Chapter 202: Art Is Explosion

"Everyone's inside the factory, right?" said one bald strong man, smiling confidently and showing a mouthful of white teeth. "You guys guard outside, don't let these people escape."

Li Ge, let's go, we'll sneak in from the back!

The two briefly discussed their action plan, preparing to enter through a small door on one side to catch them off guard.

Lu Jing watched them gathered together discussing, stepped forward and asked: "Do you really not need my help?"

"Who is this youth?"

The bald strong man looked toward Ji Ling beside him.

Ji Ling quickly introduced: "He's a student of the Shogunate Martial University, and like you, he also took on this assistance mission."

"Oh, young man, your courage is commendable, but this mission is urgent; after we go in we won't be able to look after you, so you'd better stay outside and watch."

The bald strong man patted his companion, and the two moved toward the factory, one in front of the other.

After the two walked away, Lu Jing asked: "Can people from the Military Department also take on this kind of mission?"

"Of course, the Military Department also has a mission system; unlike your student rewards of credits, they reward military points."

"Oh."

Lu Jing nodded.

Ten minutes passed, and after the two bald strong men entered the factory, they seemed to have suddenly disappeared, with no sound coming from inside.

At that moment, a faint golden light flashed in Lu Jing's eyes.

"Looks like this mission isn't simple."

"What did you say?!"

Ji Ling heard Lu Jing's puzzling words and for a moment didn't understand what they meant.

Suddenly, a huge explosion sound came from inside the factory.

Boom—

Bang—

It was as if a high-intensity explosive had been detonated in a sealed state; the sound was very dull, accompanied by someone's anguished scream.

Ji Ling instantly became alert: "All departments, pay attention, prepare for battle!"

Everyone raised their spirits to the utmost, preventing the group of Black Martial Artists from escaping in the chaos.

The explosion sound lasted only a few seconds, then quickly returned to calm.

Suddenly, two staggering figures walked out of a factory building, looking extremely disheveled.

"Hurry, come help us!"

A familiar voice sounded; the bald strong man's formerly bright forehead was now covered in blood, and his companion's leg was missing—apparently blown off—with bloody, mangled flesh at the break.

"Inside there's a Talent Endowed who can explode; we must get a Grand Master to come!"

Seeing the Military Department's expert injured, Ji Ling quickly waved her hand: "You two, come with me to rescue the person; the rest prepare to provide covering fire for me!"

Having said that, she drew the pistol from her waist and charged forward.

However, before she could step out of the police car's range, a figure engulfed in flames shot out from the factory.

The figure was like molten lava, the red light on its body growing brighter, and the exposed limbs showed cracks splitting into four parts.

And these cracks kept expanding, swelling...

The next moment.

Boom—

A small mushroom cloud shot up into the sky; the two nearest bald strong men couldn't dodge in time and were enveloped by it.

Immediately after, the raging storm spread outward; Ji Ling and the two police officers who had rushed forward were instantly blown away.

The remaining few who were preparing to provide cover all stood there dazed, staring blankly at the sky full of fire.

That was the expression of being overwhelmed by an unknown fear, at a loss.

As the smoke gradually cleared, a figure covered entirely in firelight stood out conspicuously.

Lu Jing frowned; under his mental power observation, this person's internal structure was strange, able to condense Blood Qi power in the chest area, then through compression and release produce a high-temperature explosion.

"Interesting, an exploding Talent Endowed..."

He couldn't help but admit that he had misjudged just now, never expecting that among these Black Martial Artists there would be a rare Talent Endowed.

"Cough cough! What are you standing there for? Open fire!"

Not far away, Ji Ling gritted her teeth through the discomfort, stood up, picked up the handgun from the ground, and launched the first attack.

Whoosh!

Bang bang bang—

Dense gunfire rang out; everyone took the red silhouette in the smoke as a target and frantically pulled the trigger.

"You can't kill him, run—this person's Talent can even injure a Grand Master!"

A bloody, mangled hand slapped against the police car's window; the bald strong man had painfully crawled from the explosion site to here.

And his brother had meanwhile vanished without a trace.

Lu Jing stood there silently watching; it wasn't that he didn't want to save these two Military Department people, but he simply had no chance to do so.

Without knowing the enemy's methods, rashly going to rescue a stranger is not Lu Jing's character.

Moreover, from the Black Martial Artists' emergence to the explosion was only the blink of an eye, leaving no time for rescue.

Gradually, the gunfire ceased and the smoke slowly dissipated.

The figure flashing with red light also appeared in everyone's sight.

Apparently as a side effect of using his Talent, that Black Martial Artist's whole body was covered in black cracks, the person stiffened in place, unmoving.

Even the red light on his body had dimmed considerably.

However, in this state his skin was as hard as rock, bullets couldn't penetrate it at all.

Ha—

As the black martial artist let out a hysterical roar, the cracks on his body began to heal, returning to the appearance of a normal person at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After glaring toward the police car, he turned and quickly walked into the factory.

Are you okay? Hold on, I've already contacted superiors to send reinforcements!

Jiling helped the bald, muscular man up from the ground, while the officer beside him took out a first-aid kit to bandage the wound.

Damn it, how did you guys handle this? You didn't even mention having such a dangerous Talent Endowed in the mission!

Before Jiling could even speak to explain, the bald, muscular man glanced at Lu Jing, who was watching the scene nearby, and his face instantly turned extremely ugly.

Damn, they even shoved in a resume-padding student, damn it; if there had been more help, my brother wouldn't have been blown up!

No, listen to me...

Jiling hurried to speak up and explain, but the next second Lu Jing interrupted him.

It's your arrogance that got your brother killed; don't blame others.

As soon as those words left his mouth, the bald, muscular man and Jiling both froze.

A few seconds later, the bald, muscular man narrowed his eyes at Lu Jing, his tone turning hostile: "You little brat, are you looking for death? Do you know who you're talking to?"

Lu Jing paid no heed, his eyes calm as water.

Captain Jiling, the difficulty of this mission should have been rated lower; once I'm done, remember to help me reapply for a mission rating.

After saying that, Lu Jing walked alone toward the factory.

Leaving behind a stunned Jiling and the bald, muscular man.

Didn't you hear what he just said? This mission requires a Grandmaster to resolve!

Jiling was about to try to stop him when he discovered Lu Jing's figure had vanished in an instant.

He reappeared, already at the factory's entrance.