Chapter 252 Time Flies Like an Arrow (Seeking Subscriptions)
Just as Lin Rui and Fei Yunlai abandoned their car and fled near the subway station, Ignatius, the leader of the Sixth Street Gang, was donned in "Emperor" Type 8 exoskeleton armor, shuttling through the streets under the guidance of a family hacker consultant, striving to catch up with the enemy in the shortest amount of time.
His towering 18-meter combat exoskeleton dragon "Dark Gold Spear" was also rushing behind him, emitting a heavy 'thud thud' sound as it ran through the streets.
Following close were seven modified civilian-looking retired high-speed armored vehicles, carrying a super-sized 6A elite combat squad and another 5A elite combat squad.
The Sixth Street Gang was formed by gang members from six streets on the east side of Star Port, which originally started with small businesses to support themselves, but in the past year, they gradually gained strong financial and armed forces by cooperating with external powers.
And Ignatius Adelard was one of the legion commanders of the Sixth Street Gang.
Their organizational structure was a bit like the mafia from Earth's era, with over a dozen families forming the gang in a partnership. Under these partners, there were several 'legion commanders' responsible for leading between 200 to 800 'soldiers' and two to five 5A level or above elite combat squads.
The "Adelard Family" was currently the most powerful family within the Sixth Street Gang, holding the reins of power in the gang, and they were the main force leading the rise of the gang, with a very fierce momentum of growth.
Ignatius, as the eldest son of the Adelard family, not only controlled the most important smuggling business of the family but also held the largest combat force in the clan.
Today, however, his legion suffered an unprecedented heavy blow! More than 400 soldiers and three 4A level tactical squads were completely annihilated.
The losses themselves were not significant, as there were plenty of young and strong individuals eager to rise to prominence through exoskeletons in the lower districts, and with money in hand, he could recruit as many as he wanted.
What was critical were the goods worth six billion federal coins and their smuggling channels that had just been established for two years.@@novelbin@@
Now they must be exposed, with those two maniacs killing so many of his men and then even daring to report to the police, drawing so many of them towards the senior care center.
Every time Ignatius thought about the consequences of the exposure of this smuggling channel, he felt a tingling on his scalp and an extreme hatred towards those two maniacs.
Who exactly were they and what was their purpose? Were they enemies of the Adelard family?
However, no matter what, Ignatius was determined to slaughter them today! He wanted to chop these scumbags into pieces and feed them to the dogs!
At this moment, his hacker consultant "Golden Eye" issued a warning.
Golden Eye: Legion Commander, they've entered the lower district's C Zone through the C4551 pipeline. I don't have many resources I can use in that area. I suggest you terminate the pursuit. There's a strong hacker obstructing me, and I'm unable to provide support.
Ignatius: Understood! You don't have to worry about the battle. Just mark their location for me, and focus on catching their hacker!
By this time, he and his combat exoskeleton dragon had entered the underground passageway.
The C4551 pipeline was relatively narrow, unsuitable for the combat exoskeleton dragon and the high-speed armored vehicles, so they had to take the nearby C4341 passage.
Meanwhile, Ignatius began to leverage his connections, contacting several underworld bosses in the lower C Zone.
Through his smuggling business, he had close ties with many underworld forces, helping them transport contraband, including two relatively powerful underground gangs in C Zone.
Ignatius thought these fools were courting death by entering the lower district!
But, as they charged into a passageway ahead following Golden Eye's instructions, Ignatius saw missiles launched from four directions, all reaching speeds close to the extreme, instantly reaching 30 times the speed of sound.
"Despicable!"
Ignatius's expression was one of shock and rage, realizing he had been careless.
The enemy had even set up such traps in the underground passageway.
He and his dragon reacted extremely quickly, slashing through 29 missiles in an instant. The nearby high-speed armored vehicles also activated their automatic defense systems, their laser cannons and close-defense guns knocking down most of the missiles.
Still, two high-speed armored vehicles were hit by missiles on the side, with terrifying holes blasted open in their hulls.
What frightened Ignatius even more was that on the walls of the tunnel, eight Type 6 "Gattling Bodhisattvas" unfolded, bombarding them with nearly ten thousand shots per second, and four "Red Spider" Type 6 combat robots tore through their disguises, also raining ammunition on them.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Thud! Thud!"
The ceaseless sound of gunfire shook the underground world for miles around, tearing apart and exploding the armor of those high-speed armored vehicles.
But all of this paled in comparison to the colossal figure that leapt out of the darkness. Discover exclusive tales on My Virtual Library Empire
This figure was 21 meters tall, moving swiftly and ferociously, stabbing forcefully with a long, sharp battle blade into the chest and abdomen of Ignatius's combat exoskeleton dragon "Dark Gold Spear", finally twisting violently to rip open a massive hole in its torso.
Ignatius couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine as he realized there was a seventh realm expert among those two, and they also had a 7S+ level combat exoskeleton dragon!
At that moment, he also sensed a cold presence swiftly approaching from the darkness.
