Chapter 1017: Devil Squad
Soul Reaper crushed East Sea Region fleet captain Bai Ze as easily as squashing a bug.
Without the slightest hesitation, he tossed the corpse aside, his icy gaze sweeping across the surroundings.
His brain had been implanted with a primary command overriding his killing instinct—to eliminate a target codenad [Chaos].
Soul Reaper couldn't sense Chaos's presence, and a trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.
Completely naked, he walked through the minus sixty-degree snowy wasteland, searching for his prey.
By the ti Huaxu Kingdom's command center confird Bai Ze's death, Soul Reaper had already disappeared into the vast toxic miasma.
From beginning to end, no one ever learned how Bai Ze died.
Li Tianyang's mood grew increasingly oppressive.
Watching Jiangnan Region achieve victory after victory while his own forces suffered repeated setbacks made him feel utterly humiliated throughout the entire command center.
Yet aside from impotent rage, he had no other recourse.
He didn't even know what was hidden inside that tal coffin.
The command center could only issue warnings for everyone to exercise extre caution.
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As ti passed, various superhuman teams gradually approached the Mist Valley area.
Most teams had encountered source sprites during their exploration.
Every survivor had gained trendous rewards from these encounters.
Through this experience, the high command of both major regions finally understood why Shengjing Region had been able to acquire power surpassing the entire Huaxu Kingdom ahead of them.
Beyond possessing the most powerful weapons and military systems, they had also previously discovered a Divine Source in the Qinling Mountains.
It turned out the Divine Source's value wasn't limited to helping people break through Delta-level bottlenecks.
Even the accompanying substances of the Divine Source could produce nurous powerful individuals!
Consequently, most teams had shifted their primary objective to hunting source sprites.
Only individuals like Billy the Kid and the Four Spirits still focused their attention on the Divine Source itself.
However, teams like those from Jiangnan Region and the joint forces' foreign superhumans understood that the Divine Source was beyond their reach.
Instead, finding source sprites offered opportunities they could actually seize.
Makipo City, located northeast of Mist Valley.
Here resided Jiangnan Region's Demon Squad.
Under captain Lu Huang's leadership, they slowly approached Mist Valley.
Based on experience, they'd discovered that the closer they got to the Divine Source's core area, the higher the probability of encountering source sprites. RＡＮŐᛒËʂ
By now, their objective had shifted to hunting source sprites.
The entire Demon Squad consisted of twelve mbers.
They were now one of the few teams still operating as a complete unit.
For reference, consider the Tianlong Pirate Crew.
In combat between high-level superhumans, nurical advantage might not translate to actual superiority if the level disparity was too great.
Instead, numbers could beco a liability.
However, the Demon Squad had maintained exceptionally good luck.
From their island landing until now, they hadn't encountered any joint forces superhuman organizations.
This was largely because Zhang Yi had eliminated so many joint forces superhumans, drawing most of the attention.
But as they approached Mist Valley, their good fortune couldn't last forever.
Lu Huang walked through the toxic miasma, accompanied by his tall, curvaceous deputy captain Li Yue.
The other ten team mbers operated in dispersed formations, gathering intelligence in the surrounding area.
One team mber stood on a tree branch, watching an energy detection device showing faint reactions.
"Captain, energy reactions detected southwest."
Upon receiving this intelligence, Lu Huang nodded coldly.
"Just as we anticipated. The closer we get to the Divine Source's location, the more nurous these accompanying creatures beco."
Li Yue smiled and bent down, whispering close to his ear, "Captain, but moving forward also increases the likelihood of encountering danger!"
"Ah, I know."
Lu Huang's tone remained as detached as ever.
Though young, he wasn't foolish.
However, encountering such a rare opportunity to rapidly enhance his power—how could he possibly let it slip away?
Throughout their journey, they'd found source sprites twice.
The entire Demon Squad's strength had been upgraded.
His own superhuman ability index had now reached approximately 9500 points.
Of course, the ability index was a conceptual asurent requiring professional assessnt.
But high-level superhumans could make rough estimates based on experience.
"If I can advance further, or even find those large source sprites they ntioned, might I approach Epsilon level?"
A glimr of anticipation appeared in Lu Huang's eyes.
In this apocalypse, strength ant everything.
"If one day I obtain unparalleled power, even my monstrous form might gain universal acceptance!"
He thought to himself.
The team mber who detected the energy fluctuations asked, "Shall we advance?"
Lu Huang responded imdiately, "Don't rush! Everyone proceed according to plan, advancing toward the energy source in dispersed formation."
"Remain vigilant. The path ahead grows increasingly dangerous."
The communication channel echoed with the team's unified response, "Yes, Captain!"
Through the dense toxic miasma, streams of light scattered like teors, racing toward the energy source.
Lu Huang turned to look at his deputy captain Li Yue.
"Li Yue, stay close behind !"
His eyes matched his expression—icy cold, as if utterly disinterested in the entire world.
His beauty seed unreal, almost mask-like.
Yet when speaking to Li Yue, he tried to inject so warmth into his voice.
"I can already sense danger approaching!"
He took a deep breath, "When I can no longer control my killing intent, you must stop imdiately. I fear my demonic state!"
Li Yue's face blossod into an incredibly sweet smile, creating a stark contrast with Lu Huang's deanor.
She smoothed her long hair, and due to their twenty-centiter height difference, when she spoke to Lu Huang, he found himself directly facing her generous chest.
"Yes, Captain!"
Lu Huang watched for several seconds before silently turning his gaze toward the distance.
"Let's proceed!"
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Deep within the thick fog, a massive crater sank into the ground. Judging by the surrounding structures, this might have been a large underground parking lot.
At the crater's depths stood a silver-gray tal cage.
A fiery red little sprite was trapped inside the cage, looking up blankly at the sky.
anwhile, hidden in the shadows, a gigantic monster watched from afar.
Its head bore dozens of eyes, with green liquid dripping from its mouth that had already corroded through the stone pavent.
A breeze stirred.
Wind generated by rapidly moving prey.
Throughout the surrounding structures, countless imperceptibly fine, elongated white threads began to tremble in response.
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