"Big Brother, it looks like there's another vehicle ahead. The people inside are throwing things at us!"
Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao stared at the display screen for a while, and then Xiao Xiao spoke.
"Mm!"
Ye Feng nodded, his expression quite puzzled. "This is a bit strange. They aren't throwing incendiary bombs or regular explosives at us… they're just throwing things that glow… it looks like some kind of powder and gravel…"
"Caw! Caw!"
Suddenly, a sharp cry echoed from all directions of the tank, approaching from afar.
Even amidst the fierce "whoosh" of the super sandstorm, the piercing cries were quite noticeable.
"Big Brother… this sound, it's a bit like an eagle… and a bit like a crow!"
Xiao Xiao frowned slightly and said.
"Bang! Puff! Thump!"
Before Ye Feng could answer, the sound of bursting sacks came from outside the tank again. Luminous objects were being thrown from a distance ahead, and in greater numbers than before.
"Caw! Caw! Caw-caw!"
And at this moment, the sharp cries, resembling both eagles and crows, were closer to Ye Feng.
"Bang! Bang-bang-bang!"
Immediately after, muffled impacts could be heard around the tank body, especially on the roof, indicating that something had landed on the tank.
"Clang clang clang!"
"Scrape! ~ Szzzt! ~"
As Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao were still wondering, a piercing sound of metal impact and scratching suddenly came from around the tank, sounding like hammers and knives being struck and scraped against the tank body.
"What the hell? Monster attack?"
Ye Feng was somewhat perplexed.
"Ding!"
"Energy-Devouring Sand Eagle detected, 1.2 meters directly above!"
"Energy-Devouring Sand Eagle: Solitary desert creatures, sensitive to arcane energy, ferocious, bloodthirsty, possessing beaks and sharp talons that can easily pierce steel!"
Amidst the grating metallic impacts and scratching, the system's mechanical voice chimed in.
"Damn it… already encountered energy-devouring monsters!"
Hearing the system's prompt, Ye Feng quickly recalled the various energy-devouring monsters sensitive to arcane energy that Yue Miao had mentioned to him at Brad's base.
"But why… why are these Energy-Devouring Sand Eagles targeting me specifically…"
Ye Feng kept observing the LCD screen and noticed that the Energy-Devouring Sand Eagles seemed to have flown directly onto his tank. The vehicles in front appeared to be quite stable…
"Big Brother, there's something wrong with the people in the vehicle ahead. The things they're throwing at us are likely meant to attract the monsters!"
At this point, Xiao Xiao, who had been intently watching the custom LCD screen, spoke up.
"Those glowing things they threw, they shatter the moment they hit our tank… it must be something containing arcane energy powder!"
With that said, Ye Feng began to maneuver the turret and observation mirror.
Soon, he spotted a vehicle ahead, its silhouette somewhat blurry.
"Bang!"
The moment the vehicle in front continued to throw glowing objects towards his direction,
"Caw-caw! ~ Caw!"
Upon reaching the tank's roof, Ye Feng saw a group of large birds, entirely gray, pecking and clawing at the tank body with their beaks and sharp black talons. These were the Energy-Devouring Sand Eagles.
And upon closer inspection, the spots where these Energy-Devouring Sand Eagles were fiercely pecking, clawing, and scratching were precisely the areas hit by the bottles and jars thrown by the vehicle ahead, which were now glowing.
One had to admit, these Energy-Devouring Sand Eagles' beaks and talons were exceptionally sharp. The M1A2's tank armor was already showing scratch marks, and with time, it would surely lead to serious trouble!
"Caw-caw~ Caw!"
Upon spotting Ye Feng, a group of Energy-Devouring Sand Eagles shifted their attention and swooped towards him.
"Caw! Bang!"
"Crack! ~"
"Szzzt! ~ Caw-caw~ Szzzt!"
After a flurry of sounds, all the Energy-Devouring Sand Eagles were killed and discarded by Ye Feng.
Ye Feng didn't stop there. He jumped off the tank and headed straight for the armored personnel carrier, which was still a considerable distance away.
The gale-force winds of the super sandstorm, sharp as steel blades, blew against Ye Feng, but they couldn't inflict any damage on him.
In no time, Ye Feng was less than 10 meters away from the armored personnel carrier.
"What's going on? Where did the sound of the Energy-Devouring Sand Eagles go?"
"Quick, throw more bait packs! Let the idiots in the back car draw some fire for us!"
"Hey, Gouzi, what are you standing around for? Hurry up and throw bait packs towards the back car. All those blinking lights, are you blind!"
"Damn it, hurry up, or the Energy-Devouring Sand Eagles will come and attack us, and that'll be trouble!"
"Exactly, if you don't throw bait packs, don't you dare sit by the window!"
"..."
"Boss… Boss, there's… someone… right outside the window…"
The young man called Gouzi looked terrified because he saw Ye Feng, who had appeared like a phantom by the armored personnel carrier's window.
"Gouzi, don't spout nonsense… Ah!"
Before the armored personnel carrier's boss could finish speaking, he let out a pig-slaughtering scream. Ye Feng had directly smashed through the armored personnel carrier's window, grabbed him by the neck, and pulled him out from the passenger seat.
"Ah! Ah! ~"
The armored personnel carrier's boss was covered in wounds from the glass shards remaining on the broken window, bleeding profusely. However, he was still alive because he held a Wind-Shielding Stone in his hand.
In the boss's ghost-like gaze, Ye Feng swiftly took away the Wind-Shielding Stone he held.
"Ah~ Ah! Save me!"
Instantly, the steel-blade-like fierce winds of the super sandstorm swept over the armored personnel carrier's boss, tearing his skin and flesh apart, with the flesh itself being blown away by the wind.
Amidst a rapid and shrill scream, the armored personnel carrier's boss quickly turned into a skeleton and disappeared into the super sandstorm!
Immediately afterward, Ye Feng, filled with anger, directly kicked the armored personnel carrier away.
"Bang! ~ Splatter! Ah~!"
Amidst a scream, the armored personnel carrier tumbled and fell apart in mid-air…
Having finished his actions, Ye Feng clapped his hands and quickly ran back to the top of the tank.
"Hmm?"
Just as Ye Feng was about to open the hatch to enter the tank, he suddenly frowned.
Because he noticed a beam of yellow arcane energy light appearing in the direction where the armored personnel carrier had been shattered, and it was rapidly approaching him…
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