Luo Feng followed the five veteran members of the Hammer of Fire squad, quietly climbing over a wall and entering a courtyard within a residential area alongside the street. The dilapidated walls of this residential area had collapsed in over ten places. The cement paths were long covered with weeds, and moss had grown thick in the corners of the walls.
“The fat sheep is right ahead,” Wei Tie peered through a breach in the collapsed wall toward the street outside. “We’re lucky. This Two-Tailed Tiger Cat is leisurely wandering with its subordinates, searching for prey.”
Luo Feng also peeked through a crack in the wall.
About fifty meters down the street, a group of Tiger Cats was indeed led by a Beast Captain-level Tiger Cat.
“Brothers, everyone remember,” Gao Feng whispered lowly.
“First, your objective is to eliminate the common Tiger Cats. As for that Beast Captain-tier Tiger Cat, maintain your distance to avoid alerting it. Leave that one to me. A junior Beast Captain-level Tiger Cat—I can take it down single-handedly. Second, Chen Gu, do not engage your machine gun unless it’s a life-or-death situation. Hold your fire unless absolutely critical. The instant you unleash your barrage, we must withdraw from the battlefield without delay.”
“Understood.”
Luo Feng and the other five nodded solemnly.
Gunshots easily attracted monsters. If they were on a rooftop high above, the distance and elevation would make it difficult for monsters to locate the source of gunfire by sound alone. But in a ground-level battle, gunfire could easily expose their position. Soon, it would draw a large number of surrounding monsters to attack. The longer they stayed, the more monsters would gather.
Last time, when Chen Gu fired while seizing the corpse of the Bloodthirsty Tank, everyone immediately fled for their lives.
“Alright, we need to end this quickly this time! Move out!” Gao Feng waved his hand.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Six figures burst forth almost simultaneously. Even Chen Gu ran forward with a machine gun in his left hand and a short dagger in his right.
The six figures became six blurred shadows, rushing toward the Tiger Cat pack.
“Roar!” The leader of the Tiger Cats, the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat, saw them and immediately bristled with fur, letting out an enraged roar. The sixteen Tiger Cats surrounding it also roared furiously, their growls echoing between the streets, shaking the air. Then, one by one, the powerful, agile Tiger Cats lunged at the humans before them.
“Kill!”
“Beasts, die!”
Luo Feng saw a Tiger Cat flying toward him like lightning. He immediately sidestepped more than a meter. His Blood Shadow Blade, using the momentum of his sidestep, arced through the air like a flash of cold light. He slashed upward diagonally at the throat of the Tiger Cat with a powerful upward cut! The lunging Tiger Cat growled lowly and slightly lowered its head, blocking Luo Feng’s blade with its chin!
“Chi!”
The Blood Shadow Blade sliced through the fur of the Tiger Cat’s chin, even splitting its jawbone halfway.
“This Tiger Cat’s reaction is incredibly fast, much faster than the Lion Hound Beast.” As Luo Feng landed, another Tiger Cat had already lunged at him with its gaping maw wide open. Luo Feng, wielding his shield in one hand and the Blood Shadow Blade in the other, took a step back to create some distance, then immediately thrust his shield sideways while stabbing straight with his blade.
The Blood Shadow Blade skillfully slid along the edge of the shield and instantly pierced into the jaw of the airborne Tiger Cat.
Luo Feng yanked the blade upward and retreated.
“Poof!” A spray of blood erupted. The Tiger Cat, as large as a young bull, fell to the ground, staggered three times, roared once, then collapsed heavily onto the cracked cement ground.
“Watch out!”
A loud shout suddenly rang out!
“Kuang!”
Not far away, the brothers Wei Tie and Wei Qing were instantly struck and sent flying. Wei Tie crashed heavily into the wall beside the street, and with a loud crash, the long-dilapidated wall collapsed entirely. Wei Tie fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
“Roar!” In the same instant, the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat that had struck them was already before Luo Feng.
“Too fast!” Luo Feng was startled, immediately sidestepping.
“Just barely!” Obviously, his dodging speed was still slightly insufficient. As he watched the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat’s claws about to strike his body, an invisible mental force instantly acted upon the gauntlet on his right hand. The sudden surge of power significantly increased Luo Feng’s sidestepping range, allowing the Tiger Cat’s claws to graze past his body.
“Chi!”
Luo Feng also took the opportunity to slash upward fiercely! The blade struck one of the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat’s front limbs. The sharp Blood Shadow Blade sliced through the fur of the limb, emitting a hissing sound, yet it couldn’t even cut through the layer of fur on the Tiger Cat’s paw.
“Beast Captain-level monsters are too fast, their defense is terrifying!” Luo Feng was greatly shocked.
“Pop!” The Two-Tailed Tiger Cat landed, its claws gouging holes and cracks into the worn cement ground.
