"What is it? Just say the word. As long as we can do it, we definitely won't refuse!" Gao Feng said with a smile.
Friendships between martial artists were actually simple. Having fought demonic beasts together, they had already forged a life-and-death bond. They all had a common enemy-the demonic beasts!
Zhang Junbao looked very young, but he was stronger than Gao Feng. Gao Feng was quite happy to make the acquaintance of a martial artist like him.
Besides hunting demonic beasts, the Fire Hammer Squad also took on other assignments, such as occasionally serving as bodyguards for researchers or finding materials from certain demonic beasts.
"Wait!" Zhang Junbao suddenly turned toward the highway not far away.
The members of the Fire Hammer Squad also turned around quickly. Gao Feng and the others' expressions changed.
Three human martial artists were walking toward them from nearby: an old man, a tall, burly white man, and a young man of mixed ancestry.
The old man looked calm and composed as he followed closely behind the young man, his back straight like an old butler with impeccable manners.
The way he walked made it seem as though this were not the Wilderness Zone, where demonic beasts ran rampant, but the garden behind his own mansion.
The burly white man beside him looked at the Fire Hammer Squad with disdain, his eyes full of arrogance.
Both men walked half a step behind the young man. Clearly, he was the leader of the three.
"Gentlemen, this is our spoils of war. Please leave," Gao Feng said, stepping forward.
Zhang Junbao narrowed his eyes and looked at the three with some curiosity. It can't be such a coincidence, can it? Did they enter the Wilderness Zone ahead of time because of me?
"This is my first time in City 003. This prey belongs to me now. You can leave," the young man said with a smile.
The old man and the burly white man stood on either side of him, sweeping their gazes over Zhang Junbao's group without taking them seriously in the slightest.
Gao Feng gripped his heavy hammer, a fierce light flashing in his eyes. They had risked their lives to obtain this prey, and he had nearly lost his own life for it. How could he possibly hand it over so easily?
Zhang Junbao planted a foot on the snake's head and looked at them with a cold smile. "If you want to snatch it, come and try. We managed to kill the Double-Headed Black-Line Snake. Heh heh, I wonder if the few of you have tougher scales and armor than it did?
"Oh, right, our brother's sniper rifle is trained on you!"
It went without saying that Chen Gu, the Fire Hammer Squad's sniper, had hidden himself at the first opportunity, and his sniper rifle was already aimed at the three men opposite them.
Human martial artists were different from demonic beasts. The scales, armor, skin, and muscles of demonic beasts were generally much tougher than those of human martial artists, making them hard to kill with a sniper rifle unless a vital point was hit.
But unless a human martial artist was a Wargod, even a High-Level Warlord would suffer considerable damage if hit by a sniper rifle.
Of course, a High-Level Warlord would not stand there stupidly and let himself be shot. With their exceptional reflexes, speed, and movement techniques, they were hard to hit with a sniper rifle.
As for Wargods? Sniper rifles could no longer threaten them.
At the mention of a sniper rifle, the burly white man could not help looking around, but they saw no one in any of the places nearby where someone could hide.
Yet it was precisely because they could not see the sniper that made it even more frightening.
They knew that martial artist squads were generally equipped with one or two snipers, and they had heard gunshots just now.
The old man and the burly white man both stepped forward, subtly shielding the young man.
"It looks like the mixed-ancestry young man those two are protecting is actually the most important person in their squad."
Gao Feng spoke quietly to Zhang Junbao.
Zhang Junbao was the strongest fighter on their side, and Gao Feng understood that he needed to be on the same page as him. If Zhang Junbao wanted to fight, they would not back down either. If Zhang Junbao did not want to make enemies of them, the Fire Hammer Squad alone would not have much chance of winning.
Silence. The scene suddenly fell deathly quiet.
The two sides remained at an impasse for quite a while.
