The Highest Bounty - Chapter 151

Chapter 151: The War Begins

Upon receiving the videos from the Army’s headquarters, Sharp’s eyebrows furrowed as he scrubbed through each one of them. “It seems like there’s going to be war.”

In terms of headcount and absolute combat effectiveness, the Army had the advantage. However, the Interstellar Pirates were all desperadoes.

The people in the Army were different–they received a steady paycheck each month. Life was easy when they were not on missions, especially for Army officials of higher rankings. If they were lucky, they would only encounter a few small scale battles every few decades. They spent most of their time drinking coffee in the office.

On the other hand, Interstellar Pirates spent almost every day being hunted down–not one day of their lives was safe. The higher the bounty offered by the Army for their heads, the stronger the crew. Nevertheless, the probability of such people being chased by others who wanted the bounty on their heads also increased exponentially-it was the same for their death rate. Once Interstellar Pirates reached a certain point, they would find it hard to increase their bounties; the risk of being assassinated was half of the reason. Hence, fewer Interstellar Pirates with high bounties existed.

Those who chose to be Interstellar Pirates were adventurous people. They were used to betting on their own lives and challenging themselves over and over again. They were fundamentally different from the people of the Army.

Those who chose to join the Army were mostly people who wanted a stable life.

If one wanted an exciting life, they could choose to become an Interstellar Pirate, an Interstellar Hunter, or an Interstellar Mercenary, very few would choose to join the Army.

Sharp became emotional looking at the youth that was more than twelve hundred people. He glanced over them before speaking up, “Be prepared for battle. The three Baby Dragons outside Great Divinity have been destroyed. Those Interstellar Pirates can strike anytime. Today, I will stake my honor to fight alongside you! Reinforcements will arrive the day after this and then everything will be over.”

While Sharp was giving a speech at the port, Gu Ding and his crew were gathered at a tavern. Nevertheless, within the next twenty minutes, around six hundred Interstellar Pirates joined Gu Ding’s crew as they headed toward the port.

Led by Gu Ding, the group of Interstellar Pirates came face to face to the Army and only stopped in their tracks when they were less than three hundred meters away from them.

“Gu Ding, were you the mastermind behind the previous night raid?” Sharp looked at Gu Ding who was in the lead as his eyes flashed eerily. Sharp was clueless as to why Gu Ding had so much appeal and was the one leading the operations. Among the nearly six hundred Interstellar Pirates, many of them were veteran powerhouses–seven of them had bounties higher than Gu Ding. In terms of strength, Gu Ding was not the strongest. Although Biggie, who was in his crew, was undeniably the number one powerhouse, there were at least ten people who were much stronger than Gu Ding.

“I knew that people would die in that fight, but I had no intention of creating a massacre.” Gu Ding did not answer Sharp’s question directly. “My goal was only to save lives that night. What happened thereafter was nothing I wanted to see.”

“My goal is also very simple this time, I just want to leave this planet.” Gu Ding’s voice was calm. “I’m not sure how things will turn out this time but one thing is for sure-I will get rid of all obstacles in my sight in order to achieve my goals. The same goes for the people behind me.”

“Very well then.” Sharp was so outraged that he laughed out loud. “It seems like Federation Prison isn’t the best place for you. Where you should go to is hell!”

The moment Sharp finished, a strong force burst forth from him. In addition to that, raw strength began to flow out like a river from Sharp’s body. Seeing this, the expressions on the faces of many Interstellar Pirates changed drastically.

Just then, Biggie, who was beside Gu Ding, stepped forward. Drawn by bloodshed, Sharp focused his attention on Biggie, and the two powerhouses confronted each other.

The others who had only felt the tension between them then realized their enormous strength–they were on an entirely different level.

Sharp’s right hand turned into a saber as white true primary power quickly solidified on the surface of his palms. With that, he struck at a speed that was hard for the naked eye to catch. In an instant, hundreds of white blades were shot out with a force strong enough to break the sound barrier. Like a huge net falling from the sky, the attack had a range that could cover more than five hundred people.

Biggie flicked his thumb slightly. Then, a black saber was drawn from its sheath and an undetectable thin line was drawn in the air. The thin line was like a ripple in water as it slowly spread out. The further it went, the longer it extended–and the thicker it grew. When it finally collided with the white saber, its length was the same as the opposing attack with all its blades piled together.

“Break!” Biggie shouted.

The black thread instantly turned into a sharp blade as it penetrated the white saber net like as if it was cutting tofu–the saber net was torn apart without any resistance. A moment later, the saber net seemed to have reached its limit as it began to crack and vanish into nothingness.

The exchange of abilities stunned everyone. Sharp could extend his attacks to cover a range of more than three hundred meters to envelop a large number of people–the control he had over his primary power was indeed unbelievable.

