The Highest Bounty

Chapter 227: A Troublesome And Formidable Enemy

Everything that had happened in the warehouse was projected onto the screen in front of Gu Ding with the help of the spying mechanical insects.

“Bregen, release her from the chair and give me the keys to the anti-magic chains, and this would mark the completion of our trade. It will also mean the end of the deal between you and our little young master,” Tricke walked behind Liliath and looked at the anti-magic chains locking her up at the back.

Bregen suddenly shouted out for things to give pause. “Wait a minute. I’ve only received 20% of the deposit for this job so far. How is your little young master planning to make full payment for the remaining fees? Don’t you need to inform him that the trade is done, and he needs to pay up?”

Tricke sneered. “What is this? Do you think the Childe family can’t afford to pay you?”

“I didn’t say that. I just want you to hurry up and pay me in full. Besides, having money and willingness to pay are two different things,” Bregen was not happy about Tricke’s attitude.

“Are you saying that the Childe family is not willing to pay you?” Tricke continued sneering.

“This is a deal made between me and your little young master. There is no need for me to waste any time talking to you. If you aren’t willing to give him a call, I’ll do it,” Bregen said as he lowered his head to search for the number of that little young master from the Childe family.

It was at this moment that Tricke gave a look to the two men behind him.

They moved quickly after receiving the signal from Tricke and made an immediate assault. They came in from the left and the right, forming an attack that would lethally wound Bregen at the throat and heart.

Both attacks came at Bregen akin to that of an arrow leaving the quiver, fast and furious. They were clearly looking to kill.

Bregen might not be well-versed at combat, but he was quite an expert at escaping, and it helped that he had a heightened sense when it came to detecting intent to kill. At the exact moment, those bodyguards went for the kill. Bregen had immediately noticed it and burst away backward at amazing speed without even lifting his head.

“It looks like you have made a clear stand on this. That little young master from the Childe family had never planned to pay in full,” Bregen continued looking calm and collected.

“That’s right because dead people do not need payment,” Tricke nodded arrogantly.

“Do you think you can stop me with just these two? My combat effectiveness may be so-so, but don’t you forget this: If I can kidnap this lady for you, I can steal and send her back the same way,” Bregen might be saying this out loud, but he knew things were taking a downturn because his space leap ability can only be used three times a day. He had used his ability to space leap into the female washroom in order to capture Liliath. Next, he used the ability again to get them to the warehouse. This meant that he had one last chance to space leap, however, he was not willing to leave just like that.

“Our young master has taken precautionary measures for your ability to space leap. I believe you should recognize this?” Tricke said as he took out a translucent ball the size of a palm from his inventory.

“A Space Restricting Ball?!” Bregen shouted out in shock. He had never expected them to prepare this just to stop him.

A Space Restricting Ball was a special product manufactured with advanced technology. It was used to create a disturbance in the connective stability between space and other dimensions. This product was first invented to better research the instability of space, but it was later used as a weapon against those with space ability.

“That’s right. We used the Space Restrictive Ball to lock down the space within a radius of five kilometers when we stepped out of the car. Even if you manage to escape from the warehouse, you won’t be able to use your space leap ability,” Tricke said this with a cold smile on his face. He had clearly planned everything well.

Bregen frowned. It was not that he was unable to use his ability after the Space Restrictive Ball had locked down nearby space. Rather, it would create serious disturbances when he used his ability. It would make it difficult for him to pinpoint the space he wanted to be and there was a high chance that he would be entwined within the space current.

“Kill him!” Tricke did not plan to continue wasting his breath and waved at both the bodyguards to take action.

At that moment, one of the mechanical insects landed on Liliath’s anti-magic chains. Under Neptune’s control, the chains were quietly unlocked. When Liliath realized her hands were free, she immediately knew that Gu Ding had found her. A faint smile appeared on her face as she sat patiently where she was and waited.

No one had noticed what happened.

Gu Ding felt slightly less worried after seeing Lili released from the chains. He prepared to make a move.

The three men were having a furious battle in the warehouse. The fight had proven that Bregen was not only equipped with the ability to space leap, but his skills and speed were pretty up to par.

He evaded attacks continuously as both men’s attacks landed on the walls, floors, and ceiling of the warehouse. The building suffered the full brunt of the hits with none of them even scathing him.

This was but an ordinary warehouse. After a few rounds of attacks, the warehouse ended up being destroyed beyond its original look.

The walls of the warehouse were made of solid compound metal, but it was as fragile as paper when it came under the attack of Rank 13 Gene Body powerhouses.

Not far from Liliath, a huge hole appeared after an explosion. It was big enough for an adult to go through. She was delighted about it as she waited patiently for an opportunity to escape.

The opportunity came to her soon because after evading the attacks for quite a while, Bregen had realized that running about avoiding attacks was not a long-term plan. He set his sights on Tricke and in a flash, appeared behind Tricke, grasping Tricke’s neck in a hold. “Continue with the attacks, you two, and I will kill him.”

