Chu Tian's former self watched in shock as Chu Tian waved his palm.
The next moment, he screamed in terror.
"Ah... no!"
Bang... from his right leg, a puff of greyish-black smoke erupted.
And before him, Chu Tian's main body had just sliced across his own right leg with his hand.
A blood-red, burning leg detached and flew off.
Chu Tian's main body staggered.
But he grinned.
"I can't kill you, but... I can make you die with me!"
His current state was more demonic than his inner demon.
His crazed expression was no less than that of his former self.
"No, you can't do this, you'll die too if you do this!"
The shadow of his past self, changing its demeanor, began to persuade Chu Tian.
"I die? Then let me die! It's better than letting you out to harm the people around me! And... I should thank you!"
As Chu Tian said this, he swung his hand-blade again.
Crack...
His left leg snapped.
His body stumbled once more.
He quickly stabilized himself, floating there.
"I need to thank you for making me recognize my path..."
His hand-blade sliced across his left arm, and the entire limb was severed, dissipating into a mass of blood-red mist.
The former self opposite him wailed.
Cursing incessantly.
However, Chu Tian remained unmoved.
He narrated calmly while his hands continued their work.
"I finally know what path I am on...
It turns out to be... slaughter... yet I still have love in my heart.
I can kill the heavens and the earth... kill myself!
But... the people around me, no one can touch them!
Therefore, you will die with me!"
As Chu Tian said this, he raised his last intact right arm high.
Roaring in anger...
His appearance was extremely tragic.
"No..."
His former self, with a mixture of fear and anger, rushed towards Chu Tian.
However, Chu Tian roared out.
"Soul Secret, Soul Burst..."
Bang...
Bang bang...
Bang bang bang...
Chu Tian's body, starting from the point where it was severed at the knee,
Exploded like bombs planted within him.
Waves of blood-red mist burst forth.
The former self rushing towards him did so in sync with Chu Tian.
Except, the mist exploding from his body was greyish-black.
"Former self... goodbye!
Present life... farewell!"
Just as his former self was two steps away from Chu Tian,
Chu Tian's main body cracked a smile, his face etched with bitter amusement.
He spoke his final words, bidding farewell to his past and present lives.
Bang...
The two figures, their remaining heads,
Exploded simultaneously.
Blood-red mist, greyish-black mist,
At this moment, both dissipated into the world of raging flames.
Buzz...
The fiery red world trembled slightly.
The flames slowly extinguished...
...
Black Shark Mercenary Group's encampment.
Xiao Hei, Miao Zuo, and Gao Kai were eating sizzling roasted meat with other mercenaries in the center of the camp.
Miao Zuo ate more refinedly, taking small bites.
Gao Kai had what appeared to be an entire roasted rabbit before him.
But he hadn't touched it, only taking a couple of sips of beer.
Black Shark really knew how to enjoy themselves.
In this tropical jungle, they had dug an ice cellar.
Due to power supply issues, the ice cellar was not modern.
It was a true ice cellar, filled to the brim with ice blocks.
It was said he acquired them at a great cost.
Due to the temperature effect,
The ice blocks stored in large quantities maintained a very low temperature inside.
The ice blocks inside didn't even melt.
Thus, it became his place to store iced watermelons and beer.
In the tropical jungle, being able to have a sip of ice-cold beer was an incredibly enjoyable experience.
A gulp of beer felt like being an immortal.
Xiao Hei was the complete opposite of the other two.
Although he was eating bite by bite,
His eating style terrified the mercenaries present.
A freshly roasted wild chicken was placed before him.
He didn't mind it being hot, holding a chicken leg with his hand.
He shoved it directly into his mouth.
His seemingly normal mouth suddenly became larger than the roasted chicken, and the entire roasted chicken was stuffed into his mouth.
Then he closed his mouth, returning to his normal appearance.
One could see his cheeks bulging.
If they had known, the wild chicken was not an ordinary one, but a turkey.
The size of it...
Swallowed whole by Xiao Hei.
It was imaginable.
How wide his mouth had opened just then.
Gao Kai and Miao Zuo were already used to it.
Others couldn't handle it.
They all broke out in a cold sweat.
Was this guy human or beast?
Could he... eat people?
Black Shark, who was serving Xiao Hei,
Was so startled that he took a step back.
His heel tripped on Gao Kai's leg, and he almost fell.
Gao Kai reached out and steadied him.
"Thank you, thank you!"
Black Shark wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and thanked Gao Kai.
"Don't be afraid, come sit, don't mind him!"
Gao Kai gestured to the seat next to him.
Black Shark remained still, glancing at Xiao Hei.
"Don't worry, it's fine!"
Gao Kai invited him again.
Seeing that Xiao Hei showed no reaction, Black Shark retreated a few steps and came to Gao Kai's side.
Gao Kai, being a top soldier, understood Black Shark quite well.
He was of Chinese descent, and although his name was Black and he was dark-skinned, his heart was still with his homeland.
As a mercenary, even if it went against his employer's wishes, he would not harm Chinese people.
He had even lost a lot of money because of this.
However, the appearance of Phantom was a complete exception this time.
He, Black Shark, also wanted to survive. That Phantom's strength was too great.
He had tried to resist, but as soon as he made a move,
Phantom had cut off one of his pistols with a dagger.
It was the golden pistol he had been holding earlier; they were a pair.
He was skilled with dual pistols...
Now he only had one left.
Gao Kai had always yearned for a military life.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have planned to go abroad as a mercenary before.
If not for Chu Tian's appearance.
He would have already left with Jing Kaiyu.
In Chu Tian's previous timeline,
Gao Kai had followed this path.
But Jing Kaiyu died early in his mercenary career.
Although Gao Kai's path was longer,
The final outcome wasn't necessarily better.
This line of work did earn a lot.
But in which mission wasn't their lives hanging by a thread, living a life dancing on the tip of a knife?
Therefore, although Gao Kai yearned for it, he was quite content with his current life.
He had a beautiful wife and a group of brothers who were alive.
Black Shark sat beside him, and Gao Kai began to chat with him.
As mentioned before, Black Shark engaged in mercenary business and arms dealing, but not drug trafficking.
This was one of the reasons why Gao Kai could converse with him peacefully.
In the Dragon Country military archives, Black Shark's file was rated SSS-class.
Similarly, he was also categorized as a target to be won over.
During their casual chat, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Gao Kai felt that Black Shark was still a bit reserved.
He was about to pick up his wine glass to clink with him.
But at that moment, he suddenly heard a scream.
The direction of the sound came from the room where Chu Tian and Chen Yu'er were.
"Ah... Chu Tian, what's wrong... don't scare me!"