Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 222 Mutant Crocodile
"This place is like it's been abandoned by herbivores and carnivores; it's hard to even hunt here."

A moment later, Zhang Jinjun returned empty-handed, looking quite helpless.

"Xiao Zhang, stop complaining. Come and eat something. Maintaining your strength is the most important thing."

Li Wei greeted them.

"Thank you, Brother Wei." Zhang Jinjun was flattered. Since he came into this world, he hadn't eaten or drunk a single drop of water and had already run more than forty miles. Although he wasn't hungry, he was very anxious.

He was like a firefly in the night, a cigarette butt in the darkness, so cool and so dazzling. Although encountering a native superhuman at this moment wouldn't be considered a no-go, it would definitely make him a target.

“Next, Lyon and I will lead the way. Thomas, Xiao Zhang, and Xuanxuan, the three of you will be responsible for pushing the cart.”

Li Wei then spoke again, and Thomas and the other two immediately understood. Without saying a word, they each chose a handcart and put it into their resource cards. This was not considered a mistake, but the standard for a handcart was ten units. Taking one and taking one meant that twenty units were gone.

A one-star resource card has a storage and retrieval limit of only 100 units.

In short, it's okay if you don't want to deposit or withdraw; just keep pushing or carrying it.

We can't let Li Wei shoulder the burden, right?

After resting for another half hour, Li Wei and his group of five continued their journey, leaving the highway and heading straight south.

Li Wei led the way, traveling more than ten miles in one go, but they didn't see a single snake, rabbit, or pheasant. All they could see were various insects, some field mice, or some small birds. It was a wasteland for animals of all sizes.

However, to witness a massive animal tide, we'll probably have to wait for a monster siege.

Li Wei was also curious as to why the mutated rat king and those mutated rats were able to stay.
In other places, it is clear that some mutated creatures remained, including those with superpowers.

After walking for about two hours with some difficulty, the sound of rushing water came from ahead.

“There’s a river, there’s a river, cousin, you’re amazing.”

At this moment, Leon, who was in charge of clearing the way, called out excitedly in a low voice.

"Prepare for battle. There may be mutated creatures in the river. Everyone, take out your weapons, put on your armor, and rest in place for thirty minutes."

Li Wei made a hand gesture and gave a low order. The crowd immediately took notice and squatted down in the grass to rest, taking out their equipment and weapons.

On this march, no one would wear armor. If food was plentiful, that would be fine, but if food was scarce, it would be a sin to waste energy.

At this moment, Li Wei took out the three-star emblem armor and the three-star war bow, thanking his old friend Thomas for the resource cards, so he could also splurge a little.

I put on the three-star emblem armor and cocked the three-star warbow, looking like I'm an archer and nobody can take it from me.

Of course, the Bloodthirsty Spear was always hanging on his tactical backpack, the Heavy Wooden Sword was strapped to his waist, and with the three-star dagger, Li Wei was armed to the teeth.

He then quickly ate all the food and water he had with him.

It's common sense that you shouldn't eat before strenuous exercise, but he needs to switch Tracker titles depending on the situation during combat.

To be honest, once this title is switched, the food he eats will be consumed at an extremely fast rate, and he can feel intense hunger in just a few seconds.

Therefore, Li Wei is different from others.

At least at this moment, no one else was eating.

Thomas took out a set of what appeared to be a three-star white-grade half-body scale armor, which could provide +25 defense. Of course, he was going for a defensive build, so his own defense would also be 25+, making the total 50+, which was quite impressive.

In addition, he took out a three-star white steel shield, which was obviously a tank in the team.

Leon pulled out his two-star leather armor and a two-handed greatsword. After all, Leon the Executioner has a set of finishing moves.

What Zhang Jinjun took out was also a set of three-star white-grade half-body scale armor, with a shield in his left hand, an iron spear in his right hand, three iron spears on his back, and a long knife tied to his waist.

Undoubtedly, this is a melee fighter who can parry, is tanky, and deals damage.

Finally, there's Zhao Xuanxuan. She's the worst, with only a one-star leather armor and a hammer as her weapon. However, the fact that she managed to become a candidate for the Frontier Battlefield means she must have some exceptional abilities.

"You'll all know how to coordinate in a bit, right? We don't have any other advantages, just that there are a lot of us. I won't go into details, you've all been on the Chaotic Killing Battlefield, you all know about mutated creatures, right?"

Li Wei gave a brief pre-battle summary, which left everyone a bit confused. There are so many kinds of mutated creatures, why don't you describe them? How did you become a scout?

But Li Wei didn't actually know. He only knew that there were mutated creatures in the river, and he just had to adapt to the situation.

He didn't get close enough to switch to the Tracker title to deal with these mutated creatures, so he didn't know their specific weaknesses.

Thomas glanced at Lyon, meaning he wanted to ask about the specific tactics, while Lyon glanced at Li Wei, who retorted, "What are you looking at?"
Zhang Jinjun glanced at Zhao Xuanxuan, implying that she was too weak to be on such a battlefield and should stop dragging the team down. Zhao Xuanxuan retorted, "What are you looking at?"

In this eerie silence, time passed quickly.

