I became a god through frontier slaughter, and I crushed the academy's prodigies!

The SUV stopped in front of the entrance to a partially collapsed underground parking garage.

The tires crunched over broken glass and weathered concrete with a sickening screech.

One-Eyed turned off the engine and removed the key.

"get off."

He lowered his voice, as if afraid of disturbing some sleeping monster.

"If we drive any further, we'll be sitting ducks. The monsters around here have hearing better than radar."

The monkey and the bald man nimbly jumped off the car.

The two men skillfully pulled out several camouflage nets covered in dust and mold from the trunk and quickly covered the menacing SUV completely.

They did this action countless times.

In the wilderness, a vehicle is life itself.

If you return to find your car dismantled into parts by the monster, then you'll have to walk dozens of kilometers to become something else's dinner.

Shen Tian stood to the side, carrying a shoulder bag.

He didn't help.

It's not that I don't want to, it's that I don't need to.

His interference in this kind of specialized work would only make things worse.

The monkey dusted off its hands and glanced sideways at Shen Tian.

"Oh, young master, already putting on airs?"

"If you get so scared your legs go weak later, remember not to crawl under the car. The chassis is low, it can't hide your precious butt."

The surrounding light was dim.

Only a few rays of sunlight pierced through the gaps overhead, illuminating the floating dust.

Shen Tian ignored the monkey's sarcastic remarks.

His gaze swept over the shocking scratch marks on the surrounding walls.

The deepest part is a finger's width, while the shallowest part is still three-tenths of an inch into the wall.

It was left behind by some kind of large, strange beast.

"Stop talking nonsense."

After inspecting the vehicle's disguise, the one-eyed man turned around, his single eye gleaming coldly in the dim light.

"The target is an abandoned commercial area three kilometers away."

"Late stage of Tier 1, Armored Lizard."

"That beast has thick skin and flesh; ordinary bullets can't penetrate it. You can only smash it with heavy weapons."

As the one-eyed man spoke, his gaze fell on Shen Tian, ​​intentionally or unintentionally.

"When we get there, Monkey will keep watch, and Baldy and I will lead the attack."

"As for you, 9527."

The one-eyed man paused, his tone chilling.

"Your task is simple."

"We'll throw you on the edge of its territory, and all you have to do is make a fuss, like yelling."

"Lure it out, then let it run this way."

"If you run too slowly and get eaten, don't blame me for not saving you."

This is meat bait.

The most humble, the most dangerous, and the role with the highest mortality rate.

Shen Tian nodded.

"understood."

His hand reached into his shoulder bag.

My fingertips touched the cold handle of the boning knife.

A strange pulse traveled from my fingertips all the way up my spine.

The bones inside the body seemed to be cheering.

……

The group began their trek.

The silence of the wilderness is a torment.

There were no insects chirping, no birds singing, only the wailing of the wind as it passed through the ruins, as if countless wronged souls were crying out.

The road beneath our feet had long been broken by weeds, and huge vines coiled around the leaning building like pythons.

The air was filled with the smell of decay.

One-Eyed walked at the front, carrying a heavy alloy battle sword.

The bald man carried the modified spiked club and walked on the left.

The monkey, clutching a dagger and with a hunched back, walked on the right, warily watching the shadows around it.

Shen Tian walked at the very back.

Like a forgotten shadow.

Sudden.

A faint rustling sound came from the bushes to the side.

The sound was very soft.

But in this deathly silent environment, it was like a thunderclap.

"stop!"

One-Eyed suddenly raised his hand and made a stop gesture.

Everyone tensed up instantly.

Like a startled wildcat, the monkey instantly shrank back against the wall, its thieving eyes fixed on the direction from which the sound came.

The bald man also put down the spiked club on his shoulder, his face full of bulging muscles and tense.

call--

A gray shadow suddenly darted out from the bushes.

Extremely fast.

It carried a nauseating, fishy smell.

"It's a wind wolf!"

The monkey let out a low growl, its voice trembling slightly.

It was a giant wolf, as big as a calf.

Its body hair is grayish-white and hard like needles, and its pair of green eyes are full of cruelty and bloodlust.

Fragments of some unidentified creature's internal organs were still hanging from its mouth, indicating that it was foraging for food.

The one-eyed man looked rather grim.

"Damn it, what bad luck."

"We haven't even met the main character yet, and we've already run into this troublesome guy."

Although the Windblade Wolf is only at the early stage of Tier 1, it is extremely difficult to kill due to its incredible speed.

