Chapter 196: Triple A Level
Silence!
Unbelievable silence!
Not only did the people outside the entire transport battle vehicle pause, but even the two Wind-Seeking Wolves attacking the high-tier Three-Eyed Race man stopped their movements. Their eyes, several times larger than copper bells, were fixated on the man standing in front of a headless Wind-Seeking Wolf, holding a pitch-black mallet, filled with terror.
"Such a big head... just gone?"
"What exactly just happened?"
The players who were idling watched as the Wind-Seeking Wolf that could go back and forth with Lin Qi earlier, now stood stunned.
The strength of the Wind-Seeking Wolves had been tested by everyone.
Strong!
Absolutely strong!
Even with B2 level arrows, enhanced with Thunder Light Palm to double the strength, plus the 800-kilogram increase from B1 level battle armor, each arrow carried at least 5,500 kilograms of force, yet it could only injure the Wind-Seeking Wolf's fur, and couldn't penetrate the muscles beneath the skin.
The B4 level longsword, which could cut through the Wind-Seeking Wolf's muscles, required Ye Qinglu to use the First Layer of Cloud Mist Hand's "Flip Cloud," with a 3.5 times strength increase to achieve this. Normally, using the B4 level longsword would only pierce the skin with 2,000 kilograms of force.
But now Lin Qi, with just one hit, made the head of the Wind-Seeking Wolf, which was far harder than steel, completely disappear physically.
"How strong is his strength?"
The high-tier martial artist of the Three-Eyed Race was now staring at Lin Qi with an open mouth.
His full-strength axe only managed to injure the Wind-Seeking Wolf, but Lin Qi killed it with one hit. He couldn't believe Lin Qi was a high-tier martial artist.
A Bone Forging Realm martial artist might not be much different.
"Miss Tina, what kind of monster have you asked us to take care of?" Morton, distant and gazing at the headless Wind-Seeking Wolf, felt both shocked and ecstatic.
The head of a Wind-Seeking Wolf is the hardest part of its body; even if he wore B6 level battle armor and used a B6 level battle saber, mobilized martial arts techniques with threefold strength enhancement to deliver a full force hit, reaching 21 tons, he could only split the Wind-Seeking Wolf's head in two.
Thinking about completely smashing the Wind-Seeking Wolf's head, it's unimaginable how great the strength must be.
"The proficiency of the Reversed Star Hand hasn't reached mastery, and the side effects are indeed significant."
Lin Qi glanced at his slightly numb arm with blood vessels protruding everywhere. Although it didn't affect his ability to continue fighting, the entire arm couldn't use any martial arts for a short period; the side effects of the Seventh Rank super-tier martial technique are indeed greater than he anticipated.
But fortunately, under the Reversed Star Hand, 33 tons of enormous force isn't something that any person or monster can withstand.
As long as one strike can ensure a kill, the effect is still quite good.
"Brother Lin! Quick! There are not many of these Wind-Seeking Wolves left!" Leik urged Lin Qi, who didn't make further moves.
Lin Qi nodded, aware that such opportunities to slaughter middle-tier monsters are indeed rare, and then he charged with the mallet towards other Wind-Seeking Wolves.
As Lin Qi charged, the Wind-Seeking Wolves seemed terrified from witnessing their companion's head vanish. They were filled with fear towards Lin Qi and immediately started fleeing upon seeing him approach. If it weren't for Lin Qi's extremely fast speed, even without using any martial arts, surpassing the limit of high-tier martial artists, they might not be able to catch up with the Wind-Seeking Wolves.
After Lin Qi eliminated seven Wind-Seeking Wolves in succession, because the high-tier leader of the wolf pack was killed by Kro, all the Wind-Seeking Wolves scattered and fled, the battle completely ended, and all teams began sorting their spoils.
Among all teams present, the general number of killed Wind-Seeking Wolves was only seven or eight. Yet, Lin Qi's Team 427 managed to kill 17, making every squad leader envious of Morton for having such an expert like Lin Qi in their team.