The martial techniques of this man and his combat dragon were identical. He was a master of stealth, silently closing to within 30 meters, and his burst power was immense.
Ignatius had only just noticed the man's approach when a flurry of blade light slashed at him, relentless and fierce as thunderous lightning, tricky and ruthless.
Although Ignatius was on guard in advance, he was still pierced through the chest armor twice by the man.
Luckily, he was wearing the "Emperor" model 8 exoskeletal armor, purchased at a considerable price and reinforced. It was the equivalent of a magic artifact of an eighth realm king from the Heavens Extreme Star.
Although these two slashes had cut into him, they were not deep.
Ignatius's equipment far surpassed Fei Yunlai's, and when he barely withstood Fei Yunlai's secret technique outburst, he could actually match Fei Yunlai.
However, at this moment, Ignatius's consciousness suddenly wavered, and a wave of dizziness washed through his head.
His face turned deathly pale as he glared at the long blade in Fei Yunlai's hand and yelled, "Despicable!"
Seeing this, Fei Yunlai's eyebrows lifted slightly. The toxin Lin Rui had given him was quite effective.
The opponent was a sixth realm master, and it was already taking effect?
Fei Yunlai was also confident in killing this man, especially since his implanted combat dragon was already gaining the upper hand and would soon be able to deal with the opponent's Dark Gold Spear.
Both he and his combat dragon were speed-type; once entangled by them, no one could escape.
Now he was even more confident—in the shortest time possible, he would kill this man.
As Fei Yunlai and Ignatius were engaged in fierce combat, Lin Rui, with the protection of those red spider combat robots, approached the crashed high-speed armored vehicles like a ghost.
By now, the eight Gatling Buddhas had emptied their ammo stores, and the red spider robots were running low on bullets as well.
Correspondingly, all seven high-speed armored vehicles were destroyed. The numerous combat robots they carried blew up with the vehicles, engulfed in flames, while only a few fifth realm Martial Cultivators in implant armor managed to escape before the explosion and were barely clinging to life, taking cover behind the wreckage.
The four red spiders were firing plasma ray guns at them, picking their shots carefully.
Lin Rui, wielding a pair of "Dead Line" model 6 pistols, was keeping them pinned down. Just a moment ago, two men tried to leave cover to shoot at Lin Rui and had their heads blown off by the twin "Dead Line" model 6 pistols.
However, as Lin Rui approached step by step, these men lost their cover and two more were exposed to Lin Rui's angle of fire; he fired five shots and killed them each in turn.
The lethal light traces were a sure hit; the concept of "inevitable death" and the abyss of "Heavenly Foot" were applied to his bullets. These men could at most block one shot, but they couldn't stop his second shot.
The remaining six knew that hiding any longer meant only death, so they rushed out towards Lin Rui.
But this played right into the hands of the four red spiders and their fire net. They poured out the last of their bullets, and the 'boom, boom, boom' sounds shook the tunnel once more.
Lin Rui leapt and dodged continuously, firing his gun, and finally from a distance of 70 meters, he shot the last man dead.
Just when he thought he had resolved the fight, Lin Rui saw Fei Yunlai signaling a warning amidst the battle group: "Lin Rui, be careful!"
Ignatius, unbeknownst to them, gathered the last of his strength and blood energy and transformed into a Dark Gold Spear-like bolt of lightning, slashing down towards Lin Rui.
Lin Rui narrowed his eyes, and his entire being swiftly flitted away like light.
This was the super emperor-class secret technique "Light of Time and Thunderbolt Arrow"!
During the past month, apart from rigorous study and training, he also spent a considerable amount of Soul Power to copy two high-level Escape Skills from battle spirits after his various body metrics reached 1000. He integrated and transformed his own Escape Skill into a high-level Escape Skill that was compatible with light, thunder, and fire, creating the "Brilliant Thunder Aurora Escape," from which the super emperor secret technique "Light of Time and Thunderbolt Arrow" was derived.
When Lin Rui used "Light of Time and Thunderbolt Arrow" back on the Heavens Extreme Star, it was already powerful. Now, armed with the Super Emperor Golden Core within his body, it was even faster beyond belief.
His figure was now like a beam of light unfathomable and uncatchable, evading Ignatius's deadly strike.
The situation was similar to that with Duan Pengxuan. However, unlike that time, Lin Rui didn't have Blood Blade standing in front of him, and this Ignatius was stronger in combat, furnished with various equipment, reaching at least 6SS+.
Fei Yunlai, however, was close behind Ignatius, narrowing the distance between them.
After chasing each other inside the caves for about half a minute, Ignatius could not catch up, while Fei Yunlai approached within less than 6 meters of him, his consciousness growing more and more dim.
With a roar full of defiance, Ignatius lashed back at Fei Yunlai.
But at that moment, Lin Rui made his move; he had been gaining momentum for a while and thrust a knife from 35 meters away, directly into Ignatius's back through the wound Fei Yunlai previously made.
Fei Yunlai quickly followed up and slashed at Ignatius's eye socket, turning his brain into mush.
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