Chapter 111: Chapter 105: Night Raid on Wanzhou Manor
Zhu Xiong kept the few people who were injured today and pulled a few from the patrol team. Besides their few leaders, a total of forty people were assembled.
Xia Ning, Zhao Yimin, Cheng Xiyuan, and several other current First-level Intermediate middle management personnel were almost all included.
Su Han led the team out, all of them already clad in close-fitting armor, with a hand crossbow and quiver at their waists, and a sharp machete in hand.
Su Han swept his gaze over the group and said, "I won't say much. Tonight, we are going for revenge. Suppress all resistance. Understood?"
"Understood!"
The crowd responded loudly, and Su Han nodded, then ordered, "Get in the vehicles, Old Zhu will lead the way."
Everyone quickly boarded the vehicles, and Su Han also got into the first truck with Zhu Xiong, then led the way out of the Shanhu Villa District.
Three or four Lamp Tree Crystals were hung on the front, middle, and rear vehicles, their light dissipating the fog and illuminating the road at night.
The monsters of the night were clearly more active and terrifying, their low growls from within the fog stirring a sense of unease.
Su Han had the Scorpion Spider Demon lead the way, swiftly killing any monsters that charged out of the fog, attracted by the light of the Lamp Trees.
Zhu Xiong, the Glutton, stood firmly on the roof of the truck, his right arm extended and coiling like a huge python, his massive maw also attacking the monsters emerging from the fog.
There were obviously more monsters disturbing them at night, but the speed of the convoy did not slow down at all, driving straight to the road leading out of the city.
Zhu Xiong and Zhang Dahai both knew the way to Wanzhou Manor, and although they hadn't visited often, leading the way was not an issue.
About half an hour passed, and the convoy gradually entered a narrow path, where Zhu Xiong slowly brought the vehicles to a stop.
He said in a deep voice, "Not far ahead is the manor. Our lights..."
"Turn them off, everyone disembark," Su Han decisively instructed the team to get off the vehicles. Zhu Xiong and a few others placed the Lamp Tree Crystals into sealed containers. The light vanished instantly, and fog and darkness swarmed in, bringing a suffocating pressure.
"Summon your Angel Envoys. We will launch our attack following the guidance of the Ancient Worm Tree."
A night attack poses difficulties for any survivors' force due to fog and monsters being the biggest obstacles. Furthermore, the glow from the Lamp Tree Crystals would reveal their location.
But Su Han was different. He had the Ancient Worm Tree and the Tree-born Worms lurking underground.
With a slight flicker of red light, the Ancient Worm Tree had already appeared next to everyone.
"Follow the Ancient Worm Tree, prepare to attack."
Under his mental command, the Ancient Worm Tree began to spread its roots and tendrils towards Wanzhou Manor, with the vines capable of extending three to four hundred meters, and the manor now within that range from their position.
Soon, the underground vines reached the gatehouse. The number of guards at night was clearly higher than during the day, with as many as ten people, all armed with guns, vigilantly listening for any rustle under the illumination of the Lamp Tree Crystals.
"Brother Liu, did you hear something?"
The barely discernible rustling sound alerted one of the guards, who looked around warily at the pitch-black surroundings, with the fog piling up at the edge of the hundred-meter light radius, dark and oppressive.
The man called Brother Liu took a fierce drag of his cigarette, scanned the surroundings, and said, "You must have heard wrong. If it were a monster, it would have pounced on us by now."
Just as his words fell, a rustling sound suddenly escalated. Liu Zi's face changed, and he turned around sharply, only to find a vine had already pierced through his body.
"Not good!"
The rest of the guards just wanted to cry out, but as their mouths had just opened, the vines had already appeared silently beside them, and in an instant, all were bound to the ground.
Under the guidance of the Ancient Worm Tree, Su Han and his group quietly arrived at the guard post. The guards tried to whimper, but in the next moment, they were taken down by the Man-eating Vine.
"Make your move."
The vines continued to spread, but the manor was too large to be completely covered. However, as long as they could reach most areas, it was enough.
