Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Turning Their Own Tricks Against Them
Not long after
A fighter jet pierced through the sky and landed smoothly on the open ground before the mountain cave.
Tat-tat-tat
A group of people disembarked from the jet, led by a young, handsome man in white, wearing a golden medal on his chest.
"Who is Qin Tian?"
Su Yunyi looked at the few people in front of the cave, asking in a gentle tone.
"I am Qin Tian."
Qin Tian stepped forward, his gaze glancing over Su Yunyi’s face, feeling a ripple in his heart.
It was him, the offspring of the Golden Clan.
"I am Su Yunyi, the commander of this operation."
Su Yunyi stretched out his hand, a smile on his lips, his voice like a spring breeze, making people feel good about him.
"Hello, officer."
Qin Tian shook Su Yunyi’s hand, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. He hadn’t expected this descendant of the Golden Clan to be so gentle and polite.
Judge actions, not intentions
Whether this manner was genuine or a deliberate facade, Qin Tian’s first impression of Su Yunyi was quite good.
"Qin Tian, earlier you reported that you found the missing special ops personnel and that you also killed a Poisonous Snake-man."
Su Yunyi released his grip and asked: "I want to ask again, is your report accurate?"
"I am certain."
Qin Tian nodded, pointing to the two unconscious people behind him:
"These two are Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng, members of the missing Celestial Wind Squad."
Hearing this, the assistant quickly searched through the Celestial Wind Squad’s files and matched them with the faces. Within seconds, the match was confirmed, and he nodded towards Su Yunyi.
Su Yunyi’s brow relaxed, asking again: "Where is the Poisonous Snake-man now?"
Honestly, he still couldn’t believe that this uniquely positioned soldier before him had killed a Poisonous Snake-man.
On the way here, he reviewed Qin Tian’s file.
To his amazement, Qin Tian was actually a Cloned Soldier and had only been out of the pod for less than a month.
A month-old Cloned Soldier single-handedly killed a Tier Four Poisonous Snake-man.
It sounded like a fantasy.
"The Poisonous Snake-man is deep inside the cave, I can lead you there." Qin Tian said.
"Okay, then I’ll trouble you."
Su Yunyi first had his assistant escort the unconscious Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng onto the jet, then, led by Qin Tian, the group proceeded along the winding tunnel.
Along the way, they saw numerous corpses of Snake-men, all with a single blow piercing the back of the head.
Everyone felt a chill.
If one or two Snake-men had died that way, it could be called luck.
But dozens all like this could only be attributed to genuine ability.
Terrifying assassination skills.
Beside him, Xiao Yunlong, already awakened by Qin Tian, couldn’t help but ask:
"Qin Tian, did you kill all these Snake-men?"
"Yes."
Qin Tian nodded and added, "Don’t forget my Cultivation Technique, ’Shadow Thunder Prison Technique’."
’Shadow Thunder Prison Technique’
That was the technique he cultivated
Su Yunyi’s eyes moved, being a Light Element Spiritualist, he had done quite a bit of research on Dark Element techniques that seemed to counteract them.
"Shadow Thunder Prison Technique" was a Bronze Level Technique, primarily focusing on the Dual Elements of Thunder and Darkness.
This technique emphasizes the destructive power of Thunder and the stealth attributes of Darkness.
Move like a shadow, strike like thunder
However, Su Yunyi found one thing strange.
The records show Qin Tian registered as a Spiritualist only a few days ago, enjoying exclusive policies for Clones.
In other words, Qin Tian had cultivated "Shadow Thunder Prison Technique" for at most a few days, perhaps without even forming a Star Acupoint.
With such a foundation, how did he manage to take down dozens of Snake-men without anyone noticing?
Despite his curiosity, Su Yunyi didn’t ask further.
Everyone has secrets
As long as the secrets are not related to oneself, it’s best not to dig too deep.
About ten minutes later, they arrived at the Middle of Cold Pond.
Stalactites hung upside down, collecting water droplets that fell into the cold pond.
A blood-stained cross stood beside the cold pond, with a headless Snake-man lying in front, scales gleaming like diamonds.
Not far away, two bodies lay on the ground, and one was especially tragic — an empty skull connected to the lower body, hard to imagine the suffering endured before death.
The man beside him had a slightly better end, a grim wound on the neck, a severed left hand, and one eye gouged out, leaving a dark red hole.
"It’s him!"
Qin Dadi, Xiao Yunlong, and Liu Zhaozhao recognized the bearded man, shocked to their core.
Despite past grievances, they didn’t like the bearded man, but seeing him in this tragic and heroic state left them feeling distressed.
"His name was Lin Chao, and his name was Dai Jun."
Qin Tian described everything he saw.
After listening, everyone stood solemnly, and the more emotional ones had tears in their eyes.
Su Yunyi stood by the two, with a touch of sadness in his gaze:
"They were true Royal Soldiers, battle heroes, everyone..."
Su Yunyi raised his voice, took a deep breath, and shouted:
"Salute!!!"
Swoosh!
Everyone present immediately stood at attention, performing the most standard Royal salute to honor the heroes.
...
The jet returned
After returning to the base, Qin Tian and the Earth Dragon Team were immediately taken to the medical department for a physical examination.
While Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng were taken to the interrogation room, presided over by Su Yunyi.
Milky white light shone upon them, their twisted limbs restored quickly.
"Thank you, Young Master Su."
Xue Lin said softly, evidently knowing Su Yunyi,
"Xue Lin, Wang Tiancheng, you two are veterans and should be well aware of the Royal military law."
Su Yunyi spoke slowly: "Tell everything you know; I will petition for you to redeem yourselves by merit."
Ever since they woke, Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng knew there was no hiding their surrender to the Snake-men.
Resisting was futile.
The Military Department had too many interrogation experts, even the toughest could not withstand their professional "interrogations."
Moreover, they felt overwhelming shame and pain for surrendering to the Beastman and betraying their comrades.
Therefore, when Su Yunyi offered a chance for them to redeem themselves, Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng immediately told everything they knew.
"Hujian Grand Canyon, these Snake-men are quite ambitious."
Su Yunyi squinted his eyes. Several special ops teams went missing recently, and it’s likely there were other defectors like Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng.
If so, why not use this to their advantage?
A bold idea quickly took shape in his mind.
Su Yunyi’s lips curled up; maybe this time, he could directly earn enough military merits to complete the academy assessment.