Ten minutes later, Liu Cheng slowed down, fell to the ground, exhausted all his accumulated kinetic energy, and looked back to find that Han Xiao was still following him like a ghost.

"Kill me."

The scars on Liu Cheng's face were a ghastly sight, and he smiled miserably.

"You don't have to tell me." Han Xiao was indifferent, his palm wide open, grabbing Liu Cheng's head, his fingers melting through the skull.

It wasn't until Liu Cheng stopped breathing that Han Xiao exhaled a breath of foul air.

"This was a tough opponent; I almost capsized in the gutter."

Taking one last look at Liu Cheng's body, Han Xiao fired a high-explosive bullet, saving him from being devoured by wild beasts, then followed the sound of gunfire back to the battlefield of Green Valley Town.

The battle was even more intense. The gate of Green Valley Town had been blown open, and armored combat vehicles roared through the streets, exchanging fire with machine gun emplacements made of sandbags. The residents of Green Valley Town tightly closed their doors and windows, covering their ears and trembling in the corners of their houses. Lu Cheng's troops were consciously avoiding ordinary residents.

Since Liu Cheng had dragged him into the battle, he would make it a quick one. Han Xiao set off to find the commander of Green Valley Town. He searched for the one giving orders, but found no one in charge.

On the other side of Green Valley Town, there were two receding tire tracks on the ground, indicating the direction Bashas and Xiao Rui had taken.

"They ran?"

…

The off-road vehicle drove through the dark forest, and the sound of gunfire from Green Valley Town gradually faded away. Xiao Rui in the back seat looked back and could see the firelight behind him through the gaps in the trees.

"Liu Cheng actually died..." Xiao Rui clenched his fists and pressed them against his knees, barely able to suppress the trembling in his legs.

Liu Cheng had served the family for more than ten years, was loyal, and was one of the family's top experts, with many amazing battle records. Xiao Rui had always regarded him as a backer, but he never expected that he would die at the hands of Black Phantom!

Xiao Rui originally thought that even if Liu Cheng couldn't stop Black Phantom, he could escape unscathed. However, Liu Cheng's last words in his earpiece before escaping made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave. He didn't hear what Liu Cheng said clearly, he only knew that his backer was about to fall!

Bashas and four armed guards were also in the car, looking nervous.

"Black Phantom is a monster, I told you not to provoke him! You just wouldn't listen!" Bashas was covered in sweat.

Xiao Rui's face was livid. "Stop talking nonsense, at least we got away!"

"He won't chase after us, will he?" Bashas looked in the rearview mirror frequently, his heart pounding.

Xiao Rui swallowed. "Lu Cheng is attacking Green Valley Town. The guards in the town are helping us hold off the enemy. He has no time to chase us."

As soon as he finished speaking, a ghostly black figure appeared in the rearview mirror, following closely behind. Everyone in the car screamed in fright!

"He's here!"

"Run!"

"Step on the gas and don't let go!"

The people in the car were panicked, and the off-road vehicle was like a wild dog, speeding up frantically, shaking off Han Xiao for a while. However, before they could breathe a sigh of relief, the car slowed down slightly, and the black phantom, like a maggot in the bone, reappeared behind them, like a death-summoning Yama.

Everyone's adrenaline soared, their hearts almost jumping out of their throats, and their bodies were stiff with tension. The horror movie-like escape atmosphere finally caused the driver to make a mistake. In a panic, the car plunged down an embankment, rolling and tumbling to the bottom, with its wheels facing the sky.

Xiao Rui was dizzy and struggled to climb out of the car window. Suddenly, he saw a pair of boots flashing with blue light in his sight. He looked up and saw Black Phantom looking down at him indifferently.

"D-don't kill me..."

Bang bang bang—gunshots rang out in succession. Xiao Rui closed his eyes in fright. After a while, he realized that there was no pain. He opened his eyes and found that the four armed guards had been shot dead, and Bashas and he had been left behind.

Xiao Rui trembled. He had to remain calm in this situation, but the fear of death made it impossible for him to calm down. The emotion of fear was like a tide, engulfing his heart again and again, even making him afraid to look Han Xiao in the eyes. He said tremblingly, "Black...Black Phantom, spare my life, I can give you a huge reward."

Han Xiao raised an eyebrow. The reason he left Xiao Rui behind was that he noticed that he was sandwiched in the center of the guards, probably an important figure, so he deliberately didn't kill him.

