At dawn the next day,
Luo Feng stood on the balcony of his twelfth-floor room. The icy chill of the winter morning filled the air, brushing against his face and invigorating his spirit.
“It must be around minus five or six degrees,” Gao Feng said with a smile as he approached.
“Yeah, it’s really cold.”
Luo Feng looked down from the balcony and pointed at the numerous beasts below searching for prey. “Yet, even early in the morning, there are so many monsters in this neighborhood! Look, there are twelve beasts within my sight, three of which are Commander-level! Wow, No. 003 City truly lives up to its reputation as the beasts’ stronghold.”
Gao Feng laughed as well.
Indeed, in ordinary towns, a Commander-level beast typically commanded a hundred or so regular beasts, surrounded by a grand entourage. In the county where Luo Feng had previously honed his blade techniques, a Commander-level beast even led hundreds or even thousands of regular Troop-level beasts!
The fewer Commander-level beasts there were in a county, the more regular beasts each one commanded.
In No. 003 City, even in the suburbs, a Commander-level beast usually commanded only one or two Troop-level beasts. Some were even alone, solitary leaders.
“These are relatively weak Commander-level beasts with no followers. However, the powerful High Commander-level beasts, and even Lord-level beasts, command thousands or even tens of thousands of followers!” Gao Feng looked back at the others. “Everyone, stay alert. Let’s go down and hunt these beasts!”
“Let’s go, brothers, time to make some money!” Chen Gu couldn’t help but laugh.
“No. 003 City is truly amazing! Commander-level beasts are everywhere!” Wei Qing and Wei Tie’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
No. 003 City was dangerous!
However, danger and opportunity coexisted. Although there were too many powerful beasts here, and those with insufficient strength would easily perish. Even those with strong abilities could be overwhelmed by a swarm of beasts… But! The Commander-level beasts here usually had no followers, which significantly reduced the difficulty of hunting them!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
At the stairwell, Luo Feng swept his mental energy around the corner and waved his hand. “No problem, there are no beasts within twenty meters.”
Corners were often where beasts lay in ambush, so Luo Feng’s mental energy served as the best detector.
“Sticking with a mentalist sure has its perks,” Chen Gu chuckled.
“Everyone, stay alert and don’t make any noise. Beasts have very keen hearing,” Gao Feng glared at Chen Gu, who immediately shut his mouth.
Luo Feng led the way, with Gao Feng covering the rear.
Wei Tie and Wei Qing flanked the sides, while Chen Gu stayed in the center.
“Hmm?” Luo Feng’s gaze fell on three rhinoceros boars about a hundred meters away. The leader, a massive rhinoceros boar, had a completely pitch-black horn. Unlike the gray fur of ordinary beasts, its quill-like hairs had turned black, clearly identifying it as a Low-level Commander-level beast.
“That one.”
Luo Feng whispered, “That rhinoceros boar ahead. Everyone stay alert and watch the surroundings. I’ll handle it.”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Luo Feng charged forward first, while the other four naturally dispersed into formation, alert for any other Commander-level beasts or human martial artists who might interfere.
“Roar~~” Seeing a human charging toward it, the Commander-level rhinoceros boar roared in anger. Instantly, it accelerated to a speed of 100 meters per second—approximately 360 kilometers per hour. Its horn aimed directly at Luo Feng! The impact force of its massive body could even snap a truck in two.
Luo Feng held the Blood Shadow Blade, maintaining a normal speed of 60-70 meters per second.
They crossed paths!
In an instant, Luo Feng’s speed surged. His footwork shifted with centimeter-level precision, dodging the rhinoceros boar effortlessly. Luo Feng’s Blood Shadow Blade slashed upward diagonally. During the slash, the blade accelerated twice, becoming blurred and ethereal, transforming into a hazy blade of light!
Xiu!
The cold blade gleamed like lightning, cutting across the rhinoceros boar’s neck in an instant. Then, like mist, the blade light vanished in a dreamlike haze!
Blade Technique—Thunderclap! Its first success!
Puchi! Puchi!
Luo Feng’s Blood Shadow Blade, seemingly casual and simple, instantly slit the throats of the other two Troop-level rhinoceros boars.
“Boom~~” The already lifeless Commander-level rhinoceros boar continued to charge forward for over ten meters due to inertia before crashing heavily to the ground. It slid for several meters, colliding with a thick, decades-old tree nearby, causing the entire tree to tremble before finally coming to a stop.
“Wow, great job! You defeated a Low-level Commander-level beast with just blade techniques!” Chen Gu and the others quickly gathered around.
“Significant progress,” Gao Feng was also delighted, already moving to dissect the beast’s corpse.
