Mutant zombies, including this blood fiend, had one characteristic in common. They were large in size.
The blood fiend’s size was comparable to a mecha. At this time, Fang Tianhe and Shen Han were engaged in a battle with the blood fiend by piloting their mechas.
However, although the fight was evenly matched, it couldn’t be called intense.
Fang Tianhe controlled the Sky Fracture Mecha. With a vertical slash of the gigantic vibro-blade in his hand, a huge wound, 5 meters long, appeared on the blood fiend’s body.
However, the wound healed in the blink of an eye.
No matter whether it was a cold weapon or a firearm, attacks on the blood fiend didn’t seem to have any effect.
Even to a certain extent, the research department couldn’t draw a conclusion as to whether the blood fiend was a living thing or not.
The only relief was that the blood fiend’s attack power was quite weak. At least for now, it was being suppressed by the two mechas.
However, everyone knew that this wasn’t the solution. It wasn’t possible to keep wearing down this blood fiend indefinitely, especially since this was the zombie-infested city center.
As the battle dragged on, more and more zombies would be attracted to this area. Worse still, there was the possibility of attracting other mutant zombies.
By then, the mercenary team would be in grave danger.
Besides the presence of such unpredictable risks, the mechas’ energy reserves were also a major concern.
Under normal circumstances, a mecha could typically last for at least 10 hours after being charged.
However, battling at such a high intensity consumed far more energy than usual. The mechas could only maintain in this state for half an hour at most.
Even if they choose to retreat while fighting, they probably wouldn’t be able to get out of the city center, let alone escape from Heaven’s Peak City.
Lin Xinghai used the appraisal technique on the blood fiend.
Name: Blood Fiend
Constitution: 532 points
Strength: 459 points
Speed: 638 points
Note: A bizarre elemental creature.
“Could it be that this blood fiend is truly unkillable?” Lin Xinghai asked Roger, looking at the information on the system panel.
“It’s basically unkillable, so if you encounter one, the only thing you can do is find a way to escape.” Roger frowned deeply.
“Basically?” Lin Xinghai immediately caught the key point and said quickly, “Then, there is still a way to kill him, right?”
“The blood fiend is immune to physical attacks. If it is an energy attack, it will still have some effect.”
“Did you see the slash when the leader used his Sky Fracture ability to cleave the blood fiend in two just now? Did you notice the blood mist evaporating from the blood fiend’s wound? That’s the result of an energy shock.”
“It would be great if there was a fire-type ability user. Fire does the greatest damage to a blood fiend. As long as all the blood that makes up the blood fiend is evaporated, then it would be dead.” Roger sighed.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xinghai’s eyes lit up, “Fire! Would incendiary bullet work?”
“No.” Roger shook his head.
However, just as he began to speak, he saw Lin Xinghai had already switched his ammunition. He fired a shot with a loud bang.
With Lin Xinghai’s marksmanship, he could easily hit the target even from a distance of more than 300 meters.
Moreover, the blood fiend seemed to have a weak defense. Fang Tianhe could inflict a six-meter wound with just a casual slash.
Of course, the power of the mecha boosted that effect.
After the incendiary bullet struck the blood fiend, it advanced only five centimeters before becoming lodged.
Of course, the power of incendiary bullets did not lie in the physical attack, but in the overwhelming flames.
Boom!
A huge fireball appeared instantaneously, enveloping the entire blood fiend.
A blood fiend was indeed afraid of flames. After being enveloped in flames, it let out an angry roar.
But that’s about it.
As the blood on the blood fiend’s body flowed, the flames covering it fell away like flowing water, and even the incendiary bullet was quickly expelled from its body.
The incendiary bullet fell to the ground, still continuously spouting flames, but the blood fiend had already moved far away.
The entire process lasted scarcely a second. The threat posed to the blood fiend, although not completely negligible, was certainly minuscule.
Roger seemed to have expected this scene. He spoke with a grave tone, “This is the abnormality of the blood fiend. The chemical substances sprayed out by the incendiary bullets simply cannot adhere to it at all.”
“Only those with fire abilities, who can control the flames to continuously burn, can cause enough damage.”
However, Lin Xinghai did not give up. He frowned in thought, feeling that there must still be a way.
Meanwhile, Fang Tianhe and Shen Han were also having an intense discussion over the communication channel about how to make their escape.
Fang Tianhe: “We can’t keep this up any longer. You take the rest of the mercenaries and retreat immediately. I’ll figure out a way to hold off this blood fiend.”
Shen Han: “You might be able to hold off the blood fiend, but how will you escape afterward?”
Fang Tianhe: “Of course, I will find a way.”
Shen Han: “What else can you do? Your mecha’s remaining energy should only be 60% now!”
Fang Tianhe: “Even without mecha, I have the highest chance of escaping alone. We can’t all just sit together waiting to die!”
Shen Han: “No, I will stay behind. The others can evacuate first.”
Fang Tianhe: “How can the other members leave Heaven’s Peak City without a mecha’s escort?”
Shen Han: “Then I’ll unbind the mech and let them send someone to pilot it. Anyway, I’m staying behind.”
Fang Tianhe: “…”
The conversation between the two in the communication channel could also be received on the multi-functional off-road vehicle. The mercenaries were silent for a while after listening to it. No one knew what to do.
Moreover, once the Sky Fracture Mercenary Group lost Fang Tianhe, would it still be the same Sky Fracture Mercenary Group?
Probably it would either disband or be absorbed by other mercenary groups later on.
Lin Xinghai wasn’t paying attention to the conversation. His eyes stared at the battlefield in the distance.
One plan after another kept popping up in his mind before being rejected.
Suddenly, a new idea came to his mind.
Although this idea seemed a bit absurd, it was not necessarily impossible.
Of course, before that, he had to confirm one more thing.
Lin Xinghai quickly loaded an armor-piercing bullet into the magazine and fired a shot.
Bang!
The bullet hit the blood fiend’s body, but of course, it didn’t cause any substantial damage.
However, that was not what Lin Xinghai was focusing on. He was keeping an eye on where the armor-piercing bullets would end up.
It penetrated one meter deep into the blood fiend’s body.
However, as the blood in the blood fiend’s body was squeezed out, the armor-piercing bullets were also quickly discharged. In just 5 seconds, they were squeezed out.
However, as the blood from inside the blood fiend was squeezed out, the armor-piercing bullet was also rapidly expelled. Within a mere five seconds, it was pushed out.
Sure enough, shooting an armor-piercing bullet one meter into the blood fiend’s body had no significant effect.
However, what if the armor-piercing bullet was replaced by an incendiary bullet?
An incendiary bullet going off inside the body and burning for a full five seconds would surely inflict damage many times greater than the previous test.