Mech: Shattering of the Galaxy-Chapter 1429 - 164: Dark Thorny Plant
"A brilliant performance."
This sentence gently echoed through the tropical jungle.
Lu Qingxue's eyes showed no emotion as she pulled the bowstring again, and the arrow in her hand shot out like a comet striking the moon, violently crashing into a certain area.
Clang, boom!
When the arrow embedded into the tree trunk, the high-explosive charge in the arrowhead detonated instantly, blowing the tree into splinters.
Falling leaves fluttered down, but the applause continued to resonate.
"So cautious... actually, it would have been best if you had surrendered quietly."
A middle-aged man in a black, high-collared uniform elegantly walked out from the jungle.
Click.
Miller raised the heavy grenade launcher, aiming at that direction while leaping in front of Lu Qingxue.
But just as he was speaking, without a sound, another arrow suddenly ripped through the air from behind.
Clang, the arrow pierced through the man and embedded in the jungle behind.
The middle-aged man's figure distorted for a moment before returning to normal.
Mirror Image?
Lu Qingxue frowned coldly, wondering what the other party intended by setting such an elaborate ambush here.
"Good thing I set a trap in advance, or I would've fallen for your trick."
At the sound of the voice, Lu Qingxue spun around again, the arrow's tip aimed at... but this time, it was not the middle-aged man from before.
This time, it was a towering figure over two meters tall.
The person was holding a half-body shield, advancing like an ancient infantryman.
This time, Miller reacted faster than Lu Qingxue, making only one move.
Raised his gun.
Bam...
But at that moment, Miller's pupils suddenly contracted.
Because he saw the man's shield suddenly lifted and slammed down!
Boom!
The grenade was struck into the ground, kicking up a wave of dirt towards the sky.
The figure only wobbled slightly, then continued to hold the shield nonchalantly.
The portable grenade launcher, designed to attack bunkers, had no effect on him?
The combat power this hulking figure displayed was astonishing!
Behind the shield bearer, three dark figures began to stand out.
Silently watching the battle ahead.
The man standing in the center was clearly the middle-aged man who had appeared earlier.
Those cold eyes were calmly watching Lu Qingxue...
He had only one task here, which was to sever the little tail following Young Master Sigler.
He was the steward of the Cikui Family on the Capital Star, and also the highest-level envoy of the Cikui Family's liaison with the Iris Family, Lorenzo Fillmore!
Cikui, belonging to the Flower Sequence, was the loyal lackey of the Iris Family among the flower families on Capital Star.
In the Dark World on Capital Star, Lorenzo bore a tremendous reputation. Born of a collateral bloodline, he killed four of his direct-line brothers to climb the ranks by hitching to the Iris Family.
He himself was not particularly powerful; what made Lorenzo most feared was that insidiously cunning mind of his.
The "Dark Thorny Plant" was the formidable name he made for himself in service of the Iris Family over seven years.
But even he was a pawn arranged by Sigler Palm during this ruins expedition.
The lengths the Iris Family went to for this ruins expedition were evident.
Lu Qingxue and her partner were merely the second batch of prey to enter.
But this prey stirred a faint sense of anger in Lorenzo's heart.
He... lost two subordinates.
"Orsde, kill them."
He directed these words to the hulking figure in front, and as they fell, Orsde, with his heavy shield, charged forward like a raging rhino.
This hulking figure's explosive force was astonishing, leaving an afterimage where he stood with the first step.
The enemy was even stronger than expected!
In Miller's heart, the flames of battle roared to life, and he took a giant step forward, bowing to Lu Qingxue.
"My noble, beautiful, and powerful lady, may I, your Guardian Knight Miller, shield you from the enemy!"
After speaking, Miller fired a shot ahead, then charged forward with equal ferocity.
He casually slung the grenade launcher over his back.
Miller, fully armored, had fists covered with a layer of protruding steel armor.
Upon closer inspection, those protrusions were not particularly sharp, triangular prisms.
It was a steel gauntlet! 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Miller wanted to display strength before the woman who stole his heart.
Level 26 strength, in any part of the starry skies, was enough to stand proudly above the rest.
The fist tore through the air.
Two ferocious figures collided like comets!
Boom!
A shockwave exploded from between the fist and shield.
The ground erupted into a wave of dirt.
Time seemed to freeze in that 0.01 second.
Miller's eyes flashed with bewilderment, and his face suddenly flushed red.
Poof!
A mouthful of blood spurted out suddenly.
Miller, like a sack being swept away, flew horizontally four or five meters, rolling as he hit the ground.
As for Orsde, who had yet to show his face, he stopped calmly, shrugging as if flexing his joints.
Looking... very at ease.
On the massive half-body shield, there was a shallow fist pit.
His feet were simultaneously embedded into the soil nearly ten centimeters deep.
Yet he didn't retreat.
Lorenzo Fillmore squinted as he assessed the situation in the field.
He had brought eight people in.
Two were dead.
Six remained, with Orsde, known as the "Blood Lion," emerging from the underground fighting rings on Capital Star.
The two beside him shared a common label, "Double-headed Snake," masters of joint attack techniques, were a pair of twin master fighters Lorenzo had found traveling throughout the Federation.
Three remained, currently concealed in the forest, ensuring no other interference during this time.
His plan was to secure at least two hours for Young Master Sigler before everyone else could fall!
The time Sigler assigned him to hold out was one hour.
He considered this far from enough, and, as the most loyal servant of the Iris Family, he wanted to deliver a report with double marks.
He wanted Young Master Sigler to understand that the "Dark Thorny Plant" had not dulled with age; its thorns were only growing more vicious.
Lu Qingxue glanced over at the fallen Miller, and her gaze instantly locked onto the middle-aged Lorenzo, her toes lightly tapping the ground as she nimbly darted towards the forest.
At that moment, the strings of the mechanical compound bow were gripped by her slender fingers, and as she landed on the adjacent tree branch, the arrowhead tore through the air.
In that instant, Lorenzo felt an immense sense of danger between his eyebrows, but he did not dodge.
Because he trusted the Double-headed Snake.
Indeed, the twin brothers in black tight armor exchanged a glance, their eyes meeting in silence.
White light flashed behind them.
In an instant, two curved military sabers, slender like autumn leaves, were drawn from their backs and slashed down violently.
Clang!
Sparks flew in two places.
The full-metal armor-piercing arrow, almost invisible in its speed, was suddenly chopped down.
Lu Qingxue frowned again.
These two's crisp and neat swordsmanship...
"Ancient Martial Manifestation Style... Two grandmasters."
