Late November, 2056.
0201 County-level City, northern Jiangnan Base City.
On the rooftop of an 18-story hotel, the Fire Hammer Squad, a group of six, stopped to rest.
Luo Feng finished his communication with his younger brother, a smile on his face.
"Everyone rests now, we'll act again at four in the afternoon," Captain Gao Feng planned their actions.
Feeling the gentle breeze on his face, Luo Feng also sat down to rest, thinking, "This is a good start."
This was his first time entering the Wilderness Area; yesterday, he personally killed a high-level soldier beast for practice, and today, together with his squad, they slaughtered a general-level bloodthirsty tank from a herd of soldier-level pigs.
Compared to life in the city, all of this made him somewhat excited and stimulated.
In the evening, the Fire Hammer Squad finished resting and prepared for their next hunt.
The target this time was a double-tailed tiger cat, surrounded by over a dozen ordinary tiger cats.
One general-level beast leading a group of soldier-level beasts was common in small places like county-level cities.
The Fire Hammer Squad was already very experienced in dealing with such targets.
However, the dangers in the Wilderness Area were not only from monsters but also from Humans.
In another building about a mile away from them, the Tiger Fang Squad, who had a grudge against the Fire Hammer Squad, discovered them while looking through binoculars.
Despite having monsters as a common enemy, infighting among Humans continued endlessly.
Bang! Bang!
Two sniper rifle bullets tore through the silence of the wilderness.
...
"Captain!" Luo Feng, as a Master Nian, sensed the danger in advance and slashed at the bullets with his Blood Shadow Battle Blade.
Before the Great Nirvana, this would have been completely legendary execution.
Ninefold Thunder Blade, first stage!
He had just comprehended it.
With Luo Feng's warning, the Fire Hammer Squad's Captain Gao Feng dodged the bullet, but it hit Zhang Ke's arm.
From this moment on, Zhang Ke had lost the qualification to be a sniper.
"Enemy!" Everyone reacted, realizing it was another squad.
They quickly sought cover and moved towards the direction of the gunshots.
However, strangely, the other side did not continue firing.
"Did they leave?" Luo Feng was also a bit surprised.
After discussing, they felt they still couldn't relax their guard and should get closer, at least to confirm the enemy's identity.
"I'll go take a look," Luo Feng decided to scout out what was happening.
"I'll go with you," Captain Gao Feng, the squad's only general-level Martial Artist, decided to go with him.
...
A moment earlier, on a street not far from them, a young man in black walked casually.
The young man wore a black combat suit, a long blade at his waist, and slightly long hair with bangs covering his forehead, but through the gaps, a metallic-sheened forehead protector could be seen.
The forehead protector was entirely black, with a black obsidian-like crystal embedded in the center of the brow.
"Where exactly is the clue?" the young man muttered to himself, as if searching for something.
A pig-like monster, entirely red, discovered him; it was a bloodthirsty tank.
Compared to the one Luo Feng and his team hunted, this one was larger, nearly four meters tall, a mid-level general-level beast, close to breaking through to high-level general.
Although this was just a county-level city, it was not without danger; powerful monsters were mostly in the depths of the city.
In the outer areas, such a bloodthirsty tank could be considered a local overlord.
Rumble!
The bloodthirsty tank led its younger brothers, the single-horned wild boars and iron-haired wild boars, charging forward, the ground trembling like an earthquake.
The hostility between monsters and Humans had a history of decades; since the Great Nirvana began, countless monsters had died at the hands of Humans, and countless Humans had perished to monsters.
Hatred ran deep.
The young man in black stood still like a statue, only his eyes coldly staring at the charging pig herd, his gaze primarily fixed on the bloodthirsty tank.
Finally, he drew his blade.
Fast!
There was only this one description.
Before the afterimage had even disappeared, he had finished everything.
Foul-smelling blood dripped down the bloodthirsty tank's neck, and the large group of wild boars crashed into each other due to inertia.
He sheathed his blade.
The young man in black easily dealt with these monsters.
The only drawback was that, as a Martial Artist, no matter what, you still had to do it yourself, unlike a Master Nian who could slaughter widely with a thought.
Even a War God's efficiency in killing these low-level monsters couldn't compare to a general-level Master Nian.
Bang! Bang!
"Sniper rifles? Should I go take a look?" The young man's heart stirred, and with a light tap of his toes, he ascended a tall building in two or three steps, quickly arriving on the rooftop of a six-story residence by scaling walls and corners.
A distance of several miles took only a few seconds.
"What are you doing?"
To his surprise, this group was not killing monsters but instead ambushing another squad that was fighting monsters.
The young man was very disgusted by this behavior.
"Have they arrived?" The young man in black casually subdued the six-person squad and suddenly looked outside the rooftop.
Someone from the attacked party seemed to be coming over, so he sat in the center of the rooftop to wait.
After only a few minutes, he sensed the presence of two Martial Artists behind the stairwell door.
"Come in."
A sense of deja vu, he seemed to have found that clue.
"What are your names?"
"Gao Feng."
"Luo Feng."
Luo Feng!
Staring at that young figure, it was as if a lightning bolt flashed through his mind, countless memory fragments reassembled, and he remembered.
A flicker of surprise flashed in the eyes of the young man in black.
...
When Luo Feng pushed open the rooftop stairwell door and entered, he realized it was the Tiger Fang Squad.