The old man smiled and said, "Heh heh heh, everyone, my surname is Liu. I've spent many years roaming the Wilderness Zone, and I've finally managed to become a High-Level Warlord."
"What? A High-Level Warlord!" The members of the Fire Hammer Squad trembled inwardly at his words. They had not expected to encounter so many High-Level Warlords today when they were usually so rarely seen.
Below Wargods, High-Level Warlords were already figures at the pinnacle. How many Wargods were there in all of human society? Probably only a few thousand.
Thus, a High-Level Warlord was already a formidable opponent they could scarcely match.
Elder Liu watched the expressions of the Fire Hammer Squad with pride, a faint smile of satisfaction appearing at the corner of his mouth. What he liked most was watching young martial artists struggle helplessly before him.
"A High-Level Warlord? How impressive," Zhang Junbao said without fear.
In any case, he was not afraid of exposing his Spiritual Force. He had only kept it hidden to have a trump card up his sleeve. If these three insisted on snatching his prey, Zhang Junbao did not mind teaching them a lesson.
Even a High-Level Beast General had fallen to his sword. Would he be afraid of two human High-Level Warlords?
When Zhang Junbao spoke, the members of the Fire Hammer Squad also came to their senses. The man beside them had just slaughtered a High-Level Beast General with his own hands. Although Gao Feng had contributed, the members of the Fire Hammer Squad knew full well how much of a part he had played.
"Hmm?" Elder Liu was somewhat unsure what to make of Zhang Junbao's reaction. He had originally assumed Gao Feng was the leader of the squad, but now it seemed Zhang Junbao was no ordinary person either.
Strength was one consideration. Another was that powerful young martial artists often had considerable backing, and that was why he hesitated.
Besides, they had another task to carry out.
So Elder Liu whispered in the young man's ear, "Young Master, since you came here to temper yourself, you should deal with those demonic beasts yourself. Besides, didn't we take on another task?"
"All right," the young man said helplessly.
His father had long since given him strict orders to obey the two bodyguards after entering the Wilderness Zone.
Remembering the task as well, he asked,
"Have any of you seen a rookie from Huaxia who just became a martial artist? A flying demonic beast carried him into the Wilderness Zone.
"If you have any clues, I, your young master, will reward you generously."
Elder Liu frowned at that. He did not quite approve of the young man asking so directly, but he said nothing.
"A martial artist carried into the Wilderness Zone by a flying demonic beast?"
Gao Feng's expression changed slightly. Clearly, he knew something. Zhang Junbao, meanwhile, wore a strange expression. A rookie martial artist carried into the Wilderness Zone by a flying demonic beast?
They can't be talking about me, can they? How come even these people are looking for me?
"Heh heh, you mean the target of the search mission issued by the Limits Dojo, the Thunder Dojo, our country's Military Department, and the major families, right?
"I heard that during the Quasi-Warrior Assessment, this human genius fought two Beast General-level demonic beasts alone and even saved the other Quasi-Martial Artists taking the assessment.
"Only after he killed a Black-Crowned Golden Eagle was he carried off by another demonic beast.
"We've heard about this mission too, but the Wilderness Zone is so vast, and he was carried off alone by a demonic beast. We don't even know what area he's in. I'm afraid the odds are against him.
"What's more, I heard he was seriously injured in the battle. What a pity to lose a human genius."
Gao Feng stepped forward as he spoke. They had ventured into City 003 partly in the hope of trying their luck at completing the search mission.
"So you know about it too. Remember, this person belongs to me. If you find him, hand him over to me, and you'll get your share of benefits.
"What's one Double-Headed Black-Line Snake worth? If you find him, I can pay you the price of two."
The young man spoke arrogantly.
They had also entered the Wilderness Zone to train because they had taken on the task of finding Zhang Junbao.
According to his father, as long as they found this human genius martial artist first, they could find a way to keep him in the HR Alliance. When that happened, even if the Limits Dojo demanded him, it would be no use.