Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 306 - 306 86 Assassination

306: Chapter 86 Assassination 306: Chapter 86 Assassination This all happened within a second.

Originally, the Hero had already made a move to “break out,” and everyone was adjusting their positions, trying to re-seal this round of breakout and block the Hero’s escape route.

But unexpectedly, the Hero’s route took a sudden 180-degree turn, charging directly towards those behind him.

The focal point of the entire Mandarin Duck Annihilating Formation had shifted, and now the thick defenses were behind Xiang Shan.

In front of Xiang Shan was the weak point.

Xiang Shan, grasping a long spear, dragged the original owner of the spear as he turned around to charge.

A Martial Artist directly in front of him couldn’t react in time to dodge, and Xiang Shan impaled him in the chest with the spear.

The metal jetstream destroyed the armor and wreaked havoc on the power system inside the prosthetic body.

The Ranger, holding onto the butt of the spear, stumbled.

His hands instinctively tightened, trying to wrest the weapon back.

But Xiang Shan’s left hand suddenly struck the front end of the spear, lifting the Ranger off the ground.

— Damn…

He only had time for that single thought.

Xiang Shan, holding the spear with its head already shattered, reversed the spear and smashed its butt against the Ranger’s neck and chest line, pushing forward with force.

It was akin to the head of a half-ton war hammer.

The two Rangers in front of Xiang Shan were directly smashed to the ground, their fate unknown.

Xiang Shan then instantly dropped the long spear and sprinted again.

At this moment, the only ones left in front of him were the two Rangers who had initially protected GA-R03.

Although chilled to the bone, they still confronted him.

Xiang Shan lowered his head, merely watching the two Martial Artists’ footsteps.

Numerous radar waves close to the range of the Rangers shot from various directions, hitting several spots on Xiang Shan’s armor.

In addition, several completely different electromagnetic waves and distance-measuring infrared beams shot from different angles, vaguely targeting the weak spots of the two Rangers’ moves.

In the eyes of the two Rangers, Xiang Shan’s figure was elusive, his every move seemingly lethal.

Within the “predictive” vision, an unending sequence of attacks surged from directly ahead.

The Hero seemed capable of striking from any moment, any angle.

These manifold phantoms seemed to directly strike the two Rangers.

If they still had upper and lower jaws, their teeth would definitely be chattering.

Xiang Shan held a sheathed Sonicon Blade horizontally.

The two Rangers already realized.

The Hero’s first blade could take away combat capability; if it struck the head, it would take a life.

But regardless of who fell, the other would break the Sonicon Blade’s edge.

The two Rangers desperately rallied, attacking this formidable Hero.

But Xiang Shan dove down to avoid the combined attack from the two, while his sheathed longsword slapped against the ankle of one.

The Ranger lost his balance, and the side kick he prepared could no longer be delivered.

Xiang Shan swiftly bypassed them and charged towards the final target.

The Snipers also reacted.

They directly poured bullets in front of GA-R03.

They knew that with the Hero’s skills, they were very likely unable to hit him.

These bullets simply served as an “iron curtain,” blocking in front of GA-R03.

But Xiang Shan, ignoring everything, used one hand not holding the sword to protect the back of his head, charging directly through the area of concentrated gunfire.

As long as he did not lose his ability to move, all was well.

GA-R03 was also already moving.

But that pepper-shaker-like prosthetic body had a terrible aerodynamic shape.

Even with desperate moves, it was hard to reach the speed of sound.

Despairingly, the pure Internal Strength Martial Artist aligned his prosthetic eye on Xiang Shan.

But Xiang Shan kept his head down, not even looking at this guy.

— Opportunity…

A flicker of hope arose in GA-R03’s mind.

His chest suddenly opened, revealing a gun barrel.

Inside was a single armor-piercing bullet.

— At this distance, without vision…

But the instant he fired, Xiang Shan fell to the left side.

His legs, still maintaining rapid movement, used the sheathed longsword to touch the ground.

He shifted his position in an instant, appearing behind GA-R03, facing this foe.

He was too familiar with the character of King Aqini.

He knew what kind of tricks this guy on the other side might pull.

His figure used GA-R03 as a shield, and those Snipers could not circle around their superior to attack him.

The armor-piercing bullet brushed past Xiang Shan, toppling a ranger who had charged too far forward.

The two protective Rangers inwardly screamed, wanting to catch up.

But their position was always just a bit behind Xiang Shan—because their attacking moves indeed affected the turning.

It was just a few tenths of a millisecond of delay.

Dazzling streams of light slid across GA-R03’s external surface.

Xiang Shan didn’t know the parameters of the alloy crystal used in GA-R03’s outer armor, but somehow, he knew that King Aqini liked materials similar to “Battleship Outer Armor.” He chose several parameters from past outer armors used by King Aqini, tried a few cuts, then made slight adjustments.

GA-R03’s outer armor was instantly shattered.

Inside this cylindrical prosthetic body was a nuclear battery, a gun barrel, and a cooling system that took up a considerable portion.

