Old Qu, who had been saved from the filthy warlord by Mia in a classic "damsel saves the hero" moment, didn't lose himself in the iron-willed beauty of Captain Mia. He simply offered her a restrained congratulations before diving back into the fight.
The Iron Fist missile had just blown apart the heavily mutated hyena warlord. But like some disgusting "flesh slime," the creature didn't stop after its body burst apart. Instead, it tore through the flames and smoke and lunged forward again in a second-stage transformation, baring its teeth and claws.
It was literally baring its teeth and claws.
Three ragged mouths of different sizes had split open across its body, while bizarre, haphazardly growing bloodied claws covered it like a cactus. One look was enough to make your sanity take a hit. Even the most shameless players didn't want to fight something like that up close.
So Brother Qu chose a clever tactic. He pulled Lieutenant Mia back into the air and began attacking the support pillars on the factory's second floor, where the monster was.
One hunter had wings; the other had a flight pack. They made the most of their respective advantages in agility, and within minutes they had brought down three support pillars. The second-floor platform was showing signs of collapse. Brother Qu immediately warned everyone over the player channel:
"Fall back! Clear the central area in front of the factory. The BOSS's second phase is coming down!"
"What? What?"
Xu Gou, who was busy collecting kills all over the place with his Ironhammer Guards, was stunned. He couldn't believe that a randomly generated battlefield mission could spawn a BOSS, too.
But players were always quick to react. A dozen seconds after Brother Qu's warning, the area beneath the platform was clear. Then the Iron