117: Chapter 117 The Battle!

Birds filled the sky as they swooped down, a fierce wind carrying a sharp piercing sound rushing toward them, and the dense barrage of attacks left no time to get distracted.

The first two macaws to arrive were already close, their iron-hook-like curved beaks viciously pecking toward Chen Ze's face with fierce force, enough to instantly tear flesh.

"Clang!"

The longyin saber flashed with a cold light, precisely blocking horizontally, its blade steadily striking the macaw's beak as a crisp and piercing metallic clash exploded loudly.

Surprisingly, the D-grade longyin saber failed to directly sever this mutant macaw's beak, which was enough to show that its physical defense was extremely strong.

However, the majestic recoil force still threw the macaw's form into complete disarray, sending its unbalanced body flying backward.

At the same time, the thunder enchantment attached to the blade instantly triggered, and fine purple lightning crackled around the macaw, shocking it into spasms in mid-air.

Almost at the same time, three crows launched a low-altitude surprise attack from the side, their sharp claws clawing straight at Fatty's back.

"Get lost!"

Fatty roared furiously, his spear sweeping horizontally in tandem as the shaft whistled through the air with a strong wind, swinging out fiercely.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

The three crows failed to dodge in time, their bodies all struck by the spear shaft, and they fell to the ground screaming, flapping their wings and struggling to get up.

Fatty's offensive was characterized by overwhelming force, but after all, it was just brute strength, and his every move was riddled with flaws.

Although this horizontal sweep repelled the crows, it instantly left all defenses of his chest and lower body wide open; his old force had just dissipated and his new force had yet to be born, exposing large fatal openings all around him.

The birds circling high above instantly caught the opening!

Immediately, seven or eight mutant birds swooped down from different directions!

"Trying to ambush? Did you ask me first!"

Chen Ze stepped hard on the ground, gripping the longyin saber tightly and swiping it horizontally forward.

Dragon Roar Deterrence!

A low and distant dragon roar suddenly erupted from inside the blade, and the invisible sound wave turned into a visible ring of air pressure that spread out in all directions!

The birds charging at the very front abruptly stalled, an instinctive fear welling up in their eyes as their swooping momentum suddenly fell into disarray.

Chen Ze stepped forward, unleashing his Proficient-level Sword Technique to its fullest.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!~"

In an instant, three E-grade mutant birds were directly slashed; the blade sliced through their bodies, and warm fresh blood sprinkled into mid-air, exploding into a cloud of blood mist!

"Flutter!"

The remaining mutant birds finally struggled out of the dragon roar deterrence, fearfully beating their wings to elevate their forms as they panicked and scattered to avoid it.

They were simply suffering from the disadvantage of not being able to speak, otherwise they would surely curse a couple of times right now.

"Damn it, can you not play like this? Why on earth can a human like you emit a dragon roar?"

Chen Ze didn't care at all about what these strange birds were thinking; he quickly put away the corpses of those mutant birds and shouted loudly!

"Xingzhe Sun!"

The lurking Xingzhe Sun immediately took action upon hearing the call, nimbly loading stones into the catapult's ejection slot.

"Whoosh!~"

The stone cut through the airflow in the forest, striking precisely against the branches on the outer side of the giant tree!

"Rustle!"

The branches shook violently, and red mutant apples fell one after another, slamming down with thuds across the open space as a rich sweet fragrance diffused all around.

The gazes of many birds were immediately attracted by the fallen fruits; unable to care about continuing to besiege the two of them, they hurriedly turned their directions and swooped down to vie for them.

"Fatty, hurry up and pick up the fruits!"

Chen Ze held his blade to guard the sky above, purple lightning crackling incessantly on the surface of the longyin saber.

"Alright!"

Fatty responded, putting away his spear with absolute trust and freeing up both hands to quickly pick up the mutant apples on the ground.

Chen Ze closely followed Fatty; whenever any mutant bird dared to bypass its peers fighting for the fruits and swoop down to ambush Fatty, he would immediately swing his blade to intercept.

