"Captain, our average strength is only that of Advanced Fighters. Are we really going to that neighborhood to hunt Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions?" Longbow Squad's vice-captain, Li Feng, asked nervously.
At that moment.
Beside him stood two more people, both wearing dark blue team uniforms with a longbow emblem on the chest.
"Don't worry. I observed the place last time. There aren't many Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions there, and only two are at War General Level. As long as we work together and fight them slowly, we still have a chance!"
"Besides, that group of Crystal Scorpions might not stay there for long. We don't know where they'll go next. The important thing is that Beast-General Rank Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions are expensive. If we can sell them, we'll have enough money to gradually take Gene Serum and advance to War General Level!"
"Even if we can't make any further progress after that, being War General Level will be enough to let us live comfortably."
Longbow Squad's captain, Ze Zi, said.
The other two squad members and the vice-captain exchanged glances. After weighing it over, they nodded in agreement.
Although the squad's overall strength was only that of Advanced Fighters, it wasn't impossible for them to take on a single Primary Beast General together.
If they kept their distance and there weren't too many monsters.
They really did have a chance.
Besides, Martial Artists at War General Level could earn far more money, and more easily, than Advanced Fighters!
After all, in today's society, Martial Artists held a much higher status than ordinary people.
On top of that, everyone urgently needed money. If they missed this opportunity, who knew how long they'd have to wait for the next one?
Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions.
They looked like scorpion figurines made of crystal, and some of their internal organs and long venom ducts could be seen inside their transparent bodies.
They had extremely strong defenses and were venomous. Their legs could dig firmly into the ground and walls. However, their transparency made it possible to see their internal organs and how much venom they had stored.
The most valuable part of their bodies was the Crystal Scorpion Hook.
They were as large as bulls, attacked with their pincers, and also possessed terrifying venom.
Fang Yi had read about many monsters, so he recognized this remarkably conspicuous scorpion at a glance.
He leaped from one side of the rooftop to the neighboring building and crossed into the residential complex.
The surrounding buildings were close together.
For Martial Artists, a powerful jump was all it took to move between them with ease, without going down to the street.
Once inside the complex.
Fang Yi climbed along the edge of a building and slowly lowered himself from the balcony of an abandoned apartment.
Though he moved quietly, the vigilant Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions nearby still sensed something was wrong. One after another, they turned their gaze toward the ruined high-rise.
In an instant—
Fang Yi leaped straight down from the fourth floor!
Using the force of his fall, he swung his left fist with all his might and struck the hard crystal armor on a Crystal Long-tailed Scorpion's head.
"Clang!" "Crack!"
First came the clang of metal being struck, followed by the sound of something solid breaking apart.
Fang Yi punched right through the crystal armor on the scorpion's head.
The ground, already cracked by years of exposure to the elements, split even further under the tremendous impact.
Fragments of stone flew in every direction.
"It's really tough. No wonder they're known for their defense. If I hadn't used the momentum from the fall and put all my strength into that punch, I might not have managed to break its skull."
Fang Yi narrowed his eyes as he spoke.
With his other hand, he grabbed the transparent scorpion hook, preventing the creature from suddenly counterattacking while wounded.
The other Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions rushed toward him, their legs scuttling rapidly!
Their venomous tails swung.
They struck with incredible speed, stingers flashing like cold sparks.
Fang Yi reacted in an instant. He grabbed the half-dead scorpion in his hand and used it as a shield, blocking the three stingers that stabbed toward him at once.
"Thrust—!"
Fang Yi swung the Crystal Long-tailed Scorpion and hurled it like a traditional meteor hammer, smashing it into two others.
"Crack—!"
The impact rang out.
Fang Yi seized the opening, bent his knees, and sprang forward.
He leaned low, nearly skimming the ground, and dodged a Crystal Long-tailed Scorpion's pincers.
With a spiraling movement like a whirlwind, he circled behind it and grabbed its tail.
His left hand above, his right below, he applied force in opposite directions. With a sharp "crack," he broke the joint connecting the scorpion's tail!
"Hiss—!"
The Crystal Long-tailed Scorpion let out a pained shriek.
The quickest and most effective way to kill wild monsters was to attack their weak points. Although Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions had hard shells,
their movable joints were their weak points.
He'd attacked the first one's head from above because he wanted to test the effect of a direct strike. It had been little more than an experiment.
The result.
Was obvious.
Though these Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions weren't high-ranked, he could break their crystal shells by charging at high speed and punching with all his strength.
But that fighting style consumed a great deal of stamina.
So after testing it, Fang Yi switched to the simplest and most efficient method: attacking their weak points.
After breaking its tail, Fang Yi tore off its legs and pincers with both hands. Transparent, water-like blood sprayed everywhere. Before its companions could reach him, he dismantled the Crystal Scorpion like a pile of building blocks.
The other Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions seized the opportunity to gather and attack him together.
But Fang Yi opened his left eye wide!
His Double Pupil Eyes used See Through Falsehood, and the Power of Analysis took effect.
See Through Falsehood had two abilities. The first let him see through and analyze the surrounding environment and buildings; the second let him analyze his enemies' movements.
His earlier enemies had been too weak.
He hadn't needed to use it against them. Now that his opponents were growing stronger, even though they still weren't a threat to him, it was worth putting the ability to use.
In an instant.
Blue-purple Divine Light flickered in his pupil.
The surrounding world and the bodies of the Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions gradually transformed into intersecting three-dimensional lines.
The Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions' attacks seemed to slow by half. Fang Yi was already extremely quick to react, and with his Double Pupil Eyes enhancing his analysis, he could easily dodge the venomous hooks about to strike his body.
With the power of his Double Pupil Eyes, Fang Yi dodged the scorpion hooks like a gale.
Then he drew a deep breath and seized the joints of the hooks. Channeling power through both palms, he snapped them apart with tremendous force!
"Crack, crack—!"
With the analytical vision of his Double Pupil Eyes, Fang Yi broke all three tails one after another.
But to the Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions, the human had dismantled their attacks in an instant, counterattacked, and disarmed them of their most powerful weapons!
Their limited intelligence.
Made the terror in their eyes all the more apparent.
With their tails gone, the Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions were far less dangerous. Fang Yi dispatched all three without much effort!
"Done."
Fang Yi let out a quiet breath.
The Double Pupil in his left eye gradually faded, returning it to normal. He didn't want anyone else to know about it yet, so he used Illusion Technique to conceal it after each use.
However.
Just as Fang Yi was about to dismantle the Crystal Long-tailed Scorpions,
a series of sharp, frantic cries came from the abandoned building in the distance...
"Run!"
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