174: Encounter with mutant bats

When Little Qiang saw the group of bats, he let out a loud cry.

However, instead of retreating from Little Qiang's threatening cries, the bats accelerated and flew towards Qin Shilei.

Little Qiang was currently a Bronze Eight-Star existence; ordinary mutated beasts would be scared and flee upon hearing his cry.

It was unclear whether these bats were unafraid of Little Qiang or simply too stubborn.

Qin Shilei drew his Blood Soul and said coldly, "Since they insist on seeking death, then let's send them on their way."

Zhang Xiaoli also took out her Moon Elf Staff. "Qin Ge, let me go first."

After speaking, she first cast an Oak Shield on both of them.

Flying Flower Picking Leaves!

By then, the group of bats had flown within twenty meters of them. Zhang Xiaoli waved her hand, unleashing a group attack ability.

Immediately, countless brightly colored flowers mixed with emerald green leaves surged into the bat swarm, rapidly slicing through them.

Those bats were extremely agile, darting left and right, attempting to evade the attack, but there were simply too many energy flowers and leaves.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of bats were sliced into several pieces by the Flying Flower Picking Leaves and fell to the ground.

"Roar!"

A sharp shriek echoed from within the bat swarm, followed by countless bats opening their mouths and joining the roar.

Qin Shilei didn't hear any sound, but he felt as if his head had been struck by a heavy hammer, experiencing a wave of dizziness.

Ultrasonic attack.

Qin Shilei instantly thought of this term.

After two seconds, the discomfort in his body gradually subsided.

Qin Shilei and Zhang Xiaoli were both top experts of the Silver Realm, possessing a certain resistance to such soul-attacking ultrasonic attacks.

But Little Qiang was unlucky; after one blow, he became like a fool, unable to control his body, and plummeted vertically to the ground.

What was worse, the group of bats had already surrounded them, flapping their wings and attacking them with their sharp teeth and claws.

Qin Shilei and Zhang Xiaoli were temporarily safe due to the automatic protection of the Oak Shield.

Under the attack of numerous bats, countless feathers and debris flew from Little Qiang, and he was already covered in wounds within a mere two seconds.

Qin Shilei immediately hugged Zhang Xiaoli, then teleported closer to Little Qiang and put him into his pet space.

By then, they had descended thirty to forty meters, with bats still relentlessly attacking them.

The Oak Shield was on the verge of shattering.

Qin Shilei performed several consecutive teleports, escaping the bat's encirclement, then rushed into the small forest below.

"Qin Ge, those hateful bats are chasing us!"

Zhang Xiaoli cast two more Oak Shields on them, pointing at the sky as she spoke.

"They really think we're easy to bully."

Qin Shilei took out his short bow, drew the string, and shot.

Immediately, a volley of arrows swiftly flew towards the bat swarm.

The bats nimbly dodged, but the sharp arrows relentlessly pursued them.

Seeing that they couldn't evade the arrows, the bats surprisingly changed direction and shrieked at the arrows.

Under the sound wave attack, the arrows, which already had insufficient kinetic energy, suddenly stopped and then fell to the ground.

Of the dozens of arrows Qin Shilei shot, only a few unlucky bats were killed, not even comparable to one of Zhang Xiaoli's Flying Flower Picking Leaves attacks.

Although the short bow had the 'Guaranteed Hit' attribute, its power was slightly insufficient against increasingly powerful mutated beasts.

Qin Shilei put away his short bow and once again took out his Blood Soul.

By then, the bats had flown into the forest and once again opened their mouths to unleash their ultrasonic attack.

Qin Shilei focused his mind and endured this attack head-on.

After one second, he endured the discomfort in his mind and actively charged towards the bats.

Thunderbolt Thrust!

Sword light flashed, and dozens of bats were stabbed to death on the ground.

Zhang Xiaoli also continuously unleashed Flying Flower Picking Leaves, killing hundreds of bats.

"Roar!"

The Bat King once again let out a shriek from within the bat swarm, and immediately the bat swarm followed suit, opening their mouths, preparing to unleash an ultrasonic attack.

Qin Shilei stared intently at the location from which the sound had just come.

After one second, finally able to control his body again, he immediately charged towards the Bat King's position.

Phantom!

While running, he simultaneously summoned his Phantom clone; two figures simultaneously used teleportation to rush towards the Bat King in mid-air.

After charging through layers of bats, they finally discovered a gigantic bat with fleshy wings over three meters wide appearing before their eyes.

With another teleport, Qin Shilei instantly appeared beside the Bat King.

He and his clone simultaneously struck the Bat King from front and back.

And the Phantom clone also activated the One-Punch Man attribute on its body.

The Bat King seemed to know it had encountered a life-or-death crisis; it opened its mouth to unleash a super powerful sound wave attack while simultaneously closing its fleshy wings to curl into a ball.

Under the ultrasonic attack, Qin Shilei spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his body once again entered a stiff state, unable to swing the Blood Soul in his hand.

The Phantom clone, completely unaffected, struck the Bat King with a sword, sending it flying dozens of meters and crashing into the bat swarm below.

Following its aura, he teleported over again, only to see the Bat King had already rolled almost ten meters further and was then surrounded by a dense swarm of bats.

By the time the Phantom clone teleported over again, it found bats everywhere, but no sign of the Bat King.

At this point, Qin Shilei finally recovered from his stiff state, but his body was rapidly descending.

Looking around, he saw only bats everywhere, unable to locate the Bat King.

He had no choice but to perform several consecutive teleports to return to Zhang Xiaoli's side.

While the One-Punch Man state was still active, the Phantom clone unleashed several Thunderbolt Thrusts, killing nearly a thousand bats, and then had no choice but to use teleportation to descend to Qin Shilei's side.

"Did you kill the Bat King? They seem to be flying away." Zhang Xiaoli asked, pointing at the bat swarm flying into the distance.

Qin Shilei shook his head and replied, "It should only be severely wounded the Bat King."

Although he possessed the teleportation skill, he couldn't fly after all. Fighting in the air still had many inconveniences; failing to kill the opponent in one strike allowed the Bat King to hide in the bat swarm and escape this ordeal.

Looking at the departing bat swarm, Zhang Xiaoli asked worriedly, "Qin Ge, those bats shouldn't affect our Hope City, right?"

Qin Shilei replied, "Our Hope City is to the west, while this group of bats is flying towards the east, so they shouldn't affect Hope City."

It was precisely because the direction the bat swarm left was different from Hope City's direction; otherwise, Qin Shilei would have chased them down long ago, either killing or driving away the bats.

Seeing that the bat swarm had flown far away, Qin Shilei summoned Little Qiang, only to find that the latter was not only covered in wounds but also unconscious.

Zhang Xiaoli continuously cast several Resurrections on Little Qiang.

Little Qiang's wounds had stopped bleeding, but he remained unconscious, not waking up.

Zhang Xiaoli speculated, "His spirit must be damaged; it will take some time for him to recover."

Qin Shilei had no choice but to put Little Qiang away again. "Then we can only drive forward."

Zhang Xiaoli suddenly spoke, "Qin Ge, why don't I drive?"

"Alright." Qin Shilei waved his hand, releasing a white sedan.

With a roar, the sedan shot forward like a flash of lightning.