binnovel Chapter 27 Killing Sun Xiao
Chapter 27 Killing Sun Xiao
While everyone in Xipo Village was happily eating, Baldy's gang was anything but. A tricycle and a five-wheeled vehicle were slowly making their way towards Xipo Village. The five-wheeled vehicle carried a dozen or so people, with several wounded men groaning in pain in the middle. One of the henchmen said to a bald man, "Brother Baldy, we didn't expect the food processing plant to have such a powerful zombie beast. Not only did we fail to collect food, but we also lost several brothers." The bald man was 1.75 meters tall, muscular, with a prominent scar on his rough face, and his eagle eyes were fixed on the rear. At that moment, several more groans were heard. Baldy, already furious from their defeat, was enraged by the painful groans. He stood up, walked over to the two wounded men, and punched one of them, shattering his sternum. In less than three seconds, the man collapsed, spitting blood. Then, he deftly snapped off another person's head and said, "They're so badly injured, and there's no medicine in the village. Going back would just be a waste of their lives. They might as well die. Throw these two useless pieces of trash down." With that, he returned to the front of the carriage and sat down. The people behind him were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe. They struggled to get up and lifted the two corpses, throwing them down.
At this moment, the henchman came over again and said, "Baldy, calm down. It's not worth getting angry over these trash. When we get back to the village, we'll have a good meal and find some girls to help you relax." Baldy's face softened, and he said, "This is really weird. I thought that after breaking through to level five, I could run rampant, but I didn't expect to encounter such a powerful zombie beast. I'm really done for this time." The two cars had just arrived at the village entrance when Baldy sensed something was wrong: "Why is there not a single gatekeeper today? Where did everyone go?" The henchman said, "Maybe they went to eat." Baldy sneered, "I repeatedly ordered that there must be at least two people guarding the gate, but now there's no one. And the smoke in the village is a bit strange. I feel something must have happened. Get out of the car immediately, quick."
On the other hand, when the two vehicles were still two kilometers from the village, a scout reported the situation to Wu Gang and Li Chenglong via walkie-talkie. The two immediately ordered their men to prepare for battle. "Captain, should we keep the people in the vehicles?" Wu Gang asked while loading his gun with bullets. These bullets were from the logistics unit; Qian Guangming had left them several boxes of ammunition and a box of grenades when he led the convoy away. Li Chenglong stared ahead and slowly said, "Keep one alive. I need to find out where they went and what they got."
Just as the bald man was about to tell everyone to get out of the car, a dense barrage of gunfire erupted. The twenty-odd people in the two vehicles instantly fell. Only the short, thin man who had spoken to the bald man earlier nimbly ducked behind a large rock. He wasn't a superhuman and couldn't stop the bullets. Based on his experience over time, only those with a metal element could withstand ordinary pistol bullets; other superhumans couldn't. At level two, most superhumans could use their abilities to dodge bullets. At level three, even standing still and letting bullets hit them, most superhumans would be difficult to kill, at most injured. Level four granted complete immunity to bullets and offensive grenades.
With a burst of fire, the bald man's ordinary henchmen were all killed, leaving only a few trusted superhumans alive, though some were slightly wounded. The bald man, hiding behind a five-wheeled vehicle, shouted, "My name is Sun Xiao. May I ask which faction you belong to? Why don't we come out and talk?" Wu Gang shouted from the other side, "No need to talk! We're here to eliminate you. We've already killed or imprisoned all your men in the village. If you surrender now and obediently submit, we might let you die a little more easily." Sun Xiao roared, "You're taking advantage of our kindness! Don't blame me for being impolite!" With that, Sun Xiao charged forward with two level-three superhumans. Li Chenglong immediately activated his True Eye: Sun Xiao, Level 5 D-rank Tiger Spirit Awakener, Constitution 90, Strength 95, Agility 99, Spirit 79, special moves are Tiger Roar Fist and Tiger Claw Kung Fu. "Unexpectedly, he's an Awakener," Li Chenglong thought, "but rather ordinary."
