The opposing team was also a full squad, consisting of four men and one woman.

Unlike Lu Sheng's group, who were dressed casually, the five people opposite them were all dressed in sleek outfits made of a special fabric, each with an embroidered eagle with outstretched wings on the chest.

Besides their uniforms, the equipment these people wore was also special combat supplies provided by the military, all of which were high-quality items that could not be bought on the market.

Han Rui curled her lip in disdain and muttered under her breath, "The Desert Eagle squads on the military's side are all so arrogant."

"What a coincidence! Isn't this our Yunshan base's precious Han Rui? How many days are you planning to disappear this time?"

The only woman in the Desert Eagle squad suddenly spoke up. Although she was speaking to Han Rui, her eyes never left Lu Sheng.

The woman was probably in her early thirties, exuding a mature and sophisticated aura, and every gesture she made was full of charm.

Her eyes seemed to be dripping with water, and her eyes and brows were full of spring.

Her gaze toward Lu Sheng contained seven parts scrutiny, two parts mockery, and one part barely perceptible jealousy.

"Liang Xiaoyun, if you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!" Han Rui's face turned red with anger, and she glared at Liang Xiaoyun angrily.

"The mission in Hongcheng County isn't something you little girls can just play house with." Liang Xiaoyun tossed her long hair over her shoulder with a charming air. "We were just passing through. Why don't you beg us, and we'll lend a hand and do the mission for you?"

This is already a blatant provocation.

Liang Xiaoyun scoffed as she spoke, and the buttons on her chest buckled even tighter with the movement.

She glanced at Lu Sheng out of the corner of her eye, her tone flippant, "The woman Young Master Jiang specifically inquired about, I thought she was some extraordinary beauty, but is this all?"

"Looks malnourished, so boring."

Lu Sheng glanced at Liang Xiaoyun indifferently, his cold eyes calm and unwavering. "Whose farm gate wasn't closed properly, letting out a cow in heat?"

"puff!"

Han Rui stared at Liang Xiaoyun's ample cleavage, clutching her stomach and almost bursting with laughter.

The remaining four men in the Desert Eagle squad, who had been holding back for a while, couldn't help but burst out laughing as well.

"Who the hell are you talking about?" Liang Xiaoyun asked angrily, her face red with rage.

It wasn't a secret in the base that Liang Xiaoyun had a crush on Jiang Qichen. Even Liang Xiaoyun herself knew that Jiang Qichen could never be interested in her.

She was incredibly jealous when she heard that Jiang Qichen was asking around about Lu Sheng. She wanted to vent her anger, but unexpectedly, Lu Sheng retorted instead.

A cow in heat—who wouldn't understand the implied meaning in those words?

Lu Sheng's lips curled into a disdainful smile. "Big boobs and no brains is one thing, but can't you even understand Mandarin?"

"You little brat, I'm going to tear your mouth apart today!"

Enraged, Liang Xiaoyun charged forward like a madwoman. She was incredibly fast, her movements almost leaving afterimages.

Sun Tiantian raised an ice wall from the snow to try and block Liang Xiaoyun, but she suddenly disappeared in front of Lu Sheng and the others.

It's as if it evaporated into thin air.

"Sister Lu, her superpower is invisibility! Be careful!" Han Rui warned in a panic.

Not far away, a tall, young man from the Desert Eagles team shouted sternly, "Liang Xiaoyun! Come back!"

"Don't worry about it! Do you think I'd let a little girl who hasn't even grown her first hair bully me!"

Liang Xiaoyun's angry voice flashed by.

Seeing that Liang Xiaoyun refused to stop, the members of the Desert Eagle team realized the seriousness of the situation and rushed forward to try to stop her.

"Zhuangzhuang, where is she?"

In the tense and anxious atmosphere, Lu Sheng calmly pinched Zhuangzhuang's furry ears.

"At a 45° angle to your right."

Before Zhuangzhuang could finish speaking, Lu Shengtang had already drawn his sword.

Lu Sheng stood still, without moving an inch, but casually flicked his right wrist, which was holding the knife, upwards and to the right.

A sharp, cold light flashed, and the dull sound of a sharp weapon cutting into flesh and bone reached my ears.

"ah!"

The Tang sword pierced Liang Xiaoyun's thigh, and thick blood instantly splattered onto the thick ice surface.

Liang Xiaoyun fell from mid-air with a thud, landing heavily on the ground, clutching her injured left leg and letting out a painful scream.

Lu Sheng pulled the Tang sword from her bloodied thigh and kicked her to the ground.

The excruciating pain was so intense that Liang Xiaoyun almost fainted.

Upon seeing this, Li Song, the captain of the Desert Eagle Squad, narrowed his eyes.

Although Liang Xiaoyun has a bad temper, she was able to join the Desert Eagle Squad because of her exceptional skills. Her stealth ability allows her to completely conceal her presence when approaching a target, and she almost never misses a shot.

But this young girl didn't even take a step; with a casual slash, she crippled Liang Xiaoyun...

The woman that Young Master Jiang has his eye on is indeed no ordinary person.

“Miss Lu, Liang Xiaoyun has a fiery temper and doesn’t think things through. I apologize on her behalf. Could you please let her go?”

Li Song walked over to help Liang Xiaoyun up, but Xu Yi aimed a nail gun at her forehead.

"Heh." Lu Sheng picked up his Tang sword and stabbed Liang Xiaoyun in the other leg. "If I accidentally let her kill me, are you going to apologize on her behalf at my grave?"

Her knife strike was both steady and ruthless, piercing directly into the ligament on Liang Xiaoyun's inner thigh.

Liang Xiaoyun was in so much pain she was almost passing out, and she was exhaling more than she was inhaling.

"This..." Li Song was speechless for a moment.

They did not manage to stop Liang Xiaoyun in time.

“Miss Lu, we are soldiers, and soldiers cannot abandon any comrade.” Li Song solemnly apologized to Lu Sheng. “I will report her mistake to my superiors when we return to base. Can you hand her over to us now?”

Lu Sheng lazily lifted his eyelids. "300 intermediate-level crystal cores."

"ah?"

Li Song was stunned for a moment.

"300 intermediate-level crystal cores as compensation for emotional distress," Lu Sheng repeated patiently. "Delivery upon delivery of the goods."

Lu Yan Guo Dan Mao Sheng.

I can kill this woman anytime I want. Compared to a nobody, 300 intermediate crystal cores are much more appealing.

Li Song hadn't expected Lu Sheng to make such an outrageous demand, but seeing that Liang Xiaoyun was about to die, he could only turn around and discuss it with his remaining three teammates.

The four of them emptied their entire bodies of crystal cores, even turning their socks inside out, but they only managed to gather 200 intermediate-level crystal cores.

“Miss Lu, this is all we have for now. I’ll deliver the rest to you when we get back to the base, okay?” Li Song used the purified water he carried with him to wash the crystal cores clean and handed them all to Lu Sheng.

"Write an IOU, and add 50% interest when you get back."

Lu Sheng took the crystal cores, counted them, and tossed them into his backpack.

Li Song: "..."

Even loan sharks don't charge such high interest rates.

“Fine…” Li Song gritted his teeth and signed the loan agreement with resentment.

"Squeak squeak squeak".

Just as Li Song helped Liang Xiaoyun up, and the healing ability users in the Desert Eagle team were preparing to treat her wounds, a hoarse cry suddenly came from the corner.

Dozens of blood-red eyes emerged from the shadows, staring intently at the crowd.