Volume Two: Embarking on the Journey Chapter 42: Heh, Combat at Last

Damn it, not called walking on four legs for nothing, that thing runs really fast!

Amplified by his mental energy, Wang Jue transformed into a gust of wind, howling as he fled for his life.

Rumble...

The massive pack of wolves pursued him frantically, their speed astonishingly fast as well. The ones running at the front were reaching a hundred meters per second!

At such a breathtaking speed, the nearly ten-kilometer distance from the warehouse to the twelve-story residential building was covered in less than two minutes!

Whoosh.

Serving as the bait, Wang Jue flashed into the twelve-story residential building like lightning...

Meanwhile,

on the top floor of the twelve-story residential building, inside a suite formed by two three-bedroom apartments merged together after one separating wall had collapsed, the eight members of the Fierce Tiger Squad were resting.

In fact, when the entire beast pack roared in pursuit of Wang Jue, the eight members felt not a shred of vigilance.

First, because it was a full ten kilometers away, and second, where in this ruined city were astral beast roars not heard every single day?

However, about a minute later.

"Captain, listen."

The square-faced member of the Blazing Flame Squad smiled. "It seems a battle is breaking out to our west."

"Don't meddle in other people's business. Which day in this ruined city doesn't feature battles between martial artists and astral beast packs?"

Jiang Dawei said indifferently, "Some martial artist must have provoked a pack of astral beasts, that's all."

As the captain of the Blazing Flame Squad, Jiang Dawei was extremely calm, not even showing a flicker of emotional fluctuation.

After all, in the dozen or so years since he became a martial artist, he had seen far too many instances of astral beast packs hunting down martial artists.

Yet, just within the time span of these few conversational remarks.

"Does something feel a bit off?"

"That's right, the beast pack seems very close to us!"

"Could they be coming after us?"

"I can even feel the building vibrating faintly."

"..."

Instantly, all eight members of the Fierce Tiger Squad rushed to the windows on all four sides to look down.

At the entrance of the lobby on the ground floor of the twelve-story residential building, a large number of tier-two gale wolves, along with a small number of tier-three gale wolves, were frantically charging into the stairwell.

In just under a minute, the entire residential building began to vibrate as if an earthquake had struck.

Awooo...

The roars of numerous astral beasts echoed everywhere.

Roar, roar, roar...

Suddenly, with a loud crash, the door of the room where the eight members of the Fierce Tiger Squad were staying was blasted open.

Two-meter-tall, heavily built gale wolves charged in one after another. Not only was the wooden door smashed to splinters, but even the walls collapsed and shattered.

Rumble!

The entire residential building trembled under the trampling of over a thousand astral beasts, feeling as though it could collapse at any second.

Outside the residential building, another two to three thousand gale wolves could not squeeze inside, leaving them to tightly surround the entire structure.

Just imagine how terrifying it was to be surrounded by two to three thousand gale wolves!

"What the hell is going on?!" Wen Zhengming shrieked and roared, his face turning ashen.

Anyone placed in a situation where the residential building they were in vibrated as if about to collapse, with a large number of gale wolves rushing into the room and densely packed thousands surrounding the outside, would inevitably panic.

"Not good, protect the young master immediately!"

The elderly man surnamed Li roared, "Members of the Blazing Flame Squad, hold the rear!"

Rat-tat-tat-tat...

The heavy machine gun of Xiaoshui, the sole firearms specialist of the Blazing Flame Squad, began to roar furiously. Spent casings bounced wildly as high-velocity bullets pierced directly into the bodies of the incoming gale wolves.

Yet even when struck by bullets during their charge, these gale wolves continued hurtling forward on sheer momentum.

As for the square-faced man, Dashan, the sole female member, and Team Leader Jiang Dawei of the Blazing Flame Squad, they could only rely on close-combat weapons to parry the gale wolves to the side.

Bang, bang, bang!

The elderly man surnamed Li and the middle-aged man Luo Lei had already leaped out of the window, carrying the young man Wen Zhengming with them.

"We are no match for these beasts, let's get out of here!" Jiang Dawei let out a roar, being the first to follow the three of them by diving straight out of the window.

Dashan used the broadsword in his hand to kill a gale wolf that lunged at him, then roared at Xiaoshui, who was still firing rapid bursts with his machine gun: "Xiaoshui, hurry..."

After all, in terms of physical conditioning, Xiaoshui the gunman was the weakest member of the entire squad.

As Xiaoshui gritted his teeth and leapt out of the window, followed closely by the female member, the rear-guard square-faced man and Dashan jumped out one after the other.

In truth, from a height of twelve stories, an ordinary Spirit-Nurturing Realm martial artist carrying hundreds of pounds of weight could still disperse the impact and land without injury.

Not to mention that the members of the Blazing Flame Squad were all at least at the Seventh Star of the Crimson Star Realm; this height was completely negligible to them.

The problem, however, was that the ground below was not flat terrain, but a pack of at least three thousand astral beasts!

Under such circumstances, let alone Crimson Star Realm martial artists, even those in the Orange Star Realm and Yellow Star Realm would have a hard time. Once surrounded, there was a high possibility of meeting their deaths.

Even experts of the Green Star Realm would have to pay a heavy price if they were careless.

At this moment.

The walls of almost every room on the ground floor of the residential building had collapsed into ruins.

In the deepest corner of a room on the ground floor, wedged within the interlocking gaps of collapsed walls, Wang Jue was crouching tightly!

When Wang Jue had first rushed into this ground-floor room, he had used his mental energy to levitate the collapsed walls on the ground, heavily blocking the front of his corner.

