Two and a half meters tall, and had two meters front legs that could be folded. It was not just a normal leg, but a real blade. Its blade-like mandibles were quite terrifying to behold. One could imagine what would happen if you fell to this giant mantis.
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[Beast King - Blade Mantis]
Affiliation: Clarity Forest
Evolution: Stage-5
Level: 96
Skill:???
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The blade part was not the only thing that made Blade Mantis looked different from the normal mantis. From the neck to the wings were made of silver steels, pretty hard to break from the look of it while the abdomen was normally green.
It did not take long before the Blade Mantis made its move first. The silver wing flapped and flew toward them. The Beast King did not fly above the tree, but below the sparse trees.
Without any chain of command, the Tarriors and slaves spread out. While the humans were splitting up, the Blade Mantis was not confused by them. The target was one, Tang Shaoyang who was in the front most.
Tang Shaoyang was standing still while Zhang Mengyao moved. She raised her shield and blocked the incoming blade.
Clank! Clank!
The two sharp blades clashed against the shield, causing a spark. The Blade Mantis did not give up, it sent out a barrage of slashes, but none of them could reach Zhang Mengyao. She read all movements and blocked the blade with the shield.
The Blade Mantis let out a small hiss from the mandibles, clearly unhappy all the blades were blocked.
Spurt!
The Beast King let out a spray of green acid. The thick green liquid let out smoke, "Heh, I also have my skill!"
[Shield Wall]
Zhang Mengyao raised her shield toward the spray. The acid spray slid through the shield wall. The Beast King was about to make the next move, but he noticed two humans were charging in from the two sides.
Wei Xi and Lu An were aiming for the abdomen, the soft spot of the Blade Mantis. But then, silver steels from the wings spread out and covered the whole part of the mantis' body.
Clank! Clank!
Wei Xi's sword and Lu An's sword met with hard resistance instead of a soft abdomen. But of course, they did not want to give up just like that.
[Fatal Strike] [Elephantine Strike]
The swords left a trail of blood as the silver skin was cut. Wei Xi's sword left a deep cut as he immediately activated [Quick Slash] at the same spot.
The Blade Mantis hissed, flapping the silver wings to escape from the encirclement. But Tang Shaoyang acted faster, activating [Spirit Integration] and threw [Wild Axes]. The two axes made of mana pierced the chest area, causing The Blade Mantis to sway in the air
Swoosh!
Tang Shaoyang leaped to the mantis, he was right on top of the head. He stomped the head with [Earth Split], but the silver skin managed to cover the head before the stomp landed.
The silver cracked along with the crystal-like head, sending the Blade Mantis down to the ground. Tang Shaoyang was not over with his attack, he raised his battle-ax and slammed it down to the Blade Mantis's thorax.
A cracking noise could be heard from the impact. Even so, the three consecutive attacks failed to kill the Beast King. The Blade Mantis struggled up while waving the blade-like legs around. The Beast King was clearly in a desperate state.
[Unbending Strike]
Zhang Mengyao's figure flashed forward with the lance, thrusting toward the chest area. Half of the lance entered the Blade Mantis's chest, without hesitation, she twisted the lance, causing the Blade Mantis to wriggled harder.
At this moment, the ground right below the Blade Mantis turned blue. In the next second, a blue fire torrent burst out from the ground, sending the Blade Mantis to the sky and burned the body.
Moon activated his [Flame Armor] and charged toward the falling Beast King. When the Blade Mantis was about to touch the ground, the Mystical Bear leaped forward. He latched to the Beast King and pinned the mantis down by the neck. The bear opened his mouth, showing a line of big teeth.
Moon bit the neck and tore it off. The Blade Mantis instantly died, and Tang Shaoyang heard a notification that he had leveled in his head. Under a barrage of attacks, they killed the Beast King that barely passed forty seconds.
"You have become a lot bigger, have you evolved?" Tang Shaoyang approached the bear and rubbed the silver smooth fur. The current Moon was about the same as the Blade Mantis they just killed, but his frame was much bigger than the mantis, of course.
"Yes, Moon evolved to stage-3 yesterday," Li Na rushed forward and replied in the stead of Moon who could not communicate but his Master. Her face brimming with a smile while answering.
"Good choice, we don't need the quantity but the quality. Focus on Moon first before you summon the second one," Tang Shaoyang praised Li Na for her decisive decision. He thought the girl would ask him again whether to evolve Moon or get a new summon since it cost her a lot to evolve the summon. The summon was strong, but she had to pay a high price for that.
'I hope [Mana Perception] will help her,' he thought to himself while coming over to collect the Level 8 Treasure Chest.
Hu Feng and the other three Shield Bearers witnessed the battle with their jaws dropped down in amazement. If he did not use [Basic Detection] on The Blade Mantis, he might think the mantis was just a weak beast instead of a Beast King.
Hu Feng let out a chuckle as he looked down at the two shields in his hands, "We are not needed it seems," Zhang Mengyao alone was enough to be in the front line. Combined with their Boss's destructive power, Beast King was just walking in the park. It was completely different when they fought the Wartusk.
The other three Shield Bearers nodded their head subconsciously. This was the first time in a while they watched Tang Shaoyang's fight. Compared to when they faced the zombie horde, their Boss clearly had become a lot stronger.
At this moment, a strong wind blew the forest. The gale was strong enough to bend a smaller tree. Everyone immediately looked up.
Tang Shaoyang also looked up and a grin formed on his lips. Right on the top of them was a lion with a wing. The wingspan was around ten meters, each flap of the wing sent a strong gale.
A lion with a red mane and a wing hovered on their top. The lion scanned the large group of a human before the red pupils landed on the dead Blade Mantis. The red eyes flickered with fury and scanned the human one by one. With just a quick scan, the lion immediately locked the eyes at Tang Shaoyang.
"Human! You have broken the balance of the Clarity Forest. As the Guardian of the Clarity Forest, I will punish you with death!" The lion let out a roar.
[Basic Detection]
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[Beast King - Winged Lion]
Affiliation: Clarity Forest
Class: Guardian of the Forest
Evolution: Stage 6
Level: 132
Skill:???
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