160 Part 2
With weapons in hand, the three of them were eager to test the power of their firearms. At this moment, they looked at those fierce and ferocious wild boars and felt both nervous and excited. The wild boars were swimming relatively fast in the marshland, but in their eyes, it was still slow, making them easy targets.
Tang Yanqiu was the first to take action. He grabbed a heavy artillery arrow and wanted to shoot, but Zhuang Yao stopped him, "Try shooting their eyes with the small arrows first! There are only 20 heavy artillery arrows; use them sparingly!"
Disappointed, Tang Yanqiu put the heavy arrow back into the quiver and drew a small arrow instead. With a swift motion, the streamlined arrow shot out and hit the eye of a large wild boar the size of an egg. The wild boar let out a painful howl that was extremely unpleasant and made their eardrums ache. However, it didn't fall; instead, it became more agitated and charged towards them.
Zhuang Yao blinked, "Shoot another one."
Tang Yanqiu didn't need any reminder. He had already drawn the bowstring and shot another arrow. This time, the wild boar learned to dodge and the arrow struck its eye corner, which didn't cause much damage due to the thick skin. Instead, it further enraged the wild boar. Frowning, Tang Yanqiu took another arrow, and the wild boar closed its eyes tightly, attempting to bury its head in the marshland. Tang Yanqiu shot another arrow, directly piercing the ear of the wild boar. This arrow hit its central nervous system, leaving it completely immobilized. The wild boar rolled and struggled madly in the marshland until its head slowly sank into the mud, suffocating to death.
Cong Xia sighed, "They have such tenacious vitality." They had never seen anything that required Tang Yanqiu to shoot three arrows to kill, especially when the first two arrows hit vital spots.
Cheng Tianbi flew above two of the wild boars and aimed the wind cannon at them.
Cong Xia called out, "Tianbi, fly higher to avoid getting splashed by that soil."
Cheng Tianbi flew up by two meters and then forcefully infused the wind into the cannon. The tremendous wind inside the cannon rapidly compressed before there was a loud explosion. A transparent compressed air mass shot towards one of the wild boars. The air mass exploded with a loud boom, throwing the two wild boars out of the marshland, and they fell back heavily. Their flesh and bones flew in all directions, and blood spilled everywhere. They died without even making a sound.
Everyone was stunned.
Although wild boars had thick skin, they were still flesh and blood. The wind cannon could penetrate 10 centimeters of steel, so dealing with wild boars was a piece of cake. However, even though many of them had witnessed the power of the wind cannon before, they were still shocked by its force.
San'er widened his already bulging deer eyes, "Wow, this is amazing! How much does this thing cost? Can I afford it?"
Deng Xiao laughed, "Even if you could afford it, you wouldn't be able to use it. Only those with natural wind elemental powers can use it."
San'er was quite disappointed.
Li Dao'ai and Huo Bai were clearly stunned by the power of Cheng Tianbi's wind cannon and remained silent. Although they were currently fighting side by side, there was always a subtle sense of competition among natural elemental power evolutionists. Even Cheng Tianbi and Shen Changze, who had a good relationship, couldn't escape this feeling. It was a natural occurrence when powerful individuals compared and competed with each other. Although no one wanted their cooperative partner to be weak, when the other's strength was too overwhelming, even fellow natural elemental power evolutionists could feel a sense of crisis.
This was also why, after Cheng Tianbi's elementalized abilities were revealed, other natural elemental power evolutionists began to focus on practicing, all eager to break through to the Second Stage as soon as possible.
At this moment, Shen Changze and his team flew back from a distance, looking quite disheveled. Their hair was as messy as weeds, with many small wounds on their faces and bodies. There were even some bloodstains on their wings. Zhao Zixiang had already transformed into a giant bald eagle with a wingspan of 7 meters. However, he had lost a lot of feathers, with some parts looking almost bald.
Huo Bai looked at Zhao Zixiang with concern, "Brother Zhao, are you okay?"
Zhao Zixiang replied, "I'm not dead yet."
Li Dao'ai shouted, "Huo Bai, take a detour quickly!"
Huo Bai turned his head and saw a wild boar, about the same size as him, swimming towards them. He quickly changed direction, but San'er behind him couldn't brake in time and rushed forward. One of San'er's front hooves got stuck in the marshland that Li Dao'ai hadn't hardened, causing him to howl in fear. Li Dao'ai hurriedly hardened that part of the marshland, and San'er finally managed to back away and catch up with Huo Bai. If it weren't for Abu's timely braking, he would have rolled into the marshland with San'er.
