You, a living person, are telling me I've served in the underworld for ten years?

"Target changed! The target possesses high-speed short-distance sprinting ability! Estimated basic physical fitness level is at least C!"

The leader of the three at the back, wearing tactical information receiving lenses, spoke coldly as his body shot out like a cheetah! His speed was not slow at all, and was even slightly faster!
The other two followed closely behind, forming a tight inverted triangle pursuit formation with a constant distance between them. They moved like ghosts, running at high speed but only making a faint sound of wind, raising a light dust on the bumpy county road, chasing each other closely!

Chen Yang pushed his speed to the limit, with the whistling wind in his ears and a terrifying sense of oppression growing ever closer behind him.

He didn't even bother to look back; his entire focus was on choosing a route through the mountains ahead. He took each step on the ground where he could get the most leverage, pushing his speed to the temporary limit his body could withstand.

The chase was swift, like a gust of wind passing by! In just over ten seconds, Chen Yang's figure had already rushed into the bushes at the foot of the mountain, instantly being mostly concealed by the dense vegetation.

Without hesitation, he plunged into the depths of the relatively steep and densely vegetated mountain valley.

The tactical information lens of the pursuer behind him flashed with light spots.

"Warning! Terrain complexity increased! Target possesses excellent experience in mountain movement!"

The leader's eyes remained unwavering, filled only with cold calculation and fixation.

"Activate the 'Chain of Silence'! Suppress the opponent's functional activity! Maintain high-frequency pursuit; he can't run fast! Headhunter, pay attention to marking the target's movement path!"

With his silent command, an invisible yet extremely viscous energy wave instantly extended out like a chain, covering dozens of meters ahead and precisely enveloping Chen Yang's location!

Chen Yang felt his body suddenly sink! It was as if he had been carrying hundreds of pounds of weight in an instant! Even more terrifying, his internal organs seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible hand, his heart seemed to be pumping blood with extreme difficulty, his blood flow slowed down abruptly, and the strength in his muscles was instantly reduced by more than 30%! His running speed also dropped sharply!
"Damn it! It's an area-of-effect weakening gene technique!"

Chen Yang cursed inwardly. This ability was truly domineering and insidious, not only affecting his movements but also hindering the circulation of his internal energy!
Behind him, three figures burst through the bushes like ghosts, leaping across the rugged rocks and forests as if walking on flat ground! A cold glint flashed in the leader's eyes, and he shouted sharply.

"Split up! Headhunter 1, flank from the left! Headhunter 2, cut off the rear from the right! 'Entangle' ready! Long-range energy vibration charge!"

The instructions are crystal clear!

One figure accelerated instantly, shooting like an arrow with a blurry afterimage towards the dense forest to Chen Yang's left, intending to block him! Another figure, meanwhile, strangely circled around Chen Yang from his right rear, cutting off any possible space for him to leap backward!

The leader himself suddenly jerked his arm!
The small, integrated device on his wrist, which shimmered with a ghostly blue light and seemed to be embedded in his skin, suddenly lit up!
A semi-transparent, visible chain of energy fluctuations coiled around Chen Yang's legs like a venomous snake! The chain wasn't metal, yet it carried a chilling binding force!
At the same time, he raised his left hand, and the posture of his five fingers bending outward to gather strength was clearly visible. In his palm, a very unstable, dark red energy ball that was visible to the naked eye was rapidly condensing and compressing!
A deadly combo! Suppression, restraint, and long-range blast!
These three individuals displayed impeccable teamwork and unparalleled experience! They were far superior to the ragtag group from before!
Cold chains wrapped around his legs, and the deadly threat of an energy explosion was rapidly gathering behind him!
A chilling shadow of death loomed over them! A hair's breadth!
"Do you need my help?"

Li Rou's voice remained cold, but the questioning tone within it had never been so clear.

"No!"

Chen Yang's will was like steel that had been tempered, without the slightest wavering or hesitation.

"I'll do it myself!"

The way these people cooperate and the intensity of their teamwork is a rare whetstone for sharpening their skills!
Just as the energy chains were about to wrap around his ankles!
A fierce glint flashed in Chen Yang's eyes!
The dormant Dao Yuan within his dantian was like a live volcano that had been completely detonated!
A primal, boundless sense, originating from the very beginning of the chaos of bloodline, suddenly surged forth!

"Stabilize the spirit!"

A mantra, as resounding as a Taoist bell, burst forth from his throat!

Om-!
Centered on his body, an invisible yet real wave, carrying an absolute sealing meaning, instantly spread out!
The translucent energy chains that wrapped around his feet, like snow falling into boiling water, twisted, trembled, and flickered violently a few times under this earth-shattering Dao fluctuation... and then collapsed!
This sudden resistance caught the pursuers off guard! Even the energy cluster that the leader had only partially condensed froze!
"What a strange defensive force field! Be careful!"

