Chapter 961: Faint Thunder
Chapter 961: Faint Thunder
Zhang Yi brought Hua Hua and Lele to find a relatively intact building amidst the city ruins.
They entered the house, which remained dry inside, while the sudden heavy snow sealed off everything outside.
Due to the toxic miasma outbreak, people in the surrounding areas died quickly, leaving quite a few supplies preserved.
However, Zhang Yi didn't dare to eat any of that stuff.
He set up his portable tent and took antidotes before finally daring to sleep inside the tent.
The outside world was still enveloped by toxic miasma; without wearing combat suits, even skin contact would quickly poison a person.
So Zhang Yi, Hua Hua, and Lele had to take antidotes daily.
Hua Hua and Lele had better physical constitutions; as fierce beasts, they had stronger poison resistance. Zhang Yi simply didn't have that level of endurance.
When Zhang Yi slept, Hua Hua and Lele slept outside his tent. These two were natural radar systems—any abnormal movement would be detected immediately, and they would wake Zhang Yi.
This was something ordinary people simply couldn't achieve.
As the saying goes, there was a reason Zhang Yi only brought these two with him.
At this moment, Zhang Yi didn't know that the superhuman unit [Hell's Lock] from the Colombian Navy had already dispatched superhumans to hunt him down.
That night.
The night was deep as water, the sky dark and gloomy, with hazy moonlight unable to penetrate Star Island's dense toxic miasma to reach the ground.
From deep within the massive fog, a faint air disturbance slowly approached.
A pair of sharp white tusks pierced through the toxic miasma, gradually advancing forward.
It was a giant black mountain boar over five meters tall and more than ten meters long.
Its rear end was raised high while its long snout sniffed frantically at the ground.
Beside it, a man completely covered in gray-blue combat suits walked with his hands naturally hanging down, following closely step by step.
"How about it, Magrian, can you pick up his scent?"
Hell's Lock member Hermit Boone softly asked his adjutant Rem Magrian.
The nearby [Mountain Boar King] Magrian replied, "Their scent still lingers in the air, very clear. Because I can smell the killing intent from beasts!"
"Killing intent from beasts?"
Boone glanced at him, "Are you saying the target is some frenzied beast?"
Magrian shook his head, "No, real beasts. That guy either has tamed exotic beasts with him or beastman-type ability users."
Boone shrugged, "How many they have doesn't matter to me. What's important is I need to lock onto their position."
Magrian nodded, "Yes, I understand! I can already determine their location."
"Excellent, then our hunt should begin."
As Boone spoke, he extended his right hand; his white glove could detect the most subtle changes in air humidity and temperature.
"The weather tonight is quite nice."
He looked up at the hazy moonlight, dark clouds shrouding the city sky.
"Faint thunder rumbles, gloomy skies overhead. May wind and snow come, to keep you here."
As if responding to his words, dark clouds slowly covered the bright moon.
The wind and snow intensified.
Meanwhile, inside the abandoned building where Zhang Yi was resting.
Hua Hua suddenly opened its eyes, quickly jumped onto Zhang Yi, and cried, "Meow!! Master, enemies have appeared!"
Zhang Yi instantly opened his eyes from his slumber.
Right at that moment, he seemed to hear a faint but terrifying sound rapidly approaching.
His Echo of Time instinct made him aware of the emerging danger.
High in the sky, a dense black cloud began gathering above their ruins.
Then a massive white lightning bolt suddenly struck down!
"BOOM!!!"
The white lightning struck from the building's top, directly piercing through the entire structure!
The entire building rapidly collapsed, rubble chaotically crashing down and burying the area.
But soon, those stones were blasted away by a tremendous force.
Deep within the thick dust, a spherical pure land formed, completely unaffected by any impact.
Zhang Yi had deployed the Absolute Barrier Between Two Realms, blocking all attacks at the critical moment!
Meanwhile, Hua Hua and Lele were already beside him, adopting combat stances.
"Never thought that while I've always been hunting others, now someone's come to hunt me."
Zhang Yi's gaze swept around, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
On Star Island, you could encounter any enemy at any time.
He just wasn't sure whether they'd met by chance or specifically came to hunt him.
If it was the former, it wouldn't be too problematic, but if it was the latter, it meant he had already attracted the Colombian Navy's attention.
But in either case, Zhang Yi didn't care.
In fact, even if it was the latter, he wouldn't feel nervous—instead, he'd be pleased.
Because that way, he could freely hunt superhumans with higher superhuman ability indices!
Waiting for prey to come to him was much more convenient than tracking them down one by one.
"Boss, they're in this direction—two opponents. Distance approximately 5 kilometers!"
Lele's keen sense of smell detected the enemy's position.
Zhang Yi raised an eyebrow, "What did you say? They can attack me from 5 kilometers away?"
This surprised him.
How exactly did the enemy lock onto his position and strike with such precision?
Before he could think further, powerful lightning had already gathered again in the clouds above.
"Scatter!"
Zhang Yi wasn't foolish enough to take the attack head-on and immediately made a decision.
Hua Hua and Lele scattered around while Zhang Yi used spatial traversal to leave his position instantly.
The ground where he'd been standing was blasted into a massive crater by the lightning.
"The enemy's attack range exceeds mine! At this distance, I can't lock onto their position to counterattack, so I need to close in!"
After realizing this, Zhang Yi quickly arranged tactics.
"Lele, keep an eye on our surroundings to avoid potential ambushes!"
"Hua Hua, flank from my right to draw their attention! I'll break through from the left."
"Woof! Yes, boss!"
"Meow!"
Hua Hua and Lele had awakened intelligence, their wisdom no less than humans, and immediately coordinated with Zhang Yi's actions.
While Lele lacked combat strength, it excelled at sensing danger and tracking enemies.
As for Hua Hua, through continuous growth, it had become one of Zhang Yi's most important combat assets.
The cat and dog rushed forward from two directions while Zhang Yi activated spatial traversal, cautiously closing the distance.
Five kilometers away, Mountain Boar King Magrian suddenly looked up, cautious light flashing in his eyes.
"They're approaching at an extremely fast speed!"
Boone seemed surprised, "Oh? My attack wasn't effective?"
Then he coldly laughed, "It seems those daring to hunt superhumans on this battlefield indeed have some capability."
After speaking, he slowly closed his eyes.
As an invisible ripple began spreading from between his eyebrows.
In the sky above the surrounding area, that dark, dense cumulonimbus cloud grew even larger.
The moment Zhang Yi appeared from spatial traversal, a thunderclap struck straight toward his head like a sharp sword!
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