Ren Changyu and Ma Shi both frowned slightly as they looked at the surprised Guo Jiuxiao.
'Li Tianming is not a god; his time is limited. How could he have the leisure to clean up so thoroughly?'
Both traps had been cleared completely, not a single trace left.
Guo Jiuxiao frowned even more.
'Something's not right!!'
'When something abnormal happens, there must be something fishy about it!'
At this moment, a figure as thin as a twig, wearing tight-fitting armor, landed beside Li Tianming.
He stood firmly on the vine that was rapidly carrying Li Tianming forward.
His facial skin was as thin as paper, and one could even see the bluish-purple veins.
Li Tianming immediately recognized the newcomer, his eyes showing surprise, "Hu Yunsheng!"
"Li Tianming, sorry."
The skinny middle-aged man said sorry, but there wasn't the slightest trace of apology in his expression.
As he spoke, the skinny middle-aged man's figure suddenly turned illusory, transforming into a blue net that enveloped Li Tianming.
Just as Hu Yunsheng was about to succeed.
Suddenly, from afar came Guo Jiuxiao's loud shout, "Old Hu, run!!!"
The blue net paused for a moment, then instantly attempted to retreat.
BOOM!!
A thunderclap exploded beside Li Tianming's ear.
Li Tianming was just about to dodge, but then came a howling sound from his side.
It was the wind.
A storm, fierce enough to uproot everything, directly flipped him and the giant vine beneath his feet together.
Li Tianming rolled a few times on the ground, quickly flipping over and standing up, alertly watching the spot where he had just been.
On the grass field of the pasture just now, a bottomless pit had appeared.
The surroundings of the pit were scorched earth; the nearby pasture grass had all been burned pitch-black, and thick black smoke was still billowing from the pit's entrance.
Guo Jiuxiao didn't hesitate.
He immediately clasped his hands together.
He summoned a thick vine that wrapped around Hu Yunsheng, who had been blasted into the air, stabilizing his landing.
He himself rushed over with Ma Shi and Ren Changyu.
Li Tianming didn't dare to make any rash moves.
Then, a capsule pod flew out of the pit and stopped in front of Li Tianming.
"This is..."
Li Tianming had seen this capsule pod before, it was Lu Daoxing's weapon.
Zzz—
As the capsule pod's door opened.
Three people stepped out from the pod.
Although they all wore masks, hiding their appearances, and had applied scent-removing potions, making it impossible to distinguish who was who.
But Li Tianming, based on years of familiarity, knew that two of them were Hao Liang and Lu Daoxing.
The other one was wearing the armor he used to wear.
Needless to say, it was Qin Siyang, who had swindled his armor outside the safe zone back then.
Li Tianming had mixed feelings, "Why are you here?"
Qin Siyang looked at Li Tianming, "Isn't it obvious?"
Li Tianming sighed, "I dragged you all into this."
"Old Li, what are you saying."
At this moment, Guo Jiuxiao and the others also arrived.
They helped up Hu Yunsheng, who had fallen into the ruins.
Hu Yunsheng was covered in blood, with one of his arms missing.
Hu Yunsheng's expression was full of shock, looking incredulously at his shattered armor and missing arm.
Ren Changyu took out a potion from his backpack and poured it into Hu Yunsheng's mouth, "Old Hu, how do you feel?"
"Much better," After Hu Yunsheng took the potion, its effect was immediate. The bleeding from the severed arm stopped at once, temporarily stabilizing the injury.
Lu Daoxing stared at the group across from them, his brows tightly furrowed.
"If Guo Jiuxiao hadn't shouted a warning just now, that shot would've hit Hu Yunsheng in the heart."
"Hu Yunsheng is a battlefield veteran, with the strongest killing techniques. What a pity we didn't manage to take him out just now."
"From here on, it's going to be troublesome."
Hao Liang muttered, "Old Lu, did you really make a tier-five God-Hunting Weapon? I looked at the armor Hu Yunsheng was wearing. Looked like a tier-four, but it got blasted to pieces by your shot?"
"I've used a tier-four Divine Cannon too, but never saw effects like this."
