55: Section 55

After calling out twice, there was no one, and no time to question Jing Yuan.

The Small Devouring Extremity Beast darted into the crowd.

A Phage Beast lunged directly at Fann, tackling him to the ground, preparing to absorb his life source essence.

Seeing this, Loriv, despite having no weapon in hand, kicked it, and the Phage Beast was sent flying like a sandbag.

Locke pulled Fann up and said, "We can only rely on ourselves to fight!"

Jing Yuan swept his Mental Power and discovered the source of the Phage Beasts.

These Phage Beasts came from the gathering place Jing Yuan had sensed earlier, and there were many of them, far more than he had sensed before.

The number Jing Yuan currently sensed exceeded a hundred.

Even if they were Small Devouring Extremity Beasts, such a large number could wipe out their team.

"Ah!"

A Dust Citizen laborer was bitten by a Phage Beast, which absorbed his life source essence.

Jing Yuan released his Mental Power, controlling three flying daggers to unsheathe.

The black flying daggers were like ghosts in the darkness, quietly appearing behind the Small Devouring Extremity Beasts.

Swish!

For Phage Beasts the size of a stray dog, half-meter long flying daggers were enough to sever their heads.

The three flying daggers coordinated with each other, capable of directly piercing the spirit seed for an instant kill. If they couldn't hit the spirit seed, the next flying dagger would follow up.

In the span of a single breath, Jing Yuan had dealt with four or five Phage Beasts.

Now that Jing Yuan's Mental Power had increased, the Phage Beasts whose spirit seeds were pierced would have their life source essence absorbed by Jing Yuan.

Jing Yuan changed the direction of his flying daggers and launched another surprise attack, killing five more Phage Beasts.

Killing ten Small Devouring Extremity Beasts in one go greatly eased the pressure on the Wasteland Hunters Team Members.

Jing Yuan quickly ordered, "You all retreat immediately, I'll go ahead and block them.

"I'll help you!" Erica quickly said. Her firepower was fierce, very effective against groups of Phage Beasts.

"No need!" Jing Yuan said, "Erica, you protect them as they retreat."

Jing Yuan looked ahead. Although his Mental Power perception could only sense the aura of humans and Phage Beasts, it couldn't scan the environment.

However, based on the movement of the Phage Beasts, he deduced that there was a door ahead, and all Phage Beasts coming in this direction had to pass through this door.

As long as this door was blocked, these Phage Beasts couldn't get through.

Jing Yuan continued forward.

He saw a large number of Phage Beasts charging over.

Jing Yuan's Mental Power controlled the three flying daggers to clear them out.

Any stragglers were directly dealt with by Jing Yuan's Greatsword.

With Jing Yuan blocking the source of the Phage Beasts, there were fewer Phage Beasts on the team's side.

Although the Phage Beasts they killed would revive, this time was enough for them to retreat.

Jing Yuan fought his way deep inside and found that what he thought was a door was actually a ruined gap.

He looked up; if he fired a rocket, collapsing the factory ceiling, he could stop this group of Phage Beasts.

Unfortunately, Jing Yuan's gravity body did not have heavy firepower.

Jing Yuan could only use his Mental Power to control the flying daggers to kill indiscriminately among the Phage Beasts, while continuously wielding his Greatsword to cut down any stragglers.

Suddenly, a shell flew from a distance, directly collapsing the factory ceiling.

Crash!

The ruins above continuously collapsed, burying all the subsequent Phage Beasts within.

Jing Yuan quickly retreated, controlling his flying daggers with Mental Power to continue killing the Phage Beasts that rushed over.

He looked back and saw Penny standing behind, carrying a rocket launcher. Her long hair fluttered in the aftershock, looking heroic and valiant.

"This woman is so strong!"

Although Jing Yuan and Penny had had in-depth discussions in the Hall of Dawn, their actual understanding was not deep.

And in the original work, Penny's appearance was too short, and her combat power was not demonstrated.

