The card artisan who had just entered the vessel suddenly flew out of the cabin door without saying a word. In the blink of an eye, he plunged headfirst into the midst of the card artisans who hadn't had time to disperse.
Those card artisans looked on in bewilderment as their comrade flew out of the vessel. Some of them were like monks scratching their heads.
"What's the matter, Ah Jiang?" a card artisan asked with a strange look.
Ah Jiang had always been very obedient. Could there be an enemy on board?
Their gazes couldn't help but drift toward the snow shuttle vessel.
"Careful!" The face of the short-haired card artisan in the lead changed.
A silhouette suddenly shot out from the arms of the young card artisan like lightning. That unforeseen event happened so suddenly that everyone's reaction was momentarily blank.
That blank space was extremely short, not even a second.
But it was in that less than a second that Chen Mu had the perfect opportunity.
He was like a cheetah ready to pounce, suddenly bursting out with all of his power!
His tendons suddenly tightened like a steel wire string being violently plucked. Pushed by the incomparably tyrannical power, his whole body was like an arrow shot from a bow.
The scene in front of him warped under the high-speed movement, which Chen Mu had long since become accustomed to.
In his violently shaking field of vision, he accurately locked onto his adversary's vitals.
The throat!
An extremely thin and faint glow appeared on the palm of his right hand, which was gently hanging down like a venomous snake silently staring at its prey in the dark.
Seeing his adversary's expression rapidly magnify in his eyes, Chen Mu wasn't the least bit excited, nor was he the least bit timid. His mood didn't fluctuate in the least, and he was as calm as crystal and bone-chilling ice.
His upper body swayed a few times like a pendulum, which made his figure even more erratic and difficult to capture.
That was a technique he had learned from Wei-ah. It wasn't very fancy, but it was very practical.
It could form a series of afterimages, which would greatly interfere with the enemy's judgment.
Unfortunately, his speed was far inferior to Wei-ah's.
Chen Mu had suffered too much from that move. Even then, Wei-ah still gave him quite a headache when he used it.
His adversary's gaze was stunned, frightened, and flustered.
Chen Mu didn't slow down because of his adversary's sluggishness. His right hand suddenly sprang up and slightly bent his elbow, smoothly and naturally swiping across his adversary's throat.
His gaze fell behind the card artisan. That was the breakthrough point he had chosen.
Before he could remove his hand from the other party's neck, a powerful energy fluctuation suddenly came from behind him, and a sense of danger rose in his heart.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Mu flung the card artisan in his hand behind him while he quickly rolled on the ground.
Pu pu pu!
The silver glowing shuttle penetrated the poor card artisan's body and sent the snow on the ground flying.
Chen Mu didn't bother to look behind him to see who had made the move. Without getting up, he stuck close to the snow and slid in an S-shape to flash behind a tree.
Almost as soon as he moved, the place where he was just a moment ago was beaten into a mess.
What a fast reaction!
Chen Mu was a little startled. If he had been a little slower, he was afraid he would have become a hornet's nest.
However, his reaction was equally fast. The moment he dodged to the back of the tree, his legs fiercely kicked off the tree trunk. His entire body changed direction and shot forward like lightning!
Pa! Pa! Pa! The tree trunk, which had a diameter of ten meters, was smashed into sawdust. Three or four silver light shuttles penetrated the trunk and disappeared into the depths of the forest.
His adversary's silver energy shuttles were like maggots attached to the bone.
The one who had released the silver energy shuttles was the leader of that gang of card artisans. He had the most experience and was the first to realize something was wrong.
He had already sensed something was wrong when Ah Jiang had flown out of the snow shuttle ship, but he hadn't thought his adversary would be so powerful!
It could be said that it was too much for the eye to take in, and it had given him an unprecedented shock.
His adversary's ghostly figure and strange methods had sent a chill straight through his heart.
The distance between the two sides was less than 20 meters. At such a close distance, all of his attacks had missed.
How powerful was his reaction nerve to do that?
While he was aghast, he didn't relax his hands in the slightest.
If such a guy really did break through, he was afraid they wouldn't be able to eat or sleep in peace.
He had seen quite a few card artisan assassins, among whom there was no lack of famous ones in the inner world. None of them could make him feel as cold as the one in front of him.
He hadn't even clearly seen how his comrade had been killed.
He hadn't felt any energy fluctuations or perceptual fluctuations. His adversary's movements and fighting style seemed to rely more on muscle power. Could he be an ace from the cardless sects?
His adversary had just stuck close to the ground and slithered like a snake. Apart from making him suck in a breath of cold air, it seemed to confirm his conjecture.
