Steel steam and flame

The orderly gunshots were completely carried away by the wind, and silence completely returned to the cave. Cassia endured the severe pain from everywhere in her body, picked up the circular device and immediately ran forward.

The sound of the wind turned into a howling after three or four minutes, with cold moist air inside, which quickly wet Cassia's blood-covered face. The mountain was shaking. If thunder rang in his ears, his body seemed to be excited with the irregular thunder. Light appeared in the darkness of the cave. Following the sound of rain, Cassia walked out of the cave in a few steps. The strong wind let out He narrowed his eyes, and the cold water drops made him sober. The fire wrapped around his body was also extinguished.

Stopping not far from the entrance of the cave, without enough time to estimate the distance and the current situation, Cassia took off her clothes like pieces, and the heavy rain washed away her body. The rain diluted the blood on his body and flowed down his legs to the ground, staining a small area red, but it was soon turned to the color of soil by more falling rain.

The wounds on his hands were okay, and he grasped the angle well and blocked the attack with the back of his arms. What was cut open was just a layer of skin attached to the bones and not much muscle. The flexibility of my fingers is somewhat affected, but I can still hold the weapon and press the trigger.

But the shrapnel embedded in his back could not be dealt with in time. There is no complete skin there, and it has been severely damaged by the impact of debris flow and short-range heat waves. The cave is less than two or three meters high, and Cassia has calculated the time very well so that his body will be at the highest point when the steel shell bomb explodes. But the internal organs still seemed to have been greatly shocked. His mouth was filled with blood gushing from his throat, and the fishy and salty taste untimely aroused his blocked appetite. When he woke up from his dream, he had not eaten anything, except for drinking a lot of water from the underground river.

After putting all the tranquilizers collected from the enemy into his body, he felt better.

With his hands on his back, Cassia could only use his fingers to dig out part of the shrapnel from his back in a slightly violent way. There were also two long wounds made by daggers, extending from the shoulders to the waist. Thick blood is still seeping out slowly, and the burning sensation is getting stronger and stronger in the body. This is a sign that high-energy fat in the body is being rapidly consumed for replenishment.

After a minute or two, Cassia stood up, took a deep breath of cold air, and regained her mobility again. Looking at the wounds on his arms that had healed and turned into weak scabs, he felt a tight and tight feeling on his back, as if the iron sheets had been welded. The wound there also healed quickly, but the pain was more intense than before. Some shrapnel was not removed in time and was still embedded in his body.

He knew that his prediction not long ago was correct. The hardness of the bones has surpassed that of steel alloy at some stage. Several attacks from the enemy failed to really hurt him. At most, they scratched a layer of skin with some flesh and blood, which was blocked by the bones.

The enemies were hiding on both sides of the cave. They must have thought about the possibility of running out of the cave network in advance. Their breathing and heartbeat were completely eliminated for a period of time, and they could not be detected by sound detection. Knowing that he couldn't actively enter the scaly state, he did feel a little panicked after being attacked. Now that I think about it, there is indeed another more reliable method. Relying on your own self-healing ability and stronger body to compete with the enemy's ability to withstand damage is not an advisable method.

Clouds and mist rolled around Cassia, looking at the blurry scenery around her. Nearly ten minutes had passed since the end of the battle.

"The enemies have probably already approached the nearest exits." Now get up, no matter how fast you go, you may encounter enemies rushing to surround you on the way. Cassia is not going to go to the top of the mountain immediately and kill most of the enemies who are closer to her. If her footsteps are delayed, it will give the enemies further away more time to travel.

And the current situation seemed to be favorable to him. Hiding behind a raised rock, Cassia thought of this when he used a fire gun to destroy a pit. He originally wanted to concentrate the enemies in a specific range, but initially it was to gain more space and time to escape, but now, the purpose has changed slightly.

"The situation is not as bad as imagined. The enemies who arrive here will most likely not act as a separate team." Cassia smiled, and the wounds on his face made his expression look different than ever before. Same, "I didn't know that I can no longer borrow dragon blood to enter the scaly state! In order to ensure that the mission can be completed without any accidents, they will definitely take full advantage of the number of people. After dozens of nearby teams unite, they will arrive. My coming here is what they are thinking at the moment..."

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"The message has been sent to everyone. The nearby teams are gathering. Some have already walked out of the mountain in advance and are guarding the possible escape routes of several enemies. Once the personnel are gathered, the encirclement can be reduced as soon as possible." Stian talked about the latest progress and handed a piece of data in his hand to El and Theodore.

"This is the detailed information of the two team members who met the prey. One team is composed of reserve knights of the Knights, and the other is the white knight of the temple."

After reading the information, the two looked at each other and knew what the other was thinking.

"The level of the white knights in the temple is much higher than that of Milton and the others. With the intensity of their training, their cooperation with each other is almost perfect. The data shows that from the time they come into contact with the prey to the time the signal disappears, the time... It's less than a minute, not much different from the time when our reserve knight team disappeared." El summarized the contents of the information, "The knight team encountered the prey alone. If the number of people is not large, such a result is acceptable. But over there in the church..."

"They probably turned on the scaly state. They have a lot of experience in fighting at long and short distances, so the delay should be longer." Theodore nodded and answered, "But we can't be sure yet with the information we have. How many times can a prey enter the scaly state in a period of time? Based on the situation in Mesalia, it seems that two or three times is no problem."

"What about the side effects?"

"There will definitely be, but the severity is different. The scaly state we have developed will consume a lot of physical strength afterwards, not to mention that the prey relies on drugs to force the growth. It should be in the stage of side effects now, We can speed up our people appropriately, and there may be unexpected gains. Let them face prey at full status. I think with their strength, even with blue and silver bullets, they may not be able to achieve much effect."