Battle

"Alright, this Bloodthirsty Tank is left for Yang Wu to practice on!" Chu Tian ordered. "Everyone, follow me to kill the beast horde. Be careful to leave the Bloodthirsty Tank alone!"

"Yes, Captain!"

The six members of Phantom Squad were all on high alert. Even though their target was only a beast horde led by an Elementary Beast General-level monster, once battle began, they would go all out.

"Attack!"

At Chu Tian's command, he charged ahead toward the beast horde on the left flank.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In an instant, the six members of Phantom Squad turned into six afterimages, rushing toward the beast horde.

At the front were Chu Tian and Zhou Zheng, both Advanced War Generals. Close behind them were Wang Zhi, Zheng Tao, and Lu Qing, while Yang Wu, who was only at the Elementary War General level, lagged at the rear.

At the same time, Lu Qing, mid-sprint, drew his bow and nocked an arrow. Several streaks of silver light flew out first, shooting toward the beast horde like lightning. The flying daggers pinned to Chu Tian's combat suit also lifted off instantly, hovering around him.

A thousand meters closed in the blink of an eye.

The first to arrive were the arrows Lu Qing had fired.

Before the beast horde could react, several arrows had already pierced into the center of the horde, claiming the lives of a few Beast Soldier-level monsters along the way.

"Boom..."

With a thunderous roar, the micro-bombs attached to the arrows detonated violently. The powerful blast instantly killed the monsters near the explosion's epicenter, and the shockwave threw the beast horde into disarray.

The bombs' power was limited—they could at most harm a few monsters at the blast center. As for the Beast General-level Bloodthirsty Tank, it didn't suffer a single scratch.

Of course, that was because Lu Qing's arrows had deliberately avoided the Bloodthirsty Tank. Otherwise, with Lu Qing's Intermediate War General strength, a single arrow could have gravely wounded it.

"Roar!!"

The beast horde's leader, the crimson-bodied Bloodthirsty Tank, finally spotted Phantom Squad's six members. Its fur bristled like steel needles, each one standing on end.

The beasts around the Bloodthirsty Tank also erupted in furious, frenzied roars, echoing across the wilderness—rage and madness. Under the Bloodthirsty Tank's lead, a horde of wild boars charged madly toward the humans ahead.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The flying daggers circling Chu Tian finally moved. Eight daggers transformed into eight afterimages in an instant.

"Thud!"

A dagger pierced straight through the throat of a One-Horned Wild Boar, then, under Chu Tian's control, shot through another monster's skull at astonishing speed.

In the blink of an eye, the eight daggers had claimed the lives of dozens of monsters at the front of the charge—except for the Bloodthirsty Tank itself.

The thousand-meter gap hadn't let Chu Tian and the rest of Phantom Squad spread too far apart.

"Captain, leave a few for me!"

Yang Wu only heard Zheng Tao laugh loudly before a black streak shot from Zheng Tao's hand, tearing through the air at an incredible speed.

Looking closely, it was a black iron hammer.

Bang!

The black hammer instantly flattened a Beast Soldier-level monster charging at the front, then, without losing speed, smashed into another monster, killing it.

Right after, an afterimage plunged into the beast horde—it was Zheng Tao at full speed.

Zheng Tao quickly retrieved his Hand-off Hammer and began slaughtering through the horde.

With a series of thuds and cracks, the heads of the monsters surrounding Zheng Tao burst open from the impacts.

At the same time, Wang Zhi, wielding a battle blade and shield, charged into the horde. Several flashes of cold light flared, and the monsters near him were all separated from their heads.

On one side was a small-scale beast horde led by an Elementary Beast General-level monster; on the other was Phantom Squad, all War Generals, each an elite among War General-level martial artists.

The gap in strength was simply too vast.

In less than a minute, the beast horde was annihilated by Phantom Squad, leaving only the Elementary Beast General-level Bloodthirsty Tank, which let out low growls from time to time.

