I Have A Martial Dao World

Chapter 109: 109. Star Key's Confusion

The commotion in the banquet hall had countless people stopping to watch. They didn't dare to approach and stood far away, pointing and gossiping about the hotel.

Others ran up to the surrounding buildings to get a better view, finding the perspective from up high to be excellent.

Seeing the foreigner drop and disintegrate into ash, the crowd cheered enthusiastically, treating the event as just another exciting spectacle.

But when numerous teenagers ran out of the hotel, people exchanged uneasy glances, sensing that something was amiss...

At this time, the shrill whistles outside the hotel were ceaseless as numerous colonial police officers with towels wrapped around their heads rushed over. They jumped off trucks and encircled the area.

Raising their bolt-action rifles, without a word, they fired at the children who had just escaped from the monster's grasp.

The crowd let out cries of shock and curses, "These damn 'A' Sans!"

Luckily, three figures wearing full-body battle armor appeared, stepping in front!

Even from a distance, sparks could be seen flying, the colonial police's guns completely ineffective. Then they operated the machine guns fixed to their trucks, which also proved useless.

Then, one of the armored figures pulled out an even larger, thicker, and longer gun from behind and opened fire on the police!

Amidst the deafening sound like that of jackhammer construction, the muzzle swept from left to right.

The bodies of the police officers burst apart, blood spraying, becoming several pieces each—even the trucks they arrived in were riddled with holes and exploded into giant fireballs.

In less than a minute, the police officers blowing their sharp copper whistles had all perished without exception.

The ground was littered with dismembered body parts; all that remained in motion was a smoking tire on fire, rolling aimlessly away.

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The teenagers instinctively ran towards where there were most people.

Recognizing the symbols carved into their foreheads, some more knowledgeable onlookers exclaimed in surprise, "Isn't that the emblem of the Western Religion?"

And the impoverished, in tattered clothes, recognized them straight away, "Hey! These are the children who went missing while working in the concession! One of them was from my former neighbor's house!"

Upon seeing familiar adults, the group of teenagers immediately started crying, "Western demon beasts are going to eat us!"

With this cry, the crowd recognized the truth, looking at each other with an 'as we thought' expression.

There were also a few photographers carrying old-fashioned cameras, snapping photos of the scene non-stop. Some even took out pens and notepads to start interviewing.

The whole affair wasn't complicated—it was just vampires, under the guise of recruitment, kidnapping some "delectable" boys and girls, planning to consume them in the most primitive way.

Such incidents were not the first to happen! There have been cases of Western demon beasts eating people all over the country.

The onlookers quietly discussed among themselves:

"Those three in the battle armor were actually heroes who boldly ventured into the monster's lair to rescue people!"

"Yes, at first I thought they were here for vengeance or something; I feel ashamed."

"We in Yunzhou haven't seen such individuals for many years... The older generation who practiced martial arts always talked about 'helping the distressed and serving the country.' I thought the spirit of the people was scattered these days, but now we see there are still heroes!"

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Liao Ya took out her .50 machine gun and blasted the Tianzhu colonial police to smithereens. The three of them nonchalantly made their way to a small alley where the car was hidden and drove off to escape.

The atmosphere in the car was lighthearted; Lu Yao, while driving, laughed and said, "Sister, we were lucky you brought this. Otherwise, it would have indeed been quite troublesome to deal with them."

Liao Ya, supporting her helmet, twisted it left and right before taking it off and said, "It was just a stroke of inspiration. Those demon beasts are too hateful, capturing so many children! We really showed them this time!"

Liao Qe also removed her helmet to breathe and said in a delicate voice, "Lu Yao, this armor is too powerful, 30 demon beasts! I thought it would be a tough fight, but they couldn't fight back at all."

"I didn't expect it to be so easy either. That Kartin was actually quite difficult to deal with, incredibly fast and with very tricky methods, but it was no match for us."

Lu Yao patted the place on his chest that was hit by a "Blood Arrow" and felt emotional.

That stuff splattered on the ground and immediately burnt several small pits; it was lucky that the battle armor used a "spare no expense" design approach.

Liao Ya spoke up, "It's just too expensive. We shot out 16 pounds of silver, and that's not even counting your 'homemade bomb.' No ordinary person would be willing to squander like that."

Liao Qe patted the not-so-abundant ammunition on her body, laughed, and said, "When I started shooting, my hands were shaking, because that's silver spraying out! Later on, I got used to it and couldn't stop my hands, shooting out way too much. Actually, the last few enemies could've been dealt with using this curved blade on my arm—"

As she spoke, she triggered a switch, and the silvery arm blade sprang out!

Liao Ya also popped out her arm blade and admired, "With this armor, we're not even afraid to face Blood-Exchange Warriors head-on! We could even arm-wrestle with Innate Martial Artists!"

At this, Lu Yao asked curiously, "Yunzhou is also a big place, how come I haven't seen any Innate Martial Artists?"

Liao Qe hurried to answer, "I know this! The Imperial Court lost the war and signed a treaty, one of the terms is that at each trading port, without permission, no martial artist above the Innate Realm is allowed to enter."

Liao Ya added, "That's right. Top-tier forces entering someone else's territory without permission is seen as declaring war, and it's the same all over the world."

"I see," Lu Yao nodded in agreement.

At that time, they were passing by a church. The church was impressive, with its pointed roof and red walls, and one could faintly hear the bell tower ringing.

The symbol at the very top of the church was exactly the same as the one carved on the foreheads of those children—a triangle with an eye in the middle.

"A church of the Western Religion, no wonder that symbol looked familiar."

Lu Yao said casually, "I remember reading in the newspaper that the full name of the Western Religion is 'Pantheism Church,' and it has many adherents among Westerners and demon worshipers. They've also been growing their flock in the Shun Dynasty lately, resulting in that Hong Renkun of the Grand Vehicle Sect... "

As he spoke, Lu Yao suddenly braked the car with one foot, his face filled with shock.

The two sisters quickly asked, "What's wrong?" "What happened?"

"It's nothing..." After fumbling with a few words and continuing to drive, Lu Yao's mind was anything but calm.

He suddenly remembered why he found the symbol so familiar—his Star Key looked exactly like that before it entered his body! The Star Key was a triangle with an eye in the middle!

[The Star Key, the Blue Star Antique that Zhang Xin obtained to harm me, is identical to the holy emblem of a religion from the Otherworld... A coincidence?]

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All the way home, Lu Yao was somewhat silent, pondering over this matter.

Not until he got into bed to rest, with Liao Qe already mounting him, did he snap back to reality.

The girl asked with concern, "You're worried about something?"

"It's nothing, just a small question, I'll figure it out on my own."

Lu Yao shook his head and decided to put aside his doubts for the time being, hugged the delicate and fair body tightly in his arms, and enjoyed the bliss before him.

The two began a Carp Stance competition to test their waist strength, with Liao Qe's body tensed tightly, she intermittently said, "No matter... what it is, my sister and I... will always support you."