Swallowing the Stars: 100x Return for Teaching Apprentices

Chapter 27 The Dazzling Lightning

"hu~hu~"

Hugo gasped for breath, trying his best to calm himself down from the shock he had just experienced.

"Who are you people? Why are you attacking us?"

He stared at the group led by the three-eyed man, a hint of hatred flickering in his eyes.

Without a word, he killed six of his own guards. Even he himself, if Old Wu hadn't reacted in time, would probably be a corpse lying on the ground like those guards!

Upon hearing Hu Ge's words, the three-eyed man leading the group remained indifferent, his expression slightly mocking:
"What, are you still trying to play dumb, Young Master Hu Ge?"

"Damn! They were definitely after me!"

Upon hearing the other party's reply, the last glimmer of hope in Hu Ge's heart was completely extinguished.

Looking at the enemy's formation, his heart sank uncontrollably to the bottom.

A total of thirteen ninth-level stellar-level beings, more than half of whom were mental cultivators—someone was determined to kill him!
Who is it? Is it Adona, or those guys?
"You better hope I don't get back safely, or your good days are over!"

Hu Ge secretly sent a distress message to a close elder in his family, then, suppressing his anger, feigned a probing conversation with the three-eyed man:
"I've never seen you before, and we shouldn't have any grudges against each other, so, did someone pay you to be hired?"

"In that case, I don't care who sent you. I'm willing to pay double the price, just let us leave. You can check, I have a high-level resource star under my name, I can definitely afford this fee!"

"Hehe, Young Master Hu Ge is really generous, but unfortunately, in our line of work, integrity is the most important thing."

The three-eyed man said expressionlessly, "Our employer gave us two choices: destroy all communication devices and voluntarily implant a biochip, or we'll kill you directly!"

"Young Master Hu Ge, which one would you like to choose?"

Upon hearing the other party's words, Hu Ge had given up all hope of persuading them with words.

"Damn it, you're not leaving me any way out! You forced me into this situation!"

"Shh!"

A silver, spherical metallic object with faint red spots of light suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Old Wu, do as we agreed before!"

Hu Ge transmitted a low shout.

Upon hearing this, Old Wu, who was standing beside him, immediately turned cold. A mental force, like a powerful hand, grabbed the spherical metal object and forcefully 'threw' it towards the crowd!

"run!"

After doing all this, Lao Wu didn't hesitate. He grabbed Hu Ge and rushed into the depths of the passage!

The two Mist Clan Spirit Masters followed closely behind, each accompanied by three martial arts guards, including Qi Yuan.

Less than a hundredth of a second after they rushed out, a deafening explosion suddenly rang out behind them—

"Boom~~~"

The entire crystal passage was shaking violently, and a powerful shockwave came from behind Hugo and the others, propelling them to increase their speed considerably.

"Wow~~~"

Behind them, a large number of crystal fragments continued to fall, completely blocking the entire passage in the blink of an eye.

"boom!"

A moment later, an enormous golden snake head smashed through a large number of crystal fragments and crawled in from behind the collapsed passage.

The three-eyed man and the four-armed strongman rushed through the gap created by the golden serpent.

With a wave of his hand, the thin, silver-scaled man summoned the giant golden snake, which shrank back to the thickness of a finger and coiled around his neck like a collar.

However, at this moment, there was a noticeable red patch on the back of the golden snake.

"Damn, the last thing I want to face is someone with a powerful background. They might not be that strong, but who knows what kind of killer weapon they're hiding!"

He cursed angrily, "A B6-class radium mother bomb, if used properly, could wipe out a large number of ninth-tier stellar-class bombs! This kid is really willing to use it. Poor me, my little brother!" "Now you know why I told you not to act impulsively in the first place."

The three-eyed man calmly glanced at him, then sped forward on a green flying shuttle. "Keep up, don't lose them!"

"Huhuhu~~~"

In the colorful crystal passage, Hugo and his group were fleeing at an extremely fast speed.

During their escape, they changed direction frequently, disappearing into different side tunnels.

More than two hours after their chaotic escape—

"So, did you shake them off?"

Hugo looked at the blank detector interface and finally a slightly relieved expression appeared on his face.

However, before he could catch his breath, he heard a piercing sound of wind breaking through the passage behind him.

"Master, they've caught up!"

Old Wu's voice transmission simultaneously echoed in Hu Ge's mind.

"Damn, they must have more advanced detection equipment. My instrument's signal is being jammed!"

Hu Ge immediately understood.

"Faster, faster, even faster!" he urged impatiently.

However, the three mentalists, including Lao Wu, had been flying for a long time and were carrying people, so their speed had already reached its limit!

The sharp sound of wind breaking from behind grew closer and closer, and the distance between the two sides continued to shrink.

Soon, Hugo could see the pursuing enemies behind him!

"what to do."

As the enemy drew ever closer, Hugo grew increasingly anxious.

"I can't die, I can't die, I, Hugo, absolutely cannot die in a place like this!"

He abruptly turned his head to look at the few ninth-tier stellar-level slaves he had purchased before entering the World of Erosion, a fleeting look of heartache flashing across his eyes.

"Fine, saving our own lives is the priority, so we have no choice but to sacrifice you all!"

At this moment, he had already decided to have four ninth-tier stellar-level guards fight to the death to cover his retreat and create a glimmer of hope for himself!

"Qi Yuan, I'll have those four guards cover our retreat with their lives. You find a chance to separate from me and escape. If we can get out safely, we'll meet at the entrance of the Aurora Corridor!"

However, before taking action, he secretly transmitted a message to Qi Yuan.

For Hu Ge, Qi Yuan is arguably the most important 'asset' he currently possesses, aside from Thunderstorm Star.

After all, this is a genius guard who is almost 100% capable of breaking through to the cosmic level. Once he grows up, he will definitely be a capable assistant in my hands!
If it weren't for the fact that taking another person would slow things down considerably, Old Wu would never have been willing to abandon Qi Yuan and escape alone!
"The enemy's main target is me, so his chances of escaping are quite high!"

Hugo made up his mind and immediately ordered the ninth-level stellar-level guards to 'act' according to plan.

However, at that moment, his gaze involuntarily froze—

The genius subordinate on whom he had placed his hopes jumped off the telekinetic weapon carrying him, a spirit master of the Mist Clan, and headed straight for the pursuers behind him!

"Damn it, Qi Yuan, what are you doing? Come back here!"

Hu Ge was stunned and quickly shouted into his voice.

But all that answered him was that unwavering, resolute figure and the gradually blazing, dazzling lightning—

"You all go quickly, I'll hold them off!"

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