Chapter 22: Swift as Thunder!

Light and shadow mottled the forest, and tree shadows flickered.

Five figures slowly walked out from the gloom, forming a semi-encirclement, surrounding Yasuo and the corpse of the Jungle Blood Wolf King in the center.

The person at the head was burly, with a fierce scar on his face and a giant axe flashing with cold light carried on his shoulder.

Beside him followed a tall, thin man holding an ice-blue staff, a vigorous woman carrying a longbow with sharp eyes, and two stalwart warriors holding tower shields and single-handed swords with vigilant expressions.

A standard five-person adventurer team configuration.

Their gazes swept unabashedly over the corpse of the Jungle Blood Wolf King on the ground, and lingered for a moment on those few glowing dropped items.

Finally, they all focused on Yasuo, who stood holding a sword with a calm expression.

The scarred brawny man grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said in a rough voice: "This brother, your skills are not bad."

Zhou Huai did not immediately take over control of Yasuo.

He wanted to see how this smart core ai would handle the current situation.

Only to see Yasuo move smoothly, quickly picking up the [Wolf King Spirit Essence], [Blood-Stained Wolf King Fang], and [Tough Wolf King Fur] dropped by the wolf king one by one, and putting them into his space ring.

After finishing all this, he slowly stood up and looked calmly at the five people.

"Who are you all? Coming here, what is your purpose?"

Yasuo spoke, his voice carrying a somewhat deliberately designed vicissitude and indifference.

As soon as these words came out, the opposite five people were all stunned.

Zhou Huai almost laughed out loud in the conscious space.

The speaking style of Yasuo controlled by this AI was really… unique.

Anyone who did not know would have thought he had transmigrated over from some costume drama set.

The scarred brawny man was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud: "Brother, you speak so interestingly."

"This Jungle Blood Wolf King was discovered by our team first."

"We just wanted to call more brothers over, to be safer before making a move, so as not to capsize in a drainage ditch."

"Unexpectedly, hurrying as we might, you still beat us to the punch, brother."

Hearing this, Yasuo didn't even move his eyebrows, and his tone remained plain: "So what?"

Beside the scarred brawny man, a trace of displeasure flashed in the eyes of the tall, thin man holding a staff, and he snorted coldly: "This fellow is so arrogant! Boss, in my opinion…"

The scarred brawny man waved his hand, stopping the tall, thin mage's words.

A smile still hung on his face, but that smile somewhat carried the meaning of a fake smile.

"Brother, look, it's not easy for us to run all this way."

"How about this, you give us half of the Materials dropped by the wolf king."

"You can take the rest yourself."

"Let us mind our own business and make friends. It will also be good to look out for each other outside Tianhai City in the future, how about it?"

Listening to these words, Zhou Huai sneered in his heart.

What a "discovered first".

What a "split half".

This robber logic was truly played to perfection.

Yasuo obviously didn't take the other party's "proposal" to heart.

He was even too lazy to look at them again, turning around to leave.

He only coldly dropped a sentence: "Idiotic daydreaming."

"If you all have the ability, go hunt for yourselves. Seizing other people's things is truly not what a brave person would do, only inviting ridicule."

As soon as these words came out, the smile on the scarred brawny man's face completely disappeared.

His eyes turned gloomy, and his tone also became unkind: "Buddy, I advise you not to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit!"

"Stop spouting those literary, sour words with me here!"

"Today, if you don't leave the things behind, I'm afraid you won't want to walk out of this forest intact!"

While speaking, he winked at his four teammates beside him.

The four immediately understood and quickly dispersed, vaguely blocking all of Yasuo's retreats.

The two shield warriors even slammed their tower shields on the ground, making a dull sound, and aimed their weapons at Yasuo, with playful and threatening expressions on their faces.

In their view, the lone ranger acting alone before them was just lucky to have snatched their BOSS by chance.

Now, it was time to make him spit out things that didn't belong to him.

Carrying the giant axe, the scarred brawny man approached a step forward and sneered: "Kid, to tell you the truth, we are people of the 'Bloody Hunting Guild'!"

"Seeing that you are young and have some strength, we discussed with you nicely to leave you a way out."

"Since you refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

"Leave the things, and all the valuable gadgets on your body, behind for me!"

Yasuo slowly turned around, his calm gaze sweeping over the five people who had surrounded him in the middle.

The Windbreaker longsword in his hand reflected a grim cold light under the mottled light and shadow of the forest.

"Enough talk."

"Fight!"

Before the words fell, Yasuo's figure suddenly moved!

He did not choose defense and counterattack, but instead took the lead to launch a thunder-like offensive!

His target was impressively the female archer in the opposing team who was positioned relatively further back and was also the most fragile!

The female archer obviously didn't expect Yasuo to be so decisive. Seeing him rush over like a ghost, she was startled and instinctively wanted to pull her bow and retreat.

But, it was too late!

[Lightning Rush]!

Hiss la——!

Yasuo's figure turned into a tortuous electric light, instantly crossing a distance of several meters and appearing directly in front of the female archer!

"Not good! Protect Lily!" The scarred brawny man roared out, and the rest of them also reacted successively, wanting to rescue.

However, Yasuo's sword was faster!

On the sword body, dazzling thunder light burst and flashed!

[Thunderous Strike]!

Puchi!

The first sword struck the female archer's shoulder blade with absolute precision!

The terrifying power of thunder erupted instantly, not only taking away a section of her health bar, but also triggering the paralysis effect!

The female archer's body stiffened, her skill about to be released was abruptly interrupted, and a trace of despair flashed in her eyes.

