Xu Yue's morale-boosting lesson, combined with the sounds of rapid advances coming from both sides at once...
...instantly filled everyone present with despair.
Then they saw that Xu Yue did not turn toward either source of the noise. Instead, he suddenly raised his M16 and fired upward at an angle.
A crimson figure that had been silently crawling along the ceiling emerged from the mist torn apart by the bullets.
Two of them had deliberately made noise while a third quietly approached from above—a tightly coordinated tactic!
However, while the sides might have cryogenic chambers to use as cover, there were far fewer places to hide on the ceiling.
Combined with Xu Yue's terrifying recoil control, blood blossoms continuously burst across the Licker's body.
Though it shielded its head, its vital point, with one massive claw, not a single shot from the entire burst missed!
Lickers were powerful and highly resistant to bullets, but after taking an entire burst, it still shrieked repeatedly in pain.
The mercenaries and Xu Yue's four bodyguards finally found a chance to be useful as well, all raising their guns and firing upward.
Under the dense barrage, they inflicted even more damage than Xu Yue had, forcing the Licker to keep fleeing as its claws carved lines into the ceiling.
By then, Xu Yue had already changed magazines. He raised his gun toward the other side and charged at high speed in that direction.
The two Lickers that had made the noise emerged almost simultaneously from corners in different directions, swiftly attacking Xu Yue from the front and rear as though they intended to deal with the greatest threat first.
Had Xu Yue stayed where he was, he would have been attacked by both Lickers at nearly the same time.
But now, he had simply