31: Section 31

A fleshy sac shot out from the Phage Beast's body and latched onto the Team Member's face. In just a moment, the Team Member's life source essence was sucked dry, turning him into flesh soil.

Everyone present was shocked by this scene, freezing in place.

However, the Phage Beast did not stop; two more fleshy sacs shot out from the surface of its body, falling onto two fleeing Team Members like launched cannonballs.

One Team Member managed to dodge, while the other did not.

The fleshy sac that was dodged landed on the ground, revealing a face; the entire sac looked like a head, with two rows of thin legs extending from its sides as it began to crawl on the ground.

It was clearly an independent Small Devouring Extremity Beast!

Seeing this, Mark didn't have time to be shocked and immediately ordered: "Team One, Team Two, Team Three! Fire at the Phage Beast with everything you've got and find its weakness. Machine Gunners, cover us! All units, take note: this Phage Beast can split off Small Devouring Extremity Beasts that can absorb life source essence. Prioritize taking out the ones nearby."

"Roger that!"

In an instant, the three teams disembarked from their vehicles, forming a formation and standing ready.

The Machine Gunners on the roofs also took their positions and began firing at the Phage Beast.

Powerful firepower immediately covered the Phage Beast, which sensed the threat and scrambled about.

Mark immediately started running back, shouting: "Get my gravity body ready right now."

The accompanying Dust Citizens received the order and immediately moved Mark's gravity body off the vehicle, starting the activation sequence.

"Jing Yuan!" Mark called out. Jing Yuan understood and quickly ran back.

"Activate Jing Yuan's gravity body too," Mark ordered. Dust Citizens on another vehicle began moving his gravity body off as well.

The Phage Beast was suppressed by the intense firepower and couldn't move forward, but the bullets couldn't do much to it either.

The Phage Beast began to continuously launch fleshy, sac-like Small Devouring Extremity Beasts from a distance.

Seeing the Small Devouring Extremity Beasts approaching, the Wasteland Hunters immediately shifted their fire to target them.

However, the Small Devouring Extremity Beasts were small and fast, making them hard to aim at, and many bullets were wasted.

Mark ran back to the team and jumped directly into the gravity body.

The Wasteland Hunters feared such sudden attacks the most because they were unprepared.

Even starting up a gravity body required some time.

At the Phage Beast's speed, even a little time could cause heavy casualties.

The Phage Beast used the Small Devouring Extremity Beasts to draw fire, creating an opening.

With one leap, it neared the team, landing on a vehicle and grabbing the Machine Gunner on the roof with its hand, throwing him out.

The Phage Beast's sudden charge into the team threw the Wasteland Hunters into disarray.

Mark, wearing the gravity body, couldn't wait for it to finish charging and picked up a heavy rifle to fire.

Mark was an all-rounder among the Wasteland Hunters, and his marksmanship was top-tier.

His shots hit the Phage Beast's weak points, and to dodge the bullets, it jumped off the roof again.

Once the charging was complete, Mark piloted the gravity body and charged straight ahead, firing his heavy rifle shot after shot, forcing the Phage Beast back repeatedly.

This single Phage Beast wouldn't normally have made the Wasteland Hunters so miserable, but unfortunately, they were facing a new model.

Jing Yuan arrived at his gravity body. Seeing that it was still being prepared, he didn't enter immediately but stood guard in front of it.

Ahead, many Small Devouring Extremity Beasts rushed forward. Jing Yuan knew small flying daggers were useless, so he used half-meter-long large flying daggers.

He held a flying dagger and threw it; to others, it looked like a simple throwing motion, but it was actually controlled by telekinesis.

With a thought from Jing Yuan, the flying dagger curved in an arc, slicing through the Small Devouring Extremity Beasts horizontally.

Through the feedback from his telekinesis, Jing Yuan found that the physical strength of the Small Devouring Extremity Beasts was far inferior to that of the large Phage Beast.

But to deal with this type of Phage Beast, one still had to inflict destructive damage.

The team was in chaos; Mark was keeping the large Phage Beast busy while the others dealt with the Small Devouring Extremity Beasts.

Jing Yuan saw a blonde figure retreating continuously. During the retreat, she accidentally tripped. Although she didn't fall, in that split second, a Small Devouring Extremity Beast lunged at her.

