Chapter 897: Daybreak
“Go on and retreat. I’ll buy y’all some time.” When Ren Xiaosu said this to the frontline Pyro Company soldiers, everyone thought he was extremely arrogant.
Their enemies were the elites of the expeditionary army that numbered more than 7,000 strong. Even if it were a supernatural being that came here, they would probably get surrounded and die of exhaustion as well.
But for some reason, everyone felt the other party was extremely calm when he said that. It made them feel like they could not doubt him at all.
While he was busy talking, a barbarian took advantage of Ren Xiaosu’s distraction and charged at him with a huge axe. But before he could get close to Ren Xiaosu, a sniper bullet arrived first and blew off his head.
Not only were the barbarians not frightened by the sight of their comrade dying, but even more of them started surrounding Ren Xiaosu.
But Ren Xiaosu was still saying calmly to the soldiers of the 7th Division, “I have P5092’s black ID here. Tell your commander that 3rd Division has already set up a defensive line 15 kilometers to the rear. As long as y’all can retreat there, you’ll be safe for the time being.”
The soldiers stared dumbfoundedly at Ren Xiaosu, because while Ren Xiaosu was talking, White Mask kept circling around him and slaughtered the enemies. Moreover, not a single barbarian could get close to him with the sniper providing such close cover.
Ren Xiaosu frowned. “What are y’all still standing around for? Just go.”
As soon as he finished speaking, an airborne axe flew through the crowd and headed straight at Ren Xiaosu’s back.
When a Pyro Company soldier was about to warn him, he saw Ren Xiaosu turn around and catch the flying axe nonchalantly. Then he threw the axe back, and it landed in the forehead of a barbarian!
“Report the situation here to your commander quickly. Tell him that I’ll deal with these barbarians,” Ren Xiaosu said.
The Pyro Company soldiers were shocked. They were not soldiers from 3rd Division and had never fought with Ren Xiaosu before, so they did not know how fearsome he was.
Some time ago, they had heard about White Mask. Rumors had it that the person was capable of destroying a stronghold, hence his nickname of Stronghold Destroyer. He was someone on par with the Demon Whisperer.
But if they did not witness it with their own eyes, it would be really difficult to get a sense of how terrifying the power behind the nickname was.
Right now, the other party’s calmness on the battlefield formed a stark contrast with the nervousness of the soldiers. For some reason, everyone suddenly felt a little relieved.
At this moment, P5067’s voice rang out over the radio, “Retreat! Do as he says and retreat!”
With that, the 7th Division really started retreating on all fronts. When Ren Xiaosu saw this, he felt relieved. Then he started controlling Old Xu to kill the barbarians and help the Pyro Company soldiers shake off their pursuit.
If it were any other superhuman here, the number of barbarians in the expeditionary army alone would be enough to exhaust most of their mental strength. But coincidentally, not even Ren Xiaosu had experienced the limit of his willpower before.
But as the battlefront was too vast, Old Xu and Ren Xiaosu were unable to attract the attention of all the barbarians by just fighting at the outer perimeter.
As such, there were still many barbarians pursuing the retreating 7th Division soldiers.
“What should I do?” Ren Xiaosu laughed. “I’m just gonna charge right in.”
After that, Old Xu started killing its way into the inner perimeter of the expeditionary army. Old Xu was no longer afraid of getting hit by any stray bullets between its brows. Although the pain of being hacked would gradually be transferred back to Ren Xiaosu, he had gotten used to the pain since the time he acquired the Shadow Clone power.
This habituation was paid for in blood.
Old Xu was invincible when facing the barbarians. It would be extremely stupid if it were to get hit squarely between its brows by them.
When Old Xu penetrated through to the rear of the expeditionary army’s formation, the barbarians chasing after the Pyro Company troops were forced to return to defend. If White Mask that had appeared out of nowhere were to get to the rear and pose a threat to their commander, it would be over for them.
