Chapter 237: Chapter 199: Full Power Unleashed
"They actually managed to wound the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake?!"
"Isn’t the skin of the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake something that even B5 Level weapons find hard to pierce? Just how strong is the penetration power of their guns!"
"If we could have such weapons, wouldn’t we be able to roam freely in the wilderness?"
Everyone present gazed at the injured Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake. After a brief moment of shock, they glanced at the Desert Eagles in the hands of Yiyi and the others, revealing a hint of greed, especially the other squads of the City Defense Corps, whose eyes turned slightly red.
Previously, when Yiyi and the others used the Desert Eagle to kill Middle Tier monsters, it was considered forgivable, as any squad going hunting in the wilderness could kill Middle Tier monsters. They thought the Desert Eagle was convenient for swiftly ending battles.
But now, seeing them easily wound a High Tier monster, especially one as powerful as the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake in the upper echelons of High Tier monsters, how could they not be tempted?
Even the fully armed captain of the City Defense Corps could only hold out for a moment against High Tier monsters, barely causing a minor injury. It was nearly impossible to wound a High Tier monster’s muscles and bones.
This is why High Tier Martial Artists generally flee when they see High Tier monsters. If they exhaust their stamina and power against an unkillable monster, death is certain.
If they could wound the muscles and bones of a High Tier monster, many High Tier Martial Artists would probably choose to fight.
The value of High Tier monsters far exceeds that of Middle Tier monsters. Even just their flesh can aid a Martial Artist’s advancement, and some materials from High Tier monsters can be used to craft Tier Two weapons and equipment, which are leagues above the current Tier One weapons and equipment they’re using.
However, the various squads of the City Defense Corps only envied for a moment before quickly realizing that the damage Yiyi and the others inflicted on the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake was not as substantial as they imagined.
The massive form of the thirty-meter Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake, after a howl of pain, looked at Yiyi and the others more with anger than anything else.
During this cry of pain, the bullet holes caused by the Desert Eagles had already stopped bleeding. The internal muscles were twitching to heal. Given the massive size of the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake, the bowl-sized wounds seemed like pinpricks on a human. Such wounds, though painful, were far from fatal, let alone recovering visibly to the naked eye.
"This BOSS’s recovery power is incredible!" Fang Zhen exclaimed, seeing the wounds already sixty percent healed.
With such terrifying recovery power, even if the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake stood still, letting them shoot at will, they probably wouldn’t be able to kill it.
"Wushang, what should we do now? We don’t have many Energy Crystal Fragments left," Qingwei said anxiously, observing the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake in pain but not deeply harmed.
They had only used the Desert Eagle now because it heavily consumes Energy Crystal Fragments, with one fragment allowing only twenty shots. Each of them only had two fragments, allowing for a maximum of forty shots.
Having used up quite a bit on the Golden-Winged Snake earlier, they were now left with one fragment.
If this fragment couldn’t deal with the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake, they would have to face it directly.
Given the strength the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake displayed, they would certainly be killed upon contact.
"Everyone focus on the vital points, reduce as much of the BOSS’s HP as possible. This time the mission is to save people, not necessarily to eliminate the BOSS. We just need to buy time," Luo Wushang said, observing the retreating team while directing them, aiming at the eye of the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake.
However, the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake reacted swiftly, avoiding the bullet, which landed on the cheek instead, where the bullet was stopped by bone.
Seeing the retreating team, Fang Zhen, Yiyi, and others understood that the person had been rescued. What remained was to delay time by attacking the vital points of the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake, keeping it busy and preventing effective attacks.
In no time, the ten members of the Black Obsidian Martial Arts Hall engaged and held back the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake, whose strength reached that of a High Tier monster. The various squads of the City Defense Corps began to escort the ambushed convoy martial artists, retreating.
Just as the two groups came together and retreated for less than five hundred meters, the forest shook again, and three more massive Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snakes, over thirty meters in size, emerged from the woods, surrounded by over two hundred Golden-Winged Snakes.
"Crazy! I must be crazy!"
"How can there be so many Golden-Winged Snakes and Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snakes?"
Everyone present gazed at the nets formed by the Golden-Winged Snakes and the three Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snakes, feeling a sense of despair.
If there had just been over two hundred Golden-Winged Snakes, their combined forces might have resisted. But with three Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snakes attacking together, their chances of survival seemed grim.
The three Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snakes, with just a flicker, appeared before the teams of the City Defense Corps. The captains and vice-captains of three teams fought to fend them off, while the rest dealt with the surrounding Golden-Winged Snakes.
Bang bang bang...
After just one encounter, the three captains wearing B6 Level Battle Armor were sent flying by a tail strike from the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake, crashing over forty meters away, breaking all the trees in their path. After landing, they rolled several times before stabilizing and standing up to charge once again.
Although this second charge seemed nothing significant, everyone knew that, despite the B6 Level Battle Armor blocking most of the damage, the captains were still injured.
As for a Middle Tier martial artist in the squad fighting a Golden-Winged Snake, after being swept by the tail of a Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake, the B4 Level Battle Armor was dented and heavily damaged, leaving the martial artist unrecognizable and obviously dead.
"A fully armed Middle Tier martial artist can’t withstand even a single blow?" The golden-haired Beis felt chills witnessing a Middle Tier martial artist from a squad slightly grazed by the snake’s tail.
To him, the City Defense Corps’ Middle Tier martial artists were impressive figures, probably only slightly less powerful than his uncle Wright.
Yet, such a master couldn’t withstand even one blow from a High Tier monster.
"Run! We can’t stay here any longer!" Wright, seeing the three Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snakes break through their blockade, grabbed Beis and used the Martial Arts Step Technique to rush towards the area with fewer Golden-Winged Snakes.
The Baelon Clan’s Kedewen also dragged Giant Handro away, no longer caring about the Patriarchs of the Peiwen and Bain families, who were Middle Tier martial artists.
All the powerhouses present fled in different directions.
Though previously ordered by the no longer present Balo not to retreat without his command, seeing the overwhelming battlefield, even if they fled now, Chasing Light City wouldn’t hold them accountable as this was a destined defeat.
"Brother Lin, you should run too. If you stay, none of you will escape," Morton warned Lin Qi, seeing the dire situation, preparing to assist Leik and other squads against the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake.
"Master, we should leave. The City Defense Corps has an obligation to obey, and unless Balo orders them, they won’t retreat," Meng Wei urgently explained to an unmoved Lin Qi, seeing Morton and others aiding.
"Leave? We’re unlikely to escape. To survive, we must fight," Lin Qi said, sensing another disturbance from the forest, clearly feeling several life forms with similar qi and blood to the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake nearby.
These poorly hidden Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snakes were likely waiting for their prey to scatter, then strike swiftly.
"We must fight?" Meng Wei, perceiving the ominous presence and disturbance from the forest, steadied his resolve, fiercely focusing on another emerging Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake, eyes filled with determination. "If that’s the case, I’ll fight to the end with you, Master!"
As the Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake approached, Initial and Middle Tier martial artists in its path were rendered unrecognizable upon collision. When it was less than a hundred meters from Lin Qi and others, Meng Wei attempted to charge, only to be held back by Lin Qi.
"A High Tier monster, huh? Just perfect to test my full power," Lin Qi said, pulling Meng Wei back, taking the black mallet he had been carrying in one hand and a blood-red bead from his pocket in the other, instantly boosting his power by 50%, and swung the mallet at the advancing Single-Horned Golden-Winged Snake.
High-tier Martial Technique—Thunderbolt Flash!