Chapter 90: Gang Heiress Tilan
"Fuck!"
Groggily waking from her sleep, Tilan heard miscellaneous sounds from outside, as if explosions were happening not far from the vehicle accompanied by the cursing and shouting of her companions.
She sat up, quickly put on her shoes, and then moved to the second floor.
The noises were louder here, and the vehicle seemed to be performing the serpentine maneuver, swaying back and forth time to time, while she could vaguely see flashes of light passing by the windows.
"We must return fire!" a companion said, holding a gun and sticking his head out, but before he could shoot, another person pulled him back in, and several bullets flew past the spot where he had just been, denting the vehicle.
"Don't stick your head out recklessly; they are waiting for us!" Phyllis called out urgently.
On the other side, Valke opened the sunroof on the roof of the vehicle, picked up a ballistic shield cautiously for cover, then climbed onto the roof, followed slowly by Guluo and Kinsenke with guns, three people on the roof was already the limit, and with the vehicle swaying unstably, they had to constantly hold on to the railing on top.
"What's this?" The girl thought to herself as she listened to the shooting outside, contemplating if they had gotten into a fight with some force.
She pressed lightly on her forehead, then her perception spread outward, gradually making sense of the situation outside.
Behind the large truck they were in, two modified armored off-road vehicles were chasing them through billowing dust, with people on them continuously shooting with machine guns, the flying bullets sweeping at everyone in the large truck like splashing water.
Fortunately, the large vehicle was no ordinary thing and was not easily penetrated by bullets.
Yet the situation was far from harmless, and when the other side brought out a shoulder-fired rocket launcher, the girl knew that these were no ordinary foes.
Thick smoke and flames spurted from the tail of the rocket launcher, subsequently hurtling their way, and a shrill warning sounded inside the vehicle.
'Detection of a sudden thermal source around the vehicle; please evade!'
"Speed Flame!" Before Tilan could roll out to stop it, a clear voice came from beside her.
In an emergency, Efnie popped her head out of the window, aimed at the rocket, and threw out a twisting fireball from her palm, accurately hitting it and causing it to explode prematurely.
For a moment, the flames obscured vision, and the other side failed to react in time, their bullets sporadically hitting nothing, whizzing past her ear.
After returning inside the vehicle, Efnie supported herself on the seat and gasped for breath, frightened by the dangerous move she just made; she still felt shivers thinking that if the bullets had been more accurate, they could have hit her head.
"You're all right now, just take it easy," Ruby supported her, patting her back to comfort her.
On the other side, the counterattack from the roof began, under the cover of Valke with the shield, Kinsenke and Guluo behind him began shooting.
A flash of blue electricity, the electromagnetically accelerated bullets accurately hit the wheels of the pursuers' vehicle, causing it to lose balance and flip over, skidding a long distance on the ground.
After taking out one of the vehicles, the other became more cautious. It no longer followed closely but kept a distance, making targeting difficult with several shots missing.
"Let me handle it." Yalian called for Kinsenke to come down, then he climbed up to the roof carrying a grenade launcher-like device, which, however, was not loaded with grenades but transparent glass jars, filled with a special liquid and seeds, emitting a pale green glow.
Crouching on the swaying roof, Yalian locked onto the other off-road vehicle and pulled the trigger, launching the glass jar projectile.
The projectile didn't fly toward the distant off-road vehicle, but fell ahead, and as the glass jar shattered, the liquid rapidly evaporated upon contacting air, and the seeds soaked within were instantly activated, growing countless tangled vines suddenly, forming a large green net that ensnared the unable-to-evade off-road vehicle.
Even from afar, everyone could hear the panicked shouts and screams as the vehicle was tightly wrapped by the plants.
The shooting finally stopped, and the large truck slowly decelerated, then came to a complete stop.
"I'll go with Valke to check the situation; you all provide support and cover from the back," Xie Lian jumped out of the vehicle.
Among them, when it comes to who was the strongest, naturally it was Valke, as the Radiant Feather Sequence excelled in defense and healing, and, with his towering build, he could wear heavy armor and carry a hefty ballistic shield.
Another special one was Xie Lian, who had always been very low-key in the society. Were it not for N's mention during joint training, few would have noticed him, a man of few words who had gone largely unnoticed until recently when everyone discovered his Transcendent Profession leaned toward speed and concealment, making him the first to react in many emergencies.
"No problem," Valke answered calmly, seeming to always have a good temper, complying with his companions' calls and requests as long as they weren't too unreasonable.
Now, he carried the shield and stepped off the vehicle, walking step by step towards the overturned off-road vehicle, while on the other side, Xie Lian got out from an angle not visible to the other side, his figure flashing as he dashed along the side. He didn't carry a gun, as it would slow him down.
Before Valke had walked far, Xie Lian had already approached the off-road vehicle. He didn't rush in immediately but observed the situation while making a large detour, and only after confirming the situation did he approach from an angle where he couldn't be shot at.
Then, he threw a stun grenade inside that exploded, releasing an ear-ringing and dizzying blast, and only then did he flip into the vehicle.