"Penny!" A nearby Team Member saw this and wanted to help but couldn't; she didn't dare fire at the Phage Beast on Penny.

Seeing this, Jing Yuan charged over. A flying dagger appeared quietly in his hand and sliced through the Small Devouring Extremity Beast's legs, cutting them all off.

Then, with his other hand, Jing Yuan grabbed the Small Devouring Extremity Beast, tore it off Penny, threw it to the ground, and crushed it under his foot.

Such precise operation could only be achieved by Jing Yuan with the assistance of telekinesis.

Seeing Penny's panicked look, Jing Yuan quickly comforted her: "It's okay now!"

"Jing Yuan! Watch your back!"

Jing Yuan turned around and threw the flying dagger in his hand, instantly splitting the Small Devouring Extremity Beast in two.

"Don't be afraid! Stay sharp, just don't let these little brutes get close!"

"Mm!" Penny nodded. She was a veteran of the Wasteland Hunters and wouldn't be scared off by such a small scene.

"Jing Yuan! The gravity body is ready!"

Chapter 32: Searching for Supplies

Jing Yuan immediately returned to the gravity body and entered it for synchronization.

Once synchronization was complete, Jing Yuan closed his visor and left.

He was like a gust of wind.

"So fast!"

The Dust Citizens who prepared the gravity body for Jing Yuan were stunned.

"I've never seen such a fast gravity body!"

Jing Yuan piloted the gravity body to the front lines.

Since his gravity body was a melee type, its main weapon was a Greatsword. Its only ranged weapon was a heavy pistol.

Jing Yuan held the Greatsword and shattered a Small Devouring Extremity Beast with one swing.

He held the sword in one hand and the pistol in the other.

One slash per beast, one shot per beast, clearing the Small Devouring Extremity Beasts on the battlefield like cutting through melons and vegetables.

Before long, all the Small Devouring Extremity Beasts on the battlefield were cleared by Jing Yuan.

Jing Yuan also noticed that these Small Devouring Extremity Beasts did not have spirit seeds inside them.

Jing Yuan looked at the large Phage Beast; it appeared to be in great pain, as if it had a connection with these Small Devouring Extremity Beasts.

At that moment, the Phage Beast roared angrily at Jing Yuan.

But Mark, who was nearby, wouldn't give it a chance to breathe.

The chainsaw blade of the black gravity body sliced through the skin on the Phage Beast's back.

The Phage Beast let out a roar and turned to deal with Mark.

Jing Yuan also charged up at this time, swinging his Greatsword at the Phage Beast's neck.

The Phage Beast sensed the danger and dodged; the Greatsword only lightly grazed it.

Jing Yuan controlled the gravity body very quickly, but this Phage Beast's speed was not slow either.

To dodge Jing Yuan, the Phage Beast exposed its back to Mark.

Mark naturally didn't miss the opportunity, thrusting the chainsaw blade straight into the Phage Beast's chest.

The Phage Beast was hit hard and fell to the ground, its life force extinguished.

Jing Yuan looked at Mark, inwardly blaming him for not giving him the kill. After all, it was useless for Mark to kill the Phage Beast, but if he killed it, he could obtain life source essence.

The two gravity bodies stood beside the Phage Beast's corpse, while the nearby Wasteland Hunters cheered for them.

Mark looked at the Phage Beast at his feet and asked Jing Yuan: "Is it completely dead?"

Jing Yuan couldn't tell either.

Suddenly, Jing Yuan felt a slight fluctuation.

He heightened his vigilance and saw the Phage Beast's tail rise, pointing directly at Mark's head.

Jing Yuan didn't even have time to warn him and directly used telekinesis to control the flying daggers attached to the gravity body to fly out.

Mark sensed something was wrong, turned his head, and saw the Phage Beast's tail attacking him, quickly activating his visor.

However, in that instant, a dark shadow flashed past, directly severing the Phage Beast's tail.

Seeing that the Phage Beast wasn't dead, Jing Yuan plunged his Greatsword into its chest again.

Strangely, however, Jing Yuan did not feel the flow of life source essence.

Its spirit seed isn't in its chest!

Jing Yuan opened the gravity body's visor and stared at the Phage Beast's body, trying to sense where its spirit seed was located.

Where is it?

Jing Yuan used his Mental Power to sweep over the Phage Beast's body again and again, looking for anything different.