In the blink of an eye, Luo Yan rushed into the gap between the towering rocks.
He charged two or three meters inside in one breath.
Luo Yan stopped and swiftly took out a magazine, placing it beside him.
Zeng Shan followed him in.
"Crouch down. Prepare for battle."
Luo Yan quickly checked his gun.
Then he raised it and aimed at the entrance of the gap.
The space here was limited.
The Golden Winged Lice could not swarm in all at once.
Besides, by now.
They had been gone from camp for so long.
Wei Fenghua should have noticed.
Perhaps they only needed to hold on a little longer.
Then reinforcements would arrive.
Just then.
The sound of beating wings erupted outside the gap between the rocks.
The Golden Winged Lice had caught up.
However, because of the mist.
Many of them flew over the piles of rubble, searching for Luo Yan and Zeng Shan like headless flies.
Using the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye, Luo Yan saw this scene.
He relaxed slightly.
But there were still plenty of Golden Winged Lice lingering outside the rocks.
At least a hundred.
If a hundred Golden Winged Lice swarmed Luo Yan and Zeng Shan in an open area.
They could gnaw the two of them down until not even their bones remained.
Fortunately, things were different here.
Many of them were crawling over the rubble.
Only one or two were crawling toward the crack in the towering rock.
Luo Yan thought for a moment.
He lowered his rifle.
Then he drew his military knife.
He pressed a hand against Zeng Shan's shoulder.
Flipping over, he landed in front of Zeng Shan.
He hid in ambush at the entrance.
When a mass of gray biological light crawled inside.
Before the Golden Winged Louse could see the situation inside clearly.
Luo Yan split its head with one slash!
Then he swept the blade sideways.
The Golden Winged Louse's head fell off.
Seeing this.
Zeng Shan's breathing quickened.
He felt even more awe toward Luo Yan.
Relying on the ability of the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye, Luo Yan had detected the Golden Winged Lice's movements in advance.
He had silently killed several of them.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last.
Perhaps the blood of their kind had attracted their attention.
The hundred or so Golden Winged Lice roaming over the rubble began converging on the crack in the towering rock.
Luo Yan knew it was hopeless.
He returned to his original position.
Then he whispered to Zeng Shan, "They're coming."
Zeng Shan had no Pupil Technique, and night had fallen as well.
Inside this crack, he could not see his own hand in front of his face.
He could hear the sounds.
Sss... sss...
The sounds the Golden Winged Lice used to communicate gradually grew denser at the entrance.
He gripped his rifle nervously.
The rifles distributed by the Academy were light machine guns, easy to carry and suitable for use in cramped spaces.
The small grip and trigger guard were integrated into one piece, and the gun used a rotary bolt-locking mechanism.
Its firing mode could be adjusted between semiautomatic and automatic.
The magazine held the standard thirty rounds, and because this was a collection mission.
Luo Yan and the others had only two magazines each.
If he wanted to conserve ammunition.
Luo Yan should have used semiautomatic fire.
But now, he used automatic fire instead.
Over the past two weeks, he had only undergone relatively systematic shooting training.
His marksmanship had improved compared to when he was on the surface.
But he was still far from being a sharpshooter.
Using semiautomatic fire at a time like this meant that any mistake would have severe consequences.
Time passed bit by bit.
Finally.
A Golden Winged Louse poked its head out from the crack in the towering rock.
Around that crack.
The rocks were already covered with Golden Winged Lice, packed tightly together as the constant beating of their wings filled the air.
Using the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye to locate his targets, Luo Yan adjusted his angle and lightly squeezed the trigger.
Zeng Shan suddenly heard a bang above his head.
A flash of fire lit up overhead.
At the same time, a spent casing struck his shoulder before bouncing to the ground.
By the light of the muzzle flash.
Zeng Shan saw the entrance to the gap ahead.
The entire head of a Golden Winged Louse had exploded.
But even more Golden Winged Lice fought to crawl inside.
These creatures had pitch-black shells, with golden patterns appearing across their wings.
Their heads resembled locusts.
But they had four small green eyes.
Bang, bang, bang!
Gunshots rang out above Zeng Shan's head.
The parasites crawling into the gap burst one after another, spraying Blood Mist.
Then he heard Luo Yan roar.
"Open fire!"
"You're responsible for the lower level."
Zeng Shan came to his senses and shouted as he opened fire.
He remained fairly calm.
Remembering Luo Yan's instructions, he lowered the muzzle.
He swept the Golden Winged Lice crawling in from the ground with automatic fire.
