumstances.

However, the other party waited until he was within two meters before pulling the trigger, making it hard to miss.

Zhao Yi looked emotionlessly at the martial master with a blown open head, holding a revolver in her hand.

She was the one who had fired the shot.

She glanced at the chaotic battlefield around her, hesitating.

In truth, she could escape stealthily using the “One Leaf Covering Eyes Technique.”

Although Li Fei had cast the “Wood Ghost Binding Curse” on her, this Contract Skill only required her not to reveal secrets or act against Li Fei, it did not compel her to fight to the death for him.

Therefore, her escape now would have no consequences.

However, remembering Green-faced Ghost’s actions before leaving, Zhao Yi hesitated.

Zhao Renjie had shown her the treacheries of human hearts over the past decade so she would not easily trust anyone.

Green-faced Ghost was the first person she had met who was willing to risk his life to save others!

Although she knew that Green-faced Ghost did it not solely to save her, but to save many people present,

that feeling of being cared for was something Zhao Yi had only felt from Zhao Renjie, other than Green-faced Ghost.

Zhao Yi stood still for a few seconds, then raised her gun and walked into the fighting crowd.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gunshots sounded continuously.

With every shot Zhao Yi fired, a martial artist fell!

If it had been a less crowded battlefield, she could not have achieved such a feat, but in the chaos of hundreds of fighters, her “One Leaf Covering Eyes Technique” was almost like having an invisibility cloak!

The martial artists were so preoccupied with others that they did not notice her, allowing her to approach, aim, shoot, and kill.

Zhao Yi did not attempt to take down the Refining Strength Martial Masters; she deliberately avoided them and then sought out the martial artists and martial masters in the crowd, shooting to kill.

With a fighter as dominant as her joining the fray, the situation did not become one-sided.

Bang!

Suddenly, a numb sensation struck Zhao Yi’s left arm, quickly followed by severe pain.

She groaned softly, glancing over to see that her left arm had been struck by a bullet.

She wore Third Level Protective Clothing, capable of withstanding close-range shots from handguns, but the bullet was of a larger caliber from a rifle, and so it penetrated through her Third Level Protective Clothing and into her arm.

This was the inevitable danger she had feared, the reason why Zhao Yi had hesitated before.

In a chaotic battle with hundreds of people, with bullets and blades flying everywhere, even if no one noticed Zhao Yi, it didn’t mean she was safe from harm.