Chapter 439: Greenhouse Flowers

"Did you hear something just now?"

Jian Changsheng looked back at the road behind him, asking with some confusion.

"It seems like something fell and made quite a commotion." Heart 9 narrowed his eyes. "That noise should be enough to attract the pursuers. It's a good thing for us."

"That's great then..."

Before Jian Changsheng could finish his sentence, he saw two light shadows sweep across the ground under the streetlights. He looked up and saw two figures in bodyguard uniforms moving nimbly through the narrow gaps between the buildings, approaching them!

"Those two guys have locked onto us!" Heart 9 reacted extremely quickly, pulling Jian Changsheng into a small alleyway beside them.

The next moment, two extremely fast black shadows shot from the hands of the two bodyguards toward the position where Jian Changsheng had just been, and the roaring explosion instantly engulfed the entire alley!

Boom—!!

Flames burned in the darkness, the scorching high temperature burning everything in the alley to a crisp. Messy wires sparked and fell to the ground, and the towering streetlights collapsed with a crash...

In the raging fire, the two bodyguards spread their arms. Between their arms and side ribs, it was as if there were two bat wings, controlling the rushing airflow, sliding across the sea of fire in a perfect arc.

"External bat wings?" Heart 9 looked back at this scene and couldn't help but sneer. "They're actually two Craft Divine Path users... isn't that a coincidence?"

"Craft Divine Path?" Jian Changsheng was stunned; he had never encountered an enemy with this Divine Path.

"It's the Divine Path belonging to the 'Craftsman.' The realm train you ride that can safely travel through the Gray Realm was built by a Craftsman." Heart 9 glanced at the two black shadows flying in wing suits and said gloomily,

"The more Craftsmen gather, the greater the effect they can exert, and they can even build revolutionary things... like the realm train. But these two in front of us were likely snatched by the consortium as soon as they stepped onto the Craft Divine Path. Both their combat philosophy and manufacturing ideas are outrageously backward.

If my skills weren't sealed right now, just these two little punks..."

Bang bang!

Two more bomb-like objects shot toward Heart 9. The latter’s pupils contracted slightly. There were no more small alleys for the two to dive into, and in such a narrow environment, once they exploded, they would have nowhere to hide.

【△The flames of the explosion engulf the base of the abandoned tower crane. As the base collapses, the tower crane begins to tilt to one side, crashing toward the space between the pursuers and the fugitives】

Creak—

Amidst a low roar, a tall tower crane in the steel mill tilted, falling just behind Jian Changsheng and his companion, like a swinging metal rod, causing the two bombs shot from mid-air to explode prematurely!

Boom—!!

Two scorching fireballs detonated in mid-air, like two miniature suns. The aftermath of the explosion not only failed to hurt Jian Changsheng and his companion but almost dragged the high-speed flying bodyguards into it.

This sudden change stunned them, and they immediately tried their best to control their flight direction to avoid crashing into the explosion.

One of them, because he was still far away, narrowly avoided the explosion and continued to chase Jian Changsheng and his companion; the other was a bit slower, flying almost against the explosion flames. The high temperature burned through the external bat wings under his arms, and he crashed toward the ground in a sorry state!

"Damn it..."

Feeling the skin on his scorched arm, he struggled to stand up from the messy alley and was about to continue the chase when a cold sensation suddenly came from behind his head.

The dim streetlights in the alley flickered, as if the Grim Reaper were calling his name in the dark... Between the light and shadow of the streetlights, a figure in red appeared behind him, and a pitch-black muzzle pressed silently against the back of his head.

The bodyguard’s pupils contracted suddenly. He wanted to react immediately, but he couldn't be faster than the finger pulling the trigger.

【△"For the restart of human civilization, I judge you to death." The person in red, who controls everything in the dark, says expressionlessly.】

Bang—!

The power of deconstruction instantly annihilated the bodyguard’s head without making a sound, and half of his body disappeared without a trace...

Silently killing a bodyguard, Chen Ling’s gaze fell on the fleeing figures again, stepped on the void, and his figure disappeared into the night at an astonishing speed.

……

"That was close, I thought I was dead just now!" Jian Changsheng looked back at the collapsed tower crane and said with lingering fear.

Heart 9 didn't speak. He frowned at the sea of fire under the tower crane, wondering what he was thinking.

"Let's run first!"

The two took advantage of the chaos and dived into one of the alleys. Almost at the same time, a figure wearing external bat wings crossed the flames and continued to fly over the district.

His gaze swept across the surroundings quickly, as if searching for something, and a voice came from behind:

"Where did they go?"

The bodyguard looked back and found it was his companion, but he wasn't flying with bat wings; he was walking from the ground in a sorry state.

"Lost them again... Why are you so slow? Are you okay?"

"I hit a fireball just now, and it burned my wings... Damn it, why am I so unlucky!" the companion said angrily.

"Since you lost your bat wings, I'll have to search for them. Try to keep up with my speed." Seeing this, the bodyguard knew his companion was useless and sighed helplessly.

He was about to flap his wings to search for the two again, but his companion spoke again:

"Wait, I just thought of a good way. Come down and I'll tell you."

"What way?"

Although confused, the bodyguard fell from mid-air and walked straight toward his companion.

"I discovered that those two aren't ordinary people; it seems their Divine Paths were just sealed by something." The companion said as he approached him, leaning into his ear. "Especially the one in the leather jacket, I just found..."

"Found what?"

"Found that I'm a really good actor."

The bodyguard was stunned. Before he could react, a sharp explosion passed by his ear, and the next moment, a long, thin, rebar-like spike pierced his neck!

Scarlet blood dripped down the rebar. His pupils contracted involuntarily. In his terrified gaze, the "companion" casually tore off a layer of skin, and a striking red outfit occupied his vision...

Chen Ling let go of the rebar, letting the bodyguard fall to the ground powerlessly, staring as he gradually lost his breath.

"Even though their rank isn't low, their combat experience is too lacking." Chen Ling patted the dust off his body and said faintly, "Flowers grown in a greenhouse are ultimately not as good as thorns tempered in wind and snow... One touch, and they shatter."