Chapter 111: Chapter 97: Super Monster!
The crystal body of monsters is purely physical, their strength lies in their extremely sturdy bodies. They can almost wholly rely on their robust bodies to fight trained warriors!
No wonder Bajie was worried.
In Long Yi’s eyes, this monster was incredibly powerful, so much so that even with two Dragon Marks, it would by no means be easy to defeat it. Was he expected to use all his strength on the first day of battle?
This was simply ridiculous!
But something wasn’t right. Even if this monster was powerful, it wasn’t so formidable as to provoke fear in you. You’re a dragon, and not just any dragon, but a Demon Abyss Dragon! As the leader of various powerful creatures, fearing such a thing just doesn’t make sense.
What exactly is this?
"Bajie, give me the Dragon-slaying Sword! Give the monster data that Wesley gave to us to Ai Lin! Ai Lin, quickly find out what this is! I’ll go help!"
Long Yi whispered. Before his words had fallen, he had already grabbed the Dragon-slaying Sword and rushed out.
"Steer clear, Little Zi!"
Long Yi shouted, his Dragon Fighting Aura fully unleashed!
Sword Qi Slash!
A giant arc of Sword Qi sliced through the air, darting straight for the monster!
"No!"
With a scream from Little Zi, Long Yi knew instantly that he must have done something wrong. Indeed, the monster had been cut into two halves, but the halves were wriggling apart, each enlarging to the same size as before!
"Brother Long, no matter how many times you cut this monster, it will continue to absorb the power from these frozen puppets around it, regenerating to its original size. My freezing them was to slow down its absorption rate. Yet, you still sliced it."
With a hint of fatigue in her eyes, Little Zi flew to Long Yi’s side.
"Ah, so that’s how it is...sorry, you go rest for a while, I’ll take care of it."
Long Yi laughed sheepishly, waving his hands repeatedly.
"Magic Missiles!"
Two Magic Missiles fell on the monster, but its skin surprisingly radiated the glow of an Ethereal Light Shield!
Blimey, what nonsense! This monster can actually use Ethereal Light Shield!
"Dark Impact!"
Long Yi lifted his hand, but nothing happened. No mana stirred within him.
Something’s not right. He had previously successfully used Dark Impact once, so how could it fail now?
The emergence of a new enemy thoroughly angered the monster, which, split into two, oozed from its black gelatinous body volley after volley of crystalline darts over a meter long. The swift spray left Long Yi hard-pressed to dodge, each graze marking him with a scratch. Each crystalline dart was infused with potent mana. The second it grazed him, he felt a surge of violent mana burst into his body, instantly detonating the crystalline dart. After several rounds, Long Yi was a ruffled mess.
This is downright crap!
Long Yi was immediately furious, converting all his nine-fold mana into Fighting Aura, releasing his full nineteen-fold Fighting Aura. With Bajie right next to him, Long Yi didn’t dare to unleash all his power. If he accidentally triggered Bajie’s evolution, then all this time of suffering would be in vain.
Despite this, the nineteen-fold Fighting Aura was earth-shattering enough for the two lumps of the dark matter to realize this enemy was entirely different from before!
The two blobs of mixed animal organs and crystal-filled gelatinous matter quivered and collided, instantaneously merging into one!
No wonder Little Zi said not to cut it open. After being cut, it can grow independently and then merge back together!
So what about it!
Long Yi charged like a giant bird, arms stretched out, a massive vortex of Fighting Aura coalescing between them!
"Dragon Tooth Strangulation!"
If you’re not afraid of being cut open, can I not grind you to dust?
The terrifying destructive force of the Dragon Tooth Strangulation released from nineteen-fold Fighting Aura and the whirlpool full of Fighting Aura sucked in the crystalline darts aimed at Long Yi, along with the monster’s body, hollowing out a massive chunk.
The black substance was ground into tiny particles, splattering everywhere.
But in the very next moment, the only emotion left on Long Yi’s face was a wish to cry but no tears.
Because right before his eyes, those tiny fragments were continuously absorbing the surrounding energy, growing larger. Then they continually merged back into the main body. Eventually, a giant monster as big as a small hill stood before Long Yi!
Alright, I am that idiot who does more harm than good.
Long Yi harshly criticized himself in his heart, then shouted loudly, "Bajie! Torch this bastard for me!"
Long holding a belly full of Dragon Breath, Bajie cheerfully howled, waddling over. Opening its mouth wide, a significant amount of Dragon Breath gushed out.
The fire fell on the monster, instantly making a sound like water pouring into burning charcoal, accompanied by a pungent odor. The previously menacing crystals all amassed on the burning area. After several crystal explosions in succession, they forcefully blasted off the burning part of the gelatinous substance from its main body.
This bastard is actually afraid of fire! And terribly so!
But in the blink of an eye, the loss of the monster’s pitchy material was replenished, looking as if it hadn’t suffered any damage.
"Bajie, keep torching it! I don’t believe it can’t be burnt to death!"
Bajie was also full of fighting spirit. After all, it had been ages since it had seen any action. Its stomach was ballooning as it gulped in air, with its already rotund figure looking more like a Weeble.
The sticky Dragon Breath kept spewing out, clinging onto the monster, continuously corroding its body. This was much faster than Little Zi’s ice attack.
"Brother Long! Brother Long! I figured out what that monster is!"
Ai Lin’s voice echoed from afar.
