131: Fire Squad

"There are two options now: notify the captain, or we go ourselves."

"Why are there two options?"

"To prevent them from being cornered and striking back… Although this situation is rare, it hasn't been unheard of." Li Mengru explained, "According to past precedents, they will initially deny everything; once they can no longer fool us, they will start trying to bribe us; if bribery fails… they will either resign themselves to their fate and wait for the Military Law Department to deal with them, or they will decide to go all the way and eliminate us…"

Chu Yuan was stunned: "Is the process this mature?"

"It's nothing new."

He continued to ask, "Then, has our squad ever been bribed?"

Li Mengru smiled but didn't speak…

The burly man stood in mid-air, arms crossed, looking down; seeming to have finally found his target, he pointed into the crowd: "You, come with me."

The white wings on the other person's back trembled, and she lowered her head without speaking; suddenly, a great force came from behind, pushing her out of the crowd…

The burly man licked the corner of his mouth with a playful smile: "You're unwilling?"

The other person still didn't speak, as if trying to escape… She came from a small clan called the White Feather Clan, whose strongest member was only in the Eighth Realm, forced to rely on Great Qin.

Because they resembled the Human Race in appearance, the relationship between the two races was actually quite good; but sometimes, this could also become the root of misfortune… like right now.

"My Lord! She is willing!" the clansman with the highest prestige shouted, his tone full of sycophancy, yet tinged with a hint of surprise.

She understood in her heart that she was to 'sacrifice' herself for them, in exchange for merely a little less deduction of Ore… but she had no choice; she could only be silently dragged up by a surge of energy and forcefully pulled into a scorching embrace…

The burly man was about to leave when he suddenly heard a cold voice: "Audacious alien race! How dare you impersonate a Ninth Legion Martial Artist and run amok here!"

He was startled and looked up to see two people standing high in the air! When did they arrive? Why hadn't he noticed anything at all?

But Li Mengru didn't give him a chance to keep thinking; a long spear appeared in her hand as she surged forward! A long rainbow pierced through the air, as if to tear apart the sky!

The burly man's pupils constricted. Without hesitation, he threw the White Feather Clan girl in his arms away and met the attack with his iron fists!

His fist technique was exquisite, seemingly a rather impressive Martial Skill. As he threw his punches, faint flames swirled around them, and the surrounding temperature began to rise; however, Li Mengru's special effects were superior to his…

Chu Yuan didn't intervene, watching the battle with great interest; but the rest of the squad stationed in the mine were not useless either; they sensed the energy fluctuations almost the instant the battle began!

They reacted quickly, several figures rising from various parts of the mine; the first to speak was the gloomy young man who had just accepted the fire flame gold.

He shouted sternly: "Who goes there!? How dare you cause trouble here! You're courting death!"

The gloomy young man didn't attack immediately because these two were from the Human Race. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Chu Yuan; if this young-looking Martial Artist couldn't give a good explanation, he naturally had ways to make him suffer!

Chu Yuan glanced at him but couldn't be bothered to respond; instead, he called out loudly to a figure speeding towards them: "Bell Tower Squad, here on orders from the Legion to conduct routine inspections of military discipline! Do you intend to resist!?"

That figure stopped abruptly, revealing a dull face; "Bell Tower Squad? Yuan Yang?" Dong Jianyuan rolled his eyes. He didn't say anything like 'I didn't know'; inspections of military discipline were meant to be random, and their Blazing Fire Squad had performed such missions before.

"That's right." Chu Yuan continued to watch the battlefield. The burly man's right hand was already bleeding, twisted and deformed, and he was currently struggling to parry under Li Mengru's spear momentum;

"Boss, save me!" he shouted anxiously; Dong Jianyuan's eyelids twitched, but he maintained the expression of someone who had lost an important loved one: "Inspections are inspections, why attack my team member without cause?"

Chu Yuan said with surprise: "Didn't you hear? We suspect he is an alien in disguise."

"Bullshit! Whatever you say goes? Do you really think you're some imperial envoy!?" the gloomy youth cursed; although he usually liked to bicker with the burly man, they were actually the closest in the squad. Hearing such a heavy accusation being leveled against him, he naturally had to defend him; he even couldn't help but step forward, seemingly ready to attack at any moment.

"What are you in such a rush for? And all of you… embezzling Legion property and lining your own pockets! Save whatever you have to say for the Military Law Department."

"Without proof… do you know the consequences of framing someone?"

"Are you trying to teach me how to do my job? Are you the Inspector or am I?"

While Chu Yuan was trading verbal barbs, the burly man was practically dead over there… He also understood the captain's concerns; attacking an Inspector meant that even if you were in the right, you would become in the wrong; no matter what you had done before, the moment you attacked an Inspector, it no longer mattered.

Finally, he watched helplessly as Li Mengru's spear pierced his shoulder blade and lifted him into mid-air, unable to defend himself; the energy from the spearhead pulsed within his body, and a sense of life-and-death crisis lingered in his heart…

"We are all comrades in the Legion; for these outsiders… it's not worth it, right?" the burly man whispered. He had figured out the reason for Li Mengru's anger; he felt helpless inside, as these women always made a huge fuss over unrelated people or matters… But he wasn't that afraid; at the very least, Li Mengru wouldn't dare kill him here.

Li Mengru didn't take his bait and turned to look at Dong Jianyuan: "Captain Dong's subordinates are truly full of talent…"

"Speak slowly if you have anything to say, let him go first." Dong Jianyuan flew forward slowly, landed in front of Li Mengru, and frowned at the burly man: "What did you do?"

"Captain! I didn't do anything! Is dating not allowed anymore? It was consensual, and this woman went crazy the moment she came up…"

Li Mengru sneered disdainfully: "Dating? You really…"

Before she could finish, her vision suddenly blurred! Immediately after, a massive force slammed into her chest! Sending her flying like a cannonball into the mountain wall!

A tidal wave of intense pain swept over her, almost drowning her consciousness! Dong Jianyuan had ambushed her!? How dare he…

Before her consciousness sank into darkness, a flash of seven-colored light passed before her eyes…

"Captain!" "Boss!" "…"

It wasn't just Li Mengru who hadn't expected it; everyone present, whether members of the Blazing Fire Squad or Chu Yuan, had not expected this move from Dong Jianyuan!

The rescued burly man felt no sense of being moved; instead, a deep fear welled up from the bottom of his heart! Boss… he killed an Inspector! He's crazy!?

Dong Jianyuan looked at Chu Yuan and said calmly: "We have no way back now… Kill him!"

But it was Chu Yuan who struck first…