Page 388

Qin Chu immediately descended the mountain and told everyone the news that the instructor was bringing special forces to encircle them.

Then the person in charge of the next stronghold contacted the person below them.

Soon the news reached Gu Xiaoxi.

Gu Xiaoxi also gave up fishing and quickly hid in the woods with Yun Xiao and Tang Yisheng.

In an instant, everyone in the woods sprang into action.

Sun Ru originally thought she could easily capture a group of ragged soldiers but what she hadn’t expected was that, despite searching half the mountain with more than a dozen people, they hadn’t seen a single person.

"Old Sun, not bad at all! Your soldiers are so alert!" Jiang Shichi was the captain of the special forces assisting Sun Ru this time. He looked around with a telescope but all was quiet; not a single person was in sight.

"They must be hiding somewhere; I don’t believe we can’t find them." A bunch of greenhorns, could they really cause an uprising? Sun Ru didn’t buy it.

"I think we should split up and search!" Jiang Shichi stated confidently.

"Okay, you take your men that way, and I’ll take mine this way."

Sun Ru quickly split from Jiang Shichi and headed into the mountains in two different directions.

Before long, Jiang Shichi discovered footprints of people passing through and immediately led his team in rapid pursuit.

They were trained special forces; their physical fitness and alertness were more than a dozen times that of these novices.

Within ten minutes, Jiang Shichi and his team found ten people hiding under some rocks.

Without breaking a sweat, they captured all these stragglers. On their first sortie, six people successfully captured ten.

So, they sent two people to take the captives onto the boat, while the rest continued to hunt for prisoners.

On the other side, Sun Ru and Lei He’s group didn’t have it so easy; the first ones they encountered were Gu Xiaoxi and her group.

The two groups stood about fifty meters apart, facing each other with a strong presence.

"I wonder what brings the instructor out here all of a sudden?" Gu Xiaoxi stood on a large tree branch, her expression relaxed, smiling amiably.

Sun Ru felt a headache coming on; she didn’t want to encounter her, but she did. Well, having encountered her didn’t matter; they were also born of the special forces, so how could they show weakness.

"Of course we came to capture you. Wilderness survival isn’t just about living. There are also enemies," Lei He said coldly.

Having endured eight days of wilderness survival, he didn’t believe they had it easy. Normally, even those with exceptional talents and profound "Inner Strength" would find it unbearable. The island had no fresh water and scarce food.

"Are you sure you want to try to capture us?" Gu Xiaoxi suddenly laughed arrogantly, "I’ll give you a chance to avoid us, otherwise, we won’t be so polite."

"Gu Xiaoxi, don’t be so reckless. Do you think we’re all pushovers?" Lei He immediately shouted angrily. Never had a rookie dared to look down upon the instructors.

Gu Xiaoxi sat on the tree branch, smiling indifferently, "Then try. Song Jingyi, Qin Chu, you two go first."

Yun Xiao and Tang Yisheng stood under the tree where Gu Xiaoxi was perched, looking at Song Jingyi and Qin Chu whom Gu Xiaoxi had pointed out for battle, "Are the two of them up for it?"

"Let’s try. If it doesn’t work out, aren’t we still here?" Shao Changfeng, Zhao Zilong, Yi Chentian, and Zhong Ming also emerged from the bushes. Clearly, they weren’t afraid of Sun Ru’s six-man squad either.

Sun Ru didn’t understand why Gu Xiaoxi would first send two female soldiers to confront them, but one thing was certain—they were scorned by Gu Xiaoxi.

Despite his rationality, a hint of irritation rose in his heart at being so underestimated!

What face would they have left? They were, after all, born from the special forces!

Song Jingyi and Qin Chu stepped forward without hesitation; they also wanted to test how much they lacked in skills compared to the special forces.

Sun Ru and Lei He did not take the two female soldiers seriously and sent out the weakest instructor in their team, "Chi Huo, you go!"

Chi Huo cracked his knuckles, the joints popping under his black gloves.

Song Jingyi and Qin Chu charged unhesitatingly toward the instructor known as Chi Huo.

After ten moves, Song Jingyi and Qin Chu were outmatched and got kicked flying into the bushes by Chi Huo, feeling as though all their internal organs were about to shatter. The two of them hadn’t expected that even together, they couldn’t overpower just one of them.

Seeing this, Gu Xiaoxi couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, realizing that these people were much stronger in both physical fitness and skills than most of the ones currently being selected.

"Do any of the rest of you wish to test your skills?" Sun Ru glared at Gu Xiaoxi, her challenge igniting a curiosity about her within his heart.

Instead, this made him even more eager to cross hands with Gu Xiaoxi.

