Ark Journey

The team leader just nodded, he didn't ask any more questions: "Yes."

Shouts of killing echoed throughout the forest, and in the center of the battlefield, an exceptionally tall Sarkaz wearing heavy armor and holding a long-handled giant axe was forcing back the enemy in front of her with one axe. Her most striking feature was the intertwined antlers on her head.

W dodged the giant axe attack and threw out a newly developed explosive, then retreated desperately. A huge fireball rose up behind her, with a range large enough to completely wrap up the huge figure of the Wendigo. These high-energy explosives, which were only used in missile warheads, showed great power at this moment. The flames and shock waves dissipated, and the Wendigo rushed out. The surface of the heavy metal armor was melted, and a section of the winding antlers was blown off in multiple explosions.

Ordinary soldiers would never dare to join such a battle. Even the aftermath of the explosion made them feel their heartbeats were halted. Moreover, their centurion was a Wendigo, so if they got too close they would be eaten.

Despite the heavy blow, the Wendigo's speed did not slow down. The oppressive feeling brought by its huge size and powerful strength made W's mouth twitch: "'Sarkaz Foul Mouth' is really hard to deal with! Ines! Are you done?"

With his improved physical fitness and the Wendigo, W was walking around and shouting at Ines to ask about her condition, while Ines was fighting with a Sarkaz warlock not far away.

"not yet!"

The one fighting her was a magician who specialized in healing spells. When W blew the Wendigo several times, she would release the Originium technique to make the Wendigo alive again. When Ines was about to cut her off, she was hit on the head. This was not an ordinary magician at all! Like Xue Zhi, she was very good at swordsmanship.

"You're really getting worse and worse, Inès! It takes you so long to kill a magician!"

There is no way to retreat when being attacked by the close-range W. The advantages of the Wendigo race are fully demonstrated. It is fast and strong. It is purely powerful and a pure numerical monster!

However, the more dangerous it was, the calmer W became. She smashed a huge new explosive at the feet of the Wendigo. Then she put on the hood behind her before the bomb exploded, and crossed her hands in front of her face. The next second, a shot of fire exploded between the two of them. W, who was farther away, was blown away by the shock wave and stopped after hitting a tree.

But it doesn’t matter, she asked Xue Zhi to provide explosion protection for her entire body, even her bra and underwear!

The explosion couldn't hurt her at all, and some minor burns and bruises could be repaired by drinking some potions.

W spit out the dust in her mouth and got a chance to catch her breath, then got up again. Seeing that she had flown far away, Wendigo thought that she was dying, so he went to trouble Ines first. Ines, who was not at an advantage to begin with, was immediately put in a dangerous situation of life and death.

Ines retreated again and again, and finally used the smoke bomb thrown by W to create a safe distance, but this also made her lose the possibility of cutting off the warlock.

Both sides gathered together, forming a two-on-two situation, and began to recover at the same time. W's bomb was very powerful, but the Originium skill released by the magician allowed the Wendigo's condition to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.

W could even see a contemptuous smile on her face. She usually looked at people like this, but this was the first time she felt that this smile and look were so unpleasant.

But there was no time to sigh, as the recovered Wendigo rushed over like a chariot, casting a huge shadow that made people feel powerless and unable to fight back.

"W, back off, leave this to me."

A strange sound was heard, and Xue Zhi's figure suddenly appeared on one side of the battlefield accompanied by inexplicable blue-purple particles. His movements remained the same as before the teleportation.

He maintained the action of the "One-Word Chopping" move, but the target had disappeared. Xue Zhi, who had exhausted all his moves but still had strength, turned his wrist and raised the blade from bottom to top again with an action that was not in line with the human way of exerting force.

Two lavender blade auras shot out from Fusang, one of them passed through the sorcerer who had no time to react, while the other one was dodged by Wendigo's sudden stop, only cutting off a sharp corner of her giant axe.

This was the first time Xue Zhi used the Dimension Slash, but it seemed to be very effective. A red line appeared on the side of the sorcerer's body that was cut by the sword, and then blood spurted out from the red line. The huge blood pressure pushed her body away, and she fell to the ground one after another. The various organs in her body that were cut in half fell from mid-air, and the heart that was already in two halves was even still beating.

Without wasting the opportunity created by Xue Zhi, W and Ines left immediately the moment he appeared. Looking at W running towards her, Xue Zhi ordered, "Go to the back, there are a lot of people over there, and they are standing very closely together."

W immediately understood what he meant. Xue Zhi really understood her.

