Chapter 250 Targeted

The punch from the Hedgehog Head just now clearly used all his strength. When people are angry, they often unleash their full potential, so Ling Mo didn’t dare to underestimate him—after all, he didn’t have physical enhancement abilities; even with an exoskeleton armor, it didn’t mean he was invincible.

To ensure things went smoothly, at the moment the punch landed, he had already manifested three layers of explosive protective armor and cushioning on his fist. Plus, to avoid falling behind in the fistfight, he specially manifested a bundle of small high-power thrusters at his elbow.

So simply put, the Hedgehog Head’s opponent wasn’t just his fist; it was more like an impact equivalent to five high-speed missiles bundled together.

With the protection of the armor, that punch from Ling Mo could probably knock over a train straight up.

Such a terrifying setup for a fistfight meant that just smashing the Hedgehog Head’s right arm to smithereens would already show his substantial strength.

At that moment, the Hedgehog Head was left stunned.

Staring at his drooping right arm for two seconds, he almost instinctively looked back at his three teammates and shouted, “Aren’t you coming here to help?!”

The three teammates immediately raised their hands, shouting, “Sorry, Brother Ling! We are blind, don’t hit us!”

Hedgehog Head: “…”

Ling Mo waved his hand, “It’s fine, consider it a warm-up exercise.”

Saying this, he turned his gaze back to Hedgehog Head, “What about you? Still planning to fight me?”

At this point, even if Hedgehog Head reacted slowly, he’d understand—he had been played.

Ling Mo was definitely not a soft rice man.

Or rather, he wasn’t a soft rice man at their level.

But he just wouldn’t accept it, he just wasn’t happy.

He knew it was their fault for provoking things, and he knew he threw the first punch; he also understood Ling Mo was just retaliating out of necessity—but none of this mattered to his discontent.

Humans are such a marvelous species; if everyone were reasonable, there would be no conflict in the world.

So, Hedgehog Head made his last struggle and suddenly lunged at Ling Mo, “You son of a…”

Then he was kicked away once more by Ling Mo.

Before Ling Mo could make his next move, the black cat in his arms suddenly jumped out and transformed into human form right before the astonished gazes of the three onlookers, quickly running towards where the Hedgehog Head had landed.

Ling Mo quickly followed after.

The three onlookers were left dumbfounded, “Holy crap! The cat transformed!”

“What the heck! This game has pets like this? I want one too!”

“Wait, that girl looks like Miss Xia!”

“Holy crap? Miss Xia is a cat?! I want one too!”

“…Should we go over and see what’s happening?”

On the other side, the Hedgehog Head landed in a relatively flat small space.

It appeared to be a bedroom, but the entire structure had collapsed at a ninety-degree angle. The bed, table, and other furniture that were initially in there were now piled up on what had become the floor, awfully mashed together.

Hedgehog Head fell onto a heap of rotten wood chips. Just as he gritted his teeth and managed to crawl up, he noticed someone standing in front of him.

Looking up, it was Xia Xinyan.

His gaze froze.

One must admit, Xia Xinyan was far more intimidating in presence than Ling Mo at this current stage. Even a slight leak of the murderous aura she had accumulated from her past life could scare someone speechless. Not to mention, her identity as Miss Xia and the power of the Summer Family backing her gave her an imposing aura that could genuinely intimidate.

“I’m very curious; who told you that Ling Mo is a soft rice man?” Xia Xinyan’s tone was composed but sent shivers down the spine, as if interrogating someone on the verge of death.

When Ling Mo arrived, he saw this scene.

He rarely saw Xinyan display this side of herself, but this side of her seemed to have a unique charm.

—Except that in Hedgehog Head’s eyes, this charm translated into sheer terror: “I… I heard it from someone…”

“Who did you hear it from?” Xia Xinyan crouched down beside him and softly asked.

She was indeed curious about this point.

Of course, she had been paying attention to matters online, and recently, the shift in public perception about Ling Mo caught her quite off guard. He had originally held the image of “Brother Ling” and even reportedly gained quite a few female admirers. But lately, he had gone from “Brother Ling” to “Ling the Soft Rice Man.” Rumors suggested he had tricked her, Miss Xia, to get close to the Summer Family.

Even the previous competition video with Summer Jincang was supposedly leaked by Ling Mo to increase his leverage, said to display that Summer Jincang wasn’t using his full strength simply because he was giving Ling Mo face as Xia Xinyan’s boyfriend, resulting in Ling Mo’s lucky win.

Initially, Xia Xinyan suspected these rumors were a ploy by Summer Jincang to save face, but quickly dismissed it. Summer Jincang wasn’t the type to pull her down with him, and she heard he was even looking into this matter now.

It’s just a pity that the Canglong’s intel network was only beginning to form; they couldn’t make use of it yet, otherwise, they wouldn’t be so passive.

Speaking of which, the reason they sought Canglong was that they came looking for Ling Mo first. Xia Xinyan once suspected that someone had intentionally revealed Ling Mo’s whereabouts, and she even asked Dragon Sovereign about it. The answer was rather interesting—it was disclosed by a small punk within the organization, but when they questioned the punk, he claimed to remember nothing.

Given all these circumstances, it wasn’t hard to conclude that someone was targeting them.

But who exactly? Xia Xinyan couldn’t figure it out.

They had been relatively low-key on their way here, so they shouldn’t have amassed too many enemies by now, right?

Who would go through such lengths to mess with insignificant people like them?

Unfortunately, Hedgehog Head couldn’t provide an answer: “I don’t know. I just heard someone say… they said Ling Mo is weak and only gained a reputation by relying on Miss Xia…”

However, before he could finish, Xia Xinyan suddenly looked up at the window—

The next moment, a gigantic tentacle burst through the window and shot towards them. Xia Xinyan immediately dodged to avoid the tentacle attack, but the Hedgehog Head, left behind, was instantly swept away, his screams echoing in the distance.

Ling Mo rushed over, “Should we pursue?”

“No need,” Xia Xinyan shook her head, “He won’t survive.”

In such a complex terrain, chasing a monster whose true form they didn’t even know wasn’t a good idea. Even if they rescued Hedgehog Head, they wouldn’t be able to extract any useful information.

When she was asking earlier, she had used mental charm on that guy; what he knew, he truly didn’t know.

Though it was a pity, this also served as a wake-up call for them.

“Let’s focus on the main issue,” Xia Xinyan narrowed her eyes slightly, “It seems we didn’t come to the wrong place… Since the monsters are already appearing, things probably won’t be peaceful from here on, so be prepared, Mo Mo.”

Ling Mo smiled, “Will do.”