Chapter 96: Conclusion

Cai Yutong bit her lower lip, her hands extremely busy.

At this moment, she was firing on all cylinders!

The hand cannon at her waist occasionally fired, various grenades were thrown out intermittently, and she kept switching weapons. The white revolver was constantly being pulled out, fired, and then put back in, replaced by other weapons.

The firepower she unleashed even exceeded the intensity of Bander and Qian Long's cooperation!

Wells, who was originally waving his fists intending to help, was shouted away by Cai Yutong: "Don't mess around, go deal with that flesh giant!"

Wells hesitated for a moment, looking at Cai Yutong, who was already sweating profusely, and finally nodded.

With Wells joining in, Bander and Qian Long found it even easier to deal with the flesh giant. With a melee expert in front of them, it was bound to make the two of them much easier. Bander finally could switch to the penetrating arrow, which had greater single-target damage, and didn't need to use the explosive effect of the Red Lotus Arrow to stop the opponent from approaching.

Meanwhile, Cai Yutong single-mindedly suppressed the monsters surging out of the stairway, steady as a rock.

Grenades and hand cannons were her main means of firepower output. The successive explosions almost blew up the stairway and the stairwell inside. The bullets were used to pick off the monsters that were missed.

Her combat was very meticulous.

She didn't have the strength of Bander and Qian Long. Even with the hand cannon, she couldn't directly blast all the monsters in the stairwell. This was the difference in hard power. They had already unlocked their genetic locks, while she had not. However, she managed to block perfectly in her own way, without needing anyone else's cooperation.

The hand cannon was the main source of damage to most of the monsters; the grenades were auxiliary, controlling the charge of the monsters on one hand and adding damage on the other. She accurately calculated the damage of each of her attacks and the impact her skills could have. Even if there were occasional oversights, she could always switch to the pistol and use various types of rune bullets to choose the most suitable way to eliminate the enemy.

Li Wei put down the raised pistol behind her. He had just fired two shots, which were not particularly useful, but they could provide some help. But now, it seemed unnecessary—he was also tired of shooting. Previously, he hadn't felt any burden using the Sub-Penetration Bullets. But now, with his energy and willpower on the brink of the limit, he clearly felt a ringing in his head every time he fired a shot.

It was very uncomfortable. Now that Cai Yutong could hold her own, he didn't need to continue suffering.

Watching Cai Yutong maintain a high-intensity firepower suppression, Li Wei realized that he seemed to be realizing this woman's strength for the first time.

In Li Wei's impression, Cai Yutong was a very reliable teammate. Her long-range firepower output was always timely and powerful, complementing his own skills. At the same time, she always carried various strange things on her, communication devices, detoxifiers, sensing devices... This indicated that she was a very excellent runemaster and a very excellent team supporter.

She rarely had very amazing performances in battles, rarely being able to decisively determine the outcome of a battle with a single blow like Li Wei himself.

But she was a very reliable teammate, steady and without mistakes, a companion who could be trusted to watch their backs. Li Wei had always felt that her being called the Tomorrow Star of the Four-Leaf Clover Guild was very reasonable. She possessed all the qualities a hunter should have.

And now, she once again refreshed Li Wei's perception. Just now, it was obvious that the entire team was in great danger. The appearance of the flesh giant entangled Bander and Qian Long, and Wells also had to join the siege of that behemoth. With Li Wei losing his combat effectiveness, Cai Yutong stood up without hesitation and filled in the most difficult part of the team.

Looking at Wells again, Li Wei felt that this guy was always being suppressed by Cai Yutong for a reason. He might have stronger actual combat power and more outstanding talent, but obviously, as a hunter, in terms of comprehensive qualities and mentality, he was not as outstanding as Cai Yutong.

...

When the situation of the battle stabilized, the victory scale undoubtedly tilted toward the hunters.

Bander, Qian Long, and Wells, took advantage of Cai Yutong's inability to hold on any longer and used uninterrupted firepower to kill the flesh giant. Then, they shifted their firepower to the monsters surging out of the stairway, finally killing them all in the stairwell, which had been broken and attacked by various explosions.

The entire stairwell was in ruins, with blood and flesh debris and various pieces of rubble from the explosions piled up everywhere. The stairs had been destroyed in a large area.

But no one had the strength to investigate the situation.

At this moment, the condition of the five people had become extremely poor.

"I have at most thirty to forty percent of my combat power left." Bander evaluated his situation and said with a wry smile.

Qian Long also said, "I'm about the same..."

Wells didn't say anything. He was accidentally hammered in the chest by the flesh giant in close combat, breaking a rib.

As for Li Wei and Cai Yutong, their situation might be even worse.

In the battle to wipe out the remaining semi-mechanical monsters, Cai Yutong had spared no effort. Don't think that all the firepower output was just equipment. The activation of rune bullets, the firing of energy beams, and the use of rune grenades were all controlled and triggered by willpower. Otherwise, if it were just ordinary firearms, it would be difficult to cause too much damage to these modified monsters, just like ordinary bullets, which were difficult to cause too much damage to Evolvers.

Those rune bullets were fine, but the energy beams fired from the hand cannon were the most energy-consuming. The grenades were easy to detonate, but it was not easy to simultaneously unleash the runic power inside them during the explosion.

Blocking off the entire stairway by herself, Cai Yutong, in her capacity as someone who had not yet unlocked her genetic lock, paid a price for this. She was now completely exhausted, almost as much as Li Wei.

The five of them smiled at each other, and Li Wei said, "Regardless of anything else, let's rest first. Did you all prepare recovery crystals? Use them now to prevent any further accidents."