Bloodthirsty Tank: First Battle in the Wilderness Zone

In Jiangnan Base City, Yangzhou City, at a Warrior Residential Area.

Only when morning arrived did Zhang Jian dial Li Jing's number on his Communication Watch, the number Wu Tong had given him the previous night.

He wanted to ask Li Jing to meet him and the other teammates at the HR Alliance Mall, so everyone could get to know one another.

After all, barring any surprises, Li Jing would be staying with their warrior squad for a long time.

Only when the others in the Bloodthirsty Squad could no longer keep up with Li Jing's growth would he leave the squad.

They could meet and get acquainted, then decide on a time to visit the Wilderness Zone.

At first, they would take him to an ordinary county town where Beast General Level monsters were rare, so he could get used to the place. Once his strength had improved, they would take him to the areas where the squad usually operated.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't get through to the number.

After several failed attempts, Zhang Jian called Wu Tong directly.

"I can't get through to Li Jing. Captain, could you check whether this is the right number?"

Wu Tong was a little surprised. "That's the right number. But Li Jing just signed a genius contract with the martial arts school yesterday, so he can get the first three volumes of any secret manual for free.

"Maybe he just got a manual and couldn't resist starting to practice. He probably turned off his Communication Watch because he didn't want to be disturbed."

"Wait a while, then call him again later."

Wu Tong shared his guess.

Zhang Jian nodded, thinking that was indeed possible.

When he had first become a warrior and bought a secret manual, he too had forgotten food and sleep as he studied and practiced, even forgetting to eat when his family called him to meals.

This made Zhang Jian's impression of Li Jing grow better and better.

After becoming a full-fledged warrior, he could resist the urge to indulge himself and instead focus on improving his strength.

It seemed Li Jing had a heart set on martial arts. If so, his strength would surely improve at an impressive rate in the future.

As the captain of Li Jing's future warrior squad, he was deeply gratified.

As for the possibility that Li Jing had gone to the Wilderness Zone and turned off his Communication Watch as warriors customarily did, so a sudden incoming call wouldn't make noise and attract a monster attack-

It never even crossed Wu Tong's or Zhang Jian's minds.

How could Li Jing, a mere Intermediate Warrior, possibly go to the Wilderness Zone all by himself?

Warrior Level fighters who ventured into the Wilderness Zone alone faced a death rate as high as 90 percent. For a first-timer, it approached 100 percent.

It was such a simple fact, mentioned by countless people on the Limit Home forums. There was no way Li Jing didn't understand it.

On a highway in the Wilderness Zone, Li Jing traveled in full gear at a speed that didn't consume much stamina.

As an Intermediate War General Level martial artist, Li Jing could reach a speed of 137.5 meters per second when he went all out, equivalent to 495 kilometers per hour.

He came across a few wandering monsters along the way and Li Jing casually chopped them dead with his blade.

The monsters that appeared after the Great Nirvana belonged to the category of demonic beasts and were highly intelligent.

They knew that wandering through the wilderness made them easy targets for human firearms, so most gathered around cities that had existed before the Great Nirvana.

Those roaming the highways were almost all Beast Soldier Level monsters, and they operated alone.

Li Jing had no interest in even stopping to collect materials from the monsters he casually chopped down.

Beast Soldier Level monsters, even Advanced Beast Soldier Level monsters, could be killed in large numbers with firearms, so their materials were practically worthless.

If the materials from a Beast Soldier Level monster were worth 10,000, that was already considered a very good price.

Not only were they worthless, they also took up space in his backpack. They were nothing but chicken ribs.

Li Jing's precious backpack space was reserved for Beast General Level monster materials.

Before long, Li Jing reached county town No. 156, which had been famous for farming, forestry, and livestock breeding before the Great Nirvana.

After entering the town, Li Jing slowed down, exploring at almost the pace of an ordinary person walking.

With his current strength as an Intermediate War General, he would have a hard time finding an opponent in county town No. 156, where no Lord-level Monsters appeared and even Advanced Beast Generals were rare.

But if he made too much noise and a beast horde surrounded him, he wouldn't come out ahead. He might even meet his end here.

After all, he was only a warrior, not a Spirit Reader who could fly by controlling objects. Naturally, he couldn't act as fearlessly as a Spirit Reader.

Soon, Li Jing arrived at a residential complex of supertall buildings dating back to before the Great Nirvana.

After choosing a building, he took the fire stairs all the way up, killing every Beast Soldier Level monster he encountered along the way.

When he reached the rooftop, he took out his binoculars and carefully surveyed the surrounding streets, searching for a suitable target.

With the rooftop's broad view, Li Jing soon found his first target.

It was a Junior Beast General Level Bloodthirsty Tank, ranked second among pig-type monsters, surpassed only by the Fire-Scaled Three-Trident Pig.

Its body was covered in red scales, and its massive frame resembled a tank. It was known for its tremendous charging power and defense.

There weren't many monster underlings around this Bloodthirsty Tank, only fifteen in all. They were all Ironfur Wild Boars and Unicorn Boars, mostly at the Advanced Beast Soldier Level.

This small beast horde led by a Bloodthirsty Tank was well within Li Jing's hunting range.

Having chosen his target and planned his route, Li Jing went downstairs.

Following the route he had chosen beforehand, he carefully skirted the larger beast hordes along the way.

Any lone Beast Soldier Level monsters he couldn't avoid, he killed with ease, without making a sound.

Soon, Li Jing closed in on the small beast horde led by the Bloodthirsty Tank.

They had made their lair in a roadside food stall. The Bloodthirsty Tank lay in front of the cashier's counter, faithfully guarded by its fifteen Unicorn Boar and Ironfur Wild Boar underlings.

With a Hexagonal Shield in one hand and a War Blade in the other, Li Jing approached through the doorway, silhouetted against the light. He instantly drew the attention of the Bloodthirsty Tank and the other monsters.

The Bloodthirsty Tank was no fool. Sensing that Li Jing wouldn't be easy to deal with, it roared and ordered its Beast Soldier underlings to wear him down first.

It held itself ready to strike, prepared to seize any opening Li Jing revealed under the siege and leave him here.

But the Bloodthirsty Tank had miscalculated.

In the eyes of Li Jing, who possessed the Minute Subtlety Level Movement Technique, the dozen-odd Beast Soldier Level monsters pouncing at him appeared to form an airtight assault, but were full of openings.

Li Jing's figure drifted unpredictably like a leaf in the wind, twisting and shifting with movements measured in centimeters.

Though danger seemed to lurk on every side, everything was under his control as he dodged every attack.

Passing through a sea of flowers without a single leaf touching him was no more than this.

Even as he dodged, Li Jing's War Blade fell like thunder.

In mere moments, all fifteen Advanced Beast Soldier Level Ironfur Wild Boars and Unicorn Boars lay dead.

Only the Junior Beast General Level Bloodthirsty Tank remained, utterly alone.

Li Jing gave his blade a gentle shake. The blood remaining on it turned into a string of droplets that fell to the ground with soft pops, piercing straight through the tiled floor.

As the Bloodthirsty Tank's gaze began to show signs of retreat, Li Jing closed in, his War Blade landing precisely on the weak spot behind its ear where no scales covered it.

With a wet squelch, the blade entered its brain.

The Junior Beast General Level Bloodthirsty Tank was dead!