Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 790 - 53: Pursuit Battle

Chapter 790: Chapter 53: Pursuit Battle

After Tang Zheng defeated the Shadow Demon Daimyo, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and advanced the game to the second stage, all the members of the Trojan Squad who went out hunting noticed that the Demonic Shadows appearing tonight started to change. They were not only appearing in groups and wandering on the streets but also showed considerable intelligence.

"It seems to have become harder to kill?" Lu Fan, riding on a giant spider, looked at the radar screen in search of the next target. His cute face was scrunched up into a frown. The little loli’s power was strong. With one move, she could overpower the Demonic Shadows, so she didn’t quite sense the change.

Pang Meiqin and Yu Manli were struggling a bit more, and it goes without saying for Gu Xueqi and Sha Ou who just obtained their Seed Abilities, their faces became increasingly serious. As for the other newbies, they had pretty much been reduced to useless and were basically being abused.

"Hmm, it seems that in this game, we have to accumulate as many soul shards as possible during the first stage to get the Seed and then activate our abilities. Only in this way, can we cope with the increased difficulty of the second stage."

Tang Zheng didn’t attack rashly. He hid in a building, observing the fifteen Demonic Shadows on the street through a telescope. In addition to the warriors, there were also three Geishas. These monsters also began to fight in teams.

The newcomers looked ashen. Their just-built confidence was completely crushed. They felt helpless against these monsters, even if they went all out.

Tang Zheng pondered for a moment and strategized. He didn’t want to blindly charge into the battlefield. It was not only too risky, but he also thought of having Jing Xiang and Cheng Cheng join the battle and make their contributions.

"Song Huiqiao, how are your driving skills?" Tang Zheng thought of the human train tactic again. It was both safe and guaranteed.

"Very good." As soon as Song Huiqiao heard Tang Zheng’s question, she quickly replied, lest she missed this opportunity.

"Then let’s go." Tang Zheng exited the building, followed by Jing Xiang and Cheng Cheng, both of whom followed him like shadows.

"Group leader, what should we do?" Liu Liu exclaimed anxiously, afraid of being abandoned by Tang Zheng. The other newcomers also wore a lost look, waiting like lambs to be slaughtered.

"Hide, or go kill the Demonic Shadows." Tang Zheng glanced over these people, "You can follow me. I won’t force you."

"Will you give us the Demonic Shadows if we join?" Liu Qian was thinking about spoils even before exerting his force.

"That depends on how much you contribute." Tang Zheng replied dismissively as he exited the building.

Since there was no Hummer, Tang Zheng found a pickup truck. After throwing out the ammunition from the two travel bags, he carried Cheng Cheng and hopped onto it.

"Why are you still stunned? Start the car." Tang Zheng scolded Song Huiqiao while checking his firearms and observing the radar.

The number of Demonic Shadows had also increased. Just in the nearby 3-chome, there were three groups of Demonic Shadows.

"Just pick any and start." After pulling the bolt, Tang Zheng leaned on the side of the car and started to conserve his energy. Cheng Cheng knelt on the carriage, sorting out the Spiritual Power Hand Grenades and stuffing them into her small book bag.

"Come here, take these." Tang Zheng put some Remote Control Bombs into the book bag, took out a detonator and instructed the little girl.

Cheng Cheng listened attentively, fearing she might miss something.

The newcomers were in two off-road vehicles following the pickup truck. At this moment, they were feeling conflicted. They wanted to follow, but they were afraid of dying. If they didn’t follow, they were worried that Tang Zheng would settle accounts with them later.

Tang Zheng didn’t have time to bother with these people. Five minutes later, the radar alarm rang loudly.

"We’re here. Stop."

Upon hearing Tang Zheng’s command, Song Huiqiao quickly pressed the gas, and the tires rubbed against the road surface as the truck stopped at an intersection.

"Fire." Tang Zheng let out a loud shout. By the time he saw the group of Demonic Shadows in his view, the Gatling Machine Gun in each of his hands had already started to fire. Twelve barrels in total were revolving, pouring all the bullets onto the Geisha that was in the very front. This one was the hardest to handle and had to be killed first.

Jing Xiang knelt with one knee on the ground, with the butt of the rifle against her shoulder, shooting at the Demon Shadow in the front. Her whole body was shaking under the recoil.

Within ten seconds, Tang Zheng had fired 2000 bullets. The Shadow Geisha barely managed to take two steps forward before being torn apart and exploded into a cloud of black death mist.

"Idiot, shoot at the Geisha first." Seeing Jing Xiang shooting at the nearest one unintelligently, Tang Zheng was upset. As expected, the next moment the Shadow Geisha unleashed a mental impact. Jing Xiang couldn’t bear it and almost fell back. Her head felt as if it was hit by a big hammer.

Song Huiqiao was also affected and felt uncomfortable. Tang Zheng’s resistance was a bit better, and he could still hold up. However, he still summoned three female musketeers to help.

Cheng Cheng held her breath, crouching in front of the carriage with a hand grenade in hand. Her eyes opened wide, ready to throw at any time. However, when the first wave of mental impact came, she was knocked down. Even though she did not faint, she collapsed on the car frothing at the mouth and could not even throw the grenades.

Tang Zheng threw the Gauss sniper rifle to Sophie, gave the two Gatling guns to Alizeh and Marilyn, and then took out a long ammunition box. Breaking open the lid, he started to throw what was inside like he had an unlimited supply.

