“Dorne! There must be some misunderstanding here! Dorne! Speak up!”

After Dorne finished his threatening words, he fell silent, no matter how much Sun Min and the others shouted.

Surrounded by smoke, they didn’t dare move, only huddled together tightly.

Dongdong cursed, “This whole assignment was a trap from the start. I’m going back to smash that middleman to pieces! Rip out all those filthy braids of his!”

Sun Min reluctantly said, “The problem shouldn’t be with the middleman… Dress is a major middleman in the Mercenary Realm of New Moon City, with a good reputation. He wouldn’t do such deceitful things.”

Dongdong urgently asked, “Could Dorne be a fake, not a man of Iron Blood?”

Sun Min frowned in deep thought, “Dorne’s identity should be fine. We passed through the Lindong Mountain Range checkpoint smoothly, which means all documents and identification are complete. Unlikely a fake.”

Dongdong: “So what’s really going on!”

Sun Min: “I think the problem lies at a higher level… Dorne just said that all 34 Iron Blood exploration teams that set out today were attacked.”

“This indicates a large-scale, premeditated attack, not targeting us specifically but the entire Iron Blood Alliance, and we’ve been caught in the fray.”

Dongdong gritted his teeth, “What should we do then… Damn… If the boss were here, it would be much better, but he’s the one who’s locked up…”

Sun Min swallowed, “It’s because your previous battle against Violent Wolf was too strong, and Dorne probably saw you as a threat to his plan, and wanted to separate you two.”

“Fortunately, you stayed above, by fluke. If both of you were locked up, we’d be in real trouble.”

Dongdong: “Alright, when the smoke dissipates, let’s rescue the boss first, then hunt down Dorne! Damn it, I’ll make sure to smash his head!”

“Shh!” Sun Min suddenly made a shushing sound, lowering his voice, “Stop talking, something’s happening!”

“Clack clack clack…”

A mechanical transmission sound came from afar.

The platform was rising, Dorne must be escaping.

After reaching the surface, it lingered for a moment. The “clack clack” sound resumed as the platform began to descend.

Sun Min gripped his gun tightly, saying sternly, “Aim at the direction of the sound, await my signal.”

Except for Dongdong, who couldn’t use a gun, the other Mercenaries immediately aimed.

“Clack clack clack…”

The platform descended, the cold mechanical sound drew closer, tugging at their heartstrings.

“Clack clack clack…”

As the platform continued to descend, the mechanical sound echoed in the space like a ghost haunting the surroundings.

“Clack clack clack…”

Some Mercenaries were sweating profusely, yet didn’t dare wipe it off, firmly aiming their guns at the source.

Dongdong gripped his baseball bat, ready for close combat any moment.

“Clack clack clack…”

“Boom.”

The platform reached the subterranean level.

Sun Min: “Fire!!!”

“Bang bang bang bang bang—” Everyone fired simultaneously, bullets intersecting into dozens of fiery lines, the gunfire raising small suns in the smoke.

From the platform entrance, the sound of bullets piercing flesh echoed repeatedly, clearly hitting something, yet no roars or screams were heard.

As Sun Min and the others provided covering fire, a shadow emerged through the smoke, charging through the hail of bullets.

In the next instant, a massive blood-red maw burst through the smoke, lined with multiple rows of sharp fangs, reflected chillingly in the gunfire light.

“Splaaat!” This huge maw bit into a Mercenary on the left wing, the biting force was terrifying, his upper body instantly smashed, remains and blood scattered everywhere, dying without even a scream.

The beast that bit the Mercenary landed, incessantly shaking its body covered with tough skin, which was riddled with gunshot wounds, blood flowing profusely.

But the bullets only harmed its skin layer, the rest stuck in the muscle crevices, causing no substantive damage.

Its slit pupil eyes locked onto them, devoid of feeling, only the eerie coldness unique to cold-blooded animals.

“It’s a Ferocious Lizard!” Sun Min’s face turned pale.

This is an even more formidable beast than Violent Wolf!

Ferocious Lizard not only possesses formidable combat prowess but is also fearless of pain and death, once it targets prey, it won’t stop fighting until one side perishes.

If humans encounter a Ferocious Lizard in the Land of No Master, unless accompanied by a powerful Extraordinary Being or armed with heavy weapons, the best strategy is to flee, flee fast.

However, this is an underground space…

Where can they escape…

Sun Min could only pray.

Pray that only one Lizard enters TL730.

If there’s only one, they might handle it.

After the Lizard killed a Mercenary, it charged into the crowd, rampaging with its gaping maw, seeking its next prey.

Dongdong, as a close combatant, bravely rushed forward, wielding his baseball bat against the Lizard.

The Mercenaries tactically spread out, forming a circle formation, seizing gaps to shoot the Lizard, alleviating pressure on Dongdong.

“Bang bang bang bang—”

“Boom! Boom! Boom!…”

The gunfire combined with the bat slamming on its body sounded incessantly.

The Mercenaries’ standard weapons had limited penetration power, struggling to break through the Lizard’s tough skin.

Dongdong swung his bat hard against the Lizard’s head, making it shake its head and retreat, incapable of delivering a fatal blow.

Nevertheless, not being able to kill it directly doesn’t mean it’s ineffective.

These injuries are accumulating.

The Lizard’s skin was riddled with gashes under the bullet storm, its keratin layer blasted open, bullets gradually reaching deeper into its vital spots.

Dongdong’s bat continuously hammered the Lizard’s head, not killing it with one strike, but with dozens of hard hits, its eyes, mouth, nose, and ears started to bleed.

Finally, under their combined assault, after Dongdong struck the Lizard’s head for the 34th time, it collapsed, its massive body slumped to the ground.

In its final moments, the cold-blooded ferocity emerged, it lunged forward trying to bite the nearest Mercenary.

Fortunately, the Mercenary reacted swiftly, dodging in time.

Dongdong stepped on the Lizard’s back, delivering over a dozen strikes on its head until it shattered, ensuring it was completely motionless before stopping.

Sun Min wiped the sweat from his forehead, loudly asking, “Is everyone alright? Anyone hurt?”

They all replied saying they’re fine, easing his worry a bit.

After the fierce battle, the smoke gradually dispersed, revealing the underground surroundings clearly.

As Sun Min contemplated the next move, a Mercenary pointed behind him, voice trembling, “Captain…”

Sun Min looked back, instantly feeling like he’d plunged into a bottomless icy abyss, chilling from spine to limbs, paralyzed.

The Lizard was dead.

In their desperate combined strike, they finally took it down.

But…

It was only one.

From the platform entrance, Ferocious Lizards kept crawling in, numbering over twenty!

Saliva dripped from their forked tongues, their cold eyes reflecting their images, as if staring at the meat about to enter their mouths.

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