Chapter 494 - 343: Valley Encounter 2

Chapter 494: Chapter 343: Valley Encounter 2

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

Steel balls accurately intercepted the artillery shells in midair, detonating them.

In an instant, a wall of fire seemed to explode in the sky. The shrapnel and shockwaves riddled both the train and the adjacent mountainside with holes.

Some people were cut by the shrapnel, bleeding profusely, but this was already a stroke of immense luck. Otherwise, if the artillery barrage had carpet-bombed them, they wouldn’t even have had the chance to bleed.

Alina, who had just activated her shield and was about to charge out, saw Wu Liangchen neutralize the baptism of fire in such an inconceivable manner and her eyes flew wide.

Her sunglasses had been shattered by the earlier shockwave, so her amber-gray eyes were filled with pure shock.

’This man, whose aura is so restrained, who only just revealed a hint of terrifying killing intent when dealing with those assassins... he’s actually this powerful?’

’Who on earth is he?’

She wasn’t the only one who was shocked. Huo Shan, who had already returned to the hillside, was so stunned his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

The accuracy and power contained within those whistling steel balls were astounding, clearly not something an ordinary Martial Artist could produce.

’To think a person of this caliber was hidden on the train... could he be backup that Alina called for?’

At the same time, inside the train car, Wu Liangchen leaped past Alina and said to her, "Protect this place."

Then, he vanished through the doorway.

Alina watched this scene, her face a mask of astonishment. However, she quickly collected herself and shouted sternly at the agitated passengers, "All of you, shut up!"

As she spoke, a psychic shockwave swept through the car, forcing everyone to fall silent.

Of course, Song Ling’Er was not among them. She was currently pressed against the window, her face tense as she peered outside.

At that moment, on the hillside, Huo Shan also saw Wu Liangchen rushing toward him at high speed, a mixture of shock and fury rising within him.

He was shocked that the man actually dared to charge him, and furious that the kill zone he had so painstakingly set up had been completely ruined.

"Open fire! Stop him!" Huo Shan ordered coldly.

Instantly, the firing positions on the hillside roared to life again, a dense spray of bullets raining down on the approaching figure.

But Wu Liangchen’s figure was erratic. In a flash, he weaved through the gaps in the gunfire and charged forward like a phantom.

Seeing this, Huo Shan’s pupils shrank. ’This is bad,’ he thought. He let out a low roar as his Qi and Blood surged. Crossing his two mechanical arms in front of his body, he aimed the high-energy weapon ports on his forearms at Wu Liangchen and began to fire.

But Wu Liangchen dodged the high-energy beams with a slight sidestep and closed the distance in an instant.

They were so close that Huo Shan could even see the blazing fury in Wu Liangchen’s eyes.

That’s right.

Wu Liangchen was furious.

He originally hadn’t wanted to get involved in this mess. The Alliance government, the resistance army—none of it had a damn thing to do with him.

But he never expected that while he had no intention of harming the tiger, the tiger had every intention of harming him.

He had been minding his own business, but then Huo Shan suddenly ordered the entire train to be blanketed in fire.

This had, without a doubt, dragged Wu Liangchen into another goddamn mess. How could he not be enraged?

As the saying goes, it’s rude not to return the favor. Taking a beating without fighting back had never been Wu Liangchen’s style.

Since this Huo Shan had actively courted death, Wu Liangchen wouldn’t waste any more words. It was time to send him on his way.

Wu Liangchen raised his fist and punched.

Huo Shan’s heart lurched. He was suddenly overwhelmed by a sense of crisis so thick it was suffocating.

But time didn’t allow him to react, so he could only bite the bullet and try to block the blow with his mechanical arms.

THUMP!

A deep, explosive thud rang out.

Huo Shan’s two mechanical arms first erupted with a great arc of electricity, and then countless cracks spiderwebbed across their surface. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

An irresistible, immense force traveled through his arms and sent him flying.

Huo Shan felt as if he had been hit head-on by a rampaging behemoth. All the mechanical components of his body groaned under the strain.

But that was just the beginning.

