The underground laboratory's living area wasn't small, but it wasn't large either. More than ten searchers quickly sealed off several key passageways and began a carpet search.
In the darkness, Qi Yuan stuck to the roof behind a room door like a spider. He held his breath and concentrated, using area detection to silently observe the enemy's movements.
The enemy was already on guard. Unless he could instantly kill the searchers, otherwise, once he was entangled by the enemy, wanting to leave would become an extravagant hope.
Several fully armed ability users were on guard against each other. They held lighting devices as they carefully searched. Among them, there were even Perception Domain ability users, carefully sensing every trace of movement in their surroundings.
Ability users' senses were more powerful than ordinary people's, but they were far from as powerful as Perception Domain ability users. Most ability users relied on Perception Domain ability more.
Soon, a group of three searchers found the door to the room Qi Yuan was hiding in. Qi Yuan held his breath. Blazing white light shone in from outside the door. The room was empty. A man with gloomy eyes stepped into the room. He stood at the door and looked around, taking in everything in the room.
"There's no one here!"
The man said in a low voice, and then left the room.
Qi Yuan stuck to the roof and watched. The room was once again shrouded in darkness. A hint of warning appeared in his mind, as if he seemed to have overlooked something.
No!
He's already discovered me!
A hint of severity flashed through Qi Yuan's eyes. The other party's words were too deliberate. He didn't say anything at all when he checked the empty rooms in front of him!
So, his words were purposely said for him to hear!
The goal was to make him lower his guard, to make him believe that he really didn't discover him!
The man who had just left the room trembled imperceptibly. Even though his Perception Domain didn't discover anything, the faint smell of blood in the room couldn't be covered up.
There was someone in this empty room!
He was only hiding, hiding from the detection of Perception Domain ability!
The man gave his two companions a look. The two of them immediately understood the man's meaning. They didn't act rashly, instead slowly backing up.
The enemy in the darkness was unknown. No one could determine the result of rashly attacking. As long as they sealed off this corridor and waited for reinforcements to arrive, it would be much easier to surround and kill him.
Suddenly, a shrill alarm broke the silence underground. Several men who were searching in other areas quickly approached the location where the alarm sounded.
At the same time, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground rang out in the room that had just been checked. It was as if a rock had fallen from the roof!
Not good!
The three who were slowly retreating realized that something was wrong and began to speed up their retreat, as if there was some hidden danger in front of them.
A young man suddenly walked out of the room and appeared in the corridor. He rushed towards the three of them like a rampaging motorcycle.
After a brief moment of panic, the search team quickly regained their senses. They were not rookies with no combat experience. Being able to step into this underground laboratory was a symbol of strength.
The person holding the flashlight raised his hand slightly and shone the bright light directly into the person's eyes.
Even an ordinary person would be temporarily blinded if the light shone directly into their eyes, let alone an enemy who had been hiding in the dark for a long time.
The adaptability of an ability user's body to environmental changes was countless times stronger than that of a normal person. However, this type of most basic emergency response couldn't be completely eliminated. It was just that the period of blindness was shorter.
Even if it was just a second of blindness, it was enough for them to launch a round of attacks.
The moment the light shone into Qi Yuan's eyes, the other two raised their weapons at the same time and pulled the triggers.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Two beams of light, one red and one blue, shot towards Qi Yuan's forehead and heart respectively.
After advancing to the third rank, there were only a few people who still insisted on using physical guns. More people chose to use more powerful energy weapons.
Except for Metal Storm, which was a physical weapon.
The destructive characteristics of energy beams were far more powerful than the kinetic energy of bullets.
The two shots hit the target at the same time. Qi Yuan didn't move at all. Only then did the three of them see clearly that the enemy's eyes had been closed all this time.
The three of them felt their hearts sink. The enemy was more troublesome than they had expected.
The sudden illumination of the light not only didn't cause the enemy to subconsciously block the light, it didn't even interfere with the enemy's movements. It was as if the enemy didn't need to open his eyes to see everything around him.
At the same time as the two destructive beams shot out, Qi Yuan's body suddenly swayed slightly. This action couldn't avoid the attack of the energy gun, but it avoided the vital parts of the body.
The two beams left two dark holes on the forehead and chest. Qi Yuan even smelled the smell of flesh being burned.
The power of these two shots wasn't weak. It was enough to break through the second rank steel defense, but that was it.
The attack interval of the energy gun was shorter than that of a pistol, but it also took time to pull the trigger. Taking advantage of the gap between the enemy's shots, Qi Yuan quickly swept a few meters away and then welcomed the second wave of energy gun attacks.
Whoosh!
Another two beams of light shot out at the same time.
This time, Qi Yuan didn't dodge and led the enemy's attack to go against the flow!
"Don't panic, the support will be here soon!"