Lu Daoxing said, "It wasn't a tier-four Divine Cannon, it was a tier-four Divine Shell."
"Tier-four Divine Shell? No wonder!!", Hao Liang looked at Lu Daoxing in shock,"But you went through all that trouble to make a tier-five God-Hunting Weapon, and ended up using it on a one-time-use thing? Isn't that wasteful!"
Lu Daoxing, however, spoke calmly, not distressed at all, "If you can't think of it, neither can the enemy. What the enemy can't guess, that's called a trump card."
"Otherwise, it's just a revealed card."
Qin Siyang, who was beside him, quietly listened and couldn't help but nod.
Lu Daoxing's words made sense.
Following these knowledgeable professors, there was always something to learn.
Guo Jiuxiao scanned the few of them, his gaze finally landing on Qin Siyang.
"Weren't you outside the safe zone hunting gods? Why are you here?"
Qin Siyang turned his ring, allowing his words to be heard by Guo Jiuxiao.
"Professor Guo sure is concerned about me."
"Student Qin, you really disappoint me. Why do you always hang around with someone like Li Tianming who has no future?"
"Professor Guo, I'm just someone who lacks ambition. I can't afford to reach your level. It's the kind of loser like Old Li that suits me."
Li Tianming glanced at Qin Siyang, but didn't say anything.
'This kid really needs a beating.'
Guo Jiuxiao adjusted his glasses, blocking the conversation from their side.
Then he said to Ren Changyu and the others, "They've only got two and a half combat powers on their side. Li Tianming has been underperforming these years, at most he's half a combat power. Qin Siyang is just a burden."
Then, Li Tianming also tapped his button and blocked the conversation again.
He asked briefly, "Where's Old Zhang?"
Looks like Li Tianming was really close with Zhang Kuang.
Seeing Zhang Kuang hadn't come with the rescue team, he immediately realized something was up.
Hao Liang replied, "Went to kill Ye Hongqing."
Then he turned back and glanced at the dimly lit house in the distance.
"He's been in there for a while. He probably ran into an opponent."
"Should we go help him, or what?"
At the same time, Guo Jiuxiao also noticed something and looked toward the house.
He seemed to be preparing to go rescue Ye Hongqing.
Li Tianming sighed, full of guilt, "Let's block Guo Jiuxiao and the others here."
"If we go to that house, we might end up being a hindrance to Old Zhang."
Li Tianming continued, "Just right—four against four. Everyone picks an opponent and hold them off. Once Old Zhang kills Ye Hongqing, we all run together."
"Old Lu, you take on Ma Shi!"
"Old Hao, you fight Ren Changyu!"
Qin Siyang said: "Old Li, I take on Hu Yunsheng? I think this guy's skills and God-Hunting Weapons are both strong. His sequence level doesn't seem low either. I might not be able to beat him."
"You have to fight Hu Yunsheng."
Li Tianming shook his head, "Ashamed to say, I've been laying low these years and it's caused my strength to decline badly. I've really lost face. If it were in the past, even peak-form Hu Yunsheng wouldn't be able to stop me."
"Now... sigh, a hero doesn't boast about the past. I'll take on the injured Hu Yunsheng."
"Alright."
"Okay, everyone be careful."
"Little Qin, you be careful too!"
"Mm! … Huh?"
Qin Siyang scratched his head.
Hao Liang vs. Ren Changyu.
Lu Daoxing vs. Ma Shi.
Li Tianming vs. Hu Yunsheng.
Looks like there's one left, huh.
Qin Siyang was dumbfounded.
"What the hell, Old Li, what's the meaning of this? You want me to fight Guo Jiuxiao?"
"You guys picked off all the weaklings and left the boss to me?"
"Is this some kind of Tian Ji horse race¹ setup?"
[[1] Tian Ji Horse Race Strategy: Tian Ji's Horse Racing Strategy originated from a well-known ancient Chinese story from The Records of the Grand Historian. Tian Ji was a military general of the Qi state during the early Warring States period of Chinese history. The story is about a horse riding game between Tian Ji and the king of the Qi Kingdom, and how Tian Ji won the horse racing game under the guidance of a military strategist, Sun Bin, with all his horses less competitive than the king.]
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