Turovsky, who considered himself powerful, even among mercenaries, felt no urge to resist Chen Jinzhao.
The Chinese man before him was clearly a god of slaughter.
“Who exactly are you?” Turovsky asked in broken Chinese.
Chen Jinzhao raised his eyes.
The moment he met Chen Jinzhao’s cold gaze, Turovsky’s body went limp, and he fell to his knees.
He understood deeply that he was no match for Chen Jinzhao.
His only hope of survival now was to beg for mercy.
However, he did not know that his fate had been sealed the moment he led his men to lay hands on Li Xiaoning.
“Answer me a few questions,” Chen Jinzhao said.
Turovsky swallowed and then asked, “If I answer your questions, will you let me go?”
Chen Jinzhao’s expression turned even colder. “You have no capital to bargain with me.”
Turovsky dared not utter a word of protest.
“Who are you people, and where are you going?” Chen Jinzhao cared only about these two questions.
Turovsky immediately replied, “We are mercenaries from the Lucian country, but we are not directly under state jurisdiction. We follow the orders of a military lord. We infiltrated China from the border, and our target is to contend for an extraterrestrial meteorite.”
“Is that all?” Chen Jinzhao frowned.
Turovsky presented the map with both hands, which, as expected, showed different coordinates.
“Oh, right,” Turovsky suddenly exclaimed.
“There’s one more very important thing. Two hours ago, the great figure we were following sent me the latest coordinates, telling us to arrive before sunrise tomorrow. He also told us in the communicator that those were the precise coordinates of the meteorite.”
Chen Jinzhao’s heart stirred. “Tell me the coordinates.”
Turovsky dared not hide anything and immediately told Chen Jinzhao the precise coordinates. After Chen Jinzhao memorized them, he looked at Turovsky again. The latter seemed to realize something and shouted, “I have told you everything I know. You cannot kill me.”
“Our Lucian country is friendly with yours.”
*Bang!*
Chen Jinzhao punched through Turovsky’s head, sending him to the underworld.
Chen Jinzhao did not believe a single word Turovsky said afterward. If Chen Jinzhao lacked strength or was weak, he and Li Xiaoning would have been slaughtered by these Lucian mercenaries. Therefore, in this no-man’s-land, Chen Jinzhao showed no mercy.
A moment’s kindness could bring future trouble.
Li Xiaoning was already accustomed to such scenes. Seeing Turovsky killed, she immediately walked to Chen Jinzhao’s side and unfolded the map.
After careful verification, the two marked another point on the map.
“Huh?”
Li Xiaoning let out a surprised sound.
She pointed her finger at several other red dots. “Chen Jinzhao, don’t you notice something? If the previous red lines were connected, they would form a circle, and the coordinates Turovsky just provided are exactly at the center of this circle.”
“Could this mean that the previous red dots were just a diversion?”
Chen Jinzhao looked carefully. The reality was as Li Xiaoning said. If he wanted to contend for the meteorite, he had to reach the central coordinate before others.
But—
Chen Jinzhao felt something was not quite right.
How did the people from Lucian know the true location of the coordinates?
Seeing Chen Jinzhao silent, Li Xiaoning turned to look at him and immediately noticed his furrowed brow.
“What’s wrong?”
“Did you discover something amiss?”
Chen Jinzhao snapped back to attention. “Yes, I feel like this whole thing is not as simple as it seems. Since the people from Lucian already have the precise coordinates, why didn’t they just go get the meteorite themselves? Why send their subordinates?”
“It can only mean two possibilities: first, the meteorite is not easy to obtain; second, the great figure from Lucian might have encountered other forces, and he is hesitant to act rashly before his reinforcements arrive.”
Thinking of the people who inexplicably died at the previous coordinates, Chen Jinzhao felt a growing unease, sensing that the truth might be beyond his imagination.
Li Xiaoning pondered, then circled the nearest red marker on the map with her pen. “Since you are unsure about what happened at the center, I suggest we first go to the nearest red dot to investigate the situation before deciding whether to go to the center.”
Chen Jinzhao nodded. “Your suggestion is good, but I advise we travel at night. Can you still manage?”
“I’m fine,” Li Xiaoning said, not wanting Chen Jinzhao to underestimate her.
“Alright, let’s pack up. We depart in ten minutes,” Chen Jinzhao decided resolutely.
This place was not far from the nearest red marker, about a six or seven-hour walk. After a night of arduous travel, the two arrived at their destination at dawn.
Upon reaching the area, they noticed something was wrong from afar.
A strong smell of blood permeated the vicinity, and scattered limbs and dismembered bodies covered the snow-covered ground, dyeing a large area red.
It was conservatively estimated that at least twenty people had died here.
Li Xiaoning, suppressing her nausea, walked forward. By identifying the hair on the heads, she recognized them as people from Mitly, similar to those found at the previous red dot coordinate. She turned to look at Chen Jinzhao, who stood not far away, her expression grave.
The way these people died was bizarre, as if they had been torn into pieces by metallic machinery and scattered on the ground.
Chen Jinzhao went up to examine the bodies and found that these people had been cut into such shapes by swords, possibly the work of a single individual.
After sifting through several severed limbs, Chen Jinzhao discovered a wolf head insignia on an arm, causing his pupils to contract.
“The owner of this arm is the Savage Wolf from the Black Blood Group. As far as I know, he was an A-class warrior, and it’s rumored he has since been promoted to S-class. I never expected him to fall here as well.” Chen Jinzhao found it incredible, as Savage Wolf was an S-class powerhouse.
Killed so easily?
Chen Jinzhao pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and began searching for other parts of Savage Wolf among the scattered limbs.
However, apart from this arm, Chen Jinzhao could not find any matching severed parts.
Li Xiaoning hesitated. “Is there a possibility that the person you mentioned is not dead, but was taken away by the person they encountered?”
Chen Jinzhao exhaled.
At this point, that explanation seemed to be the only one.
“If it was only one person, then that person is extremely powerful. Even I cannot guarantee a 100% chance of defeating him.”
“But…”
“Such a powerful existence… how have I never heard of them before?”