"Ah——" Qiao Fengyu covered his stomach and rolled around in the mud.

His face was covered in mud and sweat, and his thick thighs kicked weakly at the translucent gray barrier of the shadow cage.

The bright red blood flowed down from between his dirty fingers and merged into the mud beneath his body.

Jing sat cross-legged beside him, holding a red gem the size of an acorn in his hand, and said slowly: "Does it hurt so much, Brother Qiao? At that time, Kang Baibo cut my face to pieces, but I didn't make a sound."

Qiao Fengyu pressed the wound on his abdomen tightly, his cloudy eyes bulging with anger, and said hatefully: "It was because you, a loser, were caught by him. You caused our operation to fail, caused our team to become the laughing stock of Blue Fox, and caused those two losers to be punished by the leader. You brought this upon yourself!"

Jing smiled and said, "Is that so? Then aren't you also a waste if I catch you? But as a waste, I am really lucky. Not only was I saved by my sister, but my face also recovered. My sister is beautiful, smart and powerful. It is easier for her to destroy your Blue Fox's nest than to go shopping. Do you have such a good sister?"

Qiao Fengyu used all his strength to kick the shadow cage, but he could do nothing except make his legs numb and bleed from the wound. He was so angry that he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Who asked you?"

Jing finished showing off and stopped looking at him, turning his gaze to the pure and clear red gem in his hand.

Before he dug the gem out of Qiao Fengyu's stomach, not a drop of blood flowed out of the wound he had cut on Qiao Fengyu.

But after it was dug out, it was found that there was nothing special about this stone except that it looked quite expensive.

Jing thought about it, and condensed two conical shadow blades in his hands. He moved as fast as lightning, nailing Qiao Fengyu's palms firmly to the ground with one hand each.

“Ah——!” The severe pain whipped Qiao Fengyu’s nerves like lightning. His loose yellow teeth were full of blood. He shouted with resentment, “What do you want?! If you dare to kill me, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!”

Jing raised his hand and pressed the red gem into his belly, which was covered with red and yellow skin and flesh. Sure enough, the blood oozing out of the wound quickly coagulated.

Jing waited for a while, and seeing that the wound had not healed, he dug out the gem again.

Amid Qiao Fengyu's screams, the blood that had just solidified began to seep out again.

Jing tried this twice more before stopping.

He wiped the blood and oil stains on the gemstone on Qiao Fengyu's clothes and said thoughtfully: "Is this how it is used?"

Qiao Fengyu's sternum was broken, his belly and stomach were dug open, his palms were pierced, and he was tossed back and forth by Jing. If it weren't for the powerful hemostatic effect of the gem and the sentinel's good physical fitness, he would have died by now.

No matter how unwilling he was, he knew that if he didn't beg for mercy, he might not survive, so he could only say with a weak voice: "Jing, Jing, Brother Qiao begs you, please stop making trouble, okay? As long as you let me go, I will tell you the identity of the leader."

"You guys destroyed Blue Fox's headquarters. During this time, I don't know what kind of god Blue Fox offended. He was put on the black market for a bounty, and lost many people."

"The last person to know the true identity of the group leader, Lao Fang, was also killed in the explosion just now."

"Without me, you will never find the leader."

"Besides, I learned a big piece of news in Eagle City, which is related to your sister. If you kill me, she might die inexplicably one day, and you won't even have a place to cry when that happens!"

Jing narrowed his eyes slightly: "You are not lying to me, are you, Brother Qiao? You have to know that I have learned a lot from Blue Fox in terms of tracking and torturing people, among other things."

Qiao Fengyu swallowed his saliva and nodded vigorously, "Really, Jing, please trust Brother Qiao again."

A thunderous roar swept over, and the already shaky brick wall was covered with rubble.

Jing raised his eyebrows and looked up at the sky outside the crack in the brick wall.

On the horizon, a swarm of black mechas were approaching like locusts. The mechas that were hovering and patrolling over the swamp area quickly increased their flying altitude, merged into the steel torrent, and headed westward in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Jing's emerald eyes lit up slightly, and she said softly, "It seems like there's something exciting to watch. Okay, I'll trust you again."

Before Qiao Fengyu had time to be happy, he felt a huge force on his shoulder. Jing grabbed his shoulder and pulled him into the shadow passage.

Qiao Fengyu's eyes suddenly darkened, and the piercing pain in his palms took a moment to reach his brain.

He looked down and saw that both of his palms were split straight apart from the middle fingers, revealing the hideous white bone fragments.

It was cut by a shadow blade that was deeply driven into the ground.

Qiao Fengyu's heart-wrenching scream was abruptly cut off by the sudden closing of the shadow passage.

Only a faint bloodstain was left in the mud of the ruins, but soon the bloodstain merged with the dirty mud and water, and there was no trace of anything unusual.

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Liancheng, the apron of the temporary airport.

Fu Meng's tanned face was filled with confusion and worry.

He turned his gaze to Ai Wanxin who was standing not far in front of him.

The setting sun melts gold, and the sky is filled with western clouds.

The golden-red afterglow outlines her tall figure and deep, three-dimensional profile.

Her eyes, shining with light, were quietly watching the swarm of mechas approaching from the horizon, but there was no trace of nervousness or hesitation on her face. It was as if an aura as hard and calm as steel emanated from her bones, filling the hearts of those who looked at her with awe.

Fu Meng didn't know what they talked about in the room. Before Ai Wanxin came out, he received an order from Xue Muqing, in which he was told that if Ai Wanxin wanted to take over Liancheng, he didn't need to resist in vain and should wait until he arrived in Liancheng to decide everything.

Just because he lost the meteorite, can General Xue's physical condition really support him to come to Liancheng?

Fu Meng was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't expect Ai Wanxin to notice his gaze. She turned her head slightly, looked at his worried expression, and asked, "How badly is your General Xue injured?"

Fu Meng hesitated to speak, and finally, he frowned and motioned Ai Wanxin to look ahead: "Why don't you look at it yourself..."

Ai Wanxin turned around and saw a black shuttle with a metallic luster standing out from the group of mechas that had already flown over the airport, and slowly landed vertically on the apron not far away.

Dust rose into the sky and rushed towards her. The two mechas guarding her raised their hands and deployed force field shields to block the flying dust.

On the side of the shuttle, the hatch slid open and the gangway dropped down.

A tall man appeared in the cabin.

He was wearing a neat dark blue naval officer's uniform and a white wide-brimmed hat with a golden hatband and olive leaf flowers embroidered in gold thread. The metal hat badge was so dazzling that it seemed to be burning in the setting sun.

But none of this is more eye-catching than his face.

Ai Wanxin was already very familiar with the right half of the man's face. It was Xue Muqing, whom she had seen several times in video calls. His signature lavender double pupils looked back at Ai Wanxin indifferently.

But the left half of his face was without skin, revealing only a titanium-gray, rugged metal skull. His eye sockets were empty, and he was staring at her darkly.

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