Peerless Pan was swinging his giant axe, leading the way as Feng Bujue was behind him, timely supporting him with his Winchester. The Bloody Zombie Wolves, which had attacked them on either the sides or the front, were all killed when they had approached a certain distance.
The Derivative was surprised with this situation since it had expected that it just needed to run around the edge of the two GM’s searching range. However, one of the two GMs had started to chase after it together with a normal player, and their speed was much faster than what it had thought.
Not only was the Derivative surprised, but also Pan Feng was amazed with Feng Bujue’s competence. He understood that it wasn’t easy for a low-level player to follow a GM and deliberately kill incoming monsters like that.
Pan Feng knew the effects of the [Dance of the Knight] since he could see the players’ properties and status. Anyway, he didn’t think that other players, equipped with the same items and the shotguns, could do what Feng Bujue was performing now.
Feng Bujue was very calm and precise when dealing with the arising situation. It left Pan Feng a deep impression in his mind. Being shoulder to shoulder with him under the constant waves of monster, and with their lightning fighting speed, he eventually got this feeling.
Feng Bujue hadn’t missed his targets once. He would always attack the monster nearest and brought the biggest threat to them. He got an objective recognition of his attack method. When he could put his finger on the trigger, even if he was certain about his target, he didn’t spend time to aim for a particular spot as he just angled himself for the best shot. Thus, he didn’t waste a bullet.
With Feng Bujue’s aid, Pan Feng’s pressure had been much reduced. At the beginning, he had worried that while they were converged by many Bloody Zombie Wolves, without his protection, Feng Bujue would die soon. However, not long after that, he recognized this worry was completely unnecessary. Feng Bujue could take care of himself well as well as back him up.
With this high accuracy just like that of a machine, Pan Feng could be able to focus on dealing with the monsters coming from their front. Thus, their chasing speed was quite fast that made the Derivative speed up its running.
After over 20 minutes of pursuit, they got into a gymnasium. The Derivative came into the building then stopped moving. It seemed that the mutant Ashford was near.
"It’s as what I thought. The lair is in this large building," said Feng Bujue.
He had put on [The Eye of Hatred], and now he was holding the Winchester. This was to make room for more bullets storage.
"Alright, you got another one." When Pan Feng was talking with him, he turned around to check the access outside the gymnasium. Although they had left the mobs far behind, with this current tendency, this place would be packed not long after that.
At the same time, Hua Xiong and Little Tan were about to arrive.
It was Feng Bujue’s idea that they had divided into two teams. Since the Derivative had come into their searching range, they had started to apply Feng Bujue’s option. Pan and Feng had marked themselves with blood. On one hand, they were chasing after the Derivative; on the other hand, they were trying to lure more mobs.
Hua Xiong and Little Tan departed three minutes later. Although GMs couldn’t see the current coordinates of the mobs, they could still see the current coordinates of players. Thus, Hua Xiong could deliberately bring Little Tan along the route that Pan and Feng had made to follow them. At that time, most of the Bloody Zombie Wolves, which were still alive, had been attracted to the scent of fresh blood, and the others were beaten up until they couldn’t move again.
Feng Bujue had arranged like this because he wanted to take care of Wang Tan Zhi. If the four of them had gone together, Wang Tan Zhi couldn't have caught up with them. Even if he could, his Stamina Value would be drained. Moreover, when they went together, no matter whether the formation was one or two lines, Little Tan was still a big chunk of weakness once they were attacked.
However, the main problem was, if the four of them all joined the pursuit, it would be the same whether they had put blood on their bodies or not. At night, the sense of smell of those Bloody Zombie Wolves was much better. If they all ran together, they would lure many mobs then. Now, only the two of them had the strong smell of blood on their bodies, so the mobs would prioritize them as their first targets. Thus, they all chased after Pan Feng and Feng Bujue. Hua Xiong and Little Tan could follow them deliberately behind an army of monsters. When they arrived at the location where the Derivative had set up for them, they would gather and start to fight together.
And that was how they were divided into teams. It was much faster to carry out the pursuit than that of the four of them together. Moreover, it was safer for them. If anything happened unexpectedly, only Feng Bujue would die then. Even though Pan Feng had also painted his body with blood, he wouldn’t be killed in just a short time.
Next, the second step of this plan was to do something to prevent those Bloody Zombie Wolves when they reached the place of the Derivative.
"They are approaching," Pan Feng said. He could check the players’ coordinates, thus, he knew where they were better than Feng Bujue. "We’re lucky that the mobs didn’t form a thick wall." He slashed his Mountain Splitting Axe while talking, killing a group of Bloody Zombie Wolves dashing towards him.
"As what we’ve planned. Dividing into two teams could help us get here faster, and the chance of being converged along the way is low," Feng Bujue answered him while shooting a mob.
Not long after that, from 10 meters away, Hua Xiong emerged with the spear dancing in his hands. The shadows of the moving spear were like flying dragons who were making a path, leading Little Tan towards Feng Bujue and Pan Feng.
The four of them then fought against the crowd of mobs and backed off to the entrance of the gymnasium. They stood on a staircase, around dozens of meters wide, looking down at the big crowd of Bloody Zombie Wolves that was getting bigger and bigger.
"The Derivative is right behind us, in this gymnasium," Pan Feng said, "as Little Brother Feng had assumed, the mutant BOSS is also here."
Hua Xiong asked, "Do you really have to do that?"
"Now, there’s no room for turning back, if I wanted to change my mind, when the Derivative’s coordinates appeared, I could have given it up and made the two of you paint blood on your bodies and lure the monsters away. Little Tan and I would have just then needed to hide somewhere near," Feng Bujue answered, "if we decided we are in, we would follow to the end."
"Yes, now we have no way back." At this moment, Little Tan didn’t feel anxious or fearful; he was standing on a high place, looking at the waves of monsters coming like a rising tide under the moonlight and he felt tranquil inside. In these few seconds, he finally got a glimpse of what the soldiers felt when they considered death as light as a feather. In a battlefield where either of us could turn back alive, when you see the force which is 20 times or even 200 times stronger than you flooding in, even if you are scared, showing it out doesn’t help at all.
"Let’s do it," Pan Feng said.
Little Tan squatted down near the main entrance, took out the explosives, pulled the fuse and flung it away. It took them almost one hour to find these best explosives in the city when the sun had set. There’s only one set of explosives with the normal quality. It couldn’t do much in fighting with the BOSS, however, it was the best item for this area now.
"Okay!" Little Tan said.
The four of them immediately retreated into the gymnasium. The explosives were detonated after they had run for a certain distance. After a loud explosion, the entrance collapsed. Debris blocks of this temporary building had blocked the entrance and kept the vastly immense crowd of Bloody Zombie Wolves outside the gymnasium.