Chapter 1760

"Sorry, habit." Ximen Wudi rejected him bluntly.

Actually, it wasn't intentional—he'd simply reacted on instinct.

After all, in China, the gender ratio was severely imbalanced, especially at certain times.

A faint blush rose in Ruth's eyes.

"Lopez, we need to retreat immediately, or we'll all die here!" Ximen Wudi growled.

Under these circumstances, he could only use provocation to buy time.

Of course, in Ximen Wudi's view, the reason he and Lopez had encountered such danger was purely because… they were too handsome!

This level of looks could utterly annihilate everything!

Hmm, Ximen Wudi didn't dare say that—after all, in the darkness, Lopez's face was still masked.

Ruth took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, then said: "This is a trap—don't rush in!"

As she spoke, gunfire erupted suddenly.

The moment she finished speaking, blood sprayed from her shoulder!

"Are you okay?" Ximen Wudi asked.

"I'm fine!" Ruth gritted her teeth. "Their firepower is intense—we need to flank!"

This girl's psychological resilience was decent; after a brief moment of shock, she swiftly assessed the situation and made the optimal choice.

Ximen Wudi agreed with the suggestion.

"I'll cover you," Ximen Wudi said, squinting.

"Alright," Lopez replied.

The man stepped sideways, his figure vanishing instantly, as if merging into the night!

But just then, a row of rocket rounds swept horizontally, completely plowing up the grass!

Ruth lay flat on the ground, feeling the earth tremble beneath her.

Ximen Wudi reached out, wrapping his arm around Ruth: "Hold onto me, don't move."

Ruth instinctively opened her arms—but because their chests pressed so tightly together, this nearly burst Ximen Wudi's lungs.

It was an unprecedented sensation.

"Cough… cough… cough…" Ximen Wudi coughed violently, then struggled to say: "Sorry… I didn't mean to…"

After speaking, Ximen Wudi released his hold!

Though both were attracted to either gender, Ximen Wudi had absolutely no interest in taking advantage in such a moment—after all, Ruth was practically his savior.

Ruth's face flushed crimson, but this time, she felt little anger or shame—only an odd sense of relief.

Though Ximen Wudi's attitude was ambiguous, it was honest—such a person deserved deep friendship.

But just as Ximen Wudi turned to run in one direction, he suddenly heard Ruth shout: "Watch out—ambush!"

Ximen Wudi instinctively ducked!

Unfortunately, this time he couldn't dodge in time!

A shadow leapt from the grass, wielding a long blade!

Swish!

The long blade slashed straight for Ximen Wudi's neck!

But at this critical moment, Ximen Wudi swung his Ruijin long rod with pinpoint accuracy, smashing it against the attacker's blade!

Clang!

The blade was knocked clean out of his hand!

The attacker clearly hadn't expected Ximen Wudi's strength—he felt numbness in his Hukou!

But before he could retreat, Ximen Wudi had already planned it—a perfect upward slash, the tip of the Ruijin long rod piercing straight through his abdomen!

"Ugh!" The shadow screamed, clutching his stomach and collapsing to the ground!

His entire body burned with pain, his internal organs churning like a stormy sea!

"In this situation, still trying to target Ruth? Heh, you must think death comes too slowly for you?" Ximen Wudi sneered coldly.

Ruth came over: "Lopez, there's an ambush on my right!"

This guy's senses were too sharp—he'd anticipated it in advance!

Hearing this, Ximen Wudi said nothing, grabbed Ruth, and rolled sideways!

Boom!

The earth pit where Ximen Wudi and Ruth had hidden was blown clean away!

A shell exploded from another direction, collapsing the ground where Ximen Wudi had just stood!

Thanks to Ruth's timely warning, they'd both narrowly escaped being blown to bloody pulp!

Seeing this, Ruth immediately rose and shouted to Lopez: "Split up!"

Lopez nodded, grabbed his sniper rifle, and vanished into the nearby bushes!

But just then, another gunshot rang out!

Bang!

The bullet missed, striking Lopez's former position!

Ruth instantly crouched down—she knew she couldn't expose herself to gunfire!

"You can't escape!" A figure burst from the trees, wielding a triangular military dagger!

Ximen Wudi and Ruth recognized him—he was Ma Erji, the traitor of Mount Aerbeisi!

This traitor had defected to the enemy and sought to use their power to exact revenge.

Ximen Wudi gripped the laser-gold long staff and stepped in front of Rose.

"I'm going to tear you into ten thousand pieces." Ma Erjiniaosi stared at Ximen Wudi, his gaze brimming with ferocity and cruelty.

If one looked closely, one would notice that Ma Erjiniaosi had already changed into new clothes — clearly brand-new compared to the tattered battle outfit from before!.

1640 had gained no advantage.

Moreover, this man's left arm was already empty — even the sleeve was nowhere to be seen!

"Oh, I understand now, so that's how it is," Ximen Wudi said. "Your master chopped off your left hand."

"That's right! Today, I will definitely kill you all!" Ma Erjiniaosi roared!

His roar was so loud it almost spread across the entire small island.

"Your master… is Lopez?" Ximen Wudi raised an eyebrow.

"You damned bastard, go to hell!"

After Ma Erjiniaosi finished roaring, he lunged straight forward!

Ximen Wudi met him without the slightest hesitation. He lashed out with a whip kick, which slammed heavily against Ma Erjiniaosi's long saber!

Both of them stumbled back several meters!

"I say you're from the Atlantis family, aren't you! Why not leave a little room?" Ximen Wudi said, wiping the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth.

In fact, in that exchange just now, Ximen Wudi had not gained much advantage either — the long saber of Ma Erjiniaosi contained tremendous force, even suppressing Ximen Wudi's foot.

However, Ximen Wudi did not think this meant he wasn't strong enough.

He felt that he was being limited by the terrain here — the surface of this island was barren, with not a single blade of grass, and there was absolutely no cover to hide behind. Moreover, the visibility here was extremely poor; even a little light could make it impossible for one to keep one's eyes open.

Therefore, Ximen Wudi's movements were severely affected, which led to some mistakes.

Not to mention, in that collision just now, Ma Erjiniaosi's power clearly surpassed Ximen Wudi's!

If a few more clashes like that came, Ximen Wudi would be defeated!

"You Huaxia people are really annoying!" Ma Erjiniaosi cursed.

He looked a little anxious. With a flick of his wrist, his long saber whirled into an airtight curtain of blades, directly shrouding an area of three or four meters around Ximen Wudi, seemingly leaving him no room to retreat at all!

This move was indeed tremendously powerful!

Ximen Wudi gave a low shout, swung out his laser-gold long staff, directly scattering the opponent's saber-light, and then threw a fierce punch!

Rose gripped her dagger tightly, watching for an opportunity!

This Ma Erjiniaosi was extremely battle-experienced. Just as Ximen Wudi's fist was about to slam into him, his body suddenly leapt into the air, his long saber raised high, and came slashing straight down!