Dual wielding volcanoes, killing through the west

It all started from that moment... from the moment I swung the cannon, smashed the bison over, pounced on its back, and began to relentlessly deliver heavy blows...

why?

Could it be that the bison carried some kind of virus, and I just happened to get infected during contact? That can't be that absurd, can it?!

Zhang Renfeng couldn't understand it; rather, the act of "thinking" itself was becoming increasingly difficult. He felt that his brain was like the inside of an old clock, lacking lubrication, relying solely on its inertia to turn with immense difficulty. Sooner or later, the gears would rust completely shut and stop turning altogether.

Strange spots of light began to appear before my eyes, like gilded butterflies dancing in the air.

……

"Moo—!!"

Not far away, the bison, with a sword still embedded in its neck, stood up again, thrashing its neck and letting out an angry roar. Blood gushed out, but it seemed oblivious, and with a swift movement, it charged at itself once more, probably for the last time.

Zhang Renfeng wasn't sure if this scene was real, because he couldn't hear anything. It was as if a noise reduction mode had been activated, blocking out all the noise in the world, including the earth-shaking footsteps of this bison. He could only hear his own heartbeat, breathing, and the flow of blood within his body.

That's strange... Does it also feel pain, just like me?

Zhang Renfeng suddenly felt a bit tired. Putting aside his physical exhaustion after the battle, his voice was truly hoarse and he needed to rest.

He closed his eyes.

Chapter 378: Today’s birthday

"..."

"what!!!"

Red Fox suddenly opened his eyes and instinctively cried out. The shattered wound on his jaw immediately struck him hard. He clutched his broken jaw and found it had been simply bandaged. Looking at Old K standing beside him, slowly and methodically arranging syringes, he roughly understood what had happened.

"Thanks, Old K..." His tone was complicated, and his voice was slurred because his jaw had been crushed. "I owe you one more time."

"Forget about it, you can't pay it back anyway. Without me, you would have been wiped out by Red Center long ago."

"Where's Red Center?"

Old K tilted his head.

The enormous bison had plowed a deep furrow in the ground, and at the end of the pit, it lay there, lifeless, like a small black mound.

"While you were distracting him, I injected the bison with a large dose of equine stimulant, you know, the one I concocted myself. It works exceptionally well. I tested it on a few horses before, and after just one injection, the horses were so excited that they literally ran themselves to death."

"It's perfect for this big guy."

"You mean..." Red Fox was somewhat incredulous.

"What a pity!" Blood Guard appeared out of nowhere. Old K had already removed the scythe from Blood Guard's shoulder, applied some basic hemostasis, and wrapped it in bandages. But Blood Guard seemed completely oblivious to the pain, repeatedly uttering the English word he knew, "What a pity!"

“Hongzhong had a problem. After you punched him, he couldn’t take it anymore and knelt on the ground. I blew on the bone flute and made the ox gobble him, and he didn’t dodge or evade, just took the hit hard. At first, I suspected that he had a heart problem, but after thinking about it carefully, it was impossible... Could a person with a heart problem do something like that?”

Old K shrugged.

Looking around, the once peaceful courtyard was now riddled with craters, all smashed out by Hong Zhong during the battle with his incredible strength. The two cannons, shattered into pieces, were undeniable facts, reminding them of what had happened here.

Are you sure Hongzhong is dead?

"With 1.5 tons of weight pressing down on it, no one could possibly survive," Old K said confidently. "This guy is dead."

"What a pity!" Blood Guard lamented.

"……call……"

Red Fox closed her eyes, let out a long breath, and murmured, "Finally... I've avenged Rancho..."

It's too dangerous.

This victory was entirely due to their own exceptional performance, the opponent's poor performance, and a bit of luck—a combination of factors that brought them together. They weren't confident they could replicate this result if given another chance.

"Your Prajna Skill has reached the fourth level, hasn't it?" Old K glanced at his injured jaw. "Can't even withstand one hit?"

