Warlord: volume 1

by Chen Ran

  Unfortunately, Soren didn't know that Zero was not willing to be anyone's lackey.

  To Lea, the team biochemistry expert had already given his answer. Lea's body, indeed, carried the blood of a disorderly person. And now, the cells of the disordered were invading, transforming this girl's genes. This is much more valuable than a simple disorderly blood sample. When Soren reported this information to the Blood Cavalry headquarters, he received an order to bring Lea back alive.

  Lea, this living specimen, would be of help to the Dark Council in carrying out more in-depth research on the disorderly.

  It was late in the night, and although Soren was not tired, his precise work and rest habits allowed him to slip into his own tent. But just as he laid down, Soren's body suddenly tensed up, this was a signal of danger.

  The next moment, a follower screamed. Following that, the sound of a sniper rifle's gunshot reverberated through the empty ruins.

  Soren rushed out of the tent, after determining the sniper's position, he increased his agility to that of a Level 2 Warrior.

  Being killed in front of his own follower was undoubtedly a slap in the face for Soren. No matter if Zero was willing to join his team in the end, Soren decided to teach this sniper an unforgettable lesson in his entire life.

  In the darkness of the night, the game of hunter and prey quietly unfolded. However, only the heavens knew who was the hunter and who was the prey.

  Chapter 70 - Monster Trap

  Soren's speed was very fast. If he was to sprint in a straight line, he would not be any slower than zero. However, the movement in his body was slightly rough, if it wasn't for Sniper Specialist like Su Yun, he wouldn't have been able to understand the minute differences in movement.

  On the seventh floor of a building, Zero silently watched Soren pass by on the street below. As the young man was exercising, his body was surrounded by a faintly discernible dark red aura. Everything that was touched by the aura was set on fire. Thus, a path of flames appeared behind Soren.

  He's also a proficient in the Meta-Su Region!

  Those without the ability of the Su Region were not to be trifled with. This had already become zero bit of common sense. If it was just Lafite, then it would be impossible to defend against all the attacks. However, elemental field made even ordinary sniping efforts useless. As for the golden-haired man who flashed past his eyes, he looked even worse off than Lafite. As long as one was not blind, one could tell that this person's abilities were well versed in Fire Element Su.

  In the Meta-Su Domain, Fire Essence Su and Lei Yuan Su had the most destructive power, the Meta-Su. No matter what stage Soren's ability was at, Zero always felt a headache.

  Zero's left sleeve was rolled up and his wrist was bandaged. There were traces of blood on the disinfected bandage, and he didn't know what it had done. He had only changed the normal sniping bullets from the Colt to armor piercing bullets, but seeing Soren run past, Zero did not have any plans to make a move, no matter how much he wanted to kill this handsome man with a single shot, so that he could rescue Lea.

  When wolves were hunting, they would patiently wait for their prey to make a mistake before biting off the other party's throat. Su Yun was waiting for a chance to surprise Soren.

  Soren arrived in front of a building that had been abandoned for many years. The building was severely damaged, and a small portion of the upper floor had already collapsed. The interior of the building was piled with shattered rocks and steel bars, which obviously wouldn't work. According to Soren's calculations, that shot just now had come from the tenth floor of the building. The place and his camp were in a straight line, with no obstacles between them. It was the perfect sniper position.

  Right now, Soren hoped that the sniper had not left, so he could teach Su Yun an unforgettable lesson.

  Although he was a Element Domain Capable, Soren's skill and physical abilities far exceeded a second-rate trash like Lafite. He climbed up the broken fire escape, the fence, the air conditioner, and so on at an abnormally rapid pace. From afar, Soren looked like a dark red giant gecko that was moving along the outer wall as if he were walking on flat ground.

  He fell through an open window into a corridor. A door on the left of the hallway was slightly ajar, and Soren could hear the sound of breathing from the room. Although his breathing was weak, and Zero had deliberately slowed it down, it could not be hidden from Soren's ears. Every Knight who graduated from the Blood Knights training camp all possessed the most basic detection abilities. This was something that Lafite, who had grown up in the wilderness, could not compare to.