But in the perimeter that the expeditionary army had set up, White Mask fought like a lone sampan floating in the sea. Although it might get a little rocky at times, it would not capsize.
No matter how many times the barbarians hacked Old Xu, they could not kill it.
Gradually, the barbarians even felt a hint of fear when facing Old Xu. They were wondering if the person in front of them was immortal? Why couldn’t they kill “him” at all? It was as though there was no end in sight to this battle.
Finally, Old Xu single-handedly dragged back all the expeditionary army’s forces that were chasing after the Pyro Company troops!
As for Ren Xiaosu’s main body, he still had some other trump cards to play.
P5067, who was organizing the evacuation of his troops, was observing the rear with his binoculars from time to time and paying attention to the battle on Ren Xiaosu’s side.
However, he was surprised to find that White Mask had charged into the crowd of barbarians while the young man was picking his ear.
P5067 held up his binoculars, his jaw dropping. He thought of himself as a rather strong person who was already close to the level of a T5 combatant. This would make him the strongest among all the division officers.
As he had also fought a T5 combatant before, he felt he could become as powerful as them if he went through another round of genetic modification.
So P5067 was always very proud of his combat strength.
However, he never thought that someone could give him such a shock.
The young man was actually facing the expeditionary army’s barbarians that numbered in the thousands all by himself and picking his ear leisurely? This was an extremely shocking sight.
Many of the Pyro Company soldiers were also watching this happen. The soldiers who were standing closer could even hear Ren Xiaosu say to the barbarians with a laugh, “Why don’t all y’all attack at once?”
The despair of the Pyro Company soldiers from earlier was in stark contrast to Ren Xiaosu’s calmness at this moment.
Those barbarians who were facing Ren Xiaosu were furious. This was the first time the expeditionary army had been looked down upon so much by someone. The other party actually picked his ear while facing the elites of the expeditionary army?
Arrogant! How arrogant!
Ren Xiaosu said to the barbarians as he leisurely picked his ear, “Do y’all know something? Actually, I agree with the saying that be it good or evil, they can only be determined when discussed in the same framework. I know that your living conditions in the North are worsening, so you’ve to come to settle down in the South. But as y’all’ve killed too many people, you leave me with no choice but to kill you.”
After that, Ren Xiaosu took out a heavy machine gun from somewhere and swapped out his black saber
In the flash of an eye, Ren Xiaosu opened fire while picking his ear. He expended all of the heavy machine gun’s bullets at once!
“Actually, I disapprove of the Pyro Company too. Do you know something?” Ren Xiaosu said, “I always feel that humans are all living beings who shouldn’t only exist for the sake of war. When war arrives, they can be forced to take up arms. But they shouldn’t be preparing for war from the day they’re born.”
“But now, I’ve come to experience all sorts of feelings.” Ren Xiaosu continued, “Because they will really step forward when the world calls for them. I feel that these people deserve to live a little longer and witness the victory of this war with their own eyes. At that time, our Central Plains people will send you all crawling back to the North.
“Now, we’ll do unto you as you did unto us.”
The barbarians were soldiers that engaged in close combat. On rare occasions, they would resort to axe throwing to do combat. However, the speed of flying axes was within Ren Xiaosu’s reaction speed. Moreover, with enough barbarians around, the enemy would not have a chance to throw their axes either. Otherwise, their axes could end up hurting their comrades if Ren Xiaosu dodged them.
So Ren Xiaosu had enough confidence and trump cards when facing this entire expeditionary army.
His Ear Picking power was a natural enemy of the barbarians.
If he were to face any other consortium’s troops, Ren Xiaosu’s Ear Picking would not be effective, because it would become useless if the other party was using firearms.
But it was different for the expeditionary army.
If the creatures in the wilderness were actually part of a food chain, Ren Xiaosu would be the natural predator of the barbarians.
As the young man faced the thousands of warriors from the expeditionary army on the battlefield, the first rays of sunlight shone through the clouds, signaling daybreak.