Bloody Battle

While Li Le was tracking Tao Yu and collecting the remaining scattered Blood Orchids, Yosef and Winuo, who were above the valley, also fully withdrew their gaze from the giant snake corpses within the valley. They frowned and looked back at the dark rainforest.

Rustle~

A faint sound emerged from the dense forest, as if something was approaching.

In the now darkened forest, the swaying of some branches and leaves could be vaguely seen.

"That kid wasn't wrong, there really is something."

Winuo, carrying his axe, twisted his body, his armor emitting the sound of metal friction. A hint of caution appeared on his face.

He was confident in his own strength; a mere Awakening Day shouldn't cause any trouble.

But in the fragments of the Abyss, anything was possible, so carelessness was a strict rule.

"It's not those big snakes, the movement wouldn't be this quiet. What small thing is it, and it's not slow. The number... quite a few... be careful."

One of Yosef's pupils contracted mechanically, switching to infrared mode.

However, even in infrared mode, looking at the darkened rainforest that had reformed before him, he still couldn't see anything useful!

He could see lizards on trees, mice on the ground, and even some insects through this mode, but he truly couldn't find anything else.

"Infrared mode can't detect it? It must be something with an insulating outer shell..."

Almost as soon as Yosef finished speaking, a dark shadow swooped down from above, moving at extreme speed!

But even faster was Yosef raising his shoulder cannon.

Bang~

The diving figure was blown to pieces mid-air, splattering green liquid.

Yosef didn't know about the problem with this blood, but he still dodged out of caution.

Yet, even so, a small amount of viscous green blood splattered on him, immediately emitting a sizzling sound.

His metal arm was made of corrosion-resistant metal, but it still showed slight corrosion marks, which made Yosef's expression change.

"Careful, this thing's blood is highly corrosive! It should be one of those Wish Power Creatures from the grasslands."

While sharing this intelligence, he quickly drew a bottle of water with his other hand and rinsed the area where the blood had splattered. Simultaneously, his raised mechanical arm instantly transformed with a kacha kacha sound, becoming a Gatling-like rotary gun barrel!

He hadn't switched to this state when attacking the giant snakes earlier, but now he did so without hesitation.

Although the two from the Inner City acted arrogant, their abilities were indeed not weak.

Even though the broadcast only gave a general description, they quickly made judgments and tested the strong acid blood at a relatively small cost.

Meanwhile, Winuo, looking at the black and green mixed remains of the Alien on the ground and listening to the sizzling sound of the ground being corroded.

With an unsightly expression, he drew a metal piece from his waist. With just a flick, it transformed into a triangular boomerang.

"The blood is also strong acid? This is too much targeting me. How much ammo do you have left?"

"That depends on how many of them there are!"

Yosef's expression gradually turned grim. He could see monstrous creatures with exoskeletons peeking out from between the treetops and behind tree trunks, but they weren't lunging.

A rough glance revealed over a dozen of them!

Pitch-black exoskeletons, long and dangerous tails, ferocious faces, and the viscous saliva that dripped from them intermittently.

They kept appearing from behind the tree trunks, darting through the dim shadows.

"They're trying to trick me into firing? Waste ammo?"

Seeing the Aliens retracting immediately after peeking out, Yosef found it hard to believe.

This meant they were much smarter than those giant snakes!

"All of you, get up here! Prepare for an attack!"

Winuo roared, simultaneously throwing the boomerang forward.

The triangular metal boomerang, under Winuo's immense strength, instantly broke through the air, cutting through some branches along the way, revealing its terrifying sharpness.

The sudden burst of speed made one Alien narrowly dodge, but it still received a deep wound from the returning boomerang.

Accompanied by the Alien's furious roar, green acidic blood splashed out instantly. Before Winuo could catch the returning boomerang, he had already thrown the second one.

Although its power was far less than his high-explosive grenades, it had the advantage of being reusable!

Just catching the first boomerang and seeing the slight corrosion marks on it still made Winuo's expression look grim.

This was too much of a counter to him!

On the other side, Winuo's roar also made Li Le, who was collecting the scattered Blood Orchids, change his expression. After a moment of indecision, he shouldered his gun and continued sliding down towards the valley.

He raised the muzzle of his gun and yelled at the others, "Didn't you hear? All of you, get up here! Or I'll shoot you!"

While using his gun to coerce the other four to move up, Li Le also looked up to observe the situation above.

Because he was waiting in the middle section, he had heard some of the previous conversation. It seemed like some very troublesome things!

Thinking about the Blood Orchid in his hand and Tao Yu, who had a large bag, Li Le urged the others to go up while he quickly retreated, running along the bank towards the gap on the other side of the valley.

