Swallowed Star

by Alexander Buchanez

  Luo Feng's movements on the battlefield were strange and erratic. He never got close to the snake; he just relied on his amazing speed to hover around the battlefield.

  "YA!" The Indian leader suddenly shouted and his face reddened; the blood in his body was pumping to its limit. For a moment, his body looked like a legendary buddhist arhat. The bo staff in his body rapidly and ferociously increased in speed and, as if he was throwing away his life, he charged straight towards the twin headed black striped snake. The speed of the bo staff reached its limit and, in a blink of an eye, dozens of shadows were smashing towards the snake!

  BANG! BANG!

  Two of the dozens of shadows smashed directly into the snake's right head. The right head of the gigantic snake couldn't help but to shake, as if it was going to faint. With a rumble, the snake's right head directly fell onto the ground.

  "HISS~" the left head of the twin headed black striped snake immediately let out a horrifying growl and its large, soft body suddenly moved. It actually shot up and speedily ran in a wavy motion.

  "Hurry!" the Indian leader, the bald brute, quickly roared.

  Gao Feng, who always stuck close to the twin headed black striped snake, roared: "Die!". He used all of the power in his body to ferociously swing the heavy hammer in his hand. The heavy hammer was like an artillery shell as it cruelly smashed towards the left head of the twin headed black striped snake. The left head of the twin headed black striped snake immediately dodged away. Luo Feng, who wasn't too far away, saw this and concentrated all of his spiritual force on the heavy hammer, instantly accelerating it by a huge margin!

  "PENG!"

  The twin headed black striped snake instantly dodged away. But even though the heavy hammer didn't directly hit its head, it still hit the neck!

  With Gao Feng's extreme power and Luo Feng's spiritual force as support, the force of impact of this hammer was unrivaled. The left head of the twin headed black striped snake also couldn't help but to fall to the ground with a dizzy motion. But right when it regained consciousness and was going to raise its head back up!

  Luo Feng let out a smile!

  "PUCHI!" a black knife instantly came out of the ground, went along the face of the left head of the snake, and directly shot into the head!

  The left head didn't rise up again.

  "PU!" The alloyed bo staff of the bald brute Indian leader shot like lightning towards the eye of the right head, destroyed it, and then pierced the right head of the twin headed black striped snake! The twin headed black stripe snake already lost its life, but its gigantic body was still twisting around unconsciously. The movements slowed down and then it never moved again!

  "Haha!" The Indian leader couldn't help but to laugh loudly.

  "Beautiful" Gao Feng was also happy as he went to pick up his hammer. Luo Feng was also smiling as he went to pick up his throwing knives.

  From beginning to end, the Indians probably never realized that their weapons were being controlled by spiritual force!

  Especially the last hit. Only until the head of the twin headed black striped snake fell on the ground did Luo Feng's throwing knife come out of the ground to pierce its head.

  "Friend" the bald brute smiled towards Luo Feng and Gao Feng and made a greeting, "Good!*"

  TL note: He said "good" in english.

  "You aren't so bad either" laughed Luo Feng as he said. He could tell that the Indian staked his life on his final move. Even now, the bald brute's face was completely flushed and his veins were still bursting.

  "You guys get half, we get half!" spoke the bald brute.

  Luo Feng pointed at the left head of the snake and slightly smiled: "The scales are half half too".

  Both sides felt each other's strength. Whether Luo Feng's squad or the Indian squad, both probably have heated weapons aiming from a hidden area. That, and both parties are powerful. So both of them were in a good mood. Luo Feng and Gao Feng started dissecting the left head of the twin headed black striped snake!

  And the Indians dissected the right head.

  "Luo Feng, that blade was cruel" whispered Gao Feng.

  Luo Feng laughed as he took out the black throwing knife from the head of the snake after dissecting it. It was indeed that strike that killed the left head.

  Suddenly--

  "Hm?"

  Luo Feng and Gao Feng quickly turned over to look, and the faces of the three members of the Indian squad also changed as they looked.