Huo Bai immediately apologized, "Leader, I'm sorry."
Deng Xiao was angry, "Who are you apologizing to?" He almost got thrown off San'er's back just now. Even though he had thick skin, he didn't want to fall into the wild boar's dung pit.
Feeling embarrassed, Huo Bai said, "I'm sorry."
Zhao Zixiang circled in the air, dived down, and with his huge and sharp claws, he grabbed the wild boar's eyes. The wild boar closed its eyes tightly, but its eyelids were much thinner than other parts of its skin and were eventually scratched open by Zhao Zixiang's claws, causing it to howl in pain. Zhao Zixiang managed to drag the one-ton-plus wild boar down and stood on top of it, pushing its head into the marshland. However, the wild boar had tremendous strength. Even with Zhao Zixiang, the large bald eagle, on top of its head, it managed to pull itself out of the marshland, fiercely shaking its body. Zhao Zixiang couldn't maintain his balance and had to fly back up.
As soon as his claws left the wild boar, the sound of a machine gun rang out beneath him. Even though the wild boar had thick skin, it couldn't withstand the continuous barrage of 120 rounds of bullets per second from the machine gun. In less than two seconds, its head was blown up.
Deng Xiao laughed excitedly, "Damn, this gun is too powerful!"
Zhuang Yao pointed at a wild boar charging towards Abu and shouted, "There's another one, get rid of it!" Despite Abu's much larger size compared to the wild boar, a collision between them would definitely result in Abu losing. Wild boars were naturally skilled at ramming, and with a running start, they could probably lift Abu off the ground.
Cheng Tianbi flew over, swung a wind blade, and decapitated the wild boar. After training on steel plates in the underground practice ground for two months, dealing with wild boars was a piece of cake. The large, hairy wild boar was cut in half.
Shen Changze and Al also joined the battle against the wild boars, enduring the foul odor emitted by the creatures as they fought them up close.
Though they were limited by the terrain, they were also taking advantage of it. At least, the wild boars in the marshland were not as agile and fast as they were on land, and they couldn't build up momentum. However, Li Dao'ai was struggling to maintain the hardened ground beneath their feet, and his face was getting paler and paler.
Conscious of Li Dao'ai's situation, Cong Xia shouted, "Let's increase our speed and get out of here. Officer Li’s energy consumption is too high!"
Huo Bai, upon hearing this, put all his effort into running ahead. He didn't dare to collide head-on with the wild boars. Luckily, others cleared the way for them, and they rushed through the wild boar herd until they reached the other side, where the swamp had not spread.
Once they reached true solid ground, they ran frantically for five kilometers without stopping, making sure the wild boars hadn't caught up before finally gasping for breath.
Abu collapsed from exhaustion, and San'er lay down as well. The experience of crossing the marshland drained their energy, and the cautious yet speedy sprint had left them exhausted.
Cong Xia jumped down from Abu's back, still feeling fearful as he looked back, "That marshland is too sinister. Why weren't those trees corroded? And how can such a dirty and smelly swamp grow pure white silver ears?"
San'er said dejectedly, "Who knows? This forest changes every day. I used to think I understood it well, but now I find that I can't keep up with its ever-changing nature."
Cong Xia comforted him, "Don't say that. Without your familiarity with this forest, we would have suffered much more."
Huo Bai didn't rest like Abu and San'er did. Instead, he immediately checked Li Dao'ai's condition. Seeing Li Dao'ai's pale face and slow breathing, he worriedly said, "Leader, are you okay? Is your energy about to run out?"
Li Dao'ai glanced at Cong Xia and replied calmly, "I'm fine, not yet."
Cong Xia also looked at him calmly. Li Dao'ai was a smart person, and smart people didn't need to be told things too explicitly. He knew that Li Dao'ai would keep secrets because he was still quietly supplying energy to Li Dao'ai. Now that they had gained the benefits of doing so, there was no need to dwell on the truth.
This time, they managed to cross the marshland, thanks to Li Dao'ai. Otherwise, they would have encountered the wild boars on the ground, risking being pushed into the swamp in a fierce battle with them.
Cong Xia replenished most of Li Dao’ai’s energy and healed the injuries of Zhao Zixiang and others. Although they were just minor injuries, they affected the actions of the injured.