"Clang!"

A mutant raven that couldn't hold its temper suddenly launched a surprise attack, its sharp claws lunging straight for the back of Fatty's neck.

The longyin saber blocked horizontally in time, spitting out a string of electric light, and the huge impact directly knocked the crow flying away.

Hearing the sound of battle behind him, Fatty didn't panic in the slightest, still keeping his head down to quickly gather the fruits, fully trusting that Chen Ze could guard his back.

"Brother Ze, I've already packed over twenty!"

"Keep collecting!"

Chen Ze spoke in a deep voice.

Now that the situation had finally been muddied, he wasn't going to be satisfied so easily!

"Boom! Boom!"

"Crack!"

The fully automatic catapult was still firing incessantly, rocks falling down and forcibly snapping off a branch as thick as a bucket.

Chen Ze saw it clearly: although many apples had fallen from above, nearly half of the fruits were still hanging on the branch, plunging down together with the tree trunk.

As long as they collected this section of the tree trunk, mutant apples definitely wouldn't be lacking!

"Fatty! Stop picking them up, go grab that one!"

The situation was urgent, so Chen Ze couldn't bother to say much more and directly grabbed Fatty up.

The broken branch, carrying a full tree of red fruits, crashed down heavily, shaking the ground and stirring up dust.

Those mutant birds were not stupid either; the areas on the tree were demarcated, with groups not crossing boundaries and lingering in a stalemate for a long time.

But these fresh fruits that had fallen to the ground were ownerless items!

Whoever snatched more would have a deeper ethnic foundation, and the higher-order mutant individuals and strong members their group could nurture in the future would be even more numerous!

In an instant, this broken branch completely became the target of public criticism for the entire venue.

Crows, macaws, sparrows, and various small mutant birds lurking in the gaps of the canopy all abandoned the scattered fruits in their hands, frantically turning their directions and swooping down!

In a flash, the situation became completely chaotic!

Chen Ze only felt that mutant birds were everywhere around him; the longyin saber in his hand swung continuously, but he still couldn't completely protect them both.

He was wearing E-grade leather armor, so he could barely tough it out, but Fatty's armor was only F-grade and couldn't hold up at all, leaving him covered in wounds in a short period of time.

"Oh fuck! Damn it, don't drill into my ass!"

Fatty shrieked strangely with his mouth, but his legs didn't stop moving for a second, rushing forward desperately to the point that even Chen Ze could barely keep up.

Damn! You guy have a death wish!

Chen Ze cursed inwardly, completely abandoning all self-protection and protecting Fatty with all his might.

Blade light flashed, purple lightning burst, and all the blade lights blocked both sides around Fatty.

Bird claws and sharp beaks continuously fell on the leather armor on Chen Ze's back, scratching out one scratch after another, wave after wave of stinging pain assaulting him back-to-back, yet he seemed completely unaware of it.

Just as Chen Ze was hesitating whether to use his time-stoppage ability, Fatty made a flying pounce, landing directly on that tree trunk.

"Flutter!"

A large swathe of entrenched mutant birds were startled and sent flying!

The next second, a faint light flashed!

The entire twenty-to-thirty-meter tree trunk, along with every plump fruit on the branches, instantly vanished into thin air!

"Brother Ze, I got it!"

The moment Fatty turned his head, Chen Ze finally saw his front side.

The F-grade armor on his chest had long since completely shattered, fragments hanging on his chest like suspenders, completely losing its protective function.

His entire front was covered with dense scars, with crisscrossing bloody gashes of varying depths. Dazzling fresh blood soaked his clothes, constantly sliding down his roly-poly belly!

"You motherfucker!"

Chen Ze felt his heart twitch violently.

Daring not to delay for even half a second more, he grabbed the other person by the collar and flung him with all his might.

Fatty only felt his body lighten, and by the time he landed, he was already a dozen meters away.

"Run! Don't die here!"