44: Chapter 44 Broken Tooth! Two Fingers Through the Skull!

Amidst the gray mist, the Hyena leader's shrill cry transformed into a bugle call for the charge.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Six grayish-brown afterimages scattered instantly, their coordination far exceeding imagination.

The two sturdiest Iron-Bone Hyenas lunged directly at the bleeding Wasteland Mastiff, their goal clear—containment.

The remaining four were like four bolts of gray lightning.

At an incredibly tricky angle, they bypassed the fragile defensive line constructed by the Wasteland Mastiff.

A foul-smelling gust rushed into their faces.

Their targets: Su Ming and Shen Qingci!

The battle erupted in an instant!

Shen Qingci's pupils constricted slightly.

With a flick of her wrist, the matte silver-gray cold edge refracted a desolate, beautiful cold light.

Subconsciously, she wanted to step aside half a step to block in front of Su Ming.

In her understanding, Su Ming was a tank with heaven-defying defense, but he lacked actual combat experience.

The Abyss is not a fighting ring.

Exotic beasts won't just stand there and let you hit them.

She didn't look at the two Iron-Bone Hyenas surrounding the Wasteland Mastiff.

That Mastiff King's condition wouldn't hold out for long.

She had to end this quickly!

However, Su Ming was faster than her.

He took a fierce step forward.

"Boom!"

The scorched earth beneath his feet collapsed, and spiderweb-like cracks spread instantly.

The hem of his B-grade trench coat fluttered dashingly in the strong wind.

He was just like that, bare-handed.

He actively met the two Iron-Bone Hyenas rushing at the front.

"Showing off again!"

Shen Qingci cursed silently and could only give up on helping him.

There was no time to worry about him.

The two Iron-Bone Hyenas on the right had already closed into attack range.

"Clang!"

Her cold edge unsheathed, a silvery-white blade light cutting through the thick fog.

It struck precisely at the side of the leading Iron-Bone Hyena's neck.

A piercing sound of metal grinding against metal exploded!

Sparks flew everywhere!

A huge recoil force traveled from the hilt.

It numbed the web of Shen Qingci's hand.

The sharpness of the Geng Metal Blade Bone was beyond doubt.

But this strike only broke the surface layer of the Iron-Bone Hyena's bone armor.

A few droplets of dark green blood splashed from the cut, far from injuring any vital points.

The Iron-Bone Hyena shrieked in pain and was knocked back two steps by the force of the blade.

It immediately bared its teeth and growled, showing no intention of retreating at all.

Shen Qingci's heart tightened.

So hard!

The defensive power of this Iron-Bone Hyena was disgustingly beyond imagination.

She flipped her wrist, changing the cold edge from a slash to a thrust.

Aiming at the throat of the second Iron-Bone Hyena pouncing over.

This time, she would use piercing instead of slashing to concentrate force on the gaps in the armor.

However, her peripheral vision glanced to the left at this moment.

Her heart suddenly tightened.

Over on Su Ming's side, two Iron-Bone Hyenas had completed a pincer attack.

One above and one below, they had completely locked onto the motionless Su Ming.

They displayed the most primitive and terrifying hunting instincts of beasts.

The one on the left feinted with a claw, sealing off all of Su Ming's evasion routes.

The one on the right seized this fleeting opening, its muscles knotted, and it leaped up fiercely!

A pincer attack from above and below!

Those bloody maws capable of biting through light armor opened simultaneously.

Foul-smelling saliva stretched into threads.

They lunged to tear at Su Ming's throat and lower body!

The one from above arrived first.

The Iron-Bone Hyena accurately bit down on Su Ming's right arm, which he had raised to block!

Sharp fangs shimmering with a faint, eerie green Source Energy glow.

With the force of a thousand jun, they clamped down fiercely!

"Su Ming!"

Shen Qingci's breathing stopped for a beat.

Astonishment and a trace of nervousness, which she hadn't even noticed herself, instantly flooded her heart.

The bite force of a Tier 2 Iron-Bone Hyena reached several tons.

Even her SS-grade Geng Metal Blade Bone hadn't been able to deal a heavy blow in one strike.

Su Ming, a body of flesh and blood...

No matter how high his bone density was, it was still made of meat!

