"Da da da da da..."
Bullets rained down in a frenzy.
Li Qihua gritted his teeth, gripping the heavy machine gun with both hands, and moved it occasionally.
Under his control, the bullets swept outwards in a straight line.
The high temperature caused the gun barrel to glow red-hot, emitting scorching steam that slightly Distortion the already limited airflow.
The mixture of sweat, gunpowder, and blood was nauseating.
Suddenly, the gunfire stopped.
Li Qihua pressed the trigger twice forcefully, but no bullets were fired from the barrel.
The sound of an empty gun hanging up was crisp and piercing. In that brief moment of ceasefire, the surrounding gunfire, the roars of the Calamity Beast outside the walls, and the scraping of claws against metal seemed to be amplified many times over.
He opened his mouth and shouted hoarsely:
"Out of bullets, reload!"
"Okay!" a soldier nearby responded, then quickly grabbed a belt of ammunition and began loading it into the machine gun.
Li Qihua took this opportunity to catch his breath.
His gaze passed over his comrade who was reloading the machine gun and looked out the window.
One after another, the shadowy beasts charged forward, bullets and shells raining down on them.
Suddenly, Li Qihua froze on the spot, his gaze fixed on the window.
A Calamity Beast that was climbing up the outer wall took advantage of a lull in the machine gun fire to peer its head through the window.
It glanced at it briefly, then quickly turned its head away.
Li Qihua seemed to realize something and quickly shouted to his comrade who was still changing ammunition.
"Careful!!"
But... it was too late.
"Boom!"
The metal wall suddenly caved inward.
A huge beast claw covered in jet-black Scalearmor suddenly stabbed in through the window.
The soldier, who was standing right behind the firing port and had just changed his ammunition belt, had no time to react.
"Puff!"
The hot knife sliced through the butter, and the sharp claws easily pierced his chest.
The soldier didn't even manage a scream; he simply looked down in disbelief at the blood-dripping, black claw tip emerging from his chest.
"Splash--"
The unfinished ammunition belt slipped to the ground.
The soldier vomited two mouthfuls of blood, and the light in his eyes quickly faded.
" Old Three!!" Li Qihua roared in grief and indignation, his eyes wide open.
The other soldiers nearby, noticing the situation, quickly grabbed their rifles and aimed.
"Da da da da da..."
Bullets rained down on the beast's claws.
However, the beast's claws, covered in scales, only sent up a series of sparks and were not effectively damaged.
Even so, the pain is still there.
The Calamity Beast, whose nature was unknown, retracted its claws in pain.
All that remained were the grotesque holes in the metal wall and the slowly collapsing, lifeless companion.
Li Qihua stood there, staring blankly at the fallen figure.
Coldness, fear, anger...
"What are you waiting for? Machine guns, prepare to fire!"
A shout came from the side.
Li Qihua gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and raised his gaze again.
"Roar--"
On the battlefield, a Fourth Tier Blade-Toothed Hyena was frantically shaking its head.
As it moved, a figure was constantly being tossed around near its mouth.
That was a person, someone who was caught off guard and had their thigh bitten.
" Old Zhao!" His companions nearby were filled with rage and wanted to rush over to his rescue.
However, he himself was entangled by a Fourth Tier Calamity Beast and could not break free for the time being.
The inspector, known as Old Zhao, was pale.
The long battle, the intense pain, the body being tossed from side to side...
Everything made him almost faint.
A sharp pain shot through him, and in that brief moment of clarity, he swiftly swung his short blade back and plunged it into the Blade-Toothed Hyena's eye socket.
"Pfft!"
The Blade-Toothed Hyena, in pain, released its grip and let out a pitiful whimper.
Old Zhao then fell to the ground.
"Cough cough... vomit..."
He struggled and coughed up a mouthful of blood, then paused for a moment.
He quickly used his hands to prop himself up and struggled to back away.
Suddenly, a Calamity Beast with a long, scythe-like tail swept in from the side.
With a flick of its long tail.
"Whoosh--"
It slashed like a blade.
Old Zhao froze on the spot.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but only gushing blood foam came out.
The light in his pupils began to dim rapidly.
Finally, it collapsed helplessly onto the muddy ground soaked with blood and snow.
" Old Zhao--!"
"Help!"
"Quickly, there's a seriously wounded soldier here! A medic!!"
"Damn it! My arm..."
"Ammunition! Does anyone have any armor-piercing rounds?!"
"Hold on! All of you, hold on for me! Don't let them get up here!"
"Watch out to your right! Something's climbing up from your right!"
"My eyes... I can't see..."
"Retreat! Alternate retreats! Reorganize the defensive line!"
"..."
Similarly, or similar scenarios are occurring throughout the battlefield.
Some were lucky and were rescued; others were unlucky and perished...
"Waterfall!"
Accompanied by a delicate shout.
A large amount of water suddenly appeared out of nowhere, then burst outwards and splashed!
Almost at the same instant the waterfall exploded.
"Condense!"
A short, sharp sound rang out.
Lin Zhaoran raised her hand and placed it on the water.
Her fingertips trembled slightly, but that didn't stop the chill from spreading along the water.
"Crack--!"
A piercing, crackling sound erupted!
The splashing water was instantly invaded and affected by the extreme cold air!
The water flowed and transformed into countless sharp ice crystals, frozen in time with a splash.
In an instant, an ice lotus sculpted from ice appeared on the battlefield.
The ice lotus surged and extended outwards, its sharp ice crystal edges piercing the bodies of low-level Calamity Beast one after another, freezing them in the moment of their attack.
A chilling aura spread out, and even the falling black snow froze into frost the moment it touched the ice lotus.
Also under the pressure of the Ice Lotus, a Fourth Tier Bone-Eroding Jackal was forced to leap backward.
Seeing that they had successfully driven back the Bone-Eroding Jackal, Lin Zhaoran and Yu Yanhui leaned back to back, breathing heavily.
After the battle, Yu Yanhui's braids were already disheveled.
The stray hairs on his forehead were soaked with sweat and clung tightly to his skin.
The water flowing around her had noticeably decreased in size.
Beside her, Lin Zhaoran was pale and breathing rapidly. Every time she waved her hand to release cold air, her body swayed slightly.
Her Origin Power was greatly depleted, significantly reducing the range and intensity of the Freeze.
" Sister Zhaoran... I... I can't hold on much longer..."
Yu Yanhui's voice was choked with sobs and hoarse from exhaustion.
So far, the two of them have killed two Fourth Tier Calamity Beast, and they don't know how many more low-tier Calamity Beast they've killed.