A giant silver serpent was coiled on top of battle fort no.9. Its silver body was completely out of place with the black metal fort.
However, the mechanics in the fort were already used to it. It was Despair Fang. Despair Fang was only rank 5 on the surface, but it had already proven its power with its battle record. There were only a few people in the fort that could order it around.
As the battle order was sent out, Despair Fang's closed eyes suddenly opened. A flash of red light lit up the void.
Despair Fang turned its body and looked at the troops below. It had also received the order to enlist.
Despair Fang's body suddenly disintegrated and turned into little snakes the size of an arm. They slithered downwards.
As the top hunter of battle fort no.9, it was expected that Despair Fang would receive a hunting order. However, this mission was different from the usual solo hunts. This was a large scale joint hunt.
After Despair Fang landed on the ground, the little silver snakes gathered together again and turned into a giant serpent.
The 10 mechanical teams had already left, but Despair Fang did not move with them. Instead, it waited in silence for a moment.
Five men in well-ironed black suits and sunglasses slowly walked over in a row.
The 5 of them looked like they were made from the same mold. Not only were their clothes the same, but their hairstyles were the same as well. Even their faces and expressions under the sunglasses were the same.
Five men who looked exactly the same suddenly stopped when they passed by Despair Teeth. The man who was walking at the front suddenly looked at Despair Teeth.
"Despair Fang," the man in the suit said calmly.
"Did you get any information about this hunt in advance?"
Despair Fang stared at the man in the suit and did not answer his question. Its eyes were a little cautious.
"This joint hunt might be a trap. That Qi Yuan is not that easy to kill!" The man in the suit said.
"So what!" Despair Fang said coldly.
"Slayer personally ordered so many people to kill Qi Yuan. Even if it's a trap, we will still destroy it!"
The man in the suit heard this and took a deep look at Despair Fang. Under the black sunglasses, there was a pair of bloodthirsty eyes.
The man in the suit moved his fingers, and the other four people behind him left one after another, leaving him alone.
"Who injured you last time? Does it have anything to do with this Qi Yuan?"
"This has nothing to do with you!" Despair Fang let out a low growl.
"With your strength, there aren't many people in the wastelands who can seriously injure you. I checked the information from the early warning network that day. The elites at the frontline base didn't go out. Those patrol members couldn't have been your match."
"Crownless One, are you investigating me?" Despair Fang's eyes became dangerous.
It stared at the man in the suit, as if it could attack at any time.
Although infighting was strictly forbidden under Slaughter's watch, it didn't mean there was no infighting within the fort.
As the most powerful hunting teams in battle fort no.9, the Night Slaughter Hunting Team and the Dusk Hunting Team had always been competing in the dark. Their relationship was not harmonious.
Crownless stared at the Fang of Despair.
"I just want to know some information to reduce some variables for this hunt."
"If you want more information, why don't you come to me directly?"
A low male voice emerged from behind Crownless One.
Crownless One didn't turn around, but he knew who it was from the voice alone.
It was the captain of the Night Slaughter Hunting Team.
Ye Sha stood beside Despair Fang and coldly stared at Crownless One.
"We do have some information that you don't know, but Despair Fang risked his life to get it. In order to get this information, he was almost killed by the frontline base. What do you want to exchange for this information?"
Crownless One and Ye Sha looked at each other and said:
"What do you want?"
Ye Sha smirked.
"I want the merit points for this hunt."
Crownless One's expression immediately turned ugly.
For most of the mechanics in the Mechanical Palace, the most direct way to become more powerful was to accumulate merit points in exchange for a chance to level up.
During the confrontation with the frontline base, as a yellow card hunting team, both of them had accumulated a large amount of merit points.
However, this amount of merit points was still not enough for them to level up to tier 6.
Slayer had given them a large amount of merit points for this joint hunt. This was a very rewarding mission. If not for the fact that Qi Yuan had created the Annihilation Energy Weapon, Slayer would not have given him so much merit points.
In Crownless' eyes, Qi Yuan was a moving pile of merit points. However, it would not be easy to get this pile of merit points.
