Looks like I can't hide my strength anymore, or I might die here today. Tiger Tooth Squad, wash your necks and wait for me. Luo Yuan took off his Gold-Trimmed Black Robe and put it in his backpack, revealing the six Grade 9 Flying Daggers at his waist.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
At a thought from Luo Yuan, the six Grade 9 Flying Daggers at his waist rose into the air and hovered around him. Everyone in the Fire Hammer Squad was stunned. Chen Gu and the others even blinked hard a couple of times. They weren't seeing things... the daggers really were floating, with nothing supporting them!
"Psychic Master!"
"Remote Object Control!"
"Luo Yuan is a Psychic Master?"
Luo Yuan looked back, his piercing gaze sweeping toward Luo Feng. "Luo Feng, this is a matter of life and death. Stop hiding your strength. I know you're a Psychic Master too. Let's carve a bloody path out together!"
"Uh, all right. Got it."
Luo Feng nodded solemnly. He too realized how serious the situation was. He intended to ask Luo Yuan afterward how he knew he was a Psychic Master, but now wasn't the time. Then six Grade 6 Throwing Knives rose to hover around Luo Feng as well, leaving Gao Feng and the others dumbfounded. They felt as though they were dreaming. Their squad actually had two Psychic Masters! Psychic Masters were rare warriors every faction fought to recruit.
Rumble! The frenzied beast horde charged, cracking the crumbling concrete beneath its feet and even shaking dust loose from the dilapidated buildings nearby.
Luo Yuan and Luo Feng cleared the way ahead, one on the left and one on the right. The throwing knives hovering around them hummed as they gathered power, protecting all seven members of the Fire Hammer Squad within a Throwing Knife Domain.
"Hrr!" "Roar!"...
The monsters' foul stench filled the air. Luo Yuan frowned, his gaze icy. After exchanging a knowing look with Luo Feng beside him, the twelve throwing knives hovering within a radius of over ten meters around them moved at once.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The twelve throwing knives instantly became blurs. Squelch! One pierced the skull of a charging Lion Mastiff, spraying its brains out behind it. Guided by spiritual force, the knife immediately continued at astonishing speed and pierced the next monster's skull!
Twelve throwing knives! In the blink of an eye, more than a hundred monsters closest to the Fire Hammer Squad had their heads pierced!
Blood and brains splattered everywhere.
Rumble! Amid shrill howls, the hundred-odd monsters charging at full speed crashed to the ground. Their momentum sent them skidding more than ten meters across the pavement. In an instant, the ground behind the fleeing Fire Hammer Squad was littered with monster corpses.
Gao Feng, Chen Gu, Zhang Ke, and the Wei Brothers were stunned.
They had known Psychic Masters were powerful, but... this was downright absurd!
Protected by Luo Yuan's and Luo Feng's throwing knives, the group ran toward a high-rise residential complex. Every monster blocking their path had its head pierced on the spot. Throughout the escape, Luo Yuan kept picking up attributes and merging them into himself, especially the spiritual attributes dropped by Luo Feng, which he absorbed immediately. As a result, Luo Yuan only grew stronger as he fought, showing no sign of fatigue. Luo Feng, on the other hand, was consuming his spiritual force too quickly and beginning to struggle.
More and more monsters surrounded them, charging like a vast army. Every one of them was bloodthirsty, frenzied, and utterly fearless, roaring as they continued to rush forward.
"We have to finish this quickly and get to higher ground, or they'll wear us down until we die," Luo Yuan told the others.
Everyone nodded in unison.
"Luo Feng, protect the captain and the others. I'll clear the way!" Luo Yuan shouted to Luo Feng.
"Got it!" Luo Feng nodded.
Luo Yuan broke away from the group, gripping his Type A9 Blood Shadow Battle Blade, with six Grade 9 Flying Daggers hovering around him. With no one else holding him back and no lord-level monsters present this time, he decided to unleash his full strength. He also wanted to see just how powerful he had become and collect attributes along the way to see whether he could break through to War God Level.
"Die, you bastards!"
Luo Yuan leaped into the beast horde ahead like a cannonball. He crushed a Lion Mastiff's head beneath his foot on impact, leaving a crater nearly ten meters wide in the ground. Gripping his Type A9 Blood Shadow Battle Blade, he unleashed the First Form of the Ninefold Thunder Blade. With the first layer of hidden force driving his blows, every monster struck by his blade was cleaved in two. His throwing knives also slaughtered the attacking monsters from different angles.
With a thought, Luo Yuan gathered his six Grade 9 Flying Daggers into a small Throwing Knife Domain, shredding the beast soldier-level monsters that lunged at him. He then let the beast general-level monsters through to kill them personally, honing his blade technique, building combat experience, and collecting valuable materials along the way.
Protected by Luo Feng's throwing knives, the other members of the Fire Hammer Squad advanced along the bloody path Luo Yuan had opened. They had been shocked so many times by now that they were numb. Walking over a road paved with monster corpses, they watched Luo Yuan grow stronger with every battle ahead of them. Monster blood had dyed his Combat Suit completely red. In the sunlight, his figure looked to them like an invincible god of war.
Luo Yuan and the others rushed onto the rooftop of an ordinary ten-story apartment building.
Clack! The stairwell door leading to the rooftop was slammed shut.
"Hah... hah... hah... we finally made it out alive." Chen Gu lay on the rooftop, panting heavily.
"If it hadn't been for you two brothers, Luo Yuan and Luo Feng, our Fire Hammer Squad would have been finished." Gao Feng looked at them gratefully.
"As long as everyone's all right." Luo Yuan wiped the blood from himself with a piece of cloth he had torn off on the way.
"Those Tiger Tooth Squad bastards. We're going to settle this score!" Gao Feng growled.
"Don't worry. The next time we meet them in the Wilderness Zone will be the day they die," Luo Yuan said coldly.
"Hahaha! Ambushing us was the stupidest thing the Tiger Tooth Squad could have done. If they knew they'd crossed two Psychic Masters, they'd regret it to death. Luo Yuan alone could wipe out their entire squad." Chen Gu laughed, and the other squad members joined him.
"I'd like everyone to keep the fact that I'm a Psychic Master a secret," Luo Feng suddenly said.
The others looked puzzled at his words.
"Mostly, I just don't want too much trouble." Luo Feng shook his head with a smile. "Once people find out I'm a Psychic Master, I won't have a peaceful life anymore."
"I agree with Luo Feng. Psychic Masters may be rare, but before they grow strong enough, it's easy for others to control them and turn them into killing tools. Even if we reveal ourselves, it has to be under safe circumstances. I was also planning to wait until I reached War God Level before revealing that I'm a Psychic Master," Luo Yuan said.
"Hahaha, all right. We respect your wishes. Honestly, we couldn't be happier to have you keep it secret. With two Psychic Masters in our squad from now on, who do we need to fear?" Captain Gao Feng said with a smile. The others nodded in agreement.
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