Chen Fan Makes His Move
"Bang!"
A kilometer away, atop a defensive tower, Leng Yan shot.
The specially designed armor-piercing projectile, trailing a long plume of flame, precisely pierced the compound eye of a flying Insect Race, instantly blasting its entire skull to pieces with its violent energy.
She pulled the bolt without expression, the hot cartridge case ejected, and her other hand swiftly pushed in a new magazine.
As the team's eyes and long-range fire support, she must always be in control of the entire battlefield situation.
The cold Sniper Scope's field of view shifted rapidly.
Captain Lei Kun was engaged in a fierce battle with the Executioner. Every collision between the Battle Axe and the Bone Scythe unleashed earth-shattering power. It was a struggle between the Undying Realm experts, violent and brutal.
The Monkey, like a Ghost, roamed the shadows of the battlefield, constantly flicking out streams of data from his fingertips, infiltrating the Insect Race's bio-network, creating small-scale chaos, and generating opportunities for his teammates.
Everything is going according to plan.
Leng Yan's gaze subconsciously swept towards the area that the rookie, whom she and everyone else considered a burden, was in charge of.
According to her expectations, the place should be in chaos right now.
That rookie named Chen Feng either frantically fired his guns, was overwhelmed by the Insect Tide, or simply ran back in terror.
However, the image seen through the Sniper Scope caused her pupils to suddenly contract.
The expected tragedy did not occur.
There wasn't even a single insect.
The corner that the captain had designated as a safe zone was now as clean as if it had just been swept.
The boy, who should have been locked in a desperate battle, was facing away from her, his somewhat frail figure still charging forward with all his might, clumsily dodging... air?
No.
Leng Yan abruptly zoomed in on the Sniper Scope to its maximum magnification.
She could clearly see that a new wave of Insect Tide was surging in dozens of meters in front of the boy.
Between the boy and the Insect Tide, there was a clearing several tens of meters wide, barren of any vegetation, so clean that it seemed as if an invisible barrier separated death and chaos from it.
What... happened?
What did he do?
Leng Yan's breath hitched for a moment.
She even subconsciously moved the Sniper Scope away, glanced at the unrealistically clean corner in the distance with her naked eye, and then put the scope back on.
The detection system is functioning normally, the thermal imaging feedback is normal, and the energy fluctuation readings are stable.
But there wasn't a single insect corpse in that area.
That rookie named Chen Feng was still clumsily charging forward, as if he were fighting a life-or-death battle with thin air.
This bizarre scene caused Leng Yan, a top sniper accustomed to thinking with data and logic, to waver in her professional judgment for the first time.
Just then...
A piercing scream, sharp enough to pierce the Divine Soul, shrieked out of the chaotic battlefield, a stark contrast to the chirping of insects around them!
Leng Yan's nerves tensed instantly, and she swung the Sniper Scope sharply!
In the field of vision, a Hive Executioner, slightly smaller than the monster Captain Lei Kun was entangled with, but with an ominous dark red Hive Executioner and a more concentrated aura, had left the main battlefield.
Its pair of scarlet compound eyes, like two searchlights, were fixed on Chen Fan, who was fighting fiercely in the edge area!
Early Stage Sixth Grade Undying Realm!
"Captain! Watch out for the rookies!"
Leng Yan's anxious voice boomed through the team's communication channel!
"A low- Sixth Grade Early Stage Executioner charged at him! He couldn't stop it!"
"Oh shit!"
On the other end of the communication channel came Lei Kun's furious roar.
He was desperately using his Battle Axe to block the Bone Scythe of the mid-stage Executioner opposite him, his arm muscles bulging and veins standing out.
Upon hearing the alarm, a fierce glint flashed in his single, intact One-Eye, and flames surged from his Battle Axe as he attempted to force his opponent back and rush to provide support.
However, the Mid-Tier Executioner seemed to possess extremely high intelligence, instantly seeing through his intentions.
It let out a triumphant screech, its two Bone Scythes crossed in a blockade, its attack not weakening but becoming even more frenzied, clinging to Lei Kun like a leech.
Lei Kun watched helplessly as the dark red lightning bolt hurtled towards Chen Fan with unstoppable force, and his heart sank.
It's over.
This newbie, after all, didn't survive his first battle.
This is the fate of the front lines, playing out every single day.
The dark red lightning bolt tore through the chaotic battlefield.
The two enormous bone scythes wielded by the Hive Executioner were wreathed in a deathly energy visible to the naked eye, leaving deep marks on the steel ground with each swing.
At this moment, all its savagery was precisely targeted at the seemingly weakest figure.
"Oh shit!"
On the communication channel, Lei Kun's roar had a metallic, grinding quality, filled with a helpless rage.
The flames of the battle ax in his hand surged, and each blow was powerful and heavy, but it was tightly entangled by the stronger executioner in front of him. The sparks from the collision between the bone sickle and the battle ax illuminated his ferocious one eye.
He could only watch helplessly as the dark red streak of Stream of Light pounced on the rookie who had only been there for less than a day.
It's over.
A kilometer away, atop the defensive tower.
Leng Yan's breathing had stopped.
Her cold fingertips gripped the Sniper Rifle tightly, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force.
She knew that her specially made bullets, capable of piercing Alloy armor, would be nothing more than a scratch against a Sixth Grade Undying Realm monster.
She had even begun adjusting her view, preparing to move the scene out of the Sniper Scope.
Witnessing a new recruit's first and last mission is the most common, yet also the most mundane, daily routine on this defense line.
However, just as that Bone Scythe, powerful enough to tear apart Divine Soul, was about to strike...
The boy who had been clumsily dodging had stopped.
He slowly turned around.
That face, which had been tense and pale, was as if it had been washed with clear water; all emotions vanished instantly, leaving only a calm, still surface.
He raised his head, his amber eyes calmly watching the terrifying, world-destroying beast. There was no fear, no solemnity, not even the slightest fluctuation in his gaze.
It was as if it wasn't a sixth-rank ferocious beast capable of easily slaughtering a small squad, but merely a gentle breeze or a falling leaf.
In the instant that the aura of death emanating from the Bone Scythe was already overwhelming.
Chen Fan casually raised his right hand.
There was no earth-shattering cultivation technique, nor any dazzling energy gathering.
He simply put his index and middle fingers together and gently tapped the head that was powerful enough to shatter mountains.
A faint, almost invisible Scarlet-Gold Spark flicked from his fingertip.
It made no sound, nor did it create the slightest whooshing sound; like an insignificant firefly, it silently imprinted itself on the Executioner's indestructible skull.