Li Chenglong, along with Wu Gang, Wang Bing, and another Level 3 Awakened, Zhu Feng, charged forward. The other Awakened individuals surrounded the remaining Awakened members of Sun Xiao's group and began fighting. Sun Xiao shouted, "You choose the path to hell when there's one, and I'm not one of those useless superhumans!" With that, his hands emitted bursts of red light, revealing two plate-sized energy tiger claws. Li Chenglong immediately told the others, "He's stronger than all of you. Be careful of his sneak attacks." He didn't even draw his Dragon Emperor Sword and engaged Sun Xiao in close combat. Li Chenglong did this mainly to test the Awakened's skills; after all, besides Yun Lan and Li Xue, he hadn't seen any other Awakened, and this Sun Xiao was already Level 5.
Each swing of Sun Xiao's claws was accompanied by a tiger's roar, and Li Chenglong discovered that he was quite skilled, suggesting he had received combat training. What Li Chenglong didn't know was that before going to prison, Sun Xiao was the manager of a martial arts gym. After someone challenged his gym, he killed the challenger in a fit of rage. Convicted of intentional homicide, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison. He protested the injustice, vowing to kill the judge's entire family after his release. Later, during a zombie outbreak, he was accidentally bitten, which ironically led to him becoming an awakened individual. He gathered a group of people and escaped from prison. His increasingly antisocial and anti-humanitarian thoughts while incarcerated caused his personality to become increasingly violent.
Sun Xiao grew increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed. Despite being a Level 5 Awakened, he couldn't gain the slightest advantage, while the person before him seemed completely at ease. While Li Chenglong and Sun Xiao were locked in combat, all the other ability users had been eliminated by Wu Gang and his men. Only the short, thin man remained, hiding behind a rock. Wu Gang rushed over, grabbed the thin man, threw him to the ground, and had him tied up. Sun Xiao roared, "You forced me to this! Transform! Tiger Armor!" Sun Xiao's entire body, except for his head, was covered in tiger-striped armor, increasing his height by twenty centimeters. His body was surrounded by energy, making him appear incredibly imposing. Li Chenglong immediately activated his True Eye: Sun Xiao, Level 5 D-rank Tiger Spirit Awakener, Armor Fitted, Attributes: Constitution 110, Strength 115, Agility 85, Spirit 80. Li Chenglong laughed loudly: "You think you're some kind of armored warrior, a fierce tiger armor? It's just a piece of armor." Sun Xiao didn't reply, and slowly drew his long sword from behind him. Because the armor was very energy-consuming, he only had three minutes to kill his opponent.
Seeing that Sun Xiao had used his trump card, Li Chenglong also drew his Dragon Emperor Sword: "I now know the strength of ordinary Awakened Ones. For the sake of our later operations, I'll let you die quickly." Sun Xiao charged forward with his sword, but Li Chenglong, wielding his sword in one hand, directly blocked Sun Xiao's full-force attack. Then, while Sun Xiao was still surprised, Li Chenglong kicked him, striking him in the chest. Sun Xiao was kicked and rolled more than ten times before stopping, suddenly feeling a sweet taste in his mouth and spitting out a mouthful of blood. At this moment, Li Chenglong had already arrived with his sword. Sun Xiao hurriedly raised his sword to parry, and sparks flew as their swords clashed. Sun Xiao felt a sharp pain in his right hand, and his arm became unresponsive. Turning his head, he saw that his arm had been broken by Li Chenglong's powerful force. Sun Xiao immediately knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "Brother, spare me! Spare me! I had no choice! I was just trying to save my life!" As he spoke, he slowly reached for the knife with his left hand, then swung it at Li Chenglong with all his might, yelling, "Die! Hahaha! Huh?!"
Sun Xiao's laughter lasted less than two seconds before he was stunned by what he saw. Li Chenglong had easily caught the flying knife and was examining it closely. The knife was two and a half feet long and weighed at least 15 kilograms. Only a trained martial artist or a superhuman could wield it. What was even more valuable was that, despite the enhancement of Sun Xiao's energy, it had only two small nicks after clashing with the Dragon Emperor Sword twice, barely noticeable unless one looked closely. Li Chenglong brandished the knife a couple of times: "It's a fine knife. Wu Gang is giving it to you." Wu Gang took the knife, overjoyed, and brandished it a few times, laughing, "Thank you, Captain Li. With this treasured knife, I feel like I can level up faster, hahaha." Seeing that the treasured knife he had obtained when he leveled up to level five had been easily caught by Li Chenglong, Sun Xiao immediately stretched out his left hand and shouted, "Tiger Roar Fist!"
