This was the first time that the soldiers from the mortal world had fought against the Winged Legion. Naturally, it attracted the attention of all.
Some said that the Wingeds were so arrogant as to look down on human beings.
While others said the human beings were being reckless to challenge the Wingeds.
People had different opinions on the fight.
However, they all wanted to be a witness of this battle.
Some trouble-seekers among the onlookers started live-streaming the fight.
As the elderly Winged waved his hand, the Reality Painting rose up, floating in the mid-air and emitting hazy white light.
“Is there anyone who wants to take the challenge?” the elderly Winged asked the Winged Legion behind him.
To his surprise, a lot of his men stood out and wanted to fight the human soldiers.
They were very confident that any one of them could defeat their enemies alone.
Humans were despicable and fragile in their eyes.
The elderly Winged selected nine challengers and looked at Chu Xun, asking, “Can we start now?”
“I’ve been waiting for those words for half a day.” Chu Xun sneered.
Jiang Tao and the other eight soldiers stepped forward at the same time, showing that they were ready for this.
The elderly Winged chuckled, but there was contempt in his eyes.
He poked the Reality Painting with one finger. The painting immediately expanded in the wind and became as big as a square table. It emitted bright light, which enveloped the fighters from both sides. The dazzling white light then sucked those fighters into the painting.
The painting floated in the air like a movie screen, on which were mountains, rivers, and the 18 fighters.
The surrounding warriors widened their eyes at such a magical scene, and the people watching the live broadcast might be shocked as well.
With the mutation of the Earth, all sorts of mystical treasures appeared on this wonderful planet. The warriors present all found the Reality Painting so magical.
Jiang Tao and his men landed on a hill. He looked around and found that the place was not very large, about the size of two or three football fields.
“Hide!”
As well-trained soldiers, his men hurriedly found a place to hide after hearing the order.
Flying high in the sky, the Wingeds easily found Jiang Tao and his men and smiled disdainfully.
“I spotted these despicable bugs,” one of the Wingeds said in a mocking tone.
“Easy. Let them live a while longer. Do you know the cat-and-mouse game? The game will be boring if the cat kills the mouse in one go,” another Winged said.
“Yes. I bet they haven’t realized that we’ve found them. It will be boring to kill them in one go.”
The nine Wingeds gazed with a mocking and scornful expression at the hill where Jiang Tao and his men hid.
“I’ll play with them first.” A Winged spoke. With a light flap of his wings, more than ten feather arrows shot out.
Boom! Boom…!
The gleaming arrows landed on the hill and smashed it to the ground.
“Huh? Where are they?” one of the Wingeds said in astonishment.
They had clearly seen Jiang Tao and his men hiding behind the hill.
“Are they buried underground?” another Winged asked teasingly.
“Maybe. Let’s go and check out.”
The nine Wingeds flew towards the collapsed hill.
“Let me see if they’ve been buried alive.” One of the Wingeds drew out his exquisite golden sword that hung by his waist and cut a deep gully in the ground with it.
“Be careful. You’ll kill them.” one of his companions reminded him in a mocking tone.
“No, they’re not here.”
The faces of the nine Wingeds darkened at the same time as they realized they’ve made themselves a clown. They were so complacent just now. However, when they kicked the dirt aside, they saw no blood, which meant that their opponents were not buried there.
The people watching outside the painting all had a strange expression on their faces.
“These avian-folks were so stupid. Jiang Tao hid behind that hill, but he soon sneaked out with his men.”
“These avian-folks were so smug. It seemed they all had fun smashing the hill and digging holes with swords. They were really birdbrains.”
The elderly Winged gazed at the Reality Painting with a grim face; he was so angry to see his men unaware of themselves being made a fool of.
He could see clearly outside the painting that those nine human beings had retreated from the hill to hide behind another hill hundreds of meters away.
“Captain, let’s launch an attack.” A human soldier suggested with an eager expression.
“Be more patient. Let’s play a game with them first.” Jiang Tao’s eyes narrowed with a smile. As he turned over his hand, a grenade appeared in his palm.
“Oh, Captain, where did you get it?” his men looked very surprised and wondered if he had magic.
Jiang Tao grinned as he replied, “Mr. Chu gave it to me.”
Chu Xun had told them to hand in their grenades so as to fight light. However, before the fight started, he gave Jiang Tang a black ring and told him how to use it.
Jiang Tao took off his helmet and tied a grenade to it with a thin metal wire. Then, he left the helmet at the edge of the hill with half of it exposed to the enemy’s fire.
After that, he made a gesture.
Seeing that, his men sneaked to hide behind another hill.
Jiang Tao fired toward the sky with a grin before slipping away.
“They’re over there.” A Winged shouted in anger when he heard the gunshot.
“These cunning humans, let’s see if you can still get away this time.”
“Kill them and end the battle.”
The nine Wingeds flew in the direction of the gunshot while yelling.
Upon seeing the helmet left by Jiang Tao, a Winged said with disdain, “Well, isn’t he covering his ass but exposing his face?”
“Get out of there. I saw you!”
“Scatter, everyone. We can’t let them escape this time.”
