Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 572 - 216: Besieged

Chapter 572: Chapter 216: Besieged

After the Solo Kill King shouted the command, his receiver picked up several bursts of electromagnetic waves.

——A signal without clear meaning... Ah...

The body of Solo Kill King, like a startled cricket, scurried forward in a crouch.

Then, a series of bullets hit the ground behind him.

If the Six Dragons Sect relied solely on verbal commands, they would have been eradicated by King Aqini eight hundred years ago. In fact, Solo Kill King had managed to survive half a day on half a set of commands, relying mainly on Xiang Shan detonating the Igni Seal, and most members of the Six Dragons Sect, scared of King Aqini’s terrifying Inner Strength, shut down most of their input ports.

Simply put, "commands" for the Six Dragons Sect were mostly about "ritual sense", a cultural activity to preserve organizational cohesion.

More often than not, their enemy-ally verification was based on cryptography.

Before they left Secluded Crane City, all members of the Six Dragons Sect were scared that opening their input ports might lead to their death from King Aqini’s AOE attack. The entire enemy-ally recognition system of the Six Dragons Sect was semi-paralyzed, and so was their command system.

This formed the basis for Jader to stir up trouble.

However, most of the members in this escort squad were experts. According to intelligence from Levy Envoy, Secluded Crane City had also cut off all networks. For King Aqini to hack in, he would have to go around a long way, suffering significant delay. Under these conditions, they could also ensure they wouldn’t be taken out instantly.

Moreover, the wilderness was different from the city, with no signal stations around. As long as these Six Dragons Sect members didn’t foolishly exchange data with satellites, King Aqini didn’t have a suitable relay.

In such circumstances, Jader’s half-set of commands naturally wasn’t effective.

The Sect Member who had been shooting said, "No way, to actually be fooled by a Hero in such a way..."

Behind him, another Sect Member closed his eyes, "Split a few drones to serve as my relays."

"I don’t see the necessity, I have the absolute advantage of distance, can easily control his forward route. I can take him down alone. Others are also closing in."

"Better to be safe," Levy Envoy spoke, "this Hero somehow saw through our tactics, even making a counter-move and tracked us to this close range. These guys are impressive with tracking and counter-tracking. Without taking him down, we can’t proceed to the coast with peace of mind."

In just a few moments, Solo Kill King found himself in a hopeless situation.

On the ground, several people were rapidly closing in on him.

From the movement skills shown during the advance, these guys had very high External strength. The only thing Jader could be certain of was, among all the Martial Artists he had seen, they were only second to the Nameless Hero and Senior Brother Matsushima.

How much lower; that was not something he could discern.

To a house cat, it could only be certain that a cow was smaller than an elephant, but it could hardly describe "how much smaller" intuitively.

——Going to die, going to die, going to die...

Solo Kill King lamented, already prepared to meet his end.

——Is this the "high echelon of the Six Dragons Sect" that Black Hand brother talked about? Damn, to run into them here.

——I hope Nameless Hero and Cain can see my message, then find this place... At least leave some clues!

Once Jader made up his decision, he sprang off the ground. He accelerated forward, running while picking up his gun.

However, he did not fire at the enemy, but rather, he attacked a distant mound.

The thoughts of an Internal expert who had received information through LAN flashed through the mind of a Close-Combat Martial Artist.

[This guy must be frightened... No, that’s not right! Stop him! He knows he can’t escape, so he is trying to leave a message for others!]

Inside every gun barrel, there are spiral grooves. These grooves impart a spin to the bullet, stabilizing it. Due to slight differences in manufacturing machines and varying degrees of wear and tear from firearm usage, each gun’s barrel grooves have distinctive differences. The nature of these differences is somewhat akin to "fingerprints".

In some cases, Martial Artists would also exchange the rifling data of their secondary weapons.

In his random shooting, he could leave numerous traces in this generation, and the Six Dragons Sect didn’t have the time to clean up one by one.

Jader knew that if he were to die in battle, the remnants of his Prosthetic Body would definitely be moved and destroyed, and the clues in the surrounding environment might also be erased by an explosion, so he shot at the ground in all directions as much as he could.

The Holy Maiden, hidden in the shadows, watched the Hero.

Honestly, she didn’t really want to make enemies of that person’s companions. But

—The past sacrifices were already too many. She must break free from such tragic cycles once again. So...

As the Holy Maiden hesitated, the Solo Kill King had already been caught up to.

A Close-Combat Martial Artist snatched the Solo Kill King’s weapon with a swift chop. The Solo Kill King fired repeatedly when his gun was seized, ruining the assailant’s hand with bullets, but his gun was also twisted into scrap by his opponent.

The Solo Kill King abandoned his gun and continued to flee.

But on his path forward, there was already another person waiting.

This person looked directly into the Solo Kill King’s eyes, the Inner Strength of a distant Internal master leaped forth, employing his "Witnessing" ability through his eyes.

A flash of divine light in the Solo Kill King’s eyes allowed him to immediately counterattack.

The External master froze together with the distant Internal master.

The Solo Kill King made a dipping motion, hooked the legs of this External master, and hurled him into the air.

This Six Dragons Sect master immediately kicked out. The Solo Kill King took two steps back and then rolled on the spot, avoiding the Sniper’s bullets.

But this disrupted the Solo Kill King’s rhythm.

Immediately, a third Internal master caught up. The Solo Kill King activated his Mech Armor Iron Fist to clash with him but was quickly overwhelmed.

The Solo Kill King was alarmed. These three masters’ External strengths were much stronger than those Martial Artists who had crossed the First Layer Heavenly Land, and their Inner Strengths were not weak either. Purely in terms of Inner Strength, he had the upper hand only because he used the master’s "Curse". In terms of External strength, he was not yet a match for these men.

Then, the Sniper fired another bullet.

The Solo Kill King’s body was sent flying horizontally.

The Solo Kill King’s Martial Arts were already weaker than those of these men. If he wasn’t concerned about satellite surveillance and didn’t dare to use his full speed, the Solo Kill King would have already been defeated.

[Resulting in this!]

That Internal master declared.

But at that moment, a Firearms expert within the local network exclaimed; [Look out!]

A piercing screech.

"Something," carrying a Fierce Wave and turbulence, stirred up dust on the ground. A completely opaque "Great Snake" seemed to be moving forward through the billowing dust. This high-speed moving object precisely passed between the three External masters and the Solo Kill King, the rising smokescreen blocking the Sniper’s line of sight.

Then, to the left of the three Close-Combat Martial Artists, an "explosion" occurred.

The three Martial Artists instinctively turned to look, only catching sight of a giant Poisonous Snake bursting through the swirling sand and dust.

While on the edge of their vision, a figure had already lowered their body, arriving right in their midst.