The headhunter on the left flank, who was flanking from the left, cried out in surprise; he had the clearest view of the situation.

In that less than half-second delay when the energy chains collapsed and the attack charging up behind them was disrupted by the "Spirit Fixation" mantra!
"Whoosh!"

Instead of taking the opportunity to accelerate his breakout through the dense forest ahead, Chen Yang suddenly turned sharply to the right! Like a serpent defying the laws of inertia!

He stomped hard on the edge of a smooth, moss-covered rock! His body created a strong gust of wind, narrowly missing the claws of the No. 2 hunter on his right that were pouncing at him—claws that also gleamed with a cold, eerie energy—by a hair's breadth!

"Stop him!"

The leader reacted quickly and hurled the energy ball without hesitation! The dark red, twisted power shot towards Chen Yang's flank like an energy projectile, accompanied by the shriek of compressed air!
Boom!

The energy cluster exploded violently where Chen Yang had just dodged! Rocks flew everywhere!

A scorching shockwave, carrying the earthy smell, surged toward Chen Yang!
"Shackles—binding!"

The number one hunter on the left flank also rushed to attack range, arms outstretched, fingers curled, and an invisible, powerful binding force instantly wrapped around Chen Yang's back like a sticky spider web!
This is also an energy viscosity field similar to the previous "Silent Chains", but it is more powerful and is specifically designed to bind high-speed moving targets!
The aftershocks of the energy explosion were in front of them, while the binding field stuck to them from behind!

Chen Yang staggered forward a step, as if being slowed down by an invisible giant net.

"bingo!"

Headhunter #2's eyes lit up, and he pounced from the side and rear without hesitation! His five fingers formed claws, accompanied by a sharp, tearing sound!

The genetic modification of his fingertips made his nails resemble poisoned alloy blades!

A matter of life and death!
"Open it!"

Chen Yang suddenly let out a deep roar!
The Dao energy within his body surged forth like a bursting dam, instantly flowing through his limbs and bones! The muscles in his legs bulged violently under the extreme explosion of true energy!
At the same time, forcefully twist your waist!

"Mountain-Crushing Force - Crack!"

He no longer dodged the binding energy of the shackles; instead, he used the pulling force to accelerate his backward twisting motion! His right leg, like a giant axe splitting a mountain, tore through the air, drawing a semi-circular arc with visible ripples in the airflow! It swept fiercely towards Headhunter Number 2, who was lunging from the side and rear! The leg strike was as sharp as a knife! This kick contained the ultimate power to shatter mountains and split rocks! It also contained a sharp will that tore through the void, originating from the core principles of the "True Explanation of the Dao"!

A look of terror flashed in the eyes of headhunter number 2!
He only saw a blurry leg shape hurtling towards him with the force to shatter everything!
In a moment of desperation, his arms, which he had been holding in front of him, instinctively unleashed a dark blue genetic energy, forming an energy shield!

The legs collided violently with the energy shield of the arm guards!
boom--!
A dull, muffled explosion, like steel being smashed flat by a giant hammer!
puff!

"what--!"

A heart-wrenching scream pierced the mountains and forests!

Headhunter #2's arms twisted and deformed! The azure energy shield shattered like broken glass!

The iron leg, imbued with all of Chen Yang's power and Daoist essence, still had momentum left, and struck him hard in the chest and ribs!
Headhunter No. 2 was thrown around like a tattered sack hit by a high-speed train, his body contorting violently in mid-air! The sounds of bones shattering and collapsing were as dense as popping beans! He was sent flying backward like a cannonball, crashing into a wild persimmon tree as thick as a bowl, and then crashing heavily into the withered branches and leaves behind him, motionless, his fate unknown.

"tough!"

Headhunter No. 1 gasped as he saw his companion's miserable state. The "shackles" binding domain that was wrapped around Chen Yang's back even fluctuated slightly due to the shock in his mind!
"Suppress from a distance! Don't get close!"

The leader reacted the fastest, gathering energy again and roaring at the communication device!

A storm raged within him; the close-combat prowess far exceeded his expectations! Number 2 was one of the best close-quarters fighters in their team!

"Want to fly a kite?"

The cold glint in Chen Yang's eyes intensified!

He paused for a moment in that "shackled" realm, and instead of retreating, he advanced!

The body forcibly reversed direction, the target was no longer the distant mountains, but... the No. 1 headhunter himself on the left, whose binding force field was somewhat unstable due to the fluctuation of his mind!
He was like a cannonball, smashing through the viscous energy binding field!
Hands form a mudra!

A faint arc of energy, though marked bright red on the other party's information lens, suddenly lit up at Chen Yang's fingertip!

