Chapter 196: Class 3a
Silence!
Unrivaled silence!
Not only the people outside the entire armored transport vehicle, but even the two Wind Seeking Wolves that had been attacking the high-level male warrior of the Three-eyed Tribe stopped their actions. Their eyes, several times larger than copper bells, stared fixedly at the man standing before the headless Wind Seeking Wolf, holding a black cudgel, their gazes full of terror.
“Such a big head… just gone?”
“What exactly happened just now?”
The players who had been slacking off stared blankly at the Wind Seeking Wolf that had previously been trading blows evenly with Lin Qi.
Everyone had already tested the strength of the Wind Seeking Wolves.
Strong!
Absolutely strong!
Even with B2-grade arrows, using Lightning Palm for double power, plus the 800 kilograms of added force from B1-grade battle armor, giving each arrow at least more than 5,500 kilograms of power, they had only managed to injure the Wind Seeking Wolf’s hide a little, completely unable to pierce the muscles beneath the skin.
The B4-grade long sword that could cut into a Wind Seeking Wolf’s muscles required Ye Qinglu to close in and use the first level of Cloud Mist Hand’s overturning clouds with a 5-fold power boost. Used normally, the B4-grade long sword with 2,000 kilograms of force could only break through the skin.
But now Lin Qi had only swung his cudgel once, and the Wind Seeking Wolf’s head, which was far harder than steel, had vanished, physically gone without a trace.
“How strong is his power, exactly?”
The high-level male martial artist of the Three-eyed Tribe looked at Lin Qi, his mouth hanging open.
The full force of his own axe swing had only managed to wound a Wind Seeking Wolf, while Lin Qi had killed one with a single blow. He could hardly believe Lin Qi was merely a high-level martial artist.
A Bone Forging Realm martial artist was probably only so much.
“Miss Tina, just what kind of monster did you have us look after?” In the distance, Morton, catching sight of the headless Wind Seeking Wolf out of the corner of his eye, felt both shocked and ecstatic.
The Wind Seeking Wolf’s head was the hardest part of its body. Even with B6-grade battle armor and a B6-grade battle saber, using a high-level martial skill with triple power boost for a full-force strike of 21 tons, he could only split the head in two.
To completely blast the head apart was a level of power he did not even dare imagine.
“Using Reverse Star Hand without having reached proficient mastery really does have quite a big side effect.”
Lin Qi glanced at his slightly numb arm, veins bulging. Although it did not affect him continuing to fight, that arm could not use any martial skills again for a short time. The side effects of seventh-stage super-tier martial skills were even greater than he had expected.
Still, thanks to Reverse Star Hand, a massive force of 33 tons was not something just anyone or any monster could block.
As long as he could ensure one strike, one kill, the effect was quite good.
“Brother Lin! Quick! There are not many Wind Seeking Wolves left!” Rake, seeing that Lin Qi was not making another move yet, hurriedly called out to remind him.
Lin Qi nodded. He understood that such an opportunity to slaughter mid-level monsters was indeed rare, then lifted his cudgel and charged toward the other Wind Seeking Wolves.
Those charging Wind Seeking Wolves, as if terrified by the sight of their companion’s disappearing head, were full of fear toward Lin Qi. The moment they saw him rushing over, they turned and ran without a word. If not for Lin Qi’s extremely high speed, surpassing the limit of high-level martial artists even without any martial skills, he really would not have been able to catch up to them.
After Lin Qi took down seven Wind Seeking Wolves in a row, with the high-level leader of the pack already killed by Bai Luo, the remaining Wind Seeking Wolves scattered and fled. The battle was completely over, and all the teams began sorting through their gains.
Most of the teams present had only killed seven or eight Wind Seeking Wolves, while Lin Qi’s 427 team had taken down as many as 17, making all the team captains somewhat envious of Morton for having such an expert as Lin Qi in his team.
“Everyone, you have one hour to sort your gains, then we depart immediately!” Bai Luo returned carrying an enormous wolf head, along with claws and a heart wrapped in wolf hide, and a large box filled with blood. He gave everyone this order, then went back onto the B6-grade armored transport vehicle.
