Chapter 275

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    Chapter 275

    The bloody conflict arrived much sooner than Su Hao had expected.

    Among the four finalists, only Hua Shaosun was backed by the Summoned Beast Management Bureau.

    The other two—

    Tang Haiyi, who represented the Summoner Association, and Han Renjie, who came from one of the world's financial aristocratic families—

    unexpectedly chose to target Su Hao at the same time.

    Neither of them had any confidence in defeating him inside the arena.

    So...

    They simply decided to eliminate him before the finals.


    ---

    Early the next morning...

    While Su Hao was quietly studying inside the hotel, five life signatures suddenly entered the range of his radar.

    They were heading straight toward his room.

    Su Hao immediately looked up.

    "Yashan."

    "We have visitors."

    "They're probably carrying firearms."

    "Transform into the Steel Armor King."

    "Kill them all."

    Yashan immediately jumped up from his chair.

    At last!

    He had been itching for a fight.

    His body rapidly transformed.

    Layer after layer of steel armor covered him until a majestic suit of metallic armor stood inside the room.

    After being forced to hold himself back for so long...

    He finally felt refreshed.

    Su Hao also transformed into his own Steel Armor King form.

    The two quietly stood behind the hotel door.

    Waiting.


    ---

    Knock.

    Knock.

    A polite voice sounded from outside.

    "Hello, Mr. Bai."

    "I'm hotel staff."

    Yashan immediately opened the door.

    The next instant—

    Bang!

    The door was violently kicked inward.

    Five black muzzles instantly pointed into the room.

    Without saying a word...

    They opened fire.

    Tatatatatatata!

    Although fitted with suppressors...

    The deafening barrage still filled the room.

    Bullets rained everywhere.

    Walls shattered.

    Furniture exploded into splinters.

    Glass fragments flew across the room.

    Within seconds...

    Everything inside had been riddled with holes.

    Then—

    Several grenades were thrown inside.

    The assassins immediately slammed the door shut.

    Boom!!

    A violent explosion shook the entire hotel.

    Doors and windows were blasted apart.

    The entire floor trembled.

    Outside...

    Guests began screaming as they rushed toward the stairways and elevators in panic.

    The five assassins exchanged confident glances.

    No one...

    Could possibly survive that kind of assault.

    After replacing their magazines...

    They cautiously reopened the door.

    Then...

    Every one of them froze.

    Standing inside the ruined room...

    Were two towering suits of steel armor.

    Each held a long steel blade.

    The polished armor reflected an icy metallic glow.

    Even more horrifying...

    The countless bullet holes covering the armor were slowly repairing themselves before their eyes.

    One assassin's mind went completely blank.

    The bullet holes...

    They're healing?

    Before anyone could react...

    One of the armored figures actually smiled.

    Even through the helmet...

    They could somehow feel it smiling.

    Instinctively, the assassins raised their rifles again.

    But...

    The moment they aimed—

    Both armored figures vanished.

    Slash!

    Slash!

    Five heads flew into the air almost simultaneously.

    Their bodies collapsed one after another.

    Silence returned.


    ---

    Su Hao glanced toward the shattered window.

    "Jingyi."

    "Stay away from the windows."

    "There may be snipers outside."

    "Always protect your head."

    Yashan immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

    He knew exactly how terrifying snipers were.

    Without another word, he quickly hid behind the remaining wall.

    Su Hao continued,

    "Take Sister Bai and everyone else."

    "Go to Molly's house for now."

    "I'll clean up the remaining threats over the next few days."

    Yashan nodded immediately.

    "Understood, Boss Jingzhong."


    ---

    Su Hao bent down and picked up one of the assassins' rifles.

    After giving it a brief inspection, he nodded approvingly.

    "Not bad."

    He casually wrapped it in a plastic bag before canceling his Steel Armor King transformation and walking downstairs.

    His radar had already recorded the life signatures of every finalist.

    Its current detection radius had reached six thousand meters.

    Neither Tang Haiyi nor Han Renjie was currently within range.

    That wasn't a problem.

    He could simply circle Shengshi City by taxi until he located them.

    Since they wanted to play this game...

