Before Ye Feng's words had even finished, he had already turned around, swinging his hands backward to unleash a barrage of shimmering arcane energy slashes, revealing another arcane energy greatsword fifty meters long.
Wielding the arcane energy greatsword, Ye Feng rapidly unleashed slashes, killing a large number of蜃虫 (shèn chóng).
Those 蜃虫 clung to the arcane energy greatsword in dense clusters, gnawing ferociously, intending to destroy it as they had before.
"Bang! Bang! Boom! ~"
Just then, the arcane energy great cannon in Ye Feng's hand fired again.
After pushing back the swarm of 蜃虫 behind Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao also unleashed several arrow-shaped fire attribute arcane energy blasts to the rear left.
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"Bang bang! ~"
After a series of tremendous sounds, crimson fire light filled the space occupied by Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao.
"Xiao Xiao, let's go!"
A hint of joy flickered across Ye Feng's face, for he could finally see sunlight filtering in from outside.
With the arcane energy great cannon clearing the path, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao moved swiftly, and soon reached the small gap that had been blasted open in the swarm of 蜃虫.
At this moment, the swarm of 蜃虫 had already re-gathered, and the gap was on the verge of closing.
"Clang!"
"Bang! Boom!"
Ye Feng's gaze sharpened. He fired another shot forward, then scooped up Xiao Xiao, his body shimmering with arcane energy as he instantly shot into the blasted opening, shattering the swarm.
Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao's eyes brightened as they found themselves back in their previous location.
"Rustle ~"
Before the two could even catch their breath, the vast swarm of 蜃虫 not far behind them surged towards Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao once more.
"Buzz ~ Hiss ~!"
"Rustle! ~"
But for some reason, the swarm of 蜃虫 suddenly emitted a strange sound. Their formation, previously orderly, became chaotic, scattering in all directions.
"Xiao Xiao, grenades!"
Ye Feng didn't have time to think. He shouted to Xiao Xiao, and simultaneously, his hands flashed with light as he tossed one napalm bomb and white phosphorus bomb after another into the chaotic swarm behind them.
"Clang clang clang! ~"
Xiao Xiao was not slow either. She pulled the fuses from a handful of grenades and tossed them into the swarm.
"Bang bang bang! ~"
"Boom! Hiss ~ Boom ~!"
Instantly, large swathes of the 蜃虫 swarm were engulfed in fierce flames.
Due to the napalm and white phosphorus bombs, the fleeing 蜃虫, panicked and flustered, ignited many other 蜃虫...
Meanwhile, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao were already running towards the Humvee.
"Boom! ~" kanδん
As Xiao Xiao revved the engine, the Humvee, like a steel beast, sped away.
Ye Feng was not inside the Humvee; he stood on its roof, his gaze scanning their surroundings with vigilance.
This was because the attack pattern of the 蜃虫 swarm just now seemed to be orchestrated by someone!
"Nothing?"
After observing for a while, Ye Feng frowned, as he saw nothing around them that appeared to be an enemy.
As the Humvee gradually moved further away, Ye Feng put down his binoculars. He looked at the large areas of firelight in the distance and murmured, "Sometimes, regular bombs and artillery shells are more reliable than arcane energy... those 蜃虫 can absorb and gnaw on arcane energy, but ordinary bomb flames don't work on them..."
Before long, the Humvee carrying Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao had driven out of the hilly terrain, and even the firelight from the swarm of 蜃虫 was becoming indistinct.
...
A considerable distance from the burning swarm of 蜃虫, behind a large rock, a middle-aged man with a pockmarked face and a sharp, monkey-like mouth lay in a pool of blood.
"Why... why..."
The pockmarked, monkey-faced man tremblingly extended his blood-soaked right hand, riddled with holes, and pointed at the middle-aged man standing beside him, whose face bore numerous burn scars and whose eyes were icy cold.
"Why..."
The pockmarked, monkey-faced man's eyes were filled with disbelief. He had been controlling the swarm of 蜃虫, which was just about to trap and kill Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao.
Yet, the middle-aged man beside him, who was supposed to be his partner, had suddenly attacked him.
Not only had he interfered, but he had directly attempted to kill him. A large amount of arcane energy water blades and arrows had inflicted countless wounds on him...
"You guess!"
The middle-aged man with extensive burn scars on his face let out a cold laugh. Two arcane energy water blades appeared in his hands, and he instantly decapitated the pockmarked, monkey-faced man.
Immediately, a flash of light appeared in the middle-aged man's hand. A barrel of gasoline appeared. He unscrewed the lid and poured the gasoline directly onto the pockmarked, monkey-faced man, then ignited it...
"Boom! ~"
The pockmarked, monkey-faced man instantly became a human torch.
After completing all this, the middle-aged man turned towards the direction Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao had departed, "I never expected to encounter... in a place like this..."
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In the evening,
"Big brother, what are you thinking about?"
Xiao Xiao, who was gnawing on a roasted lamb chop, looked at Ye Feng with some confusion.
Ever since a while ago, Ye Feng had been frowning slightly, lost in thought, and hadn't eaten much.
"The swarm of 蜃虫 we encountered this afternoon was most likely being controlled by someone... When we broke through the encirclement of the 蜃虫 swarm, the re-gathered swarm suddenly became chaotic... It's as if the person controlling it from behind the scenes suddenly encountered something..."
"When we drove away, the swarm of 蜃虫 didn't pursue us..."
"It seems like someone helped us... But I can't figure out who?"
As he spoke, Ye Feng's gaze shifted towards Xiao Xiao.
"This... it seems like that's the case..."
"If it were a friend, they would have come out to say hello after helping us..."
Xiao Xiao nodded, also somewhat puzzled, "Could it be that we drove away too fast?"
"This... never mind, I won't think about it anymore~"
Ye Feng waved his hand, deciding to have a good meal first.
...
The next day,
Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao did not drive. They chose to walk, as Ye Feng wanted to wait for the person who might have helped them escape yesterday.
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At noon,
Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao arrived at a tea house in a small village.
"Big brother, why are there so many adventurers here?"
Xiao Xiao scanned their surroundings, looking quite perplexed.
Since arriving at this small village, the roads had been filled with exploration teams, and this already small tea house was exceptionally crowded.
"Perhaps they heard about some treasure nearby? Or maybe the Adventurer's Guild posted a high-reward mission?"
Ye Feng looked up and scanned the flag hanging from the eaves of the tea house. It depicted a handshake pattern formed by a hand and a string of gold coins, the emblem of the Adventurer's Guild.
Ye Feng had come here to experience the local customs and traditions, and perhaps gather some intelligence. After listening for a while, he grew bored.
This was because most of these people were bragging, discussing trades, or inquiring about which girls were pretty...
Looking at the crowded people around him, Ye Feng couldn't help but recall what Zi Ying Su had said earlier: if you want to know the truth of this world, just ask any native inhabitant...
"Uh... um, old man, what is this place?"
After a moment of thought, Ye Feng spoke to a middle-aged man beside him, who had a rather kind face and streaks of white at his temples.
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