Chapter 117 – Andrei and Claire

Volume 3: Rising Winds and Clouds

The scales screamed through the air, stirring sharp gusts and piercing whistles. At the same time, new scales rapidly grew over Xing's body.

"An area-of-effect Ability?"

Wen Yu carefully observed the effect of Xing's new Skill. After a while, he nodded.

"Offense and defense in one. It's like an extra domain of power extending a hundred meters around his body. Judging by the speed of those scales, their destructive force shouldn't be bad either."

Five minutes passed, and the scales continued to whirl.

"And it doesn't seem to have a time limit."

"That's enough."

Wen Yu called out loudly to Xing.

"It isn't over yet."

Xing's mental wave abruptly returned. The scales flying in every direction exploded outward like black fireworks, scattering with even greater force.

The sight immediately reminded Wen Yu of an Ability he had once seen.

Bone Explosion Technique (A-Rank, Active Skill): An innate Ability of the Bone Demon Clan that only a small number of elites can master. Abandon everything in pursuit of ultimate destructive power! Detonate the Bone Armor natural to the Bone Demon Clan to inflict lethal damage on all surrounding enemies. The Host dies immediately after the Bone Armor explodes.

That Ability had nearly wiped out everyone inside the Shimmer Blue Star Treasure Land, leaving an extraordinarily deep impression on Wen Yu. Xing's new Ability now appeared to work along similar lines.

But it was stronger, and its killing power was even more terrifying.

When the last of the scales stopped flying, Xing scampered back and sat in front of Wen Yu.

Wen Yu stroked Xing's body with a sense of wonder. One thought rose uncontrollably in his mind.

"The power of a Divine Beast Species is incredible."

One-Eye was unquestionably among the strongest of all Mutant Beasts. Combined with the Skills Wen Yu had personally selected for him, he had become a super hound capable of taking on ten opponents by himself. Unfortunately, compared with Xing, One-Eye's power still fell far short.

A Divine Beast Species gained an S-Rank or higher Ability with every Promotion-at least, that was Wen Yu's conjecture based on Xing's Skills. Its innate racial gifts were also outrageously powerful. A single point of a Divine Beast Species' Physical Attribute could practically rival ten points belonging to an ordinary creature. No one could make up a gap like that.

At that thought, Wen Yu recalled the map he had seen in Lin Haifeng's possession.

There were several more Divine Beast Species in Huaxia…

He vaulted onto Xing's back and scooped up One-Eye, who had returned to his miniature form.

"Let's go, buddies! We're heading for the Outpost!"

Xing's black figure shot into the sky and sped toward the Outpost.

…

The "fierce" battle inside the Outpost continued.

As far as the Military was concerned, these Bipedal Lizards were hens that laid golden eggs. On top of that, the black vortex inside Demon City was steadily shrinking. By now, every Bipedal Lizard that managed to squeeze through it was only Level 1. That gave the Military even more reason to treasure the few Bipedal Lizards that remained.

A Level 3 Bipedal Lizard had been captured and brought into the Outpost. Hundreds of Heavy Shield Guards surrounded it, trapping it inside their defensive formation. Every so often, a heap of mangled Bipedal Lizard corpses was tossed in from the air.

Eat, reproduce, be killed-the cycle began.

Nearby, Kuangliu yawned heavily. He glanced up at Wei Tian on the wall, who was firing a Modified Version assault rifle without pause, and sighed.

"This really is one hell of a carnival. Even the Academy of Sciences sent people over to test weapons and harvest Points. I'm the only one suffering… I can't bring myself to compete with these Level 2 and Level 3 Class Holders for Points. I have a reputation to maintain…"

Fang Wenhai, standing beside him, smiled.

"You may care about your reputation, but someone else clearly doesn't."

He pursed his lips toward a giant figure outside the city.

The figure stood at least twenty meters tall. He was completely naked, yet showed not the slightest hint of shame. From time to time, he swung his fists and smashed them down upon the low-level Bipedal Lizards on the ground.

Short golden hair stood upright on his head, and wild laughter regularly burst from his mouth. Whenever his excitement peaked, he even shook his proportionally enlarged "little brother" at the people on the wall and thrust his hips vigorously in their direction.

Kuangliu happened to look over at the height of the giant's excitement. With both hands on his waist, the giant sprayed a stream of yellow liquid from between his legs, forming a small puddle outside the city.

The corners of Kuangliu's mouth twitched twice.

"Heh. Sequence 7 certainly seems to be enjoying himself…"

Fang Wenhai curled his lip and muttered, "It's all because of you."

By the time Kuangliu returned, the fighting at the Outpost was already nearing its end. He had advanced to Level 5 in the shortest possible time, then stood outside the walls and slaughtered vast numbers of Bipedal Lizards in mere moments. His peerless might instantly overshadowed every other Sequence member, including Yang Pengguang.

The display had undoubtedly provoked them. They had originally agreed to leave the low-level Bipedal Lizards outside the city for training, but Sequence 6, Sequence 7, and Sequence 9 broke that agreement. Each began massacring Bipedal Lizards along the wall defended by their own country. Only the two walls held by Huaxia's Military continued to strictly obey Lin Haifeng's orders.

Sequence 5, Yang Pengguang, had also left the city long ago to hunt Demonic Creatures and increase his strength.

In the combat zone assigned to the Russian Military outside the city, Andrei's slaughter showed no sign of stopping.

As a mid-Level 4 Human Sequence 7, his strength was beyond question. His enormous fists hammered the Bipedal Lizards without pause, leaving one heap of mangled flesh after another. His Berserk power poured out in every direction. Every so often, he shouted at the blonde beauty in a skintight leather suit nearby.

"Hi, baby! Think this can satisfy you?"

Andrei thrust his groin emphatically, drawing a roar of laughter from the Russian troops.

On the nearby defensive line held by the United States Military, Claire gripped an enormous Gun with a distinctly futuristic design. She gave Andrei a dazzling smile, quickly reloaded, and fired a shot straight at his groin.

Several streams of light flowed across the muzzle before an enormous grenade struck the bull's-eye.

Andrei doubled over with a scream, clutching his groin as inhuman wails tore from his throat.

"Fuck! My balls-they're gone again… Get me a Healing Potion!"

Claire covered her mouth and giggled. Then she raised her middle finger, jabbed it emphatically at Andrei twice, and shouted back.

"Go home and screw your mother!"