The nine Wingeds scattered with the order and surrounded the hill.
“Bastard!” One of the Wingeds who flew over the hill cursed as he saw no one down there but a helmet. “The humans are all cunning and lowly!”
His teammates all pulled a long face and started cursing after figuring out the situation.
One of them landed a heavy stamp on the helmet and squashed it.
Just as he was about to say something, there was a loud boom!
The helmet exploded under his feet, flames, mixed with streaks of purple light, sweeping across the area.
In an instant, half of the hill was blown up, stirring dust and smoke in the air.
The explosion blasted the Winged in mid-air, blowing off his feathers. He couldn’t stop screaming as streaks of purple light penetrated his wings and body.
Bang!
He fell from the sky and crashed into the ground with his face, breaking his neck with a loud and clear sound of bone breaking.
This happened all of a sudden. The other eight Wingeds all had a blank expression and didn’t realize what was going on until their teammate broke his neck.
Those who were watching the fight outside the painting were dumbfounded, so were people watching the live broadcast.
The Winged, as the name suggested, had wings. However, now, a Winged fell to his death, and this was so ironic.
The members of the Winged Legion who were watching the fight outside the painting all roared with anger.
“Kill them! Kill these lowly humans!”
The elderly Winged looked grave. He clenched his fists, and it took him a while to loosen them and ask, “Shut up! Isn’t it humiliating enough?”
He was right. It was so humiliating that a member of their race was plotted against and killed by human beings that they despised. It was simply a slap in the face.
“It seems that wings couldn’t help you escape from the hands of Death.” Chu Xun laughed.
Everyone’s expression became strange, and they wondered to themselves, “He is being so fearless. Isn’t he afraid of enraging the Wingeds with those mocking words?”
Meanwhile, some people started to wonder who Chu Xun was that he could strike fear into the elderly Winged’s heart. They couldn’t understand why such a strong person would work for the military, and they were eager to know how much the state had paid him to hire him.
It would never occur to them that this man was Chu Xun the Devil, who had disappeared for three years.
The top official was watching the fight through the livestreaming as well.
“Find out who this man is.” In charge of a big country, the top official naturally didn’t know everyone in the army.
Previously, when he saw that Chu Xun provoked the Wingeds intentionally and put Jiang Tao and his men up to a fight against the Wingeds, he cursed Chu Xun for being stupid.
However, he couldn’t stop laughing when he saw Jiang Tao kill a Winged with a grenade.
“Wouldn’t he piss the Wingeds off with those mockeries, sir?” standing by his side, his advisor asked in a worried tone.
Though with low cultivation, the top official had an air of dignity as the leader of the country. “So what? The soldiers of Huaxia are all brave, and some of them are very strong, just like this young man. I must meet him after this fight is over. He is like another Chu Xun. How lucky we are to have him on our side…”
“Sir, didn’t this man’s skills remind you of someone?” the advisor murmured.
The top official looked back at him while replying, “I know who you’re referring to, but that boy has disappeared for three years. No one knows where he has gone. Are you suspecting that they are the same person?”
The advisor nodded. “Yes, their ways of doing things are so similar.”
The top official looked like he didn’t take the words seriously. “I don’t care. We’ll know when we meet him. Arrange a meeting for us quickly,” he said with a smile.
However, his advisor did not move. “Sir, can I watch the fight first?”
The top official burst out laughing. His advisor, who was his teacher, too, had once been saved by Chu Xun, so it was natural that he was eager to know whether that man was Chu Xun or not. The official didn’t reply but nodded.
The breaking news that some human soldiers managed to kill a Winged caused a buzz in cyberspace. People were thrilled, and they wondered from when their country was able to develop such powerful and terrifying thermal weapons that could kill the Wingeds.
The warriors across the country all began to wonder if they should treat those soldiers more politely. Since those soldiers were able to take down the Wingeds, they were certainly able to deal with them.
The most excited ones were the soldiers of Huaxia. Their faces flushed with excitement. They felt proud that Jiang Tao, a member of them, killed a Winged.
Those who were watching the live broadcast in Huaxia, both ordinary people and warriors, were happy to see the scene. As human beings, they were angry when the Wingeds despised and insulted the human beings.
“Kill these avian-folks! Let them taste the consequence of looking down on human beings.” People felt very pleased.
However, the Wingeds were very depressed, so were the tribes that appeared recently, such as the Macroprimates, Zombies, and Peacock race. They all looked grave for they were not human beings.
“The Wingeds are all good-for-nothings! They brought shame to us!” the members of the Peacock race cursed loudly.
“What a waste of their good-looking faces! They are a piece of trash that can’t even defeat the weak human beings. How shameless they are to call themselves the top of the Lost Races.” the Macroprimates all showed a look of disdain.
The fight in the Reality Painting was still going on.
“How cunning and despicable you human beings are. Come out, I dare you! Why hiding like a mouse?” A Winged yelled with bloodshot eyes.
The Wingeds mocked and taunted the human beings, and didn’t take them seriously at all. However, in the blink of an eye, a member of them was taken down by a human being, dead because of breaking his own neck. This was like a loud slap in their faces.
