Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER 93: Explosion
As a soldier who had been on the battlefield, the driver slammed on the brakes at Chen Chu's stern command, causing the two vehicles behind to stop in haste as well.
Screech!!
With the sudden braking, many students lurched forward due to inertia, but fortunately, no one fell out. After all, they were all cultivators at the double heaven level.
“What’s going on?”
“What happened?”
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!
While the new students nervously inquired, Liu Feng, Li Meng, and others didn’t hesitate to put on their helmets, grab their weapons, and jump down from the truck.
Chen Chu and Xia Youhui also donned their helmets and leaped down.
Zhao Zhilong and Xiao Hai, on the other hand, flickered and appeared on the roof of the vehicle like phantoms, their sharp gazes immediately scanning the small town ahead, which was the ideal place for an ambush.
However, after a simple sweep, the two found nothing and looked down at Chen Chu in confusion. “Chen, do you see anything?”
Chen Chu looked at the small town a hundred meters away and said slowly, “There are people lying in ambush inside, but not many.”
Just now, he had sensed several malicious gazes.
Yet, what made him call for a stop was not those gazes, but an overwhelming sense of danger, as if they would die the moment they advanced any further.
Thinking of this, Chen Chu focused his gaze ahead, where the four-lane road that had been severed by an aerial bomb was filled with hard earth. Though it wasn’t concrete, it was still passable.
However, upon closer inspection, Chen Chu noticed some of the hard earth showed signs of being disturbed.
Though those who had dug it up had covered their tracks and aged it artificially, the tire marks were slightly different from those of the truck that had passed earlier.
Xia Youhui, carrying the Heavy Shield, perked up. “A Chu, are they blood disciples?”
At this moment, Li Meng and the others also gathered closer.
Chen Chu nodded slightly. “They might be rebels, right over there. It’s up to you guys.”
As he spoke, Chen Chu pointed to the edge of the small town, where a building had collapsed from cannon fire, forming a pile of bricks.
“But be careful, don’t walk on the road ahead.”
Li Meng’s eyes lit up immediately. “Brothers, there’s a chance for contributions! Whoever catches one first gets it…”
“Charge!”
Before Li Meng could finish, Xia Youhui unleashed a heavy aura, a faint earthy glow enveloping half of the Heavy Shield, and with a bang, he charged forward.
“Damn, wait for us!”
The others were startled, and a powerful aura erupted from them, all cultivators at the mid to late stages of double heaven, as they rushed to catch up, as if they would miss out on a meal if they were late.
The scene left the new students behind in shock.
Thanks to Chen Chu’s warning, Xia Youhui and the others avoided the road and swiftly crossed dozens of meters, their fierce momentum racing toward the pile of bricks.
“Not good! They’ve been discovered, retreat!”
Boom!
The pile of bricks exploded, and seven hidden figures burst forth, decisively running toward the small town to escape using the terrain.
These individuals had varying levels of power, from the first to second heaven, and their actions were rapid and decisive, clearly not like the frenzied blood disciples.
At this moment, one of the fleeing figures suddenly turned around, wielding a single-shot cannon, and fired a rocket.
“Damn.” Bai Mu, who was at the front, was startled and quickly dodged.
Boom!
The blazing fire engulfed a two-meter radius, and the shockwave from the explosion mixed with flying shrapnel halted Li Meng and the others for a moment.
After all, they were still at the double heaven level and couldn’t erect true power to shield themselves, but...
“Hahahaha... You still can’t outrun me.” Xia Youhui, who had been overtaken earlier, charged through the shockwave, braving the flames while carrying the Heavy Shield, his aura wild.
At that moment, more than a dozen black shadows flew directly towards Xia Youhui, scaring him into quickly positioning the Heavy Shield in front of him, shielding himself behind it.