Forty or fifty kilometers away from the Sky Fortress, there is an abandoned settlement that was rarely visited. But tonight, it seems particularly lively. In the night, you can hear continuous gunshots, the sounds made by star-like firearms and gunpowder rifles, making the night seem no longer peaceful.
At this time, outside the settlement, a ray of fire rose into the sky, and then the fire left a bright trail and projected towards the center of the settlement.
The guided missile didn't have time to hit its target before it was hit by a silver stream rising from the settlement. The missile exploded in mid-air, releasing an orange-yellow fireball. The shock wave of the explosion knocked down several sheds below the settlement, and then burning fragments flew out of the flames and fell all around.
Outside the settlement stood a row of chariots, which had obviously been modified and had different styles. Some were light, some were clumsy, but they all had one thing in common: they all had a lot of weapon platforms.
Two of the bulky chariots even had a star-element main gun each.
"Damn it, if I wasn't worried about damaging the medium, I would have flattened this broken place long ago." On one of the chariots, a bald man stood out. He was a man in his forties, with his hair shaved clean off. On his bald head was a red scorpion tattoo, with a segmented scorpion tail extending from the back of his neck to his chest.
He was wearing a crimson suit of armor and carrying a pitch-black spear on his shoulder. He put one foot on the hood of the chariot and looked impatiently at the settlement ahead.
"Boss Red Scorpion, if we keep fighting like this, there's no telling how long it will take. How about we use cannons to blow them out?" suggested a man with a slicked-back hair and a pair of strange claws hanging from his waist.
The man known as the 'Red Scorpion' glared at him and said, "I want to blow up the medium, and you'll pay for it?"
"I've been stuck at level 6 for so long, and finally found out there are level 7 materials here. This is my only hope for promotion. If I miss it again, who knows when I'll be able to get such a medium again."
"You know, this is a level 7 medium! Even if I'm willing to work hard for Fortress, I may not be able to get this good thing in my lifetime."
The Red Scorpion gritted his teeth and shouted, "Attack them. Get them to attack me. Even if it costs lives, I will get this medium tonight!"
"I understand." His men put the strange claws on their hands and shouted, "Come on, come on. Whoever can grab the medium will be rewarded handsomely by the boss."
The Red Scorpion shouted, "That's right, whoever can grab the medium will be given a hundred gold bars!"
As the saying goes, when there is a big reward, there will always be brave men.
In the wilderness, one hundred gold bars are a huge fortune. With them, you can even retire and find a fortress with a good environment to spend the rest of your life.
So, one by one the strong men roared and charged forward as if they were risking their lives.
At this time, a radio was broadcasted in the settlement, and someone shouted through the instrument: "Red Scorpion Mercenaries, are you all crazy? You dare to snatch a level 7 medium? Do you think that someone who can put together a set of level 7 medium materials is someone that you, a mercenary group, can deal with?"
"Even if you manage to grab the medium tonight, the owner of the medium will not let you go. It's not too late for you to stop now."
After hearing these words, the men who were about to charge stopped and looked at each other.
They are right.
How can someone who can put together a set of level 7 media materials be an ordinary person? Such a person is either very powerful or
The one who holds great power in one side.
No matter which one it is, if the Red Scorpion Mercenaries offend such a person, they will suffer the consequences in the future.
Although a hundred gold bars are tempting, money is something that needs a lifetime to be spent.
Suddenly, the mercenary group's offensive slowed down. Seeing this, the bald man on the chariot snorted and shouted, "You bunch of idiots, don't let others scare you into becoming weak-legged crabs."
"So what if he's a big shot, a master, or a strong man? As long as we grab the things and hide in the wilderness immediately, can he still hunt us all over the world?"
"Besides, when I become level 7, why would I be afraid of a guy who hasn't been promoted?"
After saying that, the spear on Red Scorpion's shoulder bounced up, and a ball of star light rose up. Then it condensed into substance and covered his whole body. It was the star light that transformed into fighting spirit.
He jumped off the chariot and pointed his spear: "Charge in, don't be afraid. Whoever can get the medium will be given 120 gold bars!"
Hearing this, the mercenaries were excited again. Unexpectedly, the radio inside sounded again: "Whoever kills the Red Scorpion will be rewarded with 200 gold bars!"
The mercenary group, which was originally roaring with killing sounds, quieted down after hearing this. Even the man with the strange claws on the gloves looked at the bald man.
The same is true for all other mercenary soldiers.
Two hundred gold bars!
Two hundred in total.
This was almost double what the Red Scorpion had promised. How could they not take action? Before they finished, they heard the broadcast inside say again: "I am not kidding. I mean what I say. Look to the northwest. Do you see a small red building?"
Everyone looked towards the northwest and saw a small red building with lights on. Someone walked up and opened a box, which was full of golden bars.
