Chapter 265: Guerrilla Warfare
Chapter 265: Guerrilla Warfare
Boom!
The MK3A2 grenade exploded sharply in the air, less than a meter away from the Giant Hunter’s head!
The hunter leader was caught completely off guard. It was like he’d been slapped hard across the face by an invisible hand – and a scorching hot one at that.
The Giant felt only a ringing in his ears and dizziness. His skin felt like it had been scrubbed with hot coals, burning painfully.
He instinctively closed his eyes and stumbled back two steps.
He bumped right into one of his companions behind him!
The grenade Gao Jing had just thrown was standard U.S. Military equipment. Actually, it was their only offensive hand grenade.
Unlike an ordinary grenade, which kills enemies by creating lethal high-speed fragments, this type of grenade relies on the massive amount of high-temperature, high-pressure gas produced by the TNT explosion to cause damage and destruction.
Against a normal human, an MK3A2 grenade exploding at close range could be fatal. But used against a Giant Warrior with superhuman powers, its effectiveness fell far short.
It could only inflict minor injuries.
But Gao Jing had already achieved his goal.
He used the MK3A2 grenade to disrupt the hunter leader’s movement, quickly putting distance between them.
Then, he activated the power of the Bronze Anchor and exited the Great World.
He had to retreat. Any Giants brave enough to venture into the Great Swamp region were definitely not ordinary.
Besides, this area was no longer truly the outer swamp. The fact that they possessed monster beasts like the Red-Eyed Marten meant Gao Jing estimated the three were at least low-level or high-level Totem Warriors.
They were not enemies he could handle easily.
So, just like the last situation, Gao Jing retreated decisively.
Back at his home in Huhai One, he quickly changed into a Dreamer III single-person flight suit.
He was incredibly skilled with this type of flight suit by now – his technique wasn’t far off from the club’s professional instructors. Coupled with his own superhuman strength, he could maximize the suit’s performance.
He had ordered three identical flight suits in total.
Once fully suited up, he immediately returned to the Great World, ready to face the three Giants!
At this exact moment, Ji Yu was still fast asleep in the master bedroom, completely unaware that Gao Jing had already traveled between the two worlds multiple times.
The moment he returned to the Great World, he started the Dreamer III’s engine.
Because starting the engine and lifting off took a little time, it was precisely why Gao Jing had used the grenade earlier to cover his exit.
The tactic proved absolutely correct – the hunter leader was indeed dazed by the explosion.
It took him a moment to fully recover. Shrugging off his companion who was trying to help him up, he let out a furious roar: “You vile vermin! I will roast you and feed you to my Marten!”
Vermin was the term the Great Wilderness Giants used contemptuously for the Abyssal Descendants. Legend had it that when the first Abyss Dwellers finally returned to the surface thousands of years ago after immense hardship, they were ragged and stank of filth.
Although the Giants had accepted these Abyss Dwellers as kin, many giants saw them as too weak, little different from goblins or vile creeping creatures.
That such a tiny Abyss Dweller had actually managed to injure him…
This was utterly unacceptable to the hunter leader; it felt like a tremendous humiliation!
He immediately forgot about probing the secrets Gao Jing might possess and resolved to kill him on the spot.
But Gao Jing was already soaring dozens of meters up into the air.
Normally, Gao Jing wouldn’t dare fly over the Great Swamp for fear of attacks from eagles or other predatory birds.
But right now, it wasn’t a big problem. The three Giants were loud and agitated down below, so any birds or beasts in the area were likely keeping a safe distance.
Naturally, Gao Jing also made sure not to fly too high.
Having the advantage of the air was enough.
In the blink of an eye, Gao Jing was hovering above the three Giants, maintaining an altitude of about fifty to sixty meters.
The Giant Hunters were incredibly frustrated.
They had no clue how Gao Jing had managed to take flight. They could only assume he possessed some special flying Witch Artifact.
The hunter chief roared continuously. Suddenly, he bent down, scooped up a handful of muddy earth, and hurled it skyward with all his might.
He was trying to knock Gao Jing out of the sky.
But how could Gao Jing be unprepared? The instant the Giant started his throwing motion, Gao Jing executed a sharp evasive maneuver.
He dodged the muddy projectile easily.
Next, Gao Jing maneuvered back overhead the hunter chief. Activating his Storage Space, he retrieved and dropped a stone boulder weighing over a hundred tons!
Payback time! Pay them back with their own coin!
Boom!
Regrettably, the hunter chief was no fool. His reactions were swift.
Seeing the massive rock hurtling down, he instantly leaped aside.
The hundred-ton stone crashed beside him, leaving him completely unharmed.
Obviously, this Giant was now wary of Gao Jing and couldn’t be easily ambushed.
Missing the shot didn’t disappoint Gao Jing.
The flying rock tactic might work against ordinary Giants. Against superhuman Giants? Not really realistic.
Shifting his thoughts, Gao Jing controlled the flight suit to pull away from his opponents.
He pulled out the Barrett M107A1.
Controlling the Dreamer III during flight required the use of the handgrips.
However, the flight suit was also equipped with an advanced automation system. It could be set to auto-hover with a simple command.
Therefore, once set to auto-hover, Gao Jing’s hands were freed up. He could wield his weapon and take aim.
After many repeated practice sessions, he had long ago mastered this technique.
Gripping the heavy anti-material sniper rifle, Gao Jing took aim at the head of another Giant Hunter.
He squeezed the trigger!
The time taken to aim was extremely short, but his accuracy was near perfect.
From hundreds of meters away, the shot struck true!
Bang!
The Giant Hunter’s left eye exploded in a burst of vivid red. The basketball-sized eyeball was shattered.
“Aaarrgh!”
Struck by this grievous wound, the Giant couldn’t help but scream in an utterly agonized, inhuman wail.
He clutched his ruined eye and dropped to his knees. Blood kept flowing out from between his fingers.
The destructive power of a 12.7mm sniper bullet was not mere bragging rights. If this Giant hadn’t been a Totem Warrior with superhuman abilities, that shot would have blown straight through his skull.
Of course, another major reason Gao Jing succeeded was that these Giants had no understanding of his combat methods.
“Shoot him down! Quickly!”
The hunter chief was shocked and immediately shouted a warning to his companion: “Be careful of his Witch Artifact!”
He continued grabbing rocks and dirt from the ground, desperately pelting them upwards at Gao Jing.
Meanwhile, the uninjured companion had already pulled the longbow off his back. He nocked an arrow, drew the string, and aimed at Gao Jing.
The problem was… Gao Jing was tiny. At a distance of hundreds of meters, he was incredibly hard to target accurately.
Whoosh!
By the time the Giant released his arrow, Gao Jing had already steered the flight suit to rapidly change his position.
Like a quick bird, he circled the three Giants warily from afar. The moment a small opportunity presented itself, he’d take a sudden pot-shot. And he never lingered after firing – never got greedy for extra hits.
He executed this classic, hit-and-run guerrilla tactic against a much stronger foe with devastating effectiveness.