Battle at the Hive, Sweeping Everything Aside!

At this moment, everyone had fully entered combat mode.

Zheng Zha swallowed a handful of Soldier Pills and began extracting large amounts of Chakra regardless of the strain on his body.

While maintaining her Mental Scan, Zhan Lan also extracted Chakra and formed the hand seals for the Body Flicker Technique, ready to deal with a battle that could break out at any moment.

Though she was not responsible for attacking, she had to serve as the team's eyes and protect herself at all times.

Uchiha Gen's expression was grim. He too swallowed a handful of Soldier Pills and silently began extracting Chakra.

The group filed out of the train tunnel and arrived on the platform.

At this point, the entrance to the Hive was already packed with Lickers.

These Lickers were even more powerful than the batch the Central Continent Team had killed before. Their bodies were larger and more muscular, their physiques covered in knotted muscles. At a glance, it was clear that they possessed astonishing combat power.

More Lickers, along with Tyrants, poured out through the wide-open doors of the Hive and the newly opened tunnels.

As if they had sensed the arrival of the Central Continent Team, countless Lickers immediately lunged at them.

Their powerful tongues shot out, sweeping toward the group.

The wind howled as terrifying sounds of tearing air rang out.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction!"

Uchiha Gen had finished his hand seals in advance. At that moment, he opened his mouth and spewed forth a vast sea of flames.

Uchiha Gen had learned this B-rank Ninjutsu long ago while practicing Fire-nature Chakra transformation, but he had rarely used it before.

After spending half a day extracting and accumulating Chakra, a single Great Fire Destruction could drain him dry and leave him exhausted enough to pass out.

For Uchiha Gen at the Chunin level, it simply had no practical combat value.

It was a technique he had prepared for after his Chakra increased and he became a Jonin.

But now, his Chakra had increased enormously compared to before entering the reincarnation world. It was a full five times greater than that of an ordinary Jonin, already extremely close to the Chakra level of a Kage-level ninja. He no longer had that concern.

Fueled by Uchiha Gen's massive reserves of Chakra, Great Fire Destruction was even more powerful than the combined Wind-and-Fire Ninjutsu he had used on the surface earlier.

In an instant, it engulfed the entire platform.

The towering sea of fire surged forth, temperatures of several thousand degrees spreading through the area. The twelve Lickers charging at the front were instantly burned to ash.

More than thirty Lickers in the second wave farther away had the oils on their bodies ignited by the extreme heat, turning them into humanoid torches.

Even so, the horde of Lickers was not stopped.

They knew no fear and relentlessly carried out their swarm tactics, with even more monsters surging toward the Central Continent Team.

Besides charging from the front, some Lickers ran along the walls and ceilings before pouncing down from above.

Uchiha Gen showed them no mercy. The instant he finished casting the first Great Fire Destruction, he immediately formed hand seals and began casting a second.

Then came a third.

With wave after wave of flames pouring forth, the entire platform was enveloped in searing heat. More than a hundred Lickers were reduced to ash.

"Zheng Zha, five Lickers above us."

At that moment, Zhan Lan detected the danger with her Mental Scan and urgently warned him.

Even amid the earlier sea of flames, a few survivors had still broken through the blockade.

Uchiha Gen had sensed them as well, but he did not deal with them, choosing to trust his teammates.

He continued forming hand seals and extracting Chakra, preparing to cast a fourth Great Fire Destruction.

"Leaf Whirlwind!"

Zheng Zha immediately unlocked his Gene Lock and kicked at the Lickers diving down from above.

The air tore with a shriek, and the atmosphere trembled.

The force of that kick exceeded the limits of what Zheng Zha's body could withstand.

The diving Licker was instantly kicked apart from head to toe, exploding into a rain of flesh and blood.

The other four Lickers were stalled for a moment by the splattered chunks of flesh from their exploded companion.

Zheng Zha himself had also torn the bones in his leg and multiple muscles apart from the overloaded output of power.

But he did not care. Empowered by the Troll Bloodline, his torn muscles and bones rapidly healed, not affecting his combat strength in the slightest.

This was the optimal fighting method calculated by the Gene Lock.

After kicking one Licker to death, Zheng Zha lunged at the other two without hesitation.

He spread his hands and seized the tongues the two Lickers had shot from their open mouths, tongues faster than bullets. Then, as if swinging a massive hammer, he smashed the two Lickers into the other two charging Lickers in an instant.

Bang!

A dull collision of flesh and blood rang out.

In mere moments, it was as if the earth itself had shaken. Zheng Zha directly smashed the four Lickers into several puddles of mangled flesh.

"Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction!"

At that moment, Uchiha Gen unleashed the fourth sea of flames.

Within the towering blaze, every remaining Licker on the platform was wiped out.

Though scattered Lickers were still pouring out from inside the Hive, they were now almost negligible as a threat.

Zheng Zha went to meet them, clearing out the remaining enemies and buying Uchiha Gen time to recover his Chakra.

Then, Tyrants more powerful than the Lickers finally entered the battle.

Eleven Tyrants marched onto the platform with heavy steps. Clad in heavy armor, ammunition belts wrapped around their bodies, they carried 30mm Rotary Cannons.

Zhan Lan had already taken cover behind a safe bunker and warned Zheng Zha and Uchiha Gen to evade.

Zheng Zha obediently took cover in advance, but Uchiha Gen did not move, seizing every second to extract Chakra.

The Tyrants paid no attention to the Central Continent Team's actions. To them, the team and their bunkers were equally laughable.

Rat-a-tat-tat!

The barrels spun, spewing dazzling streams of fire that instantly engulfed Uchiha Gen. They did not spare Zheng Zha and Zhan Lan, who were hiding behind a concrete bunker in the distance, either.

Driven by terrifying kinetic energy, the shells crossed the distance between both sides in an instant and exploded.

Terrifying firelight and shockwaves spread out as shattered concrete flew everywhere. The bunker where Zhan Lan and Zheng Zha had taken cover was instantly blasted to pieces. Fortunately, at the critical moment, both unlocked their Gene Locks, foresaw the danger, and used the Body Flicker Technique to evade.

Otherwise, the two of them would have been shredded into fragments by the rotary cannon rounds in an instant, their remains scattered everywhere.

Uchiha Gen's expression did not change. He used the Body Flicker Technique to evade and appeared behind one of the Tyrants.

Not giving them a chance to attack again, Uchiha Gen immediately cast Great Fire Destruction, opening his mouth to spew out another sea of flames.

Terrifying heat spread out, instantly igniting these tough-skinned Tyrants with powerful recovery abilities into blazing torches. Their rotary cannons and heavy armor melted along with them.

They were not dead yet, but Uchiha Gen did not care.

He formed hand seals with both hands and followed up with a Great Fireball Technique, thoroughly killing every Tyrant.