Chapter 273: Massacre

A sturdy man appeared on the city wall.

He is half a head shorter than the barbarian beside him, yet taller than a normal human, about two meters tall, with a horizontally broad build; his thick neck and shoulders form a triangle, his muscles are blocky and distinct, stretching the leather armor he wears to the point of almost bursting, and his bronze-colored skin reflects a strange metallic sheen.

This exaggeratedly strong wild man has a youthful face.

He appears about thirty, with a high nose bridge, a broad forehead, eyes that are narrow and long, and no eyebrows, giving his features a slightly odd but not ugly look; his appearance can be described as strikingly unique.

Many wild men look like this, a mix of human and barbarian traits, ending up neither here nor there, most bearing some deformities.

The wild man's appearance before me falls within the normal range, relatively good.

Lei En notices that the wild man's pupils are black, but at the edges there are two extremely fine halos—one red, one gold—almost overlapping.

Without his super vision, it would be hard to spot this anomaly.

The eyes are the windows of the mind and the manifestation of the soul.

Lei En's gaze pierces in, and he instantly sees that the wild man's brain contains three souls! Moreover, each soul is immensely powerful, surpassing ordinary legends!

Each soul's form is strange, being neither human, nor barbarian, nor wild man.

He is more than familiar with such souls.

This is a Dragon Soul!

Lei En can't help but be astonished; dragons usually shapeshift into humanoid beings, mostly elves and humans, occasionally dwarves, since those races both have a place in Ai Lun E Si and suit a dragon's taste, so turning into a lowly wild man is truly rare.

What surprises Lei En most is that the wild man simultaneously possesses three souls.

"Could this be a fusion of three-headed dragons?"

He observes the wild man carefully; the body does not look like a merger, and the three souls intertwine with a deep connection.

Each soul is not independent, but rather three forms of a single soul.

"Split personality?"

Lei En is not quite sure.

The wild man's demeanor is steady; he stands on the wall, looking down at Tai Li En, his eyes full of mockery, not like a dragon with a mental issue.

He embraces with both arms, holding two female wild women.

The female wild women's looks are the opposite of the male's; they are generally beautiful, of a higher stature, tall and sultry, possessing considerable strength.

The barbarians and trolls see him and promptly salute, respectfully calling, "Captain."

Lei En keenly notices fear in the barbarians' and trolls' eyes; evidently, this dragon transformed into a wild man is extremely harsh toward its mercenary subordinates.

"Bo Er Qi, humph…"

Tai Li En, originally fairly composed, sees Bo Er Qi, his enemy's eyes flare red, and he scolds, "Wait until I finish talking with Baron Ba Ke Li, then I'll settle the score with you."

"Hahaha… you think you can?"

Bo Er Qi bursts into a wild laugh, his arrogance nearly spilling over his face.

His gaze sweeps over the Extreme Warriors, finally landing on Lei En; he stares for a few seconds, shakes his head and says, "So you've pledged to a new master. Tai Li En, you're getting more and more pathetic. You really think that finding any transcendent will let you oppose me?"

Then Bo Er Qi points a finger at Lei En, disdainfully saying, "Young one, I don't care where you come from; if you try to meddle in my affairs, death is not far away."

Mid‑speech, his eyes drift to the Extreme Warriors' armor, a flash of greed flickering within.

"Interesting."

Lei En is not frightened by the threat; instead, he finds it amusing.

Bo Er Qi appears arrogant on the surface, not taking himself seriously, yet the color of his soul betrays his true emotions—extremely calm and cautious—while his other hand makes some unknown motion behind his back.

Through the Voice of All Things, one can hear him issue orders to the mercenaries ambushed beneath the wall.

A chaotic rush of footsteps surges behind the castle gate.

He seems like a brute, but is actually steady.

However, no matter how steady, against a massive power gap it makes little difference.

Lei En nods at Xi Ka Liusi and the other eight Extreme Warriors bearing Lan Bo's Gun, signaling them to prepare to fire, and says calmly, "I'll give you ten seconds for Baron Ba Ke Li to hand over the eight hundred Gold Shields owed to the Blood Oath Mercenary Corps; if he doesn't, I'll take them myself."

Meanwhile, Xi Ka Liusi and his men have already removed the black cloth.

Nine pitch‑black machine guns emerge with a few 'ka‑ka' sounds; the Extreme Warriors pull the bolts, chamber rounds, and aim the muzzles at the wall.

Bo Er Qi's expression freezes; when he sees Lan Bo's Gun clearly, his gaze shows puzzlement.

Although he has never seen a machine gun nor can guess its firepower, the dragon's keen senses make him sense the approaching danger, his hair standing on end.

"The Blood Oath Mercenary Corps can't even catch a single thief, yet still dare demand payment?"

Bo Er Qi retreats silently while shouting, "Since I took over the castle, there have been no thefts and no one has been killed…"

Lei En sees that the dragon is merely buying time.

