Machine Guns Roar

At night, a wolf's howl broke the silence. Sett, who had been resting, was jolted awake.

"It's the middle of the night. What's with all the howling? Are we supposed to just forget about sleeping?" Sett said, looking at the wolf in the street.

He casually picked up the telescope beside him and took a look. "Huh?"

Through the high-powered night-vision telescope, the wolf was crystal clear: a gigantic wolf, as tall as a one-story building and six meters long, prowled down the street.

"What a huge wolf." Monsters of this size were usually at least Intermediate Beast General Level. Sett couldn't help exclaiming when he saw it.

Sett looked again. The giant wolf's fur was gray all over, except for a patch of white on its head.

As the giant wolf prowled down the street, the monsters nearby trembled in terror, as if they had seen their worst nightmare.

"Captain, what kind of wolf is that?" Sett had a good idea what monster it was, but still called out to Chen Fan. With such a beast nearby, it would be hard to sleep soundly.

"Let me see." Chen Fan woke up and immediately looked out the window at the giant wolf.

"Damn, that's a Hunter!" Chen Fan exclaimed.

"A Hunter?" Luo Feng had been woken up, too, and asked in confusion from nearby.

From the captain's expression, it looked like this was a very powerful monster, Luo Feng thought.

"A Hunter. That wolf down there is a Hunter—the Silver Moon Fierce Wolf! See the white fur on its head? It's shaped like a crescent moon, which is why it's called the Silver Moon Fierce Wolf." Chen Fan swallowed and continued, "The Silver Moon Fierce Wolf is the king of wolf-type monsters. Even the weakest adults are Intermediate Beast General Level.

"And they're no ordinary Intermediate Beast General Level monsters. These wolves are fierce and savage, but also very intelligent.

"Don't be fooled by its gray fur. Once it enters battle, every hair turns silvery white, and the crescent-shaped patch on its head turns blood red.

"That one down there is probably at least Advanced Beast General Level. To it, we're nothing but a toothpick's snack. Let's wait until it leaves before we go back to sleep."

Chen Fan had hunted monsters in the wild for a long time, but had only seen Silver Moon Fierce Wolves a few times. He couldn't resist taking another look. That wolf was worth as much as ten Three-Tailed Tiger Cats they had hunted during the day, especially its fur, which drove the wealthy into a frenzy.

Having a Silver Moon Fierce Wolf pelt as a rug at home was the height of prestige.

"I wonder how this monster ended up in a place like this," Zhao Yong added.

After all, Advanced Beast General Level monsters usually appeared in places like the city center. This was the outskirts, where monsters of that level were rarely seen. Zhao Yong was a little puzzled, but planned to go back to sleep once the Silver Moon Fierce Wolf left.

They needed to get a good rest so they'd have the energy to hunt monsters tomorrow, Zhao Yong thought. He didn't care what kind of fierce wolf it was.

The next day, they returned to the rooftop. The four of them continued searching the streets for a target, waiting until they found a suitable one before sending Yang Hui into action.

"Captain, I've spotted a Blue-Blooded Deer!" Sett saw one roaming the streets with dozens of monsters and quickly called out.

This Blue-Blooded Deer was a little bigger than the one they had encountered earlier.

"This Blue-Blooded Deer is probably Intermediate Beast General Level, but it's got way too many minions with it." Chen Fan frowned when he saw it.

The materials from an Intermediate Beast General Level monster were tempting, but dozens of monsters posed a serious threat.

"We'll have to take a gamble!" Chen Fan gritted his teeth.

"Yang Hui, snipe that Blue-Blooded Deer down there. If we're lucky, you'll badly wound it or kill it outright. Grab the machine gun and charge down with us to secure the body!" Chen Fan laid out his plan.

It would be very dangerous without a sniper watching from above, because nobody knew when the next wave of monsters might appear.

"No problem. I'm with you, Brother Chen." Yang Hui agreed, then set down his sniper rifle and picked up the six-barreled machine gun. He wrapped belts of ammunition around himself. After checking the gun, he picked up his sniper rifle again and took aim at the Blue-Blooded Deer below.

The seconds ticked by as Yang Hui searched for the perfect opportunity to kill it with a single shot.

The others kept quiet, even holding their breaths so they wouldn't distract Yang Hui.

At last, Yang Hui pulled the trigger. The bullet shot out instantly toward the Blue-Blooded Deer.

The Blue-Blooded Deer, wandering down the street without a care, was caught off guard. The bullet punched a hole in its head and even broke off one of its antlers.

But the Blue-Blooded Deer's skull was too hard, and the bullet bounced off.

