Of course, there was also an unlucky guard who had his throat slit directly, his body still lying in a pool of blood.
"Brother Zalin, there's no need for us to go through so much trouble. As long as we shoot down the plane with RPG rockets when it lands, even if that Aurora Kuite is an esper, she won't survive falling from hundreds of meters in the air," Zelyenkov grumbled with dissatisfaction.
Zalin gave Zelyenkov a look of pity for the intellectually challenged.
"Are you crazy, Zelyenkov? Attacking a flying aircraft in mid-air is a terrorist act. The Americans have painful memories of this; they will never forget the pain caused by the collapse of those two buildings. If you really attack that plane, no matter who is behind you, the Americans will hunt you down relentlessly! However, if the plane lands and turns off its transponder, then it doesn't matter if we blow up the plane!"
"So that's how it is. No wonder it's so troublesome!"
"Please, Zelyenkov, you need to use your brain. Otherwise, no matter how strong you are, you'll eventually run into trouble!"
"Alright, Brother Zalin, I'll listen to you..."
Zelyenkov trusted Zalin immensely. He knew Zalin would not harm him.
The plane slowly stopped at the end of the runway. Aurora's bodyguards disembarked first. At this moment, an armored car and an airport engineering vehicle drove out from a nearby hangar and headed towards them.
However, when the two vehicles were still more than 50 meters away from Ling Tian's plane, the sedan suddenly swerved to the left. Immediately after, a small gap opened in the sedan's window, and several dark gun barrels extended out. Almost simultaneously, the engineering vehicle also stopped. The tailgate of the engineering vehicle suddenly opened, revealing a machine gun. It was a Browning M2 heavy machine gun, firing 12.7mm rounds. Although this gun was nearly a century old, its reliability and power still earned it favor from the US military. At this moment, the engineering vehicle's door also opened, and two armed militants jumped out, using the vehicle as cover and opening fire.
The attack was sudden, and there were no cover points on the empty airport. Aurora's bodyguards were caught off guard and were riddled with bullets. What was particularly terrifying was the M2 heavy machine gun. Its bullets, like a chainsaw, swept from the nose to the tail of the plane. The two pilots and two flight attendants inside the plane were killed instantly!
Ling Tian's reaction was much faster. The moment the gun barrels appeared in the car, Ling Tian made a decisive move. He grabbed Aurora and pulled her to the ground. Almost at the same time, Ling Tian's thoughts flashed, and a piece of meteorite iron, about one cubic meter in volume, appeared in front of the two of them. Bullets hit the meteorite iron one after another, scattering in all directions. However, Ling Tian could only protect Aurora; he couldn't do anything for the others.
At this moment, hundreds of meters away in the control tower, Zelyenkov and Zalin, who were closely watching the battle, had their eyes almost popping out. The two of them couldn't understand how that large rock blocking their way had appeared. Meteorite iron, on the surface, looked no different from regular stones, only darker in color. Their attack this time was meticulously planned. The Gustav family had spared no expense to eliminate Aurora, even agreeing to some excessive demands from Zelyenkov, such as providing legal US identities for his subordinates. The entire attack plan was personally overseen by Zalin.
Aurora's movements were actually very easy to track. She always traveled by private jet within the United States and usually chose private airports under the Kuite Group for takeoffs and landings. The Gustav Group had been tracking Aurora Kuite's movements. When they discovered Aurora had gone to the Hughes Farm, they immediately shared the intelligence with Zelyenkov. After analyzing the intelligence, Zalin deduced that Aurora would likely leave by plane soon, with Follers Airport as her destination. Therefore, Zelyenkov's men launched a surprise attack on the airport, controlled everyone inside, and set up an ambush.
On the other side, as soon as Aurora's plane took off, they were notified. It was incredibly easy for the Gustav family to obtain flight path information for private jets from the US Federal Aviation Administration. They lay in wait, setting up an ambush. It could be said that ambushing at the airport was the most suitable. There were no cover points on the airport, and a burst of heavy firepower could take everyone down. However, they never expected that their flawless plan would go awry. They couldn't figure out, no matter how hard they thought, how that piece of meteorite iron had appeared.
On the airport ground, Ling Tian and Aurora kept their heads pressed low. The furious bullets outside were no joke.
"Ling Tian, you should go into the Spirit Realm space first. I'll try to find a way. I think I can use ice to resist for a few seconds and then attack with my ice staff..."
"No need. I have my own plans!" Ling Tian did not want to expose the secret of his Spirit Realm space to everyone. He had other ideas!
"Chichichi!"
Ling Tian raised his hand, and several smoke bombs were thrown out from behind the rock, landing in front of it. A large amount of smoke was released, severely obstructing the vision of the gunmen.
"Cease fire, maintain vigilance!" In the airport control tower, Zalin saw the situation clearly and quickly issued orders to his subordinates through the walkie-talkie. The thick smoke from the smoke bombs caused great trouble for the gunmen, but for Ling Tian, who possessed the Heavenly Eye divine ability, the smoke was no obstacle at all.
Ling Tian sneered. With a flash of thought, two objects appeared in his hands. These were metal objects, slightly larger than ordinary melon grenades, which were improved versions of the magic core bombs produced by the Spirit Realm space! Ling Tian unscrewed the caps that served as safety devices, holding one in each hand. He pressed the buttons on them, then threw them out with force. The two magic core bombs drew beautiful parabolic trajectories in mid-air. One was thrown towards the sedan, and the other towards the engineering vehicle!
"Watch out, grenades!" Zalin shouted through the walkie-talkie, but he didn't need to worry about it. Zelyenkov's men were all battle-hardened veterans and knew how to minimize the explosive power of grenades. Thus, the armed militants in both vehicles jumped under the vehicles almost immediately and hid on the other side of the cars.