Chapter 87: Thousand-Armed Octopus
Every Vulcan Cannon was firing at the mantis shrimp giant’s body at a rate of hundreds of rounds per second.
Although its body was tough and solid, it couldn’t withstand such a concentrated attack and bombardment.
The mantis shrimp giant, which had just been charging at Kevin at hundreds of kilometers per hour, was directly blocked by the fierce firepower and slowed down.
Before it could fully stop, Kevin was already less than five hundred meters away from the mantis shrimp giant.
At that moment, the Lance of Longinus appeared in Kevin’s hand again.
He aimed at the pair of compound eyes on top of the mantis shrimp giant’s head and said coldly, "You like running your mouth in my ear, huh? Shut up."
A beam of holy light shot out. The compound eyes on top of the mantis shrimp giant’s head were directly torn apart by Kevin’s spear.
With a miserable howl, the mantis shrimp giant’s body instantly stiffened, then curled up into a ball like a shrimp, rolling wildly on the shore.
Its massive body slammed into the island’s foundation, causing violent tremors. Even the Two-Masted Sloop shook.
Inside the cockpit of the Two-Masted Sloop, everyone was thrown around by the shaking.
But no one panicked. All that showed on their faces was genuine shock and amazement.
Celula held onto Monchhichi, both of them gripping the扶手 by the table corner.
"Captain Kevin is way too insane. It’s already amazing that he can command so many weapons to fight, but he can also throw that terrifying spear from such a long distance." Celula’s voice trembled, unable to hide the excitement on her face.
[Affection +25]
Monchhichi balanced herself while looking out the window at Kevin with a smile.
At this moment, her admiration for Kevin had reached its peak. "Little sister, my reason tells me that if we want to survive safely on this terrifying sea, we have to hold onto this man."
[Affection +25]
Kevin stood on the beach. Hearing the frequent notifications of Affection increasing, he smiled to himself.
It seemed that showing off his strength also helped to raise the girls’ Affection.
Kevin waved his hand, and the drones hovering around the mantis shrimp giant scattered.
Then, the RPG Launchers, Vulcan Cannons, and Military Armored Vehicle main guns mounted on the stone piles and wooden frames behind Kevin began firing all at once again.
Boom boom boom!
Boom boom boom!
Round after round of bombardment directly pinned the mantis shrimp giant to the spot.
The terrifying impact force, high temperature, and dense firepower cracked its armor plates all over its body. Even its hundreds of sickle-like blade legs were blown apart, broken one by one.
Seeing this, Kevin silently let out a sigh.
In his past life, Survivors had paid countless costs to discover the secret of the Eldritch giants. That secret was that they could not withstand concentrated attacks from more than a thousand points at the same time.
As long as more than a thousand parts of an Eldritch giant’s body were attacked at the same moment, it would freeze in place, endure the pain, and stubbornly withstand the attacks until the assault was completely over.
With this secret, countless Survivor fleets in the past life had formed alliances, specifically hunting Eldritch giants.
However, because the number of Survivors participating in the hunt for Eldritch giants was simply too large, not many people could actually get a share of the benefits.
Not like now, where Kevin could monopolize the resources dropped by three Eldritch giants all by himself.
Thinking of this, Kevin silently summoned the Lance of Longinus.
He was just about to raise his arm and throw the Lance of Longinus when suddenly, the ground shook violently.
Not good!
Kevin’s heart tightened. He quickly raised his arm and summoned four Falcon Form Mist Phantoms, which dragged him up into the air.
At the same time, a huge crack suddenly split open the ground where Kevin had been standing just a moment ago.
Then, a pair of giant hands reached out from the crack and tore the ground open.
A massive octopus with thousands of arms crawled out from underground.
"Darling, be careful!" Eliana quickly turned back, wanting to support Kevin.
But Kevin was now less than a hundred meters away from the thousand-armed octopus giant.
The giant octopus’s arms whipped around wildly.
Right in front of Kevin, it opened its arms one by one, and on the palm of each arm, an eye opened. Thousands of eyes were fixed on Kevin. A deafening roar exploded in his ears.
[Sanity -100]
[Ding, your Sanity has dropped drastically and fallen below zero. Your talent [Lance of Condemnation] has been activated. You are now in the [Radiant Grace] state. Sanity is locked at 1 and will not decrease further.]
Kevin’s eyes were bloodshot as he stared down at the giant octopus monster beneath him. "You’re asking for death."
This was the first time Kevin had been fatally ambushed by an Eldritch Entity.
Thankfully, his talent ability could block the negative effects caused by Eldritch Entities. Otherwise, just one glance would have been enough to knock him unconscious.