  Soren immediately kicked the door and entered, he had not thought of sneak attack. Of course, he did not insist on the inflexible teachings of a knight, but in his opinion, when his own strength was above his opponent's, there was no need for him to play these little tricks.

  A simple, direct and terrifying martial skill could make the opponent remember him forever. Soren wanted to subdue Zero, so he had to make this soldier afraid of him. This way, Zero would follow Soren loyally like the other followers.

  However, when the door was kicked open, a shadow swept over him. Without even thinking, Soren casually swung his arm, and a ball of scarlet flames struck the shadow. "Bo!" The sound of something breaking could be heard. Then, Soren felt his entire body becoming wet, but he also felt that some of the liquid was also wet. Judging by the color and smell of the liquid, it was obviously fresh blood.

  Soren was slightly taken aback.

  Due to the darkness, Soren was not able to see his surroundings clearly. However, he knew that the other party was definitely not zero, but some other bloodthirsty creature.

  Soren and the rest chose to stay at the southwest of the city. They stopped at the edge of the city. This ruin was about the same size as the city where the Remot was located, and in this city, Soren could feel the aura of many dangerous creatures. Some of these auras were so dangerous that even he himself wasn't willing to venture too deep into them.

  During the turbulent years, the speed at which the mutated organism evolved far surpassed humans. Although the Dark Council was an outstanding human among the Mainland China, to the Knight of Blood, this continent was simply too vast, and there were even countless forbidden grounds and unknown domains. In these places, there were beasts that were far beyond imagination, and some that were not even in the Dark Council's intelligence brain database.

  Soren was just a passerby, he didn't want to disturb the aboriginals in the ruins. But now, he seemed to have become the most suitable prey in the eyes of the natives. All of this came from the blood in Soren's body.

  He suddenly realized that he had fallen into the trap of zero.

  Suddenly, the sound of wind came from the darkness. A few human figures quickly crawled over from the ceiling and walls, and pounced towards Soren. Soren let out a cold snort, but before he could do anything, a gust of wind wrapped in raging flames whirled around him, with him at the center. A few living corpse s just directly pounced into the blazing wind, their skin quickly ignited, followed by flesh and bones.

  The seemingly weak Fen Feng actually brought along an astonishing high temperature, immediately turning these living corpse into fireballs.

  However, the living corpse wasn't the only one who liked blood. Amidst the sound of wings flapping in the air, a group of Bloody Bats flew over from the darkness, like a black cloud surrounding Soren.

  The blood bat's appearance was no different from a normal bat. Other than two pairs of small, blood-red eyes growing out from its head, it was basically impossible to distinguish it from a normal bat. However, this little monster had evolved into a venomous snake gland within its body. The poison glands existed in the muscles of the bat's upper lumen. Once it bit into something, the muscles would squeeze out the poison from the poison glands and insert it into the prey's body through the bat's fangs, causing them to die within three seconds.

  It could be said that the Bloodthirsty Bats had t
he least amount of evolution compared to other creatures. However, their venom was something that even the Iron Armoured Tyrant Bear couldn't handle. Soren did not want to use his body to test the venom of the Blood-Thirsty Bat. Instead, he lifted it up as if it was a thousand kilograms worth of material, and used his hands to lift it up. An invisible boundary seemed to have appeared in the sky. Once the bats flew over this boundary, their bodies would spontaneously combust. Instantly, the ceiling above Soren's head turned into a sea of flames. Bats continued to fall from the sky as the stench of blood filled the entire room.

  If the living corpse and the Blood-Thirsty Bat only surprised Soren, then under the red light of the fire cloud, Soren was pleasantly surprised by the two shadow killer s that crawled out from behind the sofa and cabinets. Frowning, he quickly backed out of the door and ran to the window at the end of the corridor.

