As the light blades grew faster and more numerous, so did the number of telekinetic cutting lines. The lieutenant's movements quickened, blood spurting continuously from his wounds, forming an eerie trail of crimson light around him before dripping onto the ground.
Suddenly, the lieutenant felt dizzy, and his body involuntarily slowed down. The feeling of weakness and powerlessness startled him.
But the lieutenant immediately realized he was losing too much blood. The opponent's intention was clear: to use a fast and intense offensive to block all his escape routes, giving the opponent no chance to breathe. If this continued, he would eventually die from blood loss from the silver threads and light blades, and the violent movements were causing his wounds to reopen, making the bleeding even faster.
Death was inevitable, so why not make one last desperate attempt? The lieutenant instantly understood his final fate. With a tragic roar, he shot towards Ling Yun like an arrow released from a bow. He was much faster than several privates. Like a black lightning bolt, even the telekinetic cutting lines couldn't keep up with his speed. Only two gleaming blades of light flew diagonally upwards, piercing the lieutenant's back with a soft thud.
Ling Yun was trying to dodge the lieutenant's desperate final strike. Strong individuals often have a last resort to save their lives. Especially this kind of suicidal attack, which carries immense danger and ferocity, potentially exceeding the lieutenant's usual attacks by several times. If he could dodge, Ling Yun would never choose to confront it head-on.
In fact, Ling Yun hadn't anticipated that the lieutenant's life would end so quickly. There was clearly a huge gap in strength between a private and a lieutenant. Ling Yun expected another fierce battle to follow.
Unexpectedly, the lieutenant was already fearful, and faced with Ling Yun's attack, he became hesitant and timid, which meant he lost the initiative. In addition, he was injured first. With the balance of power shifting, he ultimately paid the price with his life.
In a flash, Ling Yun suddenly changed his mind. Perhaps only a head-on collision like that between trains could truly demonstrate his strength and courage. If he relied solely on opportunism and luck, although it might have some effect in the short term, it would be useless against a true powerhouse. In the end, it was strength that mattered.
Facing the lieutenant whose entire body radiated a blazing mental energy field, Ling Yun felt a fire ignite within him as well. His opponent was burning his own life force in an instant to deliver an unparalleled final blow. No special techniques would be of any use; only the most basic and deeply applied skill of a superhuman—the mental energy field—would suffice.
Unable to contain his rage, Ling Yun unleashed his mental energy field to its maximum, making it almost tangible, hovering a meter in front of him. A slight popping sound emanated from the air, the sound of the mental energy field compressing the air.
A faint, wisp of silver light, like wisps of smoke, flickered around Ling Yun, a sign that his spiritual energy field was about to solidify.
In Ling Yun's dilated pupils, the lieutenant's movements slowed drastically. Countless data flashed across the lieutenant's body before instantly being transmitted back to Ling Yun's mind and stored. The lieutenant's attack power was precisely analyzed using the copying technique, and as the lieutenant approached, the attack power continued to rise.
As the two drew closer, the air rapidly heated up, and invisible, transparent flames formed within the rippling air.
In the second before a volcanic eruption, a tsunami, or an earthquake, all sound disappears, leaving only infinite silence and emptiness.
The blinding light emanated from the lieutenant's violent impact on Ling Yun's mental field, instantly illuminating the pitch-black wilderness within a radius of tens of meters as bright as day.
Ling Yun felt as if he were hugging a blazing furnace. The intense heat and force of the attack made him feel as if he were being evaporated, and his blood, feeling the heat that could melt anything, began to boil intensely.
The boy retreated rapidly in a straight line, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground. In those two short seconds, Ling Yun felt as if he had been plunged into hell, suffocating. His supernatural abilities surged from his body like a tidal wave, draining him of all his energy in the blink of an eye. He desperately resisted the immense impact; if he had been just a fraction of a second off, the lieutenant would have pierced through his frail chest.
With a thud, Ling Yun's back slammed hard against a tree as thick as his waist. His body jolted violently before he stopped his retreat, his face instantly turning ashen. He coughed up a mouthful of blood.
With a sharp crack, the tree snapped cleanly at its thickest point, and most of the heavy trunk tilted backward from where Ling Yun had struck it, slowly crashing to the ground with countless branches and leaves, making a heavy thud.
The lieutenant's body finally came to a stop, and the flames formed by his mental energy field had extinguished. He stood on the ground in a strange posture, his body slightly leaning forward, as if still preparing to dive, but the empty and lifeless look in his eyes indicated that all the vitality of life had left his body.
Chapter 86 The Steel Captain (1)
Ling Yun slowly straightened up. His self-healing ability quickly took effect, and within moments, color returned to his face. The temporary depletion of qi and blood caused by the tremendous impact also recovered considerably.
Although the lieutenant's final, life-force attack was incredibly fierce, Ling Yun's timely retreat had absorbed most of the force, and the strong mental energy field defense played a significant role. As for Ling Yun himself, he hadn't suffered much damage. His self-healing would quickly restore him to full health.
