Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 446 - 318: Brought to Justice

The Fourth Master saw the Golden Wheel Slash from Spirit Fox coming again, and couldn’t afford to keep holding onto the Second Master.

He hadn’t just fought Spirit Fox once or twice; they were both Gold Attribute, and he understood how troublesome the opponent was.

He performed a finger technique, sending out three or four shields, followed by a Continuous Golden Arrows.

Yet it still wasn’t enough. He shouted, "Deploy the Rock Shield!"

Before he finished shouting, a Rock Shield appeared in front of him.

The Second Master was a bit arrogant, but he had no problem with teamwork, realizing he had underestimated Spirit Fox.

No wonder it took three A-levels to heavily injure Spirit Fox back then; this guy’s attack power is indeed formidable.

In fact, even with the Rock Shield, it still couldn’t stop the rotating Golden Wheel Slash.

Fortunately, other A-level Star Thieves also noticed something was wrong here and diverted their attention to cast techniques to block it.

But other A-level Pioneers would also seize the opportunity to launch a fierce assault.

As the Golden Wheel gradually dissipated, the Second Master gritted his teeth and said, "Counterattack!"

He didn’t believe Spirit Fox could continue to cast such powerful techniques.

"Retreat quickly!" shouted the Fourth Master, retreating swiftly, ignoring the Second Master this time.

The Second Master really didn’t understand why they had to retreat. "What’s going on?"

"On the other side..." the Fourth Master hadn’t finished speaking when a ten-centimeter thick lightning bolt shot straight toward the Second Master.

"Hmph," the Second Master snorted, thinking that even if it broke through his Rock Armor, it wouldn’t be you, a mere B-level...

The next moment, his expression changed, "Oh no, the Soft Around Finger technique earlier..."

The Rock Armor was effective at resisting lightning, but earlier, he had been harassed by Water Element techniques, and there were still water droplets on him!

The Fourth Master dared not take this head-on either, even though he was an A-level. Electromagnetic techniques counter the Gold Attribute completely.

You see why I told you to retreat, right? At this moment, he felt utterly resigned.

If the Second Master were in normal condition, even three Black Heavens wouldn’t faze him, but now... it’s really not okay.

The Second Master was hit squarely by the Thunder Dragon and fell to the ground directly.

Fortunately, his defense was truly strong, and B-level Star Thieves quickly arrived to act as human shields.

He shivered twice, trembling as he shouted, "Is everyone deaf? Retreat!"

The Second Master finally realized, ever since Black Heaven, Pan Yifu, and Spirit Fox appeared, the situation had reversed.

Especially with Grell’s life or death unknown and himself injured, the current battle was out of control.

Not to mention another A-level with Wood Attribute suddenly appeared, not knowing which Pioneer leader made a move while injured.

Speaking of which, the key factors here, besides the incredibly strong Spirit Fox, the other is Black Heaven.

Don’t underestimate that guy just because he’s B-level... in group battles, you can’t consider him B-level, his combat power is definitely A-level.

Others trying to make him stiffen is really not that easy.

But this guy’s Electromagnetic Techniques are truly bizarre, just a bit of water on you, and you can be zapped numbly all over.

The Second Master genuinely understood the Fourth Master’s intention: they must retreat now!

Anyway, it’s a temporary retreat; once the team is regrouped, they can fight again.

Moreover, Pioneers wanting to break into the control center isn’t that easy either.

Both leaders made their decision, and the Star Thieves retreated rapidly.

Of course, leaving the battlefield in combat requires rules; you can’t just turn and run, or there’ll be big problems.

Though Star Thieves’ retreat can’t match a well-trained army, they still adopted mutual cover tactics.

Fighting on their own turf, there’s no "as long as you run faster than your buddy, you won’t get caught" issue.

Yet many problems still existed, such as who to coordinate with, how to retreat, and who to rely on for rear-guard actions?

In short, the Star Thieves’ retreat was somewhat chaotic, but quick enough.

Except for one person — Diamond Team’s Deputy Leader, Diamond.

Diamond was the first who wanted to sneak away, but he didn’t dare, because Star Thieves also have military rules, and the punishment is very severe.

If Grell were here, two A-levels could speak louder, but the leader now is... life or death unknown!

So he didn’t dare to retreat too fast... just a bit faster than others might be enough?

What he didn’t expect was that two people were keeping an eye on him: one was Spirit Fox, the other was White Clothes.

Spirit Fox didn’t object to Black Heaven attacking Grell because?

Firstly, he wasn’t in a position to interfere with Black Heaven’s decisions, secondly... Qian Duoduo’s team was hired by Diamond.

Diamond Team’s betrayal was indeed a severe blow to Qian Duoduo, and Spirit Fox was stunned when he heard the news.

Qian Duoduo had endured investigation after investigation and had to endure the strange looks from other teams, causing resentment among the teammates.

What’s especially vile is that Qian Duoduo had plentiful supplies prepared, and Diamond borrowed quite a bit, and then... betrayed?

