The sharp blade against my neck was chillingly cold.
The blade sank slightly into the flesh, easily cutting through Xu Qingran's almost nonexistent mental defense in front of the opponent, and stabbing his throat with one blow. But he remained calm, as if the sharp blade in front of his lifeline was just a toy.
He even asked back calmly: "So what?"
The blood he had stained in the apocalypse might have been more than this kid had ever seen in his life, so it was normal for him to detect a strange aura on the other person.
The person holding him was very happy with his reaction and laughed behind him. The warm breath on the back of his neck made him feel uncomfortable, and for the first time he truly experienced what the "hehe" laughter mentioned in the book was like.
Uncomfortably sharp.
The man lowered his voice and made the tone ambiguous: "Just like you can sense my breath, I can also feel the message conveyed by your soul."
Xu Qingran kept a straight face and did not respond.
I just heard that person say leisurely: "After I went back that day, I kept thinking, how could there be such a special and contradictory person in the world."
"The body is pure and weak, like an angel that has fallen to the earth. One can't help wanting to break the pair of broken wings. But the soul inside is like a demon that has fought out of hell. The smell of blood on one's hands makes one tremble with excitement!"
Xu Qingran thought that he should be the wanted criminal named Minghai in the news reports.
The identification is complete, this is the real pervert.
He glanced at the knife at his neck and said nonchalantly, "Really? But I see you hold the knife against my hand pretty steady."
After saying that, he suddenly elbowed the person behind him.
Minghai reacted quickly, as if he had expected him to do so, and quickly avoided his attack. But Xu Qingran's action was just a cover, and he took advantage of Minghai's momentary distraction and slid away from his hold.
The hand holding the short knife tried to keep the person and slashed hard. The special blade infused with spiritual power slightly brushed against Xu Qingran's neck in the air, leaving a deep red mark on the fair skin.
Even so, Xu Qingran still managed to create a small distance between him and temporarily pulled his precarious life back from the edge of the cliff.
The knife-wielding man was wearing a burgundy hooded sweatshirt today.
The hat on his head became loose due to the intense movement, and fell down when the wind blew from the top of the mountain. His face, which was already pale, looked even more ghostly pale in the moonlight, his eye sockets were deep and dark, and his pure black pupils were deep and dim.
Indeed, he looks quite similar to the one in the wanted photo.
Minghai's hand holding the knife slowly dropped, his eyes full of praise: "You are really good at fighting. I really want to have a good fight with you."
"My mental strength is not as strong as yours, wouldn't that be a disadvantage?" Xu Qingran raised his eyebrows, "I also appreciate opponents who fight hard. If you are willing to put down your mental strength and fight me in a full-on melee, I can cooperate with you."
Ming Hai's eyes lit up, and he immediately let go of the sharp dagger in his hand, and said in a casual manner: "Of course no problem."
Two gazes met in the air, one cold and one crazy.
In the blink of an eye, the two collided with each other.
Ming Hai is an experienced murderer. The reason why he was able to succeed was entirely due to his absolutely overwhelming E-type mental power. Without the use of mental power, he was more like a mad dog with his bare hands.
There was no method, but he could rely on his natural sense of the weak points of a life to attack the most fatal place. Although Xu Qingran relied on supernatural powers to attack in his previous life, due to the diversity of the group, he actually used supernatural powers to fight with the target in close combat more often.
Therefore, in this pure fighting situation, the experienced Xu Qingran was more at ease. He could always predict and avoid Minghai's attack on his vitals in advance. After several rounds of fighting, he seized the opportunity and punched Minghai's most vulnerable part of the abdomen.
The kind that was infused with all of his mental strength.
Minghai was caught off guard and was successfully attacked by him, staggering a few steps in pain.
His expression of pain and smile was a little distorted: "We agreed not to use mental power. You are violating the rules by not following martial ethics."
Xu Qingran chuckled and looked down at the man who was bending slightly: "Do I look like a good citizen who follows the rules and abides by the law?"
When fighting with a lunatic like this, of course you can gain any advantage you can.
Only a fool would follow the rules, not to mention that the purpose was to blackmail him.
Minghai lowered his head and laughed a few times.
A faint light flashed in his eyes, and the next second he burst out with all his strength and rushed towards Xu Qingran.
Although Xu Qingran had anticipated this and tried to avoid it, the gap between this body and Type E was still too big. In the blink of an eye, he was pushed hard and hit the fallen aircraft.
The mental force of class oppression descended instantly, making him unable to move. He could only look coldly at the person who was oppressing him.
Minghai looked around his delicate and beautiful face with a smile, and finally immersed himself in those eyes.
