Chapter 635 - 606: Meeting Guan An Again

They were just a school squad, not Divine Demon Realm experts. Besides, even a Divine Demon Realm expert couldn’t possibly intervene in every single battle.

At a time like this, the correct choice was to focus on the task at hand. So, he didn’t quite understand why Little Fatty had suddenly brought this up.

"That’s the team led by Guan An. I took a look, and it seems like some of their members are already injured. If they keep fighting, even if they win, their team will probably suffer heavy losses," Little Fatty explained.

Hearing this, a strange expression appeared on Lin Xinghai’s face. Guan An’s team had been willing to fight Cui Ming from Capital University on a stage just to get this "good mission."

It was only because of his intervention that they’d secured it. And now they couldn’t even complete it?

"Let’s go take a look," Lin Xinghai said.

Guan An had left a pretty good impression on him before. Not only had he offered to give them the mission, but he had also planned to rally the students of East Sea University to help them snatch a good mission.

Of course, the fact that this "good mission" had gone south was probably just an accident.

"Heh, you got it!" Little Fatty immediately agreed, a grin spreading across his face as if he were about to watch a good show.

The Armored Vehicle rounded a corner and soon arrived on another street. After driving a short distance, they could see a "Giant Arm" in the distance, relentlessly chasing and smashing at a team.

Lin Xinghai only needed a single glance from afar to understand the situation.

In truth, there shouldn’t have been any problem with Guan An’s team taking this mission. They were dealing with a Second Level Middle Stage "Giant Arm".

Although the "Giant Arm" had astonishing destructive power, its massive size made its movement Speed a little slow.

Therefore, as long as one exploited this weakness, it would be easy to kite it to death.

Guan An was a Martial Artist at the Body Shaping Realm Middle Stage, and his specialty was Defense. This combination allowed for a high margin of error. Even if they made a mistake during the mission, he could step in and take a few hits.

The main reason they were now being chased and beaten was that this "Giant Arm" had entered a berserk state.

It was common knowledge that when a Mutated Zombie entered a berserk state, all its physical attributes would be enhanced, and Speed was no exception.

This directly led to the failure of their kiting plan. Moreover, because the "Giant Arm’s" Attack Power skyrocketed after entering its berserk state, Guan An, a Defense-type Superpower User, couldn’t withstand its attacks.

He could block two hits at most before having to retreat.

Fortunately, their team also had a Body Shaping Realm Early Stage Martial Artist and three Mecha providing support from the side.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t just be at a disadvantage; the entire team would have been hammered into collapse.

In the current situation, based on how things were developing, Guan An’s team could only continue to drag it out until the Giant Arm exited its berserk state. Then, they would naturally be able to win.

But as Lin Xinghai’s Perception Power swept over them, he saw that, just as Little Fatty had said, their team of over 80 people already had 8 injured members.

Furthermore, 5 of them were very seriously injured. Even if they went back to rest in a medical pod, they probably wouldn’t recover in less than a day.

One had to remember that the national college league was only seven days long. If they spent a whole day lying in a medical pod, there would be no way for them to catch up later.

Lin Xinghai checked the "Giant Arm’s" status. Its berserk state would last for at least another 15 minutes. During that time, it was hard to say how many more team members would be seriously injured, or if there might even be deaths.

Seeing this, Lin Xinghai no longer hesitated and had Little Fatty turn on the loudspeaker.

"Guan An, it’s Lin Xinghai. Do you need help?" Lin Xinghai’s voice carried far into the distance through the loudspeaker.

Although helping another team kill a Mutated Zombie was, in principle, a good thing.

But the other team was in the middle of a mission, and his intervention would certainly lower their mission rating. In other words, the reward they received would be reduced.

For various reasons, it was necessary to ask before offering help.

Guan An was sent flying by a punch once again. He forcibly suppressed the churning blood and qi in his chest.

