Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 611 - 14: Battle of Initiation And Casualties_2

Chapter 611: Chapter 14: Battle of Initiation And Casualties_2

Tang Zheng no longer wanted to play the good guy; it was pointless. The newbies this time were not easy to deal with, except for the over-enthusiastic young armed police who appeared silly. The two police officers, Du Ziyu and Gu er, were very experienced; they had "eaten more salt than Tang Zheng had eaten rice". As for the remaining dozen or so prisoners, trying to win them over with benevolence and righteousness would be nonsensical. In short, other than intimidation and bribery, nothing would make them obey.

Other than Li Zhixin and the female university student who occasionally stole glances at Tang Zheng, trying to evaluate his character, everyone else’s focus was on the old man.

"Anybody there?" The old man nervously approached the vermilion lacquer gate without daring to push it. After shouting a few times and receiving no reply, he heaved a slight sigh of relief and turned around to report, "No one!"

"Impossible, the talisman can’t be fake, try pushing the door." Dantai didn’t want the old man to shout. If possible, he wanted to ambush the four of Tang Monk.

Helplessly, the old man placed his hands on the gate. Without applying much force, the vermilion door creaked open a crack. The old man dared not to push further; he stretched his neck and leaned his head closer to peek inside for any danger.

With a loud rumble, at the moment the gate was pushed open, two stone Buddha statues seemed to come to life. Their usually blank eyes were shining green, as they shook their bodies, turned their necks, and simultaneously stared at the old man is who was in front of the gate, showing no mercy. They swung down the Mountain Suppression Stick and the Warhammer in their hands towards him.

"Run!" The old man heard a shout and felt a wind behind his head. His clothes rustled in the wind. He turned his head halfway, just in time to see a black shadow coming down at him. After that, he knew nothing more.

The newbies were all stunned. The warhammer of the Buddha statue slammed down and turned the old man into a pool of flesh. His bright red blood spattered onto the gate, giving it a brightly shocking color. Only then did they understand why the gate was this color – it was entirely made of human blood.

"We can only fight from now on." Lin Weiguo’s Howling Reaper had begun to fire. The bullets hit the Buddha statue, causing countless shards of stone to fly off.

But the Buddha statue seemed to feel nothing. After killing the old man, it looked at the others. The newbies were suddenly sent into an uproar, and all began to retreat. Three Italians went straight into a sprint to get away from the temple. The two old men did the same. After witnessing their companion’s cruel demise, they had already lost all hope.

"Split into two teams. Veteran Dantai, Chu Baichuan, you are responsible for the Warhammer Buddha statue. After Bi Yun summons a puppet to protect Ai Yixin, Bai Guo, you turn invisible and break the legs of anyone who tries to escape. Everyone else, attack at will." Tang Zheng took out the Terminator, firing at the Buddha statue while delivering commands.

Without any hesitation, Bai Guo, with a gravity gun, turned into a ripple and disappeared into the air, immediately silencing the newbies.

The prisoners originally wanted to escape, but the thought of an invisible person monitoring them with a gun made them break into a cold sweat.

"What are you dazing about, attack!" Pang Meiqin’s bullets landed right next to the prisoners’ feet, jolting them awake.

With a whoosh, the Buddha statue holding the Mountain Suppression Stick suddenly squatted, then leapt high up, covering over twenty meters in a jump. After a few ups and downs, he blocked the way of the three Italians, swinging his weapon menacingly.

A strong gust of wind accompanied the stone weapon as it came crashing down, causing the Italians to lose their color. They quickly dodged and, seeing that they couldn’t escape, hastily ran back. The firearms on them were more of a burden, no better than a burning stick.

The Italians were physically strong, and as they collided with Old Yu and Old Hu, the two old men went blank. Watching the Buddha statue with wide strides chasing after them, they instinctively turned around to run.

Seeing Old Hu two steps ahead of him and hearing the chasing footsteps behind him, Old Yu’s face was filled with fear. In his panic, he reached out his hand towards Old Hu’s back, grabbed his clothes, and pulled him down with all his might.

"Old Yu, you bastard!" With a thump, Old Hu fell hard on the ground. He watched Old Yu running past him and cursed. His face changed. Just as he was about to struggle to get up, he saw a massive shadow appearing on the ground...

