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Afterwards, he asked Dangeree and the other two to stay at the base.
The four of them used their telepathic abilities to sneak back into the country and headed for the Sawtooth Mountains.
A week later, the four-member team led by Long stood at the foot of the vast and majestic mountain. Looking around, all they saw were steep rocks and lush forests. However, on the ground behind them, there were piles of bones...
They were weathered corpses, some of them wild animals... and some of them human.
In just a few days, the battlefield expanded again... The town where they stayed before has now become a desolate burial ground, with traces of the end of the war and devastation everywhere. They also did not see Dongguotuo's army along the way...
"Follow me closely and don't leave the formation... Once you find any parasites, hide your breath first to avoid being discovered... Although these dead things are endowed with thoughts, they are all controlled by insects. They don't have complete consciousness and their perception is relatively weak..." Long said this mainly to Kaki and Lance.
"We are here for the Bozwa people. Once our aura is leaked... we will be targeted due to certain rules."
"clear."
The two nodded.
Immediately, the four of them turned into black shadows at the same time and disappeared on the spot.
In the branches of the woods high up in the mountains, Long took the lead, quickly shuttling through the treetops. Hisoka was right behind him, while Kaki and Lance were on his left and right, keeping the distance within ten meters.
Oboro and Hisoka were intentionally slowing down, otherwise it would be difficult for Kaki and Lance to keep up with their levels.
"Have you made a mark?"
Long looked at Kaki.
"Done."
Kaki dropped onto a tree trunk and nodded, pressing one hand against a piece of bark.
As the thought started, the bark cracked and turned into an eye, which then closed again.
This is Kaki's Nen ability, 'Patch'!
It can create its own sensory system on some objects, but the number and range are limited. However, it can be used well for surveillance and reconnaissance.
Seeing this, Long nodded, and the team continued to move forward.
Compared to the ground, using tree branches as footholds is undoubtedly safer...
After a while, they reached the edge of the forest and saw a flat land in front of them.
The Sawtooth Mountains are vast, with all kinds of landforms... Once they lose the cover of grass and trees, their figures will be completely exposed to the sun and can be easily discovered.
Long stood in the shadow of the tree and stretched out a hand, telling the three people not to act rashly.
He raised his eyelids and saw a few birds circling in the air through the gaps between the trees above his head… The postures of these birds were a little strange, and there was a clear pause in the flapping of their wings, as if they might crash to the ground at any time, like broken toys.
But it still maintains the most basic flight trajectory...
"There are some parasites nearby, but not many...there is no phenomenon of clustering." Long turned his head to look at Kaki, who used his telepathic ability, closed his eyes, opened them, and spoke in a low voice.
"These birds should be the defense line set up by the Bozwa people... All insects are of the same origin, so there must be some kind of induction between them. Once we show up, they will know."
Long explained.
Then he looked at Lance and said, "Go and lead them away."
Hearing the sound, Lance strode out of the woods, then burst out with his mental energy, exerted force with his legs, trampled a deep pit in the mud, and ran wildly like a cannonball.
The birds flying high in the sky immediately spotted him, chirping strangely and swooping down towards him.
Lance's telepathic ability is 'time trading'.
To put it simply, he, who is in the present timeline, can borrow the energy or physical attributes of his "future self" to temporarily increase his strength. Every time he activates his telekinesis ability, he will become weak when the "borrowed time period" comes.
The time conversion between the present and the future is three to one.
It is a means to maximize potential in critical moments.
Likewise, the disadvantages are also obvious.
After a while, making sure there were no other distractions, Oboro and Hisoka continued to gallop across the surface... After passing this flat land, there was a towering cliff in front of them, and they came to a dead end. With the abilities of the three of them, they could easily climb to the top of the cliff.
However, on the top of the cliff, there were hundreds of parasites standing... The Bozwa people used the parasites to create a physical wall to protect their base!
This also means... they are not far from the Bozwa tribe's nest.
"Stand back!" Long said coldly.
Kaki stepped back tactfully...making room for the two people in front of him.
“Would you like to compete?” Hisoka looked at Long with his eyes slanted.
He's looking for fun...
The restless spirits on the two people's bodies looked like two balls of surging flames to Kaji...
Even the green grass under their feet was affected by the mental energy, and ripples appeared in circles with the two of them as the center.
Without saying a word, Long bent his knees and jumped up, instantly leaping dozens of meters. After jumping on the stone surface of the cliff several times, he flipped to the top of the cliff and rushed into a group of parasites. He moved his hands and feet vigorously and his moves were ferocious... Blood and flesh began to splatter among the rioting wild animals.
"Ah…"
Xi Suo saw this and chuckled.
He followed closely and jumped onto the cliff. The cards in his hand matched his posture, like a dancer performing in the midst of killing...very elegant, but with the same bloodiness and brutality as Captain Oboro.
