As if teleporting,
the Giant Elephant Soldier leaped a distance of nearly ten meters, reaching a height of about five or six meters. The immense impact generated...
instantly crushed that Delta Squad member into a bloody mess. His entire body was reduced to mincemeat, and bright red blood flowed into the crater. It was incredibly gory!
"..."
"This... how is this possible?!"
Witnessing the scene,
Josh, Chris, and the others looked on in disbelief. They never expected that the Giant Elephant Soldier in front of them would not only be far from slow,
but would also possess incredible jumping ability.
With just one leap, it had crushed a member of their Delta Squad to death. This was something they had never anticipated.
The mocking laughter the Giant Elephant Soldier had let out earlier was because of this. Its movement speed was indeed not fast, but that didn't mean its jumping ability was poor.
In fact, the mutated Giant Elephant Soldier had enhanced its jumping power, turning it into one of its special skills.
With such powerful jumping ability, Josh and Chris's kiting tactics were completely ruined. Since their running speed could not possibly outmatch the Giant Elephant Soldier's jumping speed, how could they kite? Wouldn't that be seeking death?
The death of another Delta Squad member plunged everyone into a dead silence. They couldn't believe this stage would be so difficult.
However, things were not going to end that simply.
Because just as the Giant Elephant Soldier finished off the Delta Squad member, the familiar, eerie cries began to ring out again throughout the Ndipaya tribe's settlement.
"Hahaha... Guli lili..."
"Roar—!!!"
Accompanied by the rising cries,
the group fearfully looked around again, only to see a large number of Ndipaya tribesmen emerging one after another.
They were still naked with black bodies, their lower halves covered by simple grass skirts. Their faces were painted with fierce oil patterns, they wore colorful feather crowns, and they held leaf-shaped shields and stone spears. They stared fixedly at Chris, Josh, and the others with greedy eyes.
They approached slowly, numbering about twenty or thirty. At this moment, these Ndipaya tribesmen had completely turned into Cannibals. Given the chance, they would surely rush forward and devour Chris, Josh, and the others instantly.
And it wasn't over yet.
On one side of the Ndipaya settlement, another massive figure slowly rose. Another Giant Elephant Soldier appeared. Two Giant Elephant Soldiers and over twenty Ndipaya tribesmen.
Without a doubt...
Chris, Josh, and the others were truly in a perilous situation, like fish on a chopping block, left to be slaughtered by these Ndipaya tribesmen!
"Chris, what should we do...?"
Looking at the restless Ndipaya tribesmen surrounding them, Jill took a slight step back and asked Chris beside her in a somewhat helpless tone. At this moment, they only hoped that Chris, their backbone, could find a way.
"To be honest, I don't know what to do either."
"There are too many of them; it will be very difficult to deal with them all at once. I still have a few High-explosive grenades and flashbangs. If we use them to break through,"
"we can take out the tribesmen surrounding us on both sides. But... those things won't work against the two Giant Elephant Soldiers in front of us. Their jumping ability could crush us into meat pies in an instant."
"Perhaps we should put our hopes on Javier and his group. If they are willing to step in, they should be able to resolve this crisis. But I've already seen it,"
"Javier seems unwilling to let the two virus-infected individuals by his side use their superpowers. He's afraid that the West African BSAA will record them as data and report it to BSAA Headquarters. If that happens, they'll become wanted!"
Facing Jill's question,
Chris gave a helpless, bitter smile and shook his head. To be honest, he didn't have any ideas; after all, he was just a mortal.
He was also at a loss in the face of such a predicament.
If it were just those twenty or so Ndipaya tribesmen, it would be fine, but with two Giant Elephant Soldiers in front of them, their terrifying jumping pursuit ability left Chris unable to think of any way to counter them.
Unless,
unless Javier, who was further away, could order Alexia and Lisa to help. Otherwise, they would be very hard to deal with. As members of the BSAA, their duty was to eliminate all bio-viruses in the world,
yet at this moment, they had to rely on these very things to help them. Sometimes, Chris found it strangely ironic.
Simultaneously...
Chris didn't think Javier would let Alexia and Lisa act, because he had already seen Javier's concerns.
He didn't trust the BSAA in the West Africa region. Unless Delta Squad was wiped out, Javier would find it difficult to let Alexia and Lisa use their abilities without restraint.
Regarding this guess,
Javier admitted that Chris's thinking was correct.
He indeed did not plan to let Lisa and Alexia use their viral superpowers, but that didn't mean he had no way to deal with these monsters.
"Clack—!"
Saying that,
Javier pulled the bolt to chamber a round.
He snapped a magazine of incendiary armor-piercing rounds into the barrett heavy sniper rifle. At the same time, he adjusted the scope, aiming the crosshairs of the black heavy sniper rifle at the head of the Giant Elephant Soldier.
This kind of thing...
only required one bullet to eliminate. After all, this wasn't a The Pursuer; it didn't have such powerful regenerative abilities. Even if a The Pursuer was shot in the head, it could still counterattack with the rocket launcher on its shoulder!
"This strike... shall pierce the stars...!"
Boom——————————!!!!
After murmuring to himself,
Javier decisively pulled the trigger.
A deafening gunshot rang out, the sound waves spreading. The V-shaped muzzle brake at the front jerked, and a golden bullet, thicker than a thumb, shot out of the barrel.