At this moment, Li Wei made a gesture, and the crowd slowly dispersed. Thomas stood at the very front, with Lyon to his side and slightly behind, and Zhang Jinjun a dozen steps away from Thomas.

Zhao Xuanxuan followed behind Zhang Jinjun.

Li Wei is in the center.

The group slowly approached the riverbank. When they were about 300 meters away, Li Wei suddenly called out softly, "Ah Dai."

Ah-Dai immediately took flight, but not soaring into the air. Instead, he flew horizontally backward for several hundred meters before taking off again. He then flew towards the river and circled up and down along it, as if searching for something.

Thomas stopped ahead. Everyone knew that Li Wei was using his hunting pet to search for traces of mutated creatures. Well, that was good. Nobody was afraid of fighting, but they were afraid of fighting in a chaotic mess, which would be a real pain.

This illustrates the crucial role of a scout on the battlefield.

Then Ah-Dai flew back and forth along the river for about ten minutes, sometimes flying more than twenty miles away, before finally flying back at high speed.

"They're here. Prepare for battle."

Li Wei suddenly spoke, surprising everyone. So Ah Dai could attract monsters?
This is awesome.

At this moment, huge waves surged in the river, like a dragon rushing in. Every now and then, a water arrow shot into the sky, but Ah-Dai nimbly dodged them all.

Honestly, everyone was a little stunned at this moment. That water arrow was very powerful, able to shoot three or four hundred meters in one go, fast and accurate. They never expected that Ah Dai would be so agile.

Just then, Li Wei swiftly drew his dagger, took a few steps forward, grabbed Zhang Jinjun's right hand, and slashed his palm. Blood gushed out instantly. Zhang Jinjun was stunned. "It's not Brother Wei, it's my brother! Spare me!"
"Run!"

Li Wei slapped him on the shoulder, but fortunately Zhang Jinjun was smart enough to react quickly and immediately turned tail and ran the way he came.

Almost simultaneously, a loud splashing sound rang out, and some unknown creature leaped out of the river, abandoning Ah Dai, and chased after Zhang Jinjun in the direction he had fled.

Yes, it's a crocodile that looks like a crocodile.

The reason for this description is that when this guy jumped out of the river, he was indeed a black crocodile that was about twenty meters long. But after jumping out, as he ran, it was as if he had transformed into a druid. His huge body began to shrink, his tail became smaller, his two front paws retracted, and his upper body, including his head, changed towards walking upright.

In less than ten seconds, this thing transformed into a miniature Tyrannosaurus Rex right before the eyes of Li Wei and the others.

Yes, absolutely true.

It's just that it's a bit small, less than three meters tall and less than five meters long, but it runs really fast on land, reaching speeds of over sixty kilometers per hour!
Is this a Velociraptor?
Can you even beat them?
"Hold on!"

Li Wei drew a two-star sniper armor-piercing arrow, slowly pulled back the bowstring, and released the arrow when the mutated crocodile rushed within a hundred meters.

But the next second, a strange and bizarre scene appeared. A curtain of water suddenly appeared in front of the mutated crocodile and with a splash, knocked the two-star sniper armor-piercing arrow away.

The mutated crocodile charged forward with undiminished momentum, still firmly locking onto Zhang Jinjun, as if he were some peerless beauty or a rare ginseng.

That's right, this isn't a bug, but rather a magical effect brought about by pure, natural humans.

"Boom!"

In the blink of an eye, the miniature Tyrannosaurus Rex that the mutated crocodile had transformed into rushed close!
"Stop it!"

Li Wei roared.
Meanwhile, Thomas, holding a steel shield, leaped up and collided with the mutated crocodile. At that moment, a sense of weight, like a mountain or a city, suddenly erupted from his body. Undoubtedly, he had activated his codename, the Builder!
"boom!"

A thunderous roar instantly echoed across the wilderness. Thomas flashed with yellow light and staggered back seven or eight steps, clearly having suffered a significant loss. His face even paled for a moment.

However, he successfully forced the mutated crocodile to stop, which provided Leon and Zhao Xuanxuan with the best opportunity to attack.

No, to be precise, Zhao Xuanxuan isn't good enough for Lyon.

At that moment, Leon's footwork changed like a three-step layup. His two-handed greatsword flashed with blue light, and he leaped more than three meters high, delivering a standard decapitation finishing move to the mutated crocodile's head!

So cool.

In an instant, the mutated crocodile's head was cleaved in two; this decapitation finishing move was incredibly powerful.

Almost simultaneously, the mutated crocodile's hideous head suddenly turned into a wisp of black smoke, flowing back into its body. The next second, with a whoosh, another head grew out. Then, its body blossomed like a flower, splitting into eight petals centered on its head, transforming into an open-mouthed monster resembling a giant octopus.

They grabbed Leon firmly in one go.

It's not that Leon doesn't know how to dodge, but rather that he's stunned for a few seconds after unleashing his ultimate move.

Who the hell would have thought that he wouldn't die even after having his head chopped off?
Even the magical zombies on a normal chaotic killing battlefield aren't this bizarre!
Fortunately, Zhao Xuanxuan arrived late but managed to smash a hammer into the mutated crocodile's back, though to no avail.

It's okay. I just swung the hammer and smashed it down like crazy. I don't know if it will have any effect, but I've done my best.

(End of this chapter)