Chapter 948: Mysterious and Terrifying

Those adorable little sprites, those bouncing little sprites, lively and cute, their entire bodies emitting warm, glowing yellow light.

These were magical creatures that should only exist in fairy tales and legends.

The reconnaissance team transmitted the live footage back to the Colombian Navy command center.

Major General Graham Horne's eyes widened with excitement.

"There are actually such magical creatures?"

John Cadillus, however, teased from the side: "Don't celebrate too early—they might just be mutated rats."

The moment his words fell, something unusual appeared in the footage.

Those adorable little sprites had completely captured the reconnaissance team's attention.

None of them noticed the enormous thing emerging from the shadows.

Two massive feet stepped out from the darkness, planting firmly on the ground.

A scout looked up, saw the thing before him, and his jaw dropped open as he murmured: "So cute!"

It was a giant beast standing three meters tall, furry, yet radiating an aqua-blue glow all over.

It resembled an enormous plush toy with large eyes, a chubby body, and what looked like deer antlers growing from its head.

Probably no woman in this world could resist its charm.

But this adorable mysterious creature merely flashed them a brilliant smile.

Then it suddenly opened its mouth—an unimaginably huge maw—and with a "squelch!" sound, bit a scout in half.

Everyone was stunned; the scouts had just been immersed in this beautiful scene, never expecting such a cute creature would suddenly start killing!

"Open fire, open fire!"

The team leader reacted first, raising his rifle and starting to spray bullets!

But the bullets had absolutely no effect on the magical creature.

It opened its huge mouth, which was nothing like its cute exterior—inside was densely packed with sharp teeth.

A crimson, elongated tongue shot out from its mouth, covered in nauseating mucus.

"Thwack!"

Its tongue swept horizontally through the air, cleanly slicing every scout in half at the waist before they collapsed to the ground with a series of "thud!" "thud!" sounds.

The little yellow sprites on the ground happily pounced forward, opening their mouths to reveal sharp teeth and began gnawing with "crunch!" "crunch!" sounds.

At the naval command center, everyone's expressions turned grave at this sight.

"There are such terrifying creatures deep within the toxic miasma?"

"Its speed is incredible; I didn't even catch its movement when it attacked."

A superhuman officer took a deep breath. "Its strength is definitely at Delta-level, and a high-level Delta at that!"

"If there are many such creatures on this island, then our greatest threat in this operation might not just be the Huaxu Kingdom's superhuman forces."

...

Zhang Yi had eliminated the New Rohan team with almost no effort.

Soon, he decided to relocate to hunt new prey.

Superhumans were active in all six cities of Star Island, so he wasn't in a hurry—he would take it step by step.

Among the superhumans who had come this time, there were exceptionally powerful existences—he needed to take those prey seriously.

At the same time, he absolutely had to ensure his own safety.

In this environment, having two beast companions, Hua Hua and Lele, provided him tremendous support.

News of the New Rohan team's annihilation reached every superhuman in the joint forces.

They knew there were Huaxu Kingdom superhumans in the northeast direction of Golden Phoenix City.

However, Zhang Yi had long since moved elsewhere by then, so the enemies had no idea of his location.

Moreover, after his first successful hunt, Zhang Yi became more proficient and began advancing closer to where the joint forces had landed.

Instead of approaching the center, he slowly tightened the encirclement from the edges.

He wasn't reckless enough to charge directly into enemy formations to confront Hell's Lock's numerous powerful combatants.

But he knew that the enemy, like them, would gradually adopt dispersed operations.

Sooner or later, someone would be isolated.

Zhang Yi established his sniping position in another direction within Golden Phoenix City.

If landing at Golden Phoenix City and heading toward Mist Island's central region, one must advance southwest.

So he stationed himself along this essential route.

After waiting several hours, Lele indeed alerted him again.

"Boss, someone's appeared, to the north."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yi placed his hand on the sniper rifle.

"Number of people, distance."

Lele closed his eyes intently to investigate, his black nostrils flaring rhythmically.

"Approximately 10 to 20 people. Distance over five kilometers."

"Good, I understand."

Zhang Yi activated his Mind Domain and quietly awaited the enemies' arrival.

In the distance, approaching from the north was the Malayan superhuman team.

Leading them was one of the two major faction leaders of Malaya—Kenan Savendra.

With the New Rohan team's annihilation as a precedent, the Malayan superhuman team heightened their vigilance.

They chose to avoid that area and slowed their pace.

Savendra believed their operational zone was over twenty kilometers from where the New Rohan superhumans were killed.

In such dense toxic miasma and fog, the killer couldn't possibly reach here so quickly.

Compared to the New Rohan team, they were much more cautious and valued their lives more.

Savendra told his superhuman subordinates: "We can't compare to the Columbus Ocean and Huaxu Kingdom. This operation is just to gain the Columbus Ocean's friendship. So there's no need to go all out!"

"Remember our operational principle: coordinate with the Columbus Ocean's Hell's Lock."

"As long as we're cautious enough and don't venture deep into the core area, we won't be in danger."

Beside him, another superhuman, El Bart, questioned: "But then how did that New Rohan team get wiped out?"

Hearing this, Savendra slightly frowned, then relaxed his expression: "Maybe they were unlucky and ran into the Huaxu Kingdom superhumans who just landed on the island."

"Or perhaps..."

A meaningful smile appeared on his face. "It was our own people who did it."

Bart looked surprised: "Our own people?"

Savendra said calmly: "The New Rohan and Neon Pirate people have never gotten along. Given the Neon Pirates' ruthless wolf-cub style, they might really take the opportunity to strike from behind."

Mentioning the Neon Pirates made Savendra's gaze turn much more cautious.

"Those guys are the ones I least want as companions. You never know what vicious moves they might pull!"

The surrounding superhumans nodded in agreement, fully supporting Savendra's view.

"Pfft!"

After a crisp sound, El Bart exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

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