Steel steam and flame

The downward wind was even more violent at this moment, and the snow and dead leaves on the ground were blown up and scattered in all directions. A huge dark shadow broke through the dense canopy and fell beside Cassia with a large number of fresh branches and leaves. The ground shook a few times before hot breath flowed forward.

The two polluted blue wolves and the second-type creature behind them were affected by Cassie's black aura, but their running movements only slowed down briefly, and then immediately returned to their original state, and even had a further enhanced feeling. exist.

The green wolf let out a short howl again, but this time, Cassie Hei opened his mouth at the same time, and his low roar completely dispersed the howl, as if it had disappeared on the way. At the same time, the air compressed, then flowed, turning into a translucent cannonball, bringing out an air tunnel, and bombarded the rushing green wolf with an explosion.

"Boom..." The explosion sounds extremely crisp, but the power of the air cannon only knocks the green wolf back a certain distance and lifts up a large amount of soil. Under the protection of that thick armor, the destructive power is completely within the range of endurance. And Cassia guessed from the beginning that the second-type creatures after being contaminated should have a good pain shielding effect regardless of the degree. Unless their body tissues are insufficient to support their actions, they don't have much thinking and won't care about their own injuries at all.

Seeing that the hunting method that was very useful in normal times was useless at this moment, Cassie Hei couldn't help but roared "Hmm...". Cassia immediately retreated to the side and gave a hint that the two green wolves were the prey. Kasi Hei, who said he understood, waited for a moment, seeming to be thinking about strategies for the battle.

But the next moment, it was originally on all fours and folded its wings close to its back. The muscles on its two hind paws proliferated wildly and became thicker visibly to the naked eye. It "stands up", and its two front paws no longer spread out sharp claws, but clenched into huge fists, and the horny body spread on them at the same time, as if wearing a strong fist glove.

Cassie Hei ran forward, just like a human running, spanning dozens of meters in one step, leaving deep footprints with each step, bringing up large areas of soil and fragments of roots and stems from the ancient trees. Except for a long tail covered with black scales that was now dragging, it now completely looked like an enlarged version of a human. Cassia, who was standing at the side and behind, could only shake her head, but she no longer thought about anything. Now that it has become like this, it is better to continue to develop, maybe there will be unexpected results. At least the current situation has surprised him.

The distance between the two was less than a kilometer, and they were brought closer in a breath. The disadvantages of pollution have been exposed at this moment. Lack of rational thinking, relying only on killing consciousness and instinctive actions, when encountering more powerful creatures, is tantamount to lacking basic thinking, and will completely fall into passivity and disadvantage.

In its eyes, Cassie Hei's huge erect body and height did not bring the necessary information. The moment it was about to make contact, its running limbs exploded with great force. When four almost connected depressions appeared on the ground, it had turned into arrows that flew out. It opened its ferocious mouth with several rows of sharp teeth and bit into the card. West black neck.

The green wolf's figure turned into a flowing shadow, but it jumped into the air. The fist clenched in the right paw of Cassie Hei's forelimb suddenly appeared like a black shadow, intercepting the flowing shadow directly from the side and front.

"Bang!" The air exploded to create scattered torrents, and the green wolf's shadow-like figure was like a reflection of light in an instant. Using Cassie Hei's fist as a mirror, it instantly changed its direction and bombarded it with huge force just now. Around the place where he jumped, a deep pit suddenly formed, as if it was already there.

"Huh?" Looking at the large amount of soil that spattered away, Cassie Hei threw a punch and asked like a dragon. The strength of the feedback on his front paws was different from what he imagined. There was a big gap. It did not continue to think. It stood forward and raised its "leg" directly, carrying most of its own weight, causing the green wolf that was stuck in the mud to completely lose its final struggle.

"Ah..." Cassie turned his eyes slightly and glanced at Cassia. But Cassia did not respond. He just felt disappointed. His prediction of the polluted species was too cautious, and the difficulty of handling it could not be compared with the enhanced second-type creatures that had the ability to think during the Knight Squire assessment. If one could break through the Blue Wolf's armor, they would be very fast moving targets as they could only dash forward.

The remaining green wolf that struggled to stand up seemed to be relying on instinct to suppress the desire to rush forward, and its body that was running straight turned to the side. But losing one's mind and not having the ability to obtain information and then analyze it is destined to be the fatal flaw of a polluted creature.

It didn't choose to run away directly, and it couldn't avoid Cassie Hei's pursuit. This seemingly huge dragon body would be very bulky, but its size and weight often matched the corresponding strength.

The second punch he threw was airy and extremely skillful. Amidst the slight shaking of the ground, the second green wolf was once again lying in the deep pit, with the front half of its body completely inserted into the soil. Even though he was still struggling, his intensity was obviously decreasing rapidly.

"Hmm... It seems that destroying most of the tissues and organs that provide action power and rendering them inoperable can 'kill' the polluted species in another sense." Cassia from behind reviewed her omissions. Just now I put all my thinking on the neural network, only thinking about how to really kill the polluting species.

At this moment, the sudden increase in temperature around him interrupted Cassia's self-examination. He immediately spoke to stop Cassia's chest, which had already appeared a bright red. The dozens of polluted second-type creatures in front of them did not have the emotion of fear. After being affected by the howls of the two green wolves just now, the biological instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages was also lost, and they were about to rush forward at this moment.

Cassie Hei let out a low roar, then opened his mouth and sprayed out a piece of bright red flame that only spread less than a few dozen meters, illuminating the dark interior of the forest.

On the other side, the beast cavalry captain Youssax, who had just ordered the team to evacuate towards the two wings a moment ago, had to issue an order again. With a sigh, the gray wolves running towards both sides turned around and surrounded the remaining dozens of second-category polluting creatures.