Fortunately, the B6-grade armored transport vehicle was very large. The cab alone could hold thirty people, and the rear compartment had no trouble accommodating a wolf head half the size of a house.
“Brother Lin, let us hurry too. The meat of these Wind Seeking Wolves won’t all fit on our vehicle. Just take the most important hearts and livers, and use the blood compressor on the rest to extract the Wind Seeking Wolves’ blood essence. That alone is worth seventy to eighty percent of their total value.” Morton tossed Lin Qi an instrument the size of a soccer ball and a large metal box, then busied himself cutting open the wolves’ bellies to remove the hearts and livers. His actions flowed like water, clearly the result of much practice.
Lin Qi did not hesitate. He had heard from Yaklo about the value of monsters above mid-level, so he imitated Morton and began collecting monster materials.
In less than an hour, they finished collecting materials from eight Wind Seeking Wolves, and the blood essence filled more than half a box, even more than what the rest of the convoy had gathered combined.
The convoy then continued forward. Along the way, they encountered another monster attack. This time there were fewer monsters than the Wind Seeking Wolves, but Lin Qi still killed six, and his entire team killed twelve, once again taking down the most monsters of all the teams.
By the time they transported the supplies to the wilderness outpost and made their return, they had encountered a total of five attacks by monster packs, one of which was led by a lord-level monster.
However, with a Bone Forging Realm martial artist like Bai Luo present, even a lord-level monster could be held off for a short time, allowing the convoy to break through the encirclement.
“This time we really have to thank you, Brother Lin. Our haul from this run is practically more than what we get from a month of hunting.” Morton was very pleased as he looked at the rear compartment, which was filled more than halfway with mid-level monster materials. “The other beginner martial artists also benefited from you. They can each get at least one-third of a mid-level monster’s worth of materials, enough to exchange for quite a few Type II potions.”
“We also have Leader Bai Luo to thank for that.” Lin Qi smiled as he looked at the two large boxes of blood essence.
With such big boxes of blood essence, once processed into Type 2 Energy Potions and Type II Healing Potions, they could produce nearly a thousand bottles. Two boxes meant close to two thousand Type II potions, which was a significant income for the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
This was thanks to having a Bone Forging Realm martial artist sitting in command to block the greatest threats. If it were only a team of high-level martial artists, facing monster packs roaming all over the wilderness, it would be extremely difficult even to find a few or a dozen monsters moving together, let alone handle packs that generally had high-level or stronger monsters as leaders. Such packs were simply not something a high-level martial artist team could casually engage.
While Lin Qi and the others were happily chatting in the B6-grade armored transport vehicle, when the armored transport vehicle was less than 300 kilometers from the City of Light Chasing, the convoy suddenly stopped. Up ahead, flames raged on the road, and the booming sounds were like an artillery barrage, clearly audible even from three kilometers away.
“A transport convoy ahead is being attacked by a large number of monsters. Everyone, get out and assist in killing the monsters!” Bai Luo ordered over the vehicle’s broadcast. “Before I give the order, no one is allowed to return. Otherwise, I will personally feed them to the monsters!”
With Bai Luo’s order given, each team moved out, but everyone’s expression was grim, including the captains of the garrison.
“Brother Lin, be careful later, and do not rush too far ahead.” Morton secured two bottles of Type II Healing Potion on his body, then looked at the completely unburdened Lin Qi and reminded him, “The convoys dispatched by the city all have Bone Forging Realm experts sitting in command. Now that this convoy is under attack and we haven’t seen any signs of a Bone Forging Realm expert fighting, it is very likely that they have already been killed. This convoy is probably making its last stand.”
“The Bone Forging Realm expert has been killed?” Lin Qi felt a jolt in his heart when he heard this.
He understood that this group of monsters was not comparable to those that had attacked their convoy earlier. Otherwise, for a dignified Bone Forging Realm expert, even in the face of a lord-level monster, escaping should not have been difficult. The fact that they had not even managed to escape meant that among these monsters there was very likely a monster whose strength far surpassed that of a Bone Forging Realm martial artist.
Lin Qi immediately issued a task warning to all players, upgrading the mission level from A to AAA. The players who had been ready to just spectate instantly exploded into an uproar.
