Chapter 1645: The First Round
After Lin Huang ended the call with Spy, Steel Fist and Epic Player looked at him.
“Was that Spy from the Raiders that you were talking to?” Steel Fist asked immediately.
“It was.” Lin Huang nodded.
“Based on the information you provided, that fellow is indeed a bigger threat. Since he was able to find out your contact number and verify your real ident.i.ty, it proves that he might be able to find out our real ident.i.ties too. He might even be able to locate our coordinates through our communicators.” Epic Player frowned slightly.
“If he’s a middle-rank Lord, it’ll be hard for us to kill him.” As a close combat powerhouse, Steel Fist particularly disliked encountering this kind of opponent, who possessed showy abilities.
“Let me handle Spy,” Lin Huang’s tone was calm as if he were talking about something insignificant.
Although Epic Player and Steel Fist still had some doubts about Lin Huang being able to kill a middle-rank Lord, they could tell from the conversation between him and Spy earlier that both had an irreconcilable grudge. They did not delve further into the subject.
“Since he’s already discovered your contact number and your real ident.i.ty, it shouldn’t be hard for him to locate your coordinates,” Epic Player added. “I reckon it won’t take him long to get here.”
“I wonder how many people they’ll send this time.” Steel Fist looked serious; she could not relax at all.
“If they don’t know that both of you are here, they probably won’t send too many people. I antic.i.p.ate that there’ll only be three or four people at most,” Lin Huang put forward his speculations, “But if the news that I requested your help has been leaked, they’ll definitely send quite a few people—maybe even all the members they have. They certainly won’t let a perfect opportunity to kill three Club members slip by!”
What Lin Huang said made Epic Player and Steel Fist look even grimmer.
All this while, they had never considered the possibility that there might be a mole in the Club.
After all, apart from Lin Huang, who was a new member, everyone had known each other for years.
However, they did not refute what he had said either. They were also not entirely sure whether or not there were any moles in the Club.
“We’ll see when the time comes, but hopefully the situation won’t be so dire.” Epic Player sighed lightly.
Lin Huang poured the two of them more tea and began leading the conversation in a lighter direction.
In no time at all, it was already early next morning.
The stars had just risen on the Pfister Star’s horizon when Lin Huang sensed powerful auras approaching the Devil Hunter Star Zone.
Epic Player and Steel Fist lifted their heads and looked in the same direction almost simultaneously. Their expressions were both extremely grave.
There were nine powerful auras!
Lin Huang had been right after all. If the Raiders had wanted to capture only Lin Huang, even if they were to take him alive, there was no need for all of them to make an appearance.
Both of them exchanged glances and read the message in each other’s eyes—there was a mole in the Club after all!
Almost the next instant after all three sensed the presence of the Raiders, a series of formidable shockwaves surged through the void at practically the same time.
Epic Player and Steel Fist dodged immediately. In the blink of an eye, they appeared outside the Pfister Star’s atmosphere.
Just when they had found stable footing, they realized that Lin Huang had not dodged at all.
At the same time, both of them saw a curtain of black light rising from the Pfister Star’s surface. It spread across half the planet almost immediately and just happened to obstruct the direction the shockwaves were coming from.
“There are nine of them—he can’t possibly defend himself against all of them!” Steel Fist muttered softly.
“This Xiu Mu fellow…” Epic Player looked extremely grim. He had never expected Lin Huang to do something so risky the minute he showed his hand.
This was an attack with the combined forces of nine Lords. Not only that, there were two auras that were clearly middle-rank Lords.
Even a middle-rank lord-level powerhouse would be forced to dodge an attack of such power.
However, right as they thought Lin Huang was definitely going to die, the nine shockwaves struck the curtain of black light at almost the same time.
A second later, Epic Player and Steel Fist’s eyes widened. The shocked expressions on their faces seemed to have frozen in place.
‘What did I just see?!’
The two of them had the same thought at almost the same time.
Only a moment later were they able to confirm that what they had seen earlier was not an illusion.
The nine shockwaves of various colors were immediately deflected when they struck the curtain of black light.
Not only was the black light curtain not perforated, but the entire Pfister Star remained intact and whole.
“What kind of defense technique is that?!” Steel Fist and Epic Player were immediately dumbfounded.
On the other end of things, the nine Raiders who had attacked looked even more stunned.
When the nine of them saw Lin Huang using the curtain of light to envelop the Pfister Star earlier, they all thought that Lin Huang was signing his death warrant.
They could almost imagine what would happen next. The curtain of black light would shatter the moment the shockwaves. .h.i.t it, and the entire planet would be crushed into dust, including Lin Huang.
However, what they had imagined was completely different from reality.
The nine of them had the same reaction when they saw the shockwaves being deflected—they thought they had been ensnared in an illusion.
However, they immediately realized the truth a second later.
This scenario was by no means an illusion—it had actually happened!
Seeing that the deflected shockwaves were going to reach them in merely the time it took for a breath, all of them braced to take the impact head-on.
Suddenly, the man leading the team and another middle-rank Lord shouted a warning at the same time, “Get out of the way!”
Both of them had obviously sensed the peculiarity of the deflected shockwaves.
All nine Lords hastily scattered immediately in an attempt to avoid the incoming shockwave attack.
However, at this point, a black kitten the size of a human palm appeared out of nowhere. Its nine tails were proudly raised high like swaying serpents, while its black eyes were full of disdain.
As soon as the kitten appeared, the nine Lords sensed that their bodies had frozen in place.
The two middle-rank Lords freed themselves from this restraint at the first possible moment and immediately attacked the kitten. Clearly, they realized it was the kitten that was causing this mischief.
However, the black kitten merely shot them a glance and vanished instantly, rendering their attacks futile.
At this point, the shockwaves had already approached. Of the remaining seven Lords, only three managed to forcibly free themselves from their unseen bonds, barely dodging the shockwave attacks.
However, the other four Lords were killed instantly.
Just this one encounter alone had caused their side to lose half of their members.
The three lower-rank Lords who had barely escaped felt themselves break into a cold sweat over their entire bodies. If they had not broken free of their spatial bonds at the very last minute, they might not have been able to escape death.
The middle-rank Lords were pale. They had not expected Lin Huang’s abilities to be this powerful.
Naturally, this encounter had been clearly witnessed by Epic Player and Steel Fist, who were hovering in the air.
They were utterly dumbstruck; even after a few minutes, they could not recover their composure.
When the two of them had first met Lin Huang, they sensed faintly that Lin Huang’s abilities were not weak at all. However, they had never expected him to be this powerful.
Just one attack earlier, and he had easily disposed of four lower-rank Lords. The two of them, at least, could not do this.
“This fellow is really ruthless!” Epic Player could not help exclaiming.
“We underestimated him…” Steel Fist did not know what she was supposed to say now.