Chapter 869: Truly Hitching a Ride with a Big Shot (Part 1)

"Save…"

"Save me…"

Faint cries for help, mixed with gasps, came from the dented car roof.

Half of the blonde girl's body was stuck in the roof of the jeep that had been smashed through, and her silver light armor was covered in cracks.

Fresh blood flowed down her skin and dripped onto the cracked windshield.

She lifted her head with difficulty, her gaze gradually growing unfocused, and her breathing weak.

The pair of blood-stained white wings behind her hung down powerlessly.

Zhou Huai, standing beside the car, remained unmoved.

He expressionlessly looked at this "object dropped from the sky", his gaze looking like he was staring at a stone that had smashed his car.

Without another word, Zhou Huai reached out and grabbed the girl's ankle exposed outside the car.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound rang out.

Zhou Huai forcefully dragged her down from the deformed car roof and casually tossed her directly onto the asphalt road nearby.

The action was crisp and rough, without a shred of tender affection for the fairer sex.

What a joke.

His current identity was a stowaway sneaking deep into the Free Federation.

Going through all that trouble to disguise himself as an ordinary high-tier Professional was just to quietly sneak into the lair of the Ancient Remnant Clan and investigate his mother's whereabouts.

This was a matter of paramount importance concerning the main quest.

Every second of his was extremely precious; how could he have time to care whether a stranger lived or died?

The girl slammed onto the ground let out a muffled grunt, scraping a few bloody marks on the rough ground.

She struggled to prop up her upper body, looking in astonishment at the blond-haired, blue-eyed young man in front of her.

The girl: "…"

She didn't seem to expect that this man's heart could be cold and hard to such an extent.

Injured like this, not only did he not help, but he even threw her onto the ground like garbage.

Zhou Huai didn't even lift his eyelids, too lazy to pay attention to her gaze.

He turned around, just wanting to pull open the car door and leave.

As a result, when he turned his head, his movements froze.

Only then did he notice that this jeep he had just "borrowed" from a black brother was completely totaled.

The entire car body was severely deformed, the roof deeply indented, and the windshield shattered all over the ground.

What was even more miserable was the chassis.

The moment the girl fell, she crushed the suspension System, and all four tires blew out at the same time.

The jeep's chassis clung tightly to the highway, and the wheels were left with only distorted and deformed steel rims.

"What an inauspicious start."

Looking at this pile of scrap iron, Zhou Huai sighed in his heart.

He hadn't expected that in this lousy place of the Free Federation, where public security on the ground was chaotic, people would actually randomly fall from the sky.

The transportation tool he had just gotten was gone.

There was still a long way to go to his destination; surely he couldn't walk there on two legs.

Just at this moment.

"Boom——!"

A strong sound of breaking through the air suddenly came from mid-air, and the friction of magic elements produced a harsh sonic boom.

A figure flew over rapidly with a sense of oppression.

"Bang!"

The newcomer hovered a dozen meters in mid-air, purple magical halos surging around his body.

That was a middle-aged black brother wearing purple robes.

He had a stalwart figure with knotted muscles, completely unlike a traditional mage.

He held a staff embedded with magic crystals, exuding the pressure of a high-tier Professional above level sixty.

The middle-aged black brother lowered his head to overlook, his gaze sweeping around the jeep, and finally locking onto the blonde girl on the ground.

Seeing the girl, an excited expression instantly appeared on his face.

"Found her!"

He burst into loud laughter, his voice echoing across the wasteland.

"Eliza is here! Hahahaha, she can't run anymore!"

Following the shout, several energy fluctuations came from the distant horizon once again.

Soon, three more figures tore through the air and rapidly gathered over.

These three people had a menacing Aura, their killing intent undisguised, obviously coming for the girl.

The most eye-catching one was the person in the middle.

That was a One-Eyed middle-aged man wearing a black eyepatch and with a fierce, scarred face.

He didn't fly by his own ability, but instead rode a huge griffin.

The griffin was covered all over with dark golden feathers, with an eagle's head and a lion's body, and its dual pupils flashed with red light.

Its wingspan was a dozen meters wide, stirring up gusts of strong wind as they flapped.

The One-Eyed Dragon sat high above on the griffin's back, holding a heavy cleaver in his hand, obviously being the team leader.

He pulled the reins, making the griffin hover in mid-air, and noticed the dying girl below.

Looking at the girl's miserable appearance, the One-Eyed Dragon grinned, his smile cruel.

"Eliza, you can't run away anymore."

The One-Eyed Dragon's voice was hoarse, "To catch you, we lost quite a few brothers, and even used the cross-city Teleportation Array. Today, I'd like to see where else you can fly!"

After mocking the prey, the One-Eyed Dragon's gaze shifted slightly, scanning the surroundings.

Afterward, he noticed Zhou Huai standing beside the broken jeep checking the car condition.

Looking at this young man wearing ordinary casual clothes, the One-Eyed Dragon furrowed his brow slightly, a trace of suspicion flashing in his eyes.

This guy…

Is he an accomplice?

How could such a person suddenly pop up in the middle of nowhere?

Moreover, facing the pressure of four high-tier Professionals above level sixty, this kid didn't change his expression at all, didn't even take half a step back, and was still leisurely looking at the car there.

Zhou Huai had likewise discovered these four people in high altitude.

However, his gaze did not linger on the purple-robed black brother or the One-Eyed Dragon.

His line of sight fell straight onto that griffin.

Zhou Huai's eyes lit up slightly.

Thinking to himself that his luck was not bad.

Having just totaled a broken jeep and worrying about having no transportation, the next second someone proactively delivered a flying mount over.

This service attitude was more punctual than takeout.

It was said that in the Free Federation, the griffin's flight speed was not bad, making it a mount dreamed of by many high-tier Professionals.

Used for transportation, it wouldn't be as flamboyant as Magic Dragon Xiao Hei to attract Mr. Duan's attention, and it could also guarantee speed, making it no more suitable than this.

Zhou Huai stared at the griffin in mid-air, his gaze making no effort to hide the meaning of sizing up a prey.

The One-Eyed Dragon in mid-air sensed this line of sight.

He discovered that the young man's gaze below carried an unspeakable malice.

That was not the awe a low-tier Professional should have when seeing a strong person at all.

Instead, it was like looking at… a plate of roasted meat about to be served on the table.

The One-Eyed Dragon couldn't help feeling his scalp go numb.

Having mixed in the Free Federation for so many years, his intuition for danger was extremely accurate.

"Immediately remind companions to be careful," the One-Eyed Dragon lowered his voice, issuing a warning to the other three through the team channel: "I feel that the young person below is not right. Pull yourselves together!"