Ace of the Dragon Division - Chapter 221

Chapter 221: New Ability

Time passed second by second, and everyone within the spectating room was staring at the screen. They had been here all day because the encounter between masters during the later stages of the competition was what was most exciting to watch.

Ye Qiu and Wang An were waiting until the night to fall completely before they made their move.

When the night had completely fallen and darkness shrouded the forest, when only streams of moonlight shone through the cracks among the leaves of the trees, the soldier with Ye Qiu and Wang An said, “I think he left.”

Wang An and Yan Qiu also thought that no one would keep on hiding and staying here after knowing that the enemies knew he was there, so they immediately nodded. “Let’s move, Liu Wei, you take the front, we will circle around.

Liu Wei nodded, and half of his body came out from hiding behind the tree. Just as his head popped out, they heard a “bam”!

Wang An and Ye Qiu, who already went around, immediately shouted, “Liu Wei!”

Liu Wei was also not too shabby. He immediately tried to dodge but the shot still hit him on the waist. His body fell to the ground from the impact of the bullet and he was under a lot of pain.

But he still managed to drag himself back to behind the tree as he panted. Wang An and Ye Qiu saw the spark from the bullets coming out of the muzzle in one of the trees and immediately began firing at that direction as they charged over.

The rain of bullets smashed through the leaves and came towards Xu Cheng, and he picked up his sniper rifle and began running on the branches of the treetops.

Without seeing what was happening within the trees, unlike the commanders that were spectating, Wang An and Ye Qiu wouldn’t think of it being possible at all that Xu Cheng was actually light like a cat and running on branches.

Those at the monitoring center were completely dumbfounded by what they saw.

Xu Cheng directly jumped from branch to branch, and what was more shocking was that every landing was very balanced. Jumping up into the air, he would instinctively land on all four limbs every time before jumping again, and he was also able to execute these movements fast enough to evade the crazy bullet storm.

“Play back that video!” Commander Xie shouted at the technician.

The technician played the clip on another screen of Xu Cheng travelling on treetops and dodging bullets. It was really hard to imagine someone jumping from one tree to another by the branches. Not to mention carrying a heavy sniper rifle, it would be hard enough to balance even if there was no gear at all on you. But, Xu Cheng didn’t show any sign of slipping at all. He just firmly landed every time, and his movements were so elegant and quick that Commander Xie even thought at that moment that Xu Cheng wasn’t human… He was more like a cat.

Right, that kind of mobility extremely resembled that of a cat that made no noise when moving, elegant and quick!

Xu Cheng didn’t even know how he was able to jump across so many trees and dodge the bullets. He just knew that when the guns began firing, he realized that he underestimated how quickly Ye Qiu and Wang An would find his hiding spot. At that moment, he instinctively adopted a very natural posture with his body on all fours as he began running. At this point, he was still trying to digest what was happening. He felt like his body was very light and agile and as if he was capable of flying when he had his feet and hands on the branches.

Xu Cheng lifted his hand and shockingly found a fatty meat pad at the heart of his palm… Could this thing be the reason why he wasn’t feeling anything when he was landing?

He was amazed.

“Is this like the new abilities I gained after my brain, vision, and strength were enhanced? What kind of ability is this? Jump or balance?” He was quite excited.

“He wasn’t hit?” On the other side, Commander Xie couldn’t help but ask the technician.

“No, the pitch black environment hindered Ye Qiu and Wang An’s vision and accuracy. Although the bullet rain was dense, Xu Cheng dodged them all.”

Ye Qiu and Wang An were also dumbfounded. Although they didn’t see anything, they clearly knew that on the tree branches, someone was able to travel across at least 5 or so trees. Besides the leaves moving, they didn’t see anything. That guy was also incredibly fast, because the rustling noises of the leaves had just been picked up by their left ears but were immediately picked up by their right ears. The two very much suspected if they were up against a ghost, a beast, or something else. They had never seen anyone capable of running on trees, and this was just too shocking.

But they knew that if they really encountered a beast, the referee would notify them. So, this was definitely a guy!

Ye Qiu directly threw his rifle onto the ground since it was out of bullets. He yelled at the trees, “I’m out of bullets! Bro, if you are a true man then show yourself. Let me meet you.”

The two of them were both very shocked as to who was able to master this kind of ability.

Hearing Ye Qiu and seeing how both he and Wang An threw away their guns, Xu Cheng thought for a second. Suddenly, he jumped down. Xu Cheng also wanted to check whether the ability he just got was an illusion or not, so when he directly jumped down from the trees that were 7 to 8 meters in height, he landed without bending his legs one bit. He just landed perfectly straight and stood there, yet he felt no pain from his legs at all. That shocked Xu Cheng as well.

Not just him, Ye Qiu and Wang An were also dumbfounded. Even if it was them that were to jump down from that high, they would still bend their knees and do a roll on the ground to protect their bones and joints while absorbing the impact of gravity. They couldn’t imagine what kind of monster Xu Cheng was to be able to jump down like a statue.

“I’ve never seen you before.” Ye Qiu was a bit shocked as he looked at Xu Cheng. Then, after glancing at Xu Cheng’s badge, he said, “The 5th MR? A low tier military region would have an elite like you?”

Wang An also looked at Xu Cheng and praised, “That shot of yours was incredibly accurate. In such a dark environment, you even almost headshotted him. To show our recognition of your capabilities, you can choose one of us to fight and we will let you leave if you win.”

Xu Cheng smiled. “Since you are recognizing my capabilities, why don’t you two fight me together?”

Ye Qiu laughed. “What did you say?”

Wang An narrowed his eyes. “Do you know who we are? Let me introduce myself-”

Xu Cheng didn’t wait for him to finish and interrupted, “I know, Ye Qiu, the strongest soldier on the books in this competition. Wang An, top 5 in the solo rankings.”

Ye Qiu snorted, “But why do I feel that you don’t know this? Hearing your words, it sounds like you don’t really respect the ranking.”

“It does indeed seem to be not very credible, because among the top 100 soldiers, I’ve already eliminated 7.”