The Highest Bounty

Chapter 78: Senior’s Abrupt Pullback

A Rank 7 Gene Body martial arts practitioner usually had a Cell Index between 3000 points and 10000 points. Using special means to stimulate the cells, it was possible for some of them to exceed ten thousand points. Since the Army prioritized talent cultivation, they did everything to improve their people.

Senior was merely 29 years old, but he was already a Rank 7 Gene Body. Although it was not comparable to the genius beasts in the elite legion, he was considered to have very high qualifications compared to common people.

In a place like the Army which was full of high-ranked talents, toxic management was even more rampant. Of course, a person such as Senior would not be let go so easily. After some special training and the use of gene medicine, Senior’s Cell Index had managed to exceed thirteen thousand points. His strength was not that much different from that of a brigade general. The only difference between him and them was the number of meritorious services.

Both Gu Ding and Liliath knew very well that the guy in front of them was an unprecedented enemy.

Not only did Rank 7 Gene Bodies have Cell Indexes that far exceeded a Rank 6 Gene Bodies, but their strength and speed were on a whole other level.

Gu Ding was barely able to keep up with his opponent’s move even with his Level 6 Ultimate Arts and Level 2 Rage Attack. Each time he struck, his opponent blocked his attack easily.

For Liliath, she had to work even harder. Although she had her special pupillary power, she could only anticipate the moves of a Level 6 Gene Body at most. In order to predict Senior’s movements, she could only go as far as having a rough idea. Each time she fired, she had to rely on her gunning instincts. Fortunately, she was an excellent gunner and her gunning instincts were usually spot on.

There were two main gunning factions. One of them was the violent crushing faction, and the other was the team support faction. Liliath belonged to the latter.

The goal of every bullet she fired was to block her opponent’s attack based on her prediction of how he would move next. Nevertheless, Liliath’s usual strategy of predicting her opponent’s moves had become increasingly difficult as she could not fully comprehend her opponent’s movements. Despite all of that, Liliath was able to overcome the challenge.

In order to assist Gu Ding, Liliath went as far as to change her guns to become smaller so that she could attack more frequently.

Although the decreased power of her guns resulted in her attacks being unable to cause major damage to Senior, her main role as the team’s support was not to inflict damage but to distract and obstruct.

With the help of Neptune, Gu Ding was able to locate Senior’s weak points on his body. Nevertheless, Senior did not have many weak points; he only had around ten of them. People like Senior who had been professionally trained fared significantly differently compared to amateurs like Ter.

Gu Ding also knew that compared to his opponent, his own attack power was lacking. The only way he stood a chance of winning was is if he started to chip away at his opponent’s weak points. Gu Ding attacked madly and in less than a minute, he had managed to launch hundreds of attacks consecutively. He did so to prevent his opponent from having a chance to retaliate.

Ever since Gu Ding and Liliath had teamed up, Senior was no longer able to relax as he noticed that Gu Ding’s every attack was aimed at his weak points. Senior was forced to defend passively. At the same time, Senior also noticed that Liliath’s gunmanship was way better than anyone’s in the Army. Furthermore, he knew that at Liliath’s Gene Level, she was unable to predict his moves. Nevertheless, every bullet she fired accurately hit their target. In addition to all of that, the teamwork Gu Ding and Liliath had was undeniably good. Each time one of them attacked him, the other would attack his weak spots without hesitation. It was the same whenever he was about to attack Gu Ding’s weak spots when they were revealed; Liliath’s bullets would hit him accurately to successfully block his counterattack.

‘This little girl seems to have mastered the support techniques! And the teamwork between both of them is phenomenal. I’d even go as far as to say that the teamwork they have is better than people who have worked together in the Army for more than ten years…’ Senior frowned.

At the starport, the fight between the three of them had caused an audience to form around them. People from Starport Authority had also noticed their fight, and they began to send security personnel over.

As the fight ensued, a few busybodies started recording a video of the battle. Soon, the security personnel that had been dispatched by Starport Authority quickly arrived at the scene.

“I have to ask the three of you to stop your fight immediately. Otherwise, Starport Authority has the right to arrest you for disturbing peace,” a man dressed in a Starport Authority uniform shouted at the three of them.

Gu Ding and Liliath had no intention of stopping. They were Interstellar Pirates, and the Federal Starport Authority could not take any legal action against the two of them.

Senior was not showing signs of stopping either because the feud between the Army and the Starport Authority had been a long-standing one. If it was not for the Starport Authority, the Army would have already captured more than ten times the total amount of wanted criminals they had taken into custody. Not to mention, Senior had already expected such a thing to happen the moment he took off his uniform.

They had killed his men. In order to defend his people, it would not be fair unless he taught Gu Ding and Liliath a lesson.

He sliced the bullet that Liliath had shot toward the center of his forehead with his Razorblades, and he started to pick up the pace. He wanted to use this method to mess up Gu Ding’s rhythmic attack. Once Gu Ding’s rhythm was disrupted, his biggest weak spot would appear. Hence, Senior had decided that it was the easiest way for him to break the current deadlock.

Gu Ding immediately felt the pressure double. Throughout the entire battle, he had been on the attacking side. Nevertheless, despite performing Rage Attacks continuously for ten minutes, not one of his attacks landed on his opponent as the latter had managed to perfectly dodge all of them. His opponent had also managed to locate his weak spots a few times judging by his counterattacks. Fortunately, Liliath had been vigilant toward their opponent’s counterattacks and blocked them with her bullets. If it was not for her, Gu Ding would have been defeated long ago. Once their opponent broke free of their repressive attacks, their opponent’s counterattacks would be fatal.

“This guy’s too strong. Even if you managed to level up to Level 7 of Ultimate Arts, you wouldn’t be able to cause any serious damage to him. He hasn’t even used his Level 2 Defense yet.” Neptune had not expected their opponent to be so powerful either.

After all, a Rank 7 Gene Body had strengths and weaknesses. If one was weak, their Cell Index might reach three thousand something. On the other hand, if one was strong, it was possible that their Cell Index exceeded ten thousand. Neptune could only search for information on their opponent, and their opponent’s Cell Index was not something he could make sure of. Nevertheless, Neptune was able to get a rough idea of their opponent’s Cell Index with Gu Ding’s attack strength. “Based on my estimations, this guy probably has a Cell Index of at least twelve thousand. Even though he’s just a senior colonel in the Army, his combat strength is comparable to that of a brigade general’s.”

Gu Ding knew where he stood. If Neptune thought that he had no chance of winning, he had to start thinking about how to get out of the sticky situation with Liliath.

At that very moment, Senior suddenly leaped out of the battle area. His eyes fell on two men who were dressed in black clothing and were standing in the distance. One of them was being supported by the other.

“Master Senior, Woody’s not dead. He just got anesthetized,” the man who had tailed Gu Ding shouted at Senior.

“You guys are different from other Interstellar Pirates I’ve captured before.” Senior put his hands back in his pockets. He seemed to have decided to stop attacking them. “Let me give you two a piece of advice. Don’t cause any more trouble on this planet, all right?”

After he said that, he brushed his shoulder against Gu Ding’s as he walked past the latter and headed toward the men clothed in black.

“Hey! I still don’t understand something,” Gu Ding shouted at Senior, “Why did you choose to attack us at the starport?”

“My orders from the start were to keep my eyes on both of you. I only attacked because I thought you guys killed Woody. I only wanted to teach you two a lesson.” Senior stopped in his steps and answered them.

“Who gave you the orders?” Gu Ding questioned immediately.

“You ask too many questions.” Senior turned his head over. “One more thing. The next time I see the two of you, I won’t take it easy anymore.”