Damn it, I haven't even entered the Cannon Fodder Sequence yet! You guys dying won't be buried with me, so I have no obligation to listen to your orders!

As long as I find that guy who ran off, as long as I find him, that's all that matters!

Thinking of the backpack that held at least dozens of Blood Orchids, Li Le's heart burned with excitement…

Meanwhile, Zhang Wei, who was climbing up and a step behind, also heard the commotion of Li Le running away. He looked back, saw Li Le's retreating figure, then looked up ahead. His expression darkened, and he quickly tucked his gun and retreated.

He had finally awakened his combat talent. This time, as long as he survived, he was determined to live!

As if sensing the approach of the others, the Alien, which had been probing from behind the trees, instantly changed its tactical plan after its sneak attack failed.

With just a few brief roars, it quickly lunged at the two from multiple directions!

Although they were not as large or strong as the Giant Snakes, their more agile bodies allowed them better ways to evade.

They constantly weaved through the forest, using various cover!

Bang~

Dada-da-da~

Yosef opened fire first, blowing up one with his shoulder cannon while transforming his wrist into a Gatling gun and riddling another with bullets.

Its hard exoskeleton was torn to shreds, and green acidic blood splattered, sizzling as it hit the ground.

Although he quickly dealt with two of them, Yosef's expression turned grim.

"Damn it! These things have quite high resistance to bullets!"

While his shoulder cannon could still take one down with each shot, the killing power of his arm Gatling was far from what he expected!

If this were used on the heads of those big snakes, he would have already shot through and taken down two or three more targets.

But here, twenty to thirty rounds had barely taken down one?

With a slight twitch of his finger, a belt-like device on his waist rapidly ejected a row of small spheres in a fan-shaped area in front of him, quickly setting up booby traps for close-quarters defense.

Then, he unhesitatingly drew a red grenade from behind his back with his seemingly ordinary hand and tossed it into the woods without even looking.

Boom~

A fierce fire erupted. Even though the branches and leaves in the woods felt damp and were difficult to ignite, the flames from the high-explosive incendiary bomb spread out like a napalm bomb, instantly engulfing the area ahead and causing several Aliens to struggle in the inferno.

At the same time, an Alien approaching from another direction was hit by a booby trap on the ground, which automatically fired, exploding into fragments with a boom~.

The good stuff that hadn't been used against the big snakes was now being pulled out like it was free, enough to show their foundation, which was completely different from the Outer City!

Meanwhile, Winuo, while carefully avoiding the booby traps, continuously threw out more and more returning boomerangs.

Although he appeared bulky, his movements were extremely agile. He constantly threw out a full five boomerangs at high speed, and he could continuously replenish them to maintain his attack.

His double-bladed axe was stuck in the ground, ready to be pulled out to defend himself at any moment!

He would also occasionally throw high-explosive grenades to prevent the Aliens from getting too close.

However, what should have been a high-sustain ranged attack for Winuo became somewhat awkward when facing the Aliens.

The alloy, which had corrosion resistance, became pitted after slicing through the bodies of the Aliens a few times.

Soon, only two of the five boomerangs remained, the other three having lost their original smoothness and becoming stuck in the Aliens, unable to return.

"Damn it! I'm going to use a buff, you watch yourself!"

Seeing that the troublesome creatures were reducing their probing of Yosef and increasing their numbers towards him, Winuo couldn't help but roar. Then, he raised his hand and heavily patted his left shoulder.

A built-in needle inside his shoulder armor pierced his neck, injecting an unknown liquid.

Almost instantly, accompanied by Winuo's roar, his entire body grew a size larger, causing the gaps in his full-body armor to widen, revealing layers of keratin-like skin.

"Roar!"

He let out an unknown beastly roar. Winuo, who had expanded in size, clearly had a significant increase in both speed and strength. He picked up his double-bladed axe and charged back towards the Aliens.

Bang~

With one swing of the axe, he smashed an Alien into pulp, blood splattering everywhere!

Although the material of his armor and axe was still difficult to resist corrosion, due to their thickness, the corrosion speed was not fast. In his current desperate state, which clearly had side effects, it was not noticeable.

Aliens lunged at Winuo, one after another, either being smashed away or crushed.

At this moment, Walter, who had just climbed up, saw the scene before him.

Despite his fear, the ingrained reverence for the important figures of the Inner City made him raise his hunting rifle and prepare to advance.

But in the next moment, he was also split in half by Winuo's axe!

His internal organs and blood spilled onto the ground.

This made Chen Guan and the other Outer City person in Winuo's team, excluding Li Le, who had come up behind them, both feel a jolt of fear. Then, they turned around and slid down towards the valley.

Looking back at Li Le, who was almost out of the valley, Zhang Wei, who was halfway there, and Tao Yu, who had long since disappeared, the two of them cursed inward