The next instant, Yasuo's second sword had already wrapped around the aura of death, following closely behind!

The blade swept across a shrill arc, taking straight for the female archer's fragile neck!

-788! (Critical Hit!)

A huge crimson damage number floated up from the top of the female archer's head!

She couldn't even let out a scream before her eyes widened, and she fell down softly, her vitality cut off.

Instant kill!

From Yasuo launching the attack to killing the female archer, the whole process was smooth and flowing, as fast as lightning!

Even less than two seconds!

"Bastard! I'm going to kill you!"

The scarred brawny man's eyes split open, watching his teammate being instantly killed right before his eyes, falling into a frenzy on the spot!

His muscles bulged all over, his skin turned reddish, his eyes were bloodshot, and he let out a beast-like roar from his mouth. Waving the giant axe in his hand, bringing up a whistling wind, he recklessly chopped down towards Yasuo's head!

At the same time, the tall, thin mage also reacted, his staff pointing urgently.

"Frost Cone!"

Whew!

An ice cone shimmering with cold air condensed out of thin air, with a sharp piercing sound, shooting towards the position Yasuo had previously dodged to!

Unfortunately, it missed.

After killing the female archer, Yasuo's toes tapped, his figure advancing instead of retreating, lunging forward again like a ghost!

He skillfully avoided the mage's ice cone, and also made the scarred brawny man's powerful axe chop into empty air.

Yasuo's target pointed straight at the slightly slower reacting ice-type mage!

"Court death!" Seeing Yasuo rushing towards him, a trace of panic flashed in the ice-type mage's eyes, but his hand movements were not slow.

"Frost Nova!"

Hum!

A wave of extreme cold suddenly expanded centered on him, attempting to freeze Yasuo in place!

But Yasuo's speed was too fast!

Before the range of the Frost Nova was about to touch him, he had already closed in front of the mage!

The longsword in his hand flashed with thunder light again!

"Puchi!"

Another sword, accurately hitting!

The ice-type mage groaned, his health bar dropping by a small half instantly!

"Cover me!" The mage shouted urgently, while his feet quickly retreated, attempting to pull away the distance.

The two shield warriors finally arrived at this moment, left and right, holding tower shields, fiercely slamming towards Yasuo, trying to force him back.

"Shield Bash!"

Yasuo's eyes were calm, his figure swaying slightly, passing through the gap of the pincer attack of the two tower shields like a swimming fish!

His target was still the ice-type mage who attempted to escape!

"Damn it!" Seeing this, the ice-type mage's soul flew out of fright.

He didn't expect this swordsman's movement technique to be so bizarre that the combined attack of the two shield warriors couldn't stop him at all!

"Ice Wall!" In his emergency, the mage released a skill again.

Click click click!

Several thick ice walls rose from the ground, blocking between him and Yasuo.

However, this could not stop Yasuo's footsteps.

[Lightning Rush]!

Yasuo's figure turned into electric light again, actually directly penetrating an ice wall and appearing in front of the mage!

The mage's eyes were filled with panic and incomprehension.

Puff!

The thunderous sword shadow flashed, the mage's head flew high up, his face still carrying an unbelievable expression.

Another one!

"Ahhh! I'll fight you to the death!"

The scarred brawny man was completely crazy at this moment. He gave up all defense, and like a mad bison, waved his giant axe over and over again, fiercely chopping and hacking towards Yasuo!

But entering the berserk state, although his attacks were fierce, his accuracy was off by a hundred thousand miles.

Relying on his far superior agility, Yasuo calmly dodged amidst the storm of the giant axe, and from time to time could also counterattack with a sword, leaving a bloodstain on him.

The two shield warriors also tried to cooperate with the scarred brawny man's attack, but their speed in front of Yasuo was simply too slow.

Often just as the shield was raised, Yasuo had already flashed to another position.

The battle presented a one-sided massacre.

Yasuo's figure shuttled among the three people, every time he drew his sword, it was precise and fatal.

The power of lightning continuously ravaged their bodies, and the splashing electric arcs made their movements slow and full of flaws.

"Puchi!"

A shield warrior failed to dodge in time, and was pierced through the throat by Yasuo's sword, falling down unwillingly.

Following closely was the other shield warrior.

Although he desperately parried, Yasuo's sword was too fast and the angle was too tricky, and in the end he was still pierced through the heart by a sword.

On the field, only the scarred brawny man who was still frantically waving his giant axe remained.

He was covered in blood, his body filled with sword wounds large and small, and his movements were becoming slower and slower.

Yasuo's eyes were cold. Catching a gap in his attack, the longsword in his hand pierced out instantly like a venomous snake coming out of its hole!

Taking straight for the heart!

"Ugh…"

The scarred brawny man's movements came to an abrupt halt. He lowered his head to look at the longsword piercing through his chest, his eyes filled with unwillingness and remorse.

"Thud."

The burly body crashed heavily to the ground.

At this point, the five-person team of the Bloody Hunting Guild was completely wiped out!

Watching in the conscious space, Zhou Huai's blood was boiling, and he called it exhilarating.

Yasuo controlled by this AI was simply an art when fighting!

Yasuo shook off the blood on the sword, and was just about to step forward to check the loot.

Just at this moment——

"Shasha sha…"

"Shasha sha…"

A burst of dense footsteps suddenly came from the nearby jungle!

Listening to the sound, the number of people was not few!

Yasuo suddenly raised his head, his gaze looking sharply in the direction the sound came from.

Without hesitation, he immediately gave up the idea of looting the corpses, his figure flashed, and he quickly fled into the depths of the gloomy dense forest, disappearing in a flash.