Chen Quanxu knew that Wu Youren had killed a grand knight Guizu, but this one was from the human race!
“Exactly!” the youth nodded. To be honest, at this moment, his emotions were a little stirred too.
Half a year ago, when he encountered someone of the grand knight level, he could only hide. This time, he had actually struck and killed one!
Even if it wasn’t a straightforward head-on kill, did that matter?
Daring to kill was enough, let alone taking care of six knights along the way!
Everything was different now!
But the next moment, he shifted his attention back. “We need to hurry up!”
The youth knew very well that the Rust Belt wasn’t as stable as imagined.
It had been a while since he had killed any Guizu, so probably some had grown again.
The key was the three explosions earlier, especially the second one; the commotion had been a bit too much.
Within ten kilometers around, if there were people, they should have sensed it already; he didn’t have much reaction time left.
When he talked with Chen Quanxu, he didn’t hide it from this barbarian grand knight, only moved out of the other’s line of sight.
This one was also ruthless; although he’d shown no backbone when he fled, after hearing these words, he actually said nothing.
Wu Youren threw three barbarian “leg-piercers”; the first one struck the other’s groin.
However, the grand knight didn’t react much; his senses had probably already been destroyed earlier.
After the three leg-piercers were thrown, the grand knight had no reaction, and unexpectedly a streak of red light actually entered the flawless crystal.
At the same time, the youth’s figure trembled slightly: this batch of experience points was not small.
However, the horned owl couldn’t spare attention to consider this. It put away the flawless crystal. “Run!”
“There are still some explosives,” Wu Youren really was a miser. “Wait a moment, it’ll be quick.”
Thanks to Jeff’s sponsorship, his supply situation had greatly improved.
However, having lived poorly for so long, unless absolutely necessary, he still couldn’t bear to throw away even pots and pans.
In just this battle, the level of offense and defense he had displayed—even if he had more explosives, it probably wouldn’t be enough.
People who lack a sense of security are mostly like this.
Retrieving all the explosives took a full two hours.
Fortunately, there were other things that needed time too, for example… burning those barbarian corpses.
In the vast white snow, the firelight wasn’t very conspicuous, but the black smoke produced by burning was very obvious.
Fortunately, no one really came close to watch. The youth, carrying a large bundle and propelling himself on skis, disappeared into the distance.
More than an hour later, he caught up with a barbarian apprentice knight, killed him, and buried him directly.
After another half hour or so, he reached a backup hideout and began to rebuild his shelter.
While busy, he remembered something and opened his communication wristwatch.
As expected, there were quite a few messages again, and among them was an anonymous message.
“Observed an explosion at your location. At Commander Li Hu’s request, reply if you need assistance.”
Wu Youren shook his head and ignored the message directly.
The other party had made it very clear: reply only if you need help—so it seemed this Jeff really planned to simmer him slowly over low heat.
For him, this was a good thing; at least he had time to develop.
After finishing the shelter, he set up some traps before carefully taking stock of today’s gains.
The biggest gain was a grand knight-level curved saber. The material was average, the craftsmanship wasn’t great, and it was a bit worn.
Even the tip had a piece broken off, the size of an egg.
No wonder a team like that didn’t even have a few vehicles; they were truly poor.
Still, no matter what, this was a grand knight-level weapon. Though a bit shabby, it was still far superior to his long saber.
This curved saber… Wu Youren thought for a moment and decided to keep it in hand.
It had a very obvious barbarian style, so it basically wouldn’t provoke hatred from Liang natives—at most it would arouse envy.
As for barbarian hatred, that wasn’t important now. If any barbarian really dared to come make trouble, it was hard to say which side Liang people would help.
A grand knight-level curved saber, even with the tip damaged, was worth at least ten thousand silver dollars.
The saber was sharp enough and sturdy enough. If he had had this blade earlier, why would he have feared the opponent’s fine steel spiked club?
There was another thing. “Senior, how’s the research on the blood curse going?”
If the blood curse really did benefit Chen Quanxu, then he ought to be doing everything he could to draw the barbarians’ hatred.
The horned owl flew over soundlessly. “The flawless crystal is indeed contaminated… Whether it can offset resentment still needs testing.”
The youth was silent for a while before speaking. “Sorry, it’s really not convenient to escort you back this time.”
“It doesn’t matter,” the horned owl answered carelessly. “Before I got in touch with you, hadn’t I gotten through all these years?”
“But if I go back this time, it’ll take at least half a month before I can come again.”
“That’s fine,” Wu Youren answered casually. “The New Army has changed its strategy, and Red Pine seems to be loosening up a bit too.”
So that night, the horned owl quietly left.
The next day, three vehicles arrived at the battle site. A dozen or so people got out and began carefully examining the scene.
Among them were two bound barbarian apprentice knights, two of the three who had escaped yesterday.