Seeing hand grenades raining down like hail into the Demonic Shadows, the newcomers couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. However, the next moment, they all felt a bit dizzy.

These were seized from other Trojan Squads, enough for Tang Zheng to splurge on without any remorse.

A large number of bullet casings were flung from the car, clanging on the cement road. With powerful firearms at their disposal, the three female musketeers were obviously more formidable than ancient warriors. Especially Sophie, using armor-piercing high-explosive rounds imbued with spiritual power, could blow a demonic shadow’s head off with at most eight shots.

The demonic shadows began counterattacking, scarcely hitting their mark with their bronze cannons and arrows. Tang Zheng even stood at the forefront, activating his shield of light and acting as a meat shield. Not even their S-grade equipment could penetrate the Tyrannosaurus Protective clothing.

"This is what I call shooting!" Marilyn, holding a Gatling machine gun, watched the monsters being blasted away. She even moaned with excitement, her cheeks slightly flushed.

While Alizeh was mindful about conserving her ammunition, Marilyn didn’t care. She fired at buildings and trees as she pleased. An abandoned car was made to look like a beehive before it exploded, propelling the car body into the air and crushing several demonic shadows.

"Ha ha, so much fun." Running out of ammunition, Marilyn decided to seize Alizeh’s weapon in the heat of the moment. She was in no mood to reload.

"Marilyn, stop playing around, fight." The three of them were summoned heroes and could also be considered spirits, so they were not affected by the mental attacks of the geisha. Within less than thirty seconds, all of them were slaughtered by Sophie.

"Start the car, start the car." Tang Zheng shouted, kicking the car wall.

Song Huiqiao, looking at the approaching horde through the rearview mirror, was petrified. Thankfully, her years of driving experience helped her to keep the car running. Otherwise, she thought she would have been killed by Tang Zheng.

The pickup truck stormed out, and Jing Xiang, who was still dizzy, almost fell off the car. Thanks to Tang Zheng’s quick reflexes, she was pulled back in the nick of time.

The newcomers parked their vehicle fifty meters ahead, having been caught in the geisha’s attack. They dared not get any closer.

"Cheng Cheng, get up, throw the remote control bomb." This opportunity to earn points should not be wasted. Even if the little loli spat blood, Tang Zheng had to force her up.

Little Lolita did not disappoint Tang Zheng. She lied down next to the car wall, took out two remote control bombs, and dropped them. After a tight grip of the detonator, she pressed the red button when the demonic shadows stepped on the bombs.

Boom, Boom, two explosions, and a wave of air blast, directly tossed several demonic shadows into the air.

"You pressed it too early." Tang Zheng took out the first bow of the east sea road, pulled the bowstring to the limit, and the giant arrow immediately condensed. With the activation of the hundred-shot skill, over a hundred speckled arrows shot out, covering the entire street. Then, consecutive explosions resounded.

The whole street was destroyed and thoroughly submerged in dust. Parts of the demonic shadows also fell, hanging on the telegraph pole.

It really was a mass-killing weapon. Even though those shadow demon warriors were not killed, they suffered severe injuries, with their bodies all torn up, completely resembling the disheveled state of a warrior.

Tang Zheng continued to fire two arrows to break the formation of the demonic shadows. He then handed the first bow to Marilyn, took out the Demon Slaying Holy Flame, and began to target them.

Deer bullets wrapped in golden flames whistled out and pierced a demonic shadow’s head, detonating into a fist-sized hole in the process.

Whiz whiz, the warriors were retaliating. The arrows fired at him were knocked off by Tang Zheng with his gun, and the cannon shells were blocked by the shield.

A warrior began to sprint with giant strides, surprisingly faster than the speed of the pickup truck. Naturally, Tang Zheng aimed at it and pulled the trigger.

Bang, the bullet left the barrel and had a strong spiritual impact. It carried the effect of explosion and burning. As a result, the deer bullet hit its chest, starting to burn right away. The strong knockback effect made it overturn and tumble.

This S-grade artifact doubled the damage to soul-type monsters, those demonic shadows were completely insufficient for Tang Zheng to slaughter. The chase lasted for three minutes, leaving the remains of the wreckage on the road surface.

"Go back, collect the shards."

Song Huiqiao gasped heavily. Hearing Tang Zheng say this, she was overjoyed.

After cleaning up the battlefield, they ended up with five shards and one black iron seed. The newcomers looked at the spoils of war, their eyes turning red. But seeing Tang Zheng’s stoic face, no one dared to ask for any.

"Song Huiqiao, keep it up next time." Tang Zheng rewarded the beauty with one shard. He would give Jing Xiang and Cheng Cheng their share separately.

"Thank you." Song Huiqiao thanked him immediately, crying with joy. She finally got a shard, finally had something more than the others. This made her feel that she was no longer at the bottom, letting out a sigh of relief unconsciously.

Seeing Tang Zheng’s clear rewards and punishments, the newcomers were all inspired to work hard as well.

Tang Zheng didn’t rest, and continued his onslaught. Throughout the night, he had slaughtered more than a hundred demonic shadows, yielding over thirty soul shards. But he wasn’t the slightest bit happy, rather his brows were even more furrowed - an increased number of shards meant their value had depreciated.

The Trojans were indeed experts at toying with survivors. As dawn broke, a new announcement was issued. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to qidian.com to vote and recommend. Your support is my biggest motivation.)