“You can’t judge this guy from a normal person’s perspective. He’s too deadly.” Red Fox wiped the blood seeping from the inside of the bandage and said, “I have this feeling… even if you were at Dad’s level, you wouldn’t gain much advantage if you went head-to-head with him.”

“If it weren’t for his own health problems at the last moment, he would have taken us out one by one.”

……

"Well, anyway, we won, so it's worth celebrating." He struggled to his feet, supporting himself on the ground, and said with a self-deprecating laugh, "My mouth won't heal for months. I won't go to the Golden Company; I'll go back to my dad's place first and recover from my injury."

"Pick up the crow, let's get out of here."

"Leaving already?" Old K was somewhat surprised. "Aren't you going to stay a few more days?"

“The White Horse won’t tolerate us.” Red Fox looked towards the edge of the town in the distance, where gunfire was already raging, and muttered, “And there’s Zola El… those greedy bastards. They’re just like all the plantation owners in the South. They hate war, they hate change, and they refuse to accept the fact that they’re being phased out. Who knows what will happen if we stay any longer.”

"With Hongzhong dead, we're not part of the family anymore, so we're not responsible for this war. Let them fight it out themselves."

Old K nodded and sighed, "It's just... a pity about my bull. It was such a fine young broiler. There aren't many bison herds to begin with, and they're decreasing year by year. It won't be easy to find a guy this big in the future."

"Glory." Blood Guard couldn't lift his right arm, so he could only use his left hand to tap his chest.

“You’re right.” Old K sighed. “To perish together with Red Center is an honor. Once everything has settled down, I will bring this story back to Tall Tree.”

"Let's retreat," Red Fox sighed. "This is none of our business."

……

The dust has settled; it's over.

Although it was difficult, and almost everyone suffered heavy losses, in the end no one was killed, so in the end it could be considered a happy ending. Red Fox sighed inwardly. In the past, he always used his victory over the killer as a topic of conversation to boast about his seniority. Whenever he talked about it, he couldn't help but recall the true feelings in that blizzard, and it always made him feel a little uneasy.

Now, he can openly tell people that he is the man who killed Hong Zhong.

At least, in the moments before the sudden change occurred, that was what he truly thought.

----

"boom----!!"

The bison's body suddenly flew over and landed squarely on Old K.

A moment before, he seemed to sense a whooshing sound behind him, grunted, and made a turning motion. Then, his face and body were instantly crushed by a massive force, his bones and skin cracking and deforming with a series of noises. Without any chance to resist, he was sent flying against the wall like a bowling pin.

"Snapped!"

If you were to paste a 1.5-ton weight onto a wall, you could easily guess what it would look like without even thinking.

His body, along with the wall, shattered instantly, the mansion's walls collapsed with a roar, and dust billowed everywhere.

……

Amidst the swirling dust, a figure stood out, but it was difficult to determine whether it was human or not.

His physique had become noticeably more robust, and his height seemed to have increased, as if someone had rearranged and reassembled his internal bones and muscles. He had broad shoulders and a narrow lower body, a classic inverted triangle shape, and his hair stood upright as if defying gravity.

There was no roar.

There was no roaring.

There was no force exerted by stomping the feet.

He simply stood there quietly, like a beast poised to pounce on its prey.

"Ah...ah...is this...really?!"

Blood Guard had been lamenting the loss, but clearly, now that the creature was alive, he was unwilling to accept it. Out of self-defense, he drew the dagger from his waist.

This movement caused the monster lurking in the dust to lean forward slightly.

"No, no! Take it back!" the red fox shouted urgently.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

He disappeared into the smoke.

The next instant, almost without warning, it suddenly appeared in front of the Blood Guard. Along with it came a powerful punch that pierced the air!

"boom----!!"

With a single punch, Blood Guard didn't even have time to scream before his body... turned into a burst of brilliant blood mist, shattered, and scattered into the air.

Chapter 379: The Monster Unleashed

"what……"

Am I dreaming?

