Swallowed Star
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PU! Slashed right in the throat.
Luo Feng charged forwards and turned his head towards the other mastiff lion monster.
"HOWL~~" when the mastiff lion monster saw fresh blood spraying from its comrade's throat, it howled and retreated swiftly.
Chen Gu, Gao Feng, and the other members of the fire hammer squad let out a smile as they watched.
Even though Luo Feng isn't as experienced as the Wei Jia brothers, but because of his technique, Luo Feng's killing power is not worse than either the older or younger sibling of the Wei Jia family.
"Luo Feng, let's go, hurry and enter the town! The mastiff lions are gregarious. The mastiff lion that ran away will soon bring a whole pack of them over here" laughed Chen Gu. Luo Feng laughed as they all united. The six members of the fire hammer squad finally reached their destination--0201 country level city.
Chapter 44: Key Position
The fire hammer squad quietly entered the suburban part of the #0201 country level city.
"Luo Feng, we ran along the highway these past three days, which belongs to the desolate area." as they walked, Chen Gu kept his voice low and said, "most of the monsters live in the city and in the built-up areas! Places like the counties and urban areas are the truly dangerous locations!"
"Understood, brother Chen" nodded Luo Feng.
Luo Feng already read about the common habits of monsters in the posts.
In the long war between monsters and humans, monsters found that if they live in relatively empty areas, the human army and fighters could lock-on to them from far away. Without anything to hide behind, the humans could use "heavy sniper rifles" and missiles to conduct long distance attacks!
But in the city, there were tons of skyscrapers.
As long as the monsters hid in the urban areas, snipers will rarely have a chance, unless they go inside the city! And right when the human army enters the city, they'll have to fight with the monsters on the streets, where the monsters will have an overwhelming advantage. Urban areas are the monsters' heaven!
"Naturally, the target for our fire hammer squad is a commander level monster! However....." reminded Chen Gu in a small voice, "A commander level monster is intelligent, around the level of a human. The commander level monster will command large amounts of soldier level monsters to surround it. Virtually every commander level monster will be surrounded by large amounts of soldier level monsters, so it's very difficult to kill a commander level monster".
Luo Feng nodded.
A soldier and a commander not only have a large difference in strength, but also--intelligence!
To protect their lives, a commander level monster will naturally summon large amounts of soldier level monsters to protect it. Other than the extremely rare monsters that like to be independent, most commanders will be surrounded by soldiers.
"Everybody be careful, there's a steel clad bull lair up ahead" said Gao Feng suddenly, "The head of this steel clad bull lair is probably a high level commander, and there are large amounts of steel clad bulls in this lair. Let's go around it! Chen Gu, don't shoot. If a steel clad bull attacks, remember, kill it instantly. Don't let the steel clad bull call its comrades".
"Yes, captain"
The other five all nodded.
Unlike the deserted areas outside, the city and the suburbs are much more dangerous.
The six members of the fire hammer squad carefully moved forward along a narrow path.
"Halt" the older sibling of the Wei Jia family, 'Wei Tie', who was in front, raised his hand. He stared seriously in front of him, where a gigantic iron fur boar was lying far away. Beside the boar were two mastiff tiger monsters who had their heads lowered and were feasting on large bites of flesh. Suddenly, the mastiff tiger monster rose its head and looked at the fire hammer squad from far away and became much more cautious.
"We'll go around, don't do anything" said Gao Feng in a small voice.
On the deserted highway, Luo Feng and the others were relaxed; they could kill monsters whenever they felt like it. However, it's different in the city.
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After treading carefully on the way, taking at least ten detours, and killing eight regular soldier level monsters instantly, Luo Feng and the others finally arrived at their first destination--a small sector in the #0201 country level city, 'Blue Sky Sector'. The reason why the blue sky sector was the fire hammer squad's first target was because there were three residential apartments that were 21 stories high.