    He would play along.


    ---

    "Report."

    "Position Nine speaking."

    "The target has exited the hotel."

    "He boarded taxi license plate Sheng X-00544."

    "The first assassination attempt has failed."

    "Over."

    "Copy."

    A calm voice came through the earpiece.

    "Fire Snake Team has already locked onto the target."

    "Prepare to engage."

    "Fire Snake Team acknowledged."

    "Beginning the operation."

    "The third team is also in position."


    ---

    Publicly...

    Bai Jingzhong was nothing more than a ten-year-old genius summoner from an orphanage.

    Against someone like him...

    The methods being used bordered on shameless.

    If Su Hao truly were only an ordinary summoner...

    Today would probably have been his last day alive.

    Unfortunately...

    He wasn't.


    ---

    The taxi gradually entered a relatively deserted road.

    Suddenly—

    A sharp whistling sound tore through the air.

    Su Hao turned his head.

    A rocket was flying directly toward the taxi.

    "..."

    Even Su Hao was momentarily speechless.

    They're actually firing rockets inside the city?

    These people have completely lost their minds.

    At this moment...

    One weakness of his radar became apparent.

    It could distinguish living beings.

    It could measure life-force intensity.

    But...

    It couldn't determine hostile intent.

    In worlds where personal strength differed greatly, that had never been a problem.

    Here...

    Where ordinary people and assassins possessed similar life signatures...

    The enemy could stand right beside him without immediately revealing themselves.

    There was no time to think.

    Su Hao kicked the taxi door open.

    A long steel blade instantly formed in his hand.

    He leapt outside.

    Slash!

    The blade flashed.

    The incoming rocket was cleanly split into two pieces.

    The front half struck the ground first.

    Its fuse detonated instantly.

    Boom!!

    A violent explosion erupted.

    Fortunately...

    Because the rocket had already been split apart...

    Most of its explosive force dissipated harmlessly.

    Without stopping...

    Su Hao swung his arm again.

    The Sky King Red-Cheeked Messenger Bird appeared instantly.

    He landed on its back with one leap.

    The giant bird shot toward the sky.

    "You think you're the only ones with rockets?"

    "I have something better."

    Since the enemy wanted to escalate things...

    Then so would he.

    Steel rapidly flowed over one arm.

    With a series of metallic clicks...

    A massive cannon barrel took shape.

    His other hand condensed an enormous armor-piercing shell.

    This was...

    Level Two — Hundred Burst.

    Its destructive power far surpassed an ordinary rocket launcher.

    The moment the rocket had been fired...

    His radar had already located its source.

    After loading the shell into the barrel...

    He locked it firmly into place.

    Then the Sky King descended rapidly.

    The target...

    Was the small roadside building ahead.


    ---

    The Fire Snake Team consisted of four people.

    A rocket operator.

    An ammunition loader.

    A machine gunner.

    And a long-range sniper.

    The instant they saw Bai Jingzhong slice a rocket in half with a single swing...

    All four of them froze.

    Only then did they finally realize...

    Exactly what kind of monster they had been sent to assassinate.

    "Pack up!"

    "Hurry!"

    "We've been exposed!"

    "Retreat!"

    "Leave the equipment!"

    "Move!"

    Just then...

    Someone looked up.

    "The target is diving toward us!"

    Too late.

    Far too late.

    High above them...

    Su Hao activated the rune.

    Boom!!

    The recoil was so immense that he nearly fell from the Sky King's back.

    The Level Two — Hundred Burst shell instantly tore through the building's window.

    The next moment—

    A blinding flash erupted.

    The ground shook violently.

    The entire building simply...

    Disappeared.

    A massive pillar of smoke shot into the sky.

    Concrete fragments and twisted steel rained down over the surrounding streets.

    When the dust finally settled...

    Nothing remained except a crater more than ten meters across.

    As for the Fire Snake Team...

    Not a single trace of them remained.

    By then...

    Su Hao had already flown away atop the Sky King.

    Looking toward the distant city, he muttered calmly,

    "Tang Haiyi..."

    "Han Renjie..."

    "You two really know how to make things interesting."

    (End of Chapter 275)
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