Chapter 445 - 319: The Sneak Attack Fails, Turning Them into Targets

Chapter 445: Chapter 319: The Sneak Attack Fails, Turning Them into Targets

Caught off guard, Sun Lingchen lost his footing and nearly fell.

Fortunately, the Captain of Celestial Punishment beside him caught him in time, then leaped up, actually flying into the air and hovering there for a moment.

Floating Technique!

A level-four Magic, and an extremely practical one.

However, this expressionless, powerfully built, iron-willed warrior was no Magic user. The only reason he could use such a technique was because of the Magic array tattooed on his body.

It wasn’t just him; at that moment, the other members of the Celestial Punishment squad also rose into the air, coldly observing the scene below.

That’s right.

To cultivate the members of the Celestial Punishment squad, the Sun family had spared no expense, hiring high-level array masters to tattoo Magic arrays onto the body of every single member.

It was for this very reason that the Celestial Punishment squad had become the Sun family’s trump card, renowned throughout all of Qing Province.

After all, it was common knowledge that combining Magic with martial arts didn’t result in simple addition, but in exponential growth.

In contrast, Chen Long wasn’t so lucky.

He was neither a level-four Magic user, nor did he have the Sun family’s deep pockets to afford a tattooed Magic array.

But he had his own solution. He pressed a button, and fierce flames suddenly erupted from his feet. The reactive force launched his entire body into the air.

It turned out that Chen Long had secretly undergone mechanical modification on his legs, fitting them with flame thrusters.

This modification had many benefits. For one, it allowed him to pursue enemies at critical moments. But most importantly, it provided a means of escape in a crisis.

Regardless, Chen Long had at least managed to get airborne.

Just then, another tremendous CRACK echoed from below.

Immediately after, the speedboat let out a groan as if under an unbearable load, then slowly began to break in half.

Chen Long watched this scene in horror.

From the moment the boat had first listed to it now being snapped in two, no more than a dozen seconds had passed.

’What kind of underwater weapon is that powerful?’

As if in answer to his question, a figure suddenly shot out from between the two halves of the broken boat, flying into the sky at incredible speed.

A violent tremor ran through Chen Long.

Because despite the figure’s extreme speed, Chen Long still got a clear look at his face.

It was none other than Wu Liangchen, the very man their group was looking for.

Upon seeing him, a terrifying thought flooded Chen Long’s mind.

’Those two loud bangs... I didn’t feel any magical fluctuations, and it didn’t sound like a bomb exploding.’

’So...’

’Could he have shattered the speedboat with his bare fists?’

The moment that idea surfaced, Chen Long felt every hair on his body stand on end.

Because when he connected that to the earlier scene of the sea freezing over, a terrible truth was screaming to be acknowledged.

This Wu Liangchen cultivated both martial arts and Magic.

And he was incredibly formidable in both.

’No wonder I misjudged him before. So that was the reason.’

Chen Long finally understood why he had been so easily deceived in front of the bar.

The man’s abilities, whether in Magic or martial arts, completely crushed his own. Deceiving him must have been child’s play.

He didn’t know why Wu Liangchen had bothered with the deception, but Chen Long had no time to ponder it now.

He spun around and fled toward the distant shore.

Although the flame thrusters in his legs didn’t have enough power to get him all the way to shore, just escaping the battlefield was good enough for now.

He had no intention of dying for this.

Wu Liangchen ignored the hastily fleeing Chen Long. His target was clear: Sun Lingchen, who was surrounded and protected by the Celestial Punishment squad.

But just as he got halfway there, a warning flared in his mind, and he vanished from his spot in the blink of an eye.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Three consecutive explosions erupted, the resulting shockwaves so powerful they shattered the frozen surface of the sea.

The seawater churned once more, but there was no sign of Wu Liangchen in the sky.

Sun Lingchen, who had felt perfectly safe surrounded by his guards, saw this and his face turned ashen.

"Who fired those ambush missiles?"

"I did," the Captain of Celestial Punishment beside him said coldly.

"You... Don’t you know I want his Martial Vein? If he had died, wouldn’t all my effort have been for nothing?" Sun Lingchen seethed.

He was genuinely furious.

The power Wu Liangchen had just displayed both shocked and delighted him.

He was shocked because it completely surpassed his imagination.

He was delighted because the stronger Wu Liangchen was, the higher the quality of his Martial Vein, and the greater the benefit would be to him once he took it.

Especially since he could also use Magic.

That was an unexpected bonus.

Sun Lingchen even felt that he wouldn’t need any other supplemental Martial Veins. Wu Liangchen’s alone would be enough for him to leap to a whole new level and possess top-tier aptitude.

But he never expected a sneak attack at this very moment. Even though it failed, he was still infuriated.

He only restrained himself because they were at sea and he still had to rely on the Celestial Punishment squad. If they were back home, he would have already erupted.

Even so, he questioned the captain, his anger uncontrollable.

To his surprise, the Captain of Celestial Punishment remained perfectly calm in the face of his accusations.

"Young Master, I am aware of all that. However, based on my calculations of the power Wu Liangchen just demonstrated, the probability of capturing him alive is now minuscule. In fact, if we don’t counterattack immediately, even we could find ourselves in danger."

"Bullshit! I don’t want to hear it!" Sun Lingchen snapped, behaving like a child who’d been denied his candy. "Aren’t you the Captain of Celestial Punishment? The family spends a fortune on you lot every year, and now that I finally need you, this is what you tell me?"