“Fiend!!!” Gao Feng, the squad leader, who had allowed his comrades to be injured due to carelessness, charged in like a bolt of lightning from the side, his face twisted with fury. The two massive hammers in his hands rotated like windmills, slamming down viciously. The Two-Tailed Tiger Cat, seemingly unharmed by Luo Feng’s earlier strike, turned and charged at Gao Feng like a roaring truck!
Peng! Peng!
The clash of hammers and claws!
Both Gao Feng and the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat staggered. Gao Feng then pushed off with his left foot and lunged forward again, giving the Tiger Cat no chance to attack his comrades once more. One of the Tiger Cat’s front paws seemed to have been fractured by the hammer strike, and it could barely stand, relying on only three legs for support.
In a direct confrontation, Gao Feng had the upper hand!
Boom! Boom! The heavy hammers rained down in rapid succession!
…
On the rooftop of a six-story residential building about five hundred meters away, the six members of the Tiger Fang squad were using binoculars to survey the surroundings.
“Captain, there are many monsters around. It will be very difficult for us to reach the ‘Hunter’ ten miles away without drawing the attention of most of them,” said the one-eyed middle-aged man with a frown. The short, lean Tiger Fang captain also frowned. Suddenly, his gaze fell upon the members of the Hammer of Fire squad engaged in battle with the Tiger Cat monsters in the distance.
“It’s the Hammer of Fire squad,” the Tiger Fang captain raised his eyebrows. “They’ve come to this county too?”
“They must be here for the new recruit, Luo Feng,” the one-eyed man muttered under his breath. “That warrior wielding twin hammers is unmistakably Gao Feng. His sheer brute force is terrifying—he actually dares to engage a Junior Beast Captain-level creature in direct combat. Word has it his strength rivals even an average Intermediate Battle Captain. Only his speed falls slightly short. And that’s no exaggeration.”
Here is the translation in a fantasy style:
Luo Feng wields twin hammers, his sheer brute force is terrifying. Even Gao Feng, an Intermediate Battle Captain, would not dare to engage in direct combat with him. Currently, Luo Feng has reached the level of a primary Beast Captain.
Zhang Zehu, who carried a giant cleaver on his back, eyes gleaming with excitement, quickly raised his binoculars to look in that direction and couldn’t help exclaiming, “It really is the Hammer of Fire squad! That kid Luo Feng is there too—he seems to be performing quite well!” A glint of ferocity flashed in Zhang Zehu’s eyes.
“Captain, it was this little brat who cost me a whole hundred million credits!” Zhang Zehu said angrily. “Let’s take this opportunity to eliminate him!” To Zhang Zehu, a hundred million credits was a huge sum. After all, he was merely an Advanced Warrior, having risked his life for two years to earn just that much.
“Kill him?”
The other members of the squad were slightly startled.
Tiger Fang captain slightly furrowed his brow, then smiled. “Good idea! A Xiao, A Dong, you two will first use sniper rifles to target key members of the Hammer of Fire squad. Then immediately shoot at the two nearby monster groups. We’re far away; the sudden gunfire will prevent the monsters from detecting where the bullets came from.”
“These ordinary monsters have very low intelligence. Once they’re shot, they’ll only attack the humans they can see out of rage!”
Tiger Fang captain said coldly, “By then, the two other beast packs around this street will quickly be drawn to the Hammer of Fire squad, surrounding and attacking them! The large-scale battle will attract a massive number of monsters to that area, causing the monsters in other areas to become sparse. Thus, we can easily cross several li of ground!”
The other members of the Tiger Fang squad were momentarily silent.
They had previously engaged in underhanded deeds against fellow warriors, often over disputes like claiming monster carcasses, but to go this far…
“East, help me aim at Luo Feng. One shot, take him down. Let me get a little payback for my brothers,” Zhang Zehu gritted his teeth.
“Let’s do it!” Tiger Fang captain ordered.
“Yes, Captain.”
The two members using firearms didn’t hesitate further. Having lived and died in the battlefield, they had killed too many people and beasts to count.
“Heh heh, Luo Feng,” Zhang Zehu stood at the edge of the balcony, watching the Hammer of Fire squad, who had already successfully hunted the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat, and revealed a cold smile. “Dare to mess with my money? I’ll take your life! Go to hell and regret it!”
And two sniper rifles had already been set up.
The two firearm users were already lying prone behind the sniper rifles. They had both chosen to use special high-powered armor-piercing bullets, beginning to aim and adjust their angles. In an instant, both gave a slight nod to Tiger Fang captain beside them, indicating they were ready.
“Hu!” Tiger Fang captain waved his hand.
The two members simultaneously pulled the triggers!
“Peng!”
“Peng!”
Two low, muffled sounds suddenly rang out. Two bullets instantly tore through the sky, speeding toward the members of the Hammer of Fire squad who were currently dissecting the corpse of the Two-Tailed Tiger Cat to extract materials. Although the sound was loud, the bullets traveled several times the speed of sound. Before the members of the Hammer of Fire squad could even hear the gunshots, the bullets had already arrived!
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