No boiling water, no screams of alarm!
All around was a deathly silence and a series of stunned faces.
Bullets flew in all directions.
Even soldiers couldn’t achieve what he did.
This wasn’t just a matter of instinct. This ability to dodge bullets could only come from a premonition so sharp it could sense danger itself.
Such a person must have repeatedly brushed with death to develop such acute perception.
Who exactly was this man?
Each person’s mind flashed this same question.
Even within the military, such individuals were rare.
But after a brief moment of shock, they quickly regained their composure.
Each soldier, if not elite, was at least an experienced veteran!
They understood better than anyone that this was no time for surprise.
In an instant, most of them snapped back to reality.
Lu Yu’s body almost bent backward.
The bullets struck the ground behind him.
His hands slammed onto the ground, and suddenly he flipped backward into a landing stance.
But his vision darkened as a tall figure appeared directly in front of him.
“Young man, you’re still too green. You thought I was afraid of you just because I let you get close?” Liu Heng’s voice came from the tall figure.
Liu Heng didn’t retreat—he charged forward.
In Liu Heng’s hand, a dark red short sword pierced into Lu Yu’s chest!
Then, just as the blade was about to twist, Lu Yu’s hands clamped down on it with all his strength, stopping it cold.
He had dodged the sniper’s bullet, but hadn’t expected Liu Heng himself to be so ruthless.
The Liu Heng who had always been protected by others suddenly radiated an astonishing fighting spirit in this moment.
“Young man, I was once a soldier too. Do you really think I have no combat ability at all?” Liu Heng tried to twist the sword but couldn’t, so he suddenly yanked it out forcefully.
Lu Yu’s grip loosened, and the blade was pulled from his heart, blood spurting from the wound.
With his first strike successful, Liu Heng suddenly turned the blade and slashed toward Lu Yu’s neck.
From drawing the sword to launching another attack, Liu Heng’s movements flowed seamlessly like drifting clouds and flowing water, without the slightest hesitation.
Liu Heng, who had always been protected by others, suddenly counterattacked with such ruthless precision that even some veteran soldiers would have struggled to match his speed and ferocity.
A trace of smugness flickered across Liu Heng’s lips.
All those dead lives were merely to make Lu Yu underestimate him. Every act of restraint had only been for the Star Spirit Stone and this single opportunity.
Lu Yu didn’t even glance at the wound on his chest. As long as the heart wasn’t pierced by a large wound, he wouldn’t die.
His blood stained the black tracksuit, giving it an eerie, sinister hue between black and red.
“Killing Star Soul activated! Base life maximum increased by 200 points, base attack power increased by 100 points, physical strength increased by 150 points!”
The previously dormant Killing Star Soul finally activated.
Only in the midst of life-and-death combat could the Killing Star Soul awaken.
This time, there was something different—Lu Yu’s deep black eyes revealed a faint blood-red hue.
Liu Heng’s blade reached his neck, already slicing into his skin.
Lu Yu’s hand gripped Liu Heng’s neck, while his other hand pressed the Bloodfire Blade against Liu Heng’s heart.
“You… you don’t care about your life?!” Liu Heng’s smugness vanished, his face showing shock as he stared at Lu Yu.
A normal person would never give up saving themselves at such a moment!
But he had miscalculated!
Judging others by normal standards didn’t mean everyone would act normally.
Liu Heng’s sword had already cut into Lu Yu’s neck by one inch; one more inch and it would sever the carotid artery and windpipe.
But Lu Yu could also pierce Liu Heng’s heart with a single thrust.
The soldiers standing dozens of meters away froze, watching the stalemate, afraid to move even a muscle.
Even more so, no one dared to breathe loudly.
Zhang Yang stood right beside Liu Heng, and even he hadn’t realized that Liu Heng was also a formidable fighter.
“No matter who you are, let go now,” Zhang Yang shouted, pointing at Lu Yu: “Do you know who he is? If you kill him, you won’t survive either!”
Lu Yu glanced at Zhang Yang, then looked at Liu Heng, smiling without a trace of fear: “Are you brave enough to cut down?”
“I don’t care who you are,” Liu Heng sneered: “If you want to die together, I’ll go with you. I know your weapon is special—it turns blood into mist that kills instantly. But my sword is no ordinary weapon either. At the moment you kill me, I can slice off your head. If you don’t want mutual destruction, you—”
Liu Heng was speaking confidently, not at a disadvantage, so he had the right to negotiate.
But before he could finish, Lu Yu suddenly thrust his neck forward, allowing the blade to cut another half-inch deeper.
Liu Heng instinctively pulled his hand back.
He feared mutual destruction and truly didn’t want to die.
As his hand withdrew, he knew he was finished.
Lu Yu’s hand, gripping Liu Heng’s neck, twisted suddenly, locking Liu Heng’s arm, then twisted.
Crack!
Liu Heng’s right arm snapped.