  To be able to compete with the nimble shadow killer in such a narrow space was a foolish and extremely unwise action. Soren's Primordial Su was also unable to defend against the shadow killer's quick and powerful attack. Soren knew that these two monsters were the main course of the trap and that the living corpse and the Vampiric Bat were merely the appetizers before the meal.

  With the fire controlling ability of Soren, the two shadow killer s would not be her match if they were in an open area.

  But just as he was about to exit the window, Soren's expression changed. His feet abruptly nailed onto the ground, forcefully stopping his body.

  The next moment, the window frame exploded into pieces, followed by a violent sniper shot coming from afar.

  If Soren did not stop, then what would burst open would not be the window frame, but his body!

  Chapter 71 - Kings and Soldiers

  "What a pity."

  He put down the Colt, turned around and left the hiding spot, and began to search for the next sniper position.

  The first trap in the sniping point was specially designed for Soren.

  The strength of the Dark Council was unquestionable, this was the conclusion obtained from observing Soren's team before the operation began. Those efficient and practical equipment, the soldiers' marching equipment, and the fact that Soren also had a level 2 to 3 outsider as his follower. Just from these few points, one could see the power of Dark Council.

  However, Soren's group was not without weakness, but the biggest weakness was precisely Soren himself.

  Through his observation, Zero realized that Soren always occupied a corner of the camp. Even those few special ability users had to keep a distance from him. This showed that Soren was a proud person, and one that relied on his own status. This type of individual might be strong, but their teamwork and understanding of each other would be pitifully low.

  In this group, Soren was king, while the others were soldiers.

  Hence, a plan aimed at Soren was formed in Zero's mind.

  The sensitivity of Zero to mutated organism's aura was still at Soren's level. This had nothing to do with ability, but a pure intuition that came from the bottom of his heart. He only knew that he knew very well which corner of the city those greedy and dangerous beasts were hiding at, and there was even the scent of the mutated organism in the vicinity of Soren's camp. However, when an individual appeared in the middle of the ruins, even if the individual was slightly stronger, the monsters in the ruins wouldn't care about such things.

  To them, the superhuman is a powerful individual, and their flesh and blood will be even sweeter.

  After completing his observations, Zero quietly retreated. His field of view was not limited by distance, so Zero could hide far away to observe Soren's team, so he wouldn't be discovered by the other members of his party who also had the ability to counter detection.

  After Zero left, he went around Soren's campsite and headed towards the ruins of the city. Using his own blood energy, he lured some bloodthirsty creatures into the building where the first sniper position was located. There, he had shot a shot at a soldier of Soren's. He knew that a proud person like Soren would never be able to tolerate this. And the truth was as he had expected, Soren had rushed over alone.

  Since the King had made his move, the rest of the soldiers could only obediently stay in the camp. If Soren had not personally given the order, they definitely would not have dared to interfere in the battle between Soren and Zero. Zero understood this point. Soren's pride would become his opportunity to win.

  In that sniper spot, Zero used his own blood to set up a simple and effective trap. Those monsters that had been attracted here by nothing, after being drenched in Soren's blood, not only had they stimulated the viciousness of the monsters, they also treated Soren as their prey. Those two shadow killer s, on the other hand, had been meticulously prepared for Soren to feast on. Based on common sense, Soren would definitely not make the mistake of sparring with the shadow killer in a narrow region.

  It was to escape from the building and take care of the two monsters in a spacious area. As such, Zero's sniper rifle was already waiting there. Judging from the terrain, Soren's fastest escape route could only be through the original window of the corridor. However, in a sudden situation, it was impossible for Soren to predict that it would fall from zero, so the chances of success were very high.

  It was just a miscalculation of how sensitive Soren was to danger, so he thought that he would definitely be hit by the spear, but it hit the window frame instead.

  Just a little more and Zero would be able to kill Soren. The plan failed, but Zero was not discouraged. He had more to come.