Only the person who killed Qi Yuan would be able to obtain the most achievement points for this mission. If he could bring back Qi Yuan's head, then his promotion to the Sixth Order would be set in stone.
If he couldn't kill Qi Yuan easily, he would only get a small portion of the merit points, which would not be enough for him to reach tier 6.
Crownless wanted to obtain information from the Fang of Despair so he could prepare for the upcoming hunt. He wanted to come out on top in this hunt and reach tier 6.
The information about the Teeth of Despair might be very important, but Crownless would not give up on this mission just for this information.
Ye Sha's insincere conditions caused the negotiation to end on a sour note.
Crownless left the base alone and walked into the wilderness.
Looking at his competitor's back, Ye Sha reached out his right hand and patted Despair Fang's back.
"Your ability is most suitable for beheading. You must not let him take away the mission target."
"When I reach tier 6, I will be able to enter the ruins below the base to explore. I will be able to help you reach tier 6 very soon."
Despair Fang raised his body and stared into the distance.
"This hunt will be very dangerous. We will definitely face many tier 6 enemies," Despair Fang said.
Ye Sha suddenly laughed.
"The failure of the last hunt seems to have made you timid."
"Not timid, but cautious," Despair Fang corrected him.
"The enemy's frontline base has already been equipped with annihilation energy weapons. Although we have spent merit points to upgrade our mechanical bodies, annihilation energy weapons can still pose a threat to us. Especially the enemy this time. He is far stronger than the prey we have hunted before!"
"Once we fall into the enemy's trap, we will be in danger of dying at any time."
"Don't worry," Ye Sha said slowly.
"In the face of absolute power, any scheme or trap will collapse at the first blow."
"For this hunt, not only will all the hunting teams be mobilized, Slayer will also transfer ten elite combat teams from the army. Each combat team will be equipped with a tier 6 mechanical body. The number of troops mobilized this time will be enough to support us to win a small frontal battle."
"In addition, I've already received news that the reinforcements from headquarters will be on their way soon. Killing Qi Yuan this time is the best opportunity for us to obtain contribution points and advance to Rank 6. Otherwise, once the main force arrives and both sides engage in a direct battle, it will be even more dangerous to obtain large amounts of contribution points."
"Only by obtaining enough merits from this hunt and stepping into Tier 6 will I be able to participate in the post-war exploration of the underground ruins. This is our best chance!"
"What exactly is that ruin below the base?
Why didn't we receive any information about it before? "Despair Fang asked.
Ye Sha shook his head.
"I only recently learned some information about the underground ruins from the Furnace of Death."
"The reason why headquarters built a war fortress here is not to fight against the Black Steel Shelter. Their main purpose is to explore the mechanical ruins below."
"After so many years of exploration, Slayer should have made some progress. This time, they started a war with the Black Steel Shelter to completely destroy their frontline base before exploring the ruins. This is to prevent them from taking the opportunity to attack us while we are exploring the ruins."
"Something unexpected happened."
"Slayer has already made a decision. After the frontline base is completely destroyed, all tier 6 will probably enter the underground ruins to explore."
"Based on the importance that headquarters and Slayer place on these ruins, this exploration of the ruins will definitely reward a large number of achievement points. The reason why the Death Furnace and the Meteor Legion have been stationed here is because they want to find a chance to step into rank-7 through exploring these underground ruins."
Ye Sha glanced at the combat information and said, "We should leave now.
"It's time for us to go. The alarm network has already detected the enemy's movements. Qi Yuan has already set off from the frontline base, accompanied by 4 Type 6 powerhouses. There are also 3 Type 6 powerhouses following him in secret."
"If we can successfully kill Qi Yuan this time and take down all seven tier 6 ability users, the merit points reward might even allow you and me to reach tier 6 at the same time."
Ye Sha was full of confidence in the mission. He never thought that this joint hunt would fail.
Not only would Qi Yuan die, but the seven tier 6 ability users protecting Qi Yuan would also die.
On the other side, a fully-armored fleet slowly left the frontline base and headed towards the wilderness.
