Li Tianran stepped forward, shielding Ding Lu behind him. His gaze turned to the ferocious mercenaries ahead, indifferent and calm.

Ding Lu might be a fool, a reckless man, but even recklessness was closer to bravery than cowardice.

Young people are impulsive, they act without thinking, and often do more harm than good with good intentions, but this also represents fearlessness and valor!

This was precisely why Li Tianran valued Ding Lu.

Impulsiveness and recklessness can be changed through later guidance and maturity; but cowardice, the parasitic mentality of accepting other people's kindness as a matter of course, cannot be changed and is fatal!

Ding Lu was not a parasite.

He used his actions to show his attitude.

And he finally gained Li Tianran's full recognition!

"Stand behind me." Li Tianran spread his palm, extending it forward: "I'll take you... home."

The bullets that were fired seemed to slow down in the air, and then, as if under heavy pressure, their trajectory gradually sank.

Bai Zong and Scarface's eyebrows twitched wildly, their eyes almost popping out.

It was the first time they had seen such a terrifying scene.

"He... he really is fucking Huluwa come to life..." Scarface trembled all over!

Even bullets couldn't successfully penetrate within a meter of this man, so what other way could they defeat him?

At this moment, Scarface's brow contained a murderous aura. He spoke extremely quickly into his headset. In an instant, several red lines shot from another direction, all landing on Li Tianran!

Sniper rifle!

The power of this kind of bullet was completely different from that of an assault rifle. Its power and speed were comparable to a small cannonball. Even Li Tianran could not completely lock onto it!

"Kill him!" Scarface roared.

"Heh heh heh..." Li Tianran laughed. He suddenly clenched his palm, and the bullets clattered onto the ground at his feet. Then, the entire building began to shake!

Boom!

The ceiling on the top floor of the eighth floor suddenly collapsed, countless steel bars and cement broke apart, stirring up a cloud of dust!

A huge figure flickering with silver light descended from the sky, its eyes flashing with ghostly blue electronic light. In its hand was a serrated blade three meters long that spun wildly, landing heavily in front of Li Tianran.

"Your loyal guardian is at your command, willing to become the blade in your hand, cutting through all the thorns on the road home!"

The deep electronic voice of the Tank-Class Combat Maniac resounded in Li Tianran's mind!

The sniper bullets that were enough to penetrate tank armor bombarded it, making extremely ear-piercing sounds of metal clashing!

"Wipe them out!" Li Tianran pointed forward.

The slender bullets twisted and ricocheted, leaving the huge steel body unscathed!

The Tank-Class Combat Maniac received the order, and the ghostly blue light in its eyes turned crimson. Its huge body stepped on the ground and charged forward, crushing everything in its path!

The three-meter-long steel blade swung like a storm, instantly piercing the wall beside it and drawing a perfect diagonal line, sweeping straight towards the group of mercenaries in front of it with a horizontal thrust!

A ferocious saw blade was constantly magnified in their vision.

This was the last scene that Bai Zong and Scarface saw in their lives...

In the dark night sky, a corner of the Tiancheng Company building suddenly slid down from the towering building!

Boom!

A corner of the steel and concrete building weighing several tons was neatly cut open, collapsed from the eighth floor, and crashed heavily on the ground!

It was hard to describe the shocking scene before them.

Like a mountain collapsing, the top of the building continued to collapse, turning into countless huge steel and concrete blocks that rolled down.

The roar resounded through the sky, and the fire shone brightly in the night sky.

This was the power of the Tank-Class Combat Maniac, enough to change the course of the battle tonight!

Buzz!

A huge shadow descended from the sky, and the Tank-Class Combat Maniac landed heavily, its legs bent sharply, dissolving the huge impact of jumping from the eighth floor. One of its mechanical arms grabbed Ding Lu, and Li Tianran sat on its shoulder, with a collapsing ruin behind them.

"Annihilation mission has been completed, preparing to return. Routing the return path… path planning completed, commencing!"

The Tank-Class Combat Maniac's eyes turned ghostly blue again. Two rows of wheels protruded from its feet, and like a high-powered off-road vehicle, it quickly disappeared into the night.

...

The biting cold wind blew across his cheeks, and the blood that had been boiling in Ding Lu's veins finally calmed down.

He secretly glanced at Li Tianran, who was sitting on the Combat Maniac's shoulder with a blank expression, and felt very uneasy.

His mission… could be considered a failure, right?

Not only did he fail, but he also caused a lot of trouble for the boss…

I'm really useless!

Ding Lu lowered his head, extremely dejected, his heart covered with a layer of lingering dust.

"You did a good job." Li Tianran suddenly spoke, calmly saying: "If you hadn't attracted the attention of those people in advance, it wouldn't have been so easy for me to bypass their outer perimeter detection and allow the Combat Maniac to approach the building silently."

"Although you're a bit of an idiot, you accidentally helped me a lot this time..."

Hearing Li Tianran's words, Ding Lu's eyes lit up again.

Li Tianran's lips curled up slightly.

Ding Lu was the kind of person who desperately wanted to be recognized. Although he needed to be disciplined, it was more important to guide him.

Ding Lu actually already knew his mistakes in his heart. Even if Li Tianran didn't say anything, he would learn a lesson from this incident.

But young people's self-esteem is always fragile. If Li Tianran continued to scold Ding Lu head-on, he might become discouraged and completely lose confidence in himself...

"I didn't expect that I would not only have to be a boss... but also a psychological counselor for young people." Li Tianran sat cross-legged on the Tank Maniac's shoulder, feeling the cold wind blowing on his face. At this time, his mood was not as relaxed as his expression.

Tonight, he did complete his goal. The destruction of Tiancheng Company was enough to make the head office feel a sharp pain!

But at the same time, he also exposed some of his trump cards.

Li Tianran originally had not intended to use the Tank Maniac, but what was done was done, and there was no turning back.

Li Tianran knew that the monitoring equipment of many companies was connected to the network in real time. What happened to Tiancheng Company tonight might have already been seen by the head office.

Although he was wearing a mask and sunglasses, the Combat Maniac could not be disguised.

The head office already knew how powerful the enemy he was facing was!

Li Tianran took a deep breath.

He thought of a saying.

When you expose your trump card to the enemy this time, you better have an even stronger trump card for the next battle!