Great Victory

The panic-stricken members of the Exploration Team were all drawn to Zhen Jin's laughter.

Zhen Jin immediately shouted in a deep voice, "What are you panicking about with me here? No matter how many flying squirrels there are, they will only be our food. Follow my orders, reform the formation, and slaughter all these flying squirrels."

"Yes, My Lord!" The crowd roared in response.

The battle line quickly restored.

Zhen Jin gazed into the distance, his pupils involuntarily contracting slightly. His physical fitness was a cut above, allowing him to see much clearer than ordinary people. At this moment, with a hasty glance, he saw seven flying squirrel leaders and over a hundred ordinary flying squirrels swarming out.

I'm afraid all the flying squirrels have rushed out in full force?

As expected, animal nature is hard to predict.

Zhen Jin had no intention of retreating at all, and this situation was also within expectations.

Before the hunt, Zhen Jin and the others had estimated many kinds of situations.

The worst-case scenario was: the moment Lan Zao lured the flying squirrels for the first time, it would alarm the entire colony.

Now Zhen Jin had won a small victory, raised his own prestige, consolidated his position, and boosted the morale of the entire team.

It could be said that after the previous small victory, the entire team took on a completely new look compared to before.

This was already not bad.

"Prepare, loose." Zhen Jin called out.

Hearing the order, the crowd wore grim expressions, stringing their bows and notching arrows one after another.

A thin layer of arrow screen washed over, and immediately flying squirrels tumbled to the ground. There were many attacking flying squirrels, and they were extremely dense, so the battle results of this volley were the most numerous in history.

However, the flying squirrel pack was relatively large, and not a single flying squirrel leader had fallen. Instead, the flying squirrel pack was stimulated with even more ferocity, bursting into squeaking, chaotic cries, and their charging speed seemed to become a bit faster.

Quite a few people turned somewhat pale in the face.

After this volley, they saw the situation clearly. There were numerous flying squirrels; even if they shot seven or eight times, they might not necessarily be able to shoot and kill them all.

Moreover, at this distance and the speed of the flying squirrels' attack, let alone seven or eight volleys, even five or six volleys would simply be too late.

Soon, the second volley.

The third volley.

"Free combat!" Zhen Jin gave the order afterward.

The arrow screen made up for the lack of accuracy to a great extent. But now the distance was extremely close, and the archers' accuracy would greatly increase, so volleys actually restricted their performance. Especially individual, superior archers.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

Flying arrows successively cleaved through the sky, shooting into the rat pack.

The rat pack chattered wildly, exceptionally ferocious, their numbers so vast that it seemed they hadn't lost much at all.

The rat pack was right before their eyes, bringing immense pressure. Many people could not help but have their hearts beat wildly, their movements become deformed, and lose their usual standards. Some people notched their arrows several times before getting them on, some people dropped their arrows, and only released empty strings. Huang Zao even used all his strength subconsciously, snapping the short bow's limbs, and angrily threw away the broken bow in his hand.

"This damn bow!" He cursed, and then pulled out another short bow.

Because the short bows were crudely made, and such situations were taken into consideration, everyone had a spare short bow.

As for the crossbows, their rate of fire simply could not compare to short bows. When the battle initiated, there was simply no time to reload them, and they could only be left aside.

Zhen Jin shot continuously, hitting the mark every single time!

Yet the short bow's power was too weak, and its draw weight was too low.

After shooting many times, Zhen Jin clearly felt the short bow in his hand loosen; he immediately discarded the short bow in his hand and switched to another spare bow.

In a short time, Zhen Jin had already changed three short bows. He alone killed more than twenty flying squirrels.

Yet the number of remaining flying squirrels was still very large, at least fifty.

This was more than five times the number of exploration team members.

Ordinary flying squirrels were one thing, but the crux was that there were seven flying squirrel leaders in total, and not a single one had died, which gave people a headache.

The powerful iron arrows fired by the crossbows could not harm these flying squirrel leaders, let alone short bows.

It felt as though a heavy boulder was pressing down on Zhen Jin's heart, and he was very clear: once this rat pack charged in, the Exploration Team would suffer heavy losses.

The flying squirrel leader charging at the very front entered the range of Zhen Jin's flying dagger.

In an instant, a fierce glint flashed in the young man's eyes, and his arm vibrated fiercely.