Of course, that wasn't the most crucial point. Ling Yun was willing to risk serious injury to directly and without any fancy moves take the lieutenant's full-force attack head-on, actually to test his confidence and courage in the face of a strong opponent. Exchanging a minor injury for mental growth was undoubtedly well worth it. This would play a vital role in Ling Yun's future development.
The telekinetic scan of the lieutenant's body confirmed his death.
it's all over.
Just as Ling Yun was about to turn and leave, he suddenly frowned, raised his right hand, and several silver lines of mental energy suddenly appeared in the air, quickly cutting towards a certain direction in the air.
A silver ball of light suddenly flashed in the air, easily deflecting several silver lines.
Ling Yun felt a chill and withdrew the silver threads of his mental energy field.
The ball of light flashed and disappeared, followed by a figure slowly emerging in the air, dressed in a black, tight-fitting uniform. The figure had an unremarkable appearance and medium height, seemingly unremarkable, but Ling Yun's pupils contracted slightly. Three bronze-colored Heavenly Eye symbols were embroidered on the other person's shoulder.
This indicates that the other party is a captain in the Sky Eye Society. They are the most powerful superhumans among the junior officers.
"Not bad, you were able to tell me. I'd like to ask you, how did you figure it out?" The captain asked politely with a gentle smile.
Ling Yun remained silent. Naturally, he wouldn't tell the captain the secret of possessing the Eye of Illusion. Unless it was an extremely special form of concealment or the difference in strength was too great, all concealment and disguise were exposed before the Eye of Illusion. Moreover, the Eye of Illusion had a reinforcing effect. Not only could it see through various concealments, but it could also be used to conceal oneself.
Before the lieutenant delivered the final blow, Ling Yun hadn't yet discovered the captain's invisibility. It was certain that the captain had also just arrived, simply wanting to avoid being discovered by Ling Yun. His purpose was clear: to track Ling Yun and find the true location of the Heavenly Eye. Obviously, the captain had already seen through the deception of the Heavenly Eye on Ling Yun's neck.
He had time to save the lieutenant, but the captain didn't. Clearly, the deaths of the lieutenant and several privates were not a concern for the captain.
"Your subordinates have been killed. Don't you want to avenge them?" Ling Yun asked a completely unrelated question.
"They are not my subordinates, and I have no obligation to avenge them." The captain did not delve further, but said slowly, "My goal is clear: to obtain the Heavenly Eye. Everything else is none of my concern."
“And I saw it.” The colonel paused, then continued, “One minute and thirty-five seconds. I timed it. You’re really good.”
Ling Yun watched the captain without showing any emotion. He didn't quite understand what the captain meant, so he remained silent, waiting for the captain to explain himself completely.
The captain's face was flat, but his nose was high and arched, making him look somewhat like a mixed-race person of East and West: "What I mean is, you killed three privates in one minute and thirty-five seconds. Although they were not very strong, they attacked you together. Even if I were to take down all three of them head-on, it would take me about a minute and a half."
Ling Yun's heart sank. He had only managed to kill the three privates by taking advantage of their underestimation and by choosing the perfect moment, caught them off guard. The captain, on the other hand, clearly intended to kill the three privates in a head-on confrontation. Although the time taken for both was similar, the actual difference in their strength was enormous.
Clearly, the captain had no reason to lie. If what he said was true, then the captain's strength had far exceeded Ling Yun's expectations.
"Thank you for the compliment, I was just lucky." Ling Yun replied in a deep voice, having no better idea at the moment, he could only continue to stall for time. With every second that passed, Gu Xiaorou's injuries healed a little more. As long as they could get through tonight, by tomorrow night, Gu Xiaorou's injuries would be fully healed.
The captain smiled faintly: "Luck is also part of strength. At least they are dead and you are still alive, that's the difference. You are an experienced superhuman, very good at disguising yourself, and you can always seize the right opportunity in battle. When it's time to strike, you strike without hesitation."
"Thank you," Ling Yun said simply. He had no reply.
"You're welcome." The captain replied politely, his tone suddenly turning cold. "However, in the face of a true powerhouse, you can't rely on these opportunities and luck to bridge the gap in strength. Otherwise, even Lady Luck won't be able to save your life."
Before Ling Yun could answer, the captain continued in a chilling tone, "I don't know you, and I don't know what your relationship with Gu Xiaorou is. But if you can help me find her and get the Heavenly Eye, I might consider letting you and her go. You're an interesting guy, and I really don't want to kill you."
Ling Yun gave a disdainful sneer: "Respected Captain, I'm not a child. Don't you think your promise is a bit too naive?"
“Never mind how childish it is, the problem is you had no choice. Don’t think I didn’t attack just now because I admire you. I was just checking if there were any of your companions around. The Chinese superhuman organizations are troublesome opponents. I don’t have much time to linger here.” The captain said slowly, but began to unbutton his uniform and then took off his black tight-fitting uniform shirt and threw it on the ground.
Ling Yun took a slight step back, his pupils contracting slightly as countless indistinct data points flashed within them, analyzing the captain's potential attack power. To the naked eye, the captain's body was incredibly muscular, with prominent, well-defined muscles that rivaled those of a bodybuilding champion. And beneath each muscle, an explosive, destructive power seemed to emanate from within.