Heavy Armor Bull

On the rooftop terrace of a thirty-seven-story technology building in the suburbs of City 012.

Other than Liu Yan, who was sleeping at the back with her eyes closed, Xia Zhi and the other two members of the Golden Spear Squad were each holding binoculars and carefully surveying the area below.

"Brother Xu, are we just going to search like this?" Xia Zhi asked Xu Kui beside him.

"Don't rush!" Xu Kui put down his binoculars and said in a muffled voice.

"Our squad follows an elite route. We hunt valuable monsters at the General level. From the rooftop, we have the high ground, a clear view, and can see far."

"And it's safe here, plus we can rest. This is the best method in the city."

Xia Zhi nodded and continued searching through his binoculars, determined not to miss a single corner.

"Hey, Captain, we've got a big catch."

Not long afterward, Xu Kui suddenly said in delight, pointing in a direction below.

Xia Zhi and Captain Qin Feng both hurried over, raising their binoculars to carefully inspect the direction Xu Kui had indicated.

Through the binoculars, they immediately saw a huge number of Berserk Bulls and Black-haired Bulls appearing at an intersection in the northeast corner.

As they continued moving in that direction, several hundred had already entered their line of sight, and their numbers were still growing.

"Mm?" Xia Zhi's eyes lit up. A strange bovine monster, bronze all over as if clad in heavy armor, slowly emerged, surrounded by a herd of bull monsters.

"A Heavy Armor Bull?" Xia Zhi was startled.

Among bovine monsters, the Heavy Armor Bull clan ranked near the top.

From the lowest-grade Berserk Bulls, to High-level Beast Soldier level Black-haired Bulls, to Beast General level Ironhide Bulls,

the higher their level, the stronger the defense of their hide and fur.

Even among monsters of the same level, their defensive ability ranked among the top three.

They were also naturally violent and extremely irritable. When several hundred charged together, it was like hundreds of tanks assaulting at once, with astonishing destructive power.

"Captain, its scales are bronze-colored. It should be Mid-level Beast General level and close to High-level Beast General level. Can we take it?" Xu Kui asked.

Captain Qin Feng carefully examined the bull herd and said, "This herd should be the local tyrant around here. No wonder we haven't seen any Beast General level monsters for so long."

"Nearly four hundred in total. Most are Berserk Bulls, with a small number of Black-haired Bulls. There are four Beast General level Ironhide Bulls."

"Captain, this is a real big catch," Xu Kui said eagerly.

"Yanzi." Qin Feng did not answer and instead called toward the back.

Hearing the captain's voice, Liu Yan opened her eyes, stood up with a smile, and said, "Found a target?"

"Come take a look." Qin Feng smiled.

Liu Yan walked over, picked up the binoculars, and was shocked at what she saw. "Ha! A Heavy Armor Bull, ranked second among bovine monsters!"

"That thing has incredible defense, and they always move in herds. If we ran into them on the street, we'd have to turn around and leave. Looks like it's time for me to show what I can do first."

"Then hurry up. Try to kill it with one shot," Qin Feng urged.

Liu Yan moved swiftly. She rushed to the ammunition crate, took out three bullets with blood-red casings, and replaced the rounds already in the sniper rifle.

She stood before the meter-high concrete ledge at the edge of the rooftop, placing her left foot on it.

The nearly two-meter-long heavy sniper rifle was braced directly atop it. Its matte-black barrel reflected no light under the sun.

After extending her palm to gauge the current wind speed and direction, she adjusted the optical sight.

Xia Zhi and the others did not dare make a sound beside her.

Suddenly—

Bang!

A deep, powerful sound rang out.

The tremendous recoil made Liu Yan's entire body shudder. Dust on the concrete ledge was shaken loose and scattered everywhere.

Almost instantly, the bullet crossed the distance through the air and shot toward its target.

The Heavy Armor Bull was slowly advancing down the street. Beneath its pair of half-meter-long horns, its scarlet eyes scanned left and right as it led a large number of monsters in patrolling its territory.

