008 Give you a chance!
In the blink of an eye, Lin Mu had already killed more than a dozen Marines!
Facing Lin Mu, who possessed Wolverine's terrifying regeneration and Quicksilver's explosive speed, these ordinary Marines from a remote branch had no ability to fight back at all, and could only be harvested one-sidedly as Lin Mu's experience points!
The remaining Marines were completely terrified by this scene, and among them, the Marine lieutenant colonel felt the chill in his heart grow even stronger!
He had originally thought that with more than twenty armed Marines, suppressing and killing a young man who looked thin and ordinary would be effortless. Yet he never imagined that this kid would be so terrifying, slaughtering over a dozen Marines in such a short time!
Was this some kind of joke?
At this moment, a deep sense of regret surged in the lieutenant colonel's heart, but regret was already meaningless!
Gritting his teeth, the lieutenant colonel could only shout loudly at Lin Mu in a harsh tone: "Pirate, you actually dare to kill Marines! Are you really not afraid of death? If you surrender immediately, I can still plead for you, but if you remain stubborn, once a strong figure from Marine Headquarters is alerted, even if you grow wings, you won't be able to escape!"
Although the lieutenant colonel's words sounded stern and righteous, the panic and fear flickering in his eyes completely exposed his true state of mind.
Lin Mu merely snorted coldly and did not even spare the Marine lieutenant colonel a glance.
He had not wanted to make a move at all in the beginning, but now that he had already crossed this line, he had no intention of sparing these walking experience points!
Anyway, he had already been forced onto the opposite side of the Marines, so what difference did it make whether he killed one more or one less?
Especially the lieutenant colonel, the instigator who had pushed everything to this point, Lin Mu had absolutely no intention of letting him off!
"Ding, killed ordinary Marine soldier, gained 2 experience points!"
"Ding, killed Marine corporal Haojun, gained 3 experience points!"
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As the system notifications rang repeatedly in Lin Mu's ears, his accumulated experience continued to rise steadily.
And with every crisp system sound, another Marine fell lifelessly in front of Lin Mu!
Before long, only three Marines remained standing in the entire restaurant.
At this point, the psychological defenses of the three remaining Marines completely collapsed!
The young man standing before them, who looked no different from an ordinary civilian, possessed a level of power that they could not resist in the slightest.
In front of him, they felt no different from helpless children!
Run!
That was the only thought left in the minds of the remaining three Marines, and it was also the only thought occupying the lieutenant colonel's head!
They were nothing more than bullies who preyed on the weak and feared the strong. On normal days, they could swagger around fish-and-meat towns, oppressing civilians or dealing with small-time pirates, but when facing an opponent like Lin Mu, they had no fighting spirit whatsoever!
As for the so-called dignity of the Marines, what did that have to do with them? Compared to honor, staying alive was far more important!
Watching the three Marines turn around and flee in panic, Lin Mu shook his head slightly. If these Marines had chosen to run from the very beginning, even with his current speed, it would have been difficult to kill them all, and there would inevitably have been a few who slipped through the net.
But now, with only three Marines left, trying to escape from Lin Mu, who possessed Quicksilver's speed, was nothing more than a foolish fantasy!
With a burst of force under his feet, Quicksilver's speed fully erupted, and Lin Mu shot forward like a cannonball leaving the chamber, catching up to the first fleeing Marine in less than two seconds!
"Ding, killed Marine sergeant, gained 5 experience points!"
With a single clawed strike piercing through the Marine's throat, Lin Mu did not stop at all and immediately turned to chase the second person. This time, it took him barely three seconds to close the distance!
"Ding, killed Marine sergeant, gained 10 experience points!"
After eliminating the second Marine, the Marine lieutenant colonel had already mixed into the dense crowd on the street, and his figure had completely disappeared from sight.
However, Lin Mu did not panic in the slightest. With a subtle twitch of his nose, he had already locked onto the direction in which the lieutenant colonel had fled!
What Lin Mu obtained from the Wolverine gene was not just terrifying regeneration, but also the sharp sense of smell and heightened perception belonging to a predator, comparable to that of a wild beast.
Lin Mu sprinted forward rapidly, and after only a few seconds, the figure of the Marine lieutenant colonel once again appeared within his field of vision.
At this moment, the lieutenant colonel's face was filled with the joy of narrowly escaping death as he desperately ran toward the Marine garrison.
As long as he could reach the Marine base, he believed he would be safe. He did not believe that this kid would dare chase him straight into a Marine branch with more than five hundred stationed troops!
But just as this thought flashed through his mind, the lieutenant colonel suddenly felt a violent gust of wind sweep past his ears. In the next instant, a sharp pain exploded in his abdomen, followed by a massive force that flipped him directly to the ground.
The bone spur extending from Lin Mu's left fist had already pierced into the lieutenant colonel's abdomen. It was deliberately not a vital spot, so the lieutenant colonel would not die immediately.
The reason Lin Mu did not kill him outright was simple. He wanted to know exactly why this man had deliberately targeted him, and that was also the reason he left the lieutenant colonel alive until the very end!
Otherwise, this lieutenant colonel would have been the first person Lin Mu killed without hesitation.
A teenager pinning a Marine lieutenant colonel to the ground was a shocking scene that caused many pedestrians on the street to retreat in panic, afraid of being dragged into the disaster.
To these civilians, a Marine lieutenant colonel was not someone they could afford to offend, and a teenager who could suppress such an officer was even more terrifying.
The bone spur on Lin Mu's right fist pressed against the lieutenant colonel's throat as he asked coldly, "I'll give you a chance. Why did you deliberately target me?"
"You… you're a capable person…" The lieutenant colonel's face was deathly pale at this moment, and only now did he clearly see the bone spurs extending from Lin Mu's fists.
He had originally thought Lin Mu was relying on some kind of special weapon, but he never imagined that Lin Mu was a Devil Fruit user!
One had to know that once someone was confirmed to be a capable person, their bounty would usually start at ten million Berries or more.
A pirate with a bounty exceeding ten million Berries was simply not someone he could deal with using just twenty-odd ordinary Marine soldiers.
If he had known this earlier, even if he had been given ten times the courage, he would never have dared to provoke Lin Mu.
Unfortunately, it was already too late!
Still, the lieutenant colonel had not completely given up hope of survival, because he had clearly heard Lin Mu say that he would give him a chance, as long as he told the truth.
As for the dignity of the Marines, what did that even matter at this point?
"The pirate you killed… was my subordinate. I used my position to protect him, and eighty percent of the gold, silver, and treasures he plundered were handed over to me. That was my most important source of income…"
At this point, there was no need to say anything further.
Lin Mu killing that pirate was equivalent to cutting off his fortune, which was why he had brought people to seek revenge.
After understanding the whole story, Lin Mu's eyes turned ice-cold, and a terrifying killing intent flashed across his face: "The reason the Marines are despised by so many people is precisely because there are too many scum like you!"
Feeling the killing intent surging from Lin Mu, the lieutenant colonel was horrified and shouted in panic, "You said it yourself, you were giving me a chance!"
"I was talking about giving you a chance to die."
As the words fell, Lin Mu's bone spur pierced straight through the Marine lieutenant colonel's throat!
"Ding, killed Marine lieutenant colonel, gained 20 experience points!"
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