His adversary's body was as soft as if it didn't have any bones, and he had actually made such a move that went against the laws of the human body. Probably only those cardless sect aces who were concentrating on tempering their bodies could do that.
Still, there wasn't much time for him to think carefully just then.
He stared at his adversary's figure like a hawk, and his pupils suddenly dilated. What a good opportunity!
His adversary had broken away from behind the tree and had no leverage in midair.
For an ace from the cardless sects, having no leverage would be the biggest flaw!
But he didn't rush into action. He still hadn't locked onto his adversary, and to blindly make a move would only let the opportunity slip through his fingers.
For an ace like him, it wouldn't even take a breath to lock onto his target.
He hadn't sensed any energy fluctuations, which had made it rather difficult for him to lock onto his target.
But his power wasn't bad, and he had plenty of battle experience, so he wasn't completely out of options.
To lock onto a moving humanoid object with no energy fluctuations at a distance of less than 20 meters wouldn't be difficult for a high-level card artisan who had received systematic training.
Of course, his adversary's speed was too fast, which would give him a little trouble, but it was nothing more than a little trouble.
He had enough confidence to complete the attack.
Now was the time!
His adversary was less than half a meter from the ground. Not only was it the most difficult time for him to adjust, but it was also the time when his mind was the most relaxed.
The five silver energy shuttles were like five shiny, pointy, and long blade fish. His perception was steady and precise.
They had proven their power countless times.
Just as he was about to make his move, his expression suddenly changed!
In that moment of distraction, his perception became a little chaotic, and the originally abnormally quiet energy shuttles immediately became unstable, looking as though they were about to lose control.
He then reacted, and in a moment of desperation, he hurriedly threw the energy shuttles in his hand toward that swift, ghostly silhouette.
As soon as they left his hand, there was a series of popping sounds, and the five energy shuttles exploded in midair three meters away from him.
Having been affected, his head and face turned ashen.
But he couldn't care about that at that moment. He was in a trance, staring in the direction in which the mysterious ace had disappeared.
What had he just seen?
His adversary had actually changed directions in midair!
How had he done it?
A jet-stream card?
But why hadn't he detected any energy fluctuations?
If it wasn't a jet-stream card, then what was it?
Moreover, his adversary's series of changes in direction were very much like chain-type changes. That was an extremely difficult card artisan tactical move!
All the card artisans looked in the direction in which Chen Mu had disappeared, their faces pale, and they were all silent.
After a little while, the leading card artisan came back to his senses. Completely ignoring the soot on his face, he walked over to the body of the fallen card artisan with a serious expression.
When they saw the extremely fine line of blood on the neck of the card artisan, the sound of the other card artisans drew in their breaths in unison.
They turned over Ah Jiang's body, and sure enough, they found an extremely fine line of blood in the same place.
Those vicious card artisans had also been frightened by such a ferocious method. Their faces were all ashen, and some of the card artisans couldn't help but touch their necks.
Seeing that the boss was looking so carefully, one of the card artisans gathered his courage and carefully asked, "Can you see where it came from, boss?"
"I can't." The leading card artisan shook his head in a low tone.
His finger lightly pressed on the side of the line of blood. Poof! The blood foam that had long since accumulated enough pressure gushed out like a fountain from that thread of blood that had already been soaked through.
Caught off guard, it sprayed all over him.
"Too … too strange!" a card artisan mumbled through chattering teeth.
The face of the blood-covered card artisan was twisted and hideous as he gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words, "Send the news back right away. If we don't catch that guy, we won't have any good days in the future!"
Chen Mu was shuttling quickly through the jungle. The outstanding direction-changing capabilities of the big mud fish were most suited to complicated terrain like the jungle.
The jungles in the Heavenly Drum Village District were all snow forests, which were different from the dense jungles of the south. Most of the trees there were tall and straight, so there was actually very little debris in the jungle. That was also why the snow shuttle ships could enter the jungle.
Chen Mu dispersed the whorled sniper shuttle in his hand. He had originally estimated that his adversary would certainly be in hot pursuit, and the whorled sniper shuttle had been prepared for them.
How could he have known that his strange and sinister methods had long since scared that gang out of their wits? Who would dare to pursue him?
After flying for about ten more minutes, Chen Mu determined that there were no pursuers behind him and finally slowed down.
He needed to think about what to do next.
He wasn't very worried about his safety just then. It would be hard to make use of the advantage of numbers in the jungle, and he would be more nimble by himself. Moreover, he was very familiar with jungle warfare.
The question in front of him was how he was going to meet up with Wei-ah.
He hadn't thought he would run into a robbery. How could he have brought anything like a map with him?
Without the guidance of a map, wanting to rush to Zargan would be a fool's dream.
It was a good thing that although he didn't have a map, he had other preparations.