"Go, to the roof"
"Everyone be careful, a monster might pop out of who knows where in the building"
"Don't make too much noise"
The six members of the fire hammer squad went along the staircase.
"Howl~~~" a low pitched howl emanated within the building, which made the six members of the fire hammer squad frown. Wei Tie, who was furthest in front, said in a small voice: "It should be upstairs, everybody be careful". Everybody had their weapon in hand and were prepared to strike. And Chen Gu, who used heated weapons, was being protected in the center.
They went forward one step at a time.
"Hm?" Luo Feng saw a two meter tall lion mastiff monster suddenly appear from the corner in front. It's fur was long and it looked like a gigantic military SUV. When the lion mastiff monster saw the them, it immediately howled, sending a blood scented wind at them.
The fire hammer squad was going upstairs and the lion mastiff monster dived at them with the energy gained from its gigantic body.
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Wei Tie and Wei Qing in the front had almost identical movements. With a shield in one hand and a scimitar in the other, they charged forward at the same time and barely grazed the lion mastiff monster's body. As their bodies grazed past each other, the scimitars drew curved lines that passed through the joints of the lion mastiff's front claws.
The brothers Wei Tie and Wei Qing used the exact same technique!
This caused the front two claws of the lion mastiff monster to stagger and fall onto the stairs. At this time, spear 'Zhang Ke', who was behind Wei Tie and Wei Qing, instantly moved forward. His alloyed spear carried a metallic sound with it as he pierced the lion mastiff monster's head.
PU-CHI! The spear instantly pierced through the lion mastiff monster's eyes and went through its head!
"ROAR~~" The lion mastiff monster unconsciously stepped forward twice and then fell powerlessly.
The cooperation between Wei Qing, Wei Tie, and Zhang Ke was indeed marvelous! The first two took care of the lion mastiff's front limbs to make it lose its balance, which was immediately followed up by Zhang Ke's spear for a one hit kill! Zhang ke was horrifyingly accurate with his spear, he actually pierced right through the eye.
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In the process of climbing up the staircase, the fire hammer squad encountered three monsters, which was considered quite lucky. Out of these three monsters, one of them actually charged up from the ground level. At that time, Luo Feng and Gao Feng were at the back of the team, so naturally it was Luo Feng who had to cleanly kill the G level monster.
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After exiting the staircase, the six members of the fire hammer squad arrived at the rooftop of the 21 story residential apartment.
"Shut the door to the staircase, shut it completely freaking tight!" commanded Gao Feng, "Stop any monsters from running up here to the rooftop".
"Yes'.
Luo Feng and Zhang Ke went to close the steel doors of the staircase, and found a steel rod to jam the door.
"Phew, we can finally loosen up a bit" a rare smile appeared on Zhang Ke's face. He directly sat on his bottom on the roof and took out some high carb food and water.
"Everyone brought their binoculars right" said Gao Feng, "Everyone take out their binoculars and look down from the roof and try to find a commander level monster! Remember, don't expose your body too much; it'll be a bit troublesome if a monster discovers you!". However, it was actually very safe on the rooftop.
Even if a commander level monster commands the monsters to slaughter their way up, how wide is the staircase? The threat wasn't large. The fire hammer squad has enough time to completely escape.
"Start searching for a commander level monster"
"Yo guys, time to start finding some monsters"
Luo Feng also took out his binoculars from his bag, and some supporting tools like screws. Everyone brought them, since they weren't heavy.
He squatted onto the side of the roof and looked down onto the street. There were large amounts of monsters everywhere he looked: "The city area has at least ten or a hundred times more monsters". And on one of the streets, one glance showed that there were at least hundreds of monsters walking forward.
Even a warlord level fighter has a slim chance of escaping alive from hundreds of normal monsters.
"Captain, these are all soldier level monsters"
"I don't see any commander level monsters here either"
Five of the members, including the captain, were all holding their binoculars and looking down from the roof at different spots. Only when standing on a high location could you see far. On the roof of a 21 story residential apartment, you can see really far, and also see many monsters.
