47: Business

Commander Xu suppressed the anger in his heart and did not make a move, just watching the ten people besiege the three wild boars with full concentration.

Although everyone who can become Gene Warriors is an elite, the injection time was too short, and many had not fully adapted to their strength, only able to exert seventy to eighty percent of their power.

Therefore, this was a good opportunity for practice, and Commander Xu naturally wouldn't interfere.

The ten second-tier warriors were a bit rusty at first, and their coordination wasn't good; in one or two instances, they were almost caught and injured by the wild boars.

However, they were all combat elites before, and they quickly became familiar with the new combat mode.

A moment later, they safely took down the three wild boars with some close calls.

Commander Xu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat gratified.

"Issue an order to the logistics personnel to bring back the sacrificed warriors for proper burial, and send these three wild boars to the research institute."

After the battle, although the three D-rank ferocious beast corpses were spoils of war worth celebrating, no one could be happy.

Because just now, nine warriors were sacrificed during the wild boar's sneak attack!

"Cheer up and let's continue!"

Seeing everyone's sadness, Commander Xu opened his mouth to say something comforting but ultimately just gave a simple command.

The group moved forward in silence.

As they got closer to Xiao Nan Mountain, they encountered more and more ferocious beasts.

However, with their previous experience, everyone's vigilance was very high, and there were basically no sneak attacks.

It wasn't until they had taken down a total of one hundred and thirty-two F-rank ferocious beasts and seventeen E-rank ferocious beasts that the entire team encountered the first D-rank ferocious beast of this expedition.

This was a huge goat.

Goats are herbivores, not particularly docile, but also not actively aggressive.

However, this goat, radiating a D-rank aura, had blood-red eyes and a murderous gaze fixed on their group; in front of it lay the corpse of a wolf, disemboweled and brutally killed.

Clearly, this wolf only had E-rank strength and was directly slaughtered when it encountered this D-rank goat.

And now, the ferocious goat's next target was these human Gene Warriors.

Commander Xu did not hesitate, immediately moving to the front of the team, his eyes fixed on the goat.

Among nearly a thousand people, no one but him was a match for the goat.

The goat let out a low growl and charged straight at Commander Xu.

"Skill! Military Soul!"

Commander Xu dared not be careless and immediately used his only skill.

In an instant, a ray of light erupted from Commander Xu, covering all the warriors.

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

The entire army was as if they had taken a stimulant, each of them enhanced with 10% more combat power.

This, of course, included Commander Xu, who was the commander.

Having received the buff, Commander Xu took a deep breath and punched out at the goat.

At the same time, the other warriors retreated, forming a circle around the goat and Commander Xu, then each took out specialized thermal weapons and began shooting at the goat.

Because they formed a circle, at any moment, someone could always bypass Commander Xu's position and shoot at the goat; although this weapon could not cause serious damage to the goat, the attacked goat would always be affected.

Commander Xu was strong; he could fight the goat to a draw with his own strength, and with the warriors' assistance, he directly put the goat at a disadvantage.

The goat was furious, wanting to take down the warriors who were interfering, but Commander Xu held it back tightly.

As time passed, the goat's wounds increased, and its aura gradually weakened.

Finally, Commander Xu seized an opportunity, delivering a punch that directly knocked the goat to the ground.

"We won!"

"Commander is mighty!"

"We killed a D-rank ferocious beast!"

The surrounding warriors watched the goat's aura dissipate, their eyes wide, shouting excitedly.

This was the first time a D-rank ferocious beast had been killed in all the time humans had been fighting against them!

Looking at the cheering crowd, Commander Xu also breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a bit excited; he hadn't expected that he would actually be able to hunt a D-rank ferocious beast.

Even if this ferocious beast seemed to have fought a major battle before and still had wounds on its body.

"Order for the goat's corpse and that wolf's corpse to be immediately sent back to the research institute!"

Commander Xu immediately spoke.

Boom—

No sooner had he spoken, and before anyone could even receive the order, a figure suddenly descended from the sky, landing beside the goat; with a flap of its wings, everyone present was immediately thrown into disarray, even Commander Xu found it hard to resist, directly retreating three steps.

Commander Xu looked on with a horrified expression, only to see a giant eagle radiating a powerful aura appear on the field.

At this moment, Commander Xu felt a little dazed; in his daze, he seemed to see that golden eagle.

Commander Xu, who had gotten up, had an extremely serious expression; he could feel the powerful aura emanating from the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle, an aura belonging to D-rank, and several times stronger than the previous goat.

His initial assessment was that he was no match for it.

The Xuan Yu Divine Eagle was very pleased with the fearful expressions of these people when facing it; this allowed him to slightly alleviate the panic in his heart after watching Lu Yu fight ten Tier C Ferocious Beasts earlier.

Facing the humans who were treating it as a formidable enemy, the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle paid them no mind, spreading its wings and charging directly at Commander Xu.

Commander Xu wanted to resist, but the difference in strength was too great, and he was defeated by the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle in one move.

Seeing the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle's cold, sharp talons only three inches from his throat, Commander Xu sighed in his heart: My life is over.

However, in the next instant, the intense pain Commander Xu imagined did not come; instead, he felt his shoulder being grabbed, and the next moment he was lifted into the air.

"Commander has been captured!"

"Save Commander!"

For a moment, the human warriors were in chaos; some wanted to rush up and save Commander Xu, but the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle snorted disdainfully, and with a flap of its wings, it directly blew everyone away.

The next moment, the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle took Commander Xu and flew into the sky, its figure disappearing in an instant.

"Deputy Commander, what do we do?"

The warriors were a bit flustered, each looking at the Deputy Commander.

The Deputy Commander took a deep breath and said, "All first-tier warriors, take the goat and wolf corpses back to the research institute; the rest of the second-tier warriors, follow me to chase Commander Xu!"

"Yes!"

...Commander Xu, carried by the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle, was confused, not knowing where the other party was taking him; during this time, he still wanted to resist, but he simply could not escape the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle's control.

After a while, the Xuan Yu Divine Eagle landed with Commander Xu.

Commander Xu looked around and saw a familiar figure.

"Commander Xu, right? Do you want to discuss a business deal with me?"

Lu Yu spoke calmly.