The Highest Bounty

Chapter 153 Crisis Everywhere

In the city made of concrete and steel, the two figures ran wildly across streets and alleys.

The one in front was a robot carrying a girl, while the one behind was a smaller robot that was only half a meter in height. The two moved around really fast before stopping at the foot of a large building. There, Robert saw that at the top of a tall building less than three hundred meters away, Sharp was slowly walking toward Biggie.

At that moment, Lilliath suddenly opened her eyes and looked toward Biggie’s direction. All of a sudden, Biggie sprang into action without warning-Force from his black saber curled around Sharp’s neck like a thread.

Sharp frantically retreated. The black thread was like a ripple as it got longer and longer-until it could no longer be avoided. Sharp once again transformed his hand into a saber and lifted it. Next, he drew a white, blade-like force from the void and dashed toward the black thread.

Sharp knew that Lilliath, the little girl from Gu Ding’s team, had to be nearby. That was why Biggie’s combat effectiveness had been restored again. He originally thought that Lilliath could not move in that state of hers. However, based on the situation at hand, his speculation seemed to be wrong. As long as their opponent could move around the battleground, then there were only two ways to defeat Biggle: one was to fight him head-on and win with strength; the other was to kill Lilliath.

Sharp looked toward his left but could not see where Lilliath was. He guessed that she had probably gone into hiding and was out of his sight. To find Lilliath in a short amount of time would not be easy. The only choice left was for him to fight Biggie head-on.

After arriving at this conclusion, Sharp slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The next moment, his eyes burst open and his muscles began to swell. His otherwise modest figure began to turn burly as an extremely powerful force began to flow from within him; he seemed at least ten times stronger than before. It was as if a man-eating beast had suddenly torn its cage apart. When Sharp released his power, even Gu Ding and the others who were at the port were able to notice the changes on the battleground. Sharp’s powerful force was somewhat oppresive.

“Upon grasping the true essence of Knife Heart, I sealed myself as a Rank-10 Gene Body to avoid falling into delusion brought by its powers. I abandoned my powers as such so that I could comprehend swordsmanship wholeheartedly. In exchange, I’m now able to improve my swordsmanship rather quickly. The last time I fought with you, I didn’t unseal myself to make it fair. Just now, I didn’t relieve the seal at the port because I was worried that I would not be able to control myself and would cause accidental casualties. However, now that we’re here, and seeing that Plan A which was to weaken you didn’t work, I can only go with Plan B which is to unseal myself.”

This time, Sharp not only unsealed the power, but he also pushed his power to its limit so that he could defeat Biggie within the shortest amount of time possible.

Sharp took one step forward. Then, without any warning, he appeared in front of Biggie. At that same instant, white primary power burst out from his hands. It has to be said that the primary power was at least ten times more intense compared to before, and one could faintly see small swirls in the air when the primary power burst out from his hands. The swirls were a phenomenon that occurred when the air was torn.

Sharp’s hands moved so fast that they could not be caught by the naked eye. One could only see a white shadow in the air before they disappeared. On the other hand, Biggie’s huge figure was instantly swallowed by the light.

Sharp moved his hands frantically as if he was a chef mincing meat on a cutting board. Biggie was, of course, the minced meat on the cutting board; he was being pounded and sliced mercilessly by Sharp.

Sharp’s attack lasted for several minutes, and he struck at least ten thousand times with his double-handed saber-frantically and aggressively. If it had been an ordinary person, they would have been cut into millions of pieces under the dense force.

After making sure that his opponent was dead, Sharp stopped. Then, his figure slowly fell, and he stood still on the ground to look at the damage he had done. The building that was hundreds of meters high had been knocked down by his force; it was only less than half its original height.

Not far ahead of Sharp was a huge, bottomless hole that even went through the building’s foundation.

Sharp had made sure that the building was unfinished and had no occupants in it before he chose to fight there. “Biggie lost…”

At the port, Gu Ding who was tearing off the arm of a mech heard Neptune’s voice. He frowned slightly and blew the mech’s head off before asking, “So soon? Didn’t Lili and the rest go over?”