The Blue-Blooded Deer let out a roar, and the monsters around it gathered close. Although one of its antlers had been broken, it still radiated a murderous aura to the Beast Soldier-level monsters.

When Yang Hui saw that the first shot had missed, he quickly fired again!

The second bullet hit one of the Blue-Blooded Deer's knees, breaking off the lower leg.

After being hit a second time, the Blue-Blooded Deer howled and fled.

Even on three legs, the Blue-Blooded Deer ran incredibly fast, leaving the Beast Soldier-level monsters behind.

"After it!" Chen Fan immediately gave the order when he saw it.

The group grabbed their gear and raced downstairs, following the blue blood trail on the pavement.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

They raced around the street corner and soon spotted the Blue-Blooded Deer ahead, running on three legs.

The Blue-Blooded Deer knew it couldn't escape the pursuing Martial Artists. With a howl, the Beast Soldier-level monsters that had followed it earlier gathered around again, forming a tight ring to protect it.

"Yang Hui, open fire!" Chen Fan saw the monsters bunching together and immediately told Yang Hui to shoot.

"Got it!" Yang Hui took the machine gun off his back. The others beside him moved behind him.

At once, the machine gun roared, and tongues of fire burst from its muzzle as armor-piercing rounds poured out.

These armor-piercing rounds could affect even War General Level monsters. Against the Beast Soldier-level monsters before them, they were even more effective.

"Die!" Yang Hui held the machine gun's trigger down as the Kro Alloy barrel poured out a nonstop stream of bullets, sweeping across the monster horde.

The monsters up front were hit by the bullets and let out anguished howls. The armor-piercing rounds tore into their bodies, but the monsters were so large that unless the wounds were fatal, they wouldn't die right away.

But as time passed and Yang Hui emptied all the ammunition on his body, only two or three monsters were still standing. One of them was the Blue-Blooded Deer.

"Zhao Yong, keep Yang Hui safe. Sett, Luo Feng, with me!" Chen Fan said, then charged forward first.

Once Yang Hui ran out of machine-gun ammunition, he was no longer much use in a fight. He needed someone to protect him in the street, and Zhao Yong was the right person for the job.

Sett and Luo Feng followed Chen Fan as he charged toward the Blue-Blooded Deer.

Chen Fan thrust his spear into a wild boar that had survived the machine-gun fire. As a mere Beast Soldier-level monster, it was no match for him.

A few quick thrusts later, Chen Fan had taken its life.

Sett clenched both fists. Pummel! He punched the Blue-Blooded Deer in the leg, and Luo Feng followed up by bracing his shield with both hands and slamming into it.

Attacking from the same direction, the two knocked the massive Blue-Blooded Deer back a couple of steps, forcing it to brace itself against the impact.

The Blue-Blooded Deer roared and thrust its only remaining antler at Sett.

The huge antler swung with the deer's head, whistling through the air straight toward Sett.

But Sett was ready and dodged before the Blue-Blooded Deer could. The antler swept past him, missing by a short distance.

"Now's our chance!" After killing the two Beast Soldier-level monsters that were still alive, Chen Fan thrust his spear into the Blue-Blooded Deer's neck.

A gaping hole opened in its neck, and blue blood poured out.

It roared, then swung its head toward Sett again.

"Damn! Why are you only going after me?" Sett saw the huge antler coming and realized he couldn't dodge it.

He grabbed the antler with one hand, but it flung him through the air and out of sight.

"Sett! You beast, die!" Chen Fan thrust his spear at the Blue-Blooded Deer again. Already badly wounded, it couldn't dodge, and another hole opened in its neck.

Splurt!

Chen Fan thrust several more times, ending the Blue-Blooded Deer's life.

"Ah, that hurts!" At the last moment, Sett had grabbed the antler with one hand. Its momentum carried him along, flinging him a long way.

Fortunately, the antler hadn't struck his body. With the Blue-Blooded Deer's tremendous strength, he would have been seriously injured, if not killed.

"I think my hand's dislocated." Pain throbbed through the hand he'd used to grab the antler.

"Sett, are you okay?" Luo Feng found Sett lying on the ground and asked.

"I'm fine. I'm not dead yet." Sett grabbed Luo Feng's outstretched hand and got up. A sizable crater remained where he had landed.

"Let's find somewhere to recover. We're in too much danger here." Chen Fan led them into the hotel next door, and they went to a room on an upper floor to recover.

With a snap, Chen Fan popped Sett's dislocated hand back into place.

"Thanks, Brother Chen." Sett smiled and flexed his hand.