Zhu Xiong and Zhang Dahai, leading their men, quickly followed, tracing the vines to locate the patrol teams within the manor. Bound by the vines and struck by crossbow arrows, the patrols were silently taken out, one by one.
The night grew deeper.
Su Han and his companions continued towards the central buildings of the hotel in Wanzhou Manor, with the Radiance of the Lamp Tree's crystal streetlights gradually appearing before them.
"There are quite a few Lamp Trees."
Su Han smiled, and Zhu Xiong, grinning with his facial muscles trembling, said, "In a while, they will be ours. It's not easy to infiltrate from here."
Throughout the cluster of buildings were Lamp Tree Crystals, not a few by any count, with at least a dozen or more enveloping the area in light, making it difficult to hide.
"Then, let's take direct action."
By now, they had taken out roughly four patrol teams, five in each team, and the rest were inside the hotel, be they combatants or civilians.
"Tap, tap, tap"
Before they could make a move, suddenly a series of urgent footsteps echoed inside the villa, with cries rising and falling, as a large number of people began to assemble.
"Our movements have been detected."
Zhu Xiong glanced around with wide eyes, instantly aware that either a shift change or a fortuitous discovery had exposed something amiss.
With a smile, Su Han said, "Then, let's just go ahead and take action."
Radiance of the Lamp Tree
The skill that the Ancient Worm Tree had not used until now was instantly activated. The vines had extended to all parts of the manor, and the Tree-born Worms had surrounded the entire complex of buildings.
In an instant, a great burst of light completely dispelled the area's fog and illuminated the darkness.
"They're at the main entrance, hurry! Go take them out!"
Shouts rose within the manor, and Su Han waved his hand lightly, saying, "Make your move."
"Roar!"
As his voice fell, everyone summoned their Angel Envoys, each clad in armor, their forms as towering as iron towers.
With deep roars, they charged under the lead of the Scorpion Spider Demon.
With a grim expression, Wan Yuzhou took large strides, leading his men to the entrance of the villa's building. However, what faced him was a terrifying horde of monsters.
"Fire!"
He made a decisive call, immediately opening fire, with his men sparing no mercy as they joined in. The gunfire lit up the night, but when the bullets struck the Angel Envoys, even brighter sparks erupted.
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Clang and clatter, the bullets failed to penetrate the iron armor.
Wan Yuzhou's face changed dramatically, but there was no solution at the moment, as the Angel Envoy monsters had already charged to within thirty meters of his team.
"Use the Angel Envoys."
He shouted loudly, and his panicked subordinates finally came to their senses, summoning their Angel Envoys one by one, with numbers reaching fifty or sixty.
The monsters clashed fiercely, and the sounds of battle and low growling were incessant.
Their Angel Envoys were mostly flesh corpses, too, but were unarmored. They stood no chance against Su Han's side in the collision, with several Angel Envoys slain in the first exchange.
Seeing this, one of Wan Yuzhou's lieutenants, Cao Yu, immediately summoned his Angel Envoy, a Giant Macrophage Dog towering three meters tall.
"Kill them!"
Cao Yu was a ruthless character, who had never cleaned up his act working for Wan Yuzhou, dealing with all the dirty work such as murder and kidnapping.
His chilly gaze swept over the entire monster army, knowing that if he could kill the Contractors, these monsters could be dealt with.
Under his control, the Giant Macrophage Dog charged forward, attempting to leap over the obstructions and strike from behind.
However, just as it leaped up, a terrifying arm, akin to a giant python, suddenly stretched out into midair, its mouth gaping wide to reveal sharp, dense, terrifying teeth, and bit into the abdomen of the Giant Macrophage Dog.
A chunk of flesh the size of a human head was directly swallowed, and the Giant Macrophage Dog was slammed heavily to the ground, creating a deep crater.
The Glutton leaped onto the Giant Macrophage Dog's head, its three-part lips and sharp teeth crushed out of shape as the right arm's giant mouth tore chunks of flesh from the dog.
