The First Order

In the hitmen's plan, Luo Lan and Zhou Qi were supposed to be surrounded by four supernatural beings who would kill them.

Based on their original plan, even if the several hundred combat personnel that had sneaked into Luoyang City were unable to kill Ren Xiaosu, they should still be able to keep him occupied for half a day.

And in that time, Luo Lan would not have enough lives to make it out of the situation even if he were a cat.

But now that Ren Xiaosu had returned in advance with the rest of the hitmen nowhere to be seen, it looked like they were probably all dead.

The earpieces the four black-clothed supernatural beings were wearing rang out with, "Number One, you'll intercept him while the rest of us go all out to kill Luo Lan. That should be enough."

With that, the supernatural being being pursued by Ren Xiaosu spun around and faced him.

Ren Xiaosu quietly sized up the supernatural being. He was a young man around 28 years old and had a squarish face.

This supernatural being was standing ramrod straight, making him look like some kind of soldier. He had a tanned face, which was probably from the years of training he had gone through. This was an elite soldier from a certain organization's military.

Ren Xiaosu felt a little more reassured. As long as clues of their identities surfaced, it would only be a matter of time before he found the mastermind. What he was most afraid of was that these people had no past, since that would make it difficult for him to find any leads.

The Zhou Consortium, the Wang Consortium, the Kong Consortium, and the Pyro Company all had different ways of training their soldiers. Therefore, the subtleties of their soldiers' movements in battle would be different.

Of course, the subtleties were extremely minute, so Ren Xiaosu could not tell the difference.

But it did not matter. Now that Wang Yun had joined the Prosperous Northwest, even if Ren Xiaosu could not find any evidence after this battle, Wang Yun could definitely give him some answers as long as he brought the surveillance footage of this street to him.

Most superhumans who had just awakened their superpowers would not belong to an organization, so the way they fought in battle would appear exceedingly chaotic.

For example, Zhang Baogen, Dong Funan, and several others.

But over the past year, groups of people had started to awaken their superpowers. Some people felt that the number of superhumans in the Alliance of Strongholds had probably exceeded 300 already, and half of them were even "born" in the military.

After the superhumans who were originally soldiers appeared, they were immediately recruited into the secret units by the various consortiums and trained with greater resources.

The combat strength of these people was very high, especially when they teamed up to fight. They would display combat skills that surpassed normal superhumans.

The superhuman before Ren Xiaosu closed in on him. He wanted to buy some time for his three companions to quickly complete their mission.

The remaining three superhumans rushed at Luo Lan from different directions. However, one of the superhumans suddenly felt that something was off. He turned around and saw someone wearing a white mask following him.

In the gloomy rain, White Mask's appearance was extremely abrupt and terrifying. There was no expression on the mask at all, but for some reason, the superhuman facing it could sense the other party smiling.

White Mask was a legendary being in the superhuman world. Too many major events had involved the presence of White Mask. However, every superhuman was aware now that White Mask was just someone's power.

The hitmen wanted to block Ren Xiaosu and have the other three surround Luo Lan and kill him. But their plan failed again.

From today onwards, it seemed that every one of their plans was going to be very difficult to achieve. With the emergence of one surprise after another, they would have to constantly change their strategy.

At almost the same time, Ren Xiaosu and Old Xu rushed at their respective opponents.

Although Old Xu's battle looked simple and unadorned with fancy moves, every slash it landed with its saber was extremely vicious.

As soon as both sides clashed, Old Xu's opponent was immediately forced into a constant state of retreat.

However, this superhuman quickly realized a problem. Old Xu was much faster than him. If he kept retreating without fighting back, he would not last much longer.

He skidded to a halt and decisively bent down to dodge the incoming blade. Then 13 bone spikes suddenly burst from his spine, making him look like an extremely terrifying Spinosaurus.

The bone spikes measured more than a meter long. Based on the calculations of this superhuman, the moment White Mask swung its saber at him, it would definitely hit the sharp bone spikes on his back and get pierced.

In that instant, he also grew a bone knife from the back of his elbow in preparation to chop off Old Xu's head when it crashed into him.

But the superhuman was stunned a second later. He felt like the bone spikes on his back had pierced soft clay. Although Old Xu was stabbed by the bone spikes, the slashing motions did not stop.

There was no sight of blood splattering as he had imagined. There was only Old Xu slashing at his back emotionlessly.

"How bloody." Luo Lan sighed. Even for someone like him who had committed so much murder and arson, he still felt a little grossed out.

However, this execution style of killing made Luo Lan understand how angry Ren Xiaosu was about Jiang Xu's death.

The other two superhumans who did not encounter Ren Xiaosu and Old Xu's attacks had gotten within 30 meters of Zhou Qi.

However, they did not approach him rashly. They carefully observed the fine drizzle that was coming down as they felt the pervasive raindrops stinging their skin.

The closer they got to Zhou Qi, the more intense the pain was. Their skin started bleeding as though the raindrops had really turned into soft needles.

Luo Lan chuckled and said, "On a rainy day like this, you two will die if you take another step forward. If you don't believe me, why don't you try it out?"

One of the black-clothed superhumans suddenly raised his hand. A circular blue glow spread outwards like a water ripple, and wherever that ripple spread, it would appear like it had become part of a different dimension.

Luo Lan was stunned. The streets still looked the same as before, but they seemed to have become isolated from the rest of the world. As the rain entered the barrier, it turned into snow, and the snow on the ground instantly turned to ice.

A layer of frost quickly formed on everyone's hair and eyebrows.

If they wanted to kill Luo Lan, they would definitely have to find out who was protecting him and what powers that person protecting him possessed.

The reason why they dared to make a move was definitely because they had absolute confidence.

Within the barrier, the other party used the frozen climate to seal off all the water content and completely disabled Zhou Qi's water manipulation power. This was the principle behind the freeze dryer's removal of moisture.

Logically, ice was also water, but Zhou Qi's power was not that remarkable yet. He would have to turn the ice into liquid water before he could use it.

Luo Lan chuckled and said, "It looks like you've come prepared. Why don't we discuss how much the organization behind you is paying and I'll pay double that amount. Or you can capture me and bring me to your boss. I won't resist. Let's stop the fighting and killing here in Luoyang City. Wouldn't it be terrible if we hurt the residents?"

However, Luo Lan was not someone who would willingly allow himself to be captured. As he said that, he pulled Zhou Qi behind him and prepared to summon his martyred spirits to catch their opponents off guard.

The two superhumans approached Luo Lan and Zhou Qi without saying a word. It was getting colder and colder inside the barrier as Luo Lan felt his hands almost freezing.

But a second later, the sound of ice shattering could be heard. The four people in the barrier looked up at the same time and were surprised to see someone using a sniper rifle to shoot at the same spot at the top of the spherical barrier.

The top of the dome started cracking like glass!