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Chapter 39 The Great Hunt

Following the highway, the seven members of the Firehammer Squad traveled for about two days before finally entering the city of 003.

The sky was overcast, and there were abandoned buildings and cars everywhere, with cracks running along the road.

"Yo~~"

"Giggle~~"

Hundreds of birds flew rapidly across the sky, led by a high-level beast general. Only then did the Fire Hammer Squad members become cautious.

"This is a monster-infested area, arguably the largest base in the entire Eurasian continent. It's not just land monsters, but also all sorts of flying monsters," Gao Feng said solemnly in a low voice. "Moreover, because it's near the sea, some amphibious monsters will also appear. So everyone must be extremely cautious!"

They all nodded.

“Our target is a residential area called ‘Vanke Dream City’ about two miles away,” Gao Feng said in a low voice. “Vanke Dream City covers a huge area, which was once enough to accommodate nearly a million people. There are quite a lot of monsters there now, and because it is located on the outskirts of City 003, it is difficult to encounter lord-level monsters. It is suitable for us to explore there first.”

"set off!"

"Roar~~" "Awoo~~" "Prepare to die!"

The deafening roar came from dozens of miles away, and there were even angry shouts from humans.

"That's the city center area, a real melting pot, teeming with big fish and wolves. There are plenty of lord-level monsters and war god-level warriors there," Gao Feng whispered. "Without war god-level strength, going there is just suicide! In the city center of 003, not only are there strong people from our China, but also from other countries like the Soviet Union and India!" Gao Feng explained, having learned all this from others.

Suddenly, a massive black-crowned golden eagle swooped down from the sky toward the Firehammer team, its sharp claws gleaming with metallic light.

"It's a Black-Crowned Golden Eagle, a mid-level Beast General!" Chen Gu exclaimed.

Luo Yuan stood at the front of the team, his expression calm. He squinted at the black-crowned golden eagle and couldn't help but recall the black-crowned golden eagle that had attacked the city in Yi'an City. It seemed as if it were yesterday.

"Shu~"

Luo Yuan, wielding the Blood Shadow Battle Blade, casually swung it at the black-crowned golden eagle that was swooping down. Instantly, a sharp blade of light, several dozen feet long, appeared, carrying a destructive killing intent that cleaved the eagle in two. Blood and feathers rained down, creating a scene with a strangely tragic beauty.

"My God, Luo Yuan is amazing!" Chen Gu's eyes widened in shock.

"Judging from Luo Yuan's appearance, his strength must be at least at the advanced warrior level," Gao Feng sighed.

The Fire Hammer team members present were also amazed. Luo Feng was also shocked. He had never seen Luo Yuan cultivate, but Luo Yuan's strength had far surpassed his. I clenched my fist and made up my mind to cultivate even harder in the future.

"Alright, let's continue," Luo Yuan said, sheathing his sword.

The members of the Firehammer Squad moved cautiously again.

The two-mile distance could be covered in less than a minute with a burst of speed. However, it took the Fire Hammer Squad a full half hour to reach the Vanke Dream City residential complex, which had been abandoned for decades. In that half hour, Luo Feng and his team killed two snake-like monsters, more than thirty ordinary beast soldier-level monsters, and one low-level beast general-level monster.

Luo Yuan didn't rush forward because the other members of the Fire Hammer Squad also needed to be trained.

"No wonder it's City 003."

"Come on, let's go upstairs quickly!"

Gao Feng waved his hand.

The group quickly rushed into a residential building, which had eighteen floors. Luo Feng and his companions fought their way from the first floor to the twelfth floor, encountering more than ten monsters along the way.

The room on the twelfth floor is approximately 100 square meters.

“During our time in City 003, this house will be our temporary resting place,” Gao Feng said.

The group nodded, began to unload their backpacks, and started to rest.

Luo Yuan walked to the window and saw that about ten miles away, clusters of buildings appeared and disappeared in the fog. Beyond that, they were completely invisible, with only dilapidated road signs in sight.

“The core area of ​​that region used to be a Carrefour supermarket, and a ‘high-level lord’ monster was entrenched in that area,” Gao Feng said solemnly as he walked over.

"Luo Yuan, I know you are very strong, but that place is very dangerous. Even a war god could perish there. Don't do anything reckless!" Gao Feng advised.

"Don't worry, Captain, I'm not that presumptuous." Luo Yuan nodded with a smile.

As dawn broke after a night, the icy chill of a winter morning permeated the air, but it had no effect on the martial artists.