  Nine human fighters from not too far away started walking towards them; most of them were yellow. When these nine people came and saw the gigantic snake in front of them, they instantly determined the price of it--a few billion dollars. With such a huge amount of wealth, quite a few people would show their inner greed.

  "Please go away!" the bald brute leader of the Indian group squeezed out some chinese.

  "Who would've thought that we'd meet the tiger fang squad here too. You sure linger around us" Gao Feng's gaze scanned across the group in front of him.

  Luo Feng looked silently. Out of the nine people in front of them, other than the six members of the tiger fang squad, there was an old veteran, a huge white brute, and a mixed youth.

  "Haha, Gao Feng, you guys actually teamed up with Indians. Hmhm..... but for you guys to kill this twin headed black striped snake, how rare" the captain of the tiger fang squad laughed coldly, "If you're wise, you'd hurry up and **** off. If so, our thunderbolt squad might spare your lives, or else..... hmhm, don't blame us. Oh, senior Liu here is the captain of our thunderbolt squad. Mr. Ka Long here is our vice captain".

  Senior Liu was that old veteran, and Ka Long was that white brute.

  Luo Feng's gaze was cold.

  "This is my first time here in #003 city, this prey is mine. You guys can leave" said the mixed youth as he smiled.

  The old veteran and the white brute stood on the two sides of the mixed youth as they scanned Luo Feng's group.

  "Whoever dares to steal my prey..... dies!" said the bald brute leader of the Indian group. The two scimitar wielding Indians beside him were also displaying their killing intent. Do you think killing this twin headed black striped snake was easy? First of all, this valuable, mutated monster was already rare in the first place, and the battle was bitter too.

  Gao Feng also held his twin hammers with a fearsome gaze.

  "If you want to steal it, then come" Luo Feng stepped on the head of the snake and gave out a cold laugh as he looked at the group in front of him, "If we can kill this twin headed black striped snake, then your group..... oh yea, our brother's sniper rifle is aimed right at your group!"

  "Our sniper rifle is also aimed at you!" said one of the scimitar wielding men of the Indian group coldly.

  "Sniper?"

  Quite a few of the nine couldn't help but to raise their heads to the surrounding residential apartments, but not even a shadow could be seen in these ruined buildings. But because they couldn't see them, they became even more afraid. The tiger fang squad was clear: the fire hammer squad had Chen Gu as their sniper. And would the Indian group not bring their own professional snipers too?

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  TL note (for the 7 inches part): Okay, for those interested/want more information, this is actually a saying:���ߴ��ߴ� (if you want to attack a snake, attack at 7 inches). I heard there are variations like 3 inches too, but there are two meanings for this saying. First, don't attack a snake if it isn't at least 7 inches long. Next, 7 inches is the best spot to attack a snake. Refer to the photos below (although I'm not sure if these photos are exactly correct. I'm sure that it varies for different types of snakes).

  Chapter 74: Solo

  Usually, a heavy sniper rifle can barely threaten a 'low level commander level' monster. But monsters are different from humans. Humans are powerful, but the defense of their skin and muscle is much lower than the defense of the monsters' fur and scales. This is also why human fighters have to wear battle uniforms!

  If an intermedi
ate level warlord fighter gets shot, even if he doesn't die, he would still suffer a heavy wound.

  However, a sniper rifle is much less threatening to an advanced level warlord level fighter, and as for a wargod? A sniper rifle can't even threaten a wargod at all.

  "It looks like the old veteran and the white brute are protecting the mixed youth, so he's the most important member of the squad" Luo Feng's gaze scanned across the thunderbolt squad. Some of the members of the thunderbolt squad were raised towards the residential apartments, searching for the snipers' locations. And some of them exchanged glances.

  Silence.

  Luo Feng, Gao Feng, the Indians, and the thunderbolt squad were all silent for a bit.

  "Senior Liu" the tiger fang captain looked towards the indifferent, balding veteran. This balding veteran frowned and looked at him, and the tiger fang captain immediately shut up. The old, balding veteran then said quietly to the mixed youth's ear: "Young master, since you want to come here to train, you should fight against the monsters personally".

  The mixed youth looked at the veteran and then turned his head to the white brute. The white brute also slightly nodded.

