Blood-Devouring Ant Swarm!

Squelch!

With a raised hand and a slash, Qi Ling finished off the High-level Beast Soldier before him, then looked toward Lin Ye with some concern.

That was a High-level Beast General Sabertooth Giant Wolf, far beyond what a Martial Artist of the same level could contend with.

But when he saw Lin Ye, he was completely stunned.

The giant wolf in his sight was being toyed with by Lin Ye. It charged in fiercely, every attack looking ferocious.

Yet to the wolf's frustration, Lin Ye's movement was nimble, always evading its attacks ahead of time.

Again and again, the Sabertooth Giant Wolf's attacks landed like punches thrown into empty air.

Meanwhile, Lin Ye's eyes seemed utterly devoid of emotion, his entire body radiating an icy killing intent.

"An old hand in the wilderness!!"

That thought suddenly surfaced in Qi Ling's mind. His pupils contracted slightly as he stared at Lin Ye with a trace of apprehension.

Lin Ye's shifting figure appeared entirely unstructured, even somewhat casual and unrestrained.

Yet it was precisely this effortless footwork that caused every attack from the High-level Beast General to miss.

Although the Sabertooth Giant Wolf did not excel in speed, its agility was still beyond comparison for ordinary Martial Artists of the same level.

Yet against Lin Ye, it repeatedly made a fool of itself like some circus animal.

On the other side, Yang Xiao also noticed Lin Ye's footwork.

He exchanged a glance with Qi Ling, and the same thought surfaced in both their minds: "Perfect Level movement technique!"

Awooo!

Before they could recover, a miserable howl rang out.

A bright blade flash sliced straight toward the giant wolf's throat.

"Ten Decisive Breaths—Third Slash!!"

Lin Ye's eyes suddenly blazed. In an instant, his body erupted in three successive bursts.

Three new forces transformed into Dark Force, converging into the saber strike that had already been swung with all his strength.

Whoosh!!

The blade light tore through the air, carrying a piercing whistle.

An attack fully comparable to that of a Primary War God erupted from Lin Ye at astonishing speed.

Slash!

The cold gleam vanished in an instant, cutting directly at the vital point.

At the moment of life and death, the High-level Beast General instinctively tilted its head, trying to evade the strike.

However, Lin Ye's saber was not something it could avoid just because it wanted to.

Squelch!!

Blood sprayed as Lin Ye's Battle Saber sank deeply into the giant wolf's neck.

With a twist of his wrist, he extinguished its last trace of life.

Crack, crack, crack!!

Amid a series of teeth-grating breaking sounds, the massive creature finally collapsed.

[You have killed one High-level Beast General and gained 200 Attribute Points!]

"Panel, add them for me!"

Lin Ye glanced at the giant wolf, whose life force was fading like a dying candle flame, and silently commanded.

The next moment, two hundred Attribute Points transformed directly into an increase of 4,000 kg of strength and 40 m/s of speed, making Lin Ye stronger once again.

At the same time, the Sabertooth Giant Wolf lying on the ground glared viciously at Lin Ye, its eyes still filled with intense unwillingness.

It had merely come out in the middle of the night to hunt for food. How had it encountered such a terrifying human? What a disaster from the heavens.

Its huge wolf head drooped weakly, dark red blood continuously seeping from the corner of its mouth.

Before death, it recalled its short life—it had yet to become Lord Level, had failed to find a mate and leave behind offspring, and even had its teeth cut off by a detestable human...

Gradually, the giant wolf's eyes turned gray.

Lin Ye withdrew his saber and stood tall. Watching everyone still fighting fiercely among the beast horde, he gently wiped the blood from his Battle Saber.

Whoosh!

The next second, Lin Ye turned into a blur and charged toward the herd of wild boars...

With Lin Ye joining in, the Pig-like Monsters were soon completely slaughtered.

"Captain, this time we killed one High-level Beast General and one Intermediate Beast General, three Primary Beast Generals, and thirty beast soldiers!"

Xiao Qi spoke excitedly. His gaze occasionally swept over the High-level Beast General that resembled a small mountain, his eyes gleaming as he asked eagerly, "Can I try its meat?"

