"Wait a moment..."
Liang Li was utterly flustered. What was going on?
How did a perfectly normal trip turn into this?
She was worried about Li Qingyun. She had no idea what the late stage of Qi Condensation was truly capable of.
Could he really catch bullets with his bare hands?
But Li Qingyun was too fast. In the blink of an eye, he vanished from her sight.
She had no choice but to call the police.
...
Li Qingyun ran with incredible speed. Each step was cushioned by a falling leaf, making him a silent assassin, leaving no sound.
After running about two hundred meters, he finally reached the source of the cries for help.
An off-road vehicle, camouflaged with leaves, appeared in his vision.
Beside the vehicle stood six people. Two were tied up, while the other four were clearly together. They were masked and holding guns.
The two people tied on the ground were both rather stout. Their mouths were gagged.
It seemed they had just been gagged, as Li Qingyun had heard their cries for help before arriving.
There were bloodstains on the ground. Upon closer inspection, one of them had been shot in the thigh.
This was a criminal gang from northern Myanmar.
They were here to capture blood slaves.
Blood slaves, as they were called, were essentially unfeeling machines that produced blood.
After being captured by these criminal gangs, their blood was extracted relentlessly, and then resold at a high price, allowing them to make a fortune.
When these blood slaves could no longer provide more blood, their organs would be next.
Black Hawk, the leader of this small gang, sneered, "No need to wait. Let's load these blood slaves onto the vehicle. It looks like we'll only get two pieces of cargo today!"
"Captain, shouldn't we wait a little longer?" Shark asked in surprise.
Black Hawk kicked him, "Damn it! Who the hell told you to shoot just now? If you attract the soldiers of Great Xia, you won't even know how you died!"
Shark's expression changed, and he didn't dare to retort, "Then we should hurry and leave!"
Those in their line of work lived on the edge, always risking their lives.
Especially in such a vast country, engaging in cross-border human trafficking on their land meant either the death penalty or nothing.
Li Qingyun couldn't understand their language, but he saw them start to act, intending to throw the two bound individuals into the trunk.
"This is bad, they're trying to escape!"
Li Qingyun couldn't let them get away, but he was also nervous.
It didn't matter that he couldn't understand their language; he could infer many things.
Recalling the recent viral news about organ harvesting in northern Myanmar, Li Qingyun had a pretty good idea what these scoundrels were up to!
Young men are always filled with youthful passion!
Moreover, having gained some power beyond ordinary people, he wanted to use his strength to do something!
His first fight made him a bit nervous, but he had simulated it countless times during his cultivation!
Two accomplices were carrying a blood slave to the rear trunk.
"Damn it! This pig is really heavy!"
"Hey! Cheer up, we can sell it for a good price!"
Just then, the surrounding trees in the forest began to sway in unison.
Yellow and green leaves fell continuously.
"Pah! What's going on? Why is there wind?"
"Let's go, let's go!"
Black Hawk opened the car door and was stepping into the driver's seat.
Li Qingyun's gaze was sharp, "This is the moment!"
He raised his hand, and a green light began to coil around it!
Due to the excessive number of falling leaves, it obscured the special effects emanating from his location.
Green spiritual energy wrapped around his fingertips, and a dozen leaves spun in front of him.
He had injected wood-element spiritual energy into the leaves, causing them to emit a green glow.
"Go!"
Li Qingyun flicked his right hand, and the dozen leaves shot out instantly, their speed comparable to bullets!
Black Hawk had no inkling of what was happening. He was still with his back to Li Qingyun. Before he could react, he felt a searing pain.
"Ah!!!!"
The leaves, glowing green, instantly embedded themselves into his body.
Blood splattered, and a pained scream erupted.
Shark, sitting in the passenger seat, was greatly alarmed, "Boss!"
But when he reached for Black Hawk's neck, he only felt a smear of blood.
The dozen leaves, without needing to aim, had struck true, with some of them hitting their mark!
Shark stiffly turned his head. A green-glowing leaf was embedded halfway into the car beside his ear. His face turned deathly pale.
"Not bullets, leaves? Damn it, what the hell is this..."
Black Hawk clutched his neck, writhing in agony.
But Shark was also a ruthless man. He directly opened the car door and kicked the "boss" out!
"You're beyond saving!"
After kicking him out, Shark immediately occupied the driver's seat and slammed on the accelerator as if possessed.
The off-road vehicle lurched forward.
They had two blood slaves originally, but they had only managed to load one.
Li Qingyun's expression changed, and he rushed forward.
The remaining blood slave was named Tao Fang.
He stared with wide eyes, looking at the suddenly emerging youth in disbelief.
This person was radiating green light all over, like... like a superpower user from a novel!
Watching the off-road vehicle shake and drive away, Li Qingyun knew he couldn't catch up to the car at his current speed!
"There's still one person! We can't let them get away!"
He bent his body into a bow, then extended his hands and pushed forward!
Streams of spiritual energy converged from the surrounding trees onto Li Qingyun.
As a Wood Spirit Body, he could borrow strength from the plants in his surroundings. Therefore, even though he was just a rookie at the late stage of Qi Condensation, due to minimal spiritual energy consumption, he theoretically had infinite mana in the forest!
"Boom!"
With a deafening roar, the car's tires exploded.
And this off-road vehicle, capable of traversing the forest, lost its mobility without its tires!
Shark, looking in the rearview mirror, also saw Li Qingyun's move and was utterly terrified!
"What the hell is this! Is it a celestial being from Great Xia?"
The car could no longer move. The sound of the blown tire was so loud that it would definitely attract the Great Xia soldiers stationed at the border!
Li Qingyun was still charging towards them.
"Damn it! Even if he's a celestial being! Everyone get out and face him! He can't be faster than bullets!"
The rear doors of the car opened simultaneously. Two masked accomplices, holding guns, opened fire in panic!
Li Qingyun felt his heart pounding, but his mind was incredibly clear!
"The bullets are too dense, I can't dodge them all!"
He waved his hand forcefully, and green spiritual energy scattered, forcibly distorting the trajectory of the bullets.
He himself then used the moment the gunfire covered the area again to hide behind a tree.
But Shark had disappeared at some point. He was now hiding behind another tree, holding a sniper rifle!
The crosshairs aimed at Li Qingyun, and he unhesitatingly pulled the trigger!
A fierce expression appeared on his face, "Little brat! Go to hell!"
"Bang—"
A sense of crisis came from Li Qingyun's right side. He suddenly turned his head, and a bullet rapidly enlarged in his pupils!
No matter how fast you are, can you be faster than a bullet?
Li Qingyun felt his heart rate soaring, but he also possessed a strong confidence!
"This rate of fire, this impact force, I can take it!"
Take it, damn it!
And then, a scene that shocked everyone present unfolded.
Li Qingyun immediately extended his right hand, and a vast amount of wood-element spiritual energy converged in his palm.
The bullet, whistling through the air, was fiercely gripped by his right hand!
Although the immense impact force caused his right hand to dislocate slightly, he knew he had caught a scorching hot bullet in his grasp!
Catching a bullet with his bare hands! And it was a sniper rifle bullet!
He had done it!
Shark's hand trembled. He felt like he had encountered a ghost!
"Insane! This world has gone mad!"