Gu Xiaoxi looked at them with a light chuckle, "Since that’s the case, then Shao Changfeng, Zhao Zilong, Yi Chentian, Zhong Ming. You four go!"

Zhong Ming gasped in surprise and glared at Gu Xiaoxi, thinking resentfully that this guy actually dared to command them.

But Yi Chentian nudged him, intimidating him into not daring to speak further, then the four men stepped forward. On the other side, Sun Ru’s expression was icy as she commanded, "Jin Gang, Diamonds, Liu Xing, Chi Huo! You four go up."

He could feel that those four were extraordinary, so it wasn’t a case of overestimating himself to only send out one person to fight them.

What he needed was to surpass them, to let them understand the immensity of heaven and earth!

Gu Xiaoxi didn’t say much more, just looked at them with an indifferent gaze.

The fight began, with Yi Chentian quickly clashing with the man codenamed Jin Gang.

Gu Xiaoxi watched Yi Chentian, who had excellent martial skill, his palms raising a vigorous wind, clearly indicating profound inner strength.

As for Jin Gang, he was imposing and muscular, but not the slightest bit slow to react.

His moves were even more ruthless and decisive.

After a dozen moves, neither had gained the upper hand, both taking a step back.

Similarly, Zhao Zilong and Shao Changfeng faced off with their instructors, with similar levels of strength on both sides.

At this moment, Gu Xiaoxi had a preliminary understanding of their abilities, and only then did he look towards Sun Ru with a smiling gaze, "I think, we can stop here. You take your people and leave! ... You go capture someone else, it has nothing to do with me, but these few people here, you can’t touch. "

"Arrogant! Do you think I’m not human?" Sun Ru’s fingers tightened on the button of her sleeve cuff as she lifted her head to look at Gu Xiaoxi with a chilly gaze, "If you’ve got the guts, you and him come down and try again!"

Gu Xiaoxi leaned on one hand with his chin supported, a sweet smile hanging from his lips as he looked at them, "Are you sure you want me to come down? If I make a move, and don’t consider it done, someone’s going to get hurt!"

Yun Xiao looked at Gu Xiaoxi, feeling inexplicably worried for Sun Ru and the others. Every time, the sweeter her smile with the corner of her mouth hooked, the worse off someone ended up.

"Gu Xiaoxi, as a newcomer, being too arrogant can come with a price," Lei He said with a dark face, hating most when someone stood so high, looking down on them from above.

This made his anger grow more and more intense.

On the other side, the four were still in combat! The scene was fierce and ruthless, even coming to the point of letting go and fighting with all their might.

Sun Ru’s face was ashen. As an instructor, he was being scorned by a newcomer in such a way, especially by Gu Xiaoxi’s attitude, which made him more and more infuriated the more he watched.

Just then, Gu Xiaoxi leapt down from a tree branch, landing directly in front of the two men.

As Sun Ru and Lei He were about to make their move, they suddenly felt a chill on their necks, followed by a burning pain the next moment. Instinctively reaching for their necks, they found a line of bloody imprint there.

In the instant Gu Xiaoxi jumped down, which could be said to be a blink of an eye, they hadn’t seen clearly what had happened, nor did they know how the mark on their neck appeared. In an instant, it made them feel a chill down their spine.

That is to say, had she exerted just a bit more strength, they would have died in that instant.

At this moment, Gu Xiaoxi just looked at Sun Ru with a full-faced smile, "Still want to fight?"

Lei He looked at the blood on his palm, then at Sun Ru, to see a neat slash on his neck extending from the left side of his ear to the right, neither deep nor shallow, just enough to cut their skin but not harming the arteries or blood vessels.

It was an unbelievable level of control over force and speed.

Both of them really hadn’t seen how Gu Xiaoxi made his move...

"Still want to fight?" Lei He felt a wave of cold air spreading from his heels to his whole body, as if his heart was being blocked by ice, stifling him.

Smelling the blood on his neck, Sun Ru’s face instantly turned pitch black.

Gu Xiaoxi, true to her reputation as the first-place winner of a world competition, had indeed shown incredible stealth and speed, making her moves imperceptible and not just mysterious, but chillingly dangerous.

"Let’s go!" Without hesitation, Sun Ru ordered the others who were still fighting fiercely to leave.

The several people in the thick of the fight looked towards their captain in bewilderment, "Why are we leaving?"

Sun Ru didn’t respond, turning to leave first. Gu Xiaoxi had already shown them mercy with his restraint; there was no point in fighting any further!

This was the most humiliating opponent he had encountered; he hadn’t even made a move yet, and they were already subdued by him.