Zhuang Yao sighed with regret, "I really want to take some of those silver ears back for research; they look so interesting."
"Silver ears, huh?" Deng Xiao chuckled, "I already got some!"
Zhuang Yao was surprised, "You got some? When?"
"When Cheng Ge was cutting the wild boar. There happened to be a plant nearby, so I just put it in my bag. Silver ear and snow pear soup is great for cooling off in the summer, and these silver ears look so beautiful, they must taste good," Deng Xiao said as he reached into the leather holster of his machine gun and proudly displayed something, "Take a look, everyone..."
Everyone widened their eyes, and Zhuang Yao said, "Quick, throw it away!"
Deng Xiao furrowed his brows, turned his head to look, and was instantly shocked. The originally snow-white silver ear mass had turned blood-red at some point! The petals of the silver ear were layered and charming, but they didn't look like anything good.
Deng Xiao wanted to throw it away and immediately moved to do so, but then the silver ear suddenly spread out all its petals and rapidly contracted, wrapping around Deng Xiao's forearm. The blood-red petals seemed to pierce his skin, turning his entire forearm red. Deng Xiao cried out in terror, "What the heck is this!"
The sudden change caught everyone off guard, and they all froze for a moment. Shen Changze rushed forward, one hand transformed into a dragonblood-covered claw, and he tried to grab Deng Xiao's arm to pull off the silver ear. However, he only managed to remove a few layers of thin petals, which fell to the ground. The soil immediately emitted a sizzling sound, and soon the ground turned dark red. Shen Changze looked at his hand; some of his skin had been corroded, but fortunately, it wasn't serious. However, Deng Xiao was in trouble. The silver ears seemed to have a life of their own and were melting into his arm at a visible speed, unstoppable.
Everyone gathered around Deng Xiao, feeling a bit at a loss.
Zhuang Yao made a quick decision and said calmly, "Cut off the arm."
Deng Xiao's expression immediately twisted, "No, no, don't!"
"Cut it off!"
Cheng Tianbi walked up to Deng Xiao and patted his shoulder, "Hang in there, it might hurt a bit."
"Wait!"
This voice didn't come from Deng Xiao; it was Cong Xia.
Author's note: A tragedy caused by a foodie. ╮(╯_╰)╭
160 Part 2
With weapons in hand, the three of them were eager to test the power of their firearms. At this moment, they looked at those fierce and ferocious wild boars and felt both nervous and excited. The wild boars were swimming relatively fast in the marshland, but in their eyes, it was still slow, making them easy targets.
Tang Yanqiu was the first to take action. He grabbed a heavy artillery arrow and wanted to shoot, but Zhuang Yao stopped him, "Try shooting their eyes with the small arrows first! There are only 20 heavy artillery arrows; use them sparingly!"
Disappointed, Tang Yanqiu put the heavy arrow back into the quiver and drew a small arrow instead. With a swift motion, the streamlined arrow shot out and hit the eye of a large wild boar the size of an egg. The wild boar let out a painful howl that was extremely unpleasant and made their eardrums ache. However, it didn't fall; instead, it became more agitated and charged towards them.
Zhuang Yao blinked, "Shoot another one."
Tang Yanqiu didn't need any reminder. He had already drawn the bowstring and shot another arrow. This time, the wild boar learned to dodge and the arrow struck its eye corner, which didn't cause much damage due to the thick skin. Instead, it further enraged the wild boar. Frowning, Tang Yanqiu took another arrow, and the wild boar closed its eyes tightly, attempting to bury its head in the marshland. Tang Yanqiu shot another arrow, directly piercing the ear of the wild boar. This arrow hit its central nervous system, leaving it completely immobilized. The wild boar rolled and struggled madly in the marshland until its head slowly sank into the mud, suffocating to death.
Cong Xia sighed, "They have such tenacious vitality." They had never seen anything that required Tang Yanqiu to shoot three arrows to kill, especially when the first two arrows hit vital spots.
Cheng Tianbi flew above two of the wild boars and aimed the wind cannon at them.
Cong Xia called out, "Tianbi, fly higher to avoid getting splashed by that soil."
Cheng Tianbi flew up by two meters and then forcefully infused the wind into the cannon. The tremendous wind inside the cannon rapidly compressed before there was a loud explosion. A transparent compressed air mass shot towards one of the wild boars. The air mass exploded with a loud boom, throwing the two wild boars out of the marshland, and they fell back heavily. Their flesh and bones flew in all directions, and blood spilled everywhere. They died without even making a sound.
