"D * mn it!"
The enemy's arrow was probably made of a special material that was neither gold nor wood. It had an extremely strong electromagnetic interference. When it pierced into the dashboard, it immediately caused all the needles and indicators to vibrate violently, just like the abnormal conditions encountered when a plane entered the Bermuda Delta.
Fortunately, this off-road vehicle still used an old-fashioned mechanical control system and did not carry too many electronic devices, so it could still move forward with some difficulty.
However, it was obvious that it could not maintain its speed and agility.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
At this moment, another three sharp arrows pierced through the air like lightning. Although Li Yao had exerted the driving skills that he had accumulated through dozens of reincarnations to the maximum and dodged the first two arrows, he still could not avoid the third arrow that pierced into the hood of the car. The engine immediately let out a series of roars, and the car fell to the bottom.
Li Yao cursed. No matter how hard he stepped on the accelerator, it was useless. Anger surged in his mind. The surrounding terrain and every data on the map, including the enemy's height in mid-air … all kinds of information flew in his mind like a torrent. He steeled his heart and rushed toward a sparse forest not far away.
Although it was called a forest, it was actually just a few coconut trees that were only found in tropical areas. If it was a clear day, it would not be able to block an attack from the sky.
However, in this stormy environment with lightning and thunder, Li Yao decided to take a gamble.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Another five arrows landed around the off-road vehicle. They even penetrated the roof of the vehicle and shot right between Daniel Zhang's legs, making a hole in the seat. This guy was so scared that he could not breathe. His whole body twitched, and he almost fainted.
However, Li Yao also took the opportunity to rush into the coconut forest.
"Get out of the car!"
Li Yao roared at the Phantom Cat and Daniel Zhang.
"Wha — what?"
The two of them looked at each other and swallowed the words "you're crazy" at the same time. They did not dare to say it out loud.
"The engine is ruined. At most, it can last for another three to five minutes. This is the only place where we can turn the situation around. Get out of the car!"
Li Yao shouted again. He stopped the off-road vehicle, picked up the toolbox, kicked the door open, and rolled out.
Fortunately, Phantom Cat reacted quickly. It crawled out of the car window and went to the back seat. Then, it dragged Zhang Daniu out of the car window. Seeing that Li Yao had pried open the gas tank cover, it hurriedly dragged Zhang Daniu and hid far away.
Boom!
A flame in the shape of a butterfly gushed out from Li Yao's palm and entered the fuel tank. The off-road vehicle immediately turned into an incomparably dazzling fireball. Even under the assault of the fierce wind and torrential rain, the flames and smoke still rose more than ten meters into the sky, temporarily blocking the sight of the pursuers.
Almost at the moment when the flames exploded, Li Yao took a deep breath and ran towards the nearest coconut tree. His speed was far beyond the limits of human beings. The tree trunk, which was perpendicular to the ground at a ninety degree angle, was as easy as walking on flat ground for him. He rushed to the top of the tree in one breath and kicked the tree hard, almost breaking it. With the help of the rebound, he jumped from one coconut tree to another coconut tree, and then from the second coconut tree to the third coconut tree. He used the coconut tree as a spring. Every time he bounced, his speed and strength increased by a bit. When he reached the last coconut tree, the trunk was almost bent into a crescent moon, and he was shot high into the sky like a whistling cannonball.
Swoosh!
The toolbox that Li Yao had been holding in his hand drew a fierce arc in the air and threw it towards the archer in the air.
Swoosh!
A screwdriver was launched later, but its target was not the archer, but the toolbox. It smashed the toolbox into pieces, and the tools inside naturally scattered.
Although the archer was in a high position and could overlook every movement in the coconut forest, his attention was first attracted by the off-road vehicle that exploded, and then his line of sight was disturbed by the flying tools. He did not expect that Li Yao would actually jump into the air and fly towards him like a strange bird. For a moment, he was scared out of his wits and forgot to react.
In that moment of daze, Li Yao was only three to five meters away from him.
However, this archer dared to chase after Li Yao and the others alone, so he was obviously not an easy person to deal with. That moment of daze was a mistake that he had never made before, and he did not allow himself to continue this mistake for more than a second.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
In the short span of a second, he fired seven arrows in a row like a cannon, almost sealing off every angle that Li Yao could fly from.
Li Yao, on the other hand, had nowhere to borrow strength from in midair. Unless he grasped the superpower of "stepping on the back of the left foot on the back of the right foot to continuously ascend", he could only return empty-handed and dodge the seven consecutive arrows.
As expected, Li Yao could do nothing against the rain of arrows. After dodging three arrows, he was already exhausted. He could only curl up his body and accelerate his fall to the ground, crashing heavily into the mud. Although he had dodged the rain of arrows, he did not even touch the archer's hair.