Pfft!

Sparks burst from the spot where the Heavy Armor Bull's horn connected to its ear, and a hole suddenly exploded open as the bullet forcibly penetrated inside.

Moo—

The Heavy Armor Bull let out a pained roar!

Driven by the enormous force of the bullet, its body staggered sideways for two steps.

Once it regained its footing, it let out furious roars again. The previously scattered monsters around it immediately gathered toward it in a frenzy.

Blood was already seeping from the wound at the base of the Heavy Armor Bull's ear.

It kept howling furiously, while the surrounding bulls lowered their heads, raised their horns, and swung them around in all directions.

But they had no way of determining where the bullet had come from.

This sniper armor-piercing round was extremely powerful and traveled several times faster than sound. The sonic boom it produced only reached the bull herd after the bullet had arrived.

Yet the intense pain made the Heavy Armor Bull roar continuously. The entire bull herd was in chaos, completely unable to identify the direction of the attack.

"Great Spear Technique, Sister Yan." Xu Kui smiled and gave her a thumbs-up.

Xia Zhi was also amazed.

"This Heavy Armor Bull is covered in scales dozens of centimeters thick. Even if a bullet hits it, it won't have much effect."

Qin Feng praised her, "Yanzi, that shot was incredible. You fired right through a gap in its hardest skull. That beast's brain has definitely been pierced through."

If that shot had not worked, killing the Heavy Armor Bull within a herd of several hundred bulls would have been far too difficult!

Ignoring their praise, Liu Yan continued aiming at a monster beside the Heavy Armor Bull within the herd and pulled the trigger again.

Bang!

Another gunshot rang out.

It was a Black-haired Bull covered from head to toe in black fur.

As it snorted and panted heavily through its nostrils, a Blood Hole suddenly burst open at the corner of its eye. Its head swayed a few times before it crashed to the ground.

This sent the bull herd into an uproar. Led by several Beast General level Ironhide Bulls, they charged down a side street.

For a moment, the hoofbeats of more than a hundred bulls made the buildings on both sides tremble.

"Stop praising me."

Only then did Liu Yan put away her gun and straighten up, saying with a charming laugh, "You should be thinking about how to get your hands on the Heavy Armor Bull's corpse. There are still over two hundred monsters over there."

"And if we get there too late and some warrior squad picks up the bargain, we'll be the ones losing out."

"Don't jinx it." Qin Feng smiled. "Everyone, pack up. We're heading out to get that corpse."

"Shi Tou, carry the ammunition crate for Sister Yan."

Qin Feng instructed, "Xia Zhi and I will be the spearheads. You two cover the flanks. Stay sharp."

"Yes, Captain."

Liu Yan was dismantling the heavy sniper rifle and storing it in a wooden case. She then opened another metal crate and took out a vicious-looking machine gun.

She wrapped numerous ammunition belts around her body, with one end directly connected to the machine gun.

Xu Kui helped her carry another crate of ammunition, holding a shield in his left hand and an axe in his right.

"Damn." Xia Zhi could not help exclaiming at the sight.

"Brat, never seen this before?" Seeing Xia Zhi's astonished expression, Liu Yan rolled her eyes at him.

"My Sister Yan is a real tough woman." Xu Kui laughed beside them.

Advanced thermal weapons were still highly useful when facing monster packs.

For example, they had just killed the Heavy Armor Bull with a single shot. Without a sniper rifle's decapitation strike, charging in as warriors to kill it would demand immense strength and be extremely dangerous.

If they were surrounded by a large number of monsters, a high-powered machine gun could also provide tremendous suppressive fire.

Therefore, almost every squad had a thermal weapons specialist. It was also the easiest way for many warriors with limited cultivation talent to increase their strength.

"Let's go. Downstairs."

Once Qin Feng saw that everyone was ready, he gave the order.

The four members of the Golden Spear Squad immediately descended the stairs at high speed.

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