"Help yourself! We only have ten minutes to rest." Qi Ling looked helplessly at the still-excited Xiao Qi.

Then Qi Ling pulled out a pack of Huazi from his pocket, took out one, and offered it to Lin Ye.

"Want one?"

"I'm only seventeen. Minors aren't allowed to smoke!"

Lin Ye glanced at the cigarette in Qi Ling's hand, then smiled and shook his head.

"Haha... You certainly didn't look like a minor when you were fighting that Sabertooth Giant Wolf!"

Yang Xiao teased.

"Haha... I'm used to it." Lin Ye laughed along with him.

"Deputy Captain Lin, your speed and footwork are incredible. Can you teach me?" The female War General carrying an alloy case containing a heavy sniper rifle quietly approached.

"Hm?"

Lin Ye sized her up, then nodded lightly. "Practice the movement technique Shattered Shadow from the Nine Splendor Art more often, and make sure to maintain your center of gravity when shifting positions..."

"Just like that giant wolf earlier. If my sudden attack hadn't thrown off its balance, it would probably have been a little harder to kill." Lin Ye said with a smile.

It was as if killing a High-level Beast General was nothing worth mentioning to him.

"You killed a Sabertooth Giant Wolf at full strength just like that. I'm afraid only a War God could do it so cleanly. You're really strong!"

Yang Xiao walked over, patted Lin Ye on the shoulder, and sighed in admiration.

"Of course we have to snatch it. The materials from a High-level Beast General are walking wealth."

Lin Ye teased as well. Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground, he asked, "How are these monster materials handled?"

"As long as we mark them, that's enough. There are people in the transport convoy behind us specifically responsible for collecting them. We just need to kill monsters, and the military merits will be recorded... When the time comes, you can exchange them for money or contribution points, whatever you like!"

"Mm, I know." Lin Ye nodded.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

After the rest ended, Yang Xiao left special markers on the monster corpses, and they set off again...

Time passed quickly as they traveled.

Gradually, a pale strip of dawn appeared at the horizon.

At this point, Lin Ye and the others left the highway and ran along a national road.

On both sides stood canyons nearly a hundred meters high, filled with dense trees and pleasant scenery.

A national road ran through the middle of the canyon beside a small river, its worn asphalt silently telling of the years it had endured.

If not for the monsters appearing here, this would surely have been an excellent tourist destination.

Looking at the scenery filling the mountains, every member of the Lingxiao Squad was in high spirits, and even their pace quickened.

Along the way, they had encountered several beast hordes, but every one of them had been dealt with.

The person who had contributed the most was naturally Lin Ye, their newly joined Deputy Captain.

For a moment, they had even developed an illusion—following Lin Ye seemed to make killing monsters much easier.

As Beast Generals fell one after another, the military merits they had earned also accumulated considerably.

Including the two captains, every squad member had come to admire Lin Ye, practically treating him as the squad leader.

"Let's rest here for a while!"

After finding a mountain spring by the roadside, Lin Ye had everyone stop and rest.

But just as they set down their equipment and began resting, faint tremors gradually spread through the ground.

Lin Ye was the first to notice the abnormality, vaguely sensing that something was wrong.

He looked up.

On the national road to the southwest, several figures were running for their lives. They were extremely fast, almost bursting out at their limit.

"What's going on? Why are they running away?" Just as Xiao Qi looked doubtfully behind those people, his mouth suddenly fell wide open.

Not far behind them was a swarm of dark red Ant Monsters. Each monster was around forty centimeters long, slightly larger than a laptop.

Yet this beast horde formed from tens of thousands of small monsters had driven those Martial Artists into a desperate sprint.

"Aaaah!!!"

Heart-rending screams rang out as the two Martial Artists at the back were swallowed by the swarm.

Boom! Boom!!

Two violent explosions erupted in succession, killing and injuring many of the surrounding monsters.

Even so, it did not hinder the swarm's pursuit in the slightest. Instead, their companions' corpses further stirred up their ferocity!

"Is that... a Blood-Devouring Ant Swarm?"

Qi Ling looked at the monsters surging like a red tide, and his scalp went numb.