"What are we waiting for? Men! Follow me out of the city to meet the enemy!" Bai Ye waved his hand grandly and led the charge toward the city gate.

He couldn't wait to test the power of the Forbidden Item.

Wang She and Tan Jie exchanged a glance, silently signaling their subordinates to follow Bai Ye out of the city.

Soon, a group of over thirty people marched out of the gate in a grand procession.

The underlings gripped their guns nervously, eyes darting around anxiously, fearing a hyena might suddenly leap out from some corner.

They formed a circle, protecting Bai Ye, Wang She, and Tan Jie, inching forward cautiously.

The hyenas in the distance remained indifferent to this scene until they were a hundred meters from the city wall. Suddenly, a few hyenas in the bushes began to bark wildly.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

More and more beastly roars echoed, and at the horizon, amidst the blowing yellow sand, countless black dots slowly emerged.

One, two, three... twenty!

A total of more than twenty hyenas charged from afar, their sizes far exceeding ordinary hyenas, almost as large as adult bulls.

The ground resounded with the dense thundering of their gallop, the earth trembling slightly, causing Tan Jie and the others' hearts to quake.

"Open fire!!" Tan Jie shouted, his gun firing first, like a signal flare, instantly igniting the battle.

Facing the oncoming hyenas, the thirty-plus people raised their guns, firing wildly, bullets weaving a web of firepower over the hyenas.

No one spared bullets, nor did anyone retreat, because they all knew clearly that if they couldn't deal with these hyenas, they would eventually be trapped to death in Graysoil Town.

It was precisely this life-and-death crisis that united the commanders of the East and West Districts without reservation.

The barrage of bullets halted the hyenas' charge, but Bai Ye in the crowd did not fire, as the distance was too far, and his marksmanship wasn't great. He couldn't waste qi and blood using the Forbidden Item; he had to wait for the hyenas to get closer.

He observed silently, directly feeling the power of the mutant beasts. These mutated flesh and blood were not afraid of bullets from ordinary firearms.

Bullets could only break the hyenas' skin, though blood splattered, looking gruesome, they were merely flesh wounds, not fatal, unless a large number of bullets focused on one hyena, or luck allowed a shot into the eye socket, otherwise, it was hard to kill them.

Tan Jie and the others had only a few dozen guns, with limited bullets, unable to achieve heavy fire suppression, relying instead on the powerful lethality of the Breath of Bones.

After a round of volleys, everyone hurriedly reloaded, while the hyenas took this opportunity to rapidly close the distance.

At this moment, a hyena suddenly leaped out from behind a dead tree, biting fiercely into the arm of an East District man.

"Ahhh!!" The man screamed miserably, having not noticed the hyena that had quietly circled around.

Panic and fear instantly spread among the crowd, the difference between those with and without professional training became glaringly obvious, as the panicked people instinctively fired, missing the hyena, but instead shooting the bitten man dead.

"Bai Ye! Shoot!" Tan Jie shouted in anger and shock.

Bai Ye calmly chambered a bullet, his cold eyes and the gun barrel simultaneously locking onto the hyena.

"Call me Deputy Commander Bai."

Bang!

The roar of the Breath of Bones intertwined with his cold voice.

The bullet, glowing with a crimson light, tore through the air like a blood-red meteor, with a long tail, hitting the hyena hard.

Boom!

The hyena's head exploded instantly, like a watermelon dropped from the tenth floor, blood and flesh splattering everywhere.

Is this the power of the Forbidden Item?!

Tan Jie was shocked, even as a gene-modified human with physical qualities far surpassing ordinary people, he knew he couldn't withstand such a shot.

His intent to kill Bai Ye rose again, but seeing Bai Ye's pale face and heavy breathing, he felt relieved.

Fortunately, the immense power came with severe side effects, and with Bai Ye's physique, he couldn't sustain many shots.

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Bai Ye panted, feeling as if his body was emptied the moment he fired, like he had donated blood for three consecutive days. If he hadn't eaten meat to replenish himself these past few days, he might have fainted.

However, fortunately, after the hyena was shot, a warm current surged from the Breath of Bones, flooding his body.

In just an instant, the qi and blood he lost not only recovered but even slightly increased.

The feeling of enhanced physical strength invigorated him!

So, he raised his gun and began shooting at the nearest hyena.

Bang!

The gunfire roared again, the crimson bullet accurately hitting the hyena, not because Bai Ye's aim was precise, but because the charging hyena had already been shot several times, its movements slowed.

The warm current swept through his body again, Bai Ye's eyes growing brighter, the wildness and defiance in his gaze fully ignited.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He fired continuously, the number of corpses around him increasing, both hyena and underling bodies.

The increasing number of hyenas forced the two commanders, who held themselves in high regard, to join the battle.

Wang She tore off his shirt, revealing a mechanical arm glinting with metallic cold light, the hydraulic rod emitting a sharp screech, the silver-white alloy skeleton suddenly unfolding, the mechanical arm charging in 0.3 seconds.

He punched out, the fist wind compressing the surrounding air into transparent ripples, bang!

A hyena's head caved in instantly, flying back several meters.

Though the hyena suffered severe injuries, it still fearlessly got up from the ground, continuing its charge.

Tan Jie roared continuously, the hair on his body rapidly thickening and hardening, each black bristle becoming the perfect protective armor, allowing him to engage the hyenas in close combat without falling behind.

With his defensive power, Tan Jie even had the leisure to observe Bai Ye.

Seeing Bai Ye firing continuously, he was overjoyed, thinking this fool must be blinded by bloodlust, using the Breath of Bones so intensely, he might be drained to death in a few days.

He initially thought that if Bai Ye deliberately slacked off, he would have to point a gun at Bai Ye's head to force him to act, but he didn't expect Bai Ye to be so diligent.

Tan Jie laughed inwardly, thinking that at this rate, he wouldn't need to deal with Bai Ye afterward; the kid would play himself to death!

But after laughing for a while, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Because Bai Ye was still shooting!?

Was this kid courting death? The twenty-plus hyenas now weren't all of them, and the Hyena King hadn't appeared yet.

Watching Bai Ye's pale face and shaky figure, Tan Jie felt a chill in his heart. He never intended to annihilate the hyenas in one go, planning instead to wage a war of attrition, killing a few each day, gradually wearing down the hyena pack.

In his view, Bai Ye could die, but not now! There were still several days of battle ahead!

"Bai Ye... oh no, Deputy Commander Bai, today's results are impressive, we can retreat now and fight again tomorrow!" Tan Jie shouted.

He thought Bai Ye would comply, but to his surprise, the pale-faced youth angrily retorted, "Retreat? The enemy isn't defeated yet, let's see who dares to take a step back! Kill them all!"