"I'll give you all an hour to sort your spoils, then we set off immediately!" Kro returned, carrying a huge wolf head, along with sharp claws wrapped in wolf skin and a large box filled with blood. He instructed everyone and walked back to the B6 level armor transport vehicle.
Luckily, the B6 level armor transport vehicle is large; the cockpit alone can hold thirty people, and the cargo hold had no issues holding a wolf head the size of half a house.
"Brother Lin, we need to be quick; we can't fit all this Wind-Seeking Wolf meat in our vehicle. Just take the most important hearts and livers, and use the blood compressor to extract the Wind-Seeking Wolf's blood essence, which accounts for seventy to eighty percent of the Wind-Seeking Wolf's value," Morton handed Lin Qi a football-sized instrument and a large metal box, while he skillfully sliced open a Wind-Seeking Wolf's abdomen to extract the heart and liver, a task he obviously had done many times before.
Lin Qi, having heard from Yakro about the value of these middle-tier and above monsters, didn't hesitate and began collecting monster materials alongside Morton.
Soon, within less than an hour, the materials from eight Wind-Seeking Wolves were gathered, and the blood essence filled over half the box, even more than the entire team combined.
Later, the convoy continued advancing, encountering another monster attack en route, fewer in number than the Wind-Seeking Wolves, but still resulting in Lin Qi killing six, with the entire team killing twelve, remaining the top in monster kills among all the teams.
Until the resources were delivered to the wilderness stronghold and the convoy returned, five monster group attacks were encountered, one led by a lord-level monster.
Nonetheless, with Kro — a Bone Forging Realm martial artist — present, even a lord-level monster could only delay him briefly, allowing the convoy to break through the encirclement.
"This time we really have you to thank, Brother Lin; our haul this trip is almost more than a month of hunting before," Morton looked at the half-filled cargo hold with middle-tier monster materials, delightedly, "The other initial stage martial artists also owe you, they can get at least a third of the middle-tier monster amount this time, enough for them to exchange for several Type Two Potions."
"And thanks to the leadership of Kro," Lin Qi looked at the already full two large boxes of blood essence, and smiled.
These two large boxes of blood essence, if made into Type Two Energy Potions and Type Two Healing Potions, could at least produce close to a thousand bottles, thus, two large boxes would yield nearly two thousand bottles of Type Two Potions, a considerable income for the entire Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
Seasoned with the presence of a Bone Forging Realm martial artist, handling the most significant pressure. If it were a team of high-tier martial artists facing the wilderness overrun by monster groups, finding several or ten-plus monsters acting together would be almost impossible, not to mention monster groups typically had high-tier or above leaders, making them risky for high-tier martial artist squads to tackle casually.
While on the B6 level armor transport vehicle, Lin Qi and the others were happily chatting as they approached 300 kilometers from Chasing Light City, only to see the convoy suddenly stop. Ahead, the road was alight with fires and explosions sounded like an artillery bombardment, clearly heard across three kilometers.
"Ahead, a transport convoy is being attacked by a large number of monsters; everyone disembark and assist in killing the monsters!" Kro commanded on the vehicle radio, "No one is allowed to return without my order, else I'll send you to feed the monsters myself!"
Following Kro's orders, each team began mobilizing, though everyone looked grim-faced, which included the Defense Corps' captain.
"Brother Lin, be careful, don't rush too forward," Morton equipped two bottles of Type Two Healing Potions inside his body and warned Lin Qi who carried nothing, "The convoy dispatched by the city all had Bone Forging Realm experts; this convoy has been attacked, but we haven't seen any signs of a Bone Forging expert battling, meaning the expert might be dead, and this convoy is performing its last struggle."
"A Bone Forging expert dead?" Lin Qi felt alarmed.
He understood these monsters couldn't be compared to those that previously attacked their convoy; otherwise, a Bone Forging expert could escape even in a lord-level monster's presence, but now, without fleeing, indicates among this monster group might exist those far surpassing a Bone Forging Realm martial artist.
Lin Qi promptly issued a mission warning to all players, escalating the mission level from A to Triple A, instantly shaking the players who were still hoping to spectate.
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