As the Fire Hammer Squad pressed forward, all kinds of roars rumbled through the area, some from monsters and others from humans.
"Damn, where did all those foreigners come from?!"
Zhang Ke looked toward the source of the noise and was instantly at a loss for words. It was a team of foreigners.
"City 003 is a melting pot..."
Gao Feng explained in a low voice, "It's not just the experts from our Hanxia Kingdom. Experts from the Europa Region, the India Region, and even the America Region all come here!"
"City 003 really lives up to its reputation!"
Luo Feng's eyes lit up.
By the time they reached the outskirts along the Ring Expressway, the Fire Hammer Squad had already killed more than forty monsters, including seven Beast General-level monsters.
"Up ahead, that sixteen-story building!"
Gao Feng waved and led everyone toward the dilapidated residential area on the right. "Jiang Li, we'll scout ahead. Luo Feng, you take the rear!"
"Got it!"
Jiang Li's eyes narrowed as his psychic power spread outward.
As his cultivation improved, so did his Sea of Consciousness. His psychic power instantly covered the entire floor.
"Be careful. There's a wolf-type monster on the third floor. Hmm? It's a Silver Moon Dire Wolf!"
Jiang Li warned them. No one questioned him, and they immediately got ready for battle.
As Jiang Li and Gao Feng's group turned onto the third floor, the Silver Moon Dire Wolf sensed them at once. Its gray fur turned snow-white in an instant, and it pounced at them like a streak of silver lightning.
"An Advanced Beast General?!"
Gao Feng had a sharp eye and cried out in shock.
At the same time, Jiang Li moved.
Dressed in a white combat suit, he flashed forward like lightning. The Bloodshadow Warblade in his hand swept out in a streak of crimson, striking the Silver Moon Dire Wolf squarely on the head.
Bang!
With a tremendous crash, the Silver Moon Dire Wolf's body smashed through three floors and landed in the underground parking garage!
"What?!"
Gao Feng's eyes widened. His raised twin hammers hung awkwardly in the air, leaving him unsure what to do.
The other members of the Fire Hammer Squad stared at Jiang Li, dumbfounded.
"J-Jiang..."
"Have you broken through to War God?"
!!!
"Yeah!"
Jiang Li sheathed his blade and smiled faintly. "I just got lucky."
"Lucky?" The Fire Hammer Squad members gaped.
Come on, you're a War God!
The watershed of humanity's martial artists!
Could you please stop being so modest?!
War Gods were rare to begin with, let alone young War Gods like Jiang Li.
"Besides, Brother Jiang is also a Psychic!"
Wei Qing sucked in breath after breath, his eyes shining. "This is too terrifying, too insane! I actually have a War God for a brother?"
"Quick, slap me twice so I'll feel it. Then I'll believe this isn't a dream!"
Everyone fell silent.
"Fortunately, Jiang Li broke through to War God..."
Gao Feng remained levelheaded, but couldn't help sighing. "Otherwise, we really would've had a hard time dealing with that Silver Moon Dire Wolf!"
The Advanced Beast General-level Silver Moon Dire Wolf could move faster than the speed of sound. Even ordinary War Gods found it quite troublesome to fight, let alone Warrior Generals.
Unfortunately for it, it had run into Jiang Li. Within the range of his psychic power, it had completely lost its speed advantage.
And with Jiang Li's physical strength at the Junior War God level, even without an internal-energy boost, a single strike exceeded sixty-four tons. No Beast General that lacked exceptionally strong defenses could withstand a blow from him.
The strength threshold for a War God was 64,000 kilograms, but as one's level rose and one's genes improved, the increase in physical strength would grow as well.
Experts like Hong and Thunder God, for example, could multiply their physical combat strength six or seven times without using any techniques.
Of course, that was a story for later.
Soon,
after the Fire Hammer Squad finished harvesting the Silver Moon Dire Wolf's materials, they hurried up to the sixteenth-floor rooftop. As luck would have it, there was a prefabricated cabin up there that could serve as temporary shelter.
"I still can't believe it!"
"This is incredible!"
"I feel like I've witnessed a miracle!"
"Be confident. Drop the 'feel like'!"
"Brother Jiang, now that you've broken through to War God, you can explore the Wilderness Zone alone!"
Everyone exclaimed in amazement. Wei Tie was self-aware enough to say, "We'd only hold you back..."
Even after taking A-grade Gene Potions and greatly improving their physical strength, they had only just crossed the threshold for Beginner Warlords.
That kind of strength meant nothing in front of a War God.
Wei Tie's words changed the expressions of the others.
"You know I'm no good at harvesting materials."
Jiang Li smiled and teased, "You can't expect me to run around with a pile of corpses, can you?"
"Besides, I don't have binoculars..."
"And if I went out alone, Ling Ling would worry."
At that,
the Fire Hammer Squad members exchanged glances, then all laughed.
Those were just jokes, of course, but they helped dispel the distance that came with the difference in strength...
After all, facing a Warrior General was completely different from facing a War God.
"Looks like Brother Jiang still needs someone to pick up the materials!"
Luo Feng even cracked a joke for once.
"Hahaha!"
After the Fire Hammer Squad rested through the night, a chill began to creep into the air. Winter was almost here.
"Jiang Li, what's your plan?"
Gao Feng leaned against the rooftop railing and used his binoculars to check the surroundings. When the others came out of the cabin, he asked Jiang Li first.
"Captain, I'm clueless about this sort of thing. I'll follow your lead."
Teamwork wasn't Jiang Li's strong suit, so naturally he wouldn't try to take over.
"All right!"
"I've been observing for several hours. So far, I've spotted dozens of Beast General-level monsters in this old residential area, but no Lord-level Monsters!"
Gao Feng pointed toward the crisscrossing alleys and the densely packed buildings below. "Let's start hunting monsters in this area!"
"Come on, brothers! Follow Brother Jiang and let's make a fortune!" the Wei Brothers said excitedly.
"City 003 really is one of the most dangerous cities in the Hanxia Kingdom. It's crawling with monsters!"
Zhang Ke and Chen Gu's eyes lit up too.
The monsters everywhere made the area extremely dangerous, but they also represented a fortune beyond calculation!
Whoosh!
Bang, bang!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Luo Feng controlled his flying knives. They pierced through the obstacles with deadly speed, killing the three Silver Thread Snakes hiding behind the wall. "There aren't any monsters within fifty meters!"
"No wonder Psychics are in such high demand..."
Zhang Ke exclaimed sincerely, "They're basically walking human detectors!"
"Watch yourselves, and don't talk too loudly..."
Gao Feng glared at Zhang Ke and warned him in a low voice, "Many monsters can hear far better than humans!"
"Hmm? Two hundred meters ahead..."
Everyone's gazes quickly converged in that direction. It was a basketball court in the dilapidated residential area. In the middle of the court, more than a dozen enormous pythons, pitch-black and covered in scales, were coiled together. One of them was over ten meters long, with a blood-red horn protruding from its head.
"A Red-Horned Black Python?"
Gao Feng said quietly, "A black python has to be at least an Intermediate Beast General to grow a red horn!"
"That horn alone must be worth at least two hundred million!"
Their eyes lit up. Jiang Li and Luo Feng instantly shot forward like two streaks of light.
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