Wild beasts roamed the vicinity of Green Valley Town, constantly harassing the town. Before Han Xiao arrived, Bashas used a meager amount of resources to drive the players to hunt these beasts. However, Bashas discovered something strange: every time the refugees went hunting, they returned with their prey intact, without a single casualty. Later, he noticed something astonishing and discovered that these refugees seemed to possess the ability to resurrect themselves and would not truly die.
This discovery utterly shocked Bashas. He wouldn't be surprised if it were just one person possessing resurrection abilities, but a group of them was unbelievable. Could these abilities be contagious? Like the Bearfolk in mythology, whose saliva carries contaminated genes, allowing them to transform ordinary people by biting them?
After observing, Bashas discovered that even the smallest gain could satisfy them, and his mind immediately became active.
"If I can win over these strange refugees to my side, given their ability to resurrect, no enemy can defeat me, and I will no longer need to fear the people of Black Pine."
Although the refugees all possessed resurrection abilities, their individual combat strength was very weak. Bashas had inquired about their origins from the refugees, but the answers he received were all meaningless nonsense, and no one could explain anything clearly. Bashas was somewhat troubled by this, but it didn't matter much. He only wanted to use the refugees as cannon fodder, and their origins were not important. He would not delve into the reasons for the time being and prepared to bribe them on a large scale.
However, before any action could be taken, the Black Phantom arrived and became popular among the refugees, immediately putting Bashas on high alert.
Did the Black Phantom come specifically for these refugees? And did she know what made them special?
The Black Phantom was not to be trifled with, so Bashas decided to observe first. However, an unexpected event occurred: a herd of beasts inhabiting the nearby town attacked.
Herds of beasts swept in from the forest, causing the ground to tremble and rumble.
The pack is mainly composed of Gray Nightmare Wolf, with gray-black fur and the size of a bison. There are also large Purple-scaled Python, which are over ten meters long, roaming among the wolves.
Beast hordes are common in the wild and are a disaster that every settlement must face. Without hesitation, Bashas ordered the town to be sealed off, and had the soldiers operate machine guns on the walls to resist the beast hordes from a high vantage point. The players who were left to camp outside the town became a buffer zone. Bashas was glad that he had these refugees who could be used as cannon fodder.
Adult Gray Nightmare Wolf, around level 20, can charge into a group of players, tearing and biting them to death; they can kill a player in just two or three bites.
[You have triggered an emergency mission [Defend Green Valley Town]!]
Not only were the players involved in the Tu Shu, but even Master Han received an urgent mission. The reward was only a few thousand experience points, which was the standard for beginners. Han Xiao watched with great interest as the players fought against the beast horde.
Bashas noticed that Han Xiao had somehow climbed onto the wall and was calmly watching the battlefield below. Bashas was immediately alarmed. The fact that Black Phantom could sneak up the wall under the watchful eyes of so many people meant that he could easily get close to him. He truly deserved to be called a meritorious assassin of the Dark Net, moving silently and appearing and disappearing like a ghost.
Players Defend Green Valley Town, fighting back fiercely in a bloody battle. Fortunately, the town's machine guns provided support, and the gunfire and flashes never ceased; otherwise, players of this level would have been routed at the first touch. Han Xiao paid close attention to the players' performance. At this time, there were only two main classes of players in Green Valley Town: the Psychic and the Mechanic.
He saw many superpowers: enhanced physical attributes, super strength, endurance, or speed, rapid Self-Healing, and biased elemental manipulation, such as coalescing rocks into armor. Various All Kinds of Oddities superpowers, though mostly rudimentary applications and lacking in stamina, still managed to injure some of the Gray Nightmare Wolf. Only the players with Esper Class performed somewhat impressively.
The beast horde clashed with the players, creating chaos on the battlefield. Some players recorded the battle and posted it on the forum.
Han Xiao narrowed his eyes, got up, jumped off the wall, and decided to end the fight quickly.
Activating his Electromagnetic Hover Boots, Han Xiao felt as if he were walking on a slippery piece of ice. He leaped into the battlefield like a black lightning bolt, heading straight for a smaller Gray Nightmare Wolf. This wolf was very old, with sparse fur, and was the leader of the pack. Han Xiao had spotted it while observing the battlefield.