However …
Not long after he landed, with a plop, the archer also fell from the sky, sprawling on the ground.
His widened eyes were filled with blood vessels, but the blood vessels turned into a lifeless black one after another. His trembling hands could no longer hold onto the hunting bow, and he could only cover his throat weakly. A screwdriver was nailed deep into his Adam's apple. It shot diagonally upwards through his cervical vertebra and brain stem, almost coming out from the back of his head.
When facing a powerful enemy like a Hunter, the same trick could not be used twice.
However, although this archer was holding a hunting bow, he was clearly not a qualified hunter.
Li Yao had used the fireball from the off-road vehicle's explosion, the toolbox that scattered flowers, and himself as a strange bird as bait to make the archer forget the fact that he could use Telekinesis in that moment of nervousness.
In the end, a small screwdriver, under Li Yao's remote control, kept accelerating and changing directions, ending his life.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
The archer's dead fish eyes bulged, and he stared at Li Yao with an incomparably complicated expression. The light in the depths of his eyes gradually disappeared.
Li Yao sighed, pulled out the screwdriver from the archer's throat, and let the blood spurt out, giving him a quick death.
This should be the last pursuer, right?
Although the off-road vehicle was scrapped, this place was not too far from the border. As long as there was no flood ahead, he could walk to a nearby town, and it would not be a problem to get a new means of transportation.
Li Yao was slightly relieved. He turned back to look for Daniel Zhang and the Phantom Cat.
"Teacher Niu!"
He narrowed his eyes and searched in the sparse coconut grove. He quickly found Daniel Zhang leaning against a coconut tree, but there was no sign of the Phantom Cat.
"What's going on? Where's the Phantom Cat?"
Li Yao was greatly surprised. He looked at Daniel Zhang's face with the help of the burning fire, but he found that the author of "40,000 Years of Cultivation" had an extremely ugly expression. His eyes were as black as ink.
Li Yao suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.
Daniel Zhang's expression was strange and confused. He let go of the coconut tree and staggered towards him. He stretched out his hands, which were also black to the point that they were under his fingernails. Finally, he fell into Li Yao's arms.
The rain was as cold as ice, but his body was as hot as burning charcoal. He also faintly emitted a sweet and fishy smell. Li Yao heard a gurgling sound coming from his internal organs. It was as if all his organs were … melting!
"Teacher Niu, what's wrong with you? “
Li Yao was anxious, but Daniel Zhang could no longer speak. Not long after, his eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth … Thick black blood slowly flowed out from his seven orifices. His entire body collapsed like an empty sack. Li Yao couldn't feel his bones at all. Everything under his skin had melted.
Looking over his shoulder, Li Yao saw a dagger firmly inserted into his back, where his heart was. There was also a smiling skull engraved on it, but it didn't look like a human head. It looked more like a cat's head with two pointy ears. It was the Phantom Cat's sharp blade for self-defense.
"Boom! Crack! "
A bolt of thunder and lightning illuminated the bleak earth and the burning coconut grove.
Li Yao's mind was as clear as a mirror. How could he not understand what was going on?
They had all been deceived.
The Phantom Cat wasn't a member of the Ark Foundation, but an undercover agent of the Apocalypse.
Perhaps the Apocalypse's initial goal was to capture Daniel Zhang alive. That was why they had sent a team of Hunters and painstakingly set up layers of ambushes.
However, several lines of defense had been broken through, and even the last Archer had died under Li Yao's screwdriver. Seeing that they had no way of capturing Daniel Zhang alive, it was better to leave a dead body than to let Daniel Zhang fall into the hands of the Ark Foundation.
This was the Phantom Cat's mission.
Li Yao did not know what kind of expression he should put on to face such a fact. Every muscle on his face was almost out of control.
Daniel Zhang's heartbeat and breathing had stopped. He lay limp on the ground, his chest clearly sunken. Black blood flowed around him like a deep black pool.
He had died cleanly and completely. Even the Daluo Golden Immortals couldn't save him. They could only wait for the next "reboot" — if there was one.
"Teacher Niu …"
Li Yao rubbed his face so hard that he almost went blind. He still couldn't accept this fact. They had gone through untold hardships to escort him all the way to this point. They were just about to find the leader of the resistance organization, the Red Pole Star, and solve all the mysteries about him, Daniel Zhang, and the Red Pole Star. But in the end, right here, Daniel Zhang was still … dead?
What a joke!
Li Yao really wanted to look up to the sky and howl, wildly flinging his non-existent hair like a madman.
But a moment later, something strange on Daniel Zhang's body attracted his attention.
"Wait, what, what is this?"
It was difficult to explain what he saw.
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