"One sword strike, and A Xiao was beheaded before he even had time to react!"
"He had to be a Psychic at least at the Senior War General level!"
Inside the dilapidated house in the ruins, Old Han of Fang Squad was still trembling with fear, muttering to himself nonstop.
Even a Warrior General Level fighter's reflexes had been no match for that instant kill. He couldn't imagine how fast Jiang Li's sword had been!
"Why did this happen?!"
Zhang Zehu was deathly pale, too. He finally understood why Manager Wang had warned Director Li not to provoke Jiang Li!
He was a Psychic at the Intermediate War General level!
"Captain, what do we do?"
"What do we do?"
Pan Ya's expression darkened as he glared coldly at Zhang Zehu. "Let's make sure we get back to Base City alive before we worry about what to do!"
"If we run into him again, we're all dead!"
Military Region, Supply Base.
"We finally made it back to the base!"
Pan Ya and the others practically charged through the base gates. Only then did their anxious hearts finally settle.
"Old Pan, why are you in such a sorry state? Run into some huge monster this time?"
The burly, bearded officer at the Supply Base was familiar with Fang Squad, since they all spent years in the Wilderness Zone. "Old Han, where are A Xiao and Dongzi?"
"Brother Hei, they're all dead!"
Old Han lit a cigarette. After glancing at Zhang Zehu, he took a couple of deep drags.
"D-dead?"
Brother Hei's eyes widened. "Did you run into a monster tide?"
"Hm? Fire Hammer Squad is back, too, and Gao Feng is injured?"
At those words, the four remaining members of Fang Squad all went pale and whipped around.
Gao Feng was walking at the front with his head wrapped in bandages. The others entered the Supply Base one after another.
"A4 Rest Area. Old Gao, what happened to your head?"
The officer on guard handed Gao Feng a room card and asked with concern, "Did some nearby monster evolve? Fang Squad lost two people on this hunt, too!"
"Fang Squad's back?!"
The moment Gao Feng heard that, he flew into a rage.
"Captain, Fang Squad's over there, at A6 Rest Area!!!"
Wei Tie roared. Everyone in Fire Hammer Squad turned to look, and immediately spotted Pan Ya, Zhang Zehu, and the others talking with Brother Hei outside A6 Rest Area.
"Pan Ya, you son of a bitch, stop right there!"
Gao Feng roared and charged over, carrying a hammer in each hand.
When Pan Ya and the others saw Fire Hammer Squad, their hearts jumped. They wanted to hurry into the rest area and hide.
But Gao Feng's shout drew the attention of all the nearby warrior squads.
With everyone watching, Pan Ya and the others didn't dare run. If they fled in a panic, wouldn't that be as good as admitting they were in the wrong?
They had done it, sure, but they couldn't admit it, even if it killed them!
"Gao Feng, what are you yelling about?"
Pan Ya faced Gao Feng and snorted. "What do you think this place is? This is a Military Region, a place where warriors come to resupply. You dare cause trouble here?"
They weren't afraid of Gao Feng alone.
What Pan Ya truly feared was Jiang Li, the Psychic.
"You're asking for it!"
Consumed by rage, Gao Feng swung a black heavy hammer in each hand at Pan Ya.
Pan Ya's expression darkened. His hands moved with lightning speed, and a Triangular Military Saber flashed out like a ghost, meeting Gao Feng's hammer head-on. Sparks flew at once.
Pan Ya didn't budge, while Gao Feng was forced back three steps.
"BEEP!"
"BEEP!"
"BEEP!"
The piercing alarm blared through the entire Supply Base. A twelve-man squad in combat gear rushed over with their guns raised, surrounding the area. The squad leader barked:
"Stop right there!"
"Fighting is forbidden inside the Supply Base. Otherwise, our Guard Squad has the right to kill you!"
The Guard Squad's arrival drew even more warriors over.
Gao Feng knew that fighting was forbidden at the Supply Base. The Military, the martial arts schools, and the HR Alliance had jointly established that rule. Even War Gods wouldn't dare break it.
"Pan Ya, I'll pay you back for this blow sooner or later!"
Gao Feng let go of his hammer, pointed at his head, and sneered. "I'd heard before that Fang Squad played dirty..."
"I, Gao Feng, never expected you'd use those dirty tricks against other warrior squads!"
"You didn't just try to kill me with a single shot—you also stirred up a monster horde to attack Fire Hammer Squad. You're ruthless!"
"What?!"
Gao Feng's words caused an uproar among the watching warriors.
"Fang Squad is vicious!"
"Was Fang Squad behind that squad's total wipeout earlier?"
"Who knows? That Pan Ya from Fang Squad looks like a bad guy to me!"
"Stay away from them from now on!"
"..."
As Pan Ya listened to the comments, his expression grew uglier by the second. "Gao Feng, don't make baseless accusations. Our squad's sniper died in the Wilderness Zone. How could we have ambushed you?"
"If you have proof, go ahead and report us. Don't try to mislead people and stir up trouble here!"
"Pan Ya's got a point!"
"Looks like his squad is down two people!"
"Fire Hammer Squad hasn't lost anyone!"
"Who knows? Maybe they were the ones who got ambushed!"
"Either way, Fang Squad took a heavy loss, didn't they?"
"That's what you get for trying to steal a chicken and losing the rice!"
"Hahaha!"
"..."
"Fine! We'll see about that!"
Gao Feng glared at Pan Ya. There wasn't much point in trading insults with him.
Everyone knew that warrior squads often killed one another, and most of the time they couldn't produce any evidence. If they wanted revenge, they had to settle things privately.
Supply Base, A4 Rest Area, villa.
"Captain, don't be angry. When you think about it, we didn't lose anything..."
Chen Gu smiled. "We even took a Silver Moon Dire Wolf from Fang Squad!"
At that, Gao Feng, who had still been fuming, finally smiled. "You're right. I could bash my head against a wall a few more times and still not get a few hundred million out of it!"
"Haha!"
They exchanged smiles. Zhang Ke glanced at Jiang Li. "Besides, with Jiang Li here, wiping out Fang Squad would be a piece of cake!"
"I'm just worried the higher-ups will drag Brother Jiang off to the Special Training Camp as soon as he gets back!"
Wei Qing grinned mischievously. "I've only just gotten myself a big brother. I'd love to keep spending time with you..."
"Careful. Your sister-in-law might not like that!"
The Wei Brothers joked around without a hint of seriousness.
"All right, that's enough messing around."
Gao Feng spoke up. "We weren't out for long this time, but we hunted seven Beast General Level monsters. The Bloodthirsty Tank was the most valuable. We'll split the money evenly among the squad!"
On the way back, Fire Hammer Squad had also taken out three Beast General Level monsters.
"As for the Silver Moon Dire Wolf, Jiang Li did the most work. He'll take sixty percent, Luo Feng thirty percent, and the remaining ten percent will be divided evenly among the rest of us. What do you think?"
"We have no objections!"
Chen Gu, Zhang Ke, and the others immediately agreed.
"Captain, that's too much for me!"
But Luo Feng refused. "Anyone could have butchered the Silver Moon Dire Wolf. Brother Jiang was the one who held off the monster horde!"
"Butchering it takes skill, too. I can't do it, anyway!"
Jiang Li smiled. "Captain, I'll take fifty percent. Give ten percent to Chen Gu. He used a lot of ammunition providing covering fire!"
"Huh?"
Chen Gu opened his mouth, then quickly waved it off. "My ammunition wasn't worth much!"
"All right, we'll do as Jiang Li says!"
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