There were a total of eight "anemone heads" chased to the mining area, two large and six small. The two large ones were nearly three meters long, while the six small ones were not much different in size from humans.

Since the miners had been arranged to evacuate in advance and the supplies in the mining area had been almost cleared out, it would be difficult for Ke Lan to build a temporary trench at this time.

Compared to the narrow tunnels deep inside, the only advantage of the mining area may be that it is more spacious. At least when facing acid attacks, Ke Lan and his team have enough space to move and dodge.

"How much ammunition do you have left? I... I'm running out of ammunition." The Hound's voice was a little heavy. During the previous retreat, he mainly relied on his firepower to suppress the pursuing "Anemone Head". Although the Hound carried the most ammunition, its consumption was also the greatest.

"I still have four and a half magazines of rifle bullets, three high-explosive grenades, and one plastic foam mine." Ke Lan quickly checked his equipment and said.

"There are only three shotgun shells left, and I still have twelve single-shot bullets, but I have run out of projectiles." The situation on Zhuoligetu's side is not optimistic either.

"Layton, what about you?" Ke Lan turned and asked Layton who was shooting at the anemone head.

"I still have two magazines in my rifle..." Before Layton could finish his words, the assault rifle in his hand made a crisp sound of empty chamber. "Okay, this is the last magazine now."

"One good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Ke Lan pulled out two magazines from his rifle and threw them to Layton.

"What are you doing? Tell me quickly, or you'll never have a chance to tell me again." The Hound said impatiently. He had already used up all his electromagnetic bullets, and the machine gun in his hand was abandoned deep in the tunnel along with his right arm armor during the retreat.

"The bad news is that it seems that we can only fight these guys in close combat." Ke Lan licked his chapped lips and pulled out a high-frequency particle vibration dagger from his waist - his armor was equipped with too many detection instruments and communication equipment, so the weapons and equipment could only be selected as lightweight as possible.

"What about the good news?" Ivan glanced at Ke Lan. His usual melee weapons were the scimitars that he often used in his daily life, but the skin of these monsters was obviously not something that could be cut by the scimitar blades.

"The good news is... if we fight in close combat, we don't have to worry about long-range acid attacks." Ke Lan had discovered during the retreat just now that when the anemone heads in the front approached them, the anemone heads in the back stopped spitting acid at them - this meant that the skin of these monsters themselves could not resist the corrosion of acid, and the only parts that could directly come into contact with the acid were the organs that secreted the acid and the circle of fleshy tentacles around them.

"But do you think we have an advantage in close combat?... Don't forget how the previous batches of hunters were killed..." The hound held the heavy sword tightly in both hands and stared at the monsters who were approaching step by step under the hail of bullets.

"Those hunters equipped with power armor were killed by the acid at the beginning. The rest were naturally no match for them with only their flesh and blood. But we are different." Ke Lan held the vibration dagger horizontally in front of him. "At least so far, we haven't suffered any casualties, right?"

"That's right, we're not rookies." The Hound said as if to encourage himself, "What do you say? Let's go together?"

"Let's get rid of the two big ones first. Asano Akira and I will take care of the one on the right, and you, Layton, and Zhuo Ligetu will deal with the one on the left. Ivan, you just protect yourself." Ke Lan said.

"Okay." The Hound nodded.

"Three, two, one... go!" Ke Lan growled, and the jet pack on the back of the power armor spewed out two blue flames. He suddenly jumped into the air more than two meters high, raised the dagger and smashed it towards the selected target!

The anemone head reacted quickly. Just as Ke Lan jumped up, it had already raised its head and shot out a mouthful of acid. Ke Lan had no way to dodge in the air, and even if he used the thrust of the jet pack, it would be too late...

Just when the acid was about to hit Ke Lan, a flash of light flashed in front of him, and the acid immediately burned and turned into ashes in the blink of an eye. The heavy power armor, in the next moment, stepped hard on the body of the sea anemone head!

The weight of the armor plus the potential energy of falling from a great height immediately knocked the anemone head to the ground. The energy shield that had cooled down was activated again. Ke Lan attached the shield directly to it, and a "sizzling" sound like barbecue was heard.

But soon, a huge force burst out from the body of the anemone head, and Ke Lan was blown away with his armor and crashed into a pile of plastic barrels used to hold industrial waste.

"Ke Lan! These things seem to have no sense of pain! They can't feel pain!" the hound shouted. Ke Lan looked up at him and saw that most of Zhuo Ligetu's chainsaw sword had been embedded in the shoulder of another sea anemone head, but the monster was not affected at all. It waved its upper limbs wildly and tore off most of the outer armor on Zhuo Ligetu's chest.

"It will only be useful if the injury is fatal." Asano Akira said. His voice was still calm, but his speed had reached the limit. Ke Lan only saw an afterimage circling around the guy who knocked him away, and the anemone-like tentacles on its neck had already separated from its body!

“Boom!”

The torso that had lost its "head" fell to the ground with a loud bang. This was the first anemone head they had killed since the start of the battle.

Having successfully completed the kill, Asano Akira quickly retreated to Ke Lan's side. He stuck his sword on the ground, gasping for breath - except for the previous fight with the flesh centipede in the stone chamber, this was the first time Ke Lan saw him in such a miserable state.

"It's very exhausting, I need to rest for a while... Help me, buy some time." Asano Akira said to Ke Lan while panting.

"Okay, how long will it take you?" Ke Lan got up from the ground and stood in front of Asano Akira. He knew that Asano Akira's swordsmanship was completely different from the one taught in the kendo hall. This miraculous skill was entirely due to the "failed experiment" at the beginning. His swordsmanship consumed much more mental energy than physical energy, and the more powerful the killing moves were, the more so.

Seeing their own kind being killed, the six smaller sea anemone heads all let out bursts of sharp and piercing cries... But they did not retreat, but instead pressed forward towards Ke Lan step by step... On the other hand, the three of the hounds were already at a disadvantage when facing another three-meter-class sea anemone head, and were defeated under the opponent's attack. Even Layton's new mechanical arm, which had just been replaced for less than a day, was cut off at the root, and the ochre-red armor fragments even flew to Ke Lan's feet.

"One against six... How do we fight this?"