"boom!"
An enormous sound wave resounded from the pile of spirit beasts. Lin Yu and Zhou Chengyun looked grim, because this was the spirit explosion bomb detonated by Gu Anlei.
This girl, who had only recently joined the 32nd Special Forces Team, ended her life in the most dazzling way!
They could imagine her attachment to life; just a few days ago she was browsing the Smart City shopping mall, buying beautiful clothes—the glamorous facade couldn't possibly reveal such cruelty. They could imagine her regrets about life; after all, she hadn't loved many people passionately, and few people had loved her passionately in return.
"Gu Anlei!"
Jiang Yuan's pupils contracted. He hadn't expected Gu Anlei to have such resolute courage to perish together with her opponent. "I hope this will make you even stronger in the future!"
"Waaah!"
The king-level spirit beast of the True Spirit Realm launched its final attack, but Jiang Yuan's Gentleman's Sword pierced its heart with the force of a tiger descending a mountain.
"Heh, even your masters don't dare to kill me, you mere spirit beast! Do you think you can kill me?"
Jiang Yuan thrust the Gentleman's Sword through the other side of the spirit beast, and he extracted the spirit core from the beast's body while it was still alive.
The majestic beast's mouth was wide open in anger, but it no longer had the strength to bite off Jiang Yuan's head.
"The song of death will send you on your way!"
Jiang Yuan put the blood-stained spirit core into his mouth, then spread his arms wide and indulged in the profound mysteries of life and death in the cycle of reincarnation.
"Ghost burial!"
This ghost burial was interspersed with vibrant rose petals; if it weren't for death, this ghost burial would be a rare and beautiful sight in this forest.
Unfortunately, the appearance of a ghost burial inevitably leads to death.
A cold wind swept by, and the spirit beasts that were making attack or defense movements all looked blank, as if they were nothing but corpses at this moment.
The world was silent, save for the sound of blood dripping.
The spirit beast died, and its core lay silently on the ground!
At this point, two members of the 7th Special Operations Squad, two members of the 12th Special Operations Squad, three members of the 18th Special Operations Squad, and three members of the 32nd Special Operations Squad have died.
"Rest where you are. There are still a large number of Holy Spirits behind us that we need to defend against!"
Jiang Yuan has become the backbone of the team, and even the captains who are at the high level of the True Spirit Realm have no objection to this.
"They made us cover the Tiger Legion? They're using us as cannon fodder!" Lin Yu didn't want to be too discouraged after the battle, but seeing three men in his squad die still made him lose his composure.
To cover the retreat of an army corps, one must not only contend with the spirit beasts serving as cannon fodder, but also with the true main force—the Holy Spirit Clan.
"It's a pity about Xiao Gu. He died in battle just a few days after joining our team!" Zhou Chengyun shook his head and sighed.
Although they were used to seeing life and death, they were inevitably saddened by the departure of each comrade.
"She's lucky!"
Jiang Yuan said something, then walked towards the spot where Gu Anlei had self-destructed. There was a large crater there, and a lot of the blasted soil had covered most of the crater.
"Jiang Yuan, have you found anything?" Lin Yu asked as he saw Jiang Yuan walking outside alone.
Jiang Yuan said calmly, "I detected signs of life; perhaps there are still people alive!"
"Impossible! A spirit bomb exploding at close range can kill a True Spirit Realm Ninth Stage cultivator!" Although Lin Yu didn't want to admit it, he had to accept reality. No True Spirit Realm cultivator could survive such a close-range self-destruction.
Jiang Yuan didn't reply. He jumped into the pit and began clearing away the loose soil on the surface. He thought to himself, "He still lacks the tempering of war. His will to survive is too weak! He's not dead yet, but he doesn't climb out on his own. He just waits for me to dig him out!"
He guessed that Gu Anlei must have thought she had already died in battle, so she had resigned herself to her fate, unaware that Jiang Yuan had given her a life force that saved her life.
Although there was a lot of loose soil, Jiang Yuan quickly dug to the spot where Gu Anlei was buried. Gu Anlei, who survived the self-destruction, did not look good. Her armor was tattered, her long hair was burned, and her face was dirty. She was unbearable to look at.
"Gu Anlei, are you planning to spend the rest of your life here?" Jiang Yuan pulled her up.
Gu Anlei, still somewhat disoriented, opened her eyes groggily. Subconsciously, she believed she was dead, so her state was very dazed. "Jiang Yuan, are you dead too?"
"Me?" Jiang Yuan stared at Gu Anlei with the look of someone looking at an idiot.
"It's so tragic! I died in battle when I was only twenty. I didn't even have a boyfriend, and I didn't even have a little sweetheart! Waaah!" Gu Anlei hugged Jiang Yuan and cried as if venting her emotions, disregarding her image.
Gu Anlei's cries attracted the attention of several other special operations teams. Dozens of people surrounded the cave entrance, curiously watching Gu Anlei, who had miraculously survived.
"Gu Anlei, I think you should transfer to another job as soon as possible! Otherwise, with your current socially awkward state, you won't be able to stay in the special forces team!" Jiang Yuan said speechlessly. Surrounded by people, it would be a miracle if she could stay.
"I don't want to change careers, I want a boyfriend!" Gu Anlei thought she was dead, so she vented her anger without restraint.
"Xiao Gu, you should have said you wanted a boyfriend earlier! There are plenty of tall and handsome guys in our corps and special forces squads, you could pick a whole reinforced platoon!"
"Yes, yes, what do you think of me? I'm not bad either!"
"Come on, you're not even as tall as Xiao Gu! I'd be more suited to be on top!"
The special forces soldiers surrounding the area were overjoyed to see someone survive such an explosion and began teasing Gu Anlei.
Gu Anlei's sobs stopped abruptly. A bad feeling crept into her heart. Was she still alive?
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