Gao Feng, the Wei brothers, Chen Gu, and the others had already prepared to split up and run for their lives, thinking this was a nine deaths and one life situation. But when they saw that six flying knives were actually hovering around Luo Feng’s body, they all froze completely.
Chen Gu even blinked hard twice. Yes, they had not seen wrong. The flying knives really were floating there, with nothing supporting them at all.
“A spirit reader!”
“Remote control of objects!”
“Luo Feng is a spirit reader?”
These thoughts flashed through Gao Feng and the others’ minds at once. Their faces turned red with excitement. Gao Feng even howled, “Listen to Luo Feng. Follow Luo Feng!”
Boom, boom, boom.
The frantic beast tide charged forward, making the broken cement ground crack, and even causing powder to fall from the ruined buildings nearby. There is an old saying about a thousand horses galloping, but every monster here was stronger than warhorses from the past by ten or a hundred times. More than a thousand monsters charging together was even more terrifying than a thousand horses galloping.
“Left side!” Luo Feng growled.
The rest of the Fire Hammer Squad immediately followed Luo Feng and turned sharply to charge left, with Wei Qing carrying Zhang Ke, who had lost too much blood.
“Hiss.”
“Roar.”
A foul stench of monsters spread through the air. Because they were not fleeing straight ahead, but instead rushed left, Luo Feng and the others instantly crashed into the monster pack that was chasing after them. The stench was so strong it practically filled their noses. At that moment, Luo Feng gritted his teeth, his gaze icy cold. The six flying knives hovering within more than ten metres around him moved instantly.
Swish, swish, swish.
The six flying knives turned into phantoms in an instant. Pfft. One knife pierced straight through the head of a charging lion hound beast, and brain matter splashed out with the knife. Under the control of spiritual force, that knife immediately continued at shocking speed and pierced the next monster’s head as well.
Six flying knives. In the blink of an eye, more than thirty monsters nearest to Luo Feng and the others had all been pierced through the head.
Blood and brain matter flew everywhere.
“Roar.”
Boom, boom, boom.
Under the shrill monster roars, the more than thirty monsters that had been rushing at full speed all collapsed violently. Because of their momentum, they even slid more than ten metres across the ground. In an instant, behind the fleeing Fire Hammer Squad, there were only piles of fallen monster corpses.
Gao Feng, Chen Gu, the Wei brothers, and even the pale Zhang Ke were stunned.
They had always known spirit readers were strong, but this was just too terrifying.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
The six flying knives all turned into streaks of light and shadow. Any monster that came within nearly twenty metres was instantly pierced through the head. Such precise control was also horrifying.
“At this rate of spiritual force consumption, it is too fast.” Luo Feng was secretly shocked as well. Every time a flying knife pierced through a monster’s head, it consumed a fair amount of energy. These monsters’ skulls were much harder than ordinary rocks. He had only killed more than fifty monsters in one go, and his spiritual force had already been consumed quite heavily.
Behind Luo Feng, Chen Gu shouted in surprise, “Damn, this spirit reader is too monstrous. He could kill all one thousand monsters!”
“Stop talking nonsense. With such a huge commotion, the longer we drag this out, the more monsters we will attract. Right now it is one thousand, but in a little while five thousand monsters will surround us. If it goes on even longer, ten thousand monsters could come. And there will be plenty of commander level monsters among them. How can a spirit reader kill them all? Do you think a spirit reader does not consume spiritual force when killing monsters?” Gao Feng scolded with a smile.
Under the monster assault, the Fire Hammer Squad still had the mood to chat.
It was clear that Gao Feng, Chen Gu, and the others really felt no pressure at all now. All the monsters were being killed by the flying knives in the air.
“Climb the wall,” Luo Feng ordered.
The Fire Hammer Squad, still running, had already reached a wall ahead of them. One by one, they leapt over it. Although many monsters behind them had been killed, the remaining ones were bloodthirsty and frenzied, and were not afraid of death at all. They continued roaring and charging forward. Any monster that approached Luo Feng’s flying knife field had its head pierced instantly.
It should be known that Luo Feng’s physical strength had only just reached the boundary of advanced warrior level. A spirit reader’s spiritual force was usually two levels stronger than the body. That meant Luo Feng’s spiritual force had reached the lower limit of intermediate warlord level. Spirit readers were the most terrifying beings among martial artists, and could easily kill opponents of the same level.
Remote control of objects meant Luo Feng could stay far away from the monsters and use the flying knives to stab them to death.
However, at present, if he wanted to keep the flying knives at their strongest, Luo Feng could only use two at a time. The more flying knives he used, the weaker each individual knife became. It was true that Luo Feng could use over a hundred flying knives at once, but then not only would their power be reduced, he might not even be able to maintain accurate control.
With six flying knives, Luo Feng could guarantee each one could deal with an initial commander level monster, while still keeping perfect accuracy.
With two flying knives, Luo Feng could guarantee maximum power, enough to deal with intermediate commander level monsters.
Boom, boom, boom.
The fearless monsters smashed through the wall.
Pfft. Pfft.
The moment they came near the running Fire Hammer Squad, the monsters were slaughtered instantly. Blood and brain matter flew everywhere, and the collapsing monster corpses caused chaos among the monsters behind them. Once the Fire Hammer Squad turned a corner on the distant street, they immediately shook off many of the monsters.
By this time, the Tiger Fang Squad had already run far away. The Fire Hammer Squad had attracted a large number of monsters, which reduced the monster density on many surrounding roads. In no time, the Tiger Fang Squad had advanced a great distance. Once they reached a new area with more monsters, their speed slowed again, and they moved forward carefully.