The dagger pierced the air with such speed that the crowd only saw a flash of bright light.

The light accurately struck the flying squirrel leader. This flying squirrel leader had originally been flying in the air, but after being pierced by the dagger, it was thrown backward at an even faster speed. After crashing heavily into the ground far away, it did not move at all.

Upon seeing this scene, everyone's heart gave a jolt, yet they had no time to cheer.

Because the rat pack did not pause in the slightest, and the remaining flying squirrel leaders fiercely charged into the foremost battle line.

They were all Bronze-level magical beasts. After crashing into the bodies of the "exploration team members", they frantically tore and bit with their claws and huge incisors.

The "exploration team members" who suffered brutal slaughter collapsed to the ground one after another, grass leaves and tree branches flying from their corpses, yet there was no plasma or shredded meat.

As it turned out, those standing at the very front were all puppets.

These puppets were stuffed with straw, made into human shapes, and then Zi Di's temporarily crafted potion was used to deceive the flying squirrels' sense of smell.

Through dissection, Cang Xu had long since discovered that the flying squirrels' eyesight was not outstanding, and they primarily relied on their sense of smell.

The flying squirrels' intelligence was also not high, so these puppets successfully attracted a wave of offenses.

A large number of ordinary flying squirrels also pounced toward these grass-and-wood puppets. The puppets with more could attract a dozen flying squirrels to attack, and the ones with fewer had five or six.

Seeing the rat pack gather together, Zhen Jin decisively ordered, "Set fire!"

Zi Di had prepared for this moment long before the battle started; she immediately made her move, throwing out a potion.

The potion bottle shattered against a stone, and the potion inside fell onto the grass, mixing with the previous potion. In the blink of an eye, faint flames ignited, and subsequently the flames expanded into fire serpents, surging and spreading across, instantly burning a wall of fire on the front line.

The puppets within the wall of fire immediately burned fiercely and emitted billowing thick smoke.

Some flying squirrels were burned and squeaked miserably, while even more flying squirrels had their tears and snot streaming down from the choking thick smoke, their acute sense of smell multiplying their pain.

Almost all of the flying squirrels fled in all directions, losing their heads in panic.

The pressure faced by the Exploration Team plummeted.

Because even though there were still flying squirrels charging toward them, the numbers were not many, and they were still fleeing over merely to escape the flames.

Greeting them were arrows.

Almost half of the flying squirrels were hit by arrows and fell along the way.

Bai Ya, Huang Zao, and Lan Zao performed very stably.

Zhen Jin did not make a move, standing unmoving with deep concentration, akin to a statue.

Suddenly, a flying squirrel leader broke through the wall of fire and appeared in his field of vision.

Without any hesitation, almost simultaneously, Zhen Jin's flying dagger shot out violently, striking dead center in the flying squirrel leader's eye socket.

After the flying squirrel leader plummeted to the ground, it rolled a few times along the momentum and died outright.

Yet just as this flying squirrel leader collapsed to the ground, the remaining flying squirrel leaders rushed out of the wall of fire together.

None of them caught fire; ordinary flames could do nothing to them, and even the thick smoke only made them uncomfortable.

The flying squirrel leaders all charged wildly.

Seeing this scene, Cang Xu and Zi Di both changed their expressions.

There were still as many as four remaining flying squirrel leaders!

These were all Bronze-level magical beasts.

Although Lan Zao and Huang Zao were both Bronze-level warriors, dealing with a flying squirrel leader one-on-one was extremely dangerous.

Humans and wild beasts were different.

The combat power of the human race's transcendents came almost entirely from the application of Battle Qi and magic.

Yet in this kind of environment, there was no way to stimulate Battle Qi.

Although Battle Qi could also imperceptibly enhance the physical fitness of human transcendents, this kind of physical fitness appeared quite poor when compared to magical beasts.

Compared with wild beasts, humans had skin that was innately delicate and bones that were fragile.

Solely relying on their own physique, Huang Zao and Lan Zao naturally could not compare to these flying squirrel leaders. One must know that even after flying squirrel leaders died, ordinary swords and sabers could not cut through their skin and bones.

Since Lan Zao and Huang Zao were thus, the other ordinary members were simply no match for the flying squirrel leaders.

