The three cannibals looked ahead at the "lambs" who were supposed to be panicking.
The expected screaming and fleeing did not happen.
Instead, they were met with pitch-black muzzles exuding the aura of death.
The cruel smile on the twisted face of the lead axe-wielding cannibal instantly froze.
It didn't know whether to swing down the axe in its hand or pull it back.
It couldn't believe it. Why would they bring such heavy firepower on a camping trip?
"Heh."
An excited chuckle broke the eerie silence.
Tomie hoisted that incredibly exaggerated six-barrel Gatling gun onto her shoulder.
The expression on her face was even more terrifying than the monsters opposite them.
*Whirrrrr—*
The Gatling gun's barrels began to slowly warm up, spinning faster and faster.
The whirring sound was like the Grim Reaper tuning his strings, every syllable heralding the impending bloody feast.
"Roar!"
Seemingly provoked by Tomie's laughter, the axe-wielding cannibal's wild nature completely overwhelmed its reason.
The fear in its heart morphed into a berserk fury.
Letting out a beastly roar, it advanced instead of retreating. Its bulging, muscular legs pushed off the ground as it raised its rust-mottled axe high and charged at the group.
The other two cannibals were infected by this, roaring as they followed close behind.
They seemed to want to use the most primal violence to tear apart these high-tech weapons before them.
"Are they brain-dead?"
The smile on Tomie's face grew even more ferocious.
"But that just makes it more fun!"
The next second, she pulled the trigger without hesitation.
*Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat—!!!*
A destructive roar instantly echoed throughout the mountain forest.
Long tongues of fire spewed from the six barrels, and countless shell casings poured down like a waterfall.
A storm of scalding metal instantly enveloped the axe-wielding cannibal charging at the front.
The moment that tall, burly body came into contact with the bullets, it was effortlessly torn to shreds.
A red mist of mixed flesh and shattered bone violently splattered backward.
The two cannibals following behind were completely drenched by this sudden turn of events.
The warm liquid, mixed with their eldest brother's minced meat, plastered their heads and faces. They subconsciously took a lick.
Jessie and the other four youths subconsciously took a step back, their stomachs churning violently.
The extremely gory scene assaulted their fragile nerves.
However, when they saw those terrifying monsters being torn apart so easily, the fear in their hearts was quickly replaced by another emotion.
It was a feeling that mixed excitement and thrill.
It turned out they only looked terrifying; in reality, they were no different from normal people—they would die if they ate bullets.
It turned out that monsters could be killed this cleanly too.
Almost at the exact same moment Tomie opened fire, the rocket launcher on Yang Yi's shoulder let out a muffled boom.
A rocket, trailing a long tail of flame, instantly shot toward the second cannibal.
The chainsaw-wielding second cannibal hadn't even had time to react to the shock of its eldest brother being blown to pieces.
Its entire body was swallowed by a violent explosion.
*BOOM—!!!*
Amidst the deafening explosion, it, along with that buzzing chainsaw, was reduced to a charred mass of wreckage, falling together with the sky full of shredded leaves.
On the field, only the last cannibal, holding a hunting rifle, remained.
It stood frozen in place, its deformed legs trembling uncontrollably. The old hunting rifle in its hands dropped to the ground with a *clatter*.
Its already unintelligent brain was completely stunned by the incomprehensible sight before it.
It had thought the hunting rifle in its hands was the strongest weapon in the world. Who would have thought there were experts out there?
Miko held her heavy machine gun, her expression showing not the slightest ripple of emotion.
Her [Eyes of Truth] were already active, precisely locking onto the joints of the last cannibal's limbs.
She didn't kill it outright.
Sometimes, a quick death was a mercy.
And mercy obviously did not apply to this kind of thing.
*Bang!*
*Bang!*
*Bang!*
*Bang!*
Four precise burst shots.
The bullets flawlessly pierced through the cannibal's four limbs.
Its massive body gave a violent shudder before collapsing limply to the ground, like a pile of rotting meat stripped of its bones.
The pain caused it to let out a desperate, bloodcurdling shriek.
The battle ended in an extremely short amount of time.
Jessie, Chris, and the others watched the last monster writhing in vain on the ground, continuously wailing, and their eyes grew fervent.
The American hunting bloodline awakened in their hearts. They no longer screamed, nor did they tremble.
Chris was the first to step forward. He raised the tactical rifle in his hands, aiming the pitch-black muzzle at that ugly head.
He focused all his fear and anger into his fingertip.
*Bang!*
The trigger was pulled.
The monster's shrieks came to an abrupt halt.
The other four also walked up. They silently raised their guns and emptied every last bullet remaining in their magazines into the unmoving corpse.
The gunshots echoed through the forest, as if holding a belated coming-of-age ceremony for them.
The smoke cleared.
The five youths panted heavily, tightly gripping the hot firearms in their hands.
The panic and helplessness from before were completely gone from their eyes, replaced by a coldness and resolve born from experiencing blood and fire.
"These cannibals are just the three sons of a cannibal family living nearby."
Yang Yi's calm voice rang in everyone's ears.
"Deep in this forest, there is also a cannibal 'nest'."
"Quite a few cannibals live there, along with the parents who bred these monsters."
"Every missing person case in this area over the past few decades was likely their doing."
That single sentence caused the just-settled atmosphere to grow tense once again.
Hearing that there were more monsters to kill, Tomie's eyes instantly lit up, flashing with a bloodthirsty gleam.
"A nest?"
"Perfect!"
She immediately cheered, hoisting the Gatling gun back onto her shoulder and pointing it deep into the forest, her face full of impatience.
"Let's go, let's go! We're going to 'purify' their whole family right now!"
After hearing Yang Yi's words and looking at the three mangled remains on the ground, Jessie and the other four thought of the innocent missing people brutally murdered by these monsters. Their sense of justice was thoroughly ignited.
Chris checked his rifle's magazine and swapped it for a full one.
His eyes flickered with unprecedented determination.
They then looked deep into the forest. It was dark and unknown, yet it no longer made him feel afraid; the firearms in their hands gave them confidence.
He exchanged glances with his four companions, seeing the exact same resolve in each other's eyes.
Then, everyone turned to Yang Yi together. They also wanted to go hunt the cannibals.