He tilted his head slightly, pinched Xu Qingran's neck tightly with his palm, and said: "Your soul has not yet taken shape, but judging from your nature, you really fit the E type."
"But it's strange. You are different from other E-types that disgust me. You have a strong attraction in your soul. I feel that if I look at you a few more times, I will fall in love with you uncontrollably."
Ming Hai didn't say this just to disgust people.
Xu Qingran's soul did give him, an E-type, a desire to seize and possess at all costs. He didn't understand why this was happening and was simply expressing his instinctive likes and dislikes.
Xu Qingran looked at Minghai's infatuated eyes, pursed his lips and thought, he didn't really want this love.
He was still thinking about how to get out of this predicament, but he saw Minghai suddenly tilt his head to the side, and the smile on his face suddenly disappeared. Minghai grabbed his body and pushed him to the side, while he also retreated to the opposite position.
Like avoiding something.
After Xu Qingran steadied himself, he looked up and saw a long straight line as thick as a fishing line, but extremely bright, sliding across the sky. The elongated tail of light quickly dissipated into the night, and the next moment, the aircraft that he and Minghai had just leaned on exploded with a bang.
He was stunned for a moment, stared down at the metal fragments on the ground, and fell silent.
Shit, this was his only available means of transportation.
In the direction from which the mental attack came, stood another tall figure. The other person's black and gold long windbreaker fluttered in the wind, and the golden wing badge on his chest reflected the moonlight, which was beautiful and elegant, and the spiritual light under his blue eyes was still rippling slightly.
When Ming Hai saw the newcomer, his eyes instantly showed a fighting spirit as if he had seen an old enemy, with hatred and expectation: "Long time no see, Admiral Shen of the Imperial Golden Wing Battalion."
Xu Qingran was speechless.
He knew that only a bastard like Shen Tingyu could do such a thing, only wanting to kill the target without caring about the life and death of others.
"I heard that you were able to leave the evil tower with the best grades." Ming Hai laughed heartlessly, "Look at me, I was able to leave without taking any exams!"
"Rules and such are just decorations for Type E."
Shen Tingyu took back the spiritual force gun he had just used, smiled lightly, and said in a low voice: "Indeed, I should have ignored the rules of the Empire and the Evil Tower and killed you directly."
Ming Hai was one of the Type E criminals who was arrested and imprisoned in Tower 2 a few years ago.
Shen Tingyu had fought with him at that time, but he was different from other E-type people who were crushed. Even if he was beaten so hard that his eyes trembled, he would still come to him like a madman the next time and continue to be beaten. Every fight between them ended in blood.
Later he discovered that Ming Hai was different from ordinary E-type people.
At least his mental potential is higher than any of them, and he is a very difficult one. So when faced with his active provocation, he ignored it. It was not until some time later that he accidentally heard the tower commander mention that he had killed several patrol officers and E-types on the same floor, and was sent to Tower 1 for punishment.
The more talented the E-type is, the worse the impression they have of each other when they meet.
Before Xu Qingran could figure out the grudge between the two, he saw them fighting fiercely with short knives for close combat. Even Shen Tingyu, who was always gentle and restrained, put away his smile, his eyes glowed red, and he vowed to tear the other party to pieces with disgust and repulsion.
The same goes for Minghai.
When the two blades carrying spiritual power collided, the spiritual force field that was shaken out was like a hurricane that swept across, causing sand and rocks to fly around, and the grass and trees to sway. It also made him, a low-level spiritual pool spectator who was close to him, feel uncomfortable in his heart.
The system exclaimed: "Is this a duel between two super-powerful E-types?!"
Xu Qingran asked it: "Who is that Ming Hai?"
"There's not much information on this, but he's a super antisocial type E. He acts crazy and does whatever he wants, has no empathy, and loves the feeling of pleasure he gets from killing others."
Regardless of whether it was Shen Tingyu or Ming Hai, every time they stabbed, they aimed at the other's aorta, and the murderous intent in their eyes was never hidden. The collision of mental power became more and more fierce, and in comparison, it became clear that these two people had only teased him before, and had not yet reached the point of really killing him.
Xu Qingran sneered.
Should he thank these two people for thinking of him as so weak
In the end, Shen Tingyu, who had received more training and had more fighting experience, gradually gained the upper hand in this fight. The thin and pale man was kicked mercilessly by him and vomited blood. In the moment when he tried to catch his breath, he completely lost the opportunity to fight back and was beaten again with internal injuries and fractured bones.
Ming Hai was beaten to the ground, and Shen Tingyu looked down at him from above, with a cold and stern look in his eyes, and a heavy sense of fatigue. He took out the mental force gun he was wearing, wanting to ignore the rigid rules of the empire and kill the man on the spot.
