The Death List Novel - Chapter 345
Chapter 345 Fireworks
Qin Lun had always felt that the members of the Phantom Brigade were very similar to him. The members of the brigade treated others as well as themselves fiercely, and Qin Lun was the same.
Regardless of whether it was him, Hill, Rand, or the others, these murderers didn’t have a normal person’s mind. They had long since looked down on life and death. Although they would fight for their lives until the last moment, they would not give up their unique “fun” for their lives.
Qin Lun had a strong desire for control, and he liked to set up detailed plans to make his opponent struggle to death like a small insect that had fallen into a spider web. But compared to this, he liked accidents to a certain extent and hoped that his opponent could break through. This kind of excitement would bring him incomparably “fun”.
Even though he was in a desperate situation, Qin Lun was not worried, but excited. At the same time, he had been planning a counterattack. To him, this was just a game with strong excitement!
Originally, his counterattack could not be realized, and the encirclement arranged by Cullo was very tight, so there was very limited time for him to escape.
However, after seeing the “chivalrous doll”, the three of them violated Cullo’s arrangements and did not intercept Qin Lun immediately. It was equivalent to letting Paikonoda and the other two shoulder the task that should be taken care of by the five of them together.
Of course, this was nothing. Every member of the Phantom Brigade was an expert, even Pikonoda and Di, who were in charge of gathering intelligence, were the same. As long as the two of them worked together, they wouldn’t be in danger even if they were surrounded by three or four of their peers.
However, Cubi and the others had forgotten one thing when they were pleasantly surprised to reunite with the “chivalrous man”. In order to save the “chivalrous man”, they had actually made an exception to Qin Lun. They subconsciously felt that it was best if the two of them could stop the young man. It didn’t matter if they couldn’t.
However, Paikonoda and Xiao Di did not have such thoughts. They did not personally see the “chivalrous man”. Even if he believed Qin Lun’s words, he still believed that the first task for the two of them was to capture the enemy.
Therefore, the two brigade beauties still held the thought of capturing Qin Lun and taking revenge for Watkin and the chivalrous companions, even paying any price for it.
Although Qin Lun was still in danger because of the disagreement between the two groups of brigade members, he had also planted a seed of danger for himself.
After encountering Pikonoda and Didi, Kieran had never thought of placing his life and death on Kurapeka. From the first second he lured Pycnoda to pursue him, he had been planning to turn around and attack Droplet together with the two of them.
“Don’t even think about it!” Looking at the back of the youth in front of him, a cold light suddenly appeared in Paikonoda’s eyes. Her beautiful short golden hair soared up under the surge of Nian Qi, and her figure unexpectedly increased by two points.
Qin Lun’s judgement of this tall beauty was correct. Among the three female members of the brigade, Parknolda was older than March and Little Di, and her personality was more stable. Previously, she still had some strength left in her pursuit of the young man. Now that she saw Qin Lun’s desperate dagger, she finally put down all her caution and began to use her full strength.
“Haha, are you mad?” Qin Lun turned around and chuckled. A strange look appeared in his eyes that made Pycnoda’s hair stand on end. He said indifferently, “Since I said that you’re too late, then you definitely won’t be in time. Do you think I just randomly chose a building to barge in?”
“The Phantom Brigade has a big problem. Even a smart woman like you can’t avoid it. Do you know what it is?” Qin Lun smiled and stretched out his right hand. He rubbed his index finger with his thumb and snapped his finger.
“You guys are too proud. You’re too arrogant to pay attention to small characters other than your target. ‘Knight’ is the first variable I’ve prepared for you, but it’s not the only variable. Haven’t you noticed that this battle has always been three-to-two?”
“Three versus two? Could it be” Paikonoda’s eyes widened as she recalled a wretched middle-aged man who had been let go of by them earlier. However, just as Qin Lun had said, it was too late to react now.
Along with Qin Lun’s crisp snapping of her fingers, Pikonoda keenly sensed an abnormal fluctuation in the surroundings, and even the cement ground beneath her feet began to tremble slightly.
“Boom ~ ~” In the next second, the violent explosion sounded like a drum beating, echoing throughout the ruined city.
The surrounding buildings let out painful groans, like giants at the end of their lives. They carried countless flaming meteorites as they grew larger and larger in the beautiful woman’s pupils. The cement ground beneath her feet seemed to be unwilling to be outdone, streaks of flames gushing out from the flying rubble as black fireworks tumbled upwards.
For a moment, Paikonoda felt as if she was being engulfed by a sea of smoke and fire.
‘”Qin Lun ~ ~” Pycnoda’s golden hair flew high as she shouted at the silhouette that was quietly disappearing into the smoke.
Actually, there weren’t many explosive spots in the ruined city, but due to the ingenuity of the location, there was a chain reaction between the buildings. These abandoned buildings were already in a state of disrepair. Coupled with the fact that many abandoned buildings had appeared in them, the gap between the buildings was very narrow, causing the domino effect to instantly arise.
Looking down from the sky, the abandoned city where the Phantom Brigade was hiding was blooming like a giant chrysanthemum. Many tall buildings collapsed in rows and rows of spirals in an orderly manner, and the central area was almost completely destroyed, shrouded in a circle of roaring fireworks.