“Sharp has been hiding his strength. For many years, he lived as a Rank-10 Gene Body. His gene level promotion could be due to a build-up caused by that. Upon leveling up, he sealed himself at as a Rank-10 Gene Body. On the other hand, he improved his swordsmanship and gained a new ability, Knife Heart. Hence, the strength he has is much more than what’s actually shown. His real combat effectiveness is way beyond his stats,” Neptune explained, “Sharp now probably has the power to challenge a Rank-12 Gene Body. His previous attack caused Biggie to lose consciousness completely. I just connected to the wristwatch on Biggie’s hand and activated the medical examination function. Although he’s not dead, his body is extremely weak. Not to mention, his heartbeat seems very faint. Since he’s unconscious, Liliath lost connection with him and her hypnosis stopped working.”

“Under these circumstances, will Sharp take him alive?” Gu Ding was a little worried that Sharp would kill Biggie-he would kill him off while the latter was unconscious.

“Don’t worry about it. Sharp won’t kill Biggie. He’s worth more alive. Biggie has the combat effectiveness of a general. The Army should be interested in recruiting him. He won’t be killed without any consideration.” Neptune was not worried about it at all.

Sudden cries of surprise were heard not too far away from Gu Ding.

Emily, who had previously been trapped in a state of illusion, managed to break out of the dreamland Sunny and Luna had set up together. The moment the illusion was broken, the two of them suffered a heavy blow to their spirits.

Emily took the opportunity to dash forward and eerily appear beside Sonny. Her sharp dagger slid across his neck, and blood began to gush out non-stop.

It all happened so fast that neither Bart nor Benter could react.

Upon seeing this, Gu Ding was about to rush in to help them. However, he was stopped by Neptune.

“The Army still has three mechs left. Your task is to kill the last three mechs to minimize the casualties in this war. No one else can stop the three mechs. Go over and help them now. Those three mechs will do whatever they want on the battleground, and they’ll cause a lot of casualties. When it comes to that, not only four people will be killed.”

Gu Ding averted his eyes after hearing Neptune’s statement. He zeroed in on the mech closest to him. He strained the muscles in his legs as he sped towards it. It took Gu Ding less than three seconds to leap as far as five hundred meters away. With the force of his impact, Gu Ding hit the mecha on the head with a cross arm. The mech’s head became warped and it was instantly snapped off. Gu Ding then threw the head high into the air before it fell to the ground and began rolling.

Gu Ding did not even look at the mech operator inside. Instead, he locked his sight on another mech. He knew that he had to finish his mission as soon as possible or Emily would cause a massacre.

Four hundred meters-two seconds-that was how fast Gu Ding was going. Gu Ding performed a Steel Fist, and struck his opponent in the chest with a huge punch, crushing the mech’s metal parts as if it was rotten wood. Gu Ding’s punch went through the mech’s chest and sent it crashing to the ground. “One last mech!”

“Two o’clock, eight hundred meters!” Neptune said.

Locking in the position of the last mech, Gu Ding’s black mech once again moved. Like a black thunderbolt, it disappeared in a flash only to appear seconds later in front of the enemy mech.

Gu Ding sprung up and wrapped his arms around the mech’s neck. Then, with a twist of his body, he twisted the mech’s head three hundred and sixty degrees around. Next, Gu Ding seized the top of the mech’s head, pulled it hard, and tore its head off.

As the last Army mech fell, Gu Ding tossed the huge head aside and looked in the direction where Emily and the others were.

Although it had only been mere seconds, Sonny and Luna were in a pool of blood. On the other hand, Bart and Benter were still struggling, and their bodies were bruised.

Gu Ding darted out, and Emily thought he was going to attack her. However, what Gu Ding did instead was to quickly pick up the siblings who were lying in a pool of blood. He did so before leaving the battleground.

Emily wanted to give chase but was stopped by Bart and Benter.

Gu Ding opened his mech and took out an E-grade cell repair agent. He poured it over their necks and injected two more when he saw their wounds beginning to heal slowly.

Cell repair agents had a wide range of uses. They could be used externally, taken internally, or injected. Although Gu Ding only gave both of them E-grade medicine that had limited effects, it was enough to stop their bleeding. Nevertheless, the rest was up to them to see whether they were tenacious enough to survive.

Upon taking care of their injuries, Gu Ding slipped back into his mech and once again turned around to lock his sights on Emily.

Emily smiled dryly in Gu Ding’s direction, her eyes blazing with defiance.

Gu Ding’s eyes were full of anger as he thrust his black mech’s legs hard. His body sprung out like a black lightning bolt, and Gu Ding slammed his indestructible Steel Fist at where the woman was…