No one knew better than him that staying with an E-type like Ming Hai would only cause trouble.
However, before he could pull the trigger, the man lying on the ground, holding his wound and spitting blood while laughing, suddenly took out a small machine. Then he pressed the button, and Shen Tingyu's movements suddenly stopped. There was a buzzing sound like an explosion in the mental pool, which temporarily curbed the urging of his mental power.
"Ha, this thing is really effective for people whose mental pool has been injured." Ming Hai stood up shakily, a fierce murderous intent flashing across his eyes.
He bent down to pick up the knife on the ground and chuckled, "That's why I said, Admiral, you chose the wrong way to leave the evil tower."
After saying that, he wanted to counterattack when Shen Tingyu lost his strength.
When he looked up, he found that Xu Qingran, who had been watching from a distance, had come to him at some point and kicked the weapon out of his hand when he hesitated.
Minghai's strength was greatly weakened by Shen Tingyu, and Xu Qingran looked down on him even more.
"Sorry, if you want to kill him now, you have to get my permission first." He said this expressionlessly, and then kicked the man down the mountain without mercy.
After finishing, he stood on the edge of the cliff and took a look.
The forest below was pitch black and visibility was poor.
"Shen Tingyu," Xu Qingran called out, and then turned back to look at the person standing still, "He won't die from this height, right?"
Shen Tingyu's attention became distracted from the moment Minghai pressed the strange machine, and even his vision was affected. He saw double images whenever he looked up. It was not until Xu Qingran called his name that his consciousness gradually returned and he could hear the words that came to his ears.
After a long while, he smiled and replied, "I can't die."
"If you chase him, he might have already left."
Xu Qingran could only curl his lips in disappointment. He walked up to him and was about to ask a question, but the other party spoke first: "Xu Qingran."
Shen Tingyu looked at him, with a tenderness in his eyes blurred by the moonlight, and he didn't know how much of it was real or fake.
"Can you help me with something?" he asked.
Xu Qingran rarely saw Shen Tingyu make a request, so he hesitated and said, "It depends on what it is."
"It's very simple." Shen Tingyu sighed, "Let me lean on it for a while."
As soon as the words fell, before Xu Qingran even realized what was meant by the words, the weight of another adult man fell on him. He subconsciously reached out to hold the other's strong waist, and in shock he heard the whisper echoing in his ears.
"It's just that I've been a little exhausted these days. Just give me a few minutes to relax, and then I'll be able to walk properly."
Shen Tingyu hasn't slept for more than ten days.
During this period, in addition to being responsible for ensuring the defense line of the Sky Eagle System, he also had to deal with trivial matters assigned by his superiors. He ran back and forth with almost no rest time, and his slowly recovering mental pool had already reached its limit.
On the way home, I happened to meet Ming Hai, who was wanted by the empire. After a fight, I was almost exhausted. Moreover, I encountered his conspiracy, which caused the mental pool that had just stabilized some time ago to become disordered and painful again. It is estimated that the time for the next inhibitor to be used will have to be advanced.
The problem with the spirit pool is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.
After a long silence, Xu Qingran suddenly punched him hard in the waist and abdomen.
Then he sneered and said, "No."
Shen Tingyu frowned slightly and didn't let the muffled groan in his throat escape.
The hand that was holding him did not let go immediately.
Xu Qingran still remembered what happened just now: "I remember that someone's eyes glowed red as soon as he saw the target, and he wanted to kill me too."
Shen Tingyu lowered his eyes and chuckled: "No, that attack couldn't even penetrate his body, so even if you didn't dodge, you couldn't be hurt."
After saying that, he got punched again.
Shen Tingyu laughed angrily.
Someone really took out his anger when he couldn't resist.
Xu Qingran said in a cold and fierce tone: "You also blew up my aircraft!"
"Yeah." Shen Tingyu responded, with the ending tone hanging a little long, "I will compensate you."
After saying that, he leaned against Xu Qingran and gently closed his eyes, allowing his spirit pool to recover a little.
The night was cool, and I could smell Xu Qingran's light fragrance, which matched his temperament very well. Even with every breath, I could feel the spiritual energy emanating from the depths of his soul.
It felt surprisingly comfortable when I put it on my body, without the disgust and rejection I had expected.
That's also strange.
Although they were so close, at the moment when their mental powers intertwined, he suddenly realized that he didn't actually want to kill Xu Qingran.
The atmosphere was quiet, and suddenly the person he was leaning against spoke.
I asked him calmly, "So what? What happened to you just now?"
(End of this chapter)