He speculates that those unknown thieves are actually Bo Er Qi's traps, intended to openly seize the castle and plot Baron Ba Ke Li's wealth.

Baron Ba Ke Li has never appeared; perhaps he has already been killed.

The ten seconds have just elapsed.

Lei En immediately orders, "Fire."

Almost simultaneously, Bo Er Qi shouts, "Attack! Kill them!"

Three troll shaman priests on the wall wave their staffs to cast, one unleashing an attack spell, two bestowing a bloodthirsty technique on the adjacent barbarians, driving them into a berserk state.

However, before the spells complete, a burst of dense gunfire erupts.

Rat‑rat‑rat‑rat…

Bullets too fast for the naked eye streak toward the wall; a hundred meters is practically next to the machine gun, and in an instant the three shamans are torn to pieces, their protective spells never having time to activate.

After the great battle at Weizelan Fu Kong Cheng, the Extreme Warriors are highly proficient with machine‑gun fire.

Each machine gun covers a sector, encompassing the entire stretch of wall.

The muzzles sweep left and right, tongues of fire spewing; barbarian warriors of the Dorak Tribe burst into sprays of blood one after another, even the toughest muscles cannot resist the bullets; trolls inherently possess a "Regeneration" Element, their wounds heal quickly, making them hard to kill, yet under gunfire they are no different from ordinary flesh.

In just a few seconds, the barbarians and trolls on the wall are completely cleared.

Bo Erqi's position was under the machine gun's focused fire.

The two female barbarians beside him were shot into shreds on the spot, blood splattering over their bodies; he himself was hit by several bullets, which ricocheted and left a series of white marks on his skin.

The dragon froze in shock.

Only when more gun mechanisms aimed at him, the relentless barrage forcing him to retreat repeatedly, did he snap out of his stupor, letting out a startled, angry roar and rolling to take cover beneath the city wall.

With the target lost, the gunfire ceased.

The area around the castle fell silent.

Tai Li En and the other seventeen newly recruited Extreme Warriors were all dumbfounded. They had heard of the Extreme Warrior's reputation and knew the power of Rambo's Gun, yet they had never imagined it could be this terrifyingly strong.

The Manfarab Mercenary Corps that had once suppressed them was wiped out by more than half in the blink of an eye.

"Jili Man is above!"

Several Extreme Warriors could not believe their eyes, involuntarily shouting the deity's name, trembling with excitement at the thought that they too might one day wield Rambo's Gun.

Only a few human knights remained alive atop the wall, but each was so frightened that their legs went weak, they crouched on the ground, not daring to lift their heads.

"Blast the gate open, charge in," Lei En said calmly.

He also began casting, drawing the Song of Azure Sky into his hand; after three seconds the five‑ring Electric Blast Orb formed and he hurled it at the castle's gate.

Clack clack clack… Boom—…

The wooden gate was first riddled with countless holes by the machine gun; the barbarians and trolls lying in ambush behind the gate, intending to break out, were instantly struck head‑on, letting out a series of screams.

The Electric Blast Orb slammed into the gate, electric serpents danced wildly, and the shattered gate was instantly blown to pieces.

Tai Li En led the Extreme Warriors to charge inside.

Lei En summoned a Random Door, stepped through, and appeared atop the wall, seeing the castle's gate littered with bodies on the ground—either shot by bullets or charred by lightning.

More than twenty barbarians and trolls farther away were still alive.

They had originally worn terrified faces, ready to flee in all directions, but when they suddenly saw Lei En emerge from the Random Door, they immediately roared with reddened eyes.

"Kill him quickly!"

Barbarians and trolls brandished wolf‑tooth wolves and sharp axes, charging wildly.

Lei En instantly swapped the Song of Azure Sky for an Arcane Torrent Staff; his soul force surged, and a thick rainbow‑colored beam erupted.

Sss!

A sharp whistling sound rang out, the beam pierced the foremost barbarian, half of his body vanished.

The rainbow‑like beam persisted for three seconds, like an unmatched, thirty‑meter‑long great sword; as Lei En waved his fingers, it swept across, cutting the several enemies that rushed forward into fragments.

The remaining barbarians and trolls instantly turned back in terror.

At this moment the Extreme Warriors also surged through the gate, and both sides clashed in the open courtyard of the castle.

Lei En did not intervene; with the strength of an Extreme Warrior plus enchanted armor, killing those barbarians and trolls was as easy as chopping melons.

His target was Bo Erqi.

After the dragon rolled down from the wall, its figure vanished.

Lei En looked around; the dual effect of Truth Willpower and the Key of Doors prevented anyone from hiding before him, and he immediately located the target.

Bo Erqi was beneath the corner of the wall, quickly moving away from the battlefield.

The dragon's strength was immense, not inferior to a Mid‑stage Transcendent of legend, but it was extremely cautious, retreating at the first sign of trouble.

"Trying to escape?"

Lei En's mouth twitched, and he raised his hand to hurl a Thunderclap Technique.

(End of chapter)