Zhang Yang shouted from the side: “If you dare to attack, you won’t escape!”
“Threatening me?” Lu Yu turned the Bloodfire Blade around, pressing the hilt against Liu Heng’s shoulder blades.
Liu Heng grunted in pain, his face turning pale.
Zhang Yang immediately shut up.
Lu Yu pressed the Bloodfire Blade against Liu Heng’s neck, saying: “I’m here to kill you today. No one can save you.”
“Young man, do you even know who I am?” Liu Heng, still trying to maintain composure, said: “If you let me go, I can promise not to attack the mine again.”
“Pfft!” Lu Yu spat, throwing the Bloodfire Blade to the ground. He picked up Liu Heng’s short sword and looked at it: “Do you think your promise still holds any value? Mr. Liu, you couldn’t even wait a week before joining forces with other camps to kill me. Did you really think I didn’t know? If it weren’t for my good luck and getting the news first, you’d be the one holding the knife to my neck now—would you have spared me?”
Liu Heng opened his mouth, about to speak.
But before he could, Lu Yu’s fist smashed into Liu Heng’s jaw.
“Wu!”
Liu Heng’s jaw shattered, his tongue bitten off, blood flooding his mouth.
“I don’t want to hear your nonsense anymore. I’m going to kill you. If I don’t, you people will really think I’m someone you can bully. If it were me, I’d leave behind only your corpse!” Lu Yu drove the short sword into Liu Heng’s heart, slowly pushing it deeper inch by inch.
Zhang Yang didn’t know what to say anymore—he was at a complete loss in this situation.
Liu Heng’s face turned paler and paler, his body trembling.
The blade pierced the heart, scraping deep wounds into the bones.
“Sir, if you spare Mr. Liu, my men will withdraw from this city,” Zhang Yang shouted desperately: “I swear, I’ll never step foot in this city again!”
“Sorry. I said I’d kill him today, so I will,” Lu Yu sneered coldly: “Not only will I kill him, but I want you to take his corpse and your army and leave this city. From today on, if even one soldier remains in this city, I’ll kill the commander. Do you understand?”
Zhang Yang wanted to say more, but the words stuck in his throat, icy fear surging from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
He could tell—this man wasn’t bluffing.
“Let me go… anything you want, I’ll agree,” Liu Heng, his jaw and tongue partially recovering, could no longer maintain composure.
“And what if I don’t let you go?” Lu Yu twisted his hand, and the blade in Liu Heng’s heart shredded it completely.
“Do you know what you’ve done?!” Zhang Yang’s whole body trembled.
Lu Yu picked up the Bloodfire Blade from the ground, kicked Liu Heng’s corpse toward Zhang Yang, and coldly said: “Take his corpse and get out. Go back and tell your superiors—this city is mine. Either follow my rules in this city, or get the hell out.”
Boom!
This time, the soldiers around could no longer remain calm.
“What does this mean?”
“Is this his declaration?”
“He doesn’t just want the mine—he wants the entire city!”
“This guy’s crazy! He dares to challenge an entire city alone—he’s lost his mind!”
Everyone was murmuring in shock.
Zhang Yang stared blankly at Liu Heng’s corpse before him.
He knew he could no longer stay in this city.
Because Liu Heng was dead.
His mission had failed.
No matter what punishment awaited him, he had to return.
“You can’t hold this city,” Zhang Yang picked up Liu Heng’s body, glaring at Lu Yu through clenched teeth.
“Either they protect their lives, or they come and try to take this city!”
Zhang Yang swallowed hard.
This mysterious man was ruthless enough!
His words carried a clear warning.
He might not necessarily defend the city himself—but anyone who dared to seize it had better make sure their life was tougher than Liu Heng’s.
Otherwise, this mysterious figure would stop at nothing to take their lives, just like today!
Lu Yu, holding two daggers, turned around and walked into the crowd behind him.
Nearly a thousand soldiers clenched their fists, some gripping their Star Weapons, waiting for orders.
“Let him go.”
Zhang Yang gave the order, watching Lu Yu’s back disappear into the distance, leaving behind long bloodstained footprints and the corpses of over a dozen soldiers.
Once confident, they had arrived here believing they could complete their mission and seize the mine!
But they were wrong.
The world had changed.
And so had people.
Lu Yu walked away, then suddenly sprinted in another direction.
“That direction… it’s where the Blood Eye offensive is coming from.”
A soldier stared at Lu Yu’s retreating figure, suddenly struck by a shocking realization!
This time, the crowd didn’t erupt into chaos—they were stunned, even shocked beyond words.
“He’s not just leaving a declaration here!”
“If I’m not mistaken, he’s planning to take down every attacking force targeting the mine—alone.”
“If he succeeds, this city will truly be his.”
The soldiers were deeply moved, wondering whether they would even be able to enter this city again after today.
They were beginning to deeply respect this opponent.
“After today, perhaps the entire balance of this city will change forever.”
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