Death Forest

Shen Feng had completely shifted into combat form. The muscles all over his body bulged, and the skin on his chest and back had petrified. With his immense strength, he kicked the battered motorcycle apart, reducing it to a pile of parts!

The Crow Hunters racing after them had not expected Shen Feng to slow down so suddenly. As they froze in shock, Shen Feng and Firefly had already descended from above and landed on the seat!

"Clang!"

Two daggers pierced through the driver's hands, pinning them firmly to the steering wheel!

"Ah—" The driver let out a miserable howl. Driven mad by the intense pain, he stomped on the accelerator and sped forward.

The thrower beside him grabbed a throwing spear and stabbed at Shen Feng, but it could not pierce his body at all.

Firefly swiftly detached herself from Shen Feng, gripping a small knife as she instantly pierced the thrower's throat. Then she kicked him hard off the vehicle.

This iron-frame vehicle only had a driver and a thrower. Shen Feng and Firefly quickly took control of the entire vehicle.

"Burn the vehicle!" Gray Feather roared from nearby. He seized the steering wheel and rammed straight toward them.

At the same time, three Molotov cocktails were thrown from several nearby iron-frame vehicles!

Shen Feng's eyes widened. He yanked out one of the daggers and viciously drove it into the driver's right knee.

The pain jolted his nerves, making his leg muscles tense instantly as he slammed the accelerator to the floor. The vehicle accelerated again, dodging both the Molotov cocktails and Gray Feather's incoming vehicle.

Shen Feng grabbed two throwing spears and hurled them hard, immediately piercing the shoulder of the driver in a nearby iron-frame vehicle. The man cried out miserably, and his speed plummeted.

Firefly did the same. She grabbed the remaining two Molotov cocktails, lit them with a lighter, and threw them at their pursuers.

The first Molotov cocktail landed on the ground, while the second smashed directly against the roof of an iron-frame vehicle.

"Boom!"

Gasoline drenched the iron-frame vehicle, then the flame ignited it. The entire vehicle became a fireball. The Crow Hunters inside screamed as they crashed to the side, then stumbled out engulfed in flames and desperately rolled around on the ground.

With weapons in hand, Shen Feng and Firefly's combat power greatly increased, making the Crow Hunters wary of getting too close.

They knew the power of Molotov cocktails better than anyone!

"Gray Feather, what do we do? They're getting away!" Scar shouted toward the vehicle beside him.

They had agreed that all the treasures in that outsider's backpack would belong to him, along with a sizable bounty. He could not let the man escape just like that!

Gray Feather's expression darkened. Looking at Shen Feng and Firefly speeding ahead, he said, "No rush. They'll soon become the tribe's property."

Ahead lay a river valley, completely bare and devoid of anything.

The pebbles scattered throughout the gorge showed that this had once been a riverbed, but the water had long since dried up.

The moment Shen Feng drove the iron-frame vehicle into the gorge, Gray Feather immediately blew the Spiral Horn in his hand!

The horn's call echoed through the dry river valley. Figures appeared on the surrounding hills, raising their throwing spears!

The Crow Tribe had already laid an ambush here!

Shen Feng's face twisted fiercely. He kicked the still-screaming driver off the vehicle, took the driver's seat himself, floored the accelerator, and began speeding forward.

"Shen Feng, beyond the cliff ahead is the Death Forest! The Crows wanted to force us into this death trap from the beginning!"

Firefly shouted.

Only now did she realize that the Crow Tribe had been herding them here all along, driving them into a dead end!

Shen Feng's expression turned grim. He had heard Firefly and the mayor mention before that the Death Forest contained an extremely powerful curse, as well as monsters from ancient times that could kill without being seen.

Many wasteland residents had entered it before, never to return.

Only the mayor had survived the Death Forest and brought back a gun, but he had never said what exactly was inside.

Just then, bursts of whistling filled the air. The Crow Hunters on the surrounding hills threw their spears, each one trailing a long rope.

Once the vehicle was struck, there would be no escaping!

Gray Feather and the others behind them slowed down, spreading out in an arc to block the way back. Clearly, they believed Shen Feng and Firefly were trapped prey.

Shen Feng jerked the wheel left and right. Then, gritting his teeth, he turned to Firefly with a solemn expression.

"We're going in! Are you scared?"

Firefly turned to look at those vicious pursuers, then grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"Of course not. When I walk the wasteland, I laugh in danger's face! Let's go!"

Shen Feng nodded and drove straight toward the cliff ahead!

Seeing what Shen Feng was doing, Gray Feather's face changed drastically. He shouted:

"Quick, detonate it! Stop them!"

The moment his words fell, two fire snakes immediately wound down from the surrounding hills and rushed toward a spot in the middle of the road.

Shen Feng had just driven there.

With a deafening boom, several barrels of gasoline buried underground exploded, blasting up the earth along with the iron-frame vehicle carrying Shen Feng and Firefly, sending them more than ten meters into the air!

The forward momentum carried the iron-frame vehicle dozens of meters through the air, over the cliff, and plummeting toward the forest below!

One iron-frame vehicle after another from the Crow Tribe came to a sudden stop before the cliff. Gray Feather jumped out with a grim expression and ran to the edge to look down, but all he could see were layers of mist and tall, twisted gray-green treetops. There was no sign of Shen Feng or Firefly at all.

"Who set up that trap!? Why was there so much fuel in it!?" Gray Feather roared.

Scar also walked to the edge of the cliff, looking down with a pained expression.

He had never expected that, in the end, the outsider would be blasted straight off the cliff and into the Death Forest.

Now he would never get that backpack...

"Mr. Gray Feather, are we just losing the Seed Source like this? And that woman... what about my payment?" Scar asked cautiously.

Gray Feather's face was filled with killing intent as he said coldly:

"Your payment won't be short. As for that backpack, go down and retrieve it yourself."

The deputy beside him said regretfully, "Gray Feather, should we send a team down to look?"

Gray Feather had already regained his usual cold demeanor. He waved a hand and said:

"A dead Flawless Seed Source isn't worth as much as a rat. If they manage to come out alive, it won't be too late to capture them then... There's also news of a Flawless Seed Source in North Town. Send people to find out what's going on immediately."

"What about that woman? Who exactly is she?" Scar asked curiously.

Gray Feather narrowed his eyes and looked toward the cliff, saying with some regret, "I've seen her people before. She may be connected to the Underfolk..."

The Underfolk? Scar was rather puzzled. He had barely even heard that name before. Then he gave a sinister laugh, took out a bag, and said:

"Actually, I have another clue about the Flawless Seed Source... Do you know that the Holy Gun Mayor of Nameless Town appeared suddenly ten years ago?"

Gray Feather's eyes widened. He looked toward Scar's hand and immediately noticed that the bag seemed to contain a tuft of beard...

"Click-click... click-click..."

The Geiger counter's buzzing woke Shen Feng. He suddenly opened his eyes, only to find himself lying by a riverbank, soaked from head to toe.

Not far from him was Firefly, unconscious.

Looking into the distance, he saw that they were in a lush forest. The trees around them were thriving, yet all of them were twisted and bizarre.

They must have fallen into a river and been swept here.

Shen Feng lifted the Geiger counter at his waist and saw the number displayed on it:

327.

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