Level 1 to Infinity: My Bloodline Is the Ultimate Cheat!-Chapter 161: Coordination

LVictor questioned Ethan in detail about the situation with the intruders. After a moment of thought, he said, "Leo, Williams, you two stay in the camp. I’ll find a position to cover us. Ethan, your energy can manipulate plants. Hide yourself and see if you can use the vegetation to ambush them. Also, you’ll be our eyes—that’s our advantage!"

After he finished speaking, he quickly helped Ethan adjust his walkie-talkie and slipped out of the camp, moving silently in the direction they had come from.

Ethan understood what Victor meant by their advantage. The intruders were likely all ability users, which gave them an edge. However, they almost certainly didn’t have anyone capable of using soul sense like Ethan.

The intruders were approaching from the opposite direction, forming a semicircle around the camp. Only one side remained open. Ethan followed Victor at a distance, stopping about forty meters from the camp in a small hollow. He crouched down, and the nearby plants began to gather around him, providing cover.

Ethan glanced around at the makeshift hideout created by the foliage. ’Well, I guess I can play the role of a plant-controlling ability user now,’ he thought.

Through his soul sense, Ethan could see that the six intruders were now less than thirty meters from the camp. Two of them had begun to flank the camp, while one had stopped right in front of Ethan’s position, hiding in the underbrush.

At that moment, two of the intruders stopped hiding and began walking openly toward the camp. As soon as they emerged, Leo and Williams spotted them.

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Leo immediately raised his submachine gun and shouted, "Who’s there? Stop!"

The two intruders exchanged a glance, and one of them raised his hands. "Hey, buddy, you’re from the Ember City M Squad, right?"

Celeste’s team was indeed designated as M Squad, so Leo knew what he was referring to. But he didn’t confirm it. Instead, he asked, "Who are you?"

"Don’t worry, we’re from the Terracotta City S Squad. We received a classified order from the Ninth Division to come support you," the man said with a friendly smile.

Leo feigned surprise. "Really?" Without waiting for a response, he lowered his gun and even turned off the safety, walking over with a swagger. He grabbed the man’s hand, his face lighting up with exaggerated relief.

"Bro, you have no idea how dangerous this mission has been. One of our team members turned traitor—a ghost possessed our captain and attacked two others. They’re dead, and we barely made it out alive! Having you here is a godsend. You’ve got to help us get revenge! Those two members who died… it was brutal…"

As Leo spoke, he began to sob uncontrollably, even using the man’s hand to wipe his nose and tears. Ethan, watching through his soul sense, almost burst out laughing. ’This guy should’ve just been an actor. He’s making this up on the spot without even a script!’

The intruder was visibly stunned, his expression frozen.

’So this is the famous M Squad? They’re way too trusting. And there are only two of them. We should’ve just attacked outright.’

He exchanged a glance with his companion. But as he turned his head, Leo seized the opportunity. He grabbed the man’s hair and yanked it downward while driving his knee upward with the force of his powerful leg muscles.

Thud!

The sound of Leo’s knee connecting with the man’s face echoed through the forest. Continue your journey on novelbuddy

Leo’s sudden attack came after Ethan’s voice crackled over the walkie-talkie: "Leo, be careful!"

Ethan had seen the man’s hand, hidden behind his back, transform into a claw with long, sharp nails. Both intruders were shape-shifters—one with wolf-like claws, the other with bear-like claws.

Ethan had warned Leo because he was worried he might get hurt. But Leo, being a top-tier special forces operative, had already noticed the intruder’s subtle movements.

As Leo grabbed the first intruder’s hair, the second one quickly moved to intervene. But Williams was ready. With a flick of his wrist, a gleaming dagger shot through the air, aimed straight at the second intruder’s face. The man dodged backward, narrowly avoiding the blade, but the brief delay was all Leo needed.

By the time the second intruder recovered, his companion was already airborne, courtesy of Leo’s devastating knee strike. Leo then turned his attention to the second intruder. With explosive speed, he closed the two-meter gap in an instant, launching himself into the air with another knee strike aimed at the man’s chest.

Watching this, Ethan was reminded of a character from an old fighting game he used to play—KOF97. There was a guy named Joe Higashi from the Fatal Fury team who had a move just like this. For a moment, Ethan even thought Leo looked a bit like Joe.

Meanwhile, the four intruders hiding in the shadows saw the fight break out and prepared to join the fray. But Leo’s knee strikes, combined with Williams’ precision, had already taken down their two companions.

The first intruder was sent flying by Leo’s knee, the impact likely knocking him out cold. The second intruder, distracted by Williams’ dagger throw, tried to dodge Leo’s follow-up knee strike. But Leo’s move was a feint. As the intruder stepped back to counter, Leo shifted his weight mid-air, turning the knee strike into a flying kick. His foot missed the man’s face by inches, but that wasn’t the real attack.

A flash of steel followed.

"Ugh…"

The shape-shifter, now sporting furry bear-like paws, clutched his throat and collapsed without another sound. He died without even understanding what had happened.

Only Ethan saw the full picture. Leo’s flying kick was a distraction. The real killing blow was the dagger Leo had hidden, which he dragged across the intruder’s throat as his foot passed by.

By the time Leo finished off the second intruder, Williams had already dealt with the first. He caught the airborne man with a perfectly timed dagger thrust, driving the blade up through the jaw and into the brain. The wolf-clawed shape-shifter died just as quickly, if not more unfairly.

The two elite soldiers had taken down their opponents in less than 5 seconds, their coordination flawless. Of course, Leo’s earlier acting had played a crucial role in setting up the ambush.

For two non-ability users to take down two shape-shifters in such a short time was nothing short of impressive. If the intruders had fully transformed, the fight might have gone very differently.

The four remaining intruders, still hidden, were caught off guard by the sudden violence. Though they reacted quickly, the fight was over before they could intervene.

As Leo and Williams dealt with their targets, Ethan launched his own attack on the intruder hiding just ten meters in front of him. If only I had a Bramble Bind skill right now, Ethan thought.

But before he could even attempt to manipulate the plants with his energy, a thicket of thorns suddenly sprouted from the ground, entangling the intruder’s legs. The man, who had just started to rise and run toward the camp, lost his balance and face-planted into the dirt.

Ethan, however, was stunned. What just happened?