owlsbooks 52: The Battle Reaches its Peak!
52: The Battle Reaches its Peak!
Two spears pierced the monster's vital points one after another. As Su Chen attacked, he quickly reviewed the records in the Demon Hunter's Handbook in his mind—the weaknesses of the monsters he had seen with his own eyes flashed through his mind one after another.
The spear in his hand was coated with a layer of primal energy. With a few swift whooshing sounds, it pierced through the body of a giant moth.
The giant moth twitched twice and died instantly. Several other moths were flying around it, and they all frantically flapped their wings, their colorful scales mixed with gunpowder smoke, creating a strange mist in the air, carrying an indescribable smell.
"Don't smell it! Whatever you do, don't inhale it!"
"The smell emanating from these monsters is mostly poisonous! Inhaling too much will cause hallucinations!"
Someone shouted urgently.
Just as the men next to Su Chen were about to breathe a sigh of relief and find towels to cover their mouths and noses, the wall beneath their feet suddenly shook violently—several monsters were climbing up the wall, causing the bricks to creak and rattle. The men nearly fell over.
At the base of the wall, a dense mass of monsters huddled together, stretching as far as the eye could see. The intense artillery fire from Lin Yu had only left a few charred craters. Falling down there would be certain death.
Several people's hearts skipped a beat in fright, and they gritted their teeth, clinging tightly to the wall.
"Go to hell! I don't care what kind of monster you are, just die!"
"Dry them up! Drying them up will give you a week's worth of resources, so fucking kill them all!"
"Poke them!! Poke their eyes and chests, those seem to be their weak points!"
The voice of a man who had just managed to hit a sore spot on a siege monster was tinged with a hint of joy, though he had only turned his head slightly.
Snap!
The dark red tongue whip instantly coiled around the man's waist, then the long tongue instantly contracted. The immense force of the muscle contraction didn't even allow the man to cry for help before he was swallowed into the belly of a giant frog with dark purple eyes that had almost jumped over the wall.
"Old Wu—!!"
"ah----!"
A heart-wrenching scream rang out, and a woman clutching a spear collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her face. She and Old Wu had a daughter, and the whole family depended on the man's desperate efforts on the front lines to exchange for resources to survive.
But at that moment, no one cared about her.
Monsters are everywhere!
They have all kinds!
Even if the people on the wall are fully focused, they may still lose their hands or feet or be seriously injured and fall to the ground due to the monster's bizarre abilities, and even with the support of Lin Yu and the home's artillery fire, it is useless.
In just a short while, the number of people seriously injured and replaced on the wall was far greater than the total number of people injured during all previous explorations combined!
"Bro! Want to come down and rest for a bit?! I'll find someone to cover for you for a while, so you can catch your breath!"
Below the wall, a man dodged the bloodstains that kept splattering from his head while looking up and shouting at Su Chen on the top of the wall.
Su Chen was panting heavily, but his eyes remained sharp.
He had previously thought that the man carrying the wardrobe was unusually strong, and now it seems he was absolutely right!
Su Chen had already killed more than thirty monsters without a single injury, and he seemed to have plenty of energy left.
"It's alright, you guys rest first, I'm fine for now."
Su Chen pulled with his palm, and a transparent spiritual thread suddenly retracted. At the same time, the spear in his hand pierced the heart of the giant wolf like lightning—and this strike was much faster than before!
As the spear was retracted, the spiritual threads skillfully guided it in the air, causing the spear to draw two clean and crisp spear flowers at unpredictable angles.
With the combined benefits of his demon hunter physique and enhancement potions, Su Chen's attack speed was so fast that it created a clear sound of wind breaking through the air.
Awooo!
He sent a monster flying off the wall.
"...!"
Seeing that the spear didn't pause at all, Su Chen twisted his wrist and swiftly thrust it towards the head of another giant frog. The man who had just come down to rest and the two people beside him stared in stunned silence, swallowing hard and cursing under their breath:
"That's fucking freakish, that physique... he's probably some kind of 'steroid warrior'!"
They were exhausted after killing just a few monsters, and Su Chen hadn't rested at all while sitting on the wall for half a day!
Not far away, a few short howls mingled with the roars of monsters on the wall.
A newly appointed worker hadn't even settled in when a strange fish flying in mid-air pierced his chest and killed him instantly on the wall.
"Fill it in! Quickly fill his spot!"
"That monster fish's weak points are its chest and head; stab it relentlessly with your spear!"
A sharp, anxious shout rang out, and before the people on the wall could even grieve, newcomers rushed up to fill the vacancies.
"Old Wang, I have a feeling the wall won't last much longer..."
"Shut up! You have to keep going even if you can't!"
A man resting nearby was pale-faced. Standing below, they could clearly see the changes in the wall—the twisting and deformation were so horrifying that they were speechless.
It is visibly clear that the defensive capabilities of the wall are constantly decreasing.
The entire wall was warped and twisted by the relentless attacks of the monsters, and in several areas where the monsters were particularly dense, the wall was severely deformed. Many people standing near the wall could easily fall into the monster horde below.
"Wait... what is that?!"
A woman's voice, trembling with sobs, rang out.
