124: Chapter 124 A Grandmaster Cannot Be Humiliated? The Valkyrie Makes Her Bleed on the Spot

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen moved. No wasted words.

Her feet sank, two thin cracks appeared in the ground, and she was already bearing down on Qin Yumo.

The first strike gripped the shoulder. The second strike hit the ribs. The third kick swept the knee.

This wasn't a probe. It was meant to cripple.

Qin Yumo split her dual blades, the left blocking the shoulder, the right sealing the ribs, while her knee braced against the impact.

Bang!

She slid backward two meters. The old wound on her shoulder tore open on the spot, and blood seeped through the bandages.

Sitting in the living room watching the live stream, Xia Qingqiu clenched her fists. For the past two days, every time she tried to use her Superpower to heal Qin Yumo, she had been refused.

She even spouted some weird nonsense about how the more it hurt, the better it felt.

The survivors on the outer perimeter retreated in unison. Someone dropped their rations on the ground, not even daring to bend down to pick them up.

Lu Yan stood by the side of the outer wall, his hand pressing on his rifle, his face grim. He could tell. If it had been an ordinary person, those three strikes would have already crippled them.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen withdrew her hand, her tone flat. "A bit stronger than last time."

Qin Yumo spat out a mouthful of blood. "Continue."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen furrowed her brows. The next second, she advanced again. This time, even faster.

Qin Yumo held her dual blades horizontally, pushing her Wild Resonance to the limit. The pain from her shoulder wound felt like it had been set on fire, and her whole body became excited as a result.

She met the attack head-on, her left blade slashing toward Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's wrist, her right blade following through to seal her lower stance.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen didn't dodge. She hooked her five fingers, directly clamping onto the back of the blade, while her other hand chopped toward the side of Qin Yumo's throat.

Qin Yumo tilted her head, taking the palm strike hard on her shoulder.

Bang!

Her bones let out a dull thud. She countered with an elbow strike.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen sidestepped to dissipate the force, her knee driving toward Qin Yumo's lower abdomen.

Qin Yumo crossed her dual blades, pressing the hilts down, and managed to block the impact.

But the next second, Grandmaster Ling Suzhen flipped her wrist. Grappling. Shoulder press. Elbow twist.

Bang!

Qin Yumo fell to one knee. The floor tiles beneath her knee shattered into four pieces.

"Sister Yumo!" Tang Qiqi shouted.

Qin Yumo couldn't hear the sounds from the house. In her eyes, there was only intense fighting spirit.

Qin Yumo leaned on her blades and looked up at Grandmaster Ling Suzhen. Blood dripped from her chin onto the ground. "Is that it?"

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen narrowed her eyes. "A stiff mouth won't save you." She pressed down again with her hand.

Qin Yumo's shoulder wound tore open another inch. Blood flowed down to her wrist. Yet, her breathing steadied instead. Wild Resonance pushed even higher. She forced her knee out of the shattered tiles. She stood up bit by bit.

At the edge of the plaza, Lin Yuan didn't move. He watched Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's footwork. Short-range bursts. Each attack didn't exceed three seconds. After three seconds, she would inevitably catch her breath and stomp heavily on the ground. She wasn't invincible. Her burst point was simply very high.

Lin Yuan rubbed his chin with his fingers. Grandmaster Ling Suzhen wanted to end this quickly. It meant she didn't want to drag this out either.

In the communication channel, Liu Qing's voice suddenly rang out. "Master, the firewall is sounding an alarm. Among the twelve special operations personnel brought by Grandmaster Ling Suzhen, one person hasn't been watching the fight. He's recording the angles of the outer wall surveillance and the intersecting fire zones. Also, there's an external device on his waist, and the protocol format is very similar to that probe from before."

Housekeeper Su stood before the console, her gaze sinking. Liu Qing added, "The external network cannot get in; he is attempting physical contact with the internal network."

Housekeeper Su immediately gave the order. "Shut down outer perimeter visual surveillance number three. Switch the drone patrol trajectory. Rearrange the main firepower point numbering." Liu Qing's fingers tapped the keyboard. "Executing."

On the outer wall of Tiangong No. 1, several cameras quietly turned off. But four other hidden angles lit up simultaneously. Outsiders wouldn't notice. Only the internal control console knew. The firepower map the opponent saw now was entirely fake.

In the battlefield, Grandmaster Ling Suzhen pressed in for the third time. Qin Yumo was forced to retreat. One step. Two steps. On the third step, she suddenly stopped retreating.

After Grandmaster Ling Suzhen exerted force with her right shoulder, there was a half-beat window of vulnerability. Qin Yumo seized it. She took the palm strike from Grandmaster Ling Suzhen head-on, her right blade sliding along the opponent's forearm.

Rip!

The sleeve of the deep purple qipao was cut open. Grandmaster Ling Suzhen retreated half a step for the first time.