  Inside the building, with the obstruction of zero, Soren had already lost the best opportunity to escape the building. The nimble and nimble shadow killer had already arrived behind Soren, maintaining a safe distance. But Soren knew that if he were to recklessly try to pass through the window and leave, even if Zero didn't attack him. But the moment they jumped out of the window, it would attract the attention of two shadow killer s.

  Being attacked at such a close distance, Soren was not confident that he could escape. Right now, the safest method was to kill the two shadow killer s in the hallway, and then calmly leave.

  However, this wasn't as easy as the first choice.

  shadow killer and living corpse were similar, they both belonged to the human race. It's just that they had different mutation routes than the living corpse. They, who were seventy percent human, were closer to beasts than the living corpse.

  shadow killer's entire body was pitch black, whether it was hair or nails, they were all black. Only their eyes were silver in color, while the ones with long legs and hands were like wild beasts as they landed on the ground. On their shoulders, elbows, and knees, they were shaped like magic crystals. These things seemed to be the energy supply organs of the shadow killer. There were once scholars who dissected this creature, and they extracted valuable biological energy from these magic crystals. However, the surface of the magic crystal was as hard as steel. Although it looked as brittle as glass, it could withstand high temperatures and strong acids. Therefore, he had to forcibly break the magic crystal to stop the shadow killer from functioning.

  shadow killer's weapons originated from their arms, but their long and thin arms had a disproportionate number of huge palms. And these two giant palms could freely combine or split, allowing the shadow killer to produce weapons that resembled gigantic scissors. The mutated scissors and even the cannon barrel on the armoured vehicle could be cut in half. When used together with the shadow killer which had the same agility as a human being of the fourth step, these pair of scissors became a deadly weapon in the darkness, it was hard to guard against.

  In the corridor, the two shadow killer s had already entered a state of battle. Their palms split open in the middle, and then the fingers on both sides closed, covered with a layer of constantly growing flesh. After completing the process of the mutation, a layer of armor-like substance wrapped around the mutated palm. At the same time as the biological armor provided the s
hadow killer with a certain defense, the edge of the armor became sharp and the fearsome chopper was completed at the same time.

  The monster Zhang He's scissors released a crisp sound as it knocked on the metal wall, carefully getting closer to Soren.

  Soren took a deep breath, and red light rose from his feet. Su had mobilized all of the surrounding fire essence, red colored flames gushed out and formed spears and shields in each of Soren's hands. More and more red light gathered on Soren's chest, shoulders, arms and legs. As a result, a Primordial Profound Ark formed from flying flames appeared on Soren's body.

  element arming was an even deeper use of the elemental field. It materialized elemental field that could not be seen with the naked eye, and compressed them into weapons and armor. The ability of a element arming depended on the strength of the special ability user. According to Soren's knowledge, high ranking members of the Knight of Blood s who had the ability to produce primary Su would even be able to wield high damage weapons like the primary Su Cannon. Once that cannon shot out, it would directly be a certain kind of Single Yuan Su's annihilation of the dimensional realm, which was absolutely worthy of being called a powerful destructive ability.

  Although Soren was not abnormal enough to be able to use the element arming to a destructive level, in this kind of special environment, the element arming was actually more effective than Soren in terms of using his other abilities.

  Every Blood Cavalry possessed a combat art that was tailored to their environment. Soren was no exception.

  A week of pushing, twenty thousand clicks, and more than four hundred collectibles, all of these were all due to everyone's contribution. Xiao Chen was extremely thankful, they would definitely work hard to write and use better words to repay everyone. Mu recommended it next week. Hopefully, the data won't be too tragic, Amen.)

  Chapter 72 - Party

  The black shadows sliced through the light, but were blocked by the shield of flames. Soren swept his shield to the left, pressing the sharp shears of the Dark Killing Blade against the wall. The blazing flame gun in his right hand was handed forward and pierced into the monster's heart. The flame gun did not stop there and stuck itself into the ground.