Volume 2 Setting Out on the Journey Chapter 34 Resolution, Bad Luck

"Good opportunity!"

Seeing this, the Orc leader suddenly let out a low roar.

In the next instant, his face flushed crimson, and the blood surging through his veins reached its absolute limit.

The fur standing on end all over his body made him look like an agitated cat, and the long staff in his grip suddenly accelerated with ferocious force.

Like a madman, he charged straight toward the double-headed black and white python. The speed of the staff in his hands reached a blinding extreme, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of staff afterimages came crashing down!

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang..."

Without exception, every single one of those dozens of staff images slammed mercilessly onto the right serpent head. The massive right head shuddered violently, appearing completely dazed, before crashing down heavily onto the ground below with a thunderous thud.

"Hiss-roar..."

The left head of the double-headed black and white python immediately emitted a terrifying screech. Its colossal, soft, yet sinuous body suddenly jerked, catapulting upward as it slithered frantically in an attempt to escape.

"Oh no!"

The Orc leader roared anxiously, "This beast is trying to get away! Strike now!"

"Go to hell!"

At this moment, Shen Feng, who had been positioned very close to the double-headed black and white python, let out a furious roar. With a swift whoosh, he mustered every ounce of strength in his body and whipped his long staff forward.

The staff shot through the air like a cannonball, smashing fiercely toward the wounded left head of the double-headed black and white python.

As the fleeing serpent saw the incoming staff, its left head instinctively tried to dodge. Not far away, Wang Jue's eyes flashed; focusing his entire mental energy onto the flying staff, he instantly boosted its velocity, sending it crashing into the target with devastating impact.

"Boom!"

The double-headed black and white python managed a split-second evasion, preventing the staff from striking its already wounded head directly, but the blow still slammed solidly into its neck!

Combining Shen Feng's ultimate physical strength with Wang Jue's psychic assistance, the kinetic energy of this strike was overwhelmingly powerful.

"Rumble!"

With its left head already injured and its neck taking such a brutal blow, the serpent reeled like a drunken beast, completely dizzy as it collapsed limply onto the ground.

However, just as it regained a shred of awareness and struggled to lift its head once more...

"Goodbye."

A bloodthirsty smile crept across Wang Jue's face!

"Slash..."

The Blood-Drinking Sword shot instantly from his hand, following the gaping wound on the left serpent head's face and piercing straight into its skull!

After that, the left head never rose again.

"Thud!"

On the other side, the beast-clan leader was not about to be outdone.

His long staff pierced forward like lightning, violently shattering the eyeball of the right serpent head and driving straight through its skull!

"Bang, bang..."

Both heads of the double-headed black and white python burst one after the other. Its massive carcass convulsed and twisted involuntarily in a final unconscious spasm before gradually growing completely still!

"Hahaha!"

The Orc leader burst into hearty laughter. "We finally finished off this beast!"

"That wasn't easy."

Shen Feng grinned widely, happily picking up his dropped weapon.

Meanwhile, Wang Jue smiled as he retrieved his dagger and the Blood-Drinking Sword.

"Friends, you guys are truly formidable!"

The burly Lion-man praised Wang Jue and Shen Feng with a smile. "A pleasant cooperation!"

"You're not bad yourself," Wang Jue replied with a smile.

He could tell that the brawny Lion-man had unleashed some sort of desperate, life-risking technique near the end. Even now, his face remained flushed, and the veins on his temples were still bulging.

The brawny Lion-man smiled, wasting no time as he immediately declared, "Half for you, half for us!"

"No problem."

Wang Jue nodded, pointing toward the left serpent head and adding with a smile, "The snake scales will be split in half as well."

Both sides could sense each other's strength. Furthermore, whether it was Wang Jue's group or the Orcs, they both suspected that ranged martial artists with high-tech firearms were currently hiding in the shadows, keeping sniper rifles trained on the other side.

The moment anyone tried to break their word, a lead bullet would immediately come their way!

More importantly, since everyone possessed considerable strength, the atmosphere remained amicable. Wang Jue and Shen Feng set to work dissecting the left head of the double-headed black and white python, while the three beast-clan members set to work on the right head.

The atmosphere was remarkably harmonious!

...

"Wang Jue, that sword strike was brutal."

Shen Feng remarked with a sigh, "The skull already had several holes in it, and that blow just blasted the whole thing open, saving us a ton of trouble."

"Hehe."

Wang Jue gave a soft chuckle as he pulled the Blood-Drinking Sword out of the dissected serpent head.

It was precisely because of that strike that they were able to instantly execute the left head.

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Wang Jue and Shen Feng stopped what they were doing, whipped around to look behind them, and saw that the three-member beast-clan squad had also turned around with matching expressions of alarm.

A group of ten human martial artists was walking over from not far away.

The moment these people arrived and laid eyes on the colossal carcass of the double-headed black and white python, they instantly calculated that the materials on the beast's body were worth well over a billion credits, causing undisguised greed to flare in the eyes of many.

"Step away, please."

The Orc leader's awkward common tongue rang out. "This is our prey!"

"Damn it, what rotten luck! They couldn't have come earlier or later, but show up right before we've recovered our strength."

Shen Feng swept his gaze across the arriving crowd, lingering on a few specific individuals before speaking with an extremely ugly expression, "I never expected to run into the Blazing Squad here阴魂不散啊 (like a ghost that refuses to leave)."

As he spoke, Shen Feng instinctively tightened his grip on his weapon, whispering to Wang Jue, "Wang Jue, be careful. If I'm guessing right, these guys from the Blazing Squad are definitely going to stir up trouble. We need to mentally prepare ourselves for them to make a move."

