Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

The night was dark, with only one star hanging in the sky, twinkling faintly.

The eleven mercenaries, following the ropes, successfully crossed the river and reached shore. The adjutant tiptoed onto a boulder, took out a telescope, and peered in the direction of the shelter.

The shelter was surrounded by tall walls, but the lights inside still illuminated the surrounding area, making it extremely conspicuous in the dark.

The adjutant gestured to the people behind him. The one-eyed man took out a cross and put it on his chest. He pointed at the wall in front of them and nodded heavily.

Immediately, four mercenaries trotted to the foot of the wall, took out Molotov cocktails from their backpacks, lit them, and threw them inside the wall.

The Black Mist Guard on the sentry tower noticed the movement outside the wall and transformed into a cloud of black mist, charging towards the mercenaries. Lao Bai remained motionless and reported the situation to Zhang Shi.

The fire behind the villa alarmed Zhang Shi. Fortunately, the other party attacked from the rear, and all the Molotov cocktails were blocked by the walls of the villa and did not affect the livestock and farmland.

Zhang Shi, enraged, grabbed his compound bow and, not caring about his wounds, climbed up the rear sentry tower. Zhao Feng and Xiaomei went about putting out the fire. The dry weather meant the fire could spread. If the villa burned down, they would be forced to huddle with their animal friends in the poultry shed and stables.

Zhang Shi climbed up the watchtower and found that the foot of the wall was in chaos. Several Molotov cocktails fell to the ground and burned. The scene outside was clearly visible under the illumination of the flames.

Although the mercenaries received information in advance and knew about the existence of the Black Mist Guards, they made some preparations.

Yet, they still underestimated the strength of the Black Mist Guards in the darkness of night. They were caught off guard and lost one man. But these mercenaries were clearly no ordinary warriors. After the initial confusion, they quickly recovered and began to unite against the Black Mist Guards, briefly achieving a level playing field.

Zhang Shi knew the origins of this group of people without even thinking. He immediately drew his compound bow and activated the arrow rain skill towards the mercenaries.

The one-eyed man spotted Zhang Shi atop the sentry tower and immediately shouted a warning to everyone. The mercenaries noticed the hail of arrows and, seemingly prepared, didn't try to evade them. Instead, they each pulled a standard shield from their backpacks and held it overhead.

The arrow rain was scattered, and its destructive power was much weaker than that of regular arrows. Zhang Shi's attack failed to injure the group of people at all, and his anger became even more violent in the scorching heat.

By focusing on one thing and neglecting another, the Black Mist Guards actually gained something.

In order to deal with the rain of arrows, the group of mercenaries ignored the attack of the Black Mist Guards, and were seized by them. They swung with a big knife made of condensed mist, and in one fell swoop cut off the head of the nearest person, leaving only a headless corpse.

The redneck was right next to the corpse, blood splattered all over his face. At this moment, he was both frightened and angry. He tore off the cross from his neck and threw it to the ground, backing away while cursing.

"Damn it! That information is just fooling us. It's totally useless!"

The Black Mist Guard succeeded in his attack, but seeing that the enemy was intimidated, the black aura around him became stronger. He crushed the cross with one foot and chased after it, waving a big knife.

The Black Mist Guard was indeed an evil creature, restrained by divine items. During the day, the crosses of the Bald Man and his group had some effect. However, at night, when the Black Mist Guard arrived at their home turf, they could ignore the ordinary crosses and charge straight ahead.

Upon seeing this, the One-Eyed Dragon organized his men to intercept the Black Mist Guards, intending to use a hunting method to eliminate them.

Zhang Shi was not idle either. He found the right moment and shot the arrow at the red-necked man with a strong wind.

Although Red Neck was afraid of fighting, he was very smart and kept his eyes on Zhang Shi's movements. When Zhang Shi drew his bow, he had already put his shield in front of him and ran backwards towards the river bank.

"Snapped!"

The sharp arrow pierced the shield with a dull sound. The arrow pierced the shield, but unfortunately the quality of the arrow was not high enough, and the arrow got stuck and could not penetrate.

Redneck's eyes widened as he stared at the arrow tip that was less than a centimeter away from his eyeballs. For a moment, even his legs felt weak.

The adjutant, holding a machete, deflected the attack of the Black Mist Guard and saved the redneck who was standing there in a daze.

"What the hell are you doing? Are you going to die?"

The one-eyed dragon roared, waking up the red neck.

Redneck broke the arrow, stuck his shield into the ground, took out a musket from his backpack, and aimed at the Black Mist guards.

Zhang Shi had a good eye and could tell at once that the musket was a high-grade piece of equipment. Just as he was about to shoot an arrow in support, Red Neck took the initiative and pulled the trigger.

When the other mercenaries saw Redneck take out his musket, they immediately scattered like birds and beasts. Even the Black Mist Guards were a little confused about the situation.

A crackling sound was heard, and a fiery snake erupted from the muzzle of the musket, fanning out to cover everything within range. The bullet, mixed with gunpowder, struck the Black Mist Guard, sending it flying.

The projectile resembled a dragon's breath bullet, igniting the Black Mist Guard with a burst of fireworks. In just a moment, the mist surrounding the Black Mist Guard thinned slightly, and the Black Mist Guard let out a series of wailing sounds.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhang Shi had an idea and took back the Black Mist Guardian to cultivate it. Then he launched a triple attack and shot an arrow at the Red Neck's throat.

"Get out of the way!"

The one-eyed man warned loudly, condensing a ball of green energy in his hand and blasting it towards the arrow.

The green energy ball was so powerful that it actually knocked Zhang Shi's arrow away from its intended target.

Redneck had already abandoned his shield and leaped to the side, successfully avoiding the fatal blow.

Zhang Shi's eyes grew serious. The one-eyed dragon must have used a skill just now. At this stage, survivors with skills and high-grade equipment were definitely not ordinary people.

"It seems the Eagles have spent a lot of money to cause trouble for me."

Zhang Shi was filled with murderous intent and turned his target to other members of the mercenaries.

"Spread out!"

The one-eyed dragon roared, alerting everyone.

His skill CD had not yet been completed, and Redneck was busy reloading his musket. For a moment, the mercenaries were unable to counter Zhang Shi.

"what!"

A scream was heard, followed by a second and a third.

In an instant, Zhang Shi shot and killed three mercenaries. The one-eyed dragon's eyes were bloodshot, and his skill cooldown finally ran out. He threw a ball of energy at Zhang Shi with all his might.

On the other side, Redneck also reloaded his musket and pulled the trigger at Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi didn't dare to be careless and just lay down on the spot.

The energy ball and dragon breath bomb hit the guardrail of the sentry tower, blasting a big hole in the iron guardrail and almost injuring Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi looked at the gap in the sentry tower and was shocked. He didn't dare to expose himself to the enemy's gun again. He had to avoid the attack temporarily and slid down from the tower to prepare for the next wave of attack.