Beyond that, it was wrapped in a multitude of electronic devices around a biological brain.

The two Rangers no longer hoped they could defeat this Hero.

They almost used their bodies to block between Xiang Shan and GA-R03, trying to regain the leader’s biological brain.

But GA-R03 also changed direction, running towards their own formation, seeking the Rangers’ protection.

Yet, Xiang Shan mercilessly thrust the Sonicon Blade in his hand.

The two protective Rangers’ outer armor was cut open as easily as cheese.

They twisted fiercely, and the brittle blade of the Sonicon Blade almost naturally shattered.

But the tip of the sword still, driven by inertia, crashed towards GA-R03.

The material of the Sonicon Blade is delicately fragile, but that’s only relative to ordinary armor.

The electronic components were directly split by the blade.

The tip penetrated the brain-machine barrier.

GA-R03’s internal strength faltered, causing all the Rangers’ movements to pause for a moment.

——Impossible… How could I be… amidst such heavy guard?

This was the last thought of the Internal Strength Master.

Then, Xiang Shan placed his hands on two guards and flipped over, delivering a kick right at the tip of the sword.

The shattered Sonicon Blade agitated violently inside the biological brain of GA-R03, then burst completely.

An indescribable pain crushed all the Rangers.

They seemed like a cluster of nerves that had lost their brain core, like octopus limbs severed from the main body.

All the Mobile Cavalry had their eyes locked on Xiang Shan.

Xiang Shan clicked his tongue.

——Now it was truly time to flee for his life.

…………………………………

The death of GA-R03 not only caused intense pain to the Rangers nearby but also to comrades far away who were providing Inner Strength support.

Squad Captain C·Shivaji-21 felt the pain of losing a nerve plexus.

He roared, “How is this possible…”

Because of the direct connection, C·Shivaji-21 had almost witnessed everything that had happened there.

He “saw” everything with his own “eyes”.

He “saw” how the Hero fell into a disadvantage, “saw” how his own side was consolidating its position.

Then he saw how that Hero in just one second managed to turn around and counter-kill GA-R03.

C·Shivaji-21

Instructed another junior brother to maintain remote Inner Strength support.

The network delay to the combat site was just a fraction of a second, which would put the Internal Strength Masters at a small disadvantage, but it wasn’t entirely unmanageable.

Of course, C·Shivaji-21 did not expect this junior brother to accomplish what GA-R03 hadn’t managed.

He didn’t expect to hack into that Hero anymore.

He simply didn’t want the Rangers to be easily hacked by those Heroes after losing the remote Inner Strength support.

The Mobile Cavalry often hunted people of Jianghu, so they certainly had Inner Strength, but it was mostly of the Compilation Realm.

Whereas the enemy was from the Mechanical Realm and among the higher ranks.

The disparity in Inner Strength between the two sides was quite significant.

“Damn it, why has it turned out like this.” C·Shivaji-21 was very frustrated.

In his mind, this mission was supposed to be a relatively easy, low-risk affair.

Why did a Hero who hadn’t surpassed a major threshold, managed to properly assassinate his junior brother while under the suppression of the Mandarin Duck Annihilating Formation?

This shouldn’t have happened… it was unreasonable… this…

A nameless fire ignited within his spiritual world.

And it burned towards a target in the real world.

Under his will, a piece of equipment began to pressurize, pushing potion into a certain place—that was someone’s brain.

This device was fixed on a Cybernetically Enhanced Person’s head.

The person’s skull had been stripped open, most of the hardware removed, and then a device was fixed on top, the entire Brain-Machine Interface monitored by sensing probes.

Simultaneously, this device could inject various potions into the target’s brain, causing the subject to lose self-control.

This was not a matter of willpower.

The target felt this too.

But, his brain could not send even a single bit of a signal to the Prosthetic Body.

His Prosthetic Eye made several rotations, displaying a hint of despair.

He was a Hero.

Today, this savage Protector hacked into his Prosthetic Body—it seemed he used this trick on an entire area.

Then, his Inner Strength automatically retaliated.

The Inner Strength of this Hero was trivial compared to that of C·Shivaji-21 and was suppressed in an instant.

But this anomaly was enough for C·Shivaji-21 to notice his existence.

Today, C·Shivaji-21 captured several people using the same technique.

Then, the device monitoring his brain connected to a voice synthesizer.

C·Shivaji-21 wasn’t really inclined to do this.

A complete Hero, thrown into a POW camp, could still create some value.

Unlike his teacher, C·Shivaji-21 disliked wasting resources.

King Aqini was a man of “no cost too great, by any means necessary”, but C·Shivaji-21 preferred to be meticulous.

But now, he wasn’t in the mood to be careful.

He barked, “Do you know the legend of the Eighth Martial God, Hero?”

“I do not know…”

The Hero’s voice was dull, tinged with a hint of despair.

Some receptors of his brain neurons had been completely destroyed.

His brain had permanently lost certain functions.

He was no longer human.

C·Shivaji-21 continued, “Then, do you know about the Burrow Dragons?”