Chapter 1389: The Safety Net Provider

"Gunshot?!"

Inside the camp tent, Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei's expressions changed, and they both stood up from their positions almost simultaneously.

"It's from the direction Lu Xun and Wu Tongyuan left..."

"Is it that group of American commandos? Damn it, they still managed to get in!"

A flash of light appeared in Yang Xiao's eyes, and he was about to rush out of the tent without hesitation when Chen Ling's calm voice suddenly rang out: "Wait."

Yang Xiao paused, turning back in confusion to look at Chen Ling, who remained calmly seated in his chair.

The figure in the large red opera robe slowly raised the teacup in his hand, taking a gentle sip. "Leave them be."

"But Director Chen... their strength isn't enough. What if something goes wrong?"

Chen Ling glanced at the clock on the wall, his eerie, pitch-black face as inscrutable as an abyss. "If they can't even handle enemies like these, then they don't deserve to be among the Nine Lords."

Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei exchanged a look, opened their mouths, but ultimately said nothing.

As if sensing their concern, Chen Ling chuckled softly: "Don't worry... Have you forgotten? Even if something truly goes wrong, someone will have their back."

As he spoke, Chen Ling's gaze shifted towards the outside of the tent.

Yang Xiao and Su Zhiwei looked simultaneously. The tent's flap was fluttering wildly in the cold wind, and Dr. Wen stood quietly at the entrance, gazing towards the depths of the jungle...

In his eyes, a subtle glimmer flickered silently, almost imperceptibly.

When warm blood splattered onto Wu Tongyuan's cheek, he froze for a moment before reacting, roaring with fury: "Old Lu!!!!"

The shot Lu Xun fell backward to the ground, blood continuously gushing from his chest, his face extremely pale.

Unlike Yang Xiao, Lu Xun was not of such a high rank; his starlight wouldn't be faster than a sniper bullet. His chest heaved violently as he stared intently in the direction from which the gunshots had come...

"Old Lu! Old Lu!!! Are you alright??"

Wu Tongyuan rushed forward recklessly, his face filled with panic and anxiety as he looked at the chest, which was already stained crimson.

"Be... careful..." Lu Xun uttered weakly. "Someone wants to... assassinate us..."

Bang bang—!!

Immediately after, two more sniper shots rang out!

The direction of these two sniper shots was completely different from the first, indicating that at least three sniper teams were now targeting them in the jungle... Vicious beasts were lurking in the darkness, slowly revealing their ferocious fangs.

At this moment, Shennongjia was filled with deadly intent!

The instant the gunshots rang out, Lu Xun, who had already fallen, managed to shroud himself and Wu Tongyuan in starlight. Almost simultaneously, the second bullet slammed into the surface of the starlight.

The starlight erupted with a dazzling glow, deflecting the second bullet, but its radiance quickly dimmed. When the third bullet followed, the starlight completely shattered!

"Pfft—"

Severely wounded, Lu Xun coughed up another mouthful of blood and was nearing unconsciousness.

"Old Wu... live..." Lu Xun whispered with his last remaining strength before losing consciousness entirely. Only his blood continued to stain the ground and Wu Tongyuan's hands.

The three thunderous sniper shots had left Wu Tongyuan stunned. Having spent so many years in the ivory tower of academia, he had never witnessed such a scene... If Lu Xun hadn't shielded them with his starlight in that critical moment, Wu Tongyuan might now be as bloodied as Lu Xun.

"Old Lu!!!" Wu Tongyuan's blood-stained hands released Lu Xun's body, hovering helplessly in the air. His messy curly hair, matted with blood, fluttered in the wind.

"...Damn it!!"

Fortunately, Wu Tongyuan had undergone some tempering in America, and his psychological resilience was significantly stronger than before. Rationality overcame some of his panic. He cursed angrily, then turned to look at the silent, dark jungle.

Lu Xun was down, and they were now completely exposed in the enemy's crosshairs. If they didn't do something soon, they wouldn't survive for three more seconds.

At that moment, Wu Tongyuan's mind raced!

Anger, panic, and the desperate urge to survive stimulated Wu Tongyuan's brain to an unprecedented level of activity. He seemed to be frantically searching for something in his mind. Half a second later, he raised a finger and gently flicked it in the air before him...

Wu Tongyuan mumbled to himself: "Light refraction in air follows Snell's Law: n₁Sinθ₁ = n₂Sinθ₂. Add a 'Spiritual Void Coefficient' K to the right side of the equation, and increase the value of K from its initial 1 to 5... No, the adjustment range for the coefficient is too large; I might not be able to do that right now... For now, I'll adjust K to 1.05..."

Almost the instant Wu Tongyuan made his gesture in the air, three gunshots rang out simultaneously this time!!

Bang bang bang—!!

Wu Tongyuan instinctively ducked, covering his head. But this time, the three bullets veered upwards by nearly half a meter, whistling over his head and embedding themselves directly into a nearby tree trunk!

At that moment, the three snipers hidden in the dark simultaneously froze...

None of the three bullets hit?

What's going on?

They had clearly aimed!

It was well known that those participating in this assassination were seasoned executioners; the probability of them failing a sniper mission was extremely low, let alone three of them missing simultaneously and by such an absurd margin...

They muttered in suspicion, then pressed their eyes to their sniper scopes again.

"Just as I thought!" Although Wu Tongyuan was drenched in a cold sweat from fright, a glint of excitement lit up his eyes when he saw the three bullet holes in the distant tree trunk.

"No wonder it's been so inconsistent before... I probably always adjusted the 'Spiritual Void Coefficient' too drastically, beyond my current limits... If that's the case, as long as I master the right degree of adjustment, I should be able to greatly increase the success rate!"

As he mumbled to himself, three more bullets whistled towards him, but this time they deviated even more wildly, flying directly into the sky!

After Wu Tongyuan manipulated Snell's Law in that area, the refraction of light in the air was also altered. The relationship between the snipers and Wu Tongyuan was no longer a straight line as perceived by the naked eye; instead, it was as if a lens had been added, making the position the snipers saw not Wu Tongyuan's actual location.

In other words, unless the snipers fired indiscriminately, hitting Wu Tongyuan with their "sniper precision" would be virtually impossible.

After several consecutive misses, the three snipers also realized something was wrong.

"He must have used his ability to alter the bullets' trajectories. We can't snipe him from a distance anymore... Before the other Nine Lords arrive, get close and kill him!!"