Everyone was stunned.
Although wild boars had thick skin, they were still flesh and blood. The wind cannon could penetrate 10 centimeters of steel, so dealing with wild boars was a piece of cake. However, even though many of them had witnessed the power of the wind cannon before, they were still shocked by its force.
San'er widened his already bulging deer eyes, "Wow, this is amazing! How much does this thing cost? Can I afford it?"
Deng Xiao laughed, "Even if you could afford it, you wouldn't be able to use it. Only those with natural wind elemental powers can use it."
San'er was quite disappointed.
Li Dao'ai and Huo Bai were clearly stunned by the power of Cheng Tianbi's wind cannon and remained silent. Although they were currently fighting side by side, there was always a subtle sense of competition among natural elemental power evolutionists. Even Cheng Tianbi and Shen Changze, who had a good relationship, couldn't escape this feeling. It was a natural occurrence when powerful individuals compared and competed with each other. Although no one wanted their cooperative partner to be weak, when the other's strength was too overwhelming, even fellow natural elemental power evolutionists could feel a sense of crisis.
This was also why, after Cheng Tianbi's elementalized abilities were revealed, other natural elemental power evolutionists began to focus on practicing, all eager to break through to the Second Stage as soon as possible.
At this moment, Shen Changze and his team flew back from a distance, looking quite disheveled. Their hair was as messy as weeds, with many small wounds on their faces and bodies. There were even some bloodstains on their wings. Zhao Zixiang had already transformed into a giant bald eagle with a wingspan of 7 meters. However, he had lost a lot of feathers, with some parts looking almost bald.
Huo Bai looked at Zhao Zixiang with concern, "Brother Zhao, are you okay?"
Zhao Zixiang replied, "I'm not dead yet."
Li Dao'ai shouted, "Huo Bai, take a detour quickly!"
Huo Bai turned his head and saw a wild boar, about the same size as him, swimming towards them. He quickly changed direction, but San'er behind him couldn't brake in time and rushed forward. One of San'er's front hooves got stuck in the marshland that Li Dao'ai hadn't hardened, causing him to howl in fear. Li Dao'ai hurriedly hardened that part of the marshland, and San'er finally managed to back away and catch up with Huo Bai. If it weren't for Abu's timely braking, he would have rolled into the marshland with San'er.
Huo Bai immediately apologized, "Leader, I'm sorry."
Deng Xiao was angry, "Who are you apologizing to?" He almost got thrown off San'er's back just now. Even though he had thick skin, he didn't want to fall into the wild boar's dung pit.
Feeling embarrassed, Huo Bai said, "I'm sorry."
Zhao Zixiang circled in the air, dived down, and with his huge and sharp claws, he grabbed the wild boar's eyes. The wild boar closed its eyes tightly, but its eyelids were much thinner than other parts of its skin and were eventually scratched open by Zhao Zixiang's claws, causing it to howl in pain. Zhao Zixiang managed to drag the one-ton-plus wild boar down and stood on top of it, pushing its head into the marshland. However, the wild boar had tremendous strength. Even with Zhao Zixiang, the large bald eagle, on top of its head, it managed to pull itself out of the marshland, fiercely shaking its body. Zhao Zixiang couldn't maintain his balance and had to fly back up.
As soon as his claws left the wild boar, the sound of a machine gun rang out beneath him. Even though the wild boar had thick skin, it couldn't withstand the continuous barrage of 120 rounds of bullets per second from the machine gun. In less than two seconds, its head was blown up.
Deng Xiao laughed excitedly, "Damn, this gun is too powerful!"
Zhuang Yao pointed at a wild boar charging towards Abu and shouted, "There's another one, get rid of it!" Despite Abu's much larger size compared to the wild boar, a collision between them would definitely result in Abu losing. Wild boars were naturally skilled at ramming, and with a running start, they could probably lift Abu off the ground.
Cheng Tianbi flew over, swung a wind blade, and decapitated the wild boar. After training on steel plates in the underground practice ground for two months, dealing with wild boars was a piece of cake. The large, hairy wild boar was cut in half.
Shen Changze and Al also joined the battle against the wild boars, enduring the foul odor emitted by the creatures as they fought them up close.
Though they were limited by the terrain, they were also taking advantage of it. At least, the wild boars in the marshland were not as agile and fast as they were on land, and they couldn't build up momentum. However, Li Dao'ai was struggling to maintain the hardened ground beneath their feet, and his face was getting paler and paler.
