Chapter 891: Chapter 891
Hundreds of Wisdom Sword illusions bombarded the spot where North Wind was hiding, completely collapsing it and stirring up a large dust cloud. This man, who used to lurk around the station as a thief, still had his nature of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and he immediately tried to slip away.
With a bang, Lu Fan, holding the Gauss sniper rifle, fired a high-explosive armor-piercing bullet, which exploded the road surface at North Wind’s feet. Unfortunately, it missed, but she quickly pulled the bolt, ejected the shell, reloaded, and fired another shot, which again missed its mark.
"Damn!" Lu Fan cursed angrily. The sniper rifle fired too slowly, so she pulled out the Thunderstorm rifle. However, as a Level A firearm, it really wasn’t powerful enough. Even though two shots hit North Wind, they caused no wounds.
"Damn it, I want a powerful weapon!" Facing an ordinary Conqueror without a way to take him down frustrated the usually proud little loli immensely.
"Huh, seems like I can fight." Seeing that the little girl’s best weapon was just a sniper rifle, North Wind felt relieved and confident to fight again. After all, that thing was rubbish in close combat, and he wasn’t afraid of the Thunderstorm.
"Second stage, explode for me!" North Wind shouted loudly to intimidate Lu Fan, but in the end, only reached the first stage.
Air currents gathered and surged, visibly forming numerous translucent Sickle Weasels that shot towards Lu Fan. These air creatures were extremely sharp on the surface, some hitting nearby walls and blasting through them, and when they grazed the ground, they plowed countless furrows.
Seeing North Wind’s counterattack, Lu Fan didn’t panic. She flicked her left hand, and a torrent of yellow sand poured out, forming a semi-circular shield in front of her body.
The air Sickle Weasels struck the shield, shattering into bursts of sand. Cracks spread while the shield crumbled, but instantly more yellow sand flew out to fill it in anew.
Shielded by the Sand Shield, Lu Fan continued to sprint.
"Just a child, I’ll see how long you can last," North Wind snapped his fingers, and the Sickle Weasels suddenly changed direction, shooting toward Lu Fan from both sides.
Lu Fan slammed her fist down. Boom, more sand burst out like a geyser, forming a dense shield around her.
"How embarrassing." Although she had taken North Wind’s attack, Lu Fan’s cheeks flushed with shame, turning as red as a boiled shrimp. After all, many soldiers were watching. Being unable to crush a weakling dealt a serious blow to the loli’s pride.
Overcome with rage and embarrassment, Lu Fan successfully burst into seed, entering the first stage, and immediately retaliated with a tooth for a tooth, controlling the sand to form condensed Sickle Weasels that lunged at North Wind.
"Haha, see how long you can hold on." North Wind didn’t panic at the sight of the girl’s seed burst, but rather became delighted, especially at the sand Sickle Weasels, which he found laughable. His own air Sickle Weasels could tear through steel, what could these ’sand rats’ do, bite him to death?
North Wind had good eyesight, and he noticed that those sand rats were only in form, not living creatures, at best they were just a way to bury someone alive.
"I made a mistake." Lu Fan was smart, so she immediately realized her flaw, and then saw a translucent chaos of air emerge around North Wind, whirling around, any sand rat that collided with it was like entering a meat grinder, instantly ground to pieces.
Madam Li, riding on a war horse, came charging over, about to release Ice Age, but was stopped by Lu Fan.
"This is my battle!" Lu Fan roared, with large quantities of sand swarming and darkening the sky, threatening to swallow everything.
The newbie was stunned, watching Lu Fan create a sandstorm that enveloped the entire street block, sweating profusely. If it were him, he would definitely suffocate to death. However, North Wind was still at ease, protected by a translucent air shield.
"Go ahead and use your ultimate ability. Once you’ve wasted all your life energy, you’ll become my toy," North Wind taunted, fully focused on defense, enticing Lu Fan to intensify her attack.
"If I can’t even crush someone like you, how can I go help Uncle?" North Wind revealed his yellow teeth, laughing smugly, which greatly irritated Lu Fan. The thought of becoming Uncle’s right-hand man wouldn’t allow her to fall here. The little loli became enraged, yelling out, and suddenly erupted with blood-red mist jetting from her body.
Driven by her determination for Tang Zheng, the little girl burst forth into the second stage, her abilities evolving once more. Her sand became vitalized, able to dissolve, absorb, and enlarge any concrete structures it touched.
"Go to hell!" With a wave of Lu Fan’s hand, more than a dozen Sand Tornadoes sprouted from the ground, and ferociously slammed into North Wind, reducing any building in their path to particles and blending into the tornado.
To the newbie, those already abandoned buildings seemed like sandcastles by the beach, collapsing instantly at a child’s push, leaving behind nothing but collapses and dust everywhere, with vision obscured as if he had entered a world of sand.
Seeing Lu Fan gaining the upper hand, Li Xinlan gave up the idea of intervening.
Pressure surged on North Wind, his air shield shrinking by half and showing signs of collapsing. Sand Tornadoes impacting it could withstand four or five, but there were too many, and they were too dense.