"What is it?"
Long Yi asked loudly.
"This is a mutant composite monster! After the Crystal Poison infects powerful creatures, these creatures transform into monsters, which in turn feed on puppets infected by the Crystal Poison. When these monsters encounter other monsters, these originally powerful creatures naturally do not yield to each other, they start fighting for each other’s bodies. Under various coincidences, their bodies merge into one. Due to completely different consciousnesses, they fall into a chaotic state, surviving entirely on instinct. That is to say, what we are facing now is a powerful inferior creature that has merged with several monsters!"
Inferior creatures? No wonder their appearance is so primitive, yet they can still regenerate!
"Did Wesley say anything about how to deal with this?" Long Yi asked loudly.
"No! Wesley only inferred the existence of such creatures based on the characteristics of monsters, he didn’t know they actually exist!" Ai Lin exclaimed.
So this is possible? Wesley is indeed a genius, but couldn’t he have inferred the creature’s weakness?
On the way here, Little Zi’s Ice Attack seemed to be effective, and my own flame attack was also effective. This implies that any damage with a destructive nature will work against this monster, except for tearing injuries.
But this creature is huge, even if it stands still and allows one to burn it, it would take quite a long time. If Bajie was an adult dragon, it would probably only take a few Dragon Breaths, but now Bajie is a young dragon!
So, what to do?
"Wait, Wesley said that if you encounter some troublesome monsters and want to deal with them, every monster has one weakness - the Crystal Core! Once a monster loses its Crystal Core, its body immediately collapses!"
Ai Lin shouted again.
Crystal Core?
Long Yi’s eyes scanned the monster’s body, and it can be determined that the Crystal Core must be hidden somewhere inside the monster’s body. In normal monster hunting, as long as the monster is killed, its body collapses into crystals, and the Crystal Core naturally appears. But now, if one wants to go against its nature, this would be a big problem. Monsters understand that the Crystal Core is vital to them, so it must be hidden deep inside their bodies.
"Hey, I do not fear you for not having a weakness, once you have a weakness then wouldn’t you come and obediently die to me!" Long Yi looked at the monster, sneered and roared loudly, "Bajie! Dragon Breath Armor! Maximum output!"
Bajie roared excitedly, and there were faint sounds of explosions coming from his abdomen. Then, the dark red Dragon Breath, as if it were molten iron, fully enveloped Long Yi. The Dragon Breath slowly flowed around Long Yi’s body, gradually forming a set of extremely heavyweight armor. Its entirety was in scorching dark red, with flames burning fiercely!
Like a demon bathed in fire, Long Yi charged directly at the monster. The monster initially wanted to retreat, with crystal darts firing incessantly at Long Yi in an attempt to fend him off, but Long Yi did not bother to dodge. The Dragon Breath Armor formed by Bajie’s strongest Dragon Breath was the most durable defense Long Yi could find for himself at the moment.
Seeing the darts shattering one after another, the monster began to retreat continuously. But could its squirming speed match Long Yi’s sprint? Seeing that it couldn’t dodge in time, its black gel-like body elongated and a massive mouth formed at its front end, full of ferocious fangs composed of various bizarre animal bones! The mouth opened and then closed, actually swallowing Long Yi.
Suddenly, the huge gel body began to roll violently inside, exploding continuously, and sometimes a large bubble would even emerge from its body. When the bubble popped, it spewed out thick smoke!
"Brother Long! Keep going!"
Ai Lin screamed.
"Brother Long, hang in there!"
Little Zi also joined in cheering.
But gradually, the struggling subsided in the massive gel, and the monster didn’t seem as agitated as before.
"Oh no."
Little Zi covered her mouth, staring in shock at the distant monster.
"What’s wrong?" Ai Lin looked at Little Zi, her eyes filled with unease.
"I’ve fought this monster for a long time, and whenever it calms down, it means..."
"Means what?!"
Ai Lin’s voice had already started to tremble.
"It means, its enemy... no longer exists!"
Before Little Zi could finish her sentence, Ai Lin, who had been huddled here, had already rushed out! Where in her eyes was there any fear now? Where was any fright? Her heart had long been filled with deep guilt!
Oh, Ai Lin, you truly are a delicate lady from a wealthy family. You talk about fighting and adventuring alongside Brother Long, but at the moment of your first battle, you hide behind him! You really are a pampered fool!
This is all my fault! I’m to blame for all of this!
If only I could be by Brother Long’s side...
Even if it means getting swallowed along with him...
I would have no regrets!
Mana pushed to the limit! The Martial Arts techniques, long inscribed in her body, unfurl with magnificent strikes. Each strike fiercely tears and destroys the monster’s gel-like body!
Ai Lin was full of remorse at this moment, caring little about the loss of her Mana. She had exerted all the powerful Magic she knew in succession with her fists and feet. This composite monster was originally based on Magic as its basic energy, so Magic brought a destructive strike to them.
Hurry up! Faster! Brother Long, you’ll be fine! You will definitely be alright! I’ll rescue you soon!
Why am I so slow!
Feeling a tingle around her eyes, Ai Lin felt her tears were somewhat uncontrollable.
No!
Brother Long doesn’t like tears! Brother Long once said that battles never yield to tears! Power is the only way!
Ai Lin forcibly held back her tears, transforming all her worries and fears into rage against the monster in front of her.
Die, you monster!
Die! Die! Die!
