Chapter 16: One Danger after Another
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Was that not Senior Song Junming smiling and making a gesture with his index finger on his mouth?
Lin Yun’s heart took a happy leap and he nodded quickly. Song Junming said softly, “I’m going to attract their attention. Take advantage of the opportunity to sneak attack them.” After that, he melted back into the jungle.
“Stop it! Do you know I’m Dongfang Sheng’s daughter? Let me go quickly, or my dad will kill you without mercy when he finds out.” Dongfang Ruoxue dodged the poacher’s dirty hands as she shouted indignantly.
“The daughter of a mecha warrior. No wonder you’re so luscious. I, Li Si, am in luck today, hahaha.” The poacher opened his big mouth wide and laughed lasciviously.
“Li Si, you’re still in the mood for this? One-eyed and Dentures haven’t returned yet. I hope nothing happened to them,” said the scarred and ruthless Baldy.
“Boss, don’t worry. Can’t they handle a few students? Maybe they’re playing a cat-and-mouse game with the students. This female student is cute. Boss, do you want her first?” With a chuckle, Li Si tore Dongfang Ruoxue’s sleeve and revealed her pale arms, making her cry out.
“After we finish this job and get the bounty, you can have any woman you want.” Baldy gave Li Si a disdainful look and kicked him in the ass, causing him to take a tumble.
Suddenly, a rustling sound was heard. There was a movement in the woods in the distance.
“Who’s that?” The four poachers were instantly on alert.
“Big Mouth, go take a look.” Baldy pointed to a poacher holding a pistol.
The poacher clenched his pistol tight and walked over slowly, step by step. He gradually disappeared into the forest. For a long time, nothing was heard.
“What’s the situation? Big Mouth!” Li Si shouted loudly, but there was no response.
“Did we anger Master Hong Bo and wake his spirit by desecrating his grave?” Li Si seemed to have thought of something. Suddenly, his hands trembled and his teeth rattled.
“F**k you! The old man Hong Bo has been dead for hundreds of centuries. How can his spirit still be around?” Baldy slapped Li Si, furious. Then, he shouted toward the woods, “Buddy, whose side are you on? Leave a way out, so we won’t have to feel uneasy when we meet again in the future!”
The leaves rustled loudly in the wind and there was no echo.
“You two, go take a look. Shout if there’s anything,” Baldy said coldly as he pointed at Li Si and another poacher.
The two men were scared. However, Baldy was tyrannical and abused his position. Hence, they had no choice but to watch each other’s back as they slowly walked into the jungle.
For a long time, there was no sound from them. Baldy suddenly raised his sword in front of Dongfang Ruoxue and shouted, “If you’re here to save her, hurry up and appear. Otherwise, I will chop her up!”
A silent bullet crossed the distance between Lin Yun and Baldy in less than a second. If there was no accident, Baldy’s head would explode in a second.
“Ping!”
With a sharp clink, the bullet was blocked by the sword in Baldy’s hand. His speed was faster than that of a bullet!
Level 6 Physical Strength!
This poacher’s Physical Strength was at Level 6!
Lin Yun was shocked. The bald poacher had such high Physical Strength. Long-range guns would likely not be able to hurt him.
Suddenly, Baldy shouted, “One-eyed and Dentures, you ungrateful things! You actually want to kill us and monopolize the bounty?! Did you forget how terrifying I can be?”
It seems that Baldy had misunderstood the sniper rifle’s bullet. Lin Yun was ecstatic. This way, Dongfang Ruoxue and Li Tian should be safe for the time being.
Lin Yun sent out another silenced shot, but Baldy successfully evaded it. Baldy seemed afraid that there might be a trap and dared not enter the jungle. Instead, he shouted, “You two cowards, come out. I’ll take both of you on together. I want you to understand how powerful I really am.”
Lin Yun and Song Junming were silent. They were waiting for an opportunity to act.
Baldy did not succeed in provoking the two men, so he upped the stakes. He lifted a package and shouted loudly, “The item is with me, don’t you want it? Without this, you won’t be able to claim the reward!”
Lin Yun’s heart clenched and a recording bullet hit a nearby tree. Suddenly, a loud noise was heard in the woods. “I’m here. You can’t find me, hahaha!”
With an excited expression, Baldy rushed towards the woods. Lin Yun was ecstatic and sent an explosive bomb towards Baldy’s back!
Boom, boom, boom!
Earlier, Baldy was beside Dongfang Ruoxue and Li Tian. Lin Yun was afraid of accidentally injuring them. Now that he had run into the woods, Lin Yun was only afraid that his damage was not high enough. He shot multiple explosive bombs at Baldy’s back. The woods ignited ablaze. After a while, the bald man seemed to have perished in the flames, and nothing was heard from him.
Did he succeed?
Lin Yun was ecstatic. He ran over and loosened the ropes that bound Dongfang Ruoxue and Li Tian.
Song Junming suddenly appeared from the jungle. Facing Lin Yun was a wave of shiny sharp projectiles.
“Behind you, be careful!”
The wave of steel needles flew past Lin Yun and towards the sea of fire behind him.
“Clang, Clatter!”
A sound of metal contacting metal came from behind him. Lin Yun turned around sharply. The figure of the bald man slowly appeared from the sea of fire.
Baldy snickered. “Well, well. It wasn’t One-eyed and Dentures, but two little rats. I don’t know. Should I be thanking you for letting me have the bounty all to myself?”
Lin Yun was shocked. It turned out that Baldy was actually using himself as bait to lure him out.
“Be careful!”
Song Junming warned loudly again when he saw Baldy rushing toward them.
“How dare you kick me just now. I’m going to chop you in half!”
