Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority – Chapter 52

Ch 52: Narrow Road

“Be careful…”

Six figures, crouched low in the wilderness, advanced quickly. They kept a close distance from each other, their positions carefully planned for mutual cover.

These six people were all wearing black clothes and black pants, with different masks on their faces.

The leader was holding a sniper rifle, and the mask on his face was a red cartoon fox. Only a pair of long, fox-like eyes were visible, revealing a hint of cunning and ferocity… He really did look a bit like a fox.

About ten minutes ago, they heard a gunshot from this direction. After some discussion, they, who were active in the vicinity, decided to come and see if there was anything to gain.

After all, they were having a bad day today… They had previously discovered a lone person and decisively launched an attack, but they didn’t expect to hit a tough spot… It was an Esper.

That was an Esper!

For people like them, that was a completely insurmountable existence.

And they had shot at the other person?

God knows how terrified they were at that moment?

…Fortunately, they ran fast enough!

But it also scared them badly, and they were filled with lingering fear. They didn’t dare to go to the market next… That Esper big shot might be there, and what if they were recognized?

So, they had been wandering in the wilderness, hoping to encounter some easy prey.

But although they met many people, there were no good targets… Most of the people entering and leaving the black market were in groups. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t provoke these people. Only when someone was alone, or when they were sure that the other person had goods worth the risk, would they take the risk…

After all, the other party wasn’t without countermeasures.

They were all about surprise when they fired their black guns.

By the time the other party reacted, it was a contest of raw strength.

…If they were confident in their raw strength, they wouldn’t have resorted to firing black guns.

So, after being idle for half a day, they heard a gunshot, and it stopped abruptly after one shot. They knew that most likely there were some colleagues active nearby.

After some discussion, they decided to come and take a look… to see if there was a chance to take advantage of the situation.

If there was a chance, they would certainly take action… If there was no chance, they would just watch the excitement.

They were all about adapting to the situation.

“Boss, look, that’s…”

Suddenly, a person wearing a white cat mask called out in a low voice, and the fox face subconsciously followed his gaze.

Then, his gaze froze, and his eyes widened…

In a hollow in front of them, a figure suddenly appeared in their field of vision…

The other party was wearing a set of black clothes, with a Faceless Man mask on his face, holding a sniper rifle, tall and burly, standing in the hollow.

Of course, this person wasn’t important. What was important was that beside him, four headless bodies were lying quietly. Several heads with masks were rolling at the bottom of the hollow…

The fox-masked group subconsciously stopped. The Faceless Man also turned his head to look at them at the same time.

They looked at each other.

The scene was a bit silent for a moment.

“…”

Liu An’s whole body stiffened.

He had just put on the mask, taken up his weapon, and was preparing to hide his figure and watch the big shot kill with abandon.

Unexpectedly, the next second, after an exclamation, several burly men had already appeared before his eyes…

Big shot, didn’t you say you would take action?

This…

Liu An’s face under the mask was completely stiff, and the cold sweat that had just stopped was coming out of his forehead again…

Fortunately, he was wearing a mask, so others couldn’t see his expression. He didn’t act rashly, but his brain was spinning frantically. How should he resolve the current situation?

Or rather…

Did the big shot have any intention of taking action?

After a while…

“Faceless?”

The fox face spoke.

Liu An paused for a moment, took a deep breath, kept his voice calm, and spoke lightly: “Ding Yuan… what do you mean? Do you want to start a war with me?”

The fox face’s eyes flashed when he heard this, but he laughed and said, “What are you talking about… What’s going on?”

He said, looking at the corpses around.

“As you can see, I just encountered some easy prey.”

Liu An’s voice was flat.

“These are easy prey?” The fox face’s eyes moved slightly, and he smiled: “You can do it, Faceless. I haven’t seen you for a few days, and now you dare to attack the flock?”

Easy prey, refers to those who are alone.

The flock, naturally, refers to those who are in groups…

These robbers rarely dared to attack those who were in groups.