“What happened just now? Not a single target killed?” Tiger Fang captain frowned and asked.
“Captain, just now I fired at the Fire Hammer Squad’s captain, Gao Feng. But Gao Feng happened to be dissecting a monster corpse, and at that exact moment he exerted force with his dagger, causing his body to tilt. The armour piercing bullet went past the side of his head. It badly injured another Fire Hammer Squad member, blowing off that man’s arm. But whether he lived or died, I could not tell,” said the thin man called A Xiao.
“That Gao Feng is lucky,” Zhang Zehu said with a frown. He looked at another man. “Dongzi, I told you to kill Luo Feng. Why is he not dead?”
At that distance, and with the bullet moving so fast, only the two sniper rifle users watching through optical sights had clearly seen what happened in that instant.
“That Luo Feng…” The gunman called Dongzi hesitated for a moment before saying, “He was lucky too. When I fired, he was cutting the monster’s fur, and he happened to swing his blade at just the right moment and strike my armour piercing bullet head on.”
Dongzi could only say it like that. He did not believe Luo Feng’s neural reaction speed alone could have let him strike a bullet.
So it could only be called luck.
After all, to cut open an armour piercing bullet, the required eyesight and blade precision were ridiculous.
“Damn it, Luo Feng is lucky too,” Zhang Zehu cursed.
“But do not worry.” The sniper Dongzi smiled. “Our earlier four shots into the beast tide have already driven the monsters towards the only human team they could find nearby, the Fire Hammer Squad. That was more than one thousand monsters. No matter how strong the Fire Hammer Squad is, they are definitely finished.”
“No.” The Tiger Fang captain shook his head. “Not necessarily. If the Fire Hammer Squad splits up and runs, perhaps one or two people might survive.” As he spoke, he revealed a smile. “Of course, even if only one or two survive, they pose no threat to our Tiger Fang Squad.”
“Captain, maybe they just happen to run into a war god level being who can save them,” the one eyed middle aged man said with a grin.
“In a county city, and in such a short time, to run into a war god, and for that war god level expert to be willing to help? That is far less likely than winning the lottery,” the Tiger Fang captain said with a broad grin. “Alright, let us move out. That old thing is still active. We should catch up as soon as possible.”
“Yes.”
The Tiger Fang Squad immediately moved out.
On the rooftop of an ordinary six storey residential building, the Fire Hammer Squad rushed up to the top.
Clack.
The stairway door leading to the roof was shut tightly.
“Quick, let Old Zhang lie down,” Chen Gu said hurriedly.
“Bring the medicine,” Gao Feng also said anxiously.
With Zhang Ke’s injuries, even if he did not bleed any more, he would still bleed to death. Fortunately, the bleeding had already been stopped. But with such severe injuries, he still needed simple treatment first. After all, County 0201 was three full days’ walk from the military supply base.
In Zhang Ke’s condition, how could he travel for three days? He definitely could not bear it.
“Old Zhang, hold this in your mouth to restore energy,” Chen Gu said, taking out a pill and putting it into Zhang Ke’s mouth.
“Wei Tie, treat Zhang Ke’s wound properly,” Gao Feng ordered immediately.
The Fire Hammer Squad all hurried to take care of Zhang Ke. Zhang Ke, pale as paper, finally received energy replenishment in time, and his brows relaxed a little. As the treatment continued, the others in the squad gradually calmed down as well.
“Good,” Luo Feng secretly let out a breath of relief. Looking at Brother Zhang’s pale face, and especially at the right arm that had disappeared along with half the shoulder, he could not help feeling guilty. “Brother Zhang will never be able to use a long spear again. His martial path is finished.” Luo Feng believed the Tiger Fang Squad’s attack was very likely because of him.
Facing Brother Zhang, Luo Feng felt very guilty.
“Tiger Fang Squad, Zhang Zehu!” Rage burned in Luo Feng’s heart. “I, Luo Feng, swear that I will definitely make you pay in blood. I will let you taste what it feels like to be wiped out!”
“That Tiger Fang Squad, those bastards, were trying to wipe out our entire Fire Hammer Squad,” Chen Gu could not help but curse.
“That damn Tiger Fang Squad, we must take revenge,” Wei Tie also growled.
“That bunch of bastards, I, Gao Feng, will make them regret it,” Gao Feng said, fists clenched. Then he looked at Luo Feng. “Luckily this time we had Luo Feng. Otherwise, we would all have… By the way, Luo Feng, how can you control objects from afar?”
Immediately, everyone else in the Fire Hammer Squad, including Zhang Ke, who was heavily injured and lying on the ground, looked at Luo Feng.
Luo Feng knew that when he controlled the flying knives to save everyone, he had also exposed the secret that he was a spirit reader.
“Everyone must have already guessed it. You are all deliberately making such expressions while looking at me. Fine, I admit it…” Luo Feng revealed a helpless smile. “I am a spirit reader!”
“Haha.” Chen Gu laughed happily. “Luo Feng, I really did not misjudge you.”
Wei Qing and Wei Tie also smiled.
“A spirit reader. Our Fire Hammer Squad actually has a spirit reader too,” Gao Feng said with a smile and nodded. “I believe that if the Tiger Fang Squad had known earlier how strong Luo Feng is, they definitely would not have dared to use such underhanded tricks. If they knew… they had offended a spirit reader, they would surely regret it beyond measure.”
“They would definitely regret it to death,” Wei Tie also said with a chuckle.