Upon hearing Gao Kai's words, Chu Tian's mind went blank.
"Xiao Hei... he..."
Chu Tian uttered these three words almost trembling.
Before he could ask further, Gao Kai quickly spoke.
"Xiao Hei should be fine!"
"Fine?" Chu Tian heard Gao Kai's words and knew he wouldn't lie to comfort him. His heart immediately calmed down a lot.
"Xiao Hei's vitality is too strong. His neck was cut open by a third, yet he could still heal," Gao Kai said, feeling incredibly surprised. In his understanding, the neck was a vital spot. Not to mention being cut open by a third, even severing the windpipe would be fatal.
However, just moments ago, they were suddenly attacked by an unknown assailant. That person was so strong. Upon appearing, they directly slit Xiao Hei's neck. At that instant, blood splattered from Xiao Hei's neck. But then, a blue light flashed on his body, instantly stopping the bleeding. A ring of faint blue electric arcs sealed his neck. Then, a water-like color wrapped around it.
However, in that moment, the child, likely due to excessive blood loss, appeared extremely pale and weak. After doing this, he had almost no combat ability left. Yet, that fleeting, delicate figure had vanished. Miao Zuo, who was beside Xiao Hei, and a widespread talisman explosion, blasted him and Xiao Hei away, but failed to reveal the hidden figure.
"Yu'er, be careful!" Suddenly, Zhang Chengcheng, who was in front of them, violently pushed to the side. There, an almost transparent dagger seemed to appear out of thin air. Originally, the transparent dagger was aimed directly at Chen Yu'er's heart. It was precisely because of Zhang Chengcheng's sudden collision that Chen Yu'er was sent flying. The dagger instantly pierced Zhang Chengcheng's right chest.
They were on their way to meet a black market merchant. They were still en route, so Zhang Chengcheng, Chen Yu'er, and Gao Kai had not put on their mechs. They had thought that with the presence of experts like Xiao Hei and Miao Zuo, no danger would occur. In their understanding, no such expert could exist on Planet Blue.
However, when Zhang Chengcheng was attacked, the high-tech watch on her arm, which was essentially the mech's storage unit, was instantly activated upon sensing its owner being attacked. First, a beam of light covered her body. That was an ion shield. However, the dagger seemed to be specially made. The ion shield only blocked it momentarily before being pierced. But because of this brief obstruction, the dagger only penetrated one inch into the flesh. Otherwise... it might have been embedded entirely, and Zhang Chengcheng would have been in grave danger.
"Oh?" The shadow that had attacked the group flashed and disappeared again, but it left behind a sound of questioning. Judging from the voice, it was a female. She likely wasn't very old.
Everyone's expressions shook. Xiao Hei, dragging his weakened body, roared, "Die, for me!" A sea of lightning surged from his body. At this moment, Xiao Hei's eyes were red; he was truly enraged. It wasn't just anger, but a greater sense of shame. Chu Tian had asked him to come along, and he knew why. The main purpose was to protect Zhang Chengcheng and Chen Yu'er. However, not only did he fail to protect them, but he was also the first to have his neck slit. What a humiliation!
However, Xiao Hei's burst of lightning sea startled both Gao Kai and Miao Zuo. The aura of the lightning sea eruption was exactly like an area-of-effect attack. Would Xiao Hei's rage also harm their own people? But in an instant, they knew that Xiao Hei's skill was not offensive. The lightning sea erupted into star-like blue dots. Each blue dot, like fireflies, involuntarily clung to everyone without causing any harm.
"Get her there and kill her..." After unleashing this move, Xiao Hei became even weaker. Staggering, he pointed towards a certain direction. Without him saying anything, Miao Zuo and Gao Kai also saw an unusual scene. There were only five of them, but they saw six in their field of vision. The sixth person was positioned beside Chen Yu'er. Chen Yu'er's armor was fully covering her. The person beside her was indeed in a human shape, discernible by the surrounding blue light dots, but the person inside was invisible, as if transparent. That stealthy assassin, the one who attacked them, must be this person. In everyone's eyes, the shadow held a transparent dagger and was making a move to slit Chen Yu'er's throat.
*Ding... Sizzle...*
Everyone had some understanding of the defense of Chu Tian's mech, so they weren't worried. However, Gao Kai and Miao Zuo rushed towards her immediately. Chen Yu'er also reacted instantly. Don't forget that on Planet Blue, combat training was mandatory from junior high school. This subject even counted towards credits, factored into middle school and college entrance exams. Not enough college credits meant not graduating.
Chen Yu'er threw a punch directly at the opponent. Blue flames erupted from her mech's elbow. The mech actually used its thrusters to enhance the power of this punch. The opponent was clearly a master. They directly turned their body and circled from her left to her back.
"Interesting... you even have a Star Shattering Blade... something that can't be cut! I'll take you back to study you!" This scene happened in a flash. As the crisp voice sounded, Gao Kai and Miao Zuo's hurled talismans were only one body length away from the opponent. However, within that single body length, the person somehow produced a white pill and threw it violently onto the ground.
*Bang...* A burst of white smoke erupted. The smoke came and went quickly. When the smoke dissipated, the figure and Chen Yu'er had both vanished. Gao Kai's first thought was the GPS positioning on the mech. That GPS positioning was not the technology on Planet Blue, but a network deployed by Chu Tian's super mech as a broadcast station. However, when Gao Kai opened the positioning to check Chen Yun's mech, he was stunned. It was gone. He quickly expanded the range. The entire Earth was displayed, but that mech was nowhere to be found. However, after only a dozen seconds, suddenly... the member's mech appeared about 2 kilometers to their south. Gao Kai was about to move towards it but hesitated. He thought about it and decided it was better to notify Chu Tian first.
Upon hearing Gao Kai finish his account, Chu Tian agreed and nodded, saying, "You are right not to pursue. The other party must have something that can block the signal of the Star Shattering Mech!"
"Yes, that's what I thought too. I was afraid that if I pursued, the other party would guess and use that method to permanently block the signal, and then there would be no way." Gao Kai also voiced his thoughts.
"Hmm, how are Chengcheng and Xiao Hei?" Hearing this, Chu Tian calmed down instead.
"Xiao Hei said he's fine, and Zhang Chengcheng..." Gao Kai paused here. He glanced at the monitoring system on the mech communication interface. Chu Tian didn't rush him.