My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 79: Team Annihilation

The Scarlet Hand member, who had fallen to the ground, sneered inwardly. Perhaps the opponent didn't even have grenades and needed to stall for time.

Unfortunately, although this disturbance had stopped him from suppressing fire, he still had countless comrades. Those three were merely making their last struggle.

Just as he was about to get up, suddenly his vision darkened.

A round-bodied creature appeared before him.

"What is this creature?"

Pu-chi!

The longsword fell, and the member was instantly killed.

The same fate befell not just him.

Although most of the Scarlet Hand members possessed Second-tier Awakening capabilities, they couldn't defend against the puppets' sharp weapons when caught off guard.

After an exchange, several were killed, and the remaining Scarlet Hand members started to counterattack.

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Suddenly, another round object was thrown over; these spheres expanded and transformed mid-air, and soon, robust puppets with round bodies and strong arms thunderously hit the ground.

Some Scarlet Hand members, unfortunately positioned, were even mounted by the heavy puppets as they landed.

They panicked.

"What on earth is this?"

"Shoot! Shoot! Quickly shoot!"

"What's happening? Even breaking their arms and legs doesn't work, they still move aaah—"

Screams followed shortly.

While basic puppet strength wasn't strong, their nature of fearlessness toward death meant that unless severely damaged, their mobility wasn't affected.

One puppet, pitted from a barrage of shots, was unaffected and sliced a Scarlet Hand member in two.

Another damaged-body puppet suddenly hugged a member and detonated its power core.

In this chaos, the basic warrior puppets could exchange one for one or even one for two against the Scarlet Hand members.

This wave was not a loss.

Above, Lin Mingjie looked stunned.

Just a moment ago, everything was under control, but suddenly, the situation had completely changed.

"Did our information have anything about releasing puppets?"

Scar thought about it and shook his head, "No, this is likely a trump card they've kept hidden. Unexpectedly, among those three, there were two ability users."

The rarity of ability users was known to all.

If it were some common abilities that didn't significantly boost combat, they could ignore them.

But these two abilities, one being ice and the other being puppets, were top-notch abilities.

Lin Mingjie felt envious.

"Fortunately, these two will die here today; otherwise, with their powers, they might become true superpower wielders."

"Get down there too, and make sure they don't escape."

Lin Mingjie instructed the two squad leaders behind him.

The two squad leaders nodded and leaped down from a height equivalent to two or three floors.

Mid-air,

A figure flashed by, and one of the squad leaders burst into blood flowers, originally making a suave landing, instantly plummeted headfirst down.

He never got up again.

The other squad leader landed and vigilantly looked around, "Who ambushed me, damn it, come out!"

He soon saw Tang Yu emerge from behind some discarded equipment.

And he even waved at him.

At the same time, Tang Yu threw a spherical object.

"Heh."

The Scarlet Hand squad leader sneered inwardly. According to his observation, these puppets weren't strong; they succeeded only through surprise, killing them off-guard. But now, he was prepared.

He swung his combat saber.

—Just destroy it before the puppet could unfold, then it's just a pile of scrap metal.

Boom!!!

Things didn't go as imagined; instead of forming into a puppet, the sphere exploded instantly!

Engulfing him in fierce flames.

Clearly, he had no chance to ponder why this scenario was different.

...

Above.

Lin Mingjie and Scar now wore cautious expressions.

The young man who had just struck down the squad leader was now moving around them, his presence intermittently near and far.

Pfft!

A wound was sliced open on Scar's arm.

"Boss, what should we do, this guy is too fast, how can he be so fast, we are supposed to be almost on the same level in terms of power!"

Grey Blade entered combat mode, and naturally, his power also erupted.

However, though they were purportedly of similar strength, their opponent, alone, managed to suppress both of them.

Lin Mingjie's gaze grew solemn.

"You must be an ability user too, with a speed boost ability, truly considered a top expert. Unfortunately, such an ability is insufficient—"

As he spoke, his skin turned bronze, and his body swelled, bursting the upper part of his clothes, revealing his exaggeratedly explosive muscles.

His special ability.

Muscle Transformation!

A type of transformation series.

Every aspect of his physical quality was greatly enhanced.

"Got you now!"

Lin Mingjie stomped on the ground, the metal plate dented downwards, and he charged with a ferocious momentum.

An ordinary person would be scared stiff by this momentum.

Scar could no longer keep up with the pace, just clicking his tongue, "To think that someone could force the boss to use his transformation ability, that's pretty impressive."

The two engaged in close combat.

Clashing together with a series of thuds.

Scar watched dazzled.

Suddenly, Lin Mingjie's offensive faltered, he staggered back, a deep slash across his chest.

Had he not been in the midst of a transformation, that slash would have been enough to seriously injure him.

But at that moment, Lin Mingjie's eyes were filled with fear.

He felt like prey.

And his opponent, the hunter.

"With such skill, you can't possibly be a freelance Awakener! Who exactly are you! I get it now, you must be someone that old ghost sent, trying to take us down secretly!"

Lin Mingjie tried to escape, but speed was Grey Blade's forte. If it had been a head-on fight, he might have held out longer, but losing confidence only led to more errors in the battle.

In an instant, his body was covered with wounds.

Realizing he couldn't escape, he gritted his teeth and erupted with his last burst of strength.

A desperate strike!

With an ax, he cut Grey Blade across the waist, but before he could rejoice, he saw the halved Grey Blade split into two figures, charging at him from both sides.

In that moment of shock.

A dagger had already pierced into his heart.

Completely shattering it.

...

Meanwhile, seeing his boss couldn't hold up, Scar naturally had no thoughts of stepping forward to help.

After all, even the two of them combined couldn't win, so he might as well take this opportunity to run away.

He sneaked away from the side of the factory.

A low chant sounded.

"Freeze."

Cold air surged from all directions.

Scar found his movements growing slower and slower despite his struggles, but then, a longsword pierced straight through him from behind.

Tang Yu withdrew his longsword, his wrist shaking slightly as he flicked the blood from the blade.

He then looked down at Scar on the ground.

"This time, it shouldn't be too bad financially, right?"

...

A few streets away from the Scarlet Hand's base.

Lin Wei was in the middle of his team when a subordinate came forward to report.

"Boss, a gunfight broke out near Industrial Road, looks like mercenaries are engaged in a battle."

Lin Wei waved his hand, "Don't bother with it, that's Old Man Lu's headache..."

Suddenly, he frowned.

Industrial Road... sounds familiar, where have I heard it before?

Then he remembered.

Mingjie had told him there was a Mercenary Corps base outside the city, near Industrial Road.

"Guard team, and the first Corps members, come with me; everyone else, keep moving forward."