That arm was likely...

"Snap."

A crisp sound of snapping.

But it wasn't bone that broke.

"Awooo—?!"

The Iron-Bone Hyena that had bitten Su Ming's arm suddenly froze.

Its fangs, which it took pride in and which were capable of chewing through metal,

at the moment they contacted the muscles of Su Ming's arm,

felt as if they had bitten into a piece of extraordinary alloy with unimaginable density.

Both the upper and lower rows of fangs shattered on the spot, seven or eight of them!

Broken teeth mixed with bloody foam splashed out, and a distorted wail squeezed out of the Iron-Bone Hyena's throat.

Intense pain and shock overwhelmed its brain, which had been filled with slaughter.

This is human flesh?

This is a trap disguised as flesh!

Su Ming looked down at his right arm.

There were two neat rows of tooth marks on his sleeve.

"So fierce, it almost broke the skin."

His voice wasn't loud, and his tone carried sincerity.

The knife in Shen Qingci's hand almost flew out of her grip.

Almost broke the skin?!

That was a Tier 2 exotic beast capable of tearing apart light armor!

What a suffocating humblebrag.

Her scientific worldview had suffered a devastating blow for the second time today.

Su Ming didn't give her time to continue being shocked.

The attack from the Iron-Bone Hyena below had arrived, heading straight for his crotch.

A typical groin-targeting tactic.

Su Ming raised an eyebrow.

This, he could not tolerate.

His right foot lifted suddenly, and a whip kick lashed out without warning!

"Bang!"

This kick struck the Iron-Bone Hyena's waist and abdomen with absolute precision.

Over one ton of True Mass.

Amplified by 1.5 times the kinetic energy via [Mass Mastery].

How terrifying was the power that erupted?

The Iron-Bone Hyena didn't even have time to let out a scream.

Its entire body felt as if it had been hit head-on by a battering ram.

It flew backward at three times the speed it had come!

It drew a straight gray line in mid-air.

It accurately collided with another companion that was entangled with Shen Qingci.

"Snap! Snap!"

Two crisp sounds of bones breaking exploded almost simultaneously in the thick fog!

The Iron-Bone Hyena that was hit went limp on the spot, its spine broken into several pieces.

And the one used as a cannonball was even worse, blood spraying from its mouth and nose, its internal organs already crushed into mush.

One kick, two wasted!

Shen Qingci watched this incredible scene.

Her hand holding the knife stiffened for a moment.

She was still just scratching the surface here.

Su Ming was already playing bowling over there?!

This isn't scientific!

I haven't even started yet, how can you be done so quickly!

She looked at Su Ming with some resentment.

Unfortunately, Su Ming didn't have time to make eye contact with her right now.

His left hand reached out like lightning.

He grabbed the hind leg of the Iron-Bone Hyena that was still hanging on his arm.

His arm swung fiercely!

"Whoosh!"

The calf-sized body was swung up by him like a sack.

It traced a huge arc and smashed fiercely into the ground!

"Boom!"

The earth gave a muffled sound, and a half-meter-deep crater suddenly appeared.

The Iron-Bone Hyena in the pit was dazed and confused.

Its spine snapped inch by inch under the immense pulling force and impact.

It twitched powerlessly.

But it wasn't dead yet.

The bone armor had absorbed a large amount of the impact, and it was still whining weakly.

Su Ming's right hand formed a sword with his fingers.

There was no energy fluctuation, no flashy moves.

Just a simple, downward thrust.

[Great Vajra Finger!]

Puchi!

Two fingers pierced through the Iron-Bone Hyena's skull, which was as hard as alloy, without any resistance.

Sinking in up to the base of his fingers!

The Iron-Bone Hyena's twitching stopped abruptly.

Instant kill!

Su Ming pulled out his fingers and wiped them casually on his trench coat.

From the start of the battle to the instant kill, it was no more than fifteen seconds.

This eerie and bloody scene caused the entire battlefield to fall into a momentary dead silence.

Even the rolling of the thick fog slowed down a bit.

Shen Qingci's hand holding the cold edge tightened slightly.

It was difficult even for her SS-grade Geng Metal Blade Bone to break its defense.