“Combining footwork, blade techniques, and rich experience, killing a Low-level Commander-level beast was surprisingly easy,” Luo Feng sighed inwardly. Having slaughtered over ten thousand beasts, Luo Feng could now remain absolutely calm when facing these creatures, perfectly utilizing his blade techniques and footwork.
Using minimal effort to instantly defeat the opponent!
“Good, the harvesting is done,” Gao Feng smiled slightly. “Looks like we can hunt quite a few Commander-level beasts in a day.”
“Let’s go, next one,” Luo Feng also smiled.
The entire Hammer Team was brimming with confidence.
…
In No. 003 City, although they had anticipated high efficiency in hunting beasts, Luo Feng was still astonished during actual combat… Goodness, this wasn’t killing beasts; it was printing money! The speed of a printing press couldn’t even match how fast Luo Feng and his team made money!
The important materials from a Low-level Commander-level beast usually sold for 5 to 15 million.
Materials from a Mid-level Commander-level beast generally fetched 10 to 100 million.
And those from a High-level Commander-level beast could sell for 50 million to 600 million or more.
Of course, there were exceptions—some extremely rare beasts or those nearly at the Lord-level despite being High-level Commanders, which commanded higher prices. However, most fell within the above price ranges.
The Hammer Team hunted about ten Commander-level beasts daily! Although almost all were Low-level Commanders! Their earning efficiency was terrifying!
…
After ten consecutive days of hard work, Luo Feng and his team killed 92 Low-level Commander-level beasts and three Mid-level Commander-level beasts. The estimated total value was around one billion. Ten days of intense combat left Luo Feng and his team quite exhausted, so they rested for a day before continuing their beast hunts… However, the number of Commander-level beasts in the surrounding area had noticeably decreased.
On the fifteenth day,
On the balcony of the twelfth-floor living room of an eighteen-story building, Luo Feng and his team were resting.
“Captain, Low-level Commander-level beasts are rarely seen around here now,” Chen Gu said helplessly.
“It can’t be helped; we’ve been hunting pretty aggressively lately,” Gao Feng chuckled. “But don’t worry, beasts are constantly moving around… I estimate that within ten days, the number of beasts in this neighborhood will increase again! All we need to do is stay here quietly, since we’re most familiar with this area.”
Luo Feng nodded as well.
After these past ten days, although the neighborhood was large, Luo Feng and his team had memorized it thoroughly.
“It’s still best to make money in No. 003 City,” Wei Tie couldn’t help but exclaim.
Although it was mainly Luo Feng and Gao Feng’s efforts, while Luo Feng and Gao Feng feasted, Wei Tie, Wei Qing, and Chen Gu could still share in the spoils. After dividing the earnings, each of them earned over 100 million! In the past, in smaller towns and cities, struggling to find Commander-level beasts, Wei Tie and Wei Qing couldn’t earn 100 million in a year. Now, in just fifteen days, they had surpassed that.
Of course—
The greater the profit, the greater the danger! During these past ten days, Luo Feng and his team had encountered a dangerous aerial attack by flying beasts. Fortunately, they had taken shelter indoors, and Luo Feng’s throwing knives had scared the flying beasts away.
“Making money? Not really,” Gao Feng smiled. “A mentalist can easily earn several billion a year. The reason we dare to stay here is mainly because of Luo Feng.”
“Haha,” Chen Gu, Wei Qing, and Wei Tie couldn’t help but laugh.
“Captain, don’t say that. It’s also thanks to your help that hunting beasts is so comfortable and easy,” Luo Feng honestly replied. One person couldn’t watch all directions for danger simultaneously. With the other three team members responsible for vigilance and eliminating some threats, combined with Gao Feng, a ‘Mid-level Commander-level’ expert, assisting him, Luo Feng’s efficiency was high.
Luo Feng and his team chatted casually but kept their voices low.
“Hmm?” Chen Gu, holding a heavy sniper rifle nearby, suddenly whispered through the optical sight, “Damn, here comes a big one!”
“What?” The other four simultaneously grabbed their binoculars.
Luo Feng carefully observed…
In the distance, on a residential building covered in moss and vines, a massive snake, thick as a human waist and about twenty meters long, was crawling. Its body was covered in nearly parallel black stripes, which grew thicker as they approached its head.
At the front of the giant snake, two triangular snake heads split apart, each with a slight bulge on their foreheads.
“Damn, it’s a ‘Blackline’ snake, one of the venomous snake-type beasts?” Gao Feng muttered. “And it’s a mutated ‘Two-headed Blackline Snake’? It’s even growing horns and about to become a dragon!”
Luo Feng also inhaled sharply.
A beast about to become a dragon, and a mutated two-headed Blackline Snake?
This was no easy opponent!
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