The bullets tore through the parasites, ripping off their wings and severing their limbs.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
Inside the crack in the towering rock, gunfire rang out without pause.
Muzzle flashes flickered continuously.
The Golden Winged Lice fell one after another.
Soon, quite a pile of insect corpses had accumulated at the entrance to the gap.
Even though many of their kind had died.
The other Golden Winged Lice still crazily forced their way inside.
Fortunately, the gap was narrow.
The Golden Winged Lice were not small either.
Usually, only four or five could crawl inside at the same time.
The rest were squeezed outside.
Soon.
Luo Yan had emptied one magazine.
He quickly replaced it.
It was also his last one.
At this moment.
Since the battle had begun.
Less than a minute had passed!
In the blink of an eye.
The second magazine was empty as well.
Luo Yan shouted, "I'm out of bullets!"
Zeng Shan's rifle stopped roaring the next second.
"Me too."
Luo Yan decisively drew his military knife.
He passed Zeng Shan.
Then charged toward the Golden Winged Lice crawling inside from outside.
"Switch places in one minute."
As he spoke, his knife flashed down.
He severed the head of a Golden Winged Louse.
He looked up.
Two more parasites pounced straight at him.
Luo Yan used the armor on his arm as a shield, knocking aside the one on his left.
With his right hand, he raised the military knife and stabbed it into the other insect's abdomen.
His wrist suddenly jerked.
He flung the insect away.
A gash had been ripped open across the Golden Winged Louse's belly, and its intestines and organs slid out.
Luo Yan did not stop moving.
He turned and slashed at the insect he had pinned against the rock.
He cleanly removed its head.
In an instant, he had killed two insects in succession.
Luo Yan looked up.
By now, he had shut off the Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye.
During the rifle battle just now, a few clumps of weeds on the ground had caught fire, providing illumination.
By the firelight, he saw three Golden Winged Lice pouncing toward him at once.
Because of the limited space, they formed a line from top to bottom.
A cold glint flashed through Luo Yan's eyes.
The military knife in his hand flashed.
It left a bolt-of-lightning-like silver streak between the bodies of the three Golden Winged Lice.
Combat Skill: Thunderclap!
After Luo Beichen issued his challenge, Di Zheng had personally gone to the Academy to teach him this Combat Skill.
It consisted of two forms.
They were the sword technique Thunderclap and the fist technique Bone Shatter!
In an instant, the bodies of the three Golden Winged Lice split open simultaneously.
Insect blood poured down over his head.
It drenched Luo Yan's head, shoulders, and body.
Behind him stood Zeng Shan.
He watched Luo Yan, drenched in blood amid the firelight.
It was like looking at an asura!
Insect corpses, blood, and the stench of gore.
Luo Yan seemed to have returned to the surface.
Returned to those difficult years of struggling to survive.
His face was expressionless.
His gaze was icy, and his attacks decisive.
He held the line.
He began to get injured.
He began to bleed.
But he did not retreat a single step.
Whenever he could avoid an attack, Luo Yan did his best to evade it.
When he could not, he used less vital parts of his body to block it.
Then he traded wounds for lives.
In just one minute.
Luo Yan had already become a man of blood.
Even his hair had been clumped into strands by the blood.
Gradually, the ground around his feet was covered with insect corpses.
His military saber had been worn down until the blade curled.
Notches had been knocked into it.
After barely chopping off the head of yet another insect.
Luo Yan suddenly hurled it away.
It transformed into a streak of cold light.
It pinned and killed an insect that had just crawled into the crack.
Just then, sand and gravel fell onto Luo Yan.
He looked up.
There was a swaying rock above the crack.
There were bullet holes and bloodstains nearby.
The structure of the rock there had probably been damaged during one of the sweeps of gunfire.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Several more Golden Winged Lice flew in.
Luo Yan quickly formed a hand seal, then pointed at the rock.
Primal Energy surged between his two fingers, transforming into a black rope.
Mystic Art No. 1: Black Rope!
Like Combat Skills and Visualization Techniques.
Mystic Arts were also techniques discovered, organized, and then modified in that "world" until humans could use them.
There were nearly a hundred kinds of Mystic Arts.
Each Mystic Art had a number.
Furthermore, every Mystic Art required its corresponding hand seal.
It was also known as forming a seal.
Luo Yan had spent two full days merely practicing the hand seal for "Black Rope."
Now.
It was time to show the results!
The rope formed from Primal Energy instantly coiled around the rock above.
Luo Yan pulled hard.
The already-swaying rock immediately came crashing down.
It smashed into those insects.
Crushing them into a pulp.
At that moment, exactly one minute had passed!
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