By nightfall, the mountain range was not as quiet as it had been earlier that day, and many figures were pouring in.
These men with loaded rifles were in the thousands, typically rare for the public eye to see, but they now gathered for one collective purpose.
And what they were facing was no ordinary criminal. It was a giant.
This creature, which exists only in myths and legends, is the challenge they must face.
To kill the monster, to save the hostages, and to kill it before it does any more damage. These were their objectives.
The screams of the children echoed through the mountains. The army could and did locate their target, but they dared not go close without a plan.
"Take cover and report any movement immediately!" Captain Li Jian ordered.
"Yes!"
The soldiers beside him replied and fanned out to search.
"I heard that the monster is several meters tall and has a human head," one of the soldiers said to his companion.
"What are you afraid of? Even if it has eight heads, can it stop bullets?" Hearing his companion's words, the soldier relaxed.
Not far behind them, a large hand raked the bushes, making the sound of footsteps. A pair of large lantern eyes were locked on their prey, and its vast body was oppressive, its powerful arms uprooting trees from waist height.
It launched the trees at the men.
"Watch out! AH-" Bang! A soldier dodged and was hit by the flying tree, spitting blood and dying a miserable death.
"Roar~~~!" A notable figure appeared, leaping high into the air, the tree in his hand smashing into the crowd again.
"Shoot! Aah! Aah!"
"Ta-da! Ta-da! Ta-da!" Dense gunfire rang through the deep forest, and the birds and other animals scattered in alarm.
"Hurry! It's this way, get support..." The forest was ablaze with fire and screams of terror.
"Roar~~~!" The giant's large body grabbed the trees and crushed them with force, the formation was shattered, and many people were even killed and injured by the crash.
The giant used the ground to hide every time it attacked while defending itself from the other side's sneak attack.
Within moments, the well-equipped tactical squad had been routed and wholly neutralized, leaving corpses all over the ground.
Swoosh! A rocket grazed his shoulder and exploded behind Li Feng, flames shooting into the sky, igniting many trees.
This was immediately followed by a series of covering fires, heavy machine gun fires, and bombardments.
"Shit!" Li Feng let out an angry curse; he had no countermeasures against the armed attack from the sky; he could only run and dodge.
Luckily, the forest was dense, and the terrain was complicated - even more so in the middle of the night - which gave Li Feng a lot of opportunities.
"Stop shooting! Search for ground troops!"
After Li Feng rushed deeper into the forest, the fire cover finally stopped, and the other side was still on the way to the safety of the hostages.
If not for Li Feng's timely reaction, he might have been killed under the fire cover.
The ground troops were still following, and the weapons in their hands made Li Feng feel nervous.
Li Feng was sure he could fight a hundred of them… without them having those weapons. But, for now, he could only run.
"Shit! I'll kill you all when I have a few more evolution!"
Ordinary guns couldn't penetrate deep into Li Feng's flesh, only causing wounds on the surface of his skin, but large calibre sniper rifles had to be avoided.
Li Feng didn't dare to be careless about them, but for now, he'll deal with the immediate threat first.
Holding the iron bar in his hand, he made his move. Once again, the huge figure disappeared into the deep night.
The helicopter gunships patrolled the sky, and the noise spread so far that everyone in the neighbourhood was alerted. Every one of them thought that something big had happened.
The town and countryside lay awake all night with the barking of dogs and artillery hammering.
"Ow~!" In a mountainous area, a police dog walking with its head down suddenly stopped and raised its head to bark.
"There's a view!" the soldier in charge of the fiber rope yelled, reporting the situation to his allies.
Immediately after, the dog popped up, running furiously, head down, followed by the same soldiers on leashes.
There were about a dozen of them, each about the size of a calf, and their terrifying fighting power was such that even a lion or tiger had to avoid them.
"Hmm? I've been discovered…."
Li Feng, who was hiding in the bushes and preparing for a sneak attack, looked at the police dogs rushing towards him: he had forgotten about the dogs' abilities.
"Woof~! Woof~! Woof~!" The police dog running at the front of the pack pounced on Li Feng before he could make a move.
The big mouth full of saliva bit fiercely, clinging to the body and tearing at it violently.
Li Feng also leaped up, grabbed the police dog with a big hand, tore it off, dropped it on the ground, rolled, and threw himself on it again.
At that moment, other police dogs jumped up from two to three meters high and pounced on Li Feng, tearing at and biting him.
Fortunately, Li Feng had thick skin and thick clothes, so their biting did not cause any damage.
As soon as Li Feng crushed a dog's head with the iron bar, other dogs began being killed, getting stomped to death by his raw power.
The other dogs desperately grabbed Li Feng's hand to try to tear off a piece of flesh, but Li Feng's body strength has long been harder than a wall.
Bang! A fist smashed into the tree, and an entire dog was reduced to mincemeat, its head losing its strength and drooping helplessly.
"Ouch~" Li Feng instantly felt a tightness in his crotch. A dog had grabbed him, paws flailing.
Forcing himself to endure this strange sensation, Li Feng reached out his large hand, grabbed the thing, and pulled it fiercely, breaking and crushing it into pieces.
"Damn, dogs are even harder to deal with than people."
Li Feng had underestimated the dogs' fighting ability; they were too strong for a human, and if a dozen people had come in its place, they would have been knocked down long ago.
"Target found! Shoot fast!" Ta-da! Ta-da! Ta-da! A series of shots rang out again!
After such a delay, the troops in the back had caught up, and as soon as they spotted Li Feng, they opened fire and attacked.
The dense rain of bullets returned, and Li Feng had no choice but to rush back, disappearing into the night.
"You all let the beast escape again!" When Captain Li Jian and his troops arrived, there was no sign of Li Feng.
"Have the children been saved?" These words came from the other end of the phone.
Li Jian said, "We saved… two."
After saying that, he hung up the phone, trembling in guilt and wallowing in shame.