A Headshot?

Facing the Double-Tailed Tigercat's savage bites, Luo Xia remained utterly calm.

He gripped his Long Sword and slashed, striking the Double-Tailed Tigercat squarely across the mouth. Then, borrowing the force of its charge, he pushed off hard with both hands and retreated rapidly!

Luo Feng beside him was also dodging.

At that moment, Gao Feng had already caught up. With an angry roar, he swung the twin hammers in his hands like great windmills and smashed them toward the Double-Tailed Tigercat!

"Die, beast!"

Worthy of being a General-level Beast, the Double-Tailed Tigercat spun around in an instant and raised its claws to clash with Gao Feng's twin hammers!

Bang! Bang!

Two dull impacts rang out. Gao Feng and the Double-Tailed Tigercat both staggered, and at that very moment, Luo Xia, who had just dodged away, charged forward again—

He leaped high into the air. At the peak of his jump, his gaze turned icy as he twisted his body and plunged down like an inverted spike toward the Double-Tailed Tigercat!

Swish—!

Sword light flashed like moonlight!

Luo Xia unleashed four times his original physical strength, carrying the gravitational potential energy of his descent with him. Even the air was split by this strike, producing visible white streams!

Squelch—!

A dull sound of steel piercing flesh rang out.

The Double-Tailed Tigercat had never expected Luo Xia to charge in again. Combined with Luo Xia's incredible speed, it failed to react in time and was viciously stabbed in the back of the neck by his sword!

"Roar—!"

In pain, the Double-Tailed Tigercat threw back its head and let out a mournful howl. Waves of sound rolled out as it shook its head, trying to fling Luo Xia away!

"Captain!"

At that moment, Luo Xia shouted at Gao Feng.

His Long Sword had pierced into the Double-Tailed Tigercat's flesh, only to be clamped tightly by its dense muscles. It could not advance another inch, nor could he pull it out for the moment!

Gao Feng understood Luo Xia's meaning instantly.

With a roar, he sprinted forward, his feet pounding against the ground. Then he leaped fiercely into the air, raising his twin hammers high!

"Die!"

Gao Feng roared and smashed the Heavy hammer down, striking Luo Xia's sword hilt exactly!

Thud—!

A dull, heavy impact rang out.

Under the force of the Heavy hammer, the Long Sword embedded in the Double-Tailed Tigercat's neck sank completely into its flesh!

Boom!

The Double-Tailed Tigercat's eyes widened as blood sprayed from its mouth. After standing there blankly for a second, its enormous body crashed to the ground.

"Pant... pant..."

Gao Feng panted as he looked toward Luo Xia, who was also breathing heavily nearby.

This kid...

He could actually break through a General-level Beast's defenses!

Meanwhile.

On the rooftop of a six-story residential building roughly five hundred meters from Luo Xia's group, the six members of the Tiger Fang Squad were using binoculars to survey their surroundings.

"Captain, there are too many monsters around us. If we want to reach the Silver Moon Direwolf ten miles away without alerting most of them, it'll be very difficult."

The one-eyed middle-aged man in the group frowned as he spoke to the Tiger Fang Captain.

The Tiger Fang Squad was also frowning, considering a way to break the deadlock. Suddenly, he spotted Luo Xia's group fighting the Tiger Cat Beasts.

"It's the Fire Hammer Squad!"

Zhang Zehu looked surprised. "Why are they in this County Town too?"

Since Luo Feng and Zhang Haobai had not truly become enemies, Zhang Zehu did not know Luo Feng at this point and would not resent him as he had in the Original Work.

He was merely puzzled that the Fire Hammer Squad, a Warrior-General-level Warrior squad, had appeared in an area like this County Town.

"There are two unfamiliar people in their team. They should be newcomers, which is probably why they came here."

The one-eyed middle-aged man said.

The other members were all drawn to the Fire Hammer Squad. When they saw Luo Xia actually kill the Double-Tailed Tigercat together with Gao Feng, they were all somewhat shocked.

"That young guy is a newcomer?"