After several joint missions on The Surface with Penny, Jing Yuan discovered that Penny not only had excellent shooting skills but also possessed leadership acumen, though she was sometimes not decisive enough.

"Why are you here!"

Jing Yuan drove his gravity body to Penny's front.

"Could you manage if I didn't come?"

Jing Yuan was stunned, then laughed, "That's Ran Bing's line. Do you know what she meant when she said that to Mark?"

"What?"

"Watch out!"

Jing Yuan saw a straggler Phage Beast pouncing on Penny. In a moment of urgency, Jing Yuan directly controlled his flying daggers to attack the Phage Beast.

Penny reacted, watching as the Phage Beast was beheaded, pierced, and then pinned to the rubble.

To save her, Jing Yuan didn't think too much; exposure was exposure.

Jing Yuan directly controlled the flying daggers to return to his shield.

Penny saw this scene and was very surprised, "What kind of weapon is this?"

Jing Yuan smiled, "Let's retreat first, I'll explain it to you later."

Penny also understood the urgency and directly jumped onto Jing Yuan's gravity body.

Jing Yuan hesitated for a moment, 'Is she treating me as a mount?'

However, he didn't mind; it wasn't the first time someone had ridden on it.

Jing Yuan drove the gravity body back. By this time, the team had already hoisted the supplies to The Surface.

Arriving on The Surface, Jing Yuan opened his visor and looked at everyone, asking, "Is everyone alright!"

Jing Yuan's gaze swept around, seeing a group of people gathered around Mo Dong, treating him, and Mo Dong had lost an arm.

Jing Yuan quickly ran over, "What happened!"

Chu Feng stood up and shouted, "It's all these three guys' fault! We were dealing with Phage Beasts, and they ran over to snatch our weapons. If they hadn't interfered, Mo Dong wouldn't have had his arm bitten off by a Phage Beast."

"Can you blame us?" Locke spread his hands and said, "Blame his own bad luck!"

Jing Yuan emerged from his gravity body, ran to Mo Dong's side, and asked the accompanying team medic, "How is the situation?"

"Fortunately, he wasn't infected with crimson toxin. After stopping the bleeding and bandaging, he'll be fine."

Jing Yuan patted Mo Dong and whispered in his ear, "Don't worry, I'll get justice for you."

After speaking, Jing Yuan stood up and said, "Entire team, prepare to retreat. Contact Lighthouse to synchronize coordinates."

Then, he walked towards the three members of the Light and Shadow Society and said, "Let's go! I'll accompany you to find your things!"

Chapter 57: The Power of the Flying Cone

Fann looked at Jing Yuan, puzzled, "Just you alone?"

"Yes, just me alone."

"Aren't you bringing a few more people?"

Jing Yuan walked over and looked at them, "Just me! Go or don't go, it's up to you!"

The three confronted Jing Yuan, and soon they compromised.

"Alright!"

Jing Yuan turned to the Dust Citizen laborer next to him and said, "3855, help me change the gravity body's energy. The rest of you, load the supplies onto the vehicles, just leave one vehicle for them."

Penny pulled Jing Yuan and said, "I'll go with you."

"No need, you go back first!"

Penny still held onto him, whispering, "Don't be impulsive, they are members of the Light and Shadow Society after all. If they die, you won't be able to report back properly."

"I know what I'm doing!" Jing Yuan patted Penny's hand, signaling her to rest assured.

Soon, 3855 had changed the energy for Jing Yuan's gravity body, and the others took the other two vehicles back to Lighthouse.

"Alright! Let's go!" Jing Yuan, wearing his gravity body, sat on the back of the cargo truck. He wanted to see what these guys were looking for.

The three members of the Light and Shadow Society did not communicate with Jing Yuan throughout the journey, nor did they need to.

The only reason Jing Yuan was needed was for him to kill Phage Beasts.

Soon, they arrived in front of a ruined building.

There were four or five Snake Dogs here.