Its tail carried red flames, and the surrounding airflow was disrupted and broken. This bullet flew toward the Giant Elephant Soldier's head at an incredibly high speed.
"Roar...?!"
At this moment,
the Giant Elephant Soldier seemed to sense the threat of death in advance. It suddenly turned its head to look at the incendiary armor-piercing round flying toward it. Feeling the bullet tearing through the air, the pupils under the Giant Elephant Soldier's mask suddenly contracted and dilated.
The shadow of death suddenly loomed over its mind. Sensing the mortal threat, it decisively raised its left palm, attempting to sacrifice its left hand to block this fatal attack.
However,
as a tribesman,
it still underestimated the power of an incendiary armor-piercing round. This special armor-piercing bullet was not something that could be easily blocked with a palm.
Puchi... Puchi...!!!
Crack... Roar...!!!
Sure enough,
the moment the bullet hit the Giant Elephant Soldier's palm, it pierced right through without any resistance. When it hit the hard elephant skull mask, it made a crisp cracking sound.
A fist-sized hole was instantly blasted through the elephant skull mask. With the skull broken, the Giant Elephant Soldier's head hidden inside could not withstand the power of the incendiary armor-piercing round. This single bullet broke through three layers and slammed into the Giant Elephant Soldier's brain.
The residual flames then ignited.
The powerful cavitation effect and the flames burned wildly inside the Giant Elephant Soldier's head. Soon, the massive head began to expand rapidly.
Then, a cloud of billowing hot steam slowly leaked out from the bullet hole. The entire brain inside had been evaporated by the flames.
The Giant Elephant Soldier's head shriveled and contracted again like a deflated ball, and the massive creature instantly collapsed with a loud crash.
With just one hit,
such a difficult elite monster was easily dealt with. This sufficiently proved the importance of carrying the right weapons. In the later stages, assault rifles and pistols were useless; the barrett heavy sniper rifle was much simpler. This anti-materiel heavy sniper rifle could handle many situations—!
As one Giant Elephant Soldier crashed down,
the remaining one reacted quickly, its gaze toward Javier filled with wariness. It was a monster, but it wasn't stupid.
A weapon that could take out its own kind in one hit was something even it would find hard to withstand. Therefore, it had to put away its contempt and quickly deal with the human in front of it in one blow.
"Roar—!!!"
Then,
with a roar,
the Giant Elephant Soldier before them followed suit. It bent down and crouched, the muscles in its legs suddenly bulging and compressing like springs.
It planned to use its jumping power to crush Javier and the others to death, as this was its fastest method of attack. Other than that, it couldn't think of any other means to instantly kill Javier and his group.
"It's coming... do you need my help—?!"
Seeing the Giant Elephant Soldier about to leap and descend like a cannonball, the blonde star Alexia, who was waiting beside Javier, was eager to move. She asked Javier with an excited expression.
Her hands were very itchy now.
The Giant Elephant Soldier in front of her was very suitable to be her sparring partner. Having just watched Javier kill so many Ndipaya tribesmen, Alexia was actually finding it hard to stay idle.
If possible...
she also wanted to wantonly display her T-Veronica Virus power in front of Chris, Jill, and the other BSAA members.
As for Javier's previous warning,
Alexia didn't care at all. Just being wanted? She hadn't been wanted before; on the contrary, she preferred this feeling of being unrestrained.
But unfortunately,
Javier did not give this madwoman a chance to be willful. With a "clack", a round was chambered again. Aiming at the Giant Elephant Soldier's head, Javier didn't hesitate and pulled the trigger. Another incendiary armor-piercing round shot out with a roar—!!!
Bang...
Boom—!!!
A loud explosion,
and the burning bullet hit the Giant Elephant Soldier's head at high speed once again. Before the "Angry Crow Takes Flight" could even take off, it had already crashed. The body that had just leaped into mid-air slammed down hard in an instant.
With a dull thud,
the ground shook violently as if an earthquake had occurred. The headshot Giant Elephant Soldier's corpse hit the ground, creating a large pit and sending dust flying.
It also crushed several thatched huts. Its head shriveled and contracted, exactly like the previous Giant Elephant Soldier that had been headshot. It died cleanly, without any room for struggle.
This was the difference between a Giant Elephant Soldier and a Tyrant.
This thing's weakness was too obvious.
It still fell within the human category and didn't have strong regenerative abilities. It could easily be killed instantly as long as the weapon was powerful enough.
"..."
"Hahaha... Lili lili...!!!"
Seeing their backer, the Giant Elephant Soldier, fall, the surrounding Ndipaya tribesmen couldn't take it anymore and let out angry roars.
More than twenty of them instantly surrounded Chris, Jill, and the others, quickly approaching with shields and stone spears, intending to wipe out these humans first.
However,
the fall of the Giant Elephant Soldiers already meant their failure. Facing just over twenty tribesmen, Chris already had a plan.
It was the same plan he had told Jill earlier. As long as they used the flashbangs well, they could easily break through the encirclement. Their only fear had been the Giant Elephant Soldier's "Angry Crow Takes Flight" jumping attack!
"Jill...!"
And so,
without any hesitation,
Chris turned his head and gave Jill a look. As comrades for many years, Jill naturally understood Chris's meaning at a glance and nodded quickly. Though neither said a word, their internal rapport explained everything.
"Close your eyes, cover your ears, and keep your head down!!!!"