Chapter 737: Elimination of the West Chuan Group
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As Zhao Xiaoqiao gave the order,
Xing Ye immediately led the Special Action Division subordinates and charged out, swooping down from the slope.
Intense gunfire erupted.
The South Chuan Group was fully armed, each person equipped with both rifles and pistols.
Xing Ye carried a heavy machine gun at the forefront. His massive frame made the heavy machine gun seem like a toy in his hands as he crazily sprayed bullets, which were actually blanks filled with paint.
A barrage of bullets swept toward the people of the West Chuan Group.
The West Chuan Group was caught off-guard and hammered head-on by the South Chuan Group, with many immediately getting hit and bursts of red paint exploding on them.
Hu Mei was shocked.
She had already sent out her most skilled scouts to reconnoiter the area, moving cautiously all along. How could they have been ambushed?
Where were her scouts, and why was there no information from them?
A thought flashed through Hu Mei's mind, but it was too late for further contemplation as she fiercely dived to the side, like a lizard, darting into the grass. Despite her enormous size and muscled body, her movements were incredibly agile.
She swiftly evaded the barrage of bullets.
At this point, five or six members of the West Chuan Group had been shot down, and the remaining members were desperately diving for cover around them while pulling out their guns to return fire.
However, they had underestimated the South Chuan Group's equipment.
With the help of Long Xiaoshan, the South Chuan Group had amassed a large cache of weapons.
The West Chuan Group, unfortunately, had only found one weapons cache and didn't even have enough guns for each person, not nearly matching the firepower of the South Chuan Group.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The South Chuan Group threw grenades.
Though the grenades were just for practice and not as lethal as real ones, the blasts were still significant, spraying paint everywhere upon detonation.
Anyone hit by paint on crucial parts of their body would be eliminated.
Under the barrage of grenades, the members of the West Chuan Group became even more dishevelled.
They scrambled away in disarray, with four or five more getting shot down.
The West Chuan Group, initially over twenty, had half of its members eliminated in a brief period.
Hiding in the grass, Hu Mei's eyes reddened.
By then, the South Chuan Group had charged down the slope and pounced on the remaining West Chuan Group members. Knowing the enemy's weaponry was too powerful, the West Chuan Group realized that fleeing would make them easy targets for concentrated fire.
Instead, getting up close was less intimidating for these Martial Artists with Inner Strength, who were not afraid of the weapons advantage.
They recognized the identity of the opposing team as the usually bottom-ranking South Chuan Group.
With their strength, there might still be a chance of counterattacking.
They sprang from their cover, attacking the South Chuan Group.
The two sides instantly closed in on each other, within hand-to-hand combat range.
The South Chuan Group discarded their guns and launched into close-quarters combat.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After a series of punches and kicks,
the members of the West Chuan Group fell one after another.
They looked incredulous.
When had the South Chuan Group become so strong?
Hadn't their strength always been at the bottom within the Division?
But now, the South Chuan Group members were ferociously unstoppable, and with their numerical advantage, it was easy to overwhelm their opponents with 2 on 1, or 3 on 1 situations. The West Chuan Group couldn't hold them off.
In the blink of an eye, the West Chuan Group members fell one by one.
Hu Mei let out a roar, burst out of the grass, lunged at a South Chuan Group member from behind, and sent them flying with a single palm strike. As the leader of the West Chuan Group, there was no doubt about Hu Mei's strength.
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He had also reached the Mid Xuan-Level.
Even stronger than Zhao Xiaoqiao used to be.
In just a moment, she had knocked away two people from the South Chuan Group.
Just then, a figure as fierce as blazing fire shot towards her at extreme speed, Bang!
In the blink of an eye, it collided with Hu Mei, and with a great force, Hu Mei was sent flying, landing seven or eight meters away. Stabilizing herself, she wore a look of disbelief on her face, "Zhao Xiaoqiao."
The person who had just rushed over and kicked her away was indeed Zhao Xiaoqiao.
Hu Mei and Zhao Xiaoqiao had clashed not once or twice.
Previously, she could always suppress Zhao Xiaoqiao completely.
But just now, Zhao Xiaoqiao's kick was so powerful that she couldn't guard against it at all, and her hand went numb.
"Captain Hu," said Zhao Xiaoqiao indifferently, "You should surrender."
While Hu Mei had been kicked away, the West Chuan Group's members had already been mostly taken out by the South Chuan Group, leaving only three or four of their strongest members surrounded by the South Chuan Group, fighting desperately like cornered beasts. It was clear, however, that they wouldn't last much longer.
"Dream on if you think I'll surrender!" Hu Mei shrieked, her chest inflated like a toad's, and she suddenly sprang forward, attacking Zhao Xiaoqiao with both palms and feet simultaneously.
Zhao Xiaoqiao knew this was Hu Mei's special move.
If it had been before, she would have had to avoid its edge.
But now, having advanced to the Xuan-level Late Stage, this move was full of flaws in her eyes. Zhao Xiaoqiao leapt up, her legs sweeping out like a Long Whip, and after several thuds, she kicked Hu Mei squarely in the chest.
Hu Mei's inflated chest deflated like a leaking balloon, rapidly shriveling away as her body was hurled sideways, striking a large tree and passing out.
After Hu Mei was knocked unconscious,
The remaining members of the West Chuan Group knew they were powerless to turn the tide and one by one, raised their hands to surrender.
This was, after all, just a competition, not a real battlefield.
Defeat meant nothing more than defeat.
They found their bodies marked with red paint.
The entire West Chuan Group had been wiped out by the South Chuan Group.
The people of the South Chuan Group cheered excitedly, as they usually finished last in every competition. However, this time, not long after the competition began, they had eliminated the West Chuan Group. Zhao Xiaoqiao also revealed a hint of a smile at this point.
She had been suffocated with frustration in her role as group leader.
Today, at last, she had a reason to hold her head high and breathe easily.
Long Xiaoshan emerged from nowhere and said in a calm voice, "Stop celebrating. Other groups are approaching."
The cheering of the South Chuan Group abruptly ceased, and their faces immediately displayed a vigilant expression.
They had only eliminated one team so far, and besides, the West Chuan Group was one of the lower-ranked teams in today's five groups and was not considered particularly strong. The competition was far from over.
Zhao Xiaoqiao quickly approached Long Xiaoshan and asked, "Which group is coming?"
Long Xiaoshan hadn't taken any action just now.
However, Zhao Xiaoqiao knew that the greatest credit definitely went to Long Xiaoshan. Without him, even if they could defeat the West Chuan Group, it wouldn't have been so effortless.
Long Xiaoshan seemed to have eyes that could see for miles, ears that could hear with the wind, nothing could escape his sight.
"Over there!" Long Xiaoshan pointed to the south.
"How far away are they?" Zhao Xiaoqiao asked.
"About a hundred meters or so, but they are also very cautious and not moving fast," Long Xiaoshan replied.
Zhao Xiaoqiao's gaze flashed, and she quickly ordered, "Everyone, take out the mines immediately and attach them to those people from the West Chuan Group."
The members of the West Chuan Group quickly guessed Zhao Xiaoqiao's intention, and they cried out, "Despicable!"
"No more nonsense, you're already dead men! If you don't comply, we'll simply knock you out," Zhao Xiaoqiao said coldly.
Helpless, the members of the West Chuan Group did as they were told. After all, it was a competition, and their every move was being monitored. They had to follow the rules, lying down one by one as the South Chuan Group fixed the mines onto them.