"KA!" a steel case opened. The only member of the fire hammer squad who wasn't using a binocular, Chen Gu, opened the steel case. Other than large amounts of ammunition, there was another long, rectangular shaped wooden case in the steel case. In the wooden case, there were a few mechanical parts, which Chen Gu swiftly assembled.
A moment later--
A silverish gray heavy sniper rifle that was nearly two meters long was assembled. It's optical aimer device and other things were also completely assembled.
Chen Gu put special bullets into the clip, for a total of ten bullets.
"Captain, notify me if you find a commander level monster" said Chen Gu.
"Yup, you can first sleep for a bit and rest yourself. Leave the search for the commander level monster to us" nodded Gao Feng, while at the same time commanding the others, "Guys, focus and don't miss anything". This was the easiest way to hunt for a commander level monster in the city. Staying at a high location lets you see farther.
This is ten to a hundred times faster than searching for a commander level monster on the streets, and also much safer.
Luo Feng, Zhang Ke, the Wei Jia brothers and Gao Feng, the five of them held their binoculars and carefully looked below, while Chen Gu narrowed his eyes and went to sleep while holding his heavy sniper rifle.
Chapter 45: Commander Level Monster
When the six members of the fire hammer squad were searching for a commander level monster and hiding on the rooftop of the blue sky sector's residential hall.... Around 30 km away from the #0201 country level city on the ruined highway was a six-man elite fighter group rushing towards the #0201 country level city.
All six of them had a tiger shaped medal on their left breast pocket of their battle uniform.
This was the famous "Tiger Fang Squad" of Jiang-Nan city. There were six people in the tiger fang squad: two of them used heated weapons, and the other four used cold weapons. Two of the four that used cold weapons were warlord level fighters, and the other two were advanced warrior level fighters! And the two that used heated weapons were also warlord level!
Actually, as long as you have enough talent, experience, and time, it's quite easy to reach the warlord level using heated weapons.
Because they rely on their guns and bullets!
"Old Han, have you found that old guy's position yet?" asked Zhang Ze Hu in a small voice. This Zhang Ze Hu was indeed one of the six members of the tiger fang squad, and was an advanced warrior level fighter. In terms of strength, the tiger fang squad was extremely powerful. The weakest members were both advanced warrior level fighters, and these two were barely away from the warlord level.
"According to the signal flare I left on that old guy, it's probably 40 km away from us. According to me, I'd think it's in the #0201 country level city ahead!" said the guy who was holding and looking at a compass-like instrument.
"Finally confirmed the position"
"If we can hunt down this old guy this time, we brothers are gonna be rich".
The people of the tiger fang squad laughed.
When they were hunting for monsters before, they found the wolf type monster, 'Hunter', by chance. There were lots of different classifications for the monsters today. Before the Grand Nirvana period, there were mostly pigs, dogs, cats, cows, and sheep in society. So most of the monsters today are mostly pig type, dog type, cat type, cow type, sheep type, snake type, etc. Monsters like foxes, monkeys, scorpions, wolves, tigers, and jaguars are rarer.
Wolves, tigers, and jaguars were already strong, so after a mutation, they'd become beyond horrifying.
Of course, since there are so many regular monsters, some of them become horrifying existences.
For example, one of the cat type monsters is a legendary existence--Nine Lives Demon Cat!
The Nine Lives Demon Cat is the most frightening monster within the cat type monster category. It has nine tails, and it's strength surpasses a horde leader! On the entire earth, it's considered as one of the scariest monsters in the rankings.
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Since the wolf type monsters have a high reproduction ability, fighters could often encounter a few wolf type monsters this past decade.
And the 'Hunter' is one of the most horrifying mutations within the wolf type monster category. They're also called the king of the wolves--'Silver Moon Wolf', each silver moon wolf is practically independent, and they love hunting other monsters and fighters. As they're also sly and cruel, they got the name of 'Hunter'.