Li Tian stood up suddenly and looked daggers at the bald man. He lifted the big knife on the ground and waved it violently towards Baldy. However, Baldy moved sideways and evaded it. Then, he punched Li Tian in the waist with his left fist.
“Bam!”
One punch. Baldy’s seemingly casual punch made a deafening noise. Li Tian flew into the air, then fell to the ground heavily and passed out.
Next, with a flying kick, Baldy kicked Dongfang Ruoxue who had just stood up. Cracking sounds were heard. Dongfang Ruoxue seemed to have broken several bones and she had trouble standing.
In just a few seconds, with one punch and one kick, Baldy knocked down two Level 4 Physical Strength students. Level 6 Physical Strength was really powerful!
“You’re next!” Baldy stared coldly at Lin Yun.
“Clang, Clatter!”
One of the steel needles being used by Song Junming in a sneak attack was again deflected by Baldy’s long sword. Baldy grinned, stepped forward, and in the next movement, flashed to Lin Yun.
A flash of a blade, moving with an extremely dangerous momentum, flew towards Lin Yun.
Fast! Too fast! Lin Yun hurriedly ducked to dodge, but it was too late. In the next instant, he would fall to the flash of that blade.
“Clatter!”
A strange sound was heard and the reflection of light on the blade changed. Song Junming had a whip on his hand and he had landed a lash on the dull edge of Baldy’s sword.
The deflected blade flashed past and scratched Lin Yun’s left arm, leaving behind a long trail of blood. If it weren’t for Song Junming, he would definitely have lost his left arm!
“Little rat, I had planned to deal with you last. I didn’t expect you to get in the way so much!”
The bald man had a look of utter disdain on his face. Both his feet stomped on the ground and his body shot towards Song Junming like a cannonball. Without hesitation, he grabbed the soft whip that was lashing toward him and sent a punch flying into Song Junming’s chest.
“Kapow!”
Song Junming vomited blood and fell to the ground. Listening to the sound, he should have broken a few ribs.
Baldy walked slowly to Lin Yun’s front, chuckling happily. The scars on his face also moved when he laughed.
“Little rat, are you ready?”
With that, a blade was thrust at Lin Yun’s neck. It was an attempt to cut off his head!
Lin Yun neither evaded nor flinched. He blocked the blade with his left hand and jabbed his right hand into Baldy’s chest where his heart was!
“Hahaha, you can’t block my sword at all. Even if you can stop it, your Physical Strength is so weak you won’t be able to do any damage to my heart!”
Under Baldy’s mocking gaze, the sword hit Lin Yun’s left hand. Faced with the glint of steel, Lin Yun’s eyes were determined. He would succeed or he would die!
“Clatter!”
Lin Yun actually managed to block the extremely sharp sword!
He held the mysterious rusty piece of iron firmly in his left hand. It was this unbreakable piece of rusty iron that had blocked the sharp blade. A strong force came from Lin Yun’s left hand, traveling all the way up to his neck. He felt its impact in his neck and his entire body twisted from the force. His right hand was already at Baldy’s heart.
Stacking Skill! The Stacking Skill that dealt double damage!
“Boom!”
A violent explosion occurred between the two. Baldy’s left chest had a hole blasted in it. The muscles around the wound burned. His eyes bulged, full of horror, and he died instantly from the ruptured heart. Under Lin Yun’s right elbow, nothing existed.
In Lin Yun’s right hand was an explosive bomb.
It was this explosive bomb that had broken through Baldy’s Level 6 Physical Strength, injuring him fatally. As for Lin Yun’s right arm, which had been blown right off, it was not uncommon to have a lost arm regenerated under the current medical standard.
“We’re saved!”
Lin Yun let out a long breath. He noticed that the bald man’s bag had torn after the explosion. Many things had scattered all over the ground. There were bank cards, Blue Frog eyes, and other illegal biological materials.
“Eh, what’s this?”
Lin Yun picked up a transparent crystal that was at his foot with his bloodied left hand. It seemed that this was a piece of magical beast core. However, why couldn’t he feel any magic inside?
In an instant, the transparent crystal disappeared. It was as if it had never appeared.
“Am I hallucinating due to the seriousness of the injury?” Lin Yun wondered. However, it was not safe to remain where they were for an extended period of time. So, he gathered the other three and bandaged their wounds casually.
Song Junming said emotionally, “Lin Yun, if it were not for you, we would all have died here today.”
Li Tian stared at Lin Yun in a daze, sighed, and muttered, “Since you saved me today, our grievances will be considered resolved.”
He suddenly smiled and patted Lin Yun’s shoulder gently. “I will protect you in the future. If anyone bullies you, just tell them you are protected by Toady Boss.” He seemed to have aggravated the wound, and it hurt him so much he cried out. “Aiyo!” It made Lin Yun and Song Junming smile.
Dongfang Ruoxue looked at Lin Yun with a complicated look, and for a long time, she said nothing. Suddenly, her eyes narrowed and she shouted, “Who are you? Go away, you’re not welcome here!”
Everyone’s heart clenched and they turned to look in the same direction as Dongfang Ruoxue’s gaze. A figure slowly emerged from the jungle. This man’s aura was even more powerful than Baldy’s!
It was a weak-looking middle-aged man, wearing a pair of blue-rimmed glasses. He smiled at everyone, then took out a photo and looked at it. His eyes fell on Lin Yun, and he asked slowly, “May I know if you are Lin Yun?”
Lin Yun was puzzled but still nodded.
“That’s good. Although I have a photo, I’m afraid I might get the wrong person.” Blue-rimmed glasses nodded and put the photo in his jacket pocket. The very strong aura that was previously calm suddenly became violent!
The eyes behind the blue-rimmed glasses exuded a dangerous glint and a strange smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. “So, are you ready to die?”