With a smack, Old Hu was directly squashed into a meatloaf, with bits of flesh flying around. Old Yu felt a warmth on his back as something hot splattered on him. He was nearly scared to the ground; he knew that was Old Hu’s flesh and blood.

With a hiss, a blue cannon beam hit the Buddha statue’s right knee joint, instantly exploding it. Lu Fan cheered, took out his pepper grinder, turned the handle, and shot out bullets with fire to limit the opponent’s mobility. After all, cannon bullets were too expensive.

"Waste is despicable, kill!" Lu Fan was full of battle spirit, but he held back his trump card, not using his ability. Ruan Feifei, trying to prove her worth, unleashed a lightning bolt, hitting the Buddha statue’s head, causing a shower of stone fragments, with half of its head gone.

Yu Manli fired her M4A1 but didn’t dare to charge forwards. Chu Baichuan, eager to end the battle and return to his wife’s side, went all out. He rushed to the foot of the Buddha statue and blew off one of its legs.

Both stone statues fell to the ground while the newcomers were gaining an advantage, letting out a sigh of relief. They began to attack, but most of the bullets missed their targets.

Tang Zheng was wielding the "Terminator", blasting the remaining head of the Buddha statue. However, it didn’t die. It sat up and broke another leg to match the fallen one. It began to charge using its two broken legs.

"Shoot it faster!" The newcomers had initially chosen to join Tang Zheng thanks to his power. Seeing the statue charging towards them, they started shouting anxiously.

The Buddha statue ran a few steps, then suddenly hurled its Mountain Suppression Stick like a javelin towards the clustered newcomers.

The prisoners immediately scattered. Old Yu finally adapted to the protective clothing and felt light on his feet, successfully dodging the attack.

Boom, dust and debris flew everywhere. The newcomers were thrown into chaos, but the situation was still under control. After all, the Buddha statue was massive and a perfect target.

Dantai’s group demonstrated impressive explosive power and continuously dismembered the Buddha statue into shards.

"Don’t get too close. Run. Use a kite-flying tactic. Bai Guo, come out and attack the Buddha statue." Tang Zheng noticed that the newcomers were obedient, so he asked Bai Guo, who had been incognito and wasn’t adapting promptly, to reveal herself.

"It won’t work." Bai Guo fired a shot, but it caused no damage since the gravity gun didn’t have spiritual power.

"Use this instead." Tang Zheng took out a gravity gun that they had seized from a French man and tossed it to her.

Bai Guo fired shots at the Buddha statue while running. Although they couldn’t see the bullet trails, its body was being constantly whittled down by a phantom black hole as if it was disintegrating. Stone fragments were flying all over the place.

Despite having come back to life not long ago, Bai Guo’s shooting skills hadn’t decreased. All this time, she had been practicing diligently. She realised that she had fallen behind and was trying to catch up as fast as possible.

Seven minutes later, the Buddha statue on Tang Zheng’s side was whittled down to just three meters tall. It was severely damaged and had to use its thighs to move.

Tang Zheng pulled out a spiritual power hand grenade, pulled the pin and tossed it between the Buddha statue’s legs.

With a loud *boom*, the Buddha statue was once more thrown to the ground. This time, it didn’t manage to get up. Golden light spilled out from the cracks in its body.

"Could it be a self-destruction? Everyone, get away!" Following Tang Zheng’s command, the newcomers scattered like frightened birds, hoping to get as far away as possible.

Five seconds later, the Buddha statue exploded into a ball of flames. The shockwave stirred up the dust on the street, and fragments of stone flew everywhere, hitting the walls and creating a loud noise.

Chu Baichuan’s attacks, aided by Lin Weiguo and Dantai, heavily damaged the Buddha statue and took it out without any losses.

When the dust settled, everyone gathered in front of the gate to the temple.

"We lost two people." Qin Yan reported the battle results, and the faces of the newcomers turned sour. They had just witnessed someone being crushed to pulp, a sight that was both shocking and horrifying. The three Italian players clung to each other, hurriedly apologizing to Tang Zheng in broken Chinese.

"What’s inside?" Li Yulong asked, looking sullen. The feeling of being used as a pawn was sickening. (To be continued. If you like this work, I welcome you to vote for this novel on qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)