Pang Jiuchuan and Qi Yuan were in the same armored vehicle. Ever since they left the frontline base, Pang Jiuchuan's every nerve was stretched taut. He knew how powerful battle fort No. 9 was and how dangerous this mission was. One wrong move and they would all be wiped out.
As for why Slayer would agree to such a dangerous plan, Pang Jiuchuan had some guesses in his mind, but he had no proof.
In comparison, Qi Yuan, who knew all about the plan, was much calmer.
Qi Yuan had been closing his eyes ever since he got in the car. Only when they were deep into the wilderness did Qi Yuan slowly open his eyes.
"It's time to get off," Qi Yuan suddenly said.
Pang Jiuchuan nodded with a serious face and yelled through the combat channel.
"Prepare to get off. Stay alert!"
"Roger!"
Pang Jiuchuan got off the car and made sure there were no enemies from the Mech Empire nearby. He then personally opened the door for Qi Yuan.
"Be careful," Pang Jiuchuan said.
Qi Yuan nodded. This time, it was extremely likely that he would catch a huge shark. Even if he had the Body of Steel and the Blazing Angel as his trump cards, it did not mean that he would not encounter true danger.
The Mech Empire was definitely a dangerous and deadly enemy!
Qi Yuan took out a fist-sized silver machine from under his seat and activated it.
A blue light flashed across the silver machine's surface, and it slowly floated above Qi Yuan's palm. It then hovered about one meter above the ground and began to slowly rotate around Qi Yuan.
At the start, the silver mechanical body was only a meter away from Qi Yuan. Slowly, the radius of the mechanical body grew larger and larger until it was about a hundred meters away from Qi Yuan before it finally stabilized.
Qi Yuan slowly walked into the depths of the wilderness. The mechanical body maintained a distance of about a hundred meters from Qi Yuan, rotating slowly with Qi Yuan's body as the central axis.
Pang Jiuchuan and the other three rank 6 beings circled around Qi Yuan for about ten meters. Qi Yuan was in the middle.
After the few of them advanced for a short distance, the revolving mechanical body suddenly stopped and quietly floated about a meter above the ground to the right of Qi Yuan. At the same time, it shot a blue light beam downwards.
"Found one," Qi Yuan said.
Pang Jiuchuan walked over and threw a punch at the spot where the beam came from. The ground shook, and a gray rock detector jumped out from the ground.
Pang Jiuchuan's face changed as he held the detector. This place was not far from the frontline base. If the No.9 battle fort had placed the detector here, it meant they had almost completed the blockade of the frontline base.
Pang Jiuchuan clenched his fist, and a series of blue sparks exploded, turning the detector into a pile of scrap metal.
"Prepare for battle," Pang Jiuchuan said.
He was very clear about the Mech Dynasty's methods. When he found the detector, it also meant that his group had been exposed to the enemy. The Slayer would definitely not let him destroy the blockade network that they had secretly built. He would definitely send out a mech to kill him.
The rest of the Type 6 Divine Warriors activated their Mech Armors. Qi Yuan also activated his Golden Miracle, in order to avoid being caught off guard.
Under Qi Yuan's search, more and more detectors were found. The more detectors they found, the more shocked Pang Jiuchuan was. If it were not for Qi Yuan discovering these detectors, they would not have known that the Mech Dynasty had completed the blockade. To the frontline base, these detectors were like knives to the heart.
Slowly, the group approached an abandoned mining area. Before declaring war with the Mech Dynasty, the frontline base had stationed a mining team here. After both sides declared war, the mining area was quickly destroyed by the Mech Dynasty. The frontline base had even organized a few counterattacks in an attempt to reclaim the mining area.
However, after a few failed attempts, Duanmu Longxiang was forced to give up on the mining area, and the place was abandoned.
The rotating mechanical body suddenly stopped at the entrance of a mine and shot out a blue light.
A sixth rank ability user who could control earth walked into the mechanical body. Just as he was about to destroy the underground detector, Qi Yuan suddenly made a hand gesture for him to hide.
Pang Jiuchuan's expression froze.
"The enemy is approaching, prepare for battle!"