Once the flying squirrel leaders charge into the crowd, it will inevitably cause extremely heavy casualties. The only hope lies with Zhen Jin; it depends on whether this Temple Knight lord can swiftly slaughter these flying squirrel leaders! Sorrow flashed in Cang Xu's eyes, and his understanding of the current situation was extremely thorough.

Now is certainly not the time to continue hiding strength, My Lord. Cang Xu stared at Zhen Jin, encouraging him in the bottom of his heart.

He was a wise man, understanding that placed within such an island, one could only cling to the strong to have more hope of survival.

Because of this, he actively plotted and pushed to make the entire Exploration Team defect to Zhen Jin.

Zhen Jin took a deep breath.

He knew everyone was awaiting his performance.

Yet, he had no way to stimulate his own Battle Qi!

The battle situation was imminent, and Zhen Jin's time was also running out—he only had one chance for a flying dagger left.

Then I'll resolve you all at once. Zhen Jin's gaze was sharp and firm.

He reached his hands into his bosom, holding two daggers in each hand.

The next moment, his arms vibrated together, and four daggers shot out violently at the same time!

The momentum of the flying daggers was far more fierce than crossbows.

At the same time, every flying dagger was exceptionally precise, hitting their targets almost in the blink of an eye.

"Ah!" Just as Cang Xu opened his mouth to let out an exclamation, he saw the flying squirrel leaders collapse to the ground in unison, and Zhen Jin had already secured victory!

Done. Zhen Jin's heart surged with spirit, his expression still as resolute as iron, without changing color.

Meanwhile, the muscles in his arms trembled faintly and endlessly.

With this recent strike, Zhen Jin had exerted his all, fully bringing into play the exquisite technique brought by his recovered memories.

A strong, numb, and sore sensation permeated both of his arms.

Since the battle began, Zhen Jin had first shot a large number of arrows and then thrown flying daggers.

In order to inflict damage on the flying squirrel leaders, every time Zhen Jin threw a flying dagger, he had exhausted all his strength.

By now, he had basically reached the young man's own physical limit.

One must know that these flying daggers were ordinary weapons. The reason they could shoot and kill flying squirrel leaders lay entirely in Zhen Jin's astonishing accuracy aiming for fatal weaknesses, as well as the terrifying speed and power brought by his frantic throwing.

"Resolved?"

"Four hits in one strike!"

"These few flying squirrel leaders simply have no way to force out Lord Zhen Jin's true strength. My Lord is truly too strong..."

The morale of the crowd soared. Just as they began to cheer, a flying squirrel leader lying on the ground abruptly "came back from the dead"!

It galloped across the ground with such speed that it actually dragged a faint phantom behind it.

Simultaneously, its life aura erupted completely, no longer at the Bronze-level, but rather the Black Iron-level!

"Careful!" Zi Di shrieked.

This was a quite cunning flying squirrel; its true strength was the Black Iron-level, yet it had disguised its Bronze aura.

It possessed unique methods to restrain its own aura, deceiving Lan Zao's scouting!

It was the chieftain of this flying squirrel colony!

At this moment, Zhen Jin once again felt the aura of death.

Come to think of it, he had resolved quite a few magical beasts.

The Silver-tier Blue-haired Dire Wolf, Monkey-Tailed Brown Bear, and Blade Spider.

Yet, solving the Blue-haired Dire Wolf was because the timing was too good, utilizing the Python Green Vine in the river.

That time with the Monkey-Tailed Brown Bear took advantage of the brown bear sustaining heavy injuries, and even so, Zhen Jin almost died, his life practically snatched back.

Killing the Blade Spider was even more due to the spider's paralysis and carelessness, while Zhen Jin underwent an anomaly himself, striking the spider's vital point in one go. To truly speak of strength, Zhen Jin was definitely no match for the Silver-tier spider.

The human body was quite fragile.

Compared to fierce beasts, humans lacked knife-sharp claws and teeth, thick fur, an extremely robust physique, and iron-hard bones.

Usually, humans couldn't even outrun dogs, had no way to breathe underwater like fish, and couldn't fly in the air like birds.

When it came to strength, Zhen Jin suppressing a Bronze head ram had greatly astonished Cang Xu, who guessed Zhen Jin might possess Gold-tier cultivation.

A human's greatest advantage lay in their own wisdom.