Perhaps there was only a slight difference in the circle where Paikonoda was. The buildings here toppled inwards, like a clenched fist, firmly trapping the beauty of the brigade in place.
However, this big chrysanthemum wasn’t the most miraculous place. The most miraculous thing was still to come. As the explosion neared its end, the strong winds from the collapsed buildings actually gathered into an exhaust, blowing all the dust from the explosion in the same direction. It was like a unique wave formed by smoke, surging in waves.
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“Hmph, this is called art!” Standing on the hillside, Rand raised his hand to look at the ruined city from afar and sniffed. A smile appeared on his always sad face.
“That brat has finished what he told us!” Rand looked down at the bronze statue of Ahula Mazda in his hand and smiled. The wrinkles on his face seemed to have unfolded, and he muttered to himself, “This time’s harvest is too great. If you can still come back alive, I, Rand, owe you a favor.”
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“Cough cough! Sure enough, those buildings with the Kubie are the ones that blocked the electronic signal!” Qin Lun spat out a mouthful of dust with a dirty face. He took out the phone in his pocket and looked at it, his eyes revealing a hint of understanding.
The Big Bang destroyed almost all of the buildings where the Kubi had appeared, and the spiritual energy on it also dissipated. Only then did the cell phone signal return to normal. Before, Qin Lun couldn’t contact Rand, and he didn’t know why he hadn’t started the preparatory plan yet.
However, the young man had already understood what was going on in the minute that he had taken Pycnoda around. He wasn’t just randomly running around, he was searching for clues left behind by Rand through his pupil technique, and finally discovered the explosives in that place.
After becoming an apostle, Rand did not give up his explosive technique. Instead, he strengthened this ability through his apostle skills. Fireworks can use skills to make explosives and impart a certain amount of weak will to make them an alternative apostle consumable.
This kind of explosive could receive Rand’s orders, detonate from a long distance, or leave a specific “mark” to hand control over to the other apostles. This allowed Qin Lun to receive the detonation order and cause a chain reaction.
From this point of view, Rand’s ability was somewhat similar to that of the Hunter World’s manifestation ability. Perhaps this was the main reason why the Broken Universe threw him into this world.
Rand had successfully changed professions in just a few short world missions. Since he also had the potential to advance as a killer, the Broken Universe would probably treat him “differently”. He didn’t mind providing him with some ability to guide the world.
“The effect is even better than I imagined!” Qin Lun was very satisfied as he watched the smoke surging around him.
At the beginning of entering the ruined city, Qin Lun had already sensed that something was amiss. The preparatory plan he had Rand initiate was their last resort.
Rand had two missions in the package. One was to create chaos in the wastelands through the Big Bang, and the other was to create a chance to escape through large areas of smoke. The other was to set up a trap behind the abandoned city to trap the pursuing brigade members and cover for the two of them to escape.
The only thing Qin Lun didn’t expect was that Pycnoda and Didi had let Rand off so easily. As a result, Rand had not only completed two missions, he had also done his work to the extreme. Smoke waves could now be used not only to escape, but also to cover Qin Lun perfectly, allowing him to approach the droplet quietly.
“The person you let go so easily is no less dangerous than me!” Qin Lun shook his head and looked at Pycnoda, who was still buried in the ruins, with a trace of sympathy.
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At this time, at the front of the ruined city, Cullo stood on a broken wall and looked back with a worried expression. The broken wall he stood on was originally a ten-storey ruined building, but now there were only three storeys left. Moreover, it was extremely broken and was about to collapse, exposing the internal structure of the building, as if it had been bitten by a monster.
This was also the only building nearby that hadn’t completely collapsed. The other abandoned buildings were completely enveloped in smoke, turning into the ruins of the sea of smoke.
“Is this that person’s ability to read?” A slightly anxious voice sounded beside Cullo. Finks had already appeared beside him at some unknown time.
“It shouldn’t be. Maybe I overlooked something!” Cullo shook his head calmly. “You should be able to make a call now. Ask Maggie and Pycnoda about them!”
“En!” Finks took out his phone and was about to make a call when a flash of light suddenly lit up in the smoke. A blazing ball of light surrounded by thick lightning shot out and attacked the two of them.
“Shiba, beat up the enemy!” Cullo and Finks exchanged glances. They both helplessly jumped down the broken wall and threw themselves back into the smoke. Very quickly, the sounds of intense battle rang out nearby.
Jie Nuo and Simba didn’t attack with all their might. Whether it was them or Cullo and Finks, they knew that the battle here wasn’t the main point. The key was whether the other members of the brigade could kill Qin Lun, their client. Both sides tacitly let Franklin leave, and Cullo and Jie Nuo were at ease.
However, now that the Big Bang and Yan Hai were together, the two assassins knew that Qin Lun, this sinister scourge, should not die.
Moreover, with the cover of the smoke, they had truly begun to “focus” on the mission. If Cullo and Finks still used their previous fighting attitude to perfunctory them, the two enemies would definitely not mind completing this “mission”.