93: Chapter 93 Golden Tree Squad

The people around him were also wearing protective gear, but it was only Tier 1, with only one other person wearing Tier 2.

"The energy is coming from here."

The curly-haired man looked ahead. The ground was covered in cracks and shallow pits; rocks were scorched, bloodstains were everywhere, and there were a few Lizardman corpses. "Lizardman? What on earth happened here?"

He muttered to himself, looking puzzled.

This person was none other than the leader of the Golden Tree Squad... Captain Jin Tu.

"Captain, look over there!"

A team member shouted, pointing into the distance.

Captain Jin Tu and the others looked in that direction and saw a circle of giant rocks a few dozen meters away.

It was densely packed with Lizardman all around; a rough count put them at around three hundred.

"They seem to be surrounding something."

Another person spoke up.

Captain Jin Tu glanced at the chaotic battlefield before him again, then looked at the Lizardman in the distance, instantly piecing together the sequence of events.

The person who released that lightning energy must have caused all of this and wiped out those Lizardman.

Looking at the circle of rocks again, Captain Jin Tu concluded that they must be trapped inside.

"Are we going over to help?"

The person wearing the Tier 2 gear spoke up; he was the second Tier 3 Mage in the squad.

"Collect the corpses of these Lizardman first; I'll go over and take a look."

Captain Jin Tu ordered, golden light flickering in his eyes.

Help?

What he was interested in was more than just helping.

After giving the order, Captain Jin Tu charged straight towards the rock circle.

His speed was extreme, leaving only a gust of wind behind; the others couldn't even clearly see his figure.

As a Tier 3 Mage, Captain Jin Tu's speed was not something a Tier 2 Mage could track with the naked eye.

In the eyes of the Lizardman, he was like a phantom, completely undetected.

Captain Jin Tu silently rushed near the Lizardman, landed on a rock, and looked down.

When he saw the Tier 2 barrier at the pit's entrance and the sight of countless Lizardman frantically stabbing at it, he was stunned for a moment.

Using a Tier 2 barrier to deal with such weak magical beasts?

What a waste.

Captain Jin Tu sneered.

But when his gaze caught a figure beneath the barrier, his expression changed abruptly.

It was that woman who always looked half-asleep... Ge Ying.

Seeing Ge Ying, Aunt Mi Xue's face immediately appeared in Captain Jin Tu's mind.

If he saved Aunt Mi Xue's people, wouldn't Aunt Mi Xue owe him a favor?

A smirk of a successful scheme curled at the corners of his mouth.

Inside the giant pit, everyone waited in oppressive silence.

The sound of scale-spikes striking continued from above, and a sense of despair permeated the pit.

Just then, an arrogant voice descended from the sky, resounding throughout the area.

"You've held out quite a while, Wave Squad. The Golden Tree Squad is here to save you!"

The voice was loud and filled with self-aggrandizing pride.

Everyone, including the Lizardman, looked up.

They saw Captain Jin Tu standing fearlessly in the midst of the Lizardman.

Ge Ying saw Captain Jin Tu clad in Tier 3 armor through the gaps between the Lizardman's legs on the barrier, looking stunned.

Why is it him?

The Lizardman on the rocks finally discovered him, countless giant yellow pupils turning towards Captain Jin Tu in unison.

A cunning smile hung on Captain Jin Tu's face; even though he had been discovered, he was completely unafraid.

Hiss...!

The next moment.

Hundreds of Lizardman attacked in unison, with scale-spikes shooting towards him like a torrential downpour.

But Captain Jin Tu's smile grew even more arrogant.

Boom!

The terrifying pressure of a Tier 3 Mage exploded suddenly.

The violent aura was like a ruthless storm, instantly blowing away all the scale-spikes and sending all the Lizardman within ten meters of him flying.

Some smashed directly into the rocks and died on the spot, their corpses piling up in a small heap in the corner.

The members of the Wave Squad inside the pit watched, dumbfounded.

This was the strength of a Tier 3 Mage.

But immediately after, bitter smiles appeared on their faces.

They all knew that Captain Jin Tu didn't look down on them at all, but was only coveting their leader, Aunt Mi Xue.

He only stepped in to save them so that Aunt Mi Xue would owe him a favor.

Being saved by Captain Jin Tu was tantamount to causing trouble for Aunt Mi Xue.

But in their current situation, they had no choice but to watch helplessly.

That last move just now.

With just his aura, Captain Jin Tu had crushed and killed nearly twenty Lizardman and sent over a hundred flying.

The remaining Lizardman all stopped, turning their attention to Captain Jin Tu, preparing to attack with full force.

Under normal circumstances.

They would usually retreat and observe, but at this close range, there was simply nowhere to retreat.

Since they couldn't retreat, the Lizardman chose to charge collectively.

Whoosh!

Hundreds of scale-spikes shot towards Captain Jin Tu at high speed.

But his figure had already vanished from the spot.

All the scale-spikes missed, smashing fiercely into the giant rock where he had just been standing; the hard rock was instantly riddled with holes and cracks.

Whoosh!

Captain Jin Tu appeared in another position.

Five bright red starlight points appeared in front of him, quickly condensing into a red star map.

He perfectly displayed the might of a Tier 3 Mage, his figure flickering; the common grade Lizardman couldn't keep up with his movements at all.

"Fireball Technique."

Captain Jin Tu smiled easily and spoke calmly.

As his voice fell.

A fireball the size of a car tire, rolling with heat waves, shot out from the star map and smashed fiercely into the group of Lizardman on the disk.

Boom...!!!

The moment the fireball touched the first Lizardman.

It exploded with a roar, the violent flames instantly sweeping across the surroundings, completely engulfing a large area of Lizardman.

The scorching high temperature shrouded the entire area; the Lizardman didn't even have a chance to struggle and were quickly burned to charcoal.

The temperature was so high that the people in the pit instantly broke out in a sweat, as if they had been thrown into a furnace to be roasted.

For a First-Order Mage, this heat wave was almost unbearable, and everyone was panting heavily.

They were forced to use the small amount of magic power they had just recovered to resist the high heat.

"This bastard!"

Ge Ying cursed inwardly and looked up.

Above the disk, it was as if the surface of a river had been set on fire.

And the eleven of them were like observers at the bottom of the river, a suffocating sense of oppression washing over them.

They all knew that Captain Jin Tu only stepped in because of Aunt Mi Xue.

But he didn't care at all about the lives of the people in the pit, directly setting fires right above their heads.

Couldn't he have chosen a method that wouldn't affect them?

"Hold on a little longer; once it's over, I'll withdraw the barrier, and we'll go out."

Yao Dong comforted everyone, using his magic power to shield himself and the wounded beside him.

Although he was also drenched in sweat, he was, after all, a Tier 2 Mage and could still hold on.

Crack!

Just then.

A cracking sound came from the pit entrance.

Everyone stiffened and slowly looked up.

A tiny crack appeared on the barrier and was slowly spreading.

Everyone's faces turned pale, filled with terror.

They watched helplessly as the crack spread.

A small piece of the barrier suddenly collapsed, and the terrifying heat wave instantly rushed into the pit.

"Ah...!"

The weaker team members let out painful screams.

It was as if they were being roasted alive, with flames pouring into the pit through the gap.

Ge Ying reacted instantly, gritting her teeth as she rushed towards the gap, raising her hand to tap, and an item appeared in her hand.

Whoosh!

A ray of light flew out from her palm.

It expanded at the gap into a one-meter-wide thin barrier... a Tier 1 defensive item.

The barrier withstood the heat wave, instantly making a sizzling sound, and cracks immediately appeared on its surface.