But that didn’t stop them from taking advantage verbally…

“Nothing, just luck… Hey, did I let you move?”

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Just as Liu An was speaking, suddenly one of the other party was about to go forward to check a corpse on the ground. Liu An’s voice paused, and he immediately shouted at the person.

Kacha…

A crisp sound rang out. Except for the fox face, the few people behind him all raised their guns and aimed at the Faceless Man.

The Faceless Man’s forehead was covered in sweat, but he remained calm on the surface. His body didn’t move, and his voice didn’t tremble at all. He said lightly: “Why? Ding Yuan, are you really planning to start a war with me?”

Saying that, he glanced at the fox face.

The fox face had actually been observing all along. Although he couldn’t see the expression clearly, he could still judge some of the other party’s true feelings from some of the subconscious reactions of their body language. The fox face, as a veteran who had been in the robbery circle for many years, believed that he still had this kind of insight.

But his opponent wasn’t an ordinary person either. Liu An had also been in the robbery circle for many years. For those who did this, the most important thing was to choose the right target… If the target was chosen correctly, they could survive and make a fortune. If the target was chosen incorrectly, they would be done for.

Therefore, he was extremely good at observing a person’s inner thoughts from subtle details.

It was by relying on this skill that Liu An had just managed to find a glimmer of hope for himself from a situation that was almost certain death…

Now, facing life and death again, Liu An’s big heart played its role.

He knew clearly that he couldn’t show any weakness now. As long as the other party could see the slightest abnormality… then he would be dead.

So…

Big shot!

Are you going to take action or not!

Could it be that you think killing me would dirty your hands, so you simply used these people to take my life?

Liu An’s heart was about to cry, but on the surface, he was as steady as an old dog. Even the fox couldn’t tell his true emotions from his body language.

There’s only the Faceless Man here, and his brothers aren’t here, but the Faceless Man is so sure, could it be that his brothers are actually hiding nearby? Letting him come over to harvest the prey?

Thinking of this, the fox face was a little cautious. After glancing around, he immediately felt that the surroundings seemed a little dangerous.

Then he smiled and scolded the people behind him: “We’re all in the same circle, what are you doing? Put down your guns… Faceless, look, the brothers don’t understand things, it’s my fault… How is it? How was the harvest today?”

He chatted with Liu An in a familiar manner.

Liu An was anxious, but his voice was still flat: “It’s just like that… The prey hasn’t been harvested yet.”

“Tsk tsk, so many easy preys at once, you’ve made a fortune this time. Unlike me… I had a really bad day today, and I ran into a tough one.”

The fox seemed to look enviously at the corpses around, and then complained.

It seemed like a complaint, but he was also observing the other party at the same time.

He changed to a different way of probing.

Liu An’s face twitched.

This little trick naturally couldn’t escape Liu An, who was also an old fox… The other party was deliberately trying to make him relax now, and then he would definitely explode later to see his reaction.

In order to test his true situation.

Although he was very uneasy, he could only continue to act with the other party now.

“Oh? What happened?”

“Don’t mention it, I met a lone person just now, and I thought it was easy prey. As a result, I fired a shot… I didn’t expect the other party to be an Esper!… If it wasn’t for my quick running, I would have been done for today.”

The fox face complained.

Liu An’s expression was a little dazed.

Today, alone, Esper?

His eyes gradually became strange.

“Esper… What type of Esper?”

Liu An asked in a slightly strange tone.

This sudden strange tone was still discovered by the fox, but he didn’t understand why the other party’s tone suddenly became strange, and subconsciously said: “I’ve never seen it before… but it’s very powerful. I fired a shot from about three hundred meters away, and the person reacted the moment I fired, and then a black substance appeared on his body, directly blocking that shot… The hardness was terrifying.”

Black substance?

Liu An’s heart was instantly at ease…

It’s stable.

Before he could speak.

“So, it was really you who fired the black gun at me?”

A faint voice rang out.

The fox face hadn’t reacted yet.

The next moment.

The intense ‘shoo shoo’ sound suddenly exploded in his ears…