Long is pure destruction, and the power of his punches and kicks is incredible.
And Hisoka is cutting...dismembering!
Kaki, who was standing below, felt a lump in his throat... He had encountered a group of parasites head-on. Especially after learning more about these parasites, he couldn't help feeling uneasy and oppressed... He had to know that even if these beasts fell, they would still pose a threat.
Moreover, there is the blessing of chanting. Although there is no skill in chanting and the aura is not strong...but there are too many of them!
However, whether it was Oboro or Hisoka, their minds seemed to be unshaken at all.
In less than a quarter of an hour, hundreds of parasites were completely turned into a filth on the ground, and even the bugs in their bodies were eliminated... cleanly.
too fast…
This method shocked and awed Kaki who witnessed everything...
"You killed a few more than me, you're cheating... We agreed to attack together..." In a pool of blood, Hisoka and Long's clothes were stained with blood and broken meat, the former spoke with resentment.
She glanced at him and walked on her own.
Seeing them walking away, Kaki immediately climbed up the cliff and followed them.
The three have been exposed.
During the rest of the journey, parasites continued to appear and attacked or besieged them... but with Oboro and Hisoka around, this method could only cause some trouble to the team and was not a threat.
The number of living creatures in the Sawtooth Mountains is limited. Even if the insects divide and parasitize at a fast rate... the number of wild animals that die during this period will cause a certain reduction in the total number of species in the entire mountain range.
Moreover, as the battlefield expanded and shifted, Long guessed that some of the survivors of the Bozwa tribe would move with the front line of the firefight with the military and be ready to be sacrificed at any time... Therefore, the parasites left in the habitat of the Bozwa people only retained a certain base number to act as "guards".
Just make sure to drive the army out of the mountains and don't let the military capture your doorstep.
The Bozwa people's target is the king... With their safety guaranteed, they will certainly attack with all their might to achieve victory in the ceremony.
I never expected that an outsider with the ability of Nen would get involved... and even climb up the mountain.
A few hours later, the sun set.
After countless battles and massacres, Oboro and Hisoka no longer look like humans anymore and are covered in dirt.
The clothes were soaked with blood... and there were pieces of meat hanging on them, emitting a foul stench.
Compared to the two, Kaki is even worse...
He couldn't hide behind the two of them all the time, he had to kill the parasites... But in this afternoon, even with the protection of Oboro and Hisoka, he killed most of the beasts. The remaining small number of parasites still needed him to kill them personally... wave after wave, he couldn't count how many he had killed... He just felt sore all over, and his mental energy was almost exhausted.
At this moment, whenever there is any unusual noise nearby, he has the illusion that every tree and grass is an enemy.
He was severely physically and mentally exhausted and his face was pale.
A few dozen meters ahead, there appeared a blue lake with sparkling water...the scenery was beautiful.
This should be one of the water sources of the Sawtooth Mountains. The presence of a water source... means that this area is suitable for survival and is not far from the Bozwa tribe’s settlement.
The three of them walked to the shore. Kaki felt dry in his mouth and was about to kneel down and scoop up water with both hands to simply wash himself, but was stopped by Long.
On a shore not far away, several figures were approaching.
Their faces are dull and their movements are distorted, like toys that are being controlled and have malfunctioning circuits... They are exactly the same as zombies, except that their flesh and blood are relatively intact and they still have vitality. They are not dead, they just have lost their independent consciousness.
Among them is Lance...
The team members dressed in black suits were obviously infested by bugs...
Long and the other two went ahead, thinking that they would be able to catch up with Lance by following the trail after he got rid of the birds, but they never waited for him.
No wonder…
There are a total of six human parasites... Unlike the previous military soldiers, these two people are all Nen users without exception... and they have their own Nen abilities.
Behind the six people stood a Bozwa man, also with waist-length braids, wearing a white robe and with totem-like tattoos on his face.
The Bozwa man was saying something to Long and the others, but due to the language difference, they couldn't understand what he said. However, they could sense that his tone was very angry... and contained murderous intent.
"How about another competition?" Hisoka smiled.
Along the way, it seemed as if this guy had been counting the number of parasites he had killed...he was determined to compete with Long for supremacy.
"I have four, you have two."
Long walked past him expressionlessly and went to meet him.
The tone is very sarcastic.
Seems to look down on Hisoka...
"They're all mine! Hahahahahaha!"
This time Hisoka learned his lesson and was not beaten to it by Oboro. He jumped up at an astonishing speed.
Immediately, a gust of wind blew up beside Long, and his excited and crazy face, coupled with his evil laughter, seemed particularly morbid.
Chapter 81 Arriving at the tribe
The six parasitized Nen users rushed out from in front of the Bozwa people at the same time, like wild beasts that wanted to eat Hisoka. The six bursts of Nen made their speed seem not much slower than Hisoka's.