Judge slammed on the brakes. "What's going on?" asked he.
Just as the Land Rover came to a stop, a figure rushed towards them at lightning speed. The person was covered in bruises and appeared weak.
"Ebony Lord?!" Judge shouted when he recognized the man.
It was none other than Ebony Lord, whose name was Spike Arnold, the former Provincial Governor of the east district of SHADOW, alias Tyrone May.
Billy opened the car door and Casey and Judge followed suit. As soon as they got out of the car, four masked men started chasing after them at full speed. They were all skilled fighters with two of them being mid-level Battle Gods while the other two were already True Master Battle Generals.
"Go to hell!" One of the Battle Gods growled at Spike Arnold before charging towards him. He quickly caught up to Spike Arnold and unleashed a powerful gust of wind that sent him flying with tremendous force accompanied by an earth-shattering energy blast.
"You're dead!" Billy furrowed his brows in anger before swiftly dodging out of harm's way. At that moment, he released a wave of energy from his palm that swept through everything in its path.
Boom!
A loud explosion echoed through the air, sending shockwaves that shattered several trees on either side of the road and sent leaves flying everywhere.
Immediately after, the masked man on the other side was sent flying like a pile of leaves, hurtling through the air for forty or fifty meters before crashing heavily to the ground and losing consciousness.
The remaining three men were stunned. They didn't expect Billy to have such strength.
"Damn it! Who are you people?" the other Battle God asked angrily.
"Commander Gardner..." Spike Arnold had run over to Billy's side by now and said a few words before collapsing in a daze with his eyes rolling back in his head.
"You're Commander Gardner?!" The three men exclaimed in unison upon hearing this.
Without any advantage whatsoever, they quickly turned and ran off to one side. Just hearing Commander Gardner's name was enough to make them lose all will to fight.
"Can you get away?!" Casey and Judge both chased after them at once.
"Leave one alive!" Billy's voice rang out as he went over to check on Spike Arnold's injuries. After a while, he furrowed his brow slightly, since Spike Arnold had only just recovered from an old injury when he sustained new ones, which were also quite serious.
Without thinking too much, Billy helped Spike Arnold into the car and took out silver needles to treat his injuries.
Nine silver needles shot towards Spike Arnold's body as if they had a life of their own, all piercing into his body. After the needles were set in their positions, Billy placed his hand on Spike Arnold's chest and infused him with a strong surge of chi energy.
Soon after, Spike Arnold woke up and looked at Billy. "Thank you Commander Gardner. I..."
"You were ambushed when you reached the step of breaking the mirror, right?" Billy interrupted him.
"Yes!" Spike Arnold nodded in response. "Thanks to your help last time, my injuries healed in about ten days. Although I've been stuck in that village for three years now, I've never neglected my training for even one day. Despite my injuries severely affecting my progress during these three years, I still managed to accumulate some experience. I wanted to try breaking the mirror after you healed me but just when it was crucial timing they came knocking on our door."
"Hmm." Billy nodded.
"Don't talk now. Relax your whole body and let me take control of your chi flow. I'll help you."
Spike Arnold's eyes lit up before quickly nodding. "Thank you, Commander Gardner!"
Billy took a deep breath before infusing another surge of chi energy into Spike Arnold's body like an erupting mountain torrent.
"Hmm..." Spike Arnold furrowed his brow slightly, a hint of pain flashing across his face. He felt several high-pressure waves continuously striking his meridians, each one stronger than the last, as if undergoing a baptism of the meridians. While enduring extreme pain, he faintly felt a glimmer of hope rising in his heart. He knew that Billy was trying to help him break through and he seemed to catch a glimpse of that layer of dawn.
"Sink to Dantian, preserve the crown of the head and chi gathering place." Said Billy.
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