Almost as soon as he was sent flying by the first punch, Wu Liangchen charged again. Then, before Huo Shan’s horrified eyes, he smashed another fist down.

CRACK!

With that sharp crack, Huo Shan’s chest caved in completely. His armor, along with the flesh and blood beneath, was pulverized, and his body was slammed into the ground like a broken sack.

Blood flowed freely!

Huo Shan’s body twitched uncontrollably, blood pouring madly from his mouth and nose. The last trace of horror remained in his eyes.

From the moment Wu Liangchen charged to the moment Huo Shan died, no more than two seconds had passed.

It was such a short amount of time that the resistance fighters on the hillside had no chance to react. They all stood there, dumbfounded.

And Wu Liangchen had no intention of letting them go. The instant his feet hit the ground, he shot into the crowd like an arrow loosed from a bow. A flash of a blade, and several heads flew high into the air.

"Spare me!"

"Run!"

The survivors awoke as if from a nightmare, screaming and crying as they scattered in all directions.

Some fired wildly at Wu Liangchen, but to little effect. Often, the moment they pulled the trigger, their heads were sent flying.

Others simply dove into the dense forest nearby, hoping to escape this expert who had appeared out of nowhere.

But no matter how fast they were, they weren’t faster than the steel balls Wu Liangchen flicked.

In the blink of an eye, the majority of the resistance fighters on the hill were dead or wounded.

The few who remained had already vanished deep into the forest.

Wu Liangchen couldn’t be bothered to chase them.

’Just a bunch of small fry. There’s no point in killing all of them.’

He turned and walked back to the train, where the security captain he had seen earlier in the car came limping over.

"Sir, thank you for saving us!" His face was filled with gratitude and awe.

It wasn’t just him; the passengers in the train car were also looking at Wu Liangchen with expressions of near-worship.

Wu Liangchen simply gave a slight nod in response and then beckoned to Song Ling’Er.

Song Ling’Er immediately ran over, grabbing her luggage.

"Let’s go!"

"Okay!"

Wu Liangchen turned and left.

The security captain and the passengers were all dumbfounded.

Who would have thought that the master who had saved everyone on the train would just up and leave like that?

The security captain wanted to say something, but he swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue.

Because Wu Liangchen’s presence was so overwhelming that he didn’t even dare to ask him to stay.

Wu Liangchen did indeed intend to leave this place of trouble.

Even though he had killed so many resistance fighters, he didn’t want to get any more entangled, especially not with all this damn bullshit.

So, walking away was the best option.

After all, it wouldn’t be long before the Alliance army arrived.

By then, it would be too late to leave.

Fortunately, although they were in a mountainous area, thanks to the Alliance’s well-developed infrastructure, a fairly large town wasn’t far away.

Once they got there, Wu Liangchen planned to buy a car and drive to the Alliance capital himself.

Thinking of this, a deeper doubt surfaced in Wu Liangchen’s mind.

’With this level of technology, it’s impossible that they haven’t developed airplanes. So why does the Alliance so rarely use aircraft internally?’

’It feels as if the Alliance government is deliberately avoiding the topic of high-altitude flight.’

Wu Liangchen let out a long breath, temporarily pushing the question to the back of his mind. Then he led Song Ling’Er at a quick pace into the mountains.

They hadn’t gone far when he suddenly stopped, turned to look at the jungle in the distance, and said coldly, "How long do you plan on following me?"

As he spoke, the bushes by the road rustled a few times, and an embarrassed Alina emerged from them.

"Please, don’t misunderstand. I mean no harm. I just wanted to say thank you. After all, if you hadn’t intervened, I wouldn’t have been able to escape so quickly."

"No need for thanks. If there’s nothing else, stop following me." Wu Liangchen ignored Alina’s gratitude.

Seeing Wu Liangchen turn to leave, Alina grew frantic and hurriedly said, "Sir, are you going to Zhongjing? I happen to be going to Zhongjing too! Could we travel together? I can pay you, I guarantee you’ll be satisfied!!"

But no matter how she shouted, Wu Liangchen didn’t look back, simply leading Song Ling’Er straight away.