There had been people who had challenged Rattlesnake before.
Later—
Those people all died.
In his eyes, Chen Jin Chao would also follow in their footsteps.
One slash, no chance of survival!
It was at this moment that Chen Jin Chao slowly raised his hand. Yet, in Rattlesnake’s eyes, even the slowest movement was incredibly fast.
In comparison, Rattlesnake felt like a snail.
How was this possible?
Before the tip of Rattlesnake’s blade could pierce Chen Jin Chao’s eyeball, a strong and powerful hand had already gripped Rattlesnake’s wrist.
This prevented the knife from falling further.
Rattlesnake refused to believe it, grunted, and then suddenly unleashed all his strength into his right palm!
Yet, the result remained unchanged.
The knife hung in mid-air, completely still, even moving slightly away from Chen Jin Chao.
Despite the icy, snowy weather, Rattlesnake broke out in a cold sweat. He was beginning to suspect that the young man before him might be a Chinese special forces operative.
“Who exactly are you?” Rattlesnake asked.
“Are you the Red Tiger from Lingnan, or the Snow Fox from Tianshan?”
He had already prepared for the worst.
If it were one of them, Rattlesnake would completely surrender, not even daring to resist.
He knew resistance would be futile.
Chen Jin Chao exerted force in his palm, instantly crushing Rattlesnake’s wrist! Rattlesnake let out a scream that made the woman’s scalp tingle.
She too wondered who this man was.
How terrifying he was!
The short knife in Rattlesnake’s hand dropped, but Rattlesnake reacted instantly, catching his knife with his left hand, then severing his right arm and turning to flee without a word!
Since he couldn't win, he could only make a hasty escape.
He hoped the icy landscape would conceal his tracks and allow him to survive.
“Run?”
“Can you escape from me?” Chen Jin Chao’s voice came from behind.
Rattlesnake’s body felt as if it had plunged into an ice cellar. Though he had run far, Chen Jin Chao appeared before him like a ghost.
“Answer my question, and I’ll give you a quick end.”
“Otherwise…”
“You know the consequences.”
Rattlesnake’s face was extremely pale, whether from the icy weather or from fear, he didn’t know.
He gritted his teeth and said, “We didn’t know each other before, and I admit defeat this time. Whatever you want from me, if I can satisfy it, I won’t hesitate.”
Chen Jin Chao said emotionlessly, “It’s impossible for you to live. I hate people who waste my time. I hope you’ll be sensible.”
Rattlesnake felt a deep sense of unwillingness.
He hadn’t provoked Chen Jin Chao, so why was he obstructing his actions and even trying to kill him?
“Why?” Rattlesnake asked bitterly.
Chen Jin Chao knew what he was asking and said softly, “Because you are on my Chinese soil, slaughtering my Chinese people.”
Rattlesnake understood instantly.
The Chen Jin Chao before him was definitely a soldier from China’s special forces. As for which of the seven, he didn’t know.
“Are you forcing my hand?” Chen Jin Chao asked.
Rattlesnake shivered and finally lowered his proud head. “I’ll tell you. I had two missions entering China this time. One mission was similar to yours, to contend for that meteorite. The second mission was to assassinate Li Xiao Ning.”
“Someone offered a high price for her life.”
Li Xiao Ning, who had come from afar, frowned upon hearing Rattlesnake’s words. “Who sent you to kill me?”
“The princess of the Zheng family from Victoria Island,” Rattlesnake replied truthfully.
“She ordered me to humiliate Li Xiao Ning and then send her the audio-visual materials. That’s all I know.”
Li Xiao Ning trembled with anger and cursed, “Zheng An Yu, that crazy woman is out of line! I’ve never offended her much, yet she’s targeting me like this! Does she really think I’m interested in that playboy from the Tang family? How childish and ridiculous. If she likes him, she can just go and snatch him. I don’t care about marrying Tang Ren Ping.”
“Nothing else?” Chen Jin Chao asked.
Rattlesnake shook his head bitterly.
His operation had failed at Chen Jin Chao’s hands purely by chance! The more this was the case, the more stifled and unwilling he felt.
“Since I’m going to die anyway, I just want to know who you are? Are you one of those seven people?” Rattlesnake looked up at Chen Jin Chao. Chen Jin Chao shook his head and said, “You guessed wrong.”
“How could I be wrong?” Rattlesnake was confused.
In the vastness of China, those seven were the most formidable special forces soldiers!
Each codename was an international legend.
“I’m already facing death. Can’t you let me die as an informed ghost?” Rattlesnake asked again.
Chen Jin Chao said calmly, “I’m not lying to you.”
“Then how…”
Mid-sentence, Rattlesnake’s words came to an abrupt halt.
His pupils contracted violently, and his body trembled uncontrollably. His gaze towards Chen Jin Chao was now filled with extreme fear.
This point.
Even Li Xiao Ning could tell.
“I know now.”
“So you are that person!”
“No wonder!”
“I was wondering why I would encounter such a terrifying figure in this place. Hahaha, I never imagined I would die by your hand.”
“This is fate, isn’t it?”
Rattlesnake laughed maniacally at the sky.
If Chen Jin Chao didn’t belong to any of the seven, then Chen Jin Chao could only be China’s most terrifying individual soldier—
Candle Dragon!
Dying at the hands of Candle Dragon was not an injustice.
It was a pity that he had realized it too late; otherwise, there might have been room for salvage.
Chen Jin Chao smiled, “It seems you know my identity. You can die as an informed ghost.”
Before his words had even finished.
A palm struck the crown of Rattlesnake’s head, causing the light in his eyes to disappear at a visible speed. Blood flowed from his seven orifices, and he finally fell headfirst into the snow.
Li Xiao Ning recoiled half a step in fright, afraid that blood might splash on her again.
Looking at the corpse on the ground, Li Xiao Ning felt a sense of unreality. Ten minutes ago, she thought she wouldn’t survive the night. Ten minutes later, she had witnessed Rattlesnake’s death.
Wait.
Li Xiao Ning suddenly thought of something.
Rattlesnake knew Chen Jin Chao’s identity, but she still didn’t.
Glancing at the stern-faced Chen Jin Chao, Li Xiao Ning said cautiously, “Thank you. May I know your name?”
“Chen Jin Chao.”
“Oh, that’s a nice name,” Li Xiao Ning nodded.
Noticing that Chen Jin Chao hadn’t revealed his identity, Li Xiao Ning was also tactful enough not to press further. After a while, she said, “I think I should still thank you properly. If you hadn’t stepped in to help, I might have been killed by them.”
“It was just a small gesture, nothing major,” Chen Jin Chao’s tone was relaxed, as it truly was nothing to him.
Li Xiao Ning carefully noted Chen Jin Chao’s appearance.
Meanwhile, Chen Jin Chao began searching Rattlesnake’s belongings and soon found a map with a point marked in red pen.
If nothing unexpected happened, this point was the landing spot of the meteor.
However.
Chen Jin Chao discovered something was wrong.
The point marked by Rattlesnake was vastly different from the point marked by Gao Jun Tai, implying that one of these two locations was definitely fake.
It was even possible that both were fake.
Chen Jin Chao sensed something and looked up at Li Xiao Ning, saying, “Can I see your map? I want to know if the location marked on your map is the same as the point we’ve marked.”
He smelled a conspiracy again.