As the Lightning Cloak still surrounded him, Liu Xing aimed his left gun at his two enemies and willed it to become invisible, and the invisibility began to spread through his body.

As he faded from sight, Liu Xing wondered how to fight both opponents. Wei Gang was stronger, but Hei Feng's hair looked like some kind of bloodline ability. Fighting both at once could be dangerous, so he needed to focus on defeating one of them first.

Liu Xing looked behind him. The young woman's eyes were wide, but there was hope in them, as if she was seeing light after being trapped in darkness.

"Hide," Liu Xing told her.

Fully invisible now, Liu Xing saw his opponents look surprised at his sudden disappearance. They immediately stood back-to-back, eyes scanning left and right, searching for him.

"What a cowardly move!" Wei Gang shouted.

"He's weak, but he seems to have a troublesome technique," Hei Feng said. "Since he's invisible, we need to find a way to undo this technique. We need to mark him!"

Liu Xing jumped as gently as possible. In the air, he aimed his gun at the still-rolling man in green and yellow clothes. Liu Xing hadn't forgotten about him and decided to use his qi to kill the other two. As Liu Xing pulled the trigger, a blue bolt shot towards the rolling man. When it hit, it exploded, scattering blood, flesh, bones, and entrails, and staining the surrounding flowers red and yellow.

As the man exploded into a red mist, Wei Gang and Hei Feng's eyes widened in shock. The woman was also terrified, but she seemed to remember Liu Xing's instructions and fled, carrying the old woman on her back.

Still gliding through the air, Liu Xing glanced at his gun and saw six slightly glowing green strips. Seeing this, he aimed his gun at Hei Feng, infused it with Exploding Fist, and pulled the trigger once.

A bright blue bolt shot from his gun. This time, the bolt shone so brightly that both enemies snapped their heads toward him.

"Incoming!" Hei Feng shouted. As he yelled, his writhing black hair suddenly grew longer in a split second, forming a thick black wall in front of them, as if these walls were made from black thorns. When the blue bolt hit the black wall, it exploded brilliantly. The black wall shattered, and Hei Feng and Wei Gang flew into the air in opposite directions.

Liu Xing landed on top of several flowers and observed his opponents. Hei Feng's black hair was gone, and the front of his body, from head to toe, was charred black and bloody red, as if he were a pig roasted only on one side. Hei Feng screamed in agony as he flew through the air, his hands clawing frantically at his face as if trying to tear off the burned skin.

Seeing this, Liu Xing kicked off the ground as hard as possible and swung his lightning blade right at Hei Feng's neck. As the lightning touched his neck, there was no resistance, as if his neck were made of tofu. In the blink of an eye, Hei Feng's neck was severed from his body and blood trailed through the air from the rest of his body.

Still airborne, Liu Xing glanced at Wei Gang. He had already landed on the ground rolling atop the flowers. Since he was behind Hei Feng, he was still intact. It seemed Hei Feng's hair, his bloodline ability, specialized in defense. Liu Xing had to admit that the hair was incredibly resilient.

As Liu Xing landed on several blue and red flowers, Hei Feng's head fell behind him while the rest of his body landed to the side. Some of the blood soaked Liu Xing, marking him and rendering his invisibility useless. Still, he thought that with only one enemy remaining, he maintained an advantage.

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Wei Gang rolled and stood up, spear pointed at Liu Xing. His body trembled, his expression exuding fear, and his eyes were like those of a rabbit cornered by large snakes.

"T-trash, do you think your petty trick will save you? That attack was so strong, but I doubt you have any qi left to attack!" Wei Gang stammered.

Liu Xing began to walk toward Wei Gang, his footsteps crushing several blood-stained flowers.

"Do you think so?" Liu Xing said calmly.

"Y-you are! Now prepare to die!"

Wei Gang channeled his qi into his spear. The weapon began to emit a yellow light. He shouted as he lowered his stance, his feet bulging, muscles and veins popping up on his legs.

"Sun Crushing Spear!" He lunged at Liu Xing. The flowers around his feet flew everywhere as he moved like a bullet train with yellow light emitting from the front of his spear and the ground, grass, and flowers were torn up in his wake.

This attack seemed strong, but Liu Xing didn't think it was enough to kill him. Wei Gang was at the Core Splitting realm, but either he had newly advanced to this realm, was weak for his realm, or Liu Xing was now comparable to a Core Splitting cultivator.

As the spear coated with yellow light came at him, Liu Xing decided to test how strong his body had become. After all, he had eaten four and a half Diamond Pills and hadn't died even when struck by a punch from that spirit beast with ink-black skin and coconut-like ears.

Liu Xing lowered his stance, concentrated the Lightning Palm in his right hand, and sent stable qi to his palm. When the tip of the glowing yellow spear was right in front of him, he unleashed a right palm strike at the spear. He could have deflected the spear, but instead he chose to strike the tip directly.

When his palm touched the spear, it did not even pierce his Thunderstrike Gauntlet, and the spear broke in half like a pencil trying to pierce a steel rod. When the spear broke, Liu Xing saw Wei Gang's eyes widen so much that they almost popped out of his skull. In one swift movement, Wei Gang let go of the spear, turned around, and jumped as hard as he could. It seemed like he knew he couldn't win against Liu Xing and decided to escape.

"Don't let him go! He'll come back with more people!" the young woman shouted from the sidelines.

Liu Xing glanced at the young woman. Her face was pale, and she was trembling. Then he turned his attention to Wei Gang, who was already running away, trampling the flowers beneath his feet.

From what Liu Xing knew, Wei Gang was not merely a rapist, but also part of the Twelve Sun Empire's military—a Field Commander. This meant he was someone important. Liu Xing had a gut feeling that the young woman was also not a commoner, and if he let Wei Gang go, there was a high chance he would become trouble later.

"All right," Liu Xing muttered. He aimed his gun, infused it with Lightning Palm Technique, and fired. A blue bolt flew through the air, moving incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, it was right behind Wei Gang. Wei Gang seemed to sense the bullet and tried to dodge to the side. But he was too slow. Before he could successfully evade, the bullet hit his left hand. As it struck, an arc of electricity surrounded him. He shouted and stopped dead in his tracks.

Liu Xing aimed his gun again, infused it with Explosion Bullets, and pulled the trigger. Another blue bolt shot toward Wei Gang. It flew through the air like lightning and in an instant hit its target right in the back of the head. This bullet was powerful, having absorbed qi from the man in green clothes, and Liu Xing had even infused it with Exploding Fist. Combined with his newly forged meridian, this bullet was even stronger than the one he had shot at the moss earlier.

When it hit Wei Gang, it exploded brilliantly, making his head burst and sending the rest of his body flying into the sky as if it were a ball kicked by a child.

Glancing at the six green strips glowing slightly on his gun, Liu Xing nodded. He had successfully defeated all of his enemies.

He felt a tiny bit of remorse in his heart. After all, he could have chosen to cripple them instead. But they were dangerous. Hei Feng was probably from a clan, Wei Gang was a Field Commander of the Twelve Sun Army, and Liu Xing had a gut feeling the man he killed first was from a gang of robbers. Each of them had a strong background, and letting even one of them go could spell disaster. Plus, they had tried to violate a girl and did something irreversible to the old woman she carried. While Liu Xing felt a slight twinge of remorse, he knew they had reaped what they sowed.