The two of them crossed paths, and the battlefield is now under the rule of Xue Zhi.

He looked up at the Wendigo, who was a head taller than him, not counting the horns, and sighed inwardly, some races are really blessed by nature. And judging from the huge axe she used, this one was definitely an elite, and it would be difficult for W and Ines to deal with her.

The Wendigo who had managed to survive saw her companion dead in a very tragic way. She let out a hoarse roar and then rushed forward with her body glowing red.

"Cannibalism?"

Muttering the Wendigo clan's unique Originium skills, an ice shield appeared above Xue Zhi's head and directly blocked the powerful axe. Then, he used his right hand, which had been accumulating power at his waist, to punch directly into the opponent's abdomen.

The sturdy and heavy armor shattered directly, and a large amount of metal fragments flew around. The Wendigo was also knocked away and knocked down several large trees before it stopped.

In the smoke and dust, you can see a big hole in her abdomen, and you can even see the broken tree trunk behind her through it. Sticky blood and internal organ fragments continue to flow out from the hole and under the helmet.

This time there was no one to treat her, but the fatal wound was actually wriggling and trying to recover, and her fingers were twitching as she tried to pick up the weapon that had fallen to the side.

Xue Zhi, who was about to give her a quick death, suddenly saw that the two halves of the body were shrunken, and thin red smoke rose from it and flew towards the Wendigo not far away.

"sucker Punch."

A dimensional slash was made, accurately cutting off her head.

Chapter 56: Intermission

Looking at this huge headless corpse, Xue Zhi suddenly agreed with the fact that the Sarkaz were called demons.

It is normal to call the blood-sucking creatures, those that eat the dead, those that eat the living, and many other weird things together as demons.

Restraining her desire to set up a memorial with the heads of others, Xue Zhi once again joined the battles in other areas.

Through mental perception, Xue Zhi can clearly know where there are difficult enemies, and then use the Ender Pearl to jump over and kill them before looking for the next one.

The battlefield fire brigade makes their grand appearance.

The arduous battle lasted until noon, and the entire forest was engulfed in a sea of blood and fire.

After shaking off the blood on the knife, Xue Zhi, seeing that there were no enemies left, put away his weapon and began to cast magic to heal the wounded and extinguish the flames.

W, who had just been blown up, came over. She was covered in dust from the explosion, and her smooth white hair was stuck with sweat and dirt. There was a large wound on her hand that was bleeding. "Xue Zhi, I don't think I've ever seen you covered in blood?"

Compared to her, Xue Zhi, who had killed more people in a more cruel way, had no marks on his body. He was still as clean and tidy as when he first arrived.

Instructing other doctors to stuff the intestines of a disemboweled mercenary, Xue Zhi healed his hideous wounds with a wave of his hand. Fortunately, it was just a disembowelment and his internal organs were not damaged, otherwise he would have to wave his hands several times.

After curing the critically ill patient, Xue Zhi raised her head and said very professionally: "Because blood is not very clean to a certain extent, it can spread many diseases, so I subconsciously avoided it."

Then he took W's injured hand and laughed: "Also, you really have never seen me covered in blood?"

The wound healed with a simple touch from Xue Zhi. He left this message to W and went to treat other seriously injured mercenaries again.

W stood there and thought for a while. She understood what Xue Zhi was saying and cursed inwardly. Fortunately, her face was covered with dust and no one could see her expression at the moment.

Cleaning the battlefield and the bodies of the dead were very laborious. Xue Zhi had to dig a big pit to accommodate all of them, and then cremate them. If they didn't clean up the bodies, it would be easier in winter, but leaving the bodies alone at this temperature meant they were not afraid of the plague.

Several living tongues were captured this time and are now being interrogated on the top of the mountain. Xue Zhi, who was fine, took the troops to bury mines. The transport unit had transported a lot of these things and now they are all cheap.

And this time, several people managed to escape. After all, it would take a long time to catch even a thousand pigs, and their presence would expose the news that the place had changed hands.

Earthwork was fun without any hands-on work. A pit could be dug using magic. After the drone recorded the area where the mines were buried, Hedley pulled out a map and drew on it, then gave it to the messenger to send to the advancing troops on both sides. It would be fun if the friendly forces stepped on the mines here when retreating.

The interrogation of the prisoners of war also made progress. The entire defense line of the Military Commission was shrinking. The purpose of their troop's trip was to penetrate the enemy's rear and carry out sabotage operations through Hill 415, which had not yet fallen according to their own intelligence. However, they did not expect that this place had also been lost and even became the greatest force to destroy them.

