Loki and the other two had already walked for an hour and the end of the passageway was still nowhere to be found. Liu Yue who was getting impatient suggested that they start running towards the Elite Dragon Brigade’s Garrison. On the other hand, Ye Rong wanted to conserve their energy just in case something happens. 

“It’s just running for a few miles.” 

“If we were to run without knowing how far the Garrison is from our current location we might be wasting stamina. So when an emergency happens it might become a little bit problematic.”

“Hmph, I can’t believe that someone like you is always compared to me.” 

“Yeah I know, how can an idiot like you be spoken in the same breath as me?” 

“Huh?” 

“Are you unable to comprehend what I just said? Then allow me to speak in a language that you would understand. Running, tired, weak,” as Ye Rong spoke he made some exaggerated gestures. It took Liu Yue a few seconds to figure out that she was being insulted.

“You really want to die don’t you?!” 

The two started arguing again which made Loki sigh internally. He knew that these two were what people called rivals, a rival someone that helps each other push themselves to their very limit, one who would be there to stand with you at the end of your path. Back in his old world he was pretty much unmatched and had no rivals to speak of. He had killed almost all other assassins in that world and had become the sole elite assassin. So when Loki watched the two argue while trying to get ahead of the other he couldn’t help but smile and chuckle. 

When the Twin Stars heard Loki chuckle their attention shifted towards him. The two then felt a bit embarrassed for acting like children while in their current situation. Ye Rong gave an awkward smile as he spoke. 

“Sorry Junior Brother Loki for showing you such a shameful display. In the end, we couldn’t agree to anything, so how about you decide for us?” 

Before Loki could give an answer, the three of them suddenly heard a whistling sound coming from behind them. The three of them quickly dodged as an RPG shell came flying past them hitting the ground in front of them. The explosion caused the ceiling to collapse as rubble blocked their path ahead. 

The Star of Dawn had come and started to bombard them with gunfire. The Twin Stars were quick to react, as their rings started to shine and weapons came out of them. Loki who had seen what they did was surprised as that was a familiar scene to him. 

‘That was a spatial spell, but there was no mana fluctuation instead it was inner energy that I sensed.’

Loki was confused, he had tested his own inner energy numerous times, and compared to his mana the impurities of inner energy and its consumption rate was greater than mana. So to use such an advanced spell like a spatial spell would require an absurd amount of inner energy, which Loki was sure the Twin Stars didn’t possess. 

As Loki was laying on the ground thinking, he saw the weapon Ye Rong had summoned was a large sword and Lui Yue had summoned a pair of gloves. Ye Rong then used his large sword that was larger than his own body as a shield to block the bullets.

“Junior Brother Loki, stay behind, we’ll deal with this.” Ye Rong used his sword as a shield while charging forward and running behind him was Liu Yue.

Despite having a body that could withstand normal bullets without flinching, Ye Rong found it hard to move onward. The power of the new weapons that were using enhancers was something else, and in such a narrow passageway with no room to dodge the gunfire, it was extremely hard to get close to the gunners. 

Ye Rong then roared as his inner energy burst out and his charging speed increased. Once he was closed enough he gathered inner energy into his lungs. 

“HEAVENLY DRAGON ROAR!” Ye Rong unleashed a roar that shook the very ground they stood on it even pushed some of the men in front of him a few feet backward.

The gunners who were a few meters away from the Twin Stars had lost their balance and stopped shooting for a second, that was enough time for Liu Yue to pounce on the enemies. 

“Devouring Flames!” Liu Yue’s whole arm was covered in flames as she punched forward. The flame from hands devoured any that was hit by it. Despite a dozen of them dying by the seconds the people from the Star of Dawn didn’t look to be affected as they mechanically adjusted their formation. 

“Let’s capture these beasts. Initiate capture plan fallen stars.” Someone from behind the group commanded. Ye Rong and Liu Yue who heard the name of the plan gritted their teeth as this just confirmed that the attack today was really because of them. 

It was at that moment the group from the Star of Dawn wore gas masks and threw some kind of biological weapons. The two of them scoffed as high-ranking martial artists there was no poison or virus that could harm them. Even if there was they could simply expel whatever it was from their bodies. As Ye Rong and Liu Yue tried to circulate their inner energy to expel whatever was invading their bodies it was then they noticed that they could not circulate their inner energy. 

Loki who was at a distance also noticed that the chemicals from the gas were disrupting his circulation of inner energy, but unlike Ye Rong and Liu Yue, he had his mana that he used to cleanse his body. 

Even though they could not use inner energy the body of a martial artist was strong. The Twin Stars with ferocity and skill had killed a few more men of the Star of Dawn, but unfortunately, they were outnumbered. Not to mention the people from the Star of Dawn had injected boosters on themselves and were using equipment specifically meant to be used against martial artists. It was just a matter of time before they would fall. 

The two had fought valiantly but in the end, they fell unconscious and were captured. The people from the Star of Dawn cuffed them with power suppressors so even if they woke up they would still be unable to do anything. One of them even wanted to kill Ye Rong and Liu Yue but was stopped by the commander of the unit. 

“I know that these two beasts deserve death after killing so many of our comrades, but we still need them alive. Once they have fulfilled their purpose, I promise to make them go through the most agonizing death.” The men nodded their heads in response. 

As the group from the Star of Dawn was about to leave, the commander suddenly remembered something.

“Hold,” the commander gave a signal for the unit to stop, he then looked at the passageway behind them. “Wasn’t there one more person with them?”

As if that was a signal the lights suddenly exploded and the entire passageway became dark.