The energy user with the portable lighting lamp suddenly threw the flashlight in his hand forward. A blue electric light wrapped in metal quickly became restless and could explode at any time.
Qi Yuan "saw" the flashlight that turned into an energy bomb. Seeing its trajectory, the Decapitator in his hand suddenly slashed forward.
Idiot!
The fierce collision would only make the explosion more violent!
The ability user who threw the flashlight bomb sneered, then quickly closed his eyes and quickly retreated, trying to block the strong light of the energy explosion!
Although the power and killing radius of the energy bomb couldn't be compared to the plasma bomb, the danger of the center of the explosion wasn't weak either. It was enough to kill a normal third rank ability user. Even if it was a third rank enhanced defense, under the impact of the violent energy, it would be instantly damaged.
Kacha!
The light of the sword flashed. The originally restless blue electric light was instantly extinguished. It was split in half by Qi Yuan's sword and fell behind him.
Qi Yuan's speed didn't decrease. After receiving two rounds of energy gun attacks, he finally got close to the close combat attack range!
The ability user with closed eyes was still waiting for the explosion. He didn't realize that the energy bomb had been destroyed, so his retreating speed was one step slower than the other two.
Without waiting for him to open his eyes, Qi Yuan waved the Decapitator and suddenly slashed out. The head with closed eyes instantly flew up and didn't have the chance to open it again.
The remaining two people, the one with the third rank speed enhancement had already turned and fled. Only the last slower mechanic was left, facing Qi Yuan's charge alone.
The mechanic looked at Qi Yuan without fear. After the two shots failed, he had already thrown away the energy gun in his hand. His mechanically modified arms turned into a terrifying 16-barrel weapon!
Looking at the gun muzzle that was more terrifying than a Gatling gun, Qi Yuan's heart trembled slightly.
Rapid-Fire cannon!
It was actually a rapid-fire cannon!
How could someone modify such an abnormal airborne weapon!
Qi Yuan didn't have time to complain.
Mechanic was really a pay-to-win profession that was full of surprises!
This kind of heavy weapon that had always been installed on the war chariot couldn't be used in single combat. Although it was powerful enough to easily tear apart a ten centimeter thick steel plate, its shortcomings were equally obvious. For example, its accuracy was terrible, its ammunition consumption was huge, and most importantly, its recoil was equally terrifying.
It required at least a third rank defense to resist the powerful recoil of the rapid-fire cannon.
Seeing the rapid-fire cannon in the mechanic's hand begin to rotate, danger followed.
In the narrow corridor, there was no need to aim at all, and there was no place to dodge. As for whether a second rank iron defense could block the rapid-fire cannon's powerful attack, Qi Yuan had no confidence.
Helpless, Qi Yuan could only take out Asterite from his pocket.
When the first burning bullet was fired from the rapid-fire cannon barrel, Qi Yuan threw the Asterite in his hand forward at the same time.
Bang!
The bullet with powerful kinetic energy hit Qi Yuan's chest.
The flesh on his chest instantly swelled, and then, under the impact of the bullet, it exploded into a bowl sized bloody hole. The bullet that had not yet dissipated penetrated the flesh and hit the ribs.
Qi Yuan once again heard the sound of his ribs breaking. This was the first time his ribs had been broken!
"Die!"
The mechanic roared. In the next second, he was shocked to see that the rapid-fire cannon in his hand had stopped firing!
Stopped firing?
Did it malfunction?
Cold sweat broke out. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and it would also be the last time he would encounter such a situation.
The Beheader's blade slashed across, and the mechanic's face was filled with fear as he was beheaded.
Qi Yuan looked at the mechanic's corpse with lingering fear. If it wasn't for the Asterite's suppression, once the rapid-fire cannon's ammunition was poured out in torrents, he was afraid that he would have been instantly turned into a pile of minced meat.
Perhaps the rapid-fire cannon's movement was too great, but at the edge of the area detection, Qi Yuan "saw" a few ability users quickly approaching.
The incoming people blocked the corridor's exit. They came in a menacing manner, as if they were preparing for a direct confrontation.
Qi Yuan's eyes flashed. He picked up the Asterite that had fallen to the ground and quickly retreated.
The incoming people's posture proved that they were strong enough. Qi Yuan decisively chose to retreat.
A direct confrontation was too dangerous. Using the Asterite's interference in the perception domain to play hide and seek was the safest choice.
When he passed by the door of a room, Qi Yuan paused for a moment. He took a dismantled plasma bomb and placed it in the shadow of the corner behind the door. Then, he quickly left and hid at the edge of the plasma bomb's explosion area, waiting for the enemy to approach.
Embers brought a few stage three ability users from Lionheart Castle, as well as a powerful puppet of Zheng. After blocking the corridor, they quickly approached the place where the battle had just erupted.
Looking at the two decapitated corpses lying on the ground, the flames in Embers' eyes suddenly jumped.
