CHAPTER 1061: CHAPTER 70: CLASH

Among the many protectors of the Six Dragons Sect, Protector Shi is not considered "strong," but he is the most cautious and dedicated.

After the Six Dragons Sect members lurking in Chaldea reported the urban legend about the "Hunter" to him, he immediately took action.

Perhaps others, upon hearing this news, would dismiss it as a joke or think "what a new online scam" (and indeed, some have used this claim for online scams).

At most, they might wonder, "what hype are those private detectives up to now?"

Protector Shi doesn’t think this information is particularly credible. However, his cautious nature compels him not to ignore it.

At the very least, he needs to take a look.

Of course, it’s not time to kill people indiscriminately. He had killed enough before; killing more people would cause the local population to snap and realize "opposing the Six Dragons Sect" is no longer just a task assigned by the government and the heroes, but a major issue concerning their own safety.

At that time, although he could retreat, the other members of the Six Dragons Sect here would have to be abandoned.

Chaldea is situated at the center of the neutral city-states. Although its city scale is not the largest and it does not rely on a larger celestial body and lacks gravity, it is nonetheless a civilian transportation hub in the Asteroid Belt. While far from the fleet-traveling Lightspeed Highway, the people living in the Asteroid Belt have spent decades exploring and establishing relatively safe routes.

This commercial atmosphere has also allowed the Six Dragons Sect to cultivate deeply in this place for a long time.

The Six Dragons Sect followers here cannot be abandoned.

Therefore, his so-called "counterattack" cannot be too intense.

The standard set by Protector Shi is whether it is possible to distinguish Six Dragons Sect members in a crowd solely by the personality profile obtained through Inner Strength.

Protector Shi studied the secret teachings of Iron Heart Dharma King within the sect and knows that when Inner Strength reaches a certain level, it can engender a sort of anomaly. When someone possessing this anomaly has a deep understanding of the Six Dragons Sect, or has enough experience and has met enough Six Dragons Sect followers, they’re able to summarize an abstract "cultural style" to recognize the sect in a crowd.

Protector Shi noticed that in the urban legend, it was mentioned that the hunter of the Six Dragons Sect claimed to be able to identify sect members and had fought them many times.

In recent years, there have been frequent reports from the Six Dragons Sect on Mars about an unknown enemy moving around Mars targeting the sect, possibly having noticed the sect’s infiltration. Also, the intelligence related to the City of Ur spread within the sect some time ago. A powerful protector of the Six Dragons Sect was defeated with ancient martial arts skills, and there was also a suspected appearance of the stolen nanowire from Mars.

After this, no further intelligence was available. The Twelfth Martial God caused the Six Dragons Sect to become largely paralyzed.

Perhaps there really is a lone hero who knows the Six Dragons Sect extremely well.

If his Inner Strength is truly so strong that he can identify Six Dragons Sect followers, Protector Shi would do anything to eliminate this guy.

He is too dangerous.

Protector Ti brought along a young sect member who had joined for a few years, was obviously arrogant, and had the sect’s tendencies but had not yet learned to demonstrate them, letting him walk in front while he followed behind.

He was collecting intelligence based on the "Hunter" route circulating online, tracking and baiting along the way.

He had been doing this for several days. After ruling out suspects, he would even mark the new type of online scammers claiming to be "Hunters" with Gu in passing.

These days, he had repeated this behavior dozens of times.

Protector Shi was gradually giving up. He began to feel he was just being led by rumors.

However, he still decided to explore the final area.

This was one of the raw material warehouses currently used by the Hermo chamber of commerce. Although it was not suitable as an evacuation base, if someone sneaked in from the outside, it might be considered a forward post or meeting point.

According to the City of Ur’s intelligence, that "mysterious enemy" might be connected with the Hermo Association.

Unexpectedly for Protector Shi, at this moment, someone actually followed up.

Someone was attempting to exploit the slight "terrain changes" and "sensory blind spots" to continuously get closer.

Not an ordinary thief, nor the kind of robbers here to scout. None of those. This person’s level was too high.

Though it was hard to determine the specific level, just from the sneaking and tracking skills alone, it was at least ranger elite level.

Such a person was not likely to be engaged in such a mean profession, working as a scout for robbers here.

Which means...

——Opportunity...

Protector Shi sent a message to his subordinate, instructing him to change routes, while he proceeded to sneak to the next location.

Then, unexpectedly, the tracker did not follow the anticipated route but bypassed to his ambush point from another direction.

——Indeed, the legend had mentioned there were two people. Perhaps the other person had intercepted from another direction.

Protector Shi thought as such.

At this very moment, the tracker’s gaze fell upon him.

Protector Shi had always concealed his habitual actions with acting. He was confident that he had perfectly played the role of a "worker."

But here was a flaw.

He had not replaced his prosthetic body.

Even though the current prosthetic body’s external frame was one of Chaldea’s most common worker prosthetics.

He was not meeting the opponent face-to-face for the first time. Given the opponent’s sensitivity to various details, he couldn’t hide it from the enemy.

The two of them almost simultaneously adjusted their postures. Jeanne slightly turned her upper body, one hand hidden behind her, and a sudden ejection sound came from somewhere on her external armor, as if something had popped out. Meanwhile, Protector Shi opened his arms, almost as if in an embrace, and the disguise on the upper half automatically fell off, revealing the micro missile launcher.

The magnetic chain weapon behind Jeanne splayed out rapidly, sticking to a piece of metal plate. Two fire wires shot out from Protector Shi’s shoulders as he, along with the missile, charged directly at Jeanne. Jeanne rotated her upper body, and several bullets were fired as the muzzle turned. Two bullets shattered the missiles, and two more propelled her movement.

It was only then that the workers leeching off the signal realized belatedly that something was amiss and another martial artist battle had broken out.

Jeanne shot and blew up the civilian signal station, temporarily disabling it. Chaldea had been infiltrated by the Six Dragons Sect for years; who knows what methods might be hidden at the base station. This martial artist could utilize resources from the cloud to aid in battle, but if she did the same, she would likely fall into a trap. It was better if neither side used them.

At the same time, this also served as a reminder to those workers lost in cyberspace, to seek refuge themselves.

Protector Shi stomped on a section of the wall, accompanied by a boom, leaving a small pit on the wall. His body pressed forward like a demon god.