Once it gets involved, the commotion here can easily attract other strange beasts in the vicinity.

"Bald guy, push up there!"

"Monkey, block its escape route!"

The one-eyed man quickly issued the command.

But he wasn't sure himself.

The wolf was clearly extremely hungry, and its aggression would be several times stronger than usual.

The bald man cursed and raised his spiked club, about to charge forward.

The windblade wolf made a move.

It didn't pounce on the strongest-looking bald man, nor did it pay any attention to the monkey huddled in the corner.

Its gaze was fixed on the last prey in the group, the one that looked the thinnest and most delicious.

Shen Tian.

"roar!"

A low growl.

The Windblade Wolf stomped its hind legs on the ground, and the concrete floor instantly cracked.

It transformed into a gray lightning bolt, directly bypassing the one-eyed and bald men in the front row, and opened its blood-red maw to bite at Shen Tian's throat.

too fast!

The monkey didn't even have time to laugh.

One-Eyed wanted to go back to help, but the distance was too great; there wasn't enough time.

It’s over.

A thought flashed through One-Eyed's mind.

The meat bait was wasted before it even reached the destination.

This deal was a loss.

A hint of schadenfreude flashed in the bald man's eyes, mixed with a touch of disgust at the impending bloodshed.

That student.

Dead.

Just as that foul-smelling mouth was less than half a meter away from Shen Tian's neck.

Shen Tian raised his head.

There was no fear in those eyes that were originally as calm as still water.

Only a fleeting glimmer of light.

That's the hunter's excitement at seeing his prey.

That's walking kill count.

Shen Tian moved; with incredible speed, his right hand pulled the boning knife from his backpack.

at the same time.

The great dragon of his spine suddenly jolted.

Clang—!

A crisp, clear sound suddenly rang out in the air.

It's not the blade being drawn from its sheath.

It was a collision of bones!

The sound was like a resounding bell, or like the clash of metal.

With a chilling tremor, it instantly drowned out the howl of the wind wolf.

Talent – ​​[Born with a Blade]!

Effect activated: [Great Strength]! [Shaking Blade]!

Shen Tian's right arm muscles instantly swelled up, and a faint bluish sheen appeared under his skin.

That's not the power of flesh and blood.

That's the power of bones!

The boning knife left an afterimage that was barely visible to the naked eye as it sliced ​​through the air.

There is no set method for swordsmanship.

Only the ultimate speed and the ultimate power.

The moment the blade touched the wind wolf's skull.

hum!

A high-frequency shockwave erupted from the blade.

puff.

It's like a hot knife slicing through butter.

There was no hindrance whatsoever.

The wind wolf's skull, as hard as iron, was as fragile as tofu in the face of this one strike.

The blade cut in between the eyebrows.

It protrudes from the back of the head.

Even that wail was stuck in his throat.

Shen Tian flicked his wrist.

The immense shockwave turned the wind wolf's brain into a complete mess.

boom.

The enormous wolf carcass crashed heavily to the ground, still in its pouncing posture.

The inertia carried its corpse for two meters on the ground, stopping right at One-Eyed's feet.

Fresh blood gushed out from the neat cut, staining the cement floor red.

Quiet.

A deathly silence.

The wind seemed to have stopped blowing among the ruins.

The monkey opened its mouth wide, its jaw almost dropping to the ground.

The dagger had slipped out of its hand at some point and was stuck in the soil.

The bald man, holding a spiked club, remained in a charging stance, looking like a comical sculpture.

The one-eyed man looked down at the wolf carcass at his feet.

In that single eye, the pupil contracted violently, filled with undisguised horror.

One cut?

Just one cut?

This is a Tier 1 early stage Windblade Wolf!

Even if I put in all my effort, it would still take some work to deal with this beast.

And it's absolutely impossible to do it so cleanly and efficiently.

What happened in that brief moment?

What was that strange, crisp sound?

Is that a sound a human can make?

All eyes turned stiffly to the boy standing in the shadows.

Shen Tian flicked the blood off the boning knife without any expression.

His movements were as casual as if he had just killed a chicken.

He glanced down at the system notification flashing on his retina.

[Defeat a Tier 1 early-stage Windblade Wolf, gaining 20 Kill Points]

Shen Tian frowned slightly, seemingly not satisfied with the return.

He looked up and met the stunned gazes of the crowd.

"What's wrong?"

Shen Tian asked calmly.

The sound wasn't loud, but it resonated in everyone's ears.

"Should we continue?"

Or perhaps...

He pointed to the corpse on the ground.

"Who owns this thing?"