  "Alright, let's go!" ordered the mixed youth helplessly.

  His father has seriously warned him--

  After entering the wilderness, he must listen to his two bodyguards.

  Even though the leader of the squad is technically the old veteran, but the actual leader is this mixed youth. And now that the mixed youth gave his order, the members of the tiger fang squad stared at Gao Feng and Luo Feng with a look of dissatisfaction. Zhang Ze Hu even cursed under his breath: "Luo Feng kid, you got lucky this time!". Zhang Ze Hu didn't even try to hide his hatred for Luo Feng.

  It has always been clear that the tiger fang squad and the fire hammer squad weren't on good terms.

  Very quickly, the nine members of the thunderbolt squad left.

  Wan-Ke Dream city is gigantic in area, and the thunderbolt squad continued to move forward in this small sector.

  "Pan Ya" as they walked on the road, the old veteran frowned as he spoke.

  "Senior Liu" the captain of the tiger fang squad neared and lowered himself.

  The old veteran named Liu spoke solemnly: "Since you tiger fang squad members accepted this mission, you should know that the young master's safety takes priority over everything! That twin headed black striped snake is indeed a treasure, but is not even close to the importance of young master's safety. If something happened to the young master, not only will I not be able to escape, but all of you tiger fang squad members will die too!".

  The tiger fang squad captain froze, and soon nodded: "Understood!".

  "Ok, as long as you understand" said the old veteran named Liu coldly, "We'll soon arrive at a ruined JJ liquor chain store. The young master will then kill the monsters in that area. If you guys want to steal others' prey, do it yourselves. Don't drag in the young master".

  "I understand".

  The captain of the tiger fang squad replied that, but was cursing in his heart.

  Which fighter squad in the vicinity of #003 city is weak? If it wasn't for the two 'advanced level warlords', the old veteran named Liu and the white brute, the tiger fang squad doesn't even have the power to steal prey.

  The tiger fang captain slightly nodded: "I understand. The fire hammer squad dared to enter #003 city, so I understand that their skill has increased".

  "Captain, we can't delay anymore. Especially that Luo Feng, he just became a fighter not too recently. I heard he's already a beginner level warlord" said Zhang Ze Hu hurriedly. Zhang Ze Hu is clearly the one who holds the most hatred for Luo Feng.

  "This kid, does have surprising potential".

  The tiger fang captain said lowly, "Leaving our enemies like that will just make their threat to us larger and larger! Since we met them in the wilderness this time, well good, I'll think of a way in these few days to kill them directly! Or else..... I'll spend some money and ask senior Liu and the other senior to help".

  On the grass of the residential apartments filled with the scent of blood, Luo Feng, Gao Feng, and the three Indians were dissecting the gigantic snake. Not only did they take out the poison sacs, but they also took out things like the bladder. Of course, they'll have to skin it. The skin of this twin headed black striped snake is worth quite a bit.

  "Half!"

  "Half!"

  The Indian group and Luo Feng's group quickly split apart the large amounts of material.

  "No matter toughness or hardness, the scales of this snake is amazing" Gao Feng couldn't help but to say as he touched the scales, "These scales are definitely important materials for battle uniform production!". The most important invention by man--Ke Luo Alloy, is mainly made from all sorts of monsters' material.

  Of course, it was the 'Blue Gold' metal found on the moon that finally made the Ke Luo alloy! Ke Luo alloy allows human fighters to wear battle uniforms with extremely high defense and wield blades that are unrivaled in sharpness! Even some heated weapons gain a huge increase in power.

  "Cooperate, great!" the Indian leader, the bald brute, squeezed out some Chinese as he greeted Luo Feng and Gao Feng.

  "Haha, great" Gao Feng also laughed.

  Luo Feng and Gao Feng both carried their bulging bags and headed upstairs. The snake's scales seemed to have a huge area, but they were actually very thin. Half of the snakes' scales stacked together can't even fill up one bag! And fighter's bags already had amazing elasticity. With the bag's mechanism, you can adjust the size of the bag.