Humans could utilize wisdom to create tools and employ tools.

Although humans forged swords and sabers to rival the claws and teeth of fierce beasts, and humans similarly researched magic and Battle Qi to augment their own strength.

Yet on this island, low-tier magic and Battle Qi were forbidden.

Magical beasts could not employ their innate abilities, yet still retained their strong and fierce physiques. Without Battle Qi and magic, the innate frailty of a human's body was immediately and unmistakably exposed.

Therefore, a Black Iron-level flying squirrel leader could certainly also bring a fatal threat to Zhen Jin.

Its speed is much faster than mine, and it's extremely agile!

Even if ordinary swords and sabers strike it, they cannot inflict effective damage. But in this aspect, I still have the weapon made from the Blade Spider Edge.

However, what is truly terrifying is neither its agility nor its skin, bones, claws, and teeth, but rather its ability to release terrifying electric currents.

Zhen Jin tightly knitted his brows.

As crisis approached, he discovered that he possessed a certain excellent quality of a hundred-battles soldier—the more critical the situation became, the faster he thought and the clearer his train of thought grew.

He had already tried the flying daggers just now, and they could not harm the Black Iron-level flying squirrel leader.

The Blade Spider Edge in Zhen Jin's hand was the best weapon to kill it, but at the same time, the electric current released by the flying squirrel could also take Zhen Jin's life in an instant.

Unless I can stimulate Battle Qi in an instant! Only with Battle Qi protecting the body can I defend against the electric current.

A ferocious glint flashed across Zhen Jin's eyes.

Battle Qi; he urgently needed Battle Qi.

Saint Brilliance Great Emperor, my god! Hear the prayers of Your devout believer, let me awaken my past memories, and let me regain my Battle Qi!

Zhen Jin shouted in his heart.

Yet the deity still had no response at all.

Dammit. Zhen Jin fiercely gritted his teeth.

Without Battle Qi, he had no way to defend against the electric current shock. Both sides in the battle had strong offense and weak defense, and it depended on who could successfully execute their fatal attack method onto the other first.

Close.

Even closer.

"Roar."

Just as Zhen Jin prepared to charge, he suddenly heard a mysterious beast roar.

Are there other magical beasts?!

"Wait, this beast roar sounds a bit familiar."

The next moment, Zhen Jin suddenly froze.

Zhen Jin sensed it—hidden deep within his heart was actually a round little orb.

This little orb was only the size of a thumb, but it was entirely bright red and its surface was not smooth. It looked like an exquisitely crafted small walnut, featuring extremely fine, intricate curved lines crisscrossing it. Yet judging by its texture, it carried a faint translucence, resembling crystal, and seemed to be radiating light from the inside out.

The bright red little orb vibrated slightly, bursting forth with waves of formless power.

This potent power infiltrated his blood, swiftly spreading through Zhen Jin's entire body, continuously vibrating his heart and chest.

The orb's crimson light was rapidly fading.

Zhen Jin's arms had originally been extremely sore and aching, but as this power flowed in, they quickly recovered, and his muscles bulged, rapidly swelling.

Zhen Jin's clothing and arm guards creaked as they were stretched taut. Although covered by his clothes, Zhen Jin distinctly felt black, dense fur.

Both his bones and muscles transformed from a human's arms into a pair of Bear Arms!

In just an instant, Zhen Jin's arms were not only restored to their original state, but were several times stronger than before!

What is this feeling?! Zhen Jin's heart shook violently.

This feeling was clearly identical to the sensation when his hands had mutated back when he ambushed the Silver-level spider.

Only this time, it was not his hands, but his arms that had mutated.

Without time to experience much more, Zhen Jin pulled out his dagger and hurled it with all his might.

Bang.

With a soft, explosive sound, it turned out that the youth's swinging motion was so violent that it directly caused a sonic boom in the air!

The Flying Dagger pierced the air, actually emitting a sharp whistling sound.

The group only saw a brilliant silver thread flash and vanish in midair, accurately piercing the Black Iron Head Rat, and then, its speed greatly reduced, it plunged deeply into the turf.

The Black Iron Head Rat that had originally been charging forward was thrown backward, falling to the ground without moving a muscle.

Its entire head had been pierced through, and blood soon stained the surrounding grass.

The battlefield fell silent because of this.