**A flash of lightning—a thunderclap at your fingertips!**
Sizzle—!
A beam of light, only as thick as a chopstick but extremely condensed, leaping with dazzling blue-white plasma, shot out from Chen Yang's fingertips!

The speed is faster than nerve reflexes!

puff!
This terrifying thunderbolt instantly pierced through the energy shield that Headhunter No. 1 had just re-established!
Headhunter No. 1 was horrified. He never expected that the other party could still unleash such terrifying speed and possess such a penetrating energy beam after being hit by the "shackles"!

He only had time to turn sideways to avoid his heart!
laugh!
The lightning bolt swept past above his right shoulder! But a terrifying burst of electromagnetic energy instantly scorched him!

"Ugh—!"

Amidst screams, his right shoulder, along with half of his collarbone, was as if carbonized and pierced by an extremely high-voltage electric current! His skin, flesh, and bones instantly turned into a charred mess!
A strong, acrid smell filled the air! The genetic energy equipment was as fragile as paper in the face of that destructive arc of electricity! The glow of the arm guards dimmed and collapsed instantly!

Headhunter No. 1 was struck as if by a high-voltage electric shock. He screamed and collapsed to the ground, writhing in pain. His right arm hung limply like a broken piece of wood, and he was completely incapacitated.

A sudden reversal!

Two members of the three-man pursuit team were crippled in the blink of an eye!
The leader's eyes were completely icy and sinister!
He didn't give any more orders; his eyes were filled with a murderous ruthlessness! The dark red energy that had gathered in his hand was instantly compressed to its limit! He aimed at Chen Yang and fired!
At the same time, a faint light flashed on the other wrist!
An invisible shockwave, like a spear, pierced towards Chen Yang's lower body!

The attacks continued relentlessly!

Chen Yang had just unleashed two fierce attacks when the flow of his true energy inevitably paused and became sluggish for a moment! Faced with the deadly energy attacking from both sides, he didn't even have time to adjust his breathing!

Avoid their sharp edge!

The tactics instantly became clear in my mind!
He exerted force with his feet, twisting his waist backward with all his might! Creating an "iron bridge" that almost defied the limits of human physiology! His back was almost parallel to the mountain road!
The dark red energy ball that was originally aimed at his chest almost grazed his raised chin as it whizzed past! The scorching hot air stung his skin!

boom!
The energy ball exploded in a rocky crater not far away, sending debris and flames flying everywhere!

But the invisible energy shockwave from below had already arrived!
Before Chen Yang could fully stand up, he could only slam his palm down on the ground! Using the force of this slam, his body slid backward rapidly like a willow catkin!

Sizzle—!
The invisible shockwave, like a spear, pierced deep into the ground below, almost grazing his toes as he slid back, leaving a tiny, bottomless hole!

That was close! If I had been even 0.1 seconds slower, my legs would probably be ruined!
But this slip also created some distance between him and the other person, exposing his body to the relatively unprotected mountain slope!
A glint of light flashed in the leader's eyes! An opportunity!

He knew that the anger from his companion's serious injury and the humiliation of being outmaneuvered twice by his opponent had fueled his murderous intent! He couldn't give his opponent a chance to breathe! The instant Chen Yang slammed his foot on the ground and slid backward, he unleashed a series of rapid footsteps, his body transforming into a blurry streak of light! His speed exploded once more! His right arm shot high into the air!
Suddenly, a sharp, curved blade, resembling a serrated bone knife, popped out from the blue armor integrated into the wrist!
This blade is not solid metal, but is composed of highly condensed, unstable bio-energy! It emits a hum that tears through the air!
"die--!"

A chilling killing sound!
The bone blade sliced ​​through space, carrying a destructive trajectory. It aimed for Chen Yang's throat, whose body was still sliding backward, unable to dodge! It intended to decapitate him with a single blow!

The chilling killing intent seemed to freeze the air!

The blade of death hangs over my neck!
A flash of chaos appeared in Chen Yang's eyes and disappeared in an instant! The speed of the opponent's sudden thrust was astonishing! Simply twisting his body to dodge would be too late!
No refunds!

Instead, he abruptly stopped his sliding motion!
His right foot stomped hard into the soil beneath him like a nail!
His left arm rose up strangely, his five fingers spread open, without any defensive stance, but rather as if he was actively trying to grasp that energy bone blade that was as fast as lightning and capable of cutting through gold and jade!

"Looking for death?!" The leader's murderous intent intensified!
Just as the energy bone blade was about to strike Chen Yang's neck and its claws were about to grab the dark blue blade!

hum!
The space around Chen Yang's body rippled slightly, like waves on water, but the movement was very subtle yet distinct! (End of Chapter)