"He can actually break through a General-level Double-Tailed Tigercat's defenses!"

"Attacking the Double-Tailed Tigercat from the air... how did he dare?"

"He's so fast!"

The team members discussed it among themselves, all somewhat frightened by the strength Luo Xia had displayed.

At that moment, the Tiger Fang Captain's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said viciously:

"I have a way! Since we can't approach the Silver Moon Direwolf without alerting most of the monsters, then..."

His gaze turned cold as he looked at the Fire Hammer Squad. "We'll let them help us draw the monsters away! We'll use the opportunity to head for the Silver Moon Direwolf's location!"

"Captain, you mean..."

The other team members quickly understood upon hearing this.

The Captain intended to use the Fire Hammer Squad as bait, making them draw the monsters' attention so they could seize the chance to head for the Silver Moon Direwolf's location!

But if they did that...

The Fire Hammer Squad would have no chance of surviving.

"Good! Let's do it!"

Zhang Zehu was the first to agree. They had done plenty of things like this while hunting in the Wilderness Zone before!

What did it matter that they were fellow humans when profits were at stake?

It wasn't us who would die anyway...

The six members of the Tiger Fang Squad were all essentially selfish people like this, so they did not care about the Fire Hammer Squad's lives at all.

The Tiger Fang Captain looked at the two members of the team who used firearms and ordered:

"Xiao, Dong, use your sniper rifles to deal with the Fire Hammer Squad's important members first! You don't need to kill them, but you must injure them!"

"Then immediately open fire on the two beast hordes nearby! We're far away, and with such sudden gunfire, the beast hordes won't be able to tell where the bullets came from!"

"These ordinary monsters are very unintelligent. Once they're shot, they'll only angrily attack the humans they can see!"

At this point, the Tiger Fang Captain gave a cold smile. "By then, all the beast hordes around these streets will be drawn to the Fire Hammer Squad! With injured members, they definitely won't be able to run. They'll have no choice but to fight!"

"But a large-scale battle will draw even more monsters toward their location, leaving fewer monsters elsewhere. That way, we'll be able to cross several miles with ease!"

After hearing this, the team members could not help nodding. Zhang Zehu even said, "Captain, this plan of yours is brilliant!"

The Tiger Fang Captain smiled smugly and said to Dong and Xiao, "Do it!"

"Yes, Captain!"

The two members who used firearms did not hesitate much. Having struggled between life and death for so long, they had killed far too many people and monsters.

They found an excellent position, set up their sniper rifles, and loaded specially made high-powered Armor-Piercing Bullets into the chambers. Before long, they had adjusted every setting on the rifles.

They looked toward their Captain and gave slight nods, indicating that they were ready.

The Tiger Fang Captain waved his hand coldly.

The next moment, Xiao and Dong narrowed their eyes and looked toward the Fire Hammer Squad, who were dissecting Tiger Cat corpses on the battlefield.

Bang!

Two dull gunshots rang out at the instant the sniper rifles bucked violently.

Two bullets tore through the sky in an instant, shooting toward Gao Feng, the Fire Hammer Squad's Captain, and the young man who could fight the Double-Tailed Tigercat—Luo Xia!

Luo Xia, who was helping his eldest brother Luo Feng dissect a Tiger Cat corpse, suddenly had every hair on his body stand on end. His scalp went numb as a sudden sense of mortal danger descended upon him!

He abruptly turned his head and saw a massive Armor-Piercing Bullet rapidly growing in his Line of Sight.

The Armor-Piercing Bullet was aimed at his head. Even if it did not hit him between the brows, the Kinetic Energy carried by the bullet alone would be enough to blow his head apart!

Who was it?!

Doubt and fury rose in Luo Xia's heart.

At the same time, within his Consciousness Sea.

His Mental Strength, which had yet to fully awaken.

Above the boundless ocean of Mental Strength, a Dazzling Gold sphere like the sun suddenly burst forth with endless, resplendent Radiance.

Vast, boundless Mental Strength instantly flooded Luo Xia's entire body. It was so powerful that even his pupils were dyed Brilliant Gold by it!