"Zhang Zehu," Luo Feng instantly locked onto one of them.
Previously, because of Zhang Haobai's matter, he had caused Zhang Zehu to lose over a hundred million, so it was normal for the other party to be hostile towards him, but this was not a life-and-death feud and should not involve others.
However, at this moment, the members of the Tiger Fang Squad were huddled in a corner, motionless, and in the center of the rooftop stood a young man in black.
This was the person who had just called out, "Come in."
The moment he saw the other person, it was as if he was being stared at by some primordial beast. Luo Feng's Master Nian power involuntarily retracted back into his body.
It was precisely this Aura that made them rule out the possibility of the other party being with the Tiger Fang Squad.
"War God, absolutely a War God!" Luo Feng roared in his heart.
His physical fitness was close to that of a high-level soldier, while his Master Nian power was close to that of a mid-level general.
When he was attacked just now, he had already decided that even if he exposed his identity as a Master Nian, he would seek revenge, but at this moment, he knew that even so, he would not be a match for a War God.
"I am Dong Guan," the young man stated his name, as if it were natural for the other party to know his identity.
"Greetings, Dongguan Wargod."
Luo Feng didn't react for a moment, but Gao Feng, who was with him, knew.
Luo Feng had only been a Martial Artist for a short time and still focused on practical knowledge; only after spending more time on Martial Artist forums would he naturally become familiar with the titles of most War Gods.
Only Luo Feng and Gao Feng went upstairs; Chen Gu and the Wei brothers stayed downstairs to care for and protect the injured Zhang Ke.
"Greetings, Dongguan Wargod," Luo Feng also bowed; one needed to maintain respect for the strong.
Dong Guan also began to explain the situation.
"Just now, when I was looking for prey, I heard gunshots and came over to take a look. At first, I thought it was some squad hunting monsters, but it turned out," Dong Guan's expression turned cold, "it was these degenerates."
Watching Dong Guan's expression change, the members of the Tiger Fang Squad felt uneasy in their hearts, and some even came to resent Zhang Zehu from their own squad.
As for Zhang Zehu, he looked at Luo Feng with venomous eyes.
"It's all this kid, how can his luck be so good?"
When Zhang Haobai was plotting against him, he just happened to become a provisional Martial Artist.
When he was preparing to pressure him, he joined the Limit Martial Hall and gained a backer.
When he entered the Wilderness Area, he joined the Fire Hammer Squad, which was not much different from their own squad.
That unexpected bullet was actually dodged by him.
Furthermore, they happened to encounter a War God, and the War God just happened to be interested in interfering.
There were only four-digit War Gods globally, how could they just happen to meet one?
Even if they met one, how could they so coincidentally poke their nose into this matter?
Zhang Zehu could only bury these thoughts in his heart, daring to only resent Luo Feng and the Fire Hammer Squad.
"Can only see how this will be handled?"
Both the Tiger Fang Squad and the Fire Hammer Squad members knew that, at this moment, the only one who could truly make a decision here was Dong Guan.
"What do you think should be done?" Dong Guan asked Luo Feng.
Gao Feng and even the members of the Tiger Fang Squad looked at Luo Feng.
Everyone was surprised that the War God was asking Luo Feng for his opinion.
Luo Feng was also taken aback: "Could it be that my identity as a Master Nian has been discovered?"
Other than that, he couldn't think of a reason why he would be given such importance.
However, remembering Zhang Ke's arm, Luo Feng still spoke his inner thoughts: "Kill!"
The atmosphere immediately froze.
Gao Feng sighed in his heart; looking at the War God's demeanor, he clearly disliked infighting among Humans, which was why he stopped the Tiger Fang Squad, but... forget it.
He shook his head.
"You want to kill them?" Dongguan Wargod was expressionless.
"Yes," Luo Feng gritted his teeth, "They attacked us and caused Brother Zhang to lose his arm; I naturally want revenge."
In fact, he had already made up his mind that even if he let them go now, he would definitely seek revenge later when he found an opportunity.
When the six members of the Tiger Fang Squad heard Luo Feng say this, they were instead delighted.
They were captured because they attacked another Martial Artist squad; this War God disliked infighting among Humans, so how could he truly kill them?
"Wanting revenge? Reasonable and fair."
Hearing this sentence, the mood of the Tiger Fang Squad members sank to the bottom; how could this War God be so biased?
Luo Feng was a bit stunned, while Gao Feng was pleasantly surprised.
"However, you need to kill them yourself."
"What does that mean?"
"You duel them, and you kill them yourself. One by one, how many you can kill, you kill. How about it? Do you dare?" Dongguan Wargod said.
"Okay," Luo Feng agreed.
Among the six members of the Tiger Fang Squad, there were four generals and two high-level soldiers, but two of the generals used firearms.
As for Luo Feng, if his Master Nian power wasn't counted, he barely reached the high-level soldier rank.
"First one, who do you choose?"
"Him," Luo Feng pointed at Zhang Zehu.
Zhang Zehu was a high-level soldier, but very close to being a basic general, not the weakest among the six members of the Tiger Fang Squad, but not strong either.
The key was that he was the one who truly had a grudge against Luo Feng.
Luo Feng had already decided that the other members of the Tiger Fang Squad could be spared this time, but Zhang Zehu must die.