"Tap tap tap..."
Light footsteps quickly approached, accompanied by a clear, crisp voice.
"There's a Fourth Tier Shadow Cat that I need your help dealing with."
Shen Heng turned his head and saw that Han Ling had already come to his side.
Further away, a dark, Shadow Cat with sharp claws lunged straight at them.
He loosened his fingers, letting the sound waves flow from his fingertips, Shen Heng raised his hand to grip the hilt of the sword behind his waist.
The long sword was drawn, trembling almost imperceptibly.
" Fivefold Force... Vibrating Blade... Fourthfold!"
He paused slightly, then...
"Lonely--"
The sound waves rippled out, followed closely by the flash of a blade.
"Whoosh--"
Beneath the city wall.
Yu Yanhui her eyes slightly, froze on the ground, and stared blankly at the position on the city wall.
The young man's face was expressionless, and his long sword was already sheathed.
If it weren't for the Shadow Cat's corpse that hadn't yet fallen, everything... would seem like it hadn't happened.
only...
That's not right!
The Shadow Cat that had been troubling them for so long, which they could never catch, was killed by the other side.
Although Shadow Cat charged forward on its own, Shadow Cat its speed, even if it were charging straight at them, it would be highly unlikely that they could defeat it so cleanly and efficiently.
And now...
The opponent finished off Shadow Cat with a single strike?
More importantly, what happened to the promise that it was just a support ability?
Not to mention its own B-Class Water Flow Manipulation, it even seems to be much stronger than Sister Zhaoran's A-Class Freeze ability.
this...
How did he manage to do that?
A deep sense of doubt filled Yu Yanhui's mind; however, now was not the time to dwell on it.
" Yanhui, snap out of it!" Lin Zhaoran shouted coldly.
She was equally shocked.
It's like your three-year-old brother/son going out to buy a bottle of soy sauce and coming back.
It's not to say that he's absolutely incapable of doing such a thing.
However, this kind of thing doesn't seem like something someone his age should be doing.
Yu Yanhui snapped out of her daze and nodded.
She glanced one last time at the figure on the city wall, then looked away and focused on dealing with the Bone-Eroding Jackal before her.
On the city wall.
Shen Heng turned to look at Han Ling.
"Try not to be too far away."
Han Ling didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly to Shen Heng.
She took a step to a spot ten or twenty meters away, raised her gun, aimed, and pulled the trigger...
Shen Heng glanced at it briefly, then turned his gaze back to the battlefield.
The city wall was damaged in many places, and most of the automatic weapons were out of service.
The remaining Third Tier inspectors formed a fragile defensive line, struggling to withstand the onslaught of the beast tide.
The Fourth Tier members fighting below were also struggling, and many of them had sustained serious injuries.
One ordinary soldier after another fell to the onslaught of the beast horde, but new soldiers would immediately rise to replace them, maintaining the integrity of the defensive line.
The air was filled with the acrid smell of gunpowder and the heavy, rusty stench of blood.
Crying, anger, wailing, roaring—all sorts of sounds echoed in Shen Heng's ears.
His eyes lowered slightly.
Although he knew that war could be bloody, seeing it for himself, he had to admit that war was far more bloody than he had imagined.
If he hadn't witnessed so much bloodshed over the years, his hands would probably be trembling right now.
Of course, there's not much point in saying all this; the most crucial thing now is how to alleviate the pressure on the battlefield.
Shen Heng had been there for a while, but he didn't immediately join the battle; instead, he simply stood on the city wall.
On the battlefield, unless one possesses strength far exceeding that of others, the individual's role is often limited.
After all, you might be able to kill three or five Calamity Beast Calamity Beast, but could you possibly kill a dozen or twenty?
Even with S-Class abilities, this is probably not easy to achieve.
After all, there are already quite a few Fourth Tier Calamity Beast with considerable strength, or even quite strong ones.
Moreover, even if you manage to do it, that small number is only a minor loss for the Calamity Beast on the battlefield.
Compared to this...
Shen Heng frowned slightly, raised his hand, and caught a sound wave that had been transmitted, continuing his study.
That lion's roar just now was exhilarating and berserk...
Infuse sound waves with Origin Power?
No, it should be more than that, there's also spirit...?
Then, the frequency is...
Below the city wall, at the center of the beast tide.
"Roar--"
Wang Hu roared and slammed his massive beastly paws down hard on the charging Stone-Armored Warthog.
"Bang!"
A loud slapping sound rang out.
The Stone-Armored Warthog was sent flying dozens of meters, its massive body carving a deep furrow in the ground.
However, Wang Hu himself was also shaken by the huge reaction force and lost his footing, taking more than ten steps back before he could barely regain his balance.
He was breathing heavily, his white breath condensing quickly into mist in the cold air, only to be dispersed by the stench of the battlefield.
Its beastly eyes were ferocious as it stared intently at the Stone-Armored Warthog struggling in the mud, shaking its head and trying to stand up again.
On his body, many of his needle-like hairs were torn off, revealing bloody wounds underneath.
Especially on its left shoulder, a deep claw mark that exposed bone was oozing blood with every swing of its arm.
However, Wang Hu didn't care too much. He turned his head and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Damn it, berserk mode! It's one thing to improve speed and strength, but why the hell did their brains explode?!"
Perhaps because it was never very bright to begin with, the Stone-Armored Warthog, influenced by the berserk roar of the lion-shaped Calamity Beast in the distance, completely abandoned its original habit of dodging powerful attacks and instead adopted a completely reckless, charging-and-ramming fighting style.
Of course, this might also be due to its thick skin and strong defense.
Originally, these Calamity Beast, even if they had strong basic physical attributes, wouldn't be too difficult to defeat.
In fact, because they don't have much of a brain, they might actually have an easier time fighting against someone who has a lot of brains but lacks physical strength.
But the problem is, this is a battlefield, and we need to be wary...
"Roar--"
Wang Hu roared fiercely.
Its claws slammed down to the left.
"Bang--"
The familiar slapping sound rang out.
A Stone-Armored Warthog, similar in appearance to the one from before, was swatted away.
An attack powerful enough to severely injure a Calamity Beast was merely used to send the Stone-Armored Warthog flying.
The crucial point is that such a Calamity Beast...
Wang Hu slowly turned his head and saw three identical Stone-Armored Warthog, differing only slightly in size, slowly walking towards him.
"Damn it... this is never going to end!"
The beast's mouth split open, revealing a ferocious expression.
The two sides faced off for a moment, then each let out a roar and charged at the other again.