Zhu Xiong watched his Angel Envoy's action and couldn't help but sneer at the attempt to behead his opponent, finding it amusing.
He glanced and saw the Bone Armor Giant Pig had already charged into the enemy Angel Envoys, trampling and knocking down countless Angel Envoys under its feet.
"Surrender and you shall not be killed."
Zhu Xiong cried out for surrender, and his loud voice drowned the chaotic noise of the battlefield, causing some to pause and instinctively look towards Wan Yuzhou.
Wan Yuzhou's face was gloomy, with a large Angel Envoy already standing behind him, unexpectedly in the twisted shape of a Tyrant.
Its muscles were coiled like black rocks, with two thick arms transformed into sharp claws. Behind it, there was even an arm resembling a tentacle.
"Brother, give me a way out. I'll give you everything in the Villa, and I'll leave immediately with my men."
His eyes were dark as water, but his face had become calmer, his gaze as sharp as a hawk.
The sudden night attack caught him off guard. Given that the opponent's strength was clearly superior to his, the only option was to retreat.
His shout gave his subordinates a brief respite to back off and regroup by his side, although their numbers were now fewer than thirty.
"Are you waiting for the sniper to take action?"
The slow voice of Su Han came along, and suddenly vines lashed out, dragging half a corpse from a distant high-rise building and dumping it bloody in front of Wan Yuzhou.
His face changed drastically, as the sniper was his last card to play.
"A misunderstanding," Wan Yuzhou said gravely, "that was just a sentry post...."
Doom doom doom
The Scorpion Spider Demon took large strides up to Wan Yuzhou, its terrifying presence enveloping him and his subordinates.
"The rest of you, put down your weapons and kneel on the ground, and you will not be killed."
Su Han's voice was indifferent, the dreadful pressure of the Scorpion Spider Demon, along with the fearsome figure of the Ancient Worm Tree behind Su Han, completely overwhelmed Wan Yuzhou's subordinates.
Click
Guns were dropped on the ground one after the other...
Suddenly, Wan Yuzhou raised his gun and aimed at Su Han from a distance while the Tyrant charged, smashing into the Scorpion Spider Demon.
He knew everyone could surrender, except for him, who could not survive.
"Snap"
The Scorpion Spider Demon's tail lashed out instantly, sending Wan Yuzhou flying. His shoulder shattered, bone spurs piercing through his body, as he thudded to the ground.
He struggled to get up, but the severe pain made it difficult to move, and no one around him dared to help.
The unwitting Tyrant was also speared by another tail of the Scorpion Spider Demon, impaled in midair, left to roar in vain.
The Coagulation Cannon gathered its power, blasting a large blood ball at it. With a thunderous noise, half of its body vanished, leaving the Tyrant barely alive and discarded on the ground.
"Damn it, who the hell are you? Are you from the authorities? Why are you attacking me!"
Wan Yuzhou was hysterical, his eyes nearly bursting as he glared at Su Han. All his plans, his ambition to dominate South City, were destroyed by the man before him.
"Arrest them all."
Su Han took a slow walk forward with his people, glanced over, shook his head slightly, "Wouldn't it be better to save some energy and not ask such pointless questions?"
Wan Yuzhou's eyes bulged even wider, but in the next moment, he was overturned by the Man-eating Vine.
Su Han did not feel like he had vindicated the Survivors' Camp, which had been destroyed by Wan Yuzhou, by merely exacting revenge and eradicating his roots, and naturally, he did not find it worth boasting in front of someone like Wan Yuzhou.
"Zhang Dahai"
"Yes"
"Half of the men will watch over the non-combatants. Any troublemakers will also be shown no mercy."
"Understood"
"Old Zhu, take the other half to search the entire manor and ensure it's secure."
"Received."
The two split up to take care of their respective tasks. Su Han controlled the vines of the Ancient Worm Tree and the Tree-born Worms, spreading out and enveloping the entire area with the hotel building as the core.
However, shortly after extending out, the vines detected something wrong underground.
Beneath the hotel, there was an underground dungeon, and it was holding monsters.
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