Chapter 72 More enormous figures are coming!

"Good! Since you have decided, then go!" Zhu Chi waved his hand heavily.

"Remember! Absolutely, absolutely do not be curious, do not try to go deep underground! Your task is only the perimeter!"

"Once you discover that things are not viable, or if Miss Tan Yi sends a retreat signal, immediately prioritize your own safety and retreat!"

"Understood." Zhang Fan nodded.

"Buzz." His Martial Artists Alliance watch vibrated, and an encrypted message arrived.

Detailed coordinates, topographical maps, perimeter base identification codes, temporary command authorization keys... everything was included.

The coordinates were located about 110 kilometers due west of Huanan City, in a desolate mountainous area.

Starting from Huahai City, it was not very far.

"Let's go." Zhang Fan boarded the thunder eagle supersonic fighter directly.

About half an hour later, a perilous rift valley area appeared in his field of vision.

A small base was clearly visible.

Zhang Fan leaped off the fighter.

Almost simultaneously, a slender and agile figure hurried out from inside the base.

It was Tan Yi.

She had just arrived from the core area; her combat uniform was still covered in lingering dust and a faint scent of blood, and her stunningly beautiful face showed obvious exhaustion.

"Zhang Fan, you're here." Tan Yi's voice was concise and crisp, without any pleasantries.

"Time is tight, follow me."

She led Zhang Fan quickly into the base.

The base was small in scale, with about a company of troops stationed there; the soldiers all had fierce auras and vigilant eyes, clearly all elite.

Seeing Tan Yi, they immediately saluted solemnly, and their gazes then fell curiously on Zhang Fan, who was following closely behind.

Was this the new perimeter commander that Captain Tan Yi had personally gone out to welcome?

Isn't he too young? He looks like he might be a year or two younger than Captain Tan Yi?

Can he handle it?

Their perimeter base might seem less dangerous than the core area directly facing the Overlord Class, but they had to face the endless King-level Ferocious Beast hordes being summoned!

Can such a young officer really shoulder such a heavy responsibility?

Tan Yi clearly didn't have time to explain much; she took Zhang Fan directly to the center of the base.

"Everyone, attention!"

"This is Zhang Fan, Deputy Commander of the Huahai City Martial Artists Alliance, and also the supreme commander of the perimeter defense line for this 'Flow-Breaker' operation! From this moment on, all defense and interception operations of the perimeter base will be under the full responsibility of Commander Zhang Fan! His orders are my orders, and they must be executed unconditionally! Do you understand?"

"Yes! Captain Tan Yi!" The base officers and soldiers replied in unison.

Tan Yi nodded at Zhang Fan, speaking very quickly: "The perimeter is handed over to you. Remember your task: intercept all King-level Ferocious Beast hordes attempting to enter the rift valley to buy time for the inner line. The situation on the inner line... is not optimistic; that Overlord is more troublesome than expected. I must return immediately."

"Understood." Zhang Fan was concise.

Tan Yi said nothing more, then moved her figure and quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.

About half a day passed.

"Boom!"

Without warning, the ground beneath their feet shook violently!

Immediately after, a series of dull roars like rolling thunder came from the depths of the rift valley!

"It's started! Captain Tan Yi and the others have made their move!"

"It's an Overlord Class! It's definitely an Overlord Class fighting!"

Everyone knew that the life-and-death battle in the core area had already begun.

And their test was also about to arrive; the Overlord Class's summoning was about to start!

Zhang Fan stood at a high vantage point.

"They are coming!"

He suddenly looked up and looked toward the distant horizon.

On the horizon, smoke and dust rolled!

Not from one direction, but from the east, south, west, and north—four directions simultaneously—appeared four hordes of beasts, not large in scale, but with exceptionally concentrated and fierce auras!

In front of each beast horde was a massive figure, like a moving hill, exuding the terrifying pressure unique to a King-level Ferocious Beast.

However, what made people slightly surprised was that the number of ordinary beasts following these four King-level Ferocious Beasts was not large; each King-level beast had only about a few dozen beast followers, which was completely different from the usual King-level beast hordes that often numbered in the hundreds or thousands and blotted out the sky.

"Strange... why are there so few followers?"

"Yeah, it's a bit weird."

Many officers looked at Zhang Fan, waiting for orders.

Zhang Fan said: "I have read your defense plan; it is very comprehensive. Just guard the base according to your plan. Provide me with long-range fire support and intercept the stragglers!"

Zhang Fan dropped this sentence and, without waiting for the officers and soldiers to respond, his figure flickered!

Thunder Wind-Fire Step!

With thunder and fire intertwined under his feet, he was like a cannonball fired from a chamber, charging ferociously toward the nearest horde of beasts!

"The Commander... wants us to provide fire support? Only need to intercept stragglers? Does he mean... he wants to intercept so many King-level Ferocious Beast hordes by himself?"

"This... is too reckless?!"

The base officers and soldiers were dumbfounded.

However, the scene that followed made them truly understand Zhang Fan's strength.

Zhang Fan's speed was extremely fast, and he cut into the beast swarm instantly.

"Die!"

The mountain-suppressing dragon skeleton hammer in his hand was raised simply and directly, and with the terrifying force of collapsing stars, it smashed down with a boom!

"Bang!"

The bone-armored lizard King-level Ferocious Beast didn't even manage to let out a wail before it exploded into pieces!

The headless corpse fell to the ground with a thud, making the ground shake.

[Contact with King-level Ferocious Beast carcass, obtained 600 attribute points!]

Immediately after, Zhang Fan's figure didn't stop; lightning flashed, and he had already appeared below another flying King-level beast shaped like a giant eagle that was about to dive.

"Come down!"

The hammer shadow shot up into the sky!

"Squelch!"

The giant eagle King-level beast was pierced through the abdomen by a hammer blow, torn into two halves, and blood-stained feathers scattered across the sky.

[Attribute points +550!]

Like dry weeds and rotten wood!

These two King-level Ferocious Beasts and their elite followers were like paper toys in front of Zhang Fan, easily crushed.

Not a single beast could withstand the power of his hammer.

His current comprehensive strength had already reached the Great Completion of the Second Heaven Bright Moon Realm; facing these King-level beasts, whether they were mature or peak-stage, he formed an absolute "dimensional reduction strike."

In the distant base, everyone was dumbfounded.

All the officers and soldiers, including those who had previously held doubts about Zhang Fan's age and ability, all had their mouths wide open, their faces filled with extreme shock!

"My... my god..."

"Two King-level beasts... just like that... gone?"

"What kind of monster did Captain Tan Yi bring back!"

"Too strong! Too fierce! Following such a commander, who's afraid of any beast horde!"

At this moment, all doubts vanished, replaced by infinite worship and confidence in an absolute powerhouse.

Zhang Fan, however, had no time to pay attention to their shock; he quickly cleaned up the battlefield, his fingertips brushing over one carcass after another, and pleasant notification sounds rang out one after another.

However, just as he was preparing to make another move to kill the other two beast hordes.

An inexplicable feeling of heart palpitations struck his heart without warning.

Zhang Fan looked up suddenly, his eyes scanning the desolate mountains around him.

He saw that, he didn't know when, further away from the positions where the four beast hordes had appeared, more massive figures had appeared!

One, two, three... eight, nine!