Even so, Kevin’s mental state was far from stable.
With his Sanity locked at 1, he wasn’t completely insane—but his personality and actions were now noticeably more violent and cruel.
Kevin gripped the Lance of Longinus tightly. The tip of the spear was right in front of his face. He stuck out his tongue and licked it gently, a wild grin spreading across his face.
Just then, Eliana flew to Kevin’s side.
But as soon as she felt the brutal aura erupting from Kevin, she froze. She asked cautiously, "Honey, are you okay?"
Kevin gave her a cold glance and said in a low voice, "Keep an eye on that giant mantis shrimp monster. Leave this one to me."
Kevin turned his head and looked at the Thousand-Armed Octopus monster, which was still thrashing wildly below.
The monster was still waving its arms, and its countless eyes continued to try to curse and attack Kevin’s soul.
But when it saw that Kevin was only angry and fierce—not fully insane—the Thousand-Armed Octopus hesitated.
Roar!
With a furious howl, the monster gave up its mental attacks.
It swung its tentacles and lashed out at Kevin.
Just as it was about to touch Kevin’s body, he suddenly blurted out a swear word: "Get the hell away from me!"
That curse word unintentionally triggered Kevin’s [Cursed Wraith Songstress]Talent.
A powerful wave of purification and psychic shock surged toward the Thousand-Armed Octopus monster.
The force was so sudden and strong that it actually froze the giant creature in place.
Kevin looked at the massive hand that was about to grab him, and grinned. "Holy shit! So that’s how this works."
Another curse word rang out. The giant hand, which had just started to move again, froze once more.
Kevin grabbed his [Lance of Longinus], and flashed a wicked grin. "You liked staring at me so much, huh? I’ll give you an eyeful, you piece of shit. Go stare at your goddamn mother!"
This time, Kevin spat the curse through gritted teeth.
With a flash of lightning, the Lance of Longinus stabbed straight into the palm of the giant hand.
The huge eyeball that had been growing in the center of the palm shattered into pieces.
A wave of excruciating pain surged through the entire body of the Thousand-Armed Octopus.
It let out a roar, and its frozen limbs began moving again.
Hundreds of arms swung at Kevin like a swarm of flies, trying to smash him flat.
But Kevin acted like a kid who had just found a cheat code in a video game. He kept cursing the monster nonstop.
"You’re garbage. Even the sewer thinks you’re too disgusting to take you in. That’s why you crawled out here to scare people, huh?"
"All you do is sneak attack. You’re huge, but deep down, you’re just a cowardly piece of trash."
"Even that half-dead shrimp over there is more decent than you. You can sneak and cheat all you want, but it won’t change the fact that you’re a loser."
Kevin’s curses poured out, each one different from the last.
Every single curse froze at least a dozen of the monster’s arms, while also stripping away their defensive power.
Kevin took the chance to swing his Lance of Longinus, stabbing out an eyeball with every strike.
In just a few minutes, Kevin had blinded nearly a hundred of the monster’s eyes.
Now the Thousand-Armed Octopus went completely berserk.
It swung its arms like giant whips, thrashing the air around it.
Because the monster had so many arms, and because it moved so fast, Kevin couldn’t find an opening. So he summoned his Dragon Form Mist Phantom and used it to escape from the monster’s core area.
After the Thousand-Armed Octopus monster finally stopped thrashing its arms and gasped for breath, it realized that Kevin, who had just been right in its attack range, was now standing more than five hundred meters away.
The moment it snapped out of its frenzy, the monster’s eyes shot wide open. Sensing something was wrong, it tried to burrow back underground.
But then a loud buzzing sound rang out. A swarm of drones surrounded it, each one dragging a black cannon barrel behind it.
Rat-tat-tat-tat!
Rat-tat-tat-tat!
Tens of thousands of bullets and artillery shells rained down on the Thousand-Armed Octopus monster.
The dense barrage instantly threw off its movements.
The same monster that had just been lunging wildly at Kevin, desperate to tear him apart, was now flopping around on the ground like the lamprey and mantis shrimp before it. It could only roll back and forth, silently taking the punishment, with no chance to fight back or escape.
Kevin stood silently on the back of his Dragon Form Mist Phantom.
By now, his Sanity had recovered to 20 points.
The killing intent and reckless impulse in his heart were slowly replaced by calm.
He quickly pulled out a bottle of 「Tear of the Goddess」 and drank it in big gulps.
[Sanity +60]
Now that his mind was clear again, Kevin glanced at the mantis shrimp monster in the distance, then looked at the Thousand-Armed Octopus in front of him. A cold smile crept across his lips.
"I prepared all this firepower just for you guys."
Now, it’s time to collect.
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