Spirit Fox had a rather good relationship with Grell and Diamond previously, or he wouldn’t have lent so many supplies to them.

Anyway, encountering this betrayal made him extremely unhappy, but whether to turn hostile immediately... he decided to see Quantum’s reaction.

Speaking of it, Quantum Team’s hatred for Diamond Team was much greater than Qian Duoduo’s.

These two are among the four Celestial Level Teams, naturally competitive, so "mutual pioneering" is just talk.

The next reason is Fat Fox’s defection, due to Quantum Team’s "harshness" toward their employed lower-level teams.

Quantum members don’t think their actions are wrong, for instance, Eight Claw Vine feels others’ accusations are incorrect.

However, everyone says it, doesn’t anyone care about face? Even Pioneer Teams need cooperation during pioneering.

Quantum Team wanted to explain, but others didn’t need much said, one question sufficed: Why didn’t Qian Duoduo defect?

The normal answer is Qian Duoduo truly has a lot of money, but what others see is: your Quantum Team forced Fat Fox Team to defect.

Most Quantum Team members don’t hate Qian Duoduo’s people... hating those who didn’t defect makes no sense at all.

But they all hate the Diamond folks, whose defection lowered Quantum’s image more than one level!

White Clothes deeply hated the Quantum members, previously he had some hidden discord with those two leaders.

But Quantum Team made their move late, he already had fixed opponents and wouldn’t rashly abandon them to take on two.

However, things were different now, Grell had already cooled off, and Star Thieves were about to retreat.

White Clothes has Water Attribute A-level, Diamond is just Fire Attribute, he can thoroughly restrain the opponent.

Seeing Diamond retreat rapidly, he called out to other pioneers, "I’ll handle the traitor!"

Then he threw aside his opponent, raised his hand, and performed a finger technique, "Water Dragon Binding~!"

Water Dragon Binding is a technique derived from Water Tornado, emphasizing binding, and it’s quite powerful.

Once he made his move, Spirit Fox noticed, raised his hand with another binding technique, "Golden Thread~"

Diamond was wary of these two, quickly dodged when he saw them, but suddenly a few vines emerged from below, entangling his legs.

"This is freaking outrageous!" He really wanted to swear, when did Wood Attribute dare to flaunt in front of Fire Attribute?

His thinking wasn’t wrong, those vines couldn’t withstand the scorching of fire element, he soon broke free.

But it was too late, White Clothes’ Water Dragon Binding firmly entangled him, making it hard to escape.

He shouted desperately, "Help! Help!"

However, how could anyone save him? The Star Thieves were too busy covering their own people to pay attention to a traitor.

Conflicts between Star Thieves and defecting pioneers were not few, and recently showed signs of intensifying.

A proper A-level at the back of the team... let’s just count them as the rear guard, made everyone’s withdrawal smoother.

Diamond found himself unable to escape, hurriedly shouted, "I surrender, I surrender, I have top-secret information."

In the next moment, several laser shots came, Star Thieves’ hot weaponry directly killing him.

White Clothes feared he wasn’t dead, even added an extra blow, then sensed Grell’s situation.

Grell still had breath, not completely dead, but if not treated immediately, was close to dying.

White Clothes is Water Attribute, facing the same-source Ice Attribute, not easy to deal a lethal strike.

So he was too lazy to act, just said in a deep voice, "Spirit Fox, you handle it."

Spirit Fox didn’t act, just raised his left hand and made a gesture.

"Should I handle it?" Qu Jianlei saw this gesture, meaning to eliminate evil thoroughly.

However, he didn’t want to waste Inner Breath anymore, those few moments of falling lightning and Thunder Dragon earlier strained his already scarce resources.

So he picked up the Laser Sniper Rifle and pulled the trigger three times in quick succession.

Grell’s body shook, and he died instantly.

Star Thieves made a big contraction, A-level among pioneers continued to press, but B-level started to harass everywhere.

Someone thought of the warehouse, but the defense there was far too strict, with many Star Thieves defending and fierce firepower.

If A-level warrior participated, they could fight here, but the problem is... there really wasn’t any!

The Prisoner of War Camp was also a focus for everyone, but its defense was even stricter than the warehouse.

Someone thought of Qu Jianlei, "Can’t we call Black Heaven for help?"

Electromagnetic Technique can cripple many devices and weapons, even block communications, truly a weapon in warfare.

Not saying other mutated attributes are useless, Wind Attribute’s Seventh Master Su Dafeng once troubled the Pioneer Team greatly.

No matter the situation, if an A-level big shot can’t be invited, asking Black Heaven to help wouldn’t be bad.

But trying to find Qu Jianlei... how could it be that easy?

He just aided the main force in a battle, the constant output caused considerable exhaustion.

Old Pan almost lost his temper, "Why bother with them? Without us two, would pioneers stop fighting?"

Qu Jianlei glanced at him, with a calm question, "Without us two, even if pioneers win... won’t more die?"

Pan Yifu was momentarily speechless, the Black Heaven issue touched his hidden concerns.

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