Chapter 00071: So Powerful
# So Powerful
Chapter 71
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 71: So Powerful
"Good, good!" Guo Qingrong, a Xuan-level cultivator, was thrilled to see his two students, Fang Chong and Ai Xi, performing so well.
Although he was of a higher cultivation level, he was far less efficient at killing beasts than the two of them.
If Fang Chong and Ai Xi continued to perform like this, they would undoubtedly earn international recognition and titles.
At the same time, Wang Qiusheng, leading a team of eight from the Puhai Security Bureau, was surrounded by a pack of beasts before they could even charge forward.
The pack consisted mainly of mutated jaguars and horned dogs, numbering over a hundred.
Wang Qiusheng had made a mistake.
Seeing the beasts attacking a group of soldiers, he had rushed in to help without realizing how powerful the beasts were.
In a short time, the soldiers were killed, and Wang Qiusheng's team of nine found themselves surrounded by the beasts.
Realizing his error, Wang Qiusheng urgently shouted, "Everyone, back to back! Don't hold back. Kill one, and you break even. Kill two, and you profit!"
No one held back.
Each person frantically drew their blades and slashed at the oncoming beasts.
There was no time to use their explosive rifles.
Qu Yi, pale-faced, watched the bloody scene before her.
Even though she had experienced this before, it was still hard to bear.
"Ah!" A scream came from Yuan Lutong, not far away.
Qu Yi had just seen her companion's arm bitten off when a massive mutated jaguar lunged at her.
Qu Yi quickly unleashed a wind blade.
After receiving a spirit stone from Dou Qingzhi, she had become a genuine fourth-level gene cultivator.
Her fourth-level cultivation was different from Fang Chong and Ai Xi's.
She had cultivated with a gene spiritual root and practiced a far superior technique, the Luo Shi Scripture, compared to the Qian Luo Gene Technique.
At the fourth level, her foundation was solid, and her spiritual energy was abundant.
A wind blade from a fourth-level gene cultivator like her was more than enough to deal with a mutated jaguar that wasn't even a first-level beast.
With a splash of blood, the jaguar was split in two.
After killing one beast, Qu Yi seemed to adapt quickly.
She no longer cared how many beasts were in front of her.
Her hands continuously unleashed wind blades, one after another.
The cries of beasts filled the air, and in a short time, over a dozen mutated beasts lay dead before Qu Yi.
Qu Yi grew calmer and more composed, though her face grew paler.
Her wind blades were no longer chaotic but came in waves, one after another.
Compared to her earlier self, who couldn't even stand the sight of blood, she was growing rapidly in this slaughter, gaining more and more experience in killing beasts.
Qu Yi knew that if she showed any mercy, she would be devoured by the beasts in the next moment.
The beasts weren't stupid.
They quickly realized Qu Yi was a tough opponent and began to avoid her.
But Qu Yi followed the direction the beasts were avoiding, cutting through them like a hot knife through butter.
As a fourth-level gene cultivator, dealing with these first-level beasts was as easy as slicing vegetables.
Soon, a strange scene unfolded.
A group of gene beasts surrounded a few people, attacking while circling.
In other places, beasts would charge straight in, but here, they circled, making the threat to the humans much smaller.
Behind the beasts was a young woman continuously slashing with her hands.
The beasts seemed to be circling to avoid her.
After the initial fear and discomfort, Qu Yi grew calmer, and her complexion improved slightly.
Thinking about what these beasts had done—killing countless soldiers who were defending their homes—Qu Yi's heart hardened.
Each dead soldier meant a shattered family, with wives, children, and parents waiting in vain.
The beautiful scenery in her heart had been ruthlessly destroyed by these beasts.
With these thoughts, Qu Yi showed no more mercy, her eyes growing firmer.
The beasts knew to avoid her, showing they had intelligence.
They knew she was powerful but didn't flee, confirming what Director Dou had said: there was a more powerful, intelligent beast behind this pack.
Because this powerful beast was watching, they didn't dare to run.
With the pressure easing, Wang Qiusheng looked back and finally understood what was happening.
Seeing Qu Yi single-handedly reaping the beasts like wheat, he shouted excitedly, "Everyone, follow Qu Yi! Use your explosive rifles!"
With the beasts' attack weakening, everyone understood what was happening and began firing their explosive rifles.
Qu Yi alone had killed seventy to eighty beasts.
Now, with Wang Qiusheng organizing the others, the remaining twenty to thirty gene beasts were quickly slaughtered.