"You're saying that the enemy you encountered just now wasn't Sickle?"
"It wasn't Sickle!"
The ability user who had just escaped from Qi Yuan described the appearance of the incoming person in shock. It was very different from the image of Sickle in Embers' memory.
Embers squatted down and examined the two corpses on the ground. He found that they were both decapitated. Although it was very similar to how Sickle killed people, the wounds were indeed not from Sickle's Grim Reaper's Scythe. Moreover, these corpses were not sucked dry.
"Did Ghostface see wrongly?
Or were there two intruders? "
Embers stood up with a gloomy face. They had some impressions of the hunters with this kind of strength in several settlements, but none of them matched this intruder.
If it was Ghostface who saw wrongly, then it would be fine. If there were two intruders, then it would be the real danger.
"You're saying that person can block your perception?" Embers asked.
"That's right!
He was hiding on the ceiling of the room. I had already walked into the room, but I didn't sense his presence. If it wasn't for my sensitive nose that smelled a trace of fresh blood, I might not have noticed him until now! "
Ember's brows furrowed.
"Tier 3 Speed, Tier 3 Defense, and he can even block perception! Where did this dragon come from?!"
None of the powerhouses in the settlements matched the description of this person.
A powerhouse of this level would not appear out of thin air. If he suddenly appeared in one of the settlements around the Black Steel Shelter, then there was only one possibility. He was a hunter who came from the other settlements in the wilderness.
Due to the shortage of various weapons and potions, the hunters in the other settlements were generally weaker than the hunters in the surrounding settlements. It was rare to see such a powerful dragon crossing the river.
If this person was also a helper recruited by the Iron Chariots, then it would definitely be a nightmare for the alliance of the three houses.
Embers glanced at Puppet, who was standing motionlessly beside him with a dull expression, and quickly made a decision.
No matter who the intruder was, they had to get rid of him. Otherwise, if they fought from the front and this person launched a surprise attack from the back, they would suffer a great loss!
"Search every room carefully. I don't believe that we can't kill him with so many of us!"
Embers originally wanted Puppet to walk in front, but Puppet did not listen to his orders at all. When Embers did not move, he did not move either. When Embers walked, he followed closely behind.
After cursing silently, Embers had no choice but to let a Combat Domain powerhouse from Lionheart Castle walk in front of him.
Faced with an enemy who liked to behead so much, Embers did not dare to walk in front, fearing that he would be beheaded.
Qi Yuan stood in the shadows, holding the Decapitator tightly in his right hand, silently counting his heartbeats. The rapid-fire cannon just now had taught him a lesson. Tier 2 Steel Defense was not invincible. There were still many weapons that could kill him.
Under the effect of Steel Self-Healing, the wound on his chest had scabbed over, and the broken sternum had been reconnected. There were still cracks that had not completely healed, but it did not affect his movement.
"Watching" the enemy approach step by step, Qi Yuan closed his eyes again. The electric arc of the plasma bomb could also blind people. He could not waste such a good opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
This time, the enemy was more vigilant. They covered each other and took turns to advance, not leaving any blind spots. Everything was covered under the range of their firepower.
They were also very careful when searching the room. As long as there were any strange movements, they would quickly make an attack posture.
Slowly, the few of them finally approached the room where the plasma bomb was hidden.
Qi Yuan held his breath and was ready to take advantage of the chaos to launch an attack.
Just as they were about to step into the explosion range of the plasma bomb, a Puppet that was silently following behind Embers suddenly stopped.
Embers' pupils shrank, thinking that the Puppet had discovered the enemy's tracks. He quickly made a hand gesture to let the few of them get ready for battle.
Qi Yuan's heart tightened. He thought that the enemy had discovered the existence of the plasma bomb.
"Did you find it?" Embers asked in a low voice.
The Perception Domain powerhouse who had abandoned his companions and escaped by luck became nervous. Although he did not sense anything, the enemy this time could block his perception ability.
He shook his head.
"I didn't find it!"
As a Perception Domain powerhouse, after his perception ability failed, he became more and more sensitive. It was as if the enemy could appear at any time.
Embers glanced at the Puppet and found that it still showed no signs of moving forward. He had to continue to let the Lionheart Castle powerhouse open the path in front.
Seeing that the enemy was finally slowly approaching the location of the plasma bomb, Qi Yuan held his breath and began to count down.
"5 — — 4 — — 3 — — 2 — —"
Without waiting for Qi Yuan to count to one, the ability user at the front activated the infrared perception and biological perception devices on the plasma bomb one after another.
Kacha!
A slight sound was heard. The others did not realize anything, but the Perception Domain powerhouse and Embers' expressions changed rapidly at the same time. They sensed an extremely violent energy that suddenly appeared in the room in front of them.
It was a violent energy that was enough to completely destroy them!
Plasma bomb!
It was over!
The Perception Domain powerhouse instantly despaired.