As of now, the weakest known silver moon wolf is a 'medium commander level monster', so a head of a silver moon wolf is worth a fortune.
"This hunter we're chasing is probably a "high commander level", practically nearing the horde leader level! Thankfully, this hunter was already wounded when we engaged before, so we were able to give it another heavy wound" said the captain of the tiger fang squad, a dark skinned, thin, short man in a small voice, "As of now, we've already healed up and regained our strength! This time, we have to grab our chance and hunt down this 'Hunter' whose strength has declined greatly".
"Yes, captain"
The six members of the tiger fang squad were full of fighting spirit! One dead hunter is practically worth more than one or two years of their income.
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On the rooftop of one of the 21 story high residential hall in the blue sky sector.
Five members of the fire hammer squad had their binoculars pointed down and were looking carefully. Luo Feng held his binocular with his left hand and his water bottle with his right. He drank a little bit of water, put the binoculars down, tightened up the cap of the water bottle and put it into his back. Only after that did he continue looking downwards with his binoculars again.
"Captain, do we just foolishly wait here?" asked Luo Feng.
"What do you understand?" Gao Feng laughed as he put down his binoculars, "In this area, a 21 story high residential apartment is already pretty high. From the rooftop, we can scan a radius of 5 km with our binoculars. How big is a country level city? Of course, because some of the buildings are blocking, our efficiency isn't that high. However--this efficiency is already immensely high. Everybody can rest and find monsters. It's the best way."
Luo Feng nodded.
"Captain, you guys come look here" shouted Zhang Ke suddenly as he pointed down in a certain direction.
WHOOSH!
The other four ran there, each of them holding their binoculars and looking downwards. Luo Feng also looked towards the direction Zhang ke was pointing at, and through the binoculars he saw that there were horned boars and iron fur boars appearing in some of the str
eets in the north west direction. There was probably a total of a couple hundred boars, and the number of boars were still increasing in his field of view.
"Hm?" Luo Feng's eyes flashed. On one of the streets, there was a peculiar monster that was moving slowly and calling upon more pig type monsters. It was completely red and looked like a tank.
"This is the Bloodthirsty Tank?" said Luo Feng out of shock.
Out of the pig type monsters, they are ranked at #2--Bloodthirsty Tank herd. It's called a bloodthirsty tank, but they're also a pig type monster. They have a large amount of scales on them and their defense is amazing. At a glance, it resembles an armored tank, and its defense and attack isn't inferior to a real tank at all.
"It's a bloodthirsty tank!"
"Man it's a big catch"
"Captain, according to the color of its scales, it should be around a 'low commander level monster'. Maybe nearing 'medium commander level'".
Some of the fire hammer squad members started arguing.
"Hm"Hm, the price of a bloodthirsty tank is quite high" laughed captain Gao Feng, "even though it's only a low commander level monster, its price is comparable to medium commander level monsters. This is a great catch! Everybody cheer up"
"Old Chen"
"Chen Gu"
The captain's voice caused Chen Gu to finally open his eyes. Chen Gu laughed as he stood up, "Yo guys, found a commander level monster?"
"Come and look" laughed Gao Feng.
Chen Gu sprinted over and looked through the binoculars. He was astonished as he said: "Damn, its the bloodthirsty tank that's ranked second in the pig type monsters. This guy's defense is crazy; the armor piercing bullets I brought probably wouldn't even be able to pierce through its scales! Looks like it's time to use my precious ones".
"Hurry, bullets aren't worth that much" persuaded Gao Feng.
Chen Gu was quick; he immediately sprinted to the steel case, took out three blood-red colored bullets, and changed the bullets in the sniper rifle.
"PU!"
Chen Gu laid on the roof and set up his silverish gray heavy sniper rifle. The barrel of the gun reflected the light from the sun. And Chen Gu stuck out his hand to get a feel for the direction, and started doing detailed calculations as he calibrated his optical aimer device. The other five members of the fire hammer squad didn't dare make a sound.