This news was also brought to the friendly side by the messenger.

Xue Zhi, who received the news at the same time, sighed: "Intelligence work is of utmost importance."

If they dispersed in advance, the troops would be in a better situation when facing artillery fire, and at least they could preserve some strength to counterattack or break out as a whole.

W, who was washing his face with a water ball beside him, also agreed: "They didn't send any reconnaissance troops. They really don't have the awareness in this regard. That Wendigo has some strength in the front, and we are fighting a defensive battle now. If it were a guerrilla war, I could beat her so hard that her mother wouldn't recognize her."

It seems that W, who was beaten by the Wendigo, couldn't accept it. Even though his physical fitness was much stronger, it was still not enough to fight her head-on.

The mercenaries cooked and took turns to rest. Having fought four brilliant battles, they were full of confidence, but they were also very tired. Even the elite team led by Xue Zhi was exhausted from following him in the woods, maneuvering around and killing powerful enemies.

Xue Zhi, who went out alone to investigate, sat cross-legged on a tree branch. He looked at the woods behind him and sighed, "I hope I can live in peace from now until tomorrow."

Xue Zhi released her mental power to the maximum extent, closed her eyes, and scanned the surrounding environment like a radar.

The battlefield was huge. Even the friendly units advancing on both sides were more than ten kilometers away. This distance was beyond the reach of Xue Zhi's mental tentacles.

There was nothing within his range of perception, either in the sky or underground, except for some wandering wild animals.

However, after a while, something interesting happened in the corner of the perception range. Several Originium worms that were originally crawling aimlessly suddenly stopped, then they changed direction and crawled towards somewhere together.

"interesting."

Upon noticing this situation, Xue Zhi immediately transferred part of her mental energy to see what was going on over there.

Generally speaking, infected magicians have the ability to influence and manipulate such small things, but most of the time no one uses it, because the combat effectiveness of things like Originium Worms is too poor. Even the strongest Originium Worm's self-detonation is not as good as a bomb. As for acting as a reconnaissance unit, it is difficult for them to do so. Only their death can convey some information, and there are many things that can kill Originium Worms.

More and more Originium bugs gathered, and Xue Zhi's mental power also covered that area.

Then he discovered that there were people who really used Originium Worms to fight, and they were on the side of the Tower of Babel.

Swarms of Originium worms were seen charging forward without regard for their own safety. They surrounded a group of soldiers from the Military Commission. Although the people inside had been using various means to kill them, many Originium worms still crawled up their trouser legs. At this moment, those sharp spikes came into play. Although no sound was received, it could be seen from the painful expressions on those people's faces that this was not pleasant.

The soldiers fell one after another, being crushed and bitten by the Originium insect swarm. Seeing that the situation was already decided, Xue Zhi withdrew her mental power. There was no point in watching the rest.

Just as Xue Zhi expected, no more enemies came during the rest of the day. Perhaps it was because the friendly forces on both sides were making an effort, or perhaps it was because the people of the Military Commission were accumulating strength.

I don’t know if it’s because of the excessive use of artillery today or for something else, but a dark cloud gathered overhead, blocking out the bright moonlight. But this is a good thing, as the gathering of dark clouds means that Xue Zhi can use large-scale magic again.

Chapter 57: War breaks out again, directly

The dull night wind blowing towards him brought a little chill and moisture. Xue Zhi raised his hand, and a small ball of invisible wind was fixed. He suddenly had a premonition that Theresa was almost dead: "It's really going to be a storm."

He now has to think about how to comfort W who got the news later. He really doesn't know much about this aspect. As for the mercenary group, there is no need to worry, even if they have killed so many soldiers of the Military Commission, there is no need to care, the account will fall on the head of Babel Tower which is about to be destroyed. As for some stragglers, if they really find the real boss and come to him, they will be courting death.

"Hey, Xue Zhi, pull me up."

Speak of the devil, here comes W's voice suddenly from under the tree. Xue Zhi looked down and just saw her reaching out her hand.

The moment she pulled W up and placed him on top of him, Xue Zhi heard a slight whine from the branch beneath her.

Xue Zhi held the moving W with one hand and pressed the other hand on the branch to input the element of order into it. The material that made up the branch was reorganized at the atomic level, and after a large number of defects disappeared, it became extremely strong, enough to bear the weight of two people.

After moving for a long time, W finally calmed down. Xue Zhi put her head on her neck, bit her ear and asked, "Why are you not sleeping at this time? Why are you looking for me? How did you find me?"