Conscious of Li Dao'ai's situation, Cong Xia shouted, "Let's increase our speed and get out of here. Officer Li’s energy consumption is too high!"
Huo Bai, upon hearing this, put all his effort into running ahead. He didn't dare to collide head-on with the wild boars. Luckily, others cleared the way for them, and they rushed through the wild boar herd until they reached the other side, where the swamp had not spread.
Once they reached true solid ground, they ran frantically for five kilometers without stopping, making sure the wild boars hadn't caught up before finally gasping for breath.
Abu collapsed from exhaustion, and San'er lay down as well. The experience of crossing the marshland drained their energy, and the cautious yet speedy sprint had left them exhausted.
Cong Xia jumped down from Abu's back, still feeling fearful as he looked back, "That marshland is too sinister. Why weren't those trees corroded? And how can such a dirty and smelly swamp grow pure white silver ears?"
San'er said dejectedly, "Who knows? This forest changes every day. I used to think I understood it well, but now I find that I can't keep up with its ever-changing nature."
Cong Xia comforted him, "Don't say that. Without your familiarity with this forest, we would have suffered much more."
Huo Bai didn't rest like Abu and San'er did. Instead, he immediately checked Li Dao'ai's condition. Seeing Li Dao'ai's pale face and slow breathing, he worriedly said, "Leader, are you okay? Is your energy about to run out?"
Li Dao'ai glanced at Cong Xia and replied calmly, "I'm fine, not yet."
Cong Xia also looked at him calmly. Li Dao'ai was a smart person, and smart people didn't need to be told things too explicitly. He knew that Li Dao'ai would keep secrets because he was still quietly supplying energy to Li Dao'ai. Now that they had gained the benefits of doing so, there was no need to dwell on the truth.
This time, they managed to cross the marshland, thanks to Li Dao'ai. Otherwise, they would have encountered the wild boars on the ground, risking being pushed into the swamp in a fierce battle with them.
Cong Xia replenished most of Li Dao’ai’s energy and healed the injuries of Zhao Zixiang and others. Although they were just minor injuries, they affected the actions of the injured.
Zhuang Yao sighed with regret, "I really want to take some of those silver ears back for research; they look so interesting."
"Silver ears, huh?" Deng Xiao chuckled, "I already got some!"
Zhuang Yao was surprised, "You got some? When?"
"When Cheng Ge was cutting the wild boar. There happened to be a plant nearby, so I just put it in my bag. Silver ear and snow pear soup is great for cooling off in the summer, and these silver ears look so beautiful, they must taste good," Deng Xiao said as he reached into the leather holster of his machine gun and proudly displayed something, "Take a look, everyone..."
Everyone widened their eyes, and Zhuang Yao said, "Quick, throw it away!"
Deng Xiao furrowed his brows, turned his head to look, and was instantly shocked. The originally snow-white silver ear mass had turned blood-red at some point! The petals of the silver ear were layered and charming, but they didn't look like anything good.
Deng Xiao wanted to throw it away and immediately moved to do so, but then the silver ear suddenly spread out all its petals and rapidly contracted, wrapping around Deng Xiao's forearm. The blood-red petals seemed to pierce his skin, turning his entire forearm red. Deng Xiao cried out in terror, "What the heck is this!"
The sudden change caught everyone off guard, and they all froze for a moment. Shen Changze rushed forward, one hand transformed into a dragonblood-covered claw, and he tried to grab Deng Xiao's arm to pull off the silver ear. However, he only managed to remove a few layers of thin petals, which fell to the ground. The soil immediately emitted a sizzling sound, and soon the ground turned dark red. Shen Changze looked at his hand; some of his skin had been corroded, but fortunately, it wasn't serious. However, Deng Xiao was in trouble. The silver ears seemed to have a life of their own and were melting into his arm at a visible speed, unstoppable.
Everyone gathered around Deng Xiao, feeling a bit at a loss.
Zhuang Yao made a quick decision and said calmly, "Cut off the arm."
Deng Xiao's expression immediately twisted, "No, no, don't!"
"Cut it off!"
Cheng Tianbi walked up to Deng Xiao and patted his shoulder, "Hang in there, it might hurt a bit."
"Wait!"
This voice didn't come from Deng Xiao; it was Cong Xia.
Author's note: A tragedy caused by a foodie. ╮(╯_╰)╭
