Chapter 82: Team Combat

Chapter 82: Chapter 82: Team Combat

"Scatter as planned."

At Lin Ji’s command, the women behind him immediately sprang into action.

Standing opposite them, Qin Yao seemed to have developed a flicker of interest in Lin Ji and his group.

Contrary to Gu Sen’s expectations, she did not attack directly. Instead, she casually crossed her arms over her chest.

The already tight dark red leather jacket, compressed by her arms, instantly lifted her astonishing bosom, making it appear even more prominent. The deep cleavage shimmered with a seductive luster under the firelight.

She watched with keen interest, her eyes reflecting a lazy yet frenzied amusement, like a cat toying with mice.

Su Qingyue was the first to act.

She raised her hands, and a chilling white mist spread across the ground. Using her Water Flow Manipulation and Frost Gloves, she attempted to forcibly create a deceleration zone in the high-temperature environment.

Gu Yihan swiftly drew her Storm Hunter Bow, the arrowhead firmly locked onto Gu Sen.

Shen Manyun stood at the rear, her hands glowing with a soft green light, ready at any moment to provide life force support for Lin Ji as he charged into battle.

Without further hesitation, Lin Ji charged straight toward Gu Sen.

Gu Sen was momentarily stunned before erupting in furious laughter. A lone individual, accompanied by a few women, dared to charge at him head-on?

"Take him down! Don’t damage that armor!"

With a wave of his hand, two lackeys immediately lunged forward.

Both were Awakened who had experienced brutal combat—one wielding a blade, the other a club. Their movements were ferocious, each eager to seize the opportunity to earn merit in front of Young Master Gu.

However, halfway through his charge, Lin Ji’s figure suddenly blurred.

The light patterns on the surface of his Hidden Wings - Mantis Exoskeleton shimmered like ripples on water. The optical camouflage activated instantly, and he vanished completely from the two men’s sight.

"Where is he?"

The man on the left, holding the blade, had just cried out in shock when a high-frequency, grating vibration suddenly buzzed in his ear.

Lin Ji had already closed in like a ghost, appearing beside him.

A translucent Bone Blade traced a cyan afterimage, first precisely severing the tendons in the man’s sword-wielding wrist. As the man opened his mouth in pain, the second slash mercilessly swept across his neck.

Blood sprayed out like a fountain.

Before he could even scream, he clutched his gasping throat and crumpled weakly to his knees.

The other man paled at the sight, swinging his iron club as he tried to retreat and defend.

"Whoosh!"

A Bone Arrow wrapped in a swirling gust of wind pierced through the icy mist, accurately embedding itself in his calf.

"Ah!"

His leg gave way, and as his body tilted, Lin Ji used the short-range burst displacement of the exoskeleton to pivot back.

A powerful knee strike slammed heavily into his chest, the immense kinetic energy sending him flying backward.

He crashed heavily into the pile of rubble behind him and never got up again.

The manic grin on Gu Sen’s face froze instantly.

He hadn’t even fully registered Lin Ji’s movements before two of his elite subordinates were already dead and crippled.

"Damn it! You’re asking for death!"

Gu Sen cursed furiously as the energy of his [B-Grade - Berserk Physique] erupted violently within him.

His muscles instantly swelled, straining the Apocalypse uniform to the point of nearly bursting.

Gripping the alloy combat blade that shimmered with blue light, a dark yellow, frenzied edge immediately surged along the blade.

With the force to split mountains and shatter stones, he brought it down straight toward Lin Ji’s head!

The strike was heavy and fierce, the gust of wind it generated even whipping up the volcanic ash from the ground.

Lin Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, choosing not to meet it head-on.

Pushing off with his feet, he leveraged the extreme speed burst of his exoskeleton to sidestep the blade, narrowly avoiding it.

The black shoulder guard grazed past the blade’s gleam, sending a shower of sparks flying.

"Swish!"

The two high-frequency bone blades on the outer side of Lin Ji’s arms snapped out simultaneously, the oscillating hum instantly rising to its peak.

The dark red mimetic light flow on the surface of his armor also flared up, like a grim reaper baring its fangs.

In the next moment, he had already closed in on Gu Sen’s inner guard.

Gu Sen lived up to his reputation as a B-Grade Close-Combat Awakened, reacting with lightning speed.

After missing his strike, he forcibly twisted the blade, attempting to slash horizontally at Lin Ji’s waist.

But Lin Ji was even faster! The first strike had already landed!