The survivors watching from the outer perimeter instantly erupted. "She hit her!" "Captain Qin hit her!" "Valkyrie is awesome!"

Tang Qiqi was immediately revitalized. "Did you see that? The old hag lost durability!"

Qin Yumo stood in place, her chest heaving. She smiled, blood still on the corner of her mouth. "So, you can retreat too."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen looked down at her sleeve. Her gaze changed. She no longer treated Qin Yumo as an ordinary bodyguard. "An Esper. And not just simple enhancement. Does pain amplify combat power?"

Qin Yumo gripped her blade. "Guess?"

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen looked at her. "Good talent. It's a waste to follow Lin Yuan."

Lin Yuan finally spoke. "You're mistaken; she isn't following me."

Everyone's gaze turned toward the edge of the plaza. Lin Yuan stood under the light, his voice not loud. "She is my private property."

Qin Yumo's hand gripping the blade paused. The next second, the fire in her eyes burned even brighter.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen no longer engaged in brute force. She changed her fighting style. Close combat. Grappling. Aiming specifically at respiratory breaks, center of gravity shifts, and old wound openings. The rhythm Qin Yumo had just seized was immediately dismantled.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's palms and fingers were like hooks, approaching the shoulder wound three times. Qin Yumo could only use the backs of her dual blades to block. Blood flowed down her arm. She retreated three steps. Three bloody trails were dragged across the ground.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen pressed to her side. "A Grandmaster cannot be insulted. It's not something you can learn just because you have a Superpower."

Qin Yumo said in a low voice, "Then I'll learn it now."

She suddenly abandoned her upper stance. Her dual blades pressed down, and she slammed into the inside of Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's stance. She wasn't competing in physical energy. She was fighting for footwork.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen was forced to switch feet for the first time. Qin Yumo seized this switch. Her left blade slashed horizontally. Rip! The hem of the qipao was cut open. A line of blood appeared on Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's leg. It wasn't deep. But it drew blood.

The whole scene was silent for a second. Then, a burst of cheers erupted. The Valkyrie had actually wounded the Grandmaster.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen looked down at her leg. She raised her hand and wiped a bit of blood. She looked at it on her fingertip for two seconds. "Very good." She smiled. It wasn't an angry laugh. It was the smile of seeing prey. "You are worthy of me teaching you personally."

Qin Yumo turned her blade. "You are not worthy."

Just then. In the third-floor server room. Liu Qing suddenly sat up straight. "Housekeeper Su, we caught them."

On the screen, a segment of looped surveillance footage was magnified. A Jingcheng Team special operations member was crouching below the outer wall, using the shadow of a helicopter. He held a button-sized black device in his hand.

Click. The device stuck to the wall. The signal flashed. An icon appeared.

Liu Qing's voice went cold. "That's it."

Housekeeper Su didn't hesitate. "Fat Dragon."

At the side of the outer wall, Fat Dragon had been waiting. "Received!" He rushed out of cover with four armed personnel. "Get down!"

The special operations member was just about to draw his gun. Fat Dragon kicked him in the back of the knee. Crack. The man fell to his knees. Two guns were pressed against the back of his head. Fat Dragon tore the transmitter off the wall and held it in his hand. "Boss Lady... ah, no, Housekeeper Su, I've got the item."

Housekeeper Su's eyelid twitched. "Bring it back."

Fat Dragon shrank his neck. "Yes."

The special operations members on Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's side raised their guns in unison. The muzzles on Lu Yan's side were also raised. Drones descended. Red dots densely covered the chests of the Jingcheng Team. The atmosphere instantly hardened.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen didn't look back. She didn't even look at the member who had been pinned down.

Lin Yuan looked at her. "Your people."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen said indifferently, "Mission expendables."

The outer perimeter went quiet again. Expendables. These two words were colder than the sound of gunfire.

Captain Han Xue looked at the member who was being pinned down. The opponent didn't call for help. He didn't even plead innocence. He just raised his head and looked at Tiangong No. 1. Then he smiled.

On Liu Qing's screen. After the transmitter was removed, it was actually still sending the final segment of data. The content was only one sentence: [Distance confirmation complete.] [Second interface available.]

Liu Qing's expression changed. "Not right. He's not invading our internal network. He's using it as a springboard to transmit signals."

Lin Yuan's gaze sank. "Transmitting what?"

Liu Qing's fingers tapped rapidly. "He's using this thing to confirm where the backdoor is."

The next second. In the Tiangong No. 1 B2 Energy Level, alarm lights lit up. [External unknown signal access.] [Target: Geothermal main well backup control valve.]

Housekeeper Su suddenly looked up. "B2?"

Lin Yuan looked at Grandmaster Ling Suzhen. Grandmaster Ling Suzhen was still engaging with Qin Yumo.

On Liu Qing's screen. A handshake symbol slowly appeared. A line of text jumped out below it. [Mr. Lin Yuan.] [I can't wait.]