Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups Chapter 1023 - 510_2

However, just at the moment they were about to launch a thunderous attack.

The leader of the black-clad figures suddenly halted his steps and raised his hand in a tactical "stop" signal.

"Something’s wrong!"

He keenly sensed a trace of anomaly and suddenly turned back to look behind him.

At the entrance of the alley behind them, four more figures appeared at some unknown time.

These four people were also dressed in black, sneaky, clearly also targeting Fang Cheng.

They didn’t expect Cheng Yaojin to burst in halfway, staring dumbfoundedly at the three people here.

In the narrow alleyway, the air instantly turned stagnant.

The two groups stared wide-eyed at each other, the atmosphere becoming extremely awkward.

"Who are you?"

The leader of the shadows shouted sternly, the dagger in his hand slipping to his palm.

It wasn’t a physical blade, but a knife formed from pure intent, glowing with a ghostly blue cold light.

"Shouldn’t we be asking you that?"

From the later group, a burly man frowned, his eyes scanning the three people.

Suddenly, as if recognizing something, he asked in surprise:

"Are you with ’Black Shark’? Why are you mad dogs here too?"

The leader of the shadows’ face changed when his identity was recognized, his eyes revealing murderous intent.

Now that they were exposed, they had to silence them!

"Attack! Kill them all!"

He gritted his teeth, growling low and taking the lead to attack.

"Damn it, do you think I’m afraid? Brothers, get him!"

Suddenly, both sides were in a fierce battle.

The leader of the shadows moved like lightning, the ghostly blue blade in his hand slicing through the air with a chilling whistle, aiming straight for the burly man’s throat.

The burly man snarled, refusing to back down.

His initially semi-transparent spiritual body suddenly swelled, a thick, rock-like gray-white armor appearing on his surface, forcefully withstanding the blow.

The others nearby also quickly joined the fray upon seeing this.

In an instant, fierce winds howled through the narrow alley.

Sparks from energy clashes exploded constantly in the air, while thuds from collisions of fists and feet echoed one after another.

The three members of "Black Shark" were exceptionally fierce, striking at the spiritual body’s weak points with deadly moves, coordinating flawlessly.

Though outnumbered, they used ruthless tactics to push back the other four, forcing them into a dangerous retreat.

"Trouble’s here! Call for backup!"

Seeing they couldn’t hold on, the burly man suddenly blew a shrill whistle.

"Tweet—"

The whistle sounded piercingly in the quiet outskirts of Night City.

Almost simultaneously, the massive "Thousand-mile Eye" that had been surveying the clouds above abruptly stopped as if triggered by some mechanism.

Buzz!

A thick ghostly green beam of light, like the sword of heavenly punishment, suddenly descended from the sky, precisely enveloping the two battling groups.

"Warning! Illegal skirmish detected! Cease resistance immediately!"

An indescribable terrifying pressure fell instantly with the beam of light.

The feeling was as if one’s spirit was frozen, and even thought processes slowed down.

The four newcomers couldn’t move, appearing as if immobilized by a spell, with terror etched on their faces.

The three "Black Shark" members were evidently more experienced.

At the moment the beam locked onto them, instead of surrendering, they attempted to forcefully sever the spiritual link to escape.

"Damn it! Locked on! Can’t go offline!"

"What do we do, boss?"

The two shadow figures screamed in terror.

"Fight it!"

The leader of the shadows’ eyes flashed with madness, biting his tongue to awaken himself with the sharp pain, forcefully breaking free from the pressure’s grip.

"Retreat!"

He shouted, fiercely smashing the metal orb he had been holding tightly onto the ground.

Boom!

The metal orb exploded instantly, unleashing a blinding flash.

Countless violent blue arcs spread madly like a web, forcibly creating a vacuum region within the ghostly green beam.

It was a high-order contraband specifically for disrupting regulatory locks—"Magnetic Storm Bomb".

Stimulated by the arcs, the other two Black Shark members shivered and suddenly regained control of their spiritual bodies.

Without a moment’s hesitation, they also took out similar orbs and hurled them around.

In an instant, arcs flew and light intertwined chaotically.

Taking advantage of the chaotic energy storm, the three Black Shark members forcefully broke out of the light beam’s range, scrambling into the darkness.

In a twinkling, they vanished without a trace.

The remaining four weren’t so fortunate.

Before they could recover from the blinding flash, several beams descended from the sky.

They were patrol law enforcement officers from Night City, clad in black uniforms and armed with laser weapons.

"Nobody move! Hands on your heads!"

The officers shouted sternly, their guns—emitting a dangerous red glow—pointed at everyone present.

The burly man, now compliant, quickly raised his hands and then took out a token engraved with the Other Shore Flower from his pocket:

"Don’t misunderstand! Don’t misunderstand! We’re on the same side! We’re from the Naihe Bridge Defense Division!"

He pointed in the direction of the escape, explaining with a sullen face:

"We received a report saying some ’Black Shark’ assassins were tracking our VIP client, so we came all the way to protect the client’s safety, unexpectedly running into those bastards committing their crimes..."

As the leader looked at the token, his expression softened slightly, but his tone remained stern:

"So you’re from the Naihe Bridge. But rules are rules, since there’s been a scuffle, you’ll have to come with us to the City God Department for recording."