"Rip!"

The high-frequency oscillating bone blade sliced cleanly through the advanced armor on Gu Sen’s left shoulder, sending fragments and sparks flying.

Gu Sen grunted in pain, his entire left arm instantly numbed by the impact.

"You’re dead!"

Gu Sen was thoroughly enraged, his face twisted with fury as he swung the alloy combat blade wildly.

The blade’s gleam wove into an impenetrable net, pressing down on Lin Ji like a storm.

The berserk power of his B-Grade enhancement was on full display at this moment.

Lin Ji could even feel the terrifying pressure emanating from the blade’s edge.

Yet, there was not a hint of panic in Lin Ji’s steps.

Relying on the abnormal neural reaction speed of his second-tier constitution and the mobility of his exoskeleton,

He was always able to anticipate Gu Sen’s intentions the moment he changed his stance and evade accordingly.

Gu Sen’s seemingly ferocious barrage of strikes either missed entirely or only struck the afterimages Lin Ji left behind.

Meanwhile, Lin Ji’s two deadly high-frequency bone blades struck like vipers,

Aiming precisely at the seams in Gu Sen’s armor and the openings in his movements.

In just a few exchanges, the expensive set of armor on Gu Sen’s body

Was already riddled with cuts, blood streaming from the wounds.

"What are you all standing around for? Attack together!"

Gu Sen roared furiously at the stunned Apocalypse members behind him.

But as soon as his words fell,

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Tang Ling’s multi-shot wooden crossbow fired relentlessly.

Under the cover of Su Qingyue’s icy mist, the short arrows rained down on the Apocalypse members who had just prepared to provide support.

Although the wooden crossbow’s lethality was limited, Tang Ling’s precise shots

Forced the group into a frantic retreat, scrambling to defend themselves.

Meanwhile, Shen Manyun stood at the very back, her hands raised gently as soft green beams of light landed precisely on Lin Ji,

Swiftly healing the minor wounds inflicted by the blade’s wind during his evasions.

"Lin Ji, to your right!"

As soon as Shen Manyun called out the warning, Gu Yihan’s second arrow was already cutting through the air!

The bone arrow entwined with cyan Wind Blades slammed viciously into the armor crack on Gu Sen’s right shoulder—freshly sliced open by Lin Ji.

Thud!

The sharp arrowhead buried itself halfway in.

Gu Sen gasped in pain, his shoulder jerking violently sideways. The once-impenetrable flow of his blade technique instantly collapsed.

"Gu Yihan, you bitch!"

Shock and fury surged through Gu Sen. He never dreamed that this useless cousin he had just been mocking would dare strike such a lethal blow against him!

Gu Yihan remained in her drawn-bow posture, her gaze icy as frost.

"This arrow is but a small interest on the debt for your insults."

In that half-beat opening as Gu Sen’s blade technique faltered—

Lin Ji seized the fatal flaw.

He stepped into Gu Sen’s centerline, his left elbow smashing aside the wrist gripping the blade, while the Bone Blade in his right hand swept upward in one fluid motion.

Riiip!

The toughest alloy chest plate on Gu Sen’s armor was sliced clean open.

Even the Bulletproof Lining beneath was torn through in a long gash, blood instantly staining his tunic Red.

Pain darkened Gu Sen’s vision. The force of the blow sent him stumbling back several steps, nearly dropping him to the ground.

Only then did true panic set in.

This man in black combat armor was faster than him, struck more ruthlessly.

He even calculated every gap between Gu Sen’s breaths and technique shifts with deadly precision!

This was no ordinary young man—this was a killer tempered in mountains of corpses and seas of blood!

With each exchange, Gu Sen grew more terrified, more desperate.

The last traces of his lofty composure had now completely vanished.

"Qin Yao!"

Clutching his chest, Gu Sen screamed almost hysterically.

"What are you waiting for? Kill him now!"

Lin Ji’s eyes showed not the slightest ripple—his killing intent was absolute.

His foot stamped down, shattering rubble beneath. The Exoskeleton’s explosive speed pushed to its limit, his figure leaving an afterimage in Gu Sen’s sight.

The High-Frequency Bone Blade in his hand whined shrilly as it shot straight for Gu Sen’s throat.

Just half an inch more, and this arrogant young master of the Gu family would be headless.

But at the very instant the blade tip was about to touch Gu Sen’s skin—

A terrifying wave of molten-red fire erupted violently from the side!

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