He was about to charge forward again and fight the "Giant Arm" to the death when he heard Lin Xinghai’s call. He was first overjoyed, but then a hint of embarrassment quickly appeared on his face.

But that didn’t stop him from rationally making the best decision. "Mr. Lin, I’ll have to trouble you then. Of course, we won’t let you help for free. As per the rules, we’ll split the mission reward with you, half and half."

"Alright!" Lin Xinghai didn’t refuse. After all, his contribution would definitely be worth half the mission reward.

After the two sides reached a verbal agreement, Guan An charged back while issuing commands on the team channel.

His team’s formation was quite tight. What Guan An needed to do now was to open up a spot for Lin Xinghai to be the main attacker.

He had seen Lin Xinghai in action before. Fast Speed, high Attack Power—his overall strength was definitely at the Peak of the Body Shaping Realm.

He believed that as long as he created an opportunity for Lin Xinghai to attack a few times, they should be able to take down this "Giant Arm" quickly.

The team’s formation shifted rapidly under his command.

Watching the Armored Vehicle get closer and closer, Guan An was just about to speak and tell Lin Xinghai his plan, but suddenly his vision blurred as if something had just streaked past his eyes.

Then he saw a brilliant flash of lightning erupt above the head of the "Giant Arm" in front of him.

The terrifying, raging Thunderbolt made his body tremble involuntarily, even though he was standing more than ten meters away.

He faintly felt as if he were facing the might of heaven and earth itself.

And before his horrified eyes, the hard skull of the "Giant Arm," which had seemed so invincible just a moment ago, was directly pierced by a long spear.

The terrifying Thunderbolt had charred its entire head black.

"It’s... dead?" Guan An and the members of his squad stared blankly at the scene before them.

Although everyone knew Lin Xinghai was strong, who could have imagined that his true strength would be this terrifying?

You have to understand, this was a Second Level Middle Stage "Giant Arm"! And one that was in a berserk state, no less.

Even a Body Shaping Realm Martial Artist specializing in offense would, at best, only be able to suppress it. To actually kill it would take at least four or five minutes.

But Lin Xinghai had killed it in a single blow.

This could only mean one thing: the Attack Power Lin Xinghai had unleashed in that instant surpassed that of the "Giant Arm" by at least an entire major Realm.

To put it simply, that was Divine Demon Realm Level Attack Power.

A Martial Artist who hadn’t even reached the Body Shaping Realm had just unleashed the Attack Power of the Divine Demon Realm. Guan An’s mind went completely blank.

This completely overturned his worldview.

At this moment, he finally understood the true weight behind the title of "Number One Genius of East Sea Academy" that Lin Xinghai held.

It was no longer a matter of him being worthy of the title. Rather, such an honor was almost unworthy of his combat prowess.

"Alright, besides this ’Giant Arm,’ is there any other trouble you need help with?" Lin Xinghai asked, pulling his Mjolnir from the Giant Arm’s head.

Since he had already intervened, he would naturally see it through to the end and ensure they completed their mission smoothly.

"Uh... no, that’s not necessary. There were originally over a thousand Abyssal Creatures attacking this stronghold, but after we arrived and killed a batch of them, they fled back into the poison mist," Guan An quickly replied after snapping out of his daze, pointing into the distance.

Lin Xinghai had already noticed that the stronghold was very close to the area with the green poison mist, probably only about a kilometer away.

Looking at the green poison mist in the distance, Lin Xinghai asked thoughtfully, "Logically, if the ’Giant Arm’ was supposed to be in a berserk state, the Military Department would have definitely pointed that out when they issued the mission. But since the mission information was clearly wrong, did something happen?"

"Yes!" Guan An nodded and said with a helpless expression, "Everything was fine when we first arrived. After we repelled those Abyssal Creatures, we started to corner this ’Giant Arm’."

"But after we injured the ’Giant Arm,’ it started to retreat toward the poison mist. We couldn’t stop it. We thought it had run away for good, but just a moment later, it charged back out, and by then it was already in a berserk state."