Bashas regretted having a conflict with Black Phantom, and even more regretted listening to Xiao Rui's opinion. He raised his head and looked directly into Han Xiao's eyes, glaring angrily, and said, "You liar, you actually joined forces with Lu Cheng a long time ago, you weren't just passing by!"

He said he wasn't interested in causing trouble, it was all a lie!

Han Xiao stroked the pistol and chuckled. "Would you believe me if I said it was a coincidence?"

"Falling into your hands, I know I can't live. Kill me!" Bashas suddenly became tough, shaking off Xiao Rui's hand that was anxiously pulling at his clothes.

"I don't know if you really want to die, or if you're just pretending to be tough. Anyway, as you wish."

Bang, a bullet pierced Bashas' temple, and he fell down, the pool of blood gradually expanding.

Han Xiao raised an eyebrow. It seemed that Bashas wasn't pretending, but was really desperate and wanted a quick death. Warlords like this who operated in the wild, even if they were usually afraid of death, would accept it calmly when they were truly facing death.

On the other hand, the other person was much more of a softie. Han Xiao looked over, and Xiao Rui was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe, his face was pale, and his back was covered in cold sweat.

Han Xiao squatted down and patted Xiao Rui's face with the barrel of his gun. "You don't want to die?"

Xiao Rui nodded hurriedly.

"Give me a reason."

"I...I can give you a lot of money, I can introduce you to the Opher Mallera family!"

"Do you think I look like I need that?" Han Xiao pointed to himself with the muzzle of his gun.

Xiao Rui swallowed in horror, racking his brains to think of something that could impress Black Phantom. Han Xiao had sharp eyes and suddenly caught sight of his bulging pocket. He reached out and took out a stack of wanted posters. It turned out to be his own bounty for his Zero identity.

Why are the Opher Mallera people carrying my wanted poster?

Han Xiao raised an eyebrow, raised the paper in his hand, and stared at Xiao Rui without saying a word. Seeing that something had finally aroused Black Phantom's interest, Xiao Rui's spirits lifted, and he hurriedly told all the information he knew.

"Xiao Han? Zero? The Opher Mallera family?!"

After listening to the information, Han Xiao was stunned.

He never knew that his original body had such a background!

"...You're not lying to me?" Han Xiao frowned.

Xiao Rui nodded repeatedly. Black Phantom seemed interested in Zero. He didn't care about the reason, he only knew that he had a chance to survive, so he had no intention of hiding anything. He struggled to take out the car computer and pulled up photos one by one.

The photos clearly showed Han Xiao's original body in the Opher Mallera family before he was taken away by Germination. With this ironclad evidence, Han Xiao no longer doubted his identity.

"So you're saying I have a cheap father and a bunch of siblings?"

Han Xiao's mood was very complicated. He always thought that he had no attachments in this world, but he didn't expect to have this kind of bond.

Opher Mallera was his home. Han Xiao glanced at Xiao Rui, was this person also his family?

"Opher Mallera, a large warlord in the Northern Continent, the second leader Xiao Jin is the biological father of my original body, their power is not small..."

Han Xiao pondered in silence.

Xiao Rui's heart was in his throat, like a prisoner awaiting judgment. He felt that this was the longest minute of his life.

"You can go." Han Xiao said lightly.

Xiao Rui couldn't believe it, he stood up tremblingly, ran two steps into the distance, and looked back to see that Han Xiao was indifferent, and then he felt ecstatic.

His life was saved!

He had no intention of revenge, and didn't want to have any contact with Black Phantom again. He ran away as fast as his legs could carry him.

Suddenly, there was a pain in the back of his head!

Xiao Rui lost control of his body, ran two steps out of inertia, and fell face down, his pupils dilated, with a blank expression.

What's wrong with me?

"So cold..." This was the last thought Xiao Rui had in the world.

A deep bullet hole in the back of his head was gurgling with blood.

Han Xiao inserted the Mad Eagle back into its holster, expressionless. After thinking about it just now, he decided to kill him anyway.

Opher Mallera was the bond of the original body, that unlucky guy's soul had already dissipated, he was him, not another person, even if there was a blood relationship, Han Xiao would not regard Opher Mallera as family, not to mention that the original body was killed by his elder brother.

He would not inherit the relationship of the original body. To him, Opher Mallera was like a stranger, not his concern.

Kill when necessary!

Perhaps with the identity of the original body, he could get some assistance from Opher Mallera, but the status he possessed no longer needed to be accommodated or rely on this level of power.

Most importantly, he didn't want to do it.

"My family...is not in this world."

He lit the corpse on fire, turned and left, the flickering flames stretched his silent shadow very long.