These ability users originally had knives pressed against their throats, and each of them was extremely afraid. However, upon hearing that the invaders were from the Little Sun Empire, they instantly hardened their spines.
When dealing with the Little Sun Empire, one could die in battle, but yielding was out of the question!
"Bah! A bunch of lowly Japanese pirates! Have you grown tired of living, daring to step foot into our Divine Dragon Empire?"
"That's right! You've all got a death wish! That Hiasa Yamada of yours hadn't even jumped around in first place for a few days before our Liu Yang trampled him underfoot! What's wrong? Not happy about it?
Hahaha! Want to find Liu Yang? I'm telling you, the first place on the Heaven Ranking isn't that easy to find. And the moment you do find him, it'll be your funeral!"
"To invade our Divine Dragon Empire, you must have sent the elite among your elites, right? Once this batch of elites dies here, your Little Sun Empire is finished!"
"This place is hell for all ability users from your Little Sun Empire! We'll make sure you come but never return!"
Inoue, the most hot-tempered of the group, frowned and pressed the dagger in his hand harder. Blood immediately dripped down the neck of the base leader in front of him. The blade rested just a single millimeter from his artery.
Inoue said in a cold voice:
"Hurry up and tell us Liu Yang's whereabouts. Otherwise, I'll kill you!"
The base leader spat on the floor and sneered, "Bah! Your granddaddy here might be afraid of death, but I'm not afraid of you little Japanese! Kill me or slice me up, do as you please, but don't expect to get a single word out of my mouth!"
"Swish!"
A blade swept across.
A column of blood spurted from the base leader's neck.
Yet his face retained its furious expression, dying without uttering a single word of mercy.
"Big brother!"
"Big brother!"
"Boss!"
The other three ability users watched their leader die. Fury filled their faces, and they couldn't help but cry out.
Their eyes were wide with rage, wishing they could tear these invaders apart with their teeth!
Inoue held his blood-stained dagger and leisurely walked up to another ability user.
Sticking out his tongue, he perversely licked the blood on the blade and said:
"I asked him, but he didn't answer, so he died. Now I'm asking you. You should know the consequences. So, do you know where Liu Yang is?"
The ability user spat back in rage, "I know where your granddaddy is! Your granddaddy is right here! I should've shot your father against the wall back then so a beast like you wouldn't have been born!"
"Swish!" His neck was slashed open, blood spurting out.
Inoue stepped in front of the third ability user. "You refuse to speak too?"
"Little Japanese! I'm your granddaddy!"
"Swish!" This ability user was also instantly slit across the throat.
Inoue turned to the last ability user and said:
"All three of them are dead. You should understand by now that I am ruthless. So I'll ask you one last time: where is Liu Yang?"
"Bah!" The ability user spat right onto Inoue's face and snarled:
"Fuck your mother! Not a single person in our Divine Dragon Empire will ever bow to you little Japanese! We aren't afraid of dying, because once you step foot in our country, your time until hell isn't far! We'll be waiting for you down there!"
"Swish!" The icy blade swept across his neck, spraying out a surge of warm blood.
The last ability user fell dead.
Although they lacked the power to resist or fight back, every single one of them died standing.
These ability users were by no means good people. When the apocalypse broke out, they had plundered, oppressed, and bullied the weak.
But!
The moment foreign invaders stepped onto Divine Dragon Empire soil, the nature of everything changed!
Survivors within the Divine Dragon Empire could fight and scheme all they wanted, because that was internal competition.
What right did a mere Little Sun Empire have to meddle?!
Did they even think they were worthy?!
When it came to standing united against foreign aggression, the people of the Divine Dragon Empire had never faltered throughout history.
Anyone who dared turn traitor to foreign invaders would be reviled and cursed for thousands of years!
"Damn these bastards! Stubborn as rocks in a cesspool. Still spitting on me before dying-utterly disgusting!" Inoue wiped the foul saliva from his face, muttering viciously.
Taozi glares at him unhappily and said, "You killed all four ability users. How are we supposed to trace any clues now?"
"It's not my fault! They insulted me first! Besides, I doubt they knew a damn thing. Even if we kept asking, we wouldn't get anything useful out of them." Inoue spread his hands with disdain.
Taozi shook her head and said, "Forget it. Let's move on to the next base."
"Heh, before we leave, let me go on a killing spree! Not a single soul in this base leaves alive!" Inoue's face twisted into a frenzied expression as he licked his lips with his long tongue.
Taozi frowned. In a flash, she appeared right in front of Inoue, reaching out her pale hand to grab his throat, her voice dropping to an icy tone:
"I won't repeat my orders. Stop your meaningless slaughter. Our primary mission is to locate Liu Yang, not to indulge your sick bloodlust.
If you keep doing things that jeopardize this mission, I won't hesitate to kill you right here."
Caught off guard by Taozi's freezing gaze, Inoue froze.
The disdain on his face quickly turned to utter gravity.
It was his first time seeing Taozi angry, and he hadn't realized her strength was so terrifying.
Before he could even react, his throat had been pinned. A slight squeeze from her, and his windpipe would be crushed to pieces!
For the first time, Inoue experienced the true strength of a top 100 power on the Earth Ranking.
Strong!
Insanely strong!
If Taozi, ranked in the top 100 of the Earth Ranking, was already this formidable, then how powerful was Liu Yang, the first place on the Heaven Ranking?
Just the thought made his blood boil with excitement!
Fighting against true monsters was something to look forward to.
In comparison, butchering ordinary survivors was utterly boring. If he was going to kill, he wanted to kill the number one on the Heaven Ranking!
Inoue backed down and said to Taozi, "Got it. Let go... let me go. Fine, I won't touch them."
Only then did Taozi release her grip.
The five of them departed the base, leaving behind four lifeless bodies.
An hour later.
An ability user leading a search team returned and pushed open the door to the room. Catching sight of the corpses, he froze in shock before shouting in agony seconds later:
"Big brother! Big brother! What happened to you?! Who killed you? Who did this?!"