In the Staff Department’s Office Hall, the walls were cracked, table and chairs overturned, and looking around, it was a complete mess.
Severed limbs and arms were scattered everywhere, and even the documents that fell to the ground were soaked in blood.
The bloody smell permeating the air was so thick that it seemed about to condense into substance.
From the moment Lu Bai tore through the encirclement, in just a few short minutes, only five or six people were left standing sporadically in the field.
Yan Zhiquan looked at the corpses everywhere, gritted his teeth, and shouted: “Lu… Brother Lu, can we talk?”
“?”
Lu Bai stopped his actions and slowly raised his left hand’s pair of Eagle pistols, aiming at Yan Zhiquan.
His face still carried a smile: “If the next nine bullets in my gun all jam, then we can talk.”
Facing the black hole of the muzzle, Yan Zhiquan’s heart sank instantly.
So this statement was obviously a refusal in Yan Zhiquan’s ears.
“Hmph…” Yan Zhiquan snorted coldly, maintaining the [Astral Body] state, and retreated two steps toward the Gate: “You kept dodging before, probably because you had no grasp of taking me down, right?”
Bang!
Lu Bai directly fired back as a response.
A wisp of green smoke rose from the muzzle, and the pungent smell of gunpowder could still be sniffed.
The bullet entered flesh, Yan Zhiquan staggered back a step, gasping in pain.
After all, the flaw of [Astral Body] was too obvious; without compensating for the lack of flexibility, it was often not as useful as Silver Level abilities in many cases.
“Idiot! You’re just a live target now.”
Fei Xiao couldn’t stand it anymore and cursed angrily.
He turned to Lu Bai and said: “Brother Lu, right? I don’t ask for much, just let me leave, and I guarantee I won’t make a move against you again.”
While speaking, he pulled Xiao Xueyin closer in front of him, indicating he had a hostage.
Lu Bai didn’t even glance at Fei Xiao, continuing to shoot at Yan Zhiquan nonstop, at most subtly shifting a few steps toward the window.
Until Yan Zhiquan was covered in blood holes and collapsed limply to the ground, only then did his trigger-pulling action stop.
After dealing with this guy, Lu Bai leisurely turned to look at Fei Xiao by the window.
“Sorry, I didn’t quite hear what you said just now, so I plan to refuse.”
Fei Xiao’s eyelids twitched, feeling the logic in those words was off.
But the situation was stronger than the people, so he forcibly suppressed his dissatisfaction, pinching Xiao Xueyin’s neck with his hand as a reminder: “He should be your companion, right?”
Although he didn’t say it outright, what Fei Xiao intended next was obvious.
Lu Bai nodded, facing the smile, his tone very calm: “Please go ahead.”
“Good, good, good.”
Fei Xiao laughed in extreme anger and made a move to kill Xiao Xueyin first.
Lu Bai suddenly advanced, leaning his body forward while keeping his back straight.
[Flash Time] quietly activated, everything around froze still, even time became stagnant, only he could still move freely.
Crossing this distance at extreme speed, 0.5 seconds passed in an instant.
Lu Bai exerted force from his waist, half-rotating his body to swing the sword, barely letting the tip of the Eight-Sided Han Sword slash toward Fei Xiao’s right arm.
Whoosh~
Sword light flashed, stirring up a burst of air-tearing sound.
Losing support, Fei Xiao’s arm and Xiao Xueyin both fell to the ground almost simultaneously; Xiao Xueyin was already seriously injured, and with this blow, he was pretty much at the level where a critical condition notice could be issued.
But in the end, he still had that last breath.
“You can really dodge.”
Lu Bai stepped over Xiao Xueyin on the ground, looking at Fei Xiao with interest.
In fact, he had initially aimed for the neck, just holding back some force to change moves.
Sure enough, the moment he activated [Flash Time], he saw Fei Xiao’s frozen image of releasing his hand to try retreating.
This was an exaggerated prediction, a reaction made in the zero-point-something seconds just before Lu Bai activated [Flash Time].
In normal combat, it would completely dominate with such prediction.
Unfortunately, against an ability like [Flash Time] that defied rules to this degree, even the strongest prediction could only barely avoid a first-sight kill.
Fei Xiao grunted, forcibly holding back from crying out in pain.
Losing his right arm meant the tide had turned decisively; he could only glare deadly at Lu Bai, saying word by word.
“I’ll remember you. This time… count yourself lucky. You better pray you won’t run into me next time.”
“Okay.” Lu Bai responded with a kind smile.
Whoosh!
Fei Xiao put on a resigned expression, then suddenly spat out a Date Pit Nail, targeting Lu Bai’s forehead.
Clang~
The Eight-Sided Han Sword flicked upward, precisely striking the Date Pit Nail, the collision sparking a few embers.
Then, following through with a downward slash, eliminating Fei Xiao from the match.
“Didn’t I say it? Sneak attacks are useless.”
Lu Bai’s expression unchanged, as if not surprised at all.
He held the Eight-Sided Han Sword horizontally, wiped it clean on Fei Xiao’s clothes, then turned to help Xiao Xueyin up.
Although he hadn’t known Xiao Xueyin long, in Lu Bai’s view, he was a useful support accessory, so naturally he wouldn’t let him die.