The Red Scorpion's promise was still verbal, but the other side directly took out the real thing. Immediately, these men swallowed their saliva.
Suddenly, the man closest to the Red Scorpion turned his gun around and shouted, "Fire!"
Unfortunately, the star element beam shot at the Red Scorpion's fighting spirit, but it did not cause any ripples. But this action made the Red Scorpion so angry that his mouth twisted. Without saying a word, he pointed his spear, and the tip of the spear shot out a beam of fighting spirit, stabbing a hole in the chest of the soldier who dared to turn against him.
"Are you idiots? As long as we kill them, the gold bars will be ours. Is there any need to betray me?"
"Besides, do you think you can kill me?"
The Red Scorpion shouted loudly and fired his spear continuously. In a blink of an eye, three men with greedy looks on their faces were all killed.
Under the bloody suppression of the Red Scorpions, these people realized the situation and continued to charge and fight.
The Red Scorpion snorted, looked towards the small building, and swirled his fighting spirit inward, attaching it to the tip of his spear, and fiercely stabbed towards the small building.
boom!
A beam of fighting spirit shot out from the tip of the gun, cutting through the air like a river across the night sky, and hit the small building.
The small building exploded on the spot.
Seeing how powerful the Red Scorpion's gun was, the soldiers dared not resist and rushed into the settlement, quickly occupying every inch of land and forcing the enemy's guards deeper into the settlement.
"Ahem"
A man crawled out from the rocks in a panic. He was wearing a golden mask and looked around: "Where is the medium? How is the medium?"
"The medium is fine," one soldier reported.
Gold heaved a sigh of relief.
, and then smiled bitterly: "If Bidou doesn't come, we can only retreat. I don't want to die here for a set of media, although if I do so, my reputation with the God of Death will fall to the bottom."
"Damn it, who leaked the news?"
He exhaled and shouted, "Hold on for another five minutes. After five minutes, we will retreat."
This is the most I can do, and what's more, I also got a secret laboratory.
loss!
What a loss!
Outside the settlement, Red Scorpion, carrying his war spear, approached with a sneer. Suddenly, he felt a shudder of fear, and without thinking too much, or caring about his image, he suddenly rolled behind a small building with his spear in his arms.
He had just left his original position when the earth and rocks suddenly exploded, creating a hole as big as a bowl.
Then, gunshots were heard in the distance.
Red Scorpion's expression changed: "Damn, there's a sniper?"
He immediately changed his position and his rich combat experience saved him. He had just moved when the outer wall of the small building where he had been hiding exploded. The bowl-sized hole made Red Scorpion's heart tremble.
"Damn it, there's a sniper, find him out!" Red Scorpion shouted as he moved. He didn't dare to be careless, and transformed all his star essence into fighting spirit, so the fighting spirit in his body became more and more condensed.
At the same time, it becomes brighter and brighter.
It is as obvious as a lighthouse on the sea.
"If you don't know how to use 'Hide', this is probably what it will be like."
About 1 kilometer away from the settlement, Tianyang was using the Sentinel Eye as a telescope, taking in the glowing red scorpion.
Xing Luo's sniper rifle was firing at a certain frequency. She was trying to drive the strongest guy in the mercenary group out of the settlement.
The people brought by Bidou, including himself, have already headed for the settlement. Even without Tianyang, the Red Scorpion is doomed to return empty-handed tonight.
But that was his medium after all, an important item for his father's promotion. Tianyang lowered his sentinel pupils, took out "Autumn Water", and went towards the Red Scorpion.
Tian Yang was sure that Xing Luo would force him to come to him. He thought that it was a good opportunity to borrow the Red Scorpion to try out the sword and see if this long sword from the Shadow Palace had any other special features besides being able to stimulate sword energy.
On the other side, the Red Scorpion, who had no idea that he had become Tianyang's sword grindstone, was dodging Xing Luo's attacks while cursing, and unknowingly moving towards Tianyang.
He was almost certain that the sniper in the dark was at least a level 5 expert, otherwise he would not have forced himself into this state.
Not to mention rank 5, even if it is rank 4, as long as you cannot lock on to the opponent and cannot kill him, the situation will not change much.
He would still be forced to run around by the opponent's bullets, but if it was a low-level one, then the Red Scorpion would be no match for the opponent's attack. But he had just taken a risk and tried it once, and found that the opponent's star bullets almost broke his fighting spirit armor.
That’s why we can judge that his rank is at least 5.
Now the Red Scorpion did not dare to be careless, he knew that his class was ultimately at a disadvantage due to his short arms, so he had to dodge the attack while determining the enemy's position based on the trajectory, and then try to approach and kill him.
Just as he dodged another attack, suddenly, the Red Scorpion caught a strange sound.
At the same time, a faint sword light, like smoke and fog, cut through the air and shot towards me...