Chapter 86 – Ruthless

Volume 2: Battlefield Between Two Worlds

"Those idiots!"

Jiang Wentao cursed the moment he saw the Class Holders scattering in flight!

On a battlefield, especially one dominated by cold weapons, running away didn't mean you'd save your skin. Exposing your back to the enemy usually just meant you'd die faster!

Consequently, faced with the countless long, lashing tongues of the Salamander Demonic Creatures, less than half of the fleeing Class Holders managed to make it out alive.

In that brief clash, the Class Holders had lost over twenty lives. Their only results were ten Salamander Demonic Creatures and a small number of Level 1 Black-skinned Demonic Creatures-most of which had been picked off by the sniper rifle in Big Bear's hands!

"Like I said, there's no point in saving this trash."

Watching the Demonic Creatures surging in, Wen Yu shifted his will, and Greed's Touch instantly extended to its maximum length!

Ten glinting, cold claws swung out directly at the Class Holders who were frantically fleeing toward him!

Squelch.

The Class Holder closest to Wen Yu had just felt a flash of joy at his narrow escape when he was shredded into several pieces by Wen Yu's overhead strike!

"Wen Yu-Ge, what are you doing? They're human!"

Behind him, Sun Aotian couldn't help but scream when he saw Wen Yu turn his butcher's blade toward the Class Holders.

"Shut up and use your brain, you moron. Can't you see the soldiers haven't said a word?"

Wen Yu snorted coldly. Simultaneously, he swung Greed's Touch again. Bolstered by a Physical Attribute of over 100 Points, Greed's Touch kicked up a violent gale, shredding the approaching Black-skinned Demonic Creatures in an instant and decapitating a nearby Class Holder in the process!

Now, everyone understood Wen Yu's intent.

"Get lost. I'm not providing protection here."

"Wen Yu, what do you think you're doing?"

This time, it was William who spoke. He was currently entangled with a Level 3 Salamander Demonic Creature, and the fury in his voice was unmistakable.

"Heh, what am I doing? My team's formation is already set. If I let this trash break our line, we're all dead. So…"

At this point, Wen Yu's voice grew heavy and sharp.

"If any of you enter our combat zone, I'll slaughter you myself! If you want to live, hold back this wave of Demonic Creatures yourselves!"

Just as Wen Yu finished speaking, another type of Demonic Creature appeared at the wall's entrance.

Standing nearly three meters tall, it had two thick, muscular legs with proportions similar to a human's. However, sitting atop its neck was a massive bull's head!

Wen Yu's heart sank.

A Bull Demon-one of the primary combat races of the Demon Race!

They were numerous and possessed high combat power; that was the general description of this race.

When it was said they were "numerous," it meant their numbers were roughly comparable to the human population during the Apocalypse!

When it was said they had "high combat power," it meant every single Bull Demon possessed the strength of a Class Holder of the same level. The elite among them were even equivalent to the Human Sequence!

This single race alone was enough to stand on equal footing with humanity!

"Get ready for battle."

Hearing Wen Yu's tone and looking at the Demonic Creatures that had already filled over half the combat zone, the members of the team knew that the real fight was about to begin!

As the Class Holders at the front quickly collapsed, a literal tide of Demonic Creatures charged toward the very rear of the combat zone!

The Class Holders who were lucky enough to survive also stood ready at the back of the zone, waiting in grim anticipation.

The first to open fire was Monkey, using his modified Gatling gun.

The motor spun for less than a second before a torrential metal storm tore into the swarming Demonic Creatures!

Most of the horde consisted of Level 1 Black-skinned Demonic Creatures that simply couldn't withstand the impact of the bullets. They were instantly shredded into a mist of blood that filled the air.

As Monkey rhythmically swept the Gatling gun back and forth, massive swaths of Demonic Creatures were wiped out!

Such was the power of firearms in war!

However, this was not a simple contest between cold steel and firearms; it was a war between Class Holders and Demonic Creatures.

Accompanied by a deep, heavy sound, all the Demonic Creatures suddenly seemed as if they had been injected with adrenaline. Their eyes flared with a red light, and the originally scrawny bodies of the Black-skinned Demonic Creatures pumped up like balloons, their muscles bulging visibly.

Berserk War Cry (A-Rank, Active Ability): Emits low-frequency sound waves that affect surrounding allies, greatly increasing their combat power for ten minutes. Once the effect ends, physical stamina will be severely overdrawn!

As the sound waves rippled through the air, a Bull Demon nearly four meters tall climbed onto the city wall!

"Big Bear, that Level 3 one is yours! Monkey, watch your ammo," Wen Yu said simply.

The Gatling's firepower was indeed formidable, but the rate of ammunition consumption was far too high! Even if Monkey's Spatial Ring was packed to the brim with 9mm rounds, he wouldn't last more than a few minutes.

And this battle was definitely not going to end anytime soon.

As Monkey stowed the Gatling and swapped it for two giant submachine guns, the original fire suppression was immediately broken.

The Demonic Creatures lunged toward the Class Holders in an overwhelming tide.

At the very front, One-Eye crushed the skull of the first Black-skinned Demonic Creature to charge up in a single bite. Then, with its claws wreathed in terrifying black flames, it swung out. The flames on its claws lashed out like whips.

This strike had a significant area of effect and dealt extreme damage. The moment the distorted black flames touched a Demonic Creature, the monster instantly turned into a pillar of fire, reduced to ashes in less than three seconds.

As One-Eye made first contact with the horde, it meant that everyone, including Wen Yu, began to face the threat of the Demonic Creatures head-on.

…

Watching the scrawny Black-skinned Demonic Creatures rush forward, Wen Yu's hands moved in a blur.

Greed's Touch felt like an extension of his own body, tearing through several Black-skinned Demonic Creatures in front of him, but the gaps were quickly filled by the monsters behind them.

While these Level 1 runts couldn't possibly pose a threat to Wen Yu, they were highly dangerous to the weaker Level 2 Class Holders.

The sharp fangs in their mouths were enough to tear through the E-Rank Protective Suits worn by Level 2 Class Holders.

The Cannon Fodder tactics proved their value at this moment.

For the Level 2 Class Holders pinned into the corners of the wall, any slight decrease in speed was met with the sharp fangs of the Black-skinned monsters.

Once a Black-skinned monster bit down, it wouldn't let go, hanging its entire weight off the Class Holder's body.

This simple delay slowed the Class Holders even further, allowing more Black-skinned monsters to latch on…

It was a vicious cycle. In the face of such an onslaught, a Class Holder fighting alone had no room to resist. Once bitten, it was death.

By the time the Black-skinned monsters swarming a Class Holder finally dispersed, nothing remained on the spot but tattered hair and bone fragments.

At this moment, casualties among the Level 2 Class Holders began to mount drastically.