"I should have gone out earlier," North Wind said with a wry smile, realizing he had trapped himself. He hadn’t worn out his opponent, and now he was about to be crushed to death.
The ground beneath his feet also shattered, and North Wind immediately released an air shield to form a defense underfoot to resist the Sand Dragon, but he was still lifted into the air. Like a ping pong ball, he was continuously struck by the Sand Tornado.
"How preposterous!" The prey was still alive. Almost biting off her own tongue in frustration, Lu Fan stretched out her left hand and clenched it fiercely. The sand immediately began to gather, squeezing towards North Wind.
The air shield further shrank as North Wind felt immense pressure. His vision was filled with compacting sand, as if he were being poured into a concrete coffin, and a sense of suffocation overwhelmed him.
North Wind’s ability needed a large amount of air to function, but now he was cut off, and the sand kept reinforcing. The air shield began to crack, and his body could not withstand the pressure, with capillaries on his cheeks bursting first.
"I don’t want to die here!" North Wind shouted, but he was helpless. The shield, instead of expanding, continued to shrink. The feeling of watching himself about to be crushed to death was terrifying.
"I’m such an idiot! I could use piercing-thrusts. This would increase the pressure and break the defenses sharply," Lu Fan realized, and North Wind’s time of death arrived.
The sand compressing the air shield formed sharp spears, like porcupine quills thrusting out, piercing through the air shield and into North Wind’s body.
Because of the Unicorn Protective Clothing, the wounds were shallow, but the instant pain caused North Wind to relax his control over his ability. Coupled with the scarce air, with a loud boom, sand piled on him, instantly crushing his skull.
When the dust settled, the newbies saw a huge sand ball floating in the sky, continuously compressing inward. As Lu Fan withdrew her ability, the sand flowed towards the ground like a waterfall. In the center, only a piece of Protective Clothing remained, mixed with the fragments of flesh in the sand.
"Hmph, such a waste of time for Fanfan. He deserved to die!" The haughty Lu Fan rode off on the Giant Spider, leaving the entire alleys behind her leveled to the ground.
North Wind died without leaving a trace, only a Space Backpack was left behind. A pity he was a pauper; the best things he had were the Thunderstorm rifle and two First Aid Kits, the rest being ammunition and unblemished firearms.
"This setup could slaughter an entire Level A brigade!" Zuo Yi exclaimed in admiration. At that moment, he eagerly wished for powers. Shen Qingshuang, too, looked envious, clenching her fist, pondering how to get a Seed as soon as possible.
"Here, take this!" Lu Fan tossed the Thunderstorm to Zuo Yi, picked out another unblemished G36 rifle for Wang Bo, and then turned to Shen Qingshuang, "What firearms do you like?"
"Let me pick up that Protective Clothing," Shen Qingshuang pointed at the Protective Clothing that Lu Fan had discarded in the alley.
"You don’t mind the filth? Even though it’s a bit better than Primary Protective Clothing, there will be a reduction in efficacy if it’s not purchased by the user," Lu Fan, who was particular about cleanliness, found it somewhat unacceptable.
"It’s fine," Shen Qingshuang walked over to pick it up, remembering Tang Zheng’s words that Protective Clothing was the most important. Besides, her firepower was weak, so self-preservation was the priority.
Even the soldiers came to respect this ordinary man. This guy was not only meticulous in thought but also ruthless to himself!
With a native familiar with the terrain leading the way, Tang Zheng easily found another insect nest. It took him twenty minutes to slaughter all the bugs inside, obtaining over two hundred Bug Eggs. However, he was not pleased, as the natives he had sent out had not found any group members.
"I hope nothing goes wrong." Tang Zheng could only wait. He had thought about activating Hellfire and circling the Abandoned City, but it was useless—too slow would be a waste of time, too fast and he couldn’t see signals from the group members. These signals might even attract other enemies, endangering them.
Pang Meiqin was complaining. Their group of eleven, including Jing Xiang, Gu Xueqi, Yao Feng, and Xu Biyun, along with three soldiers and three university students, had weak combat power and couldn’t get enough Bug Eggs before noon. Googlᴇ search novel⸺fire.net
"Don’t give up. There’s still time," Gu Xueqi encouraged everyone. In fact, she wanted to go solo, but she was too short on ammunition. Killing thousands of bugs was impossible.
"Do I look like someone who just waits for death?" Pang Meiqin gave Gu Xueqi a scornful glance, not giving her any special treatment despite her healing abilities. Girls like her were always on a different path.
"Alright, let’s get moving." The Beautiful Leg Stewardess took a deep breath and began to think actively. There was no point in relying on this bunch of fools, "I never thought I’d be the one to devise tactics."
"We should head west and set up bait to attract the bugs," Gu Xueqi hated wasting time, but she had no choice right now. She just had to endure it.
At eight in the morning, the survivors, anxious about where to find an insect nest, saw a glimmer of hope as the swarm of insects returned. Despite the overwhelming numbers, they had no choice but to fight.
Sun Xueliang and his ten-man squad were fiercely attacking an insect nest, only to be ambushed by a squad led by Fleischer. (To be continued. If you work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)