Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 663 - 307: Mistake

Chapter 663: Chapter 307: Mistake

Liu Ri felt a malicious wind strike his back and immediately dashed forward three steps. Only after gaining some distance did he turn around, launching into a sprint.

The sword attacks of the two Green Forest lackeys crisscrossed, but Liu Ri skillfully weaved through them.

Hitting both lackeys in the joints of their legs, the two men with industrial prosthetic bodies immediately tilted forward and fell to their knees. With the heaviness and rigidity of their prosthetics, getting back up would take several seconds.

If it had been one-on-one or even one against two, Liu Ri would have already won by now. He could easily have taken the lives of the two Green Forest thugs with a single move.

Tajibur’s skill level was above Liu Ri’s to begin with. He had merely been suppressed by the surprise attack. If Liu Ri engaged in a careless exchange of blows now, he would not be able to inflict effective damage while at a tactical disadvantage and would instead allow his opponent to widen their lead, ultimately being beaten to death.

However, should Liu Ri miss a beat in his attacks, Tajibur would escape his cage in an instant.

As his subordinates slowly fell, Tajibur had already regained his stance.

Then, chasing after Liu Ri and crossing over his faltering comrades, Tajibur threw a punch.

At this moment, the theoretically best strategy for Liu Ri would be a swift retreat, to create more distance.

But under these circumstances, Liu Ri couldn’t retreat as he pleased.

Behind him were more chainsaw greatswords.

He had no choice but to face Tajibur’s attack head-on.

Liu Ri intercepted Tajibur’s punch with his own, but Tajibur’s fist was faster. In the instant their prosthetic hands crossed, Tajibur changed the direction of his exertion, pressing down on Liu Ri’s wrist with the back of his palm, tearing through Liu Ri’s defense, leaving him completely exposed.

The hand Liu Ri used for defense desperately thrust forward, but it was easily neutralized by Tajibur, who then kicked Liu Ri, sending him staggering backward.

Sparks flew as two chainsaw greatswords grazed Liu Ri’s back.

For a Martial Artist like Liu Ri, who had a high rate of cybernetic modification and wore professional armor, such slashes needed to be sustained for a brief period to fully penetrate the external armor.

But oftentimes, "fully destroying the external armor" wasn’t the only way to "achieve the attacking intent." The chainsaw greatswords still managed to reduce the overall strength of Liu Ri’s armor, while also limiting his ability to disengage and retreat.

Thrown off balance by this force, Liu Ri was once again forced to confront Tajibur’s attack.

And this time, Tajibur had raised a pistol.

This gun wasn’t as brutal as the pair Ai Tielang had given to Yuki, looking almost like a "hand axe," but it was still a fierce weapon. Liu Ri, an ex-Burrow Dragon, had external armor that was superior in strength and structure to that of a Hero of the same rank, but even for him, taking a shot from such a caliber at this range would inevitably lead to death.

Liu Ri felt a current of electricity burst from his brain, racing down his brainstem. His sense of time was compressed while the world around him seemed to stretch out.

Liu Ri punched at Tajibur’s gun-wielding hand.

As long as the gun’s barrel could be avoided from aligning with his torso, the weapon would lose its threat!

Liu Ri staked everything on this.

But in that instant, a third figure burst onto the battlefield.

Han Zhun pounced, howling. Tajibur faced another surprise attack, unaware of the new enemy’s skill level, thus instinctively adopting a defensive posture.

Han Zhun barreled through two obstructing lackeys, then flew at the enemy with a kick.

The youth shouted with a tearful voice, "Liu Ri! I’m here to save you!"

His voice was still trembling.

Up until today, Han Zhun was just a boy brought up in the city. The whole city was under the watchful eye of the Protector, and even the few gangs that existed only dared to commit their misdeeds in the shadows.

This was Han Zhun’s first time facing a thug who could kill people.

In fact, when Yuki and Liu Ri threw the so-called "safest" mission at him, he got a little scared. There was even a trace of fear in his heart—what if those newly joined Green Forest lackeys still had protectors?

These distracting thoughts nearly overwhelmed him.

Not until he saw Liu Ri in danger.

So, Han Zhun recklessly charged over.

But Liu Ri’s heart sank to the bottom.

"You should have gone over there..."

Liu Ri whispered so.

"One person to draw fire, one to flank unmatched, one to execute decapitation" was indeed a classic three-person tactic. But as the concept of "Martial Arts" became widespread, the vested interests also had to pay a hefty price to master this technique to face the enemy’s assassination.

However, from an overall strategic perspective, such a result was still profitable—or rather, this was even a phased victory for heroes.

The rent-seekers had to spend time that could be used to exploit the people, trample on society, strengthen control and authoritarianism to study martial arts and compete in a field unfamiliar to them against martial artists who struggled out of the mire.

The martial arts created by the Martial Ancestor didn’t require much in terms of "resources." The most needed resources, also the easiest to transfer and steal—were "knowledge," "intelligence," and "information."

However, at the end phase of the righteous war, within the camp of the Usurper of the State, there also emerged some high-ranked martial artists.

At that time, a variant of "Decapitation Tactics" also emerged.

That is, in small-scale conflicts, "decapitation" transformed into "restraining the commander, preventing the commander from directing his subordinates, ensuring the enemy couldn’t exert their collective strength," then the heroes would disperse the enemy with superior individual power, and finally concentrate on taking care of the original "decapitation target."

Han Zhun should have appeared inside the town, working with Yuki to strangle the Green Forest lackeys scattered into Recycling Station Town.

The greatest enemies of external strength are "numbers" and "dense formation." The Martial Ancestor once said that a master is always a bit easier to kill than a hundred weaklings. The Green Forest scattered within the town had lost their "density," which was when they were most vulnerable. And the individual combat strength of Han Zhun and Yuki was higher than those guys.

With the cooperation of the two, eliminating those from the Green Forest would not be difficult.

By then, fighting Tajibur together, there was a chance of victory.

And at that time, Liu Ri might not necessarily die.

But Han Zhun, in a panic, chose to fight Tajibur together with Liu Ri.

By actively giving up "concealment" and "mobility," Yuki, who was confronting the Green Forest lackeys head-on, was almost duped.

At the same time...

Even with Liu Ri and Han Zhun working together, they couldn’t take down Tajibur, the Green Forest leader, in a short period.

And after Yuki fell into a disadvantage, he also wasn’t able to efficiently cut off Tajibur’s wings.

As a result, the final victory was leaning towards the Green Forest.

But in the end, Liu Ri held back these words.

Saying such things before the battle would only worsen Han Zhun’s morale.

Moreover, Liu Ri couldn’t deny one thing. Although Han Zhun might not have appeared, he might not necessarily die, but Liu Ri couldn’t guarantee that he definitely wouldn’t die.