  At its largest, you can make it as large as a regular man. However, that size isn't needed for these scales.

  They quickly arrived at the 12th floor of the residential building. Right when they entered, they were greeted with cheering.

  "Warm welcome, warm welcome" shouted Wei Tie purposefully.

  "Welcome back, captain and Luo Feng, from your battle" Chen Gu also said purposefully. Of course they were happy. Since Luo Feng and Gao Feng came back successfully, they would get quite a bit of money too.

  Gao Feng didn't have such a happy look on his face: "You guys saw the members of the tiger fang squad right?".

  "We saw them" the faces of Chen Gu, Wei Tie, and Wei Qing immediately sank. Chen Gu even grit his teeth: "I even wanted to shoot them in revenge for old Zhang!". Out of the entire squad, Chen Gu was clearly the closest to Zhang Ke, since they were both from Ming-Yue sector.

  Together throughout the life threatening times, together as they went back home.

  All these years, they're even closer than brothers! But Chen Gu knew he couldn't fire back them. Even if he was able to kill someone, the thunderbolt squad would certainly immediately take action..... at that point, there's no turning back.

  "Chen Gu, where's the tiger fang squad right now?" asked Luo Feng.

  "We've been watching them the whole time"

  At the northern window, Wei Qing held his binoculars as he looked down, "that group just walked out of the dream city sector and are walking east along that street!".

  Whoosh! Whoosh!

  Luo Feng and the others immediately went. Luo Feng first took the binoculars and looked downwards. Indeed..... the nine members of the thunderbolt squad were walking along a street a few miles away. Thankfully, Luo Feng and the others picked a good residential building, a tall building that was farthest up north in their sector. In front of their residential building towards the northern sector were just some short buildings, so they could freely look towards the northern area.

  "Captain, brother Chen" spoke Luo Feng.

  "Hm?" the members of the fire hammer squad all looked towards Luo Feng.

  Luo Feng couldn't help but to clench his fists and say with his teeth clenched: "I'll never forget what they did to brother Zhang. I swore long ago..... once I meet the trash of the tiger fang squad in the wilderness, I'll destroy them!"

  "Luo Feng, your point is?" said Gao Feng in a surprised tone.

  "I'll go af
ter them secretly and find a chance to kill all the members of the tiger fang squad! Since they were prepared to kill all of us, of course we have to strike first!". Luo Feng will never forget the two sniper rifle bullets. One of them was barely dodged thanks to his spiritual force.

  But the other one handicapped brother Zhang!

  "Luo Feng, I'll go with you. We have to avenge brother Zhang" said Chen Gu with his teeth clenched.

  "Brother Chen, going alone is best for me" Luo Feng said in a low tone, "With my spiritual force, I can escape even from a wargod just by flying!".

  This is why spirit readers are horrifying!

  Even if a wargod fighter is tens to hundreds of times stronger than them, even a weak spirit reader can fly! Other than spirit readers, only existences that surpass the wargod level can fly.

  "Chen Gu, Luo Feng is right. You'll just be a burden" commanded Gao Feng.

  Chen Gu clenched his teeth. The captain said it in a bad way, but he knew the captain said it for his own good.

  "And if we want to destroy the tiger fang squad, then wouldn't they try to destroy us too?" said Gao Feng, "Ever since their scheme from last time, of course they wouldn't want us to live. However, they just haven't met us in the wilderness. Now that they've met us..... they'll take action for sure".

  Everyone there was surprised.

  Indeed.....

  With the way the tiger fang squad handles things, they'll definitely do something like this.

  "We killed enough monsters this time anyway and our bags are almost full. The other members of the squad will first return to the resupplying base" said Gao Feng, and then looked towards Luo Feng, "Luo Feng, you're a spirit reader. No one knows how many times better you are at escaping than us, but you still have to be careful and not let your guard down".

  Luo Feng nodded.

  As they talked, the members took up their binoculars and observed where the thunderbolt squad was headed.

  "They entered the JJ liquor chain store" said Chen Gu excitedly, "Looks like that'll be their temporary base".

  "No delay, let's go now" said Gao Feng clearly.