Yet Su Ming had pierced through the opponent's head with just two fingers.

What kind of monster is this guy exactly?

Mutant talent? Burning life force?

For the first time, she wavered on that explanation.

This kind of suppression didn't look like burning life force at all!

In the distance, the surviving Iron-Bone Hyenas were in disarray.

Whether it was the two surrounding the Wasteland Mastiff,

or the one being suppressed by Shen Qingci.

All their movements showed a hint of hesitation.

Breaking fangs with bare hands.

Kicking a companion away.

Piercing a skull with one finger.

That human who looked the most delicious and weakest.

How could he be more terrifying than a Tier 3 Source Beast?

This was completely beyond their meager scope of cognition!

Panic began to spread through the pack of Iron-Bone Hyenas.

The two hunting the Wasteland Mastiff also stopped biting and turned their heads to look at the center of the battlefield.

Just when Su Ming thought this pack of beasts was going to tuck their tails and run,

"Aooo!!!"

A roar filled with rage and sharp killing intent.

Exploded from the shadows in the rear!

That sound drowned out all the noise on the field.

The Iron-Bone Hyena leader, which had been hiding in the back commanding, was thoroughly enraged.

Its companion being killed instantly in such an eerie way was a trampling of its pack's honor.

It was the ultimate provocation to its authority as the Hyena Queen!

From the shadows, a massive figure, nearly thirty percent larger than the other Iron-Bone Hyenas, walked out slowly.

Its size was almost on par with the Crimson Gold Wasteland Mastiff.

Its entire body's bone armor presented a deeper grayish-black.

Shimmering with a cold metallic light.

In Iron-Bone Hyena packs, the female is king.

And it was the natural Hyena Queen of the Iron-Bone Hyena tribe in this area!

All the Iron-Bone Hyenas lowered their bodies simultaneously.

Not out of fear, but submission.

The Hyena Queen's scarlet pupils locked onto Su Ming.

It redistributed tactics with the most direct roar.

The Iron-Bone Hyena that had managed to crawl up after being kicked away,

roared and, together with the remaining one, lunged at Shen Qingci.

Shen Qingci's pressure increased sharply, and she fell into a pincer attack again.

And the Hyena Queen entered the fray herself!

Without any hesitation.

It kicked the ground fiercely with all four limbs.

Its massive body transformed into a blurry grayish-black afterimage.

It rushed toward Su Ming like a sharp arrow!

Its speed was at least a notch faster than all the previous Iron-Bone Hyenas!

Facing this extreme pounce, Su Ming still stood in place.

A trace of interest appeared in his eyes.

"Well come!"

At the moment the Hyena Queen's sharp claws were about to touch his face, Su Ming did not dodge or avoid.

He met it with a simple, heavy punch!

His fist and the Hyena Queen's forehead collided with a boom in mid-air!

"Bang!"

The Hyena Queen's head was forcefully smashed toward the ground.

Its four claws plowed four deep grooves into the scorched earth.

A clear indentation appeared on the bone armor of its forehead.

Cracks spread from the center.

The immense impact force sent it rolling more than ten meters away before it could clumsily steady its figure.

"Eh?"

Su Ming shook his fist in surprise.

If this punch had been any of the previous Iron-Bone Hyenas,

its skull would have shattered into slag.

This leader's defensive power had something to it.

The Hyena Queen shook its dazed head and climbed up from the ground.

The intense pain in its forehead made it fully understand the terror of the human before it.

But the intense pain didn't make it fearful.

Instead, it ignited the ferocity deep within its bloodline!

"Roar!!!"

It let out an extremely shrill roar toward the sky.

Between the gaps of its grayish-black bone armor,

a rich glow of Source Energy suddenly lit up!

An aura that was violent, chaotic, and far beyond the peak of Tier 2.

Erupted from within its body!

It was forcibly berserking!

Its size expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Its bone spurs became even more ferocious.

Its momentum climbed crazily all the way.

It brazenly broke through the shackles of Tier 2!

Tier 3 Silver!

"Not good!"

Shen Qingci's expression changed drastically.

She forced back the Iron-Bone Hyena in front of her with a slash and shouted urgently:

"It has broken through to Tier 3! Retreat quickly!!!"