"What's going on?"
Feeling the ground shaking, the four people in the small building were all startled and looked at each other.
Bailin suddenly thought of something, quickly threw herself to the ground, and pressed her ear to the ground to listen. The next moment, her face changed greatly, and she said, "No good, it's a Demon Tide!"
"What?!" The dark-skinned girl and the other two were greatly shocked. The Demon Tide was the most terrifying disaster outside the Wall, without a doubt!
Even a small-scale Demon Tide could easily swallow up three to five hunting teams.
"Run!" Bailin quickly stood up and was the first to run outside the small building. She said, "Run vertically and avoid the path of the Demon Tide!"
The others successively ran out of the small building. Their rich hunting experience allowed them to roughly infer from the shaking of the ground which direction the Demon Tide was coming from. They immediately followed behind Bailin and quickly ran towards the street on the other side.
Rumble~~!
The ground shook more and more violently, like thousands of horses galloping.
Boom!
A towering dilapidated building nearby cracked its walls under the shaking of the ground and collapsed with a loud noise, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Bailin and the others didn't have time to look more closely. They buried their heads and ran for their lives.
Whoosh!
Suddenly—
A cold arrow shot out from a small building beside them.
This cold arrow was extremely unexpected. The people who were running for their lives in a panic completely didn't expect that the enemy was lying in ambush so close. At the moment, the arrow came through the air. Although Bailin, who was in the lead, reacted in her mind, her body couldn't keep up with the movement. Moreover, the target of the arrow wasn't her but the dark-skinned girl behind her.
The dark-skinned girl stared with wide eyes. She had just raised her arm halfway to block when the arrow suddenly pierced through her scapula. The fierce force knocked her body to the side. It was as if she had been hit by a sledgehammer, and she fell to the ground and rolled twice.
Nick and Reed beside her quickly took out their weapons and protected her in front of them, looking nervously in the direction from which the cold arrow had been shot.
The dark-skinned girl gritted her teeth in pain and held back from crying out.
"Are you okay?" Bailin quickly asked.
The dark-skinned girl hugged her shoulder, endured the pain, and shook her head, saying, "I'm okay."
"Don't stop. The Demon Tide is coming. Run quickly!" Seeing that the injured part wasn't a fatal area, Bailin let out a sigh of relief and said quickly.
Nick helped the dark-skinned girl up. At this time, another cold arrow shot over, but Reed, who had been prepared, raised his sword to block it, and the arrow missed.
"He's hiding there!" Reed pointed at the place where the cold arrow had been shot and said quickly.
Bailin clenched the sword in her hand and stared fixedly at a small building a hundred meters away. She knew that Dudian, whom she wished she could tear into pieces, was hiding inside. However, the sound of the shaking behind them was getting louder and louder, and it was too close to them. If they were to fight with Dudian at this moment, even if they killed him, they would still be caught up by the Demon Tide and die without a whole body!
The other party had precisely anticipated this, which was why he dared to shoot the arrow there!
She was so angry that her body trembled slightly, but in the end, she held back. Having witnessed too many partings between life and death, she was no longer a novice who could be swayed by emotions. She gritted her teeth and said, "Leave him alone. Let's go!"
Nick and Reed knew that the situation was critical and didn't care about chasing after Dudian. After all, the other party could sneak in so close quietly. Who knew if there were traps set up there?
In the small building, Dudian saw that the few people, as he had expected, didn't chase after him but continued to run for their lives. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up into a smile. He was able to sneak here past the numerous traps set by the dark-skinned girl mainly by tracking her scent and always paying attention to her movements. Among the buildings around the small building, this small building was one of the few places that the dark-skinned girl hadn't set foot in.
Therefore, he dared to come here boldly.
Sealing a bag of blood plasma in his hand, Dudian quietly disappeared from the small building.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Bailin and the other four people ran quickly, leaping and flying on the broken street, moving very fast.
However, a few minutes later, the sound of the shaking behind them not only didn't get farther away but got closer and closer. While jumping over a pile of rocks, Bailin hurriedly looked back and her pupils suddenly shrank slightly.
She saw that in the street behind, seven or eight crawling monsters nearly four meters tall were chasing after them at high speed. These monsters were like lions and also like humans. They had seven or eight huge human-like arms on their bodies, and their whole bodies were smooth without any hair.
"It's a herd of Brain-Pecking Beasts. Damn it!" Bailin's face turned ugly.
Hearing this, the dark-skinned girl and the other two looked back and their faces turned pale immediately. These Brain-Pecking Beasts were all in their adult stage. Any one of them was beyond the ability of their junior Hunters to deal with. Moreover, the Brain-Pecking Beasts were extremely fast, and it was very difficult to escape from them.
"They've already found us. We can't shake them off!" Nick's body trembled, and there was no color on his face.
Bailin gritted her teeth slightly and said, "Lorna, they're chasing after you because of the smell of your blood. That brat deliberately shot and injured you to lead them to us!"
The dark-skinned girl named Lorna had pale lips. When she saw the Brain-Pecking Beasts, she had already thought of this possibility. But she still held a glimmer of hope that Bailin, out of the old friendship of being teammates for many years, would insist on protecting her and getting away. But she didn't expect that it had still come to this moment of choice.
She said with a bitter smile, "I understand. I won't let him get his way."
"Thank you..." Bailin had a complicated expression and said, "I'll take care of your relatives."
"Thank you..." Lorna looked at her gratefully. She stopped, turned around, and looked at the seven or eight ferocious giant beasts running towards her. There was a faint bitterness and desolation on her face. She still had so many unfulfilled wishes and so many things she hadn't enjoyed, but she could only leave with regret.
She looked sadly at the approaching monsters and raised her short blade.
Poof!
The next moment, one of the Brain-Pecking Beasts that had run ahead roared and raised three huge arms, sweeping them out. Without any suspense, it swept through Lorna's body, turning her into a mass of blood plasma that exploded.
Nick, Reed, and Bailin had already run away without looking back.
Hearing the sound of the splash from behind, the three of them shuddered. Nick, the knight who was at the back, looked back and saw that the herd of Brain-Pecking Beasts continued to chase after them almost without stopping. His face turned pale, and he said, "We, we can't escape."
"Turn and run to cover up the scent!" Bailin didn't look back, but her face was already extremely ugly.
She was the first to rush to a corner, quickly crushed the Zombie Powder she had already taken out, and sprinkled it on herself. Then she plunged into the nearby dilapidated small building.
Reed followed closely behind. After covering up the scent, he flashed into the small building.
As for Nick, who was at the back, just as he entered the corner, several Brain-Pecking Beasts had already caught up. He had just crushed the Zombie Powder and sprinkled it on himself. Although the scent was gradually being covered up, the Brain-Pecking Beasts were already standing in front of him.
"Captain, save—" Nick's face was filled with despair, and he shouted in horror.
Before he could finish his words, with a poof, several huge arms of the Brain-Pecking Beast waved and shattered his body. The long spear he had used to block didn't play much of a role.