Han Xiao didn't plan to use Sniping to deal with the beast horde. He lacked area-of-effect damage and had limited ammunition, so he wanted to conserve it. This was a good opportunity to test his level 50 skills. Even though he was Mechanic Class, his physical abilities were enough to overwhelm these level 20 beasts.
Beast tides are a common disaster on Planet Aquamarine. If it were a vast, boundless beast tide, he wouldn't be so reckless. Being alone in a horde of beasts is very dangerous, as he would be attacked at high frequency every moment.
The beast tide encountered in Green Valley Town was small, consisting of only a few thousand wolves and snakes. Han Xiao had something to rely on, so he dared to show off his skills.
Several more robust Gray Nightmare Wolf surrounded the wolf king, acting as his personal guards. The aged Gray Nightmare Wolf howled at Han Xiao, and these guards immediately pounced.
The enormous claws came crashing down, but Han Xiao Quan, covered in Magnetically Controlled Armor, raised his arm to meet them head-on, creating a loud bang and kicking up a cloud of dust as he withstood the attack from the Gray Nightmare Wolf's claws, which were four or five times larger than his own.
His strength reached 69 points, far exceeding that of the level 20 Gray Nightmare Wolf. He gripped the Gray Nightmare Wolf's claws with his five fingers, his fingers digging into its flesh, and with a powerful slam, he threw the Gray Nightmare Wolf behind him. The ground was dented by the massive wolf's body, and the wolf immediately let out a painful whimper.
Players who witnessed this scene felt a jolt of fear; it was like a dwarf throwing a normal person over his shoulder—the image was quite impactful.
Han Xiao felt a surge of joy as he experienced the power of his physical abilities. His fists pounded into the bodies of the Gray Nightmare Wolf like pile drivers, making loud thuds. The force penetrated deep into their internal organs, and each strike was a crushing blow. The Gray Nightmare Wolf that got close were sent flying, staggered to their feet, and pounced again, only to be knocked away once more. The parts of their bodies that were hit were left with hideous purplish-blue bruises.
The surrounding wolves swarmed to protect their king. Han Xiao's vision was filled with the Gray Nightmare Wolf, a dense, impenetrable barrage of claws and teeth attacking from every angle. His fish-scale-like Magnetically Controlled Extendable Armor was scraped and sparked, unable to break through their defenses. Han Xiao endured the force from all directions, finding it difficult to move.
"It's not easy to fight your way through a pack of beasts." Han Xiao's eyes flashed, and he immediately activated the Repulsion Field Driver. A powerful thrust erupted from him, sending the crowded wolf pack flying and knocking over even the more distant Gray Nightmare Wolf, causing them to tumble to the ground.
With a clear path ahead, Han Xiao gripped his toes and propelled his skateboard at full power towards the wolf king. The wind whistled past his ears, and the distance between them vanished in an instant. He casually blocked the wolf king's desperate bite, twisted the wave with both hands, and flipped the wolf king to the ground. He pressed his knee firmly into the wolf king's abdomen, pinning it to the ground. His left hand held the wolf's head down, while his right fist pounded down repeatedly, producing dull thuds. The wolf's head quickly deformed under the powerful blows, and blood splattered everywhere.
He could feel the power generated by the stretching of his muscles, tendons, and bones with each punch, like a drawn bowstring accumulating immense strength, giving him a sense of accomplishment and complete control.
The wolf's vital point is its belly, but Han Xiao prefers to attack its head.
After a few punches, the wolf king was barely breathing and not far from death. The wolf pack howled pitifully, abandoning their original enemy and desperately pounced on Han Xiao, overwhelming him. A large group of wolves pinned him down like a small mountain. Han Xiao was pressed to the ground, with many wolves on top of him.
The stench and foul odor emanating from the Gray Nightmare Wolf clearly reached Han Xiao frowned, almost choking on the smell, his keen senses faithfully analyzing the composition of the odor.
"The stench of wolves, sweat, mud, dried feces, and... ugh!"