“Hey, both of you, stop your attacks,” Tricke started to regret not grabbing Liliath and getting out of there while three of them were busy fighting.

“I’m sorry, Tricke, our mission is not to protect you, but to get Gu Ding to attend the young master’s rites of passage. Taking Liliath with us is part of the mission and killing Bregen is part of it as well. We don’t need you anymore at this stage…”

Liliath suddenly bounced up when she saw the four men stuck in a Mexican stand-off. With a burst of energy from her legs, she quickly shot out of the hole in the wall on her left and got out.

“Liliath is escaping!” Tricke was facing Liliath’s direction and quickly shouted when he saw Liliath escaping.

The two bodyguards turned back at the same time to see Liliath crawling out of the hole. One of them quickly gave chase while the other stayed back to finish the job of killing Bregen.

Gu Ding spotted Liliath the moment she crawled out of the hole. He was about to go get her when he saw the black-clothed bodyguard trailing closely behind her.

Gu Ding immediately activated his Ultimate Arts Level 12, rage ability Level 3, and Bronze Grade Combat Armor, which gave quick additional enhancement. Even his Advanced Iron Block Level 2 and martial arts field were immediately activated. He made a mad dash forward, so quick that he was running in a slant. A vicious punch of Steel Fist combined with a solid-looking golden flare of Righteous Force slammed like lightning into the enemy’s waist.

One hundred thousand points of basic combat effectiveness, in addition to the enhancement of Ultimate Arts Level 12 three hundred and twenty times the effect, with four times enhancement from rage ability Level 3 and five times enhancement from the Bronze Grade Combat Armor, as well as twice the effect from the combat effectiveness of the martial arts field. The strength of Gu Ding’s punch had reached one billion two hundred and eighty million points of battle effectiveness. An amateur Rank 13 Gene Body martial arts practitioner’s combat effectiveness would only be at one billion points. Gu Ding’s attack had fit the standard of a Rank 13 Gene Body.

However, this was not enough because his opponent was also a Rank 13 Gene Body. Moreover, he was a powerhouse at the peak of Rank 13 Gene Body. When it came to combat effectiveness, this guy had already achieved more than eighty billion points and was only a mere hundred billion points away from achieving a beginner’s level of demigod level. A demigod’s combat effectiveness was one hundred times of a Rank 13 Gene Body, which was why the basic combat effectiveness of a Rank 13 Gene Body can vary in large amounts. The lowest of them would have a billion points of combat effectiveness while the highest can go more than a hundred billion points.

There was a huge gap between Gu Ding and his opponent. Even with the help of the martial arts field suppressing the enemy, Gu Ding’s strength was unable to break through to his opponent’s defense. With the help of Advanced Iron Block, Gu Ding could only achieve twenty-five billion and six hundred million points of defense at most. Even if his opponent’s combat effectiveness was suppressed by 50% with the martial arts field, the enemy would still have more than forty billion points left, which was enough to wound Gu Ding.

Gu Ding’s sudden attack had shocked the black-clothed bodyguard. He quickly used his arm to block Gu Ding’s attack but had not expected Gu Ding’s Ultimate Arts to be so effective, successfully bypassing the block and landing the punch on his waist. However, it was also that punch that made him realize that Gu Ding’s attack felt just like a tickle. It was not even strong enough to scratch the surface of his skin. It did not hurt at all.

When Gu Ding landed the punch, he immediately noticed the huge gap between himself and the bodyguard. His punch felt like it landed on a piece of Indestructible alloy. It had no effect and Gu Ding had nearly suffered damage just from the impact.

Indestructible alloy was currently the strongest alloy artificially created with technology. It could not be easily destroyed even when under the attack of a deity. This sort of alloy was also known as the indestructible Alloy of Gods.

One could only imagine how powerful the enemy’s defense was by comparing it to this metal. Gu Ding immediately retreated after his attack and placed himself between Liliath and the black-clothes bodyguard. He watched the black-clothed bodyguard cautiously and did not attempt another attack.

Liliath noticed Gu Ding’s awkward situation. She was aware that Gu Ding was very powerful, but she also knew that Gu Ding’s basic combat effectiveness was only at a hundred thousand points. The highest he could achieve was barely the strength of a Rank 13 Gene Body, and there was a huge difference with this Rank 13 Gene Body powerhouse at his peak who was right in front of them.

“Where are the others?” Liliath lowered her voice to ask.

“They’re on the way here…” Gu Ding frowned slightly as well. No matter what happened, he had to hold his ground until Biggie and the others arrived. Otherwise, Lili would be taken.

Liliath did not continue her questioning on why Gu Ding had come to this place alone. The Bronze Grade Combat Armor in her hand had immediately transformed into a two-meter-long nuclear sniper. There was a determined look in her eyes. “Gu Ding, your attack won’t be able to get past his defense. Let me take the lead. You can be in charge of covering me.”