He simply checked Xiao Xueyin’s injuries; the wounds were okay, mainly excessive blood loss.
Transfusion was something Lu Bai couldn’t do; he looked around.
Yan Zhiquan lay supine on the ground, covered in bullet holes; only from his slightly rising and falling chest could one tell this guy was still alive.
Bat Tattoo Man and Black Vest Man stood together, neither sneaking an attack nor fleeing, just silently watching.
Downstairs, the “Green Giant” was still fighting fiercely with Er Bao, with frequent roars and crashing sounds.
“By the way, do you have healing abilities?”
Lu Bai suddenly looked toward the Entrance and asked.
Liu Yue, hiding at the Entrance with only her head peeking out observing secretly, immediately shuddered.
She cautiously poked half her body out from behind the door: “Huh? That, I just did as you said and watched the Iron Man for you, I don’t know anything.”
Lu Bai: “…”
He adjusted his emotions and repeated the question.
Liu Yue was obviously still in extreme shock, responding incoherently: “You mean me? I don’t have, no healing ability, don’t you know? It’s Immortal Leap, position swap…”
Lu Bai didn’t listen to the end and turned to look at the duo in the Hall corner.
Black Vest Man was fairly calm and shook his head: “Very few Death Fighters choose healing abilities.”
This was true; Deathmatch Duels were essentially individual competitions, normally prioritizing boosting one’s own combat power.
At worst, choosing something like [Super Regeneration] that improved personal fault tolerance.
Supernatural healing abilities clearly weren’t to be hoped for.
Then just be practical.
Lu Bai tore off Xiao Xueyin’s upper garment, not caring about infection risk, simply doing some hemostatic treatment and bandaging.
Due to his clumsy actions, Xiao Xueyin had already passed out from pain during this time.
After finishing, Lu Bai looked at his blood-covered hands and casually wiped them on Xiao Xueyin’s pants.
Seeing this, Liu Yue standing nearby felt slightly relieved.
She had indeed been shocked by Lu Bai’s terrifying combat power at first, but she wasn’t actually incoherent yet.
That frightened appearance was mainly because she couldn’t grasp Lu Bai’s ideas, so she played along.
“I remember you two are from the Survey Corps, right?”
Lu Bai rubbed his hands and looked up at the duo in the corner.
The implication was naturally asking what these two intended by neither attacking nor running.
Hearing this, Bat Tattoo Man and Black Vest Man exchanged a glance.
Then Black Vest Man said gravely: “We plan to follow you.”
Bat Tattoo Man considered his words and added: “If you noticed, you should have seen that I didn’t even attack you.”
Lu Bai tilted his head slightly, signaling them to continue.
“You plan to complete the Target Mission, right?”
Seeing no refutation from Lu Bai, Bat Tattoo Man continued: “There are two ways to end the Deathmatch Duel. Since you chose to save people, you probably don’t plan to go the route of eliminating all Death Fighters. If you’re completing the Target Mission, I think you won’t mind a few more helpers.
You don’t have to worry about me having crooked ideas; everyone knows, I’ve always disliked Duan Jianhui and never sincerely joined this crap Survey Corps…”
He said a bunch, but the central idea was still about joining since he couldn’t beat him.
After all, they had followed Duan Jianhui before; as long as strong enough, changing Boss wouldn’t burden them psychologically.
Lu Bai pondered for two seconds and said: “Duan Jianhui is still alive.”
Bat Tattoo Man: “…”
Bat Tattoo Man coughed awkwardly a couple times, composed his expression after a while, and said seriously: “Even if Duan Jianhui were here, I’d say the same.”
After this interruption, the atmosphere among them lightened quite a bit.
Lu Bai unconsciously showed a smile, without any sarcasm or chilling cold, looking full of positive energy.
In their eyes, it naturally became acceptance.
Black Vest Man smiled obsequiously and sidled up to Lu Bai, saying opportunely: “But Brother Lu, shouldn’t we first figure out how to eliminate Duan Jianhui?”
“Uh… yeah, this uncertain factor needs to be removed quickly.” Yaluo was somewhat unadapted; he was still young and couldn’t be as thick-skinned as the middle-aged Black Vest Man in currying favor.
“No problem, I’m terrifyingly strong now.”
Lu Bai stood up, handed the unconscious Xiao Xueyin to Liu Yue, and quickly walked to the barely alive Zhou Zongming, squatting down: “Still alive? Company Commander Zhou?”
There were two ways to complete the Target Mission; if possible, Lu Bai still preferred the choice of rebuilding order.
And for rebuilding order, Zhou Zongming was obviously an excellent entry point.
Seeing no reaction from Company Commander Zhou, Lu Bai flipped him over like frying an egg.
“Ugh…” Zhou Zongming unconsciously let out a hoarse groan.
Being able to survive was largely thanks to Liu Yue timely attracting the “Green Giant”‘s attention.
However, Zhou Zongming’s vital signs were still extremely worrying.
Multiple fractures all over his body, internal injuries unclear; without help, he probably couldn’t even move.
Still hope those doctors in this Temporary Shelter have superb medical skills.
Lu Bai looked around and then dismantled the desktop of a relatively intact Desk, turning to the duo: “Sorry to trouble you two.”