Book 6 Chapter 18.8 - Leaving


    On a small hill not too far out, Li Gaolei was currently lying on a branch somewhatzily, quietly looking at the sky. The gunshots and cannon sounds could still be heard all the way here, and from the gunshots’ concentration alone, one could tell how tense the battle was. When Li Gaolei first heard these sounds, even Li Gaolei would feel nervous, but now, he had already learned to calm down and find peace, this way able to optimally maintain his own stamina. Li Gaolei looked into the sky, but a beautiful figure was jumping before his eyes. Even if he didn’t use his eyes, he could still imagine how Li was fighting, to the extent where it was precise down to thest detail.


    In the distant horizon, a line of smoke and dust suddenly rose. Then, tanks full of soldiers emerged, speeding in this direction.


    Li Gaolei suddenly stood up, his eyes narrowing slightly, staring at the enemy that suddenly appeared. Several dozen tanks were arranged in a line, currently rushing over at extreme speed. Even the soldier transport off-road vehicles, after having machine guns attached to their roofs, became terrifying murderous weapons. In addition, Li Gaolei saw more than a single off-roadmand vehicle,manders standing perfectly straight on them. No matter how the off-road vehicles shook and jumped, the twomanders seemed like they were nailed to the car. The perfectly straight stance and dangerous aura gave away their identities, first ssmanders, which were also the most dangerous enemies Li Gaolei had faced from the Scorpions of Disaster!


    When he saws the hundreds of enemies and two first ssmanders, Li Gaolei’s pupils rapidly contacted! He didn’t excel at individualbat, his few high level abilities all focused on group survival. With his present abilities and abundantbat experience, he could win over a single first ssmander at most. If two appeared at the same time, then he had to run, let alone the fact that the were even more second and third ssmanders, as well as hundreds of concocted soldiers!


    The scope of this Scorpions of Disaster army was several times that of the small squads they previously encountered, and with their direction of advance, they were heading precisely towards the battlefield Li was fighting intensely in. Just from how they were advancing at full speed, it was clear that they definitely weren’t just passing by.


    Trap! This thought shed past Li Gaolei’s brain.


    He jumped down from the tree, entering a half squat at the top of the hill, and then watched as the Scorpions of Disaster soldiers rushed past in front of the mountain. He quietly produced arge caliber sniper rifle from his back, activated the scope, and then loaded the gun, supporting it in his hands.


    The tanks moved past the scope’s crosshairs, one after another, to the extent where even the vivid and lifelike scorpion markings on the soldiers’ helmets could clearly be seen. Soon after, amand vehicle appeared in the scope. The crosshairs first stopped by themander’s chest, and then it nudged downwards, aiming at the venttion opening on the engine’s cover. The first ssmander sensed something, suddenly turning around. His cold gaze passed straight through the sniper rifle’s scope, directly shing with Li Gaolei’s eyes!


    The moment themander turned around, Li Gaolei pulled the trigger. In that instant, a thought calmly appeared in his mind: Doesn’t seem like I’ll be able to get away this time.


    When he saw the rifle muzzle’s fiery light, themander’s body immediately flipped backwards, instantly moving back more than ten meters, and then entered a half squatting stance,nding heavily on the ground. With themander’s instantaneous reaction speed, even if the bullet fired from the sniper rifle in Li Gaolei’s hands had twice its initial speed, it still wouldn’t be able to injure him. However, themand vehicle suddenly stopped, a burst of mes erupting from the engine soon after, and then a series of explosions immediately followed. This shot’s goal wasn’t to hit themander, but rather to stop this highly adaptable off-roadmand vehicle!


    Li Gaolei’s hands were extremely steady, the coordination his four levels of weapon control proficiency brought his body effectively neutralizing the effects of the recoil force on his uracy. His fingers continuously pressed the trigger, unloading the five bullets in the magazine at a constant speed. Then, he inserted a new cartridge of bullets with a single hand, his other hand pulling out the pistol behind his back, firing a brightly colored signal bullet into the air.


    The signal bullet burned in the air, drawing out a streak of rich red color in the cloud-filled, dark gray backdrop.


    Li who hadpletely lost herself in the fighting suddenly raised her head, an expression of shock shing past her face. This was the signal Li Gaolei and herself arranged to express extreme danger and mandatory retreat.


    There was danger? Then what about Li Gaolei?


    Li’s ears trembled lightly, already receiving the sniper rifle gunshots. She immediately retracted her gaze, just in time to see the concocted humanmander in the opposingmand vehicle raise his head towards the skies at that bright red trajectory, his face revealing a pensive look. Li’s mind immediately jumped! She originally already had a vague feeling that thismander was quite different from themanders she encountered in the past, and now, this further proved her suspicions. It was because concocted humans always had nk faces, never showing any expressions.


    Li clenched her teeth, and then while dragging the long de, suddenly rushed straight at themander! Even though there were a hundred meters separating them, she could still clearly see that themander first disyed shock, and then actually revealed a smile of disdain. In past battles, Li would only aim for themanders after wiping out all of the concocted human soldiers and destroying all of the tanks. This was the first time she made an exception. The fact that themander revealed shock meant that he had seriously studied Li’s past battles.


    He wasn’t an ordinary concocted human!


    Li forcefully suppressed the shock she felt, only rushing out a few steps, and then made a diagonal turn. The long de’s edge flew out, cutting open the wheel type off-road vehicle’s front tires, and then turned around to rush towards the direction where the signal bullet was fired.


    Li just couldn’t stop feeling worry for Li Gaolei.