Chapter 223: Chapter 106: Wind Thunder Linked Beads! An Unprecedented Formidable Enemy!_2
And at this moment, under a large tree, a soldier clad in black armor seemed to have seen something. He let out a roar, alerting the others to be careful.
“Gaww!”
A piercing, ear-drumming shriek emanated from the depths of Maple Leaf Forest, followed by a towering shadow that sprung forth like lightning, pouncing towards the black-armored soldier!
The black-armored soldier reacted quickly, immediately raising the metal shield in his hands and holding it with both hands in front of himself for protection.
“Thump!”
Struck by the towering shadow, the black-armored soldier, with his hefty metal shield completely dented, was thrown three to five zhang away like a kite with a broken string, blood spewing from his mouth and his hand bones fractured!
“What is this…”
Su Changkong, seeing the tall dark shadow that had dashed out in the distance, couldn’t help but have his expression change slightly.
The tall shadow, nearly two meters in height, was clad in tattered blue clothing, stained with blood—not his own, but that of others.
This towering shadow appeared almost human-like, resembling a man in his forties, but in the darkness his eyes emitted a blood-red light. Furthermore, the bare skin revealed snake-like black scales, creating an eerie and abnormal sight.
“A demon monster?” Su Changkong’s eyes sharpened.
Demon monsters, creatures that common folk might never encounter in their lifetimes, belonged only in legends!
When Su Changkong arrived in Ink Forest Prefecture City, he had encountered a creature suspected to be a demon monster. Half a year ago, outside the outpost of the Giant Whale Gang, he had faced another, whom Su Changkong had shot and killed on the spot. He found that the demon monster possessed extraordinarily strong life force and an unusual physique, but made no other discoveries.
And now, another creature suspected to be a demon monster had appeared in Maple Leaf Forest!
“So that’s it… Gong Ba appeared outside Maple Leaf Forest to hunt this demon monster. The disciples of the Giant Whale Gang previously stationed here were not attacked by the Gong family, but by this demon monster, which led them to send out a distress signal…” Su Changkong came to a realization.
With traces of demon monsters in Ink Forest Prefecture City, Su Changkong knew, and the Gong Family, being the local wealthy family, naturally knew even before Su Changkong, and they were also hunting these demon monsters, just without making a big fuss about it!
“These damned creatures appeared out of nowhere about ten years ago, every one of them like wild beasts, devoid of reason, knowing only slaughter. They haven’t given our prefecture city any little trouble. Moreover, in the past two years, the overall strength of these demon monsters seems to be increasing…”
Gong Ba’s voice echoed in Su Changkong’s ears; he watched the blue-clothed demon monster in the distance with an expression filled with revulsion.
“Demon monsters… Their numbers seem to be increasing lately.” Sikong Zhan and Sikong Huang frowned. As high-ranking members of the Giant Whale Gang, they were also aware of the existence of demon monsters, and the martial artists of the gang had also killed demon monsters. However, to avoid unnecessary trouble and panic, they had not deliberately publicized it.
“Boom!”
At that moment, a tremendous noise erupted. It was the sound of a Divine Arm Crossbow being activated.
A black-armored soldier had already triggered the Divine Arm Crossbow. An arrow as thick as an arm shot out explosively, aiming directly at the blue-clothed demon monster in the distance.
“Thud!”
The arm-thick arrow struck the chest of the blue-clothed demon monster. The immense impact forced the towering figure of the demon monster to reel backwards.
To everyone’s astonishment, this arrow, capable of piercing iron armor from eight hundred steps away, did not create the expected bloody hole when it hit the demon monster’s chest. Instead, only half a foot of the arrowhead penetrated!
It was as if the body of the blue-clothed demon monster was even harder than steel!
“This blue-clothed demon monster is much stronger than the two others I encountered before.”
Su Changkong thought, the blue-clothed demon monster before him, capable of resisting an arrow from the Divine Arm Crossbow without being pierced through, was clearly stronger than the previous two combined!
“Roar!”
The blue-clothed demon monster’s eyes reddened, and it let out an enraged roar like a provoked beast.
“Boom boom boom boom!”
Before the blue-clothed demon monster could steady itself, Divine Arm Crossbows around it fired. Thick arrows, capable of penetrating iron armor, flew in quick succession, accurately striking the demon monster’s arms, chest, knees, and other parts.
Even the steel-like resilience of the blue-clothed demon monster was bewildered by the flurry of attacks. The wounds on its body caused its movements to be uncontrollably sluggish.
“Kill him!”
The nearby black-armored soldiers took the opportunity to swarm in, brandishing their long swords in a frenzy of chops at the blue-clothed demon monster.
“Pfft pfft pfft!”
The body of the blue-clothed demon monster was lacerated with deep cuts to the bone. Eventually, a black-armored soldier with great achievement in body refinement beheaded the monster.
“Trying to escape?”
At this instant, Gong Ba sneered coldly. His figure moved with lightning speed, advancing onward. Above in the tree canopy, another demon monster with scales and resembling a child was leaping agilely from branch to branch, attempting to flee.
Gong Ba himself had intervened in the Maple Leaf Forest not because there was only one demon monster.
The demon monster resembling a child was extremely nimble, leaping amongst the trees in such a way that ordinary martial artists couldn’t even touch its clothing.
But in the next instant, Gong Ba leaped into action. Wearing dark golden battle armor, he crossed through the air as if flying. A dark golden long sword at his waist was unsheathed, and he chopped downward from above, the bright sword light pouring down like a cascading waterfall!
“Hiss!”
Through the tearing sound, the large tree was deftly split in two, the cut ends smooth as mirrors. As for the child-like demon monster, it let out a shriek. Though it had a steel-like body, it was cleaved in two under Gong Ba’s sword, tumbling down from the break and convulsing.