Without the difficult-to-handle green wolf, the remaining polluted creatures no longer pose a threat when faced with a professional team that is trained and coordinated very skillfully. The gunshots started to sound continuously, and Cassia knew there was no need to get involved. He asked Cassie Hei, who was not far away, to rest aside. While waiting for the beast cavalry team to finish the processing, he went to a green man who was stuck in the mud. Next to the wolf, drag it out and start observing.

The head was broken into pieces, but it was wrapped in tough armor that looked like a cloth bag at the moment and was not scattered on the ground. Even so, Cassia still felt the vitality in it, which was no longer strong, but it would still take some time before death. The chest area was not broken by Cassie Hei, and the heart there was still beating.

With the terrifying second body modification and evolutionary ability, it seems now clear why the attitudes of the four forces towards polluted creatures have changed dramatically in a very short period of time. If you have the corresponding technology, you can extract the pollution and analyze it in detail. Perhaps the results obtained will include a second surgical route to stagger the dragon surgery, as well as some information about lifespan... Cassia thought , while using a tactical knife to cut a piece of space from the gap in the armor.

A large area of ​​heat rises, and the scorching temperature of the blood can be felt even from a small distance. Cassia immediately remembered the moldy material on the fragments of the ancient historical World Tree. But there is a very big difference. At least the blood still maintains its original color, tending to be gray-white, but it does not have the characteristics of fluorescence.

The smell is still that of blood, no other odor is present. Except for the green wolf's needle-shaped hair that was fused into a block of armor, there were no obvious changes in the muscles and other tissue structures visible to the eye.

"The original brain structure was abandoned and replaced with a neural network structure with the spine as the core, which can almost spread throughout the body... This should be the direct reason why the polluted creatures do not have the ability to think and only have primitive killing instincts." Not far away. Amidst the gunshots coming from everywhere, Cassia found a place to lie down. Cassia continued to follow the gap and completely cut open a small piece of armor.

The weight of the biological armor is consistent with speculation, and the dense structure inside also corresponds to the detection results of high-frequency sound wave pulses. Without paying too much attention to the armor, Cassia operated the tactical knife, using refined control combined with real-time structural exploration of sonic pulses. As an operator who is a highly skilled surgeon, body anatomy is more like a knife in his hands. An artistic act.

But the result was not satisfactory. Cassia had psychological expectations. When she went to the military school, Professor Bruce mentioned some information about pollution. Using this as a basis and starting point, he knew that pollution has been integrated with living things with a high probability. And this extremely powerful corrosiveness most likely comes from fragments of consciousness, just like the current relationship between myself and the enhanced experimental subject. It’s just that there is no clear conclusion about the will of the World Tree in ancient history. What kind of relationship it will have with polluting creatures, and to what extent, can only be done when more information comes out. Judgments can be made.

Throughout the dissection process, Cassia did not have direct contact with the green wolf's tissue or blood. You need a quiet environment to conduct experiments, and this is obviously not a good place.

"It is not corrosive, but its viscosity has increased significantly. Different from ordinary blood, the limited information in hand says that the life span of contaminated organisms has been significantly shortened. The viscosity of blood has increased, and it can carry more Energy substances are the cause, right? The polluted creatures seem to be in a state of full rejection reaction all the time... Eating a lot of food cannot balance the side effects of consumption and high load." Cassia stood up and glanced at the back of the tactical knife Talk to yourself. He then found a nearby exposed tree root and sat down, waiting for nearly ten minutes before the sound of gunfire and the roar of the gray wolves gradually disappeared.

Because of Cassie's blackness, the gray wolves of the beast cavalry could not approach directly. They stopped in the distance, took out professional tools and began to process the corpses of polluted creatures. As the captain, Yusaks also led two deputies. They looked at Cassie Hei who had closed his eyes, and then cautiously come over.

"Dear Dragon Knight, thank you very much for your help. Captain of the seventh team of the Snake Wolf Tribe, Yusaks." After reintroducing himself, Yusaks felt relieved, but he still spoke cautiously. In an absolute sense, the beast cavalry is the dragoon, that is, the lower-ranking alternative unit of the dragoon. "This is the edge of the hunting circle, and there are almost no other support teams. The polluted blue wolf is very fast and can catch up with us." It’s just a matter of time. If it weren’t for Mr. Dragon Knight, our best result would only be a small number of people surviving. Thank you very, very much,”

"In the forest, we are all members of the Flame Alliance." Cassia could only answer vaguely.

Yussax solemnly nodded his thanks, "Your Excellency, you are also going to support the front team. We just received the order in the morning and were dispatched by the tribe's command to support other teams of the Snake Wolf Tribe in this hunting circle. According to the intelligence, because The three dragon knights of the Snake Wolf Tribe and the Armored Crocodile Tribe lost control due to pollution and erosion, resulting in the loss of most of the following beast cavalry. In the near future, a beast tide is very likely to occur here, and it is necessary to control it as much as possible before it gathers. , all nearby teams and members are rushing over to meet up as much as possible."

"However, our team was halfway..." Youssax did not continue here. "I don't know if it is too late. Although we have been moving forward at a good speed, we received the latest news on the way out just now. According to the information, it has been observed that the second type of pollution species has begun to take shape and is running towards the coast."

"We should be able to catch up." Cassia's face did not change at all, but she became comforted. "I am not the only one performing tasks around me. Others are much faster than me. This time the situation will not be easy to handle. We We also need to wait until a certain number is reached before we can join forces. So there is still time, and we should be able to wait until you arrive and contribute. However, you must act carefully."

"Thank you for the reminder, sir." Youssax was happy to meet such a kind-hearted dragon knight.