There was no message on his operating terminal either, and it was unlikely that W would be able to find himself in a forest.

Before coming, W took care of herself and even asked Ines, who is currently a little autistic, for advice. She is an expert on how to keep her hair smooth on the battlefield.

And now Inès, who has suffered failures one after another, has become unfamiliar. Is it because of Hedley?

W chose his words carefully. Perhaps it was because he had communicated with Xue Zhi too much, a shallow but definitely existent connection united the two of them. "How should I put it? I could sense that you were awake, and I had nothing to do. I was also using your mental power to scan in circles, and then I followed it to find you."

Xue Zhi was a little confused about W's way of finding herself: "Huh?"

He was reversely positioned, and his identity was changed to a radar station. What came was not the sweet and soft Sarkaz girl who liked to drop bombs, but a deadly anti-radiation missile.

As if knowing what Xue Zhi was thinking, W rubbed his cheek and said, "But don't worry. I asked Ines and some mercenaries. This ability seems to be unique to me. Even people like her who are good at spiritual Originium skills can't feel it. But it may be that Ines is not strong enough to feel it."

Xue Zhi heaved a sigh of relief at the result, but he still felt more cautious. Although no one else had appeared so far who could detect his mental scan, he still had to be more careful when using mental perception in the future.

After the intimacy, W's face changed, and he looked a little resentful: "There is one more thing. I came here to help you in case you encounter some situations. Obviously, you have some unique insights into tactics and even strategy. Although they are somewhat inconsistent with Kazdel's situation, they are still useful. Why not use them?"

Xue Zhi laughed: "Haha, isn't this a chance for you to show off?"

He really felt that his mediocre skills could not compare with those of W, who had spent most of his life fighting on the battlefield, especially in a battalion-level battle involving 500 people.

Besides, even if Superman has a super brain, doesn’t he still have to listen to Batman’s orders? (Happy).

Before W finished speaking, the woman's fickleness was fully reflected. Her expression changed again, and her big eyes were now full of curiosity: "Finally, I felt that you seemed to be hiding something from me, so I came to you to verify it."

Xue Zhi suddenly stopped laughing. This kind of mutual feeling like Niutep has both advantages and disadvantages, but he still has something to make a joke: "How do you know I saw the Originium worm eating a person?"

Now it was W's turn to be confused: "Ah? Originium bugs can eat people?"

Then Xue Zhi described to W again what he saw through his spiritual perception.

W frowned when he heard this incredible thing. Being killed by an Originium worm would be something that people would laugh at for the rest of their lives even if they were buried.

At dawn, the dark clouds still hadn't dispersed. W, who had chatted with her for a while last night, fell asleep in Xue Zhi's arms. The use of the healing core all night did not make her feel sore in the waist and back. Instead, all the muscles in her body were fully relaxed.

W jumped down from the tree and stretched himself. "It's so comfortable. Let's go get something to eat. I really hope this war ends soon. The rations taste really bad. I kind of miss the days when you cooked for me every day."

She tidied up her clothes that were messed up when she slept, especially the enchanted underwear. This was a good thing that Xue Zhi had brought out. It was said to be made of silk from Yan Country. It was also suitable for sensitive skin and was indeed very smooth and comfortable to wear.

"I think those things are pretty good, at least in terms of replenishing energy."

Most people already knew about Xue Zhi's feat of eating compressed soup cubes dry, thanks to Hedley's spread of the news, because Xue Zhi was also the one who brought him the feather beast meat that time.

"One person can eat 1 servings of compressed soup cubes, which is really nutritious."

"That thing is so confusing, I thought it was compressed biscuits."

"Don't you think it tastes weird?"

“My taste is stronger.”

"alright."

The two chatted as they walked back to their temporary station. A mercenary was about to put the compressed soup cubes into the pot to boil when he saw Xue Zhi. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Deputy Captain, do you want to eat it directly?"

"..."

The cheerful laughter of a group of people filled the early morning forest.

Soon, the half-full mercenaries returned to their positions one after another.

Xue Zhi, who maintained her mental perception, suddenly discovered that a high-speed target was approaching.

"Howitzer!? Return fire is coming."

Several extremely solid ice shields were formed in the sky. With Xue Zhi's powerful computing and mental strength, they blocked the flying shells. The head-on confrontation detonated them in the air. The violent explosion blew several holes in the clouds. Bright sunlight sprinkled in, but it did not make people feel warm.