Wang Jue nodded imperceptibly to signal that he understood, then remained silent as he watched.

Among the ten newcomers, aside from the seven members of the Blazing Squad, there was an elderly man, a middle-aged man, and a young man in his early twenties.

However, it was clear that the members of the Blazing Squad all deferred to the old man as their leader.

"Haha, Shen Feng, to think you'd actually team up with Orcs. Still, pulling off the kill on this double-headed black and white python is quite impressive."

Jiang Dawei, the captain of the Blazing Squad, sneered. "We're old acquaintances, so take my advice: be smart and get lost. Our Fierce Tiger Squad might just spare your lives. Otherwise... don't blame us for what happens."

With that, Jiang Dawei gestured toward the old man and the middle-aged man beside him, continuing, "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, this Senior Li is the captain of our Fierce Tiger Squad. And this Mr. Luo Lei is our vice-captain."

The Senior Li whom Jiang Dawei referred to was the old man, while Luo Lei was the middle-aged man.

The old man possessed the cultivation of the Yellow Star Realm, while the middle-aged man was in the Orange Star Realm.

A cold glint flashed in Wang Jue's eyes as a surge of killing intent welled up inside him.

If he hadn't sensed that he was no match for the old man and the middle-aged man, he would have attacked long ago!

"This is my first time visiting the ruins city. This prey belongs to me."

At that moment, the young man stepped out from the group and said with a smile, "You can leave now."

As the youth spoke, the old man and the middle-aged man flanked his sides, sweeping their gazes menacingly across Wang Jue and the others.

It was obvious that this young man possessed astonishing backing; otherwise, he wouldn't have had two powerhouses of the Orange and Yellow Star Realms guarding him like personal bodyguards.

"Anyone who tries to steal my prey dies!"

The Orc leader growled in a deep voice. The two Orcs beside him both gripped their weapons, their faces radiating a murderous aura.

Was it easy for them to take down a double-headed black and white python?

First, it was extremely rare to encounter such a mutated and precious star beast. Second, the battle itself had been grueling. Finally, he had paid a heavy price by unleashing a secret technique just to secure the kill.

Now that it was time to reap the rewards, people showed up to pluck the peaches and told them to scram?

Shen Feng also stood in silence, clutching his weapon with a fierce, menacing glare in his eyes.

"Heh... if you want to try and snatch it, come and get it."

Wang Jue stepped onto the snake's head, sneering as he looked at the group before them. "We managed to kill the double-headed black and white python—as for your lot... oh, right, I forgot to mention, my sister's sniper rifle is currently trained right on you!"

"Our sniper rifles are locked onto you guys, too."

The Tiger-man among the three beast-clan members also said coldly, "If you want to start something, go right ahead!"

Wang Jue, Shen Feng, and the three beast-clan members simply stood by the serpent carcass, coldly eyeing the ten newcomers while mentally preparing themselves to strike at a moment's notice!

"Sniper rifles?"

Hearing this, several members of the Fierce Tiger Squad couldn't help but look up toward the surrounding residential buildings.

However, they couldn't spot a single shadow among the dilapidated structures. It was precisely because they couldn't see anything that they felt even more apprehensive.

Jiang Dawei and the others were well aware that the sniper for the Hurricane Squad was Jiang Yunyan. They had crossed paths with her many times and had suffered under her marksmanship before.

If the Hurricane Squad had a sniper, then the Orc squad naturally possessed high-tech firearms experts as well!

Generally speaking, sniper rifles posed little threat to high-level star beasts, but dealing with humans was a breeze!

After all, star beasts and humans were fundamentally different.

Keep in mind that star beasts of the same tier surpassed humans by leaps and bounds in terms of raw strength, defensive capability, and overall combat power!

While human martial artists excelled in combat techniques, their skin and muscle defense were countless times weaker than the hide, fur, and scales of star beasts.

This was precisely why human martial artists had to wear specialized combat armor!

Take Jiang Yunyan's Lightning rifle, for instance.

It could barely handle ordinary tier-four star beasts, but if used against humans—

Let alone Orange Star Realm martial artists of the same tier as the beast, even a higher-tier Yellow Star Realm martial artist would end up dead or heavily wounded if caught by a bullet.

However, sniper rifles lost much of their threat against Green Star Realm martial artists, and as for those above the Cyan Star Realm?

Pardon me.

Sniper rifles posed zero threat to martial artists at or above the Cyan Star Realm!

"The young man protected by that old man and middle-aged man must be the most important person in their squad."

Wang Jue swept his gaze across the Fierce Tiger Squad, thinking to himself: "If a fight really breaks out later, that's who I'm targeting!"

At this moment.

Among the ten members of the Fierce Tiger Squad, some were scanning the surrounding apartment buildings for the sniper's location, while others exchanged silent glances.

Wang Jue, Shen Feng, and the three beast-clan members stood firmly opposed to the Fierce Tiger Squad.

The atmosphere suddenly grew deathly quiet.

"Um, Senior Li..."

Jiang Dawei, captain of the Blazing Squad, hesitated for a moment as he looked toward the cold, aloof old man.

Before he could finish his sentence, the old man shot him a disapproving glare, causing Jiang Dawei to instantly shut his mouth.

Meanwhile, the old man leaned down and whispered into the youth's ear, "Young Master, since you came here to temper yourself, you should really handle those star beasts with your own hands. Otherwise, it defeats the purpose of actual training."

"Uh..."

The youth frowned slightly, first looking at the old man before turning to the middle-aged man. Seeing the middle-aged man give a slight nod, he finally let out a helpless sigh and ordered, "Fine then, let's go!"