Within a single day, Red Fox had lost count of how many reversals this had occurred. His gaze was somewhat fixed on his two teammates, who had been killed in an instant. Blood Guard's lower body, including his ornate belt, was still standing intact on the ground, only his upper body was missing. The scene looked incredibly eerie, yet it also exuded a strange beauty.

In the face of absolute power, any clever tricks are useless—their opponents on this trip proved this point once again.

"Who exactly are you?" the red fox murmured. "No, I shouldn't ask that. I should be asking..."

"What exactly are you?!"

……

"boom!"

The man in the dust and mist turned his head with effortless ease, inadvertently dodging a bullet fired from above. Compared to before, dodging this shot was as natural as eating and drinking, becoming an instinctive part of his body. After dodging, he slowly turned his head, following the trajectory of the bullet, to look at the sniper who had changed positions and was now hiding high above, his body slightly hunched.

"Oh no, Crow, run!"—Red Fox wanted to say this, but he suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of powerlessness, and his whole body slumped, so he didn't say it. His jaw was already shattered, so he couldn't open his mouth too wide in the first place. Besides, deep down, he didn't think that shouting out loud would change anything.

"Boom-!!"

He pushed off the ground and leaped forward, soaring into the air at incredible speed. Red Fox couldn't quite find the right word to describe his running style—leopard? cougar? gray wolf? None of those seemed quite right. His movements were certainly wild, yet far more agile than those four-legged creatures, as if he had defied gravity and might take off at any moment, soaring into the sky!

Finally, after thinking it over in his mind, he understood.

“It’s a butterfly,” the red fox exclaimed. “It flies across the land.”

……

"boom!"

"boom!"

The next few shots rang out, clearly indicating some panic; the sniper couldn't aim at such a fast-moving target. Both bullets missed, and at the same time, he had already swiftly climbed the ledge on the outer wall, appearing behind Crow.

"ah--……"

"Thump—!!"

The screams stopped abruptly, interrupted by the sound of a window breaking.

He grabbed the crow by the neck with one hand, smashed through the window, and jumped directly from the height. Without changing his posture or trying to decelerate, he simply ensured that the crow remained beneath him and would hit the ground before him.

"boom!!"

The immense impact gave the crow a real taste of being in an airplane, but he couldn't withstand the kinetic energy from that acceleration. The instant he landed, his body was crushed; in that instant, he was dead. His fingers twitched twice instinctively before he breathed his last.

Red Fox watched all of this with a somewhat numb expression.

Two minutes.

It took less than two minutes for it to turn into this...

Have I awakened a terrifying monster?

He slowly rose, turned his head, and stared at her with an emotionless gaze. Red Fox wasn't sure whether the person living in this body was the man who had once been called "Red Center," or something else entirely. The next moment, he appeared right in front of her.

"boom!!"

With a slap of his hands, blood gushed from his ears, and Red Fox suddenly lost all hearing. The world before his eyes slowly turned black, and his body naturally collapsed, as if his bones had been removed, falling limply to the ground.

In the moment before I closed my eyes, what came to mind was those emerald eyes.

----

"Oh my God……"

When everything he had predicted came true in his mind, Igor couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

He knew that within Rongma Town lay a secret passage that crossed the border and led to Mexico. It was the family's last resort when they had nowhere else to retreat. But clearly, just as he hadn't been invited to the family meeting, there were many things he simply didn't know.

For example, underground in Tianma Town, there are already intricate tunnels, like rat nests.

For example, these underground cavities contain a considerable amount of wire explosives.

Igor's mind worked perfectly; he didn't need a map. The layout of Tianma Town was in his head. He knew perfectly well that this location corresponded to a tavern. They had also placed more than one bundle of explosives, in locations corresponding to the tavern's bar, gambling tables, and even the corner where people were getting their hair cut. This was to ensure that if detonated, it would injure the most people.

By the same token, explosives were buried beneath all the important buildings.

Laro's words flashed through my mind.