Chapter 598

Then he walked in another direction.

Ning Chen glanced at their movements and suddenly changed his position.

Then he thought back to when he had just climbed the mountain.

He had seen the detachment of the troops.

He immediately understood what was happening.

"Was that person just now listening for the vibrations of footsteps?" Ning Chen murmured. "Luckily I was moving in the tree; otherwise, I would have been exposed just now as well."

443. Zhao Xishun and the Deputy Commander

Ning Chen stood in the tree, blending his body into the darkness.

His gaze, cold and icy, looked down at the mercenaries below.

If he had not been in the tree, he would have been exposed just now.

Who would have thought.

Among these mercenaries, there actually existed such a strange person with such a unique ability.

Looking at it this way.

It was in no way inferior to the abilities granted by the system.

Under certain circumstances, it could even unleash strength far surpassing that of the system.

Ning Chen also felt a faint tremor within; if he could learn such a skill, his strength might ascend to a higher level.

However.

These were experiences accumulated through common practice, not something so easy to learn.

Moreover, at this current stage.

If Ning Chen wished.

Among the instruments he possessed.

There happened to be a scanner with penetrating capabilities.

The effect brought by its ability was not much different from the ability this mercenary had unleashed.

"This won't do; they must encounter each other," Ning Chen said, looking at their movements and frowning slightly.

If things continued to develop this way.

The situation would very likely exceed Ning Chen's expectations.

At that time.

If the mercenary band suffered no harm at all, that would not be good.

Eliminating them himself would also take time.

If he were exposed.

That would cause a great deal of trouble.

"How can I make them meet without being discovered?" Ning Chen pondered the question continuously.

Suddenly.

A spark of inspiration exploded instantly.

Ning Chen recalled one of his abilities.

The one he had just acquired.

Object Manipulation.

If this ability were used, he could operate covertly without revealing himself.

Watching the mercenary band moving further and further away from the main assault force.

Ning Chen made a plan.

Through his SSS-grade Insight.

He saw very clearly a pistol at the waist of a mercenary at the very rear of the formation.

Ning Chen's gaze fixed tightly on that pistol.

Then he activated the Object Manipulation ability.

The current distance was sufficient.

It was seen.

Under the circumstances where no one noticed.

That pistol slowly flew out from the open holster at the waist.

Then it actually floated in mid-air, its muzzle slowly aiming at that mercenary.

At this moment.

That mercenary was still looking around in all directions, completely unaware of the change at his waist.

Under Ning Chen's control.

The trigger of the pistol aimed at the mercenary suddenly clicked once.

"Bang!"

A gunshot.

Resounded throughout this quiet forest.

However.

This was merely the prelude to a stormy night.

At the instant the gunshot rang out.

Everyone in the mercenary band turned their gaze toward that mercenary.

Only then was it seen.

A pistol lay on the ground.

And that mercenary didn't even let out a single cry of agony.

He had already fallen into the pool of blood.

Half of his head had been smashed to pieces.

Brain matter and blood flowed all over the ground.

His entire body was in a collapsed posture.

Dead beyond any possibility of being more dead!

"Enemy attack!!!!!" Rock shouted first, then raised his automatic rifle and swept a burst of fire into the grass behind him.

The men lined up behind Rock, upon hearing Rock's loud shout, were first startled, then, seeing Rock rise and sweep fire, they each rolled sideways to other spots, quickly rose, and checked the situation around them.

Kofu, at that moment, looked at that mercenary; time did not allow him to grieve, so he calmly said to his panicked subordinates: "Everyone! Do not linger in battle! Run! All run toward the ten o'clock direction! That is our only chance of survival!"

Having finished speaking.

Kofu feared no one would dare to be the Vanguard Commander.

So he rose and ran toward the ten o'clock direction himself.

Seeing this, many mercenaries also followed behind Kofu, holding their guns and running away in a frantic rush.

This was a chance to escape.

Almost no one dared to miss it.

Xia Wen, seeing the comrade's corpse lying in the pool of blood, was stunned at that very moment.

His head felt a bit dazed.

His ability to identify by sound had never been wrong!

But in this situation, what exactly was going on?

While Xia Wen was still standing there stunned.

Rock had already begun sweeping fire over a wide area.

He held his automatic rifle, kept firing, and walked toward the direction behind him.

The situation at this moment was extremely chaotic and urgent.

Xia Wen, seeing Rock with the resolve to throw his life away, took the opportunity while he was reloading, grabbed his arm, and said: "Brother! Run quickly! If you wait any longer, it will be too late!"

"You all withdraw first!" Rock's Hu Zi fluttered constantly in the wind generated by the recoil; he smiled at Xia Wen and said, "Say hello to my wife for me!"

Having finished speaking.

Rock held his gun and ran toward the direction behind him.