Rockets trailing plumes of fiery smoke howled through the air, blanketing the area around the giant Wild Boar Beast and setting off a chain of massive explosions.
The blistering flames from the rocket explosions ignited the surrounding vegetation, and the invisible shockwaves kicked up a pall of smoke and dust that shrouded a vast area.
Soon, the target was completely obscured from view.
Having rearmed at a supply point, the attack helicopter formation returned to the battlefield. After unleashing their entire payload, they prepared to turn around and head back to the supply point to rearm once more.
However, just as the attack helicopter formation began to turn, an enraged roar echoed from the very spot they had just blanketed with firepower.
"ROAR..."
A deafening roar erupted from the sea of fire and smoke, spreading rapidly in all directions.
An immensely powerful Spiritual Energy Wave flared. Dozens of sharp, crystal-clear ice spikes pierced through the rolling smoke, soaring over two hundred meters into the sky and straight toward the attack helicopter formation.
"Danger! Take evasive action!"
The moment the commander of the attack helicopter formation saw the incoming ice spikes, he immediately warned his teammates over his helmet’s intercom.
"RUMBLE..."
The propellers roared as the pilots gunned the engines, executing evasive maneuvers in mid-air.
The attack came from a great distance, so the dozens of sharp ice spikes—each at least six to seven meters long—had a low hit rate.
Combined with the pilots’ preemptive evasive maneuvers, most of the helicopters escaped unscathed. Only three were unlucky enough to be hit.
"WHINE..."
The three attack helicopters struck by the ice spikes spun out of control, careening toward the ground. Just over a hundred meters up, their pilots managed to hit the ejection buttons in time.
The three pilots ejected from the plummeting helicopters, deploying large parachutes and drifting slowly toward the ground.
"BOOM."
"BOOM."
"BOOM."
Mere seconds after the three pilots had safely ejected, the three helicopters struck by the ice spikes crashed to the ground one by one, erupting into massive fireballs.
"ROAR..." Having destroyed three attack helicopters, the beast’s roar from within the billowing smoke seemed to carry a hint of satisfaction.
A bitter chill spread in all directions, and the sea of flames ignited by the rocket saturation strike was once again swiftly extinguished.
The billowing smoke and dust from the shockwaves dissipated. The giant Wild Boar Beast, which the attack helicopter formation had believed to be destroyed, reappeared before everyone’s eyes.
Although the recent rocket barrage had failed to kill the powerful giant Wild Boar Beast, it had still managed to inflict numerous external injuries.
Its blood-soaked body only added to its ferocious aura. Just then, a Green Forest Wolf Beast the size of a minivan, its fur a distinct shade of green, quickly moved to the front of the giant Wild Boar Beast.
A faint golden Spiritual Light enveloped the Green Forest Wolf Beast. An instant later, a golden orb of light the size of a soccer ball shot from its mouth.
As the golden orb landed on the blood-soaked body of the giant Wild Boar Beast, the eyes of everyone watching narrowed.
’So this Green Forest Wolf Beast is the medic for this Exotic Beast Group.’
After the golden orb landed on the blood-soaked giant Wild Boar Beast, its external wounds began to heal at a rapid pace.
Everyone who witnessed this scene immediately understood the Green Forest Wolf Beast’s role in the Exotic Beast Group.
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