While they were examining, two military vehicles arrived, saying they wanted to investigate yesterday’s explosion.
The military’s reaction was a bit slow, but with the Guizu situation tense at the front and roads blocked by heavy snow, arriving the next day was already pretty good.
However, the first group flashed their identity tokens. “The New Army is taking over this matter. You’d better go busy yourselves at the frontal battlefield.”
The military didn’t want to have much contact with the New Army, but that was only to avoid suspicion, not because they truly couldn’t afford to provoke them.
Since there was something fishy here, it wouldn’t hurt to learn about it.
The military had always been independent of all systems, and the New Army had no right to forbid them from doing anything.
So the two sides stayed out of each other’s way; each just conducted their own investigation.
The New Army had arrived a bit earlier and seized the initiative; some clues were known only to them.
However, the military also found quite a bit of information. “This explosion’s power… killing three or five knights would be more than enough, wouldn’t it?”
While the two groups were investigating, a third group arrived: Red Pine’s discipline inspector and Knight Rossi.
“This power…” the inspector could hardly hold back. “That guy is really that violent?”
He didn’t think Wu Youren was a pushover, but in Red Pine Martial Academy, the youth had always kept strictly to his place.
The impression he gave was that of a meek and submissive person; no one would have expected him to cook up something this big.
“Do you know who did it?” someone from the military couldn’t hold back.
“That’s none of your business,” the inspector said bluntly.
He wasn’t trying to stir up trouble; it really wasn’t something the soldiers needed to worry about.
“This is a fragment of barbarian clothing. They tried to rob a martial artist surviving in the wild, and that caused this.”
Rossi added, “With such a big explosion, given the barbarians’ few supplies… they really couldn’t bear to use it casually.”
“That’s not necessarily true, is it?” The military had no shortage of contrarians.
Someone explained, “The regulations for barbarians to join the military are about to take effect. From now on they can’t be called barbarians—they’ll be called Mangyuan warriors!”
“I f—” The inspector was in charge of patrols and truly had no fondness for barbarians. “Have all Liang men died out?”
A knight in the New Army spoke leisurely. “A barbarian grand knight has probably died here. Is the military really planning to take over?”
“F—!” The military people turned and left. “Pretend we never came!”
If there was any benefit here, they wouldn’t mind competing with the New Army for it.
But a barbarian grand knight had died… this area originally wasn’t under military jurisdiction. They had only come to learn about it!
The inspector and Rossi were also a bit stunned. “A grand knight, dead?”
“Look at those three pits!” The New Army couldn’t be bothered to say much to them.
If they didn’t know that Red Pine instructors would eventually learn of it, and that Commander Li Hu had asked them to build good relations with Red Pine, even saying this much would be superfluous.
“That’s that guy’s style,” Rossi couldn’t help nodding. He knew very well how ruthless a youth with clear eyes could be when he struck.
“This… it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s dead, does it?” The inspector had dealt with too many fights and seen a lot.
Then he glanced at the two dispirited fellows. “Did those two clods say that?”
“There’s a burial pit over there,” a New Army knight said impatiently. “Go dig it up yourselves!”
“Don’t be like that,” another knight glanced at him and said to the inspector with a smile. “This is our preliminary judgment!”
“It should be roughly that. Since you’re in charge of patrols, you can ask that person of yours.”
Because the inspector held a patrol post, he occasionally appeared at isolation points, and many outsiders knew him.
“That guy…” the inspector hesitated before speaking. “Give me his latest location.”
For Red Pine instructors, it wasn’t a secret that the wristwatch could locate.
As a discipline inspector, he was a bit higher in rank and had the authority to apply to check a location.
But he had no right to check the location of a Jin hostage; in the past, only Hong Da could query it.
But now Wu Youren’s classification level had risen again, and even Instructor Hong wouldn’t find it so easy to check.
But the New Army could check it… this newly born organization had astonishing power in many areas!
That New Army knight gave him a sidelong glance and spoke with a faint smile. “Then why don’t you take us with you?”
It was easy for him to check the other’s location, but he didn’t dare approach. If he angered the other party, Li Hu’s fury was not something he could bear.
If it affected the New Army’s overall plans, then being able to die quickly would be something to be grateful for.
Many things were just so absurd.
Those who could check the location didn’t dare go; those who couldn’t check could approach instead… and could even bring along the ones who didn’t dare go.
The inspector looked at him and spoke without expression. “If you really want to follow, I can’t stop you, but it’s best to keep your distance.”
“Deal,” the other said without hesitation. “We just want to know whether he’s injured.”
Commander Jeff didn’t allow them to contact the other party casually, but they still had to maintain attention.
The other party had gone a round with a grand knight; could he have escaped unscathed?
So it was very necessary to figure out that person’s current condition; otherwise, when the report was submitted, the commander would scold them.
Chapter 213