Looking at the blood on her body, Qu Yi took a deep breath, suppressing her discomfort.
Before coming to the human corridor defense line, she had mentally prepared herself.
She knew that once she arrived, she would have to face these endless, terrifying beasts.
Today was just the beginning.
In the future, she might have to kill even more beasts.
As long as these beasts continued to slaughter humans, her killing would not stop.
"Qu Yi, thank you. The thing I'm most grateful for is telling Director Dou about you and bringing you to the Security Bureau. Without you, I, Wang Qiusheng, would be the Security Bureau's sinner. None of the brothers following me today would have made it back," Wang Qiusheng said with deep gratitude.
"Director Wang, this is what I should do. When I came here, I decided to contribute my strength to the human corridor defense line," Qu Yi said calmly, her voice steady.
"Qu Yi, from now on, you lead. Whatever you say, we'll do," Wang Qiusheng said, completely setting aside his authority as the director.
Qu Yi was about to refuse when she saw more soldiers being torn apart or bitten to death by the beasts.
Even those who had come with them were falling one after another.
She quickly said, "Director Wang, let's move forward and support them. What do you think?"
She didn't have any special strategy, but she felt her strength could easily crush these beasts.
If that was the case, she might as well plow through them.
"Alright," Wang Qiusheng immediately agreed.
He had seen Qu Yi's strength clearly.
At close range, her ability to kill beasts was far more effective than guns.
Although the explosive rifles were powerful, they couldn't kill a first-level gene beast with a single shot.
If one shot didn't kill it, the beast could still take a few people down with it.
What was worse was that at close range, the explosive rifles couldn't be used to their full potential.
With so many gene beasts and soldiers fighting together, the rifles' indiscriminate attacks would cause many friendly casualties.
If a gene beast was hit, it might not be a big deal, but if a soldier was hit, it would be disastrous.
Seeing Wang Qiusheng agree, Qu Yi immediately charged toward a group of soldiers being attacked by beasts.
Her wind blades wreaked havoc on the outer edges, killing groups of gene beasts.
Some of the more cowardly beasts tried to flee, but those who broke away were quickly shot in the head.
If one shot didn't kill them, another would.
The people rescued by Qu Yi and the Puhai Security Bureau joined her team, and they moved on to the next group of beasts.
Like a snowball rolling downhill, Qu Yi's team grew larger and larger, while the gene beast packs grew smaller and smaller.
In the distance, the combat team from the Great Han Yi Academy was using a similar strategy.
Fang Chong and Ai Xi led the charge, with the others following behind, systematically killing the gene beasts.
At first, it was difficult, but as their numbers grew, the gene beasts' strategy of dividing and surrounding was broken.
...
In the command center of the human corridor defense line.
A man with a stubbled beard, Zheng Fang, the first wartime commander of the human corridor defense line, frowned as he watched the battle outside.
He knew something was wrong this time.
Beside him stood a white officer, Kendi, the wartime advisor for the human corridor defense line.
Kendi also looked grave.
"Commander Zheng, I feel something is off with this beast tide. They're charging the human corridor defense line without regard for their own lives. If our upper defenses fall, the soldiers responsible for holding them back will be slaughtered, and we'll have to fight the beasts face-to-face."
Everyone knew that once it came to close combat with the beasts, the disadvantage would be immense.
"I know. That beast keeps giving attack signals. In the past, they would retreat after such heavy losses. But now, they're still charging forward recklessly. There must be a reason," Zheng Fang nodded in agreement.
The others in the command center frowned, thinking of solutions.
Beast attacks on the defense line weren't new, but such a reckless, suicidal charge was unprecedented.
For a beast to reach the defense line, at least a hundred beasts had to be sacrificed to the artillery fire first.
And that was with a large number of flying beasts leading the charge.
Flying beasts were the most precious to the gene beast packs.
"Our defense line has a problem. Without top-tier experts guarding it, the line will eventually be breached," someone pointed out the critical issue.
Zheng Fang sighed.
Three months ago, Zhong Chi, China's strongest cultivator, had gone missing during a beast siege.
Since then, the human corridor defense line had become increasingly precarious.
"Commander, look over there," a sudden voice interrupted Zheng Fang's thoughts.
When Zheng Fang saw Qu Yi leading a group of people, slaughtering beasts like they were cutting through grass, he was stunned.
"Which academy is she from? She's so powerful!" Zheng Fang muttered to himself.
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