He had even caused the ceiling of the second floor to cave in.

With the collapse of the second-floor ceiling, that corner became a pile of ruins, preventing the pack of gale wolves from discovering Wang Jue when they charged in.

As the wolves spotted the Fierce Tiger Squad on the twelfth floor, their entire attention became completely focused on those eight individuals.

Squatting in the corner and peering through the cracks in the wall, Wang Jue stared fixedly outside, listening intently with his ears.

"Heh, the fight has finally begun!"

Wang Jue could even faintly hear the angry roars echoing from the twelfth floor.

Bang, bang, bang.

The sound of three figures falling from above rang out.

"Looks like someone jumped from the building."

Wang Jue's eyes lit up. A dagger immediately levitated in front of him. Dropping into a half-crouch, he gazed toward the direction of the sound, planning to see who it was while preparing to strike at any moment.

The next second,

Wang Jue clearly identified those three figures.

Descending first were the elderly man surnamed Li and the young man, immediately followed by the middle-aged man Luo Lei, and closely behind them came one of his targets, Captain Jiang Dawei of the Blazing Flame Squad.

Roar...

"Damn it, why are there still so many gale wolves out here? Quickly protect the young master and break through!" The elderly man surnamed Li roared, his legs acting like two battle-axes as he viciously kicked two nearby gale wolves.

Wuuu...

Those two gale wolves shrieked as they were sent flying backward, their massive momentum instantly knocking down a dozen other gale wolves that failed to dodge in time, plunging the surroundings into chaos.

As for Luo Lei, he wielded a long spear, charging wildly at the front!

It had to be said that in such an environment, the lethality of a long spear was indeed several times greater than that of a saber or sword!

Meanwhile, Blazing Flame Squad Captain Jiang Dawei held a broadsword, assisting closely at Luo Lei's side.

With one possessing boundless strength and the other insidious and cunning, the pair functioned like a bulldozer, clearing away the gale wolves blocking their path.

Awooo...

At this moment, a deep roar resembling rolling thunder suddenly erupted.

Not far away, a massive gale wolf nearly five meters tall, covered in cyan fur and a size larger than an ordinary truck, slowly walked out from a path cleared by the wolf pack.

Even more astonishing was that this huge gale wolf's entire body faintly refracted various rays of light; beneath its fur lay a layer of cyan scales.

Right on its massive forehead was a small protrusion, as if something was about to burst through its skin.

Indeed.

This gigantic gale wolf was one of the two alpha wolf kings of the entire pack.

A tier-four astral beast gale wolf!

Bang!

With a single leap, the gale wolf king transformed into a cyan streak of light, spanning a distance of over twenty meters to plunge directly into the formation of the Fierce Tiger Squad.

"Damn it, a tier-four astral beast gale wolf king?! Jiang Dawei, protect the young master well and break out immediately."

The elderly man surnamed Li roared, wielding a battle blade as he shouted, "Luo Lei!"

"Understood!" Luo Lei also bellowed.

The next second,

the elderly man surnamed Li and Luo Lei simultaneously intercepted the gale wolf king.

There was no other choice; if they did not meet it head-on, Wen Zhengming would face mortal peril.

Awooo...

The gale wolf king roared, its form growing somewhat blurred as its claws slashed directly at the two humans before it.

Clang!

Crash!

Boom!

The two humans and the gale wolf king engaged in a chaotic, fierce battle.

Instantly, surrounding gale wolves were caught in the shockwaves and sent flying in all directions.

Even the adjacent walls and concrete ground were impacted, leaving the scene in absolute ruin.

However, aided by a multitude of other gale wolves, the wolf king fought the elderly man and Luo Lei to a near standstill.

Thump, thump, thump, thump!

At that moment, four more landing sounds echoed as the female member, the gunman Xiaoshui, Dashan, and the square-faced man leaped down in succession.

Taking in the scene before them, the four members of the Blazing Flame Squad panicked immensely.

If the previous group consisting of the elderly man surnamed Li, Luo Lei, young Wen Zhengming, and Jiang Dawei dared to ram their way through the wolf pack,

then the four members of the Blazing Flame Squad could only be described as utterly battered amidst the wolves!

"Let's go, let's move," the square-faced man immediately shouted.

"We can't get surrounded!"

"Hurry!"

"Rat-tat-tat-tat..."

Xiaoshui dragged his heavy machine gun, firing indiscriminately at the surrounding gale wolves.

Right at that moment!

Awooo...

Bang!

A heart-shaking roar accompanied another landing sound.

Another gigantic cyan figure leaped directly down from the twelfth floor.

Awooo...

Down below, the gale wolf king currently battling the elderly man and Luo Lei immediately roared in excited response, echoing the massive figure pouncing from high above.

Yet another gale wolf king!

Another tier-four astral beast!

Witnessing this, the expressions of the elderly man and Luo Lei shifted drastically, cold sweat beading continuously on their foreheads. Glancing toward Jiang Dawei and young Wen Zhengming, who had already reached a distance away, they exchanged a glance and read the intention to retreat in each other's eyes.

Earlier, while the two of them held off the bulk of the gale wolves, they had ordered Jiang Dawei to escort Wen Zhengming ahead of time, and by now the two of them had already fled quite far.

"Run!"

The elderly man and Luo Lei dared not hesitate any longer. Even without the rest of the pack, facing two tier-four astral beasts alone was something they dared not tackle head-on, let alone with a massive wolf pack surrounding them!

Roar...

Roar...

Both gale wolf kings roared and charged forward at top speed; how could they possibly let these two detestable humans escape?