The Firehammer Squad was fully prepared and went downstairs. With a casual glance, they spotted several beast general-level monsters.

"This City 003 is amazing! Beast General-level monsters are everywhere!" Wei Qing and Wei Tie's eyes lit up.

"Let's go, brothers, let's make some money," Chen Gu said with a smile.

What followed was the Fire Hammer Squad's frenzied hunt for Beast General-level monsters, with Luo Yuan joining in. However, he focused more on practicing his swordsmanship, as the system's transmission and his actual practice were different. During this process, Luo Yuan also incorporated Luo Feng's Thunderbolt Sword Technique into his own, which astonished Luo Feng. After Luo Yuan explained that he learned it on the spot, Luo Feng exclaimed that he was a prodigy.

After ten days of continuous fighting, Luo Feng and his team killed 92 low-level beast generals and three mid-level beast generals, with an estimated total value of around one billion. Luo Yuan alone killed 50 mid-level beast generals and ten high-level beast generals. In order to kill these monsters, Luo Yuan even temporarily left the group and ventured dozens of miles into the city center. When he returned with his spoils, the members of the Fire Hammer Squad suddenly felt that the monster materials they had were not so appealing anymore.

"Captain, we've almost wiped out all the beast-general level monsters around here," Chen Gu said helplessly.

"There's no way around it, we've been killing pretty ruthlessly lately." Gao Feng chuckled.

"The most lucrative jobs are still made in City 003," Wei Tie couldn't help but sigh.

"Made a lot of money? Not much, not much." Gao Feng smiled. "It's normal for a mentalist to earn billions a year. The main reason we dare to operate here is because of Luo Yuan and Luo Feng."

"Haha." Chen Gu, Zhang Ke, Wei Qing, and Wei Tie couldn't help but laugh.

Luo Feng quickly said a few words modestly, while Luo Yuan just smiled and shook his head, wiping the Blood Shadow Battle Blade in his hand.

"Damn, a big one's here!" Chen Gu, who was holding a heavy sniper rifle, suddenly whispered as he looked down through the optical scope.

"What?" Gao Feng and the others almost simultaneously grabbed the binoculars beside them and looked over.

Luo Yuan didn't move, but instead released his spiritual power directly.

In the distance, a residential building's corners were covered in moss and vines. However, atop these vines lay a gigantic python, as thick as a man's waist and over twenty meters long. The python's body was covered in nearly parallel black lines, which became thicker closer to its head!

At the very front of the giant python, two triangular heads split out, with a slight bulge on their foreheads.

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Chapter 40 Sending you all to your deaths

"Damn, is it the 'Black Line', a highly venomous snake monster?" Gao Feng cursed under his breath. "Or is it a mutated 'Two-Headed Black Line Snake'? And it's almost grown horns, turning into a dragon."

The members of the Firehammer Squad took a deep breath; this thing was not to be trifled with!

"The black-lined snake that's almost transformed into a dragon is definitely a high-level beast general, close to the lord level!"

Gao Feng's expression was serious, and he said in a low voice, "Moreover, as a mutated two-headed black-striped snake, its venom is several times stronger than that of a normal black-striped snake! In addition, it has two venom sacs, and each venom sac is worth twice as much as a non-mutated black-striped snake of the same level."

This two-headed black-lined snake is worth the equivalent of four other black-lined snakes of the same level! A black-lined snake that's almost become a dragon is worth around 4 million, but this two-headed black-lined snake could sell for 16 billion! That's comparable to a typical low-level lord-level monster.

When Gao Feng revealed this number, everyone's hearts raced... After more than ten days of hard work, slaughtering over a hundred beast generals, they still weren't worth as much as this two-headed black-lined snake! It's clear that killing powerful monsters is a much more efficient way to make money.

"A quasi-lord level, huh? Interesting. I'll go and have a look at it," Luo Yuan said with interest, carrying the Blood Shadow Battle Blade.

"Luo Yuan, are you confident?" Gao Feng asked Luo Yuan earnestly.

"It's alright," Luo Yuan replied somewhat vaguely.

"Senior Brother Luo Yuan, let me join you too," Luo Feng said from the side.

Luo Yuan glanced at Luo Feng's eager expression and nodded. Luo Yuan wanted to meet this two-headed black-striped snake, mainly because he suddenly remembered a good deal.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng rushed downstairs towards the location of the two-headed black-lined snake.

"boom!"

"Hiss~" The piercing hiss of the snake came from afar.

The two quickly approached and soon arrived at the corner of a residential building. Through the corner, Luo Yuan could see a two-headed black-lined snake and three men fighting dozens of meters away. The three men appeared to be from West Asia or South Asia. Their hair was slightly curly and their skin was slightly dark.

