"Stop her now!"
The moment the Cheshire Cat pulled out the flare gun, Rick knew something was wrong. He raised his own weapon, ready to interrupt her spellcasting.
But the Cheshire Cat was too fast. Drawing, aiming at the sky, and pulling the trigger, her movements were fluid and seamless. By the time Rick reacted and prepared to fire, the flare had already shot into the sky, leaving a long trail behind it. It exploded, its crimson glow a stark beacon in the night.
"We're in big trouble."
Looking at the exploding flare, Copper Tiger's face was grim.
Captain Boomerang, however, maintained his optimistic outlook, saying, "What big... BIG trouble!"
Before Captain Boomerang could finish his sentence, he saw fiery projectiles streaking across the sky in the distance, growing larger and larger.
"Rockets! Take cover!"
The approaching lights were none other than high-temperature rockets.
The most crucial function of the Cheshire Cat's flare was to provide a target, allowing the rockets to strike the Suicide Squad with precision.
Rick had felt uneasy without effective resistance.
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After the initial barrage of rockets, soldiers from the Kuthor army in the camp below poured out, launching a massive assault in the direction of the Suicide Squad.
Meanwhile, the Cheshire Cat vanished without a trace after firing the flare.
The Suicide Squad members didn't have the luxury of worrying about where the Cheshire Cat went, for at that very moment, Kuthor soldiers, outnumbering them significantly, were charging at them, fully armed.
How to survive and escape these soldiers was the Suicide Squad's immediate concern.
Facing Kuthor soldiers who outnumbered them several times over, any elaborate tactics were meaningless. The Suicide Squad members had no choice but to rely on their own skills, splitting up and breaking formation to make individual breakthroughs. Anyone who got caught in a hail of bullets during the breakout could only blame their own insufficient skills.
This round of rocket bombardment, despite its impressive appearance and intimidating display, had actually been harmless, adhering to the "smoke without injury" principle.
Except for a few slower members who sustained minor scrapes, the rest of the Suicide Squad escaped unscathed.
Rick's original plan was for everyone to escape separately, regroup later, and then make further plans. But before he could even voice it, his head snapped to the side, and the sight before him shocked Rick for the entire year.
Logically, after such a fierce artillery barrage, a normal person's instinct would be to flee. However, this squad had no normal individuals. After dodging the first volley of fire, they immediately changed direction and charged into the military camp from different angles.
Harley Quinn was even more outrageous, riding Killer Croc like a horse, emitting shrill laughter and swinging her wooden mallet.
Killer Croc, as he ran, was like a tank, crashing directly through the military camp's wall and into it.
Upon seeing the terrifyingly monstrous figure, the soldiers were stunned for a moment, only scrambling to aim their weapons as Killer Croc charged.
Unfortunately, they were too slow. Before they could even finish loading their firearms, Killer Croc was upon them. With his powerful claws, he grabbed a soldier in front of him and tore them in half, blood splashing everywhere.
When a soldier attempted a sneak attack from behind, Harley, still riding atop Killer Croc, knocked him to the ground with a single swing of her mallet.
After several soldiers were eliminated, the surrounding troops finally remembered their firearms.
Both Killer Croc and Harley Quinn primarily engaged in close combat, possessing no ranged attack capabilities. Their weapons were not mere sticks, so there was no need to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Just as the surrounding soldiers created distance and prepared to shoot them, a volley of gunfire rang out, and several soldiers fell.
The shooter was none other than Copper Tiger.
Copper Tiger was indeed a master of martial arts, skilled in various disciplines such as combat, judo, wrestling, and martial arts. However, he always adhered to one principle: "Beyond five steps, the gun is faster. Within five steps, the gun is both accurate and fast."
Why would one choose to engage in close combat when they had a firearm? Wasn't that foolish?
After breaching the camp, Copper Tiger didn't pause. With a few swift moves, he downed a soldier, disarmed him, and then proceeded to wreak havoc.
With Copper Tiger's skill, the numerous soldiers in the camp could not harm him in the slightest. Instead, they were mere targets in his eyes, providing him with weapons and ammunition.
Within five minutes of infiltrating the camp, Copper Tiger had switched firearms no less than seven times, eliminating countless soldiers.
The military camp had descended into utter chaos. Although Copper Tiger killed a large number of Kuthor soldiers, he only killed them and immediately sought the next target, having no time to attend to the aftermath of those he had shot.
If Copper Tiger had paid closer attention, he would have noticed.
Despite the number of soldiers he had shot, there were surprisingly few bodies in the camp.
This was understandable, as these fallen Kuthor soldiers were not humans at all, but Shadow Ninjas, magically disguised by Bai Qi.
Bullets could not inflict fatal damage on magical entities like Shadow Ninjas. Being hit and falling to the ground was merely part of their act, with some even intentionally allowing themselves to be killed by Copper Tiger. After falling, they would disappear into the shadows when he wasn't looking and reappear to fight from elsewhere.
After all, Kuthor was a small country, and war had drastically reduced its population, only slightly recovering after Bai Qi took over. Therefore, for Kuthor, people were the most precious resource.
With so few people, how could Bai Qi afford to lose his soldiers? Yet, he couldn't leave the posts unguarded, as that would be too obvious. Thus, Bai Qi resorted to this stratagem, mixing a large number of disguised Shadow Ninjas with the soldiers to create the illusion of a heavily guarded and impregnable fortress.
"Stop playing around and hurry inside to plant the bombs."
Saying this, Copper Tiger tossed a satchel of explosives to Harley Quinn and turned to provide cover.
Taking the explosive pack and glancing at it, Harley Quinn's eyes lit up. She patted Killer Croc beneath her and said, "Let's go, little croc, let's go."
Just as Harley Quinn departed, several small black balls emitting red light rolled to Copper Tiger's feet.
Upon seeing these inconspicuous spheres, Copper Tiger's pupils constricted rapidly. He abandoned his gun and retreated backward in a hurry.
Before he could retreat five meters, a deafening explosion erupted.
Accompanied by a slight tremor in the ground, the spot where Copper Tiger had been standing was reduced to a blackened crater.
Having narrowly dodged the explosion, Copper Tiger didn't hesitate. He rolled to the side as several more bullets whizzed into the ground where he had been standing.