She gripped the spear tightly, her eyes fixed intently on the base of the wall—where stood a goose taller than a person, half-bald, its skin covered in pores oozing reddish-yellow slime, and a swaying, scarlet growth on its comb. A tattered old book slung over its back, and its eyes, fixed on the crowd atop the wall, gleamed with a chilling, malevolent light.
Without thinking twice, the men gritted their teeth and frantically thrust their spears at the strange goose.
ah!!
Ahhhhhhh!
The shrill, ear-piercing cry exploded around the wall. As soon as it rang out, several people attacking it on the wall felt dizzy and swayed, almost falling off.
"Don't listen to it! There's something wrong with the sound this thing makes!"
A man, barely able to contain his pain, cried out. Blood was seeping from his mouth and nose, and his eyes were frighteningly red. Even his shout seemed to have drained him of the strength to speak. Yet, despite this, he mustered all his remaining strength to warn the others who still had the ability to fight.
With red-rimmed eyes, the woman who had screamed earlier gripped her spear tightly and continued her fierce attack.
"...The monsters from the Black Forest have also arrived."
Su Chen stabbed another strange fish flying in mid-air to death with his spear—he knew it was the "Grey Abyss Flying Fish" recorded in the Demon Hunter's Handbook.
Taking advantage of the moment when the flying fish fell, he glanced into the darkness in the distance.
Suddenly, many new monsters appeared in the night.
There were giant geese carrying tattered books on their backs, and mushroom monsters with glowing heads, tentacles all over their bodies, and several eerie purple spore sacs swaying behind them. Every few steps it took, a fine, fluorescent fungal carpet would spread out on the ground, and sticky spores would constantly ooze slime. When other monsters stepped on it, their movement speed would noticeably increase.
This is exactly the same scene recorded in his demon hunter's guide!
Boom! Boom!
Several more shells rained down on the outside of the wall, blowing off the heads of several mushroom monsters that hadn't even taken a few steps.
As soon as Su Chen looked up, he noticed that Lin Yu, who was on the first floor, was also looking in his direction.
"Find three people to cover my spot; I need to rest."
With a casual thrust, he pierced through two more monsters, then, clutching his battered wardrobe, nimbly leaped off the wall. His relaxed and carefree demeanor was observed by several people nearby, yet none dared to utter a word of doubt.
"The Witcher's physique combined with enhancement potions is indeed something else..."
Su Chen sat down on the wardrobe, which was only half full, and waited quietly for someone.
On the wall, at this moment, both men and women had bloodshot eyes and were grinding their teeth. Not one of them backed down or flinched!
Not long after, Lin Yu ran quickly toward Su Chen.
"A lot of new monsters have come outside the walls, have you seen them?"
"Of course I saw it."
While wiping the spearhead, Su Chen used the corner of the building to sharpen the blade of the red-tasseled spear.
"Aren't you worried about this at all?!"
Lin Yu stared wide-eyed, somewhat unable to understand Su Chen's reaction.
She had never seen those new monsters before, let alone the others. In just a short while, seven or eight people had already died!
But why does he still act like he can handle things easily?
Could it be that even at this point, he still has some tricks up his sleeve?
"I can tell you the weaknesses of those monsters, so that ordinary people can also deal with them by following their instructions, saving effort and relieving some defensive pressure."
"ah?!"
"You're so capable, why don't you take command yourself?" Lin Yu asked, puzzled.
Such important intelligence is a great opportunity to make a name for oneself, so why does he seem so indifferent?
Could it be... that they want to give her a chance to establish her authority?
She has already revealed all her trump cards in her fight against the monster, and afterwards, people will definitely question her about what happened. Revealing an unusual source of information at this point would be like playing with fire, making even more people suspicious of her.
On the surface, such crucial information would be a great achievement if it were simply revealed, so why would he need to use her to convey it?
"My personal strength is one thing, but commanding operations is another."
"Then how did you find out this information?" Lin Yu couldn't help but ask.
"you guess?"
"..."
Lin Yu was speechless for a moment.
She took a deep breath, knowing that Su Chen was intentionally avoiding her, but she couldn't tell whether it was his deliberate arrangement or something else.
A moment later, a series of screams echoed from the wall. Lin Yu frowned.
Forget it...
Without thinking twice, Lin Yu immediately agreed to Su Chen's request.
Having just received all the intelligence from him, Lin Yu immediately turned around and reported this crucial information to Captain Chen.
Soon, the residents who were initially flustered on the wall gradually found the knack for fighting the monster by following the weakness clues, and regained some of their footing.
But after a short time of defense, a section of the wall began to shake violently—at the base of the wall, a fluorescent green fungal carpet was slowly spreading and eroding the bricks and stones.
Boom!
A deafening, deafening crash suddenly erupted.
Before anyone else could react, several giant lizards with coiled tails darted through the gap at incredible speed, followed by a surge of more and more monsters.
"The wall collapsed!! The wall collapsed!!"
Amidst desperate cries, the residents on the wall, who had just managed to adapt to the fighting, were instantly killed by other monsters the moment they glanced at the breach.
The defensive line of the wall... is in complete disarray.