A tiger's roar suddenly rang out, and a tiger-shaped energy wave shot out from Sun Xiao's left hand, flying directly towards Li Chenglong. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sun Xiao turned and ran. Li Chenglong first threw a punch, the force of which shattered the tiger-shaped energy wave. Then, he took out the Demon-Slaying Bow from his storage space, drew the bow, nocked an arrow, and charged it towards the fleeing Sun Xiao. After three seconds of charging, the Demon-Slaying Arrow transformed into a dazzling streak of light, striking Sun Xiao directly, followed by an explosion. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Sun Xiao had been blown to smithereens. Li Chenglong didn't even look at the situation in the distance, and said to the short, thin man who was tied up, "Take him back, I'll interrogate him properly." After saying that, he led the way into the village.
Li Chenglong had Wang Bing find a room to use as an interrogation room, and then asked Wu Gang to consult with the villagers to find a place for the soldiers to rest. At this moment, Zhu Feng brought in the short man and threw him to the ground with a thud. The man was dazed and confused, but still cried out for mercy. Li Chenglong said calmly, "I can spare your life, but you have to answer a few questions. What's your name? Where did you go? Why did so many people go but only a few return?" Zhu Feng helped the short man sit up. The man rolled his eyes and said, "Sir, my name is Qin Gui. We went to a food processing plant, but there was a very powerful zombie beast there. More than a dozen ordinary people died, and even four or five superhumans died. Luckily, that bald guy—oops, that dead bald guy—left quickly, otherwise we would all be dead. Sir, what that dead bald guy did was all done by him and his superhuman subordinates. It had nothing to do with me, really."
Upon hearing this, Wang Bing flew into a rage: "Don't think I don't know! You took ordinary people out claiming to be searching for food, but in reality, you just took advantage of any pretty girls you encountered, and killed anyone who resisted. And this was your idea, wasn't it? And those people tied up in the square, they stole a little food because they were too hungry, and you told Sun Xiao they should have their legs broken, tied up, and hung in the square as a warning to others… Your evil deeds are countless!" Li Chenglong's eyes also grew increasingly murderous upon hearing this, and then he said, "Alright, since I promised to personally spare your life, I'll keep my word. You can go now. Zhu Feng, untie him." Qin Gui immediately kowtowed, and after being untied, he ran out. Wang Bing stepped forward and said, "Battalion Commander Li, he's utterly wicked and cannot be forgiven." Before Wang Bing could finish speaking, "snap!" Zhu Feng shot and killed Qin Gui: "The battalion commander said he wouldn't kill you personally, but he didn't say he wouldn't kill you at all. Trash like you should just leave now."
Li Chenglong nodded: "Our Dawn Army won't kill a single innocent person, nor will we let a single villain escape." Then he said to Wang Bing, "Is that food processing plant far from here? I want to go and confront that zombie beast." Wang Bing thought for a moment: "It's only about six or seven kilometers. But that zombie beast is so powerful, I'm scared." Li Chenglong smiled and said, "I've been stuck at level four for quite a while now. I feel that if I can kill that zombie beast this time, I'll definitely level up. Zhu Feng, go and find Wu Gang. I won't be taking many people with me this time. First, the zombie beast is too powerful; if it goes berserk, it might cause unnecessary casualties. Second, our battle today was quite intense, and it might attract a horde of zombies. You guys need to stay behind to protect these people and take a break."
After finishing his sentence, Li Chenglong went outside and called Wang Bing, Yang Liu, and two other ability users from the reconnaissance squad to prepare for departure. Wu Gang offered to send more soldiers with him, but Li Chenglong refused. The five of them got into an off-road vehicle and headed towards the food processing plant.