The three men, led by a bald man with a burly build, wielded a dark gold staff that was over three meters long and swung it continuously.

"Impressive staff technique." Luo Feng exclaimed in admiration. "This bald man should be a high-level warrior. The other two are mid-level warriors."

Luo Yuan didn't rush to make a move because the important figures hadn't appeared yet.

"Hiss~~"

The two-headed black-striped snake appeared frenzied, its two enormous heads gleaming with chillingly cold eyes, repeatedly opening its blood-red maw to bite. Under the snake's onslaught, the three men retreated hastily and began to speak. Hearing their conversation, it became clear they were Indians!

"Senior Brother Luo Yuan, shall we go up?" Luo Feng asked Luo Yuan.

"You go first."

Luo Yuan spoke calmly, which puzzled Luo Feng. He couldn't figure out what Luo Yuan was up to, but he didn't think too much about it and joined the battle.

Watching Luo Feng and the three members of the Indian team besiege the two-headed black snake, Luo Yuan spread his spiritual power, and instantly everything within a radius of one thousand meters was under his control.

Gao Feng and the others, who were holding binoculars in the abandoned residential building, also found Luo Yuan's actions very strange.

About ten minutes later, Luo Yuan suddenly seemed to sense something, and a smile appeared on his lips.

He appeared instantly in the center of the two-headed black-lined snake, then simply drew his sword and swung it in one fluid motion. With the second layer of the Nine-Fold Thunder Blade's hidden power unleashed, a massive blade aura, powerful enough to rival a mid-level War God, appeared. The ground then split open, extending forward. The two-headed black-lined snake, in its terrified gaze, was cleaved in two by the blade aura. The powerful blade energy also shattered its internal organs, and the residual force of the blade aura directly collapsed a multi-story building behind it.

Amidst billowing dust, Luo Yuan deftly sheathed his sword, much to the astonishment of the others. He then proceeded to the corpse of the two-headed black-striped snake to begin collecting materials.

The two-headed black snake was enormous, and collecting materials from it was quite difficult. Luo Feng quickly came to help, while the three members of the Indian team stood awkwardly in place, not daring to approach. They knew they had no chance with the snake, so they could only put their hands together, raise them to their chests, bow to Luo Feng, and then quickly leave.

While Luo Yuan and his companion were collecting materials from the two-headed black-lined snake, nine human martial artists were on their way.

When the nine people arrived, upon seeing the enormous snake carcass on the ground, they immediately determined its value—worth over a billion. This enormous wealth immediately sparked greed in the eyes of many.

Luo Yuan merely glanced coldly at the nine martial artists. Besides the six members of the Tiger Fang Squad, there was an old man, a tall, muscular white man, and a mixed-race youth.

"Hahaha, not bad. This is my first time in City 003 and I've already found such good prey. Hand over the materials for this prey and you can leave." The mixed-race youth said arrogantly to Luo Yuan and his companion.

The old man and the burly white man stood on either side of the mixed-race child, staring indifferently at Luo Yuan and his companion.

Captain Tiger Fang sneered, "If you know what's good for you, get out of here. Our Thunder Squad might spare your lives, otherwise... tsk tsk, don't blame us. Oh, this Senior Liu is the captain of our Thunder Squad. This Mr. Caron is our vice-captain. They are both high-level warriors."

Senior Liu was the old man, and Caron was the burly white man.

Luo Yuan and Luo Feng had just finished collecting the materials from the two-headed black-lined snake. Looking at the Tiger Fang Squad's arrogant attitude, Luo Yuan curled his lip.

"Tiger Fang Squad, I said before that the next time we met would be your death day. I didn't expect to see you so soon. In that case, I'll send you on your way!" Luo Yuan said with a sneer.

"Hahaha, you think you can do this? Senior Liu, Mr. Caron, please teach him a lesson."

Captain Tiger Tooth ran up to the old man and the burly white man and said in a somewhat ingratiating manner, but the two men completely ignored him and gave Luo Yuan a cold look.

"Didn't you hear what our young master said? Hand over the materials of this prey!" the old man shouted coldly.

Luo Yuan's gaze turned cold.

"What, you have a problem with this? My parents are war gods, and I'm the nephew of the head of the 'Polenas Family,' one of the nine great families of the HR Alliance. Have you thought about what would happen if you dared to defy me?" The mixed-race youth Li Wei said arrogantly, pointing at Luo Yuan and the other two.