Strong Fistmaster

Although the little blue robot was rather slow-witted and moved sluggishly.

This time, however, the electric current struck the lizard.

Half of the lizard's body was instantly paralyzed by the shock, and it convulsed on the spot.

The Mechanical Giant Scorpion seized the opportunity. Its mechanical tail shot out, piercing straight through the defenseless lizard's temple. Then the tail spun madly, the blades inside whirring like an egg beater and turning the lizard's brain into mush.

"You provide the speed, I'll provide the strength!"

Fu Junlin said to Chen Zhengfeng, who also seemed unfamiliar with the battlefield. He then pulled a red banner from behind his back and drove it fiercely into the ground.

Energy poured into it, and the Battle Banner immediately erupted with red light.

The red light spread across the entire battlefield.

Chen Zhengfeng also drew his Battle Banner and planted it in the ground, gray light covering the whole field.

Speed and strength were boosted at the same time.

Whether it was the Mecha Beasts or Chen Keyu, their combat power instantly rose to a new level.

The reason War Banner Masters had to plant their banners into the ground before spreading their effects was that a Battle Banner's energy naturally dispersed in a spherical shape, making its range extremely small.

But once planted in the ground, it gained stability and could use the earth as a foundation, expanding in a circular area parallel to and above the ground.

This maximized the area it could cover.

At that moment, Shi Hongyu had already collided with the three Giant Wolves.

Like a female beast even fiercer than the Giant Wolves, Shi Hongyu let out a sharp cry and smashed her fist toward the wolf claw swiping at her head-on.

Fist and claw collided.

Energy erupted from Shi Hongyu's fist armor, and the violent force instantly twisted the Giant Wolf's claw to pieces.

Like a crushed wafer biscuit.

Awooo!!

A miserable howl rang out. The other two Giant Wolves, which had nearly reached her, abruptly stopped in place.

Causing Shi Hongyu's prepared second strike to miss its mark.

The three wolves had originally intended to take Shi Hongyu down head-on, but they were highly intelligent. After that single punch, they knew they could not clash with her directly.

The three wolves immediately scattered, preparing to surround her from three directions.

Shi Hongyu gave them no chance. She locked onto the Giant Wolf whose paw she had shattered and pressed her attack relentlessly.

But Elite Monsters already possessed considerable intelligence. Naturally, that Giant Wolf would not fight Shi Hongyu head-on, while the other two Giant Wolves would wait for the right moment to rush in and ambush her.

But though Shi Hongyu appeared to be pursuing that Giant Wolf, her eyes were actually fixed on the other two, waiting for them to make their move.

In Elite Monster combat courses, this maneuver had a professional term: "Second-Layer Feint."

It was about which layer you were thinking on.

Ordinary Elite Monsters could not react to a Second-Layer Feint.

Just as the Giant Wolf on the left opened its jaws to bite Shi Hongyu's left shoulder, she suddenly spun backward in a beautiful turn, her right leg sweeping through the air before kicking the Giant Wolf squarely on the nose.

With a crack, the Giant Wolf's nasal bone was shattered by the kick.

At the same time, a bullet tore through the air. Trailing purple lightning and a brief tail flame, it flew at terrifying speed.

One shot pierced through the shoulder of the Giant Wolf attempting to ambush from the right.

Pfft!

The bullet's immense penetrating force nearly knocked the Giant Wolf over. Purple arcs of electricity raced through the muscles in its left leg, paralyzing half its body in an instant.

The stiff, helpless Giant Wolf had its head blown apart by Shi Hongyu's punch.

In a single exchange, one of the three Level-Two Elites was dead, and the other two were injured.

"Coward, hurry up! I want to fight too!"

Big Black shouted frantically from inside Fu Junlin.

"You can fart and chase it around yourself to pass the time..."

Fu Junlin replied without the slightest emotion.

"Ah!... Ah!!..."

Big Black lost it.

After Shi Hongyu killed the three Elite Monsters, she smashed several more lizards to death, and the Arena Zone quickly fell silent.

Other than the monster corpses strewn across the ground, there were only several smoking Mechanical Beasts.

Duo Xinyu hurried over to repair his Mechanical Beasts on the spot.

Mechanical Beasts could benefit from a War Banner Master's buffs, such as speed and strength.

But they could not receive healing.

That was because Battle Banners enhanced kinetic energy, something both machines and humans possessed.

Healing, however, repaired cellular tissue. Mechanical Beasts did not have that for now; they were just piles of steel.

That was the great thing about being a War Banner Master. As long as their teammates were strong enough, they could hide in the back until the battle ended without even getting their clothes dirty.

But if their teammates were useless...

That was fine too. They could always just return to the city.

Blue-Blood Monsters had no Energy Cores in their bodies, nor did they have anything valuable.

Only monsters at the Elite Monster level or above, with red eyes, could have Energy Cores inside them. Naturally, the higher the monster's level, the more valuable its Energy Core would be.

Monsters were divided into Blue-Blood Monsters, Elite Monsters, Mutated Elite Monsters, Boss Monsters, and Mutated Boss Monsters.

Like humans, each type was divided into ten levels.

Other than Blue-Blood Monsters, which had no Energy Cores, all the rest had them. Blue-Blood Monsters were marked by their colorless eyes and blue blood.

Elite Monsters, on the other hand, began to develop red eyes, and their intelligence rose noticeably.

Mutated Elite Monsters were even more intelligent and began to possess various special abilities, often tailored to counter a certain class to some extent.

If they encountered the class they countered, that class would be in for a real headache.

Once they reached the Boss Monster level, they began taking humanoid forms and wielding weapons.

Mutated Boss Monsters were naturally extremely rare.

Generally, the closer monsters were to human cities, the lower their levels were. The farther they were from areas explored by humanity, the higher their levels and rarity became.

Humanity had only survived within its cities and begun expanding outward for a mere century.

The Boss Monster Fu Junlin had fought that day was already quite powerful among Level-Two Boss Monsters.

That was why it had shocked so many people.

"Are you ready?"

The Giant Wolves' Energy Cores had been collected, and everyone had rested for about five or six minutes. Shi Hongyu asked the group.

"Ready!"

They all replied. With a sweep of her hand, Shi Hongyu led them toward the light gate leading to the next Arena Zone...