Biggie’s thread managed to break and completely crush Sharp’s devastating attack–it was enough to show how strong he was.

Even Gu Ding looked on with envy. He hoped to one day raise his Cell Index to one thousand points so that he could learn how to use primary power.

Lilith was beside Gu Ding and was wearing a metal hat. Her eyes were slightly closed, and she was being guarded by Robert who was beside her.

Sharp had expected his long-range attack to be ineffective. In his previous battle with Biggie, neither of them was able to break the tie. Hence, he had no idea why Biggie chose to withdraw from the battleground back then. In his opinion, Biggie was the toughest opponent he had ever faced. Nevertheless, his understanding of swordsmanship had gotten more extensive throughout the past few days. Therefore, he thought that he had a chance at overcoming the challenge. Nonetheless, based on Biggie’s most recent attack, he seemed to have become stronger compared to two days ago.

“He seems to have improved from the battle two days ago. Looks like it will be hard for me to resolve this battle in a short amount of time.” Although Sharp was excited because he was being faced with an opponent that practiced swordsmanship, he was also slightly worried about the Army’s situation. “I wonder if Emily can lead this battle to victory.”

“Emily, I’ll leave it to you.” He to Emily over his shoulder.

Just then, Biggie took advantage of the opportunity. Biggie appeared on Sharp’s right in an instant and struck with his saber.

Sharp reacted immediately by blocking the attack with his hand-transformed saber.

Black domineering force poured out from Biggie’s saber, and it collided with Sharp’s white primary power. As a result, a destructive force was produced. Although the black force was unable to tear the white primary power apart, the strong impact sent Sharp flying in an instant.

Seeing this, Biggie gave chase after hitting him. In the blink of an eye, he once again appeared in front of Sharp after a short pause. The former at this time had just regained his footing. With a slash, Biggie slammed hard on Sharp’s waist with a crescent-like black force from his blade. As a result, blood was spilled.

Sharp’s pupils contracted immediately. It has to be said that if he had been hit directly, his body would have taken a heavy toll. Sharp instantly withdrew and threw out several strikes to suppress Biggie.

Emily was shocked to see Sharp on the losing end. Nevertheless, she knew that if Sharp lost, she would not be able to win the battle alone. Hence, she had to get rid of the stronger ones on the opposing side.

The silver handgun in her hand was not a Firearm Combat Armor–it was a special handgun. It was not that she could not afford a Combat Armor. Instead, even a bronze-grade Firearm Combat Armor heavy sniper was nowhere near the strength of her handgun. As for silver-grade Combat Armor, no one in Dragon Soar Cosmic Nation had seen one in many years.

The only downside of the gun was that it could only carry twenty rounds. Nevertheless, to Emily, it was not a disadvantage.

Setting twenty people including Gu Ding and Bart as her targets, Emily raised her gun and opened fire after confirming each person’s position.

Twenty deadly silver bullets soon began to whirl with spiral force. Then, just like twenty tiny meteorites in the air, they drew traces in the air as they headed straight toward the twenty people including Gu Ding.

At that moment, Robert calmly pulled out a strange machine that was the size of his palm. After a push of the button, the trajectory of Emily’s bullets began to change strangely. It was as if they were being repelled by some sort of invisible force–moving to either the left or right.

Then, all the twenty bullets landed on the ground, leaving trails as they streaked through the dirt.

“I studied her through a video. She uses a special handgun instead of Combat Armor. That sort of handgun can only use one type of bullet. That’s why I studied the material of her bullet casings and designed this magnetic field disruptor. It’s capable of completely disrupting the magnetic field of an entire area and constantly producing irregular changes. As a result, the trajectory of her bullets will change as they’re pulled by the magnetic field, making it impossible for her to predict where her attacks will fall. It wouldn’t matter even if she were capable of performing complex mathematical calculations because the magnetic field includes that of the human body. In other words, it can deflect the bullet directly. Her attacks will be nullified against all forms of life that emit magnetic fields in this port. In other words, under the influence of this appliance, her bullets cannot hit any living person. Since this magnetic field was designed for her bullets, it won’t impact other metals as much. Hence, it won’t interfere with Biggie’s battle and affect the operation of mechs,” Robert explained after seeing the strange look on Gu Ding’s face.

Upon seeing what had happened–though somewhat confused–Emily swapped magazines and continued firing. Nevertheless, the outcome this time was a lot worse. As soon as the bullets flew out of the muzzle, their trajectories took a strange turn and once again quickly landed in the middle of nowhere. Emily guessed that someone had to be using some sort of special ability to interfere with the trajectories of her bullets.

Emily was not too alarmed when she learned that she could not use her gun. Instead, she stowed away her handgun and hung it at the back of her waist, reached behind herself, and unsheathed a gleaming dagger. She smiled coldly. “Do you think I only know how to use guns? How naive!”