Monsters were naturally brutal, and boar-type monsters weren't very intelligent. But having reached the Beast General level, this Bloodthirsty Tank had gained at least a sliver of intelligence.

Facing a group of humans who could take its life at any moment, the Bloodthirsty Tank was terrified and dared not make a reckless move.

"Yang Wu, this Bloodthirsty Tank is yours!"

Chu Tian said calmly as he wiped the blood from his flying daggers.

"Yang Wu, this is your first time facing a Beast General-level monster. Be careful—you've got this!" Zhou Zheng reminded him from the side.

"Yang Wu, go for it!" Zheng Tao encouraged him as well.

The other two, Lu Qing and Wang Zhi, also looked at Yang Wu.

As for the Elementary Beast General-level Bloodthirsty Tank, no one paid it any mind. If not for tempering Yang Wu, the materials from this Bloodthirsty Tank would already be in Phantom Squad's packs.

Yang Wu grinned and said, "Captain, Brother Zhou, just watch me bring back the materials from this Bloodthirsty Tank!"

With that, Yang Wu quickly closed in on the Bloodthirsty Tank ahead.

"Captain, you'd better stay alert. Don't let this Bloodthirsty Tank actually hurt Yang Wu—otherwise, it won't be easy to explain to Supervisor Zhuge!" Zhou Zheng couldn't help but remind him.

After learning that Yang Wu had joined Phantom Squad, Zhuge Tao had personally treated Chu Tian and Zhou Zheng to a meal, asking them to look after Yang Wu a bit.

"Don't worry!"

Chu Tian slowly nodded. Though he made no move with his hands, his Spiritual Force was constantly coiled around Yang Wu, ready to strike the moment anything went wrong.

By now, Yang Wu had stopped about a hundred meters directly in front of the Bloodthirsty Tank. Because of the Phantom Squad's other members, the Bloodthirsty Tank dared not act rashly, while Yang Wu likewise stared fixedly at the Bloodthirsty Tank ahead.

"Combine motion with stillness—use stillness to control motion!"

Yang Wu carefully observed the Bloodthirsty Tank before him, trying to find a weak point on its body.

"This is my first battle, and also the test the captain and the others have set for me. I have to make it a good showing!"

Yang Wu thought to himself.

"ROAR!!"

The Bloodthirsty Tank let out a series of roars. It could no longer hold back—even if it meant death, it would make these humans pay a price.

"BOOM!!"

The Bloodthirsty Tank charged forward violently, as if it had truly turned into a high-speed tank, unstoppable, ramming straight at Yang Wu from the front.

"I can't block this head-on!"

Yang Wu's mind stirred. His Movement Technique, approaching Micro-Level, was already in motion, and like an agile monkey, he swiftly dodged aside.

At the same time, the Pojun Spear in Yang Wu's hand thrust out from an impossible angle on one side, like a bolt of lightning, stabbing into the Bloodthirsty Tank's abdomen as it passed him.

"OWOO!"

A huge wound was torn open in its abdomen by the Pojun Spear, and the Bloodthirsty Tank let out a pained roar.

But just as Yang Wu was about to pass it by—

Whoosh!

A black shadow shot toward Yang Wu's heart.

"So fast!"

Yang Wu's heart jolted. He quickly twisted his body to dodge the black shadow. Looking closely, it was the Bloodthirsty Tank's whip-like tail.

"You're asking for it!"

Enraged by the tail's sneak attack, Yang Wu directly executed a move—'Returning Horse Spear'!

He placed his right hand at the butt of the spear shaft, while his left hand gave a light twist at the middle of the shaft.

Pfft!

The spinning tip of the Pojun Spear stabbed straight into the Bloodthirsty Tank's rear from behind!

"ROAR—"

The Bloodthirsty Tank howled madly, whipping its head around to crash into Yang Wu with wild fury.

Wounded, the Bloodthirsty Tank became even more frenzied!