Chapter 739 - 95: An Unexpected Encounter
Tao Yi’s strength was limited, and her attacks couldn’t penetrate the defense of the Rune Warrior, making her feel awkward.
She swung her blade at the Rune Warrior over a dozen times, the blade clashing against the white chest armor, creating sparks and leaving deep and shallow cuts, making the chest armor appear uneven.
These attacks did not cause substantial damage to the Rune Warrior, as if it were just scratching an itch.
This made Tao Yi furious, and her attacks became more frenzied, the speed of her blade increasing, creating shadows in the air that moved faster and faster.
The blade repeatedly collided with the chest armor, the metallic sound echoing continuously, the rhythm accelerating, sparking.
Finally.
After hundreds of cuts, a gap appeared at the junction of the white chest armor, the scythe pierced through the gap, stabbing into the Rune Warrior’s chest.
"Let me sever you!"
Tao Yi’s face showed a crazed expression, breaking through the Rune Warrior’s defense with a single stroke, then made four or five more cuts to enlarge the opening.
"Suffered fatal trauma."
"Suffered fatal trauma."
"Suffered fatal trauma."
...
The Rune Warrior was cut in half and fell to the ground, gradually losing power.
Tao Yi was still not satisfied, and hacked at the Rune Warrior’s body twice more, then embraced her scythe and turned towards Su Changxing and the others, walking over with small steps.
"Well done." Su Changxing complimented her formulaically, patting her head.
Hearing Su Changxing’s praise, Tao Yi squinted her eyes, seemingly pleased, "This thing can’t be eaten, what a pity."
She had high standards for meat, only eating fresh, freshly deceased, soul-carried meat, which she considered delicious.
Her growth was slowing down by consuming flesh, seemingly requiring higher quality meat for rapid growth.
Previously.
Su Changxing had planned to feed her the demon’s corpse, but the demon’s body self-destructed for some reason, leaving nothing behind.
"What is this thing?" Kasmin looked around, cautiously whispering.
"Similar to those ghosts on the ship, they’re considered the same species, only she’s more intelligent," Su Changxing explained offhandedly.
Things then became simple, with Tao Yi swiftly assassinating these Tao Yi warriors, while Su Changxing followed behind, handling the Rune Warriors she couldn’t quickly deal with.
They quickly advanced into West City, where the streets were strewn with corpses and bones.
Such a horrifying scene also made Kasmin’s face pale, standing outside the gate of West City, crouched down and vomited:
"Why did that lunatic Eric dare! He will be despised by everyone."
Su Changxing remained unfazed; he had seen too many such scenes, grown numb, and considered death commonplace.
"He doesn’t care; if he did, he wouldn’t do this."
West City reeked, standing here, one could smell the strong stench of corpses.
Normal people couldn’t stand it physically.
Su Changxing directed Tao Yi toward the Black Dog Gang’s territory, one of his purposes for coming to West City, to find the other half of the Ratman Statue.
Having already offended Karis to the core, he couldn’t leave any room for this unknown Divine Spirit to maneuver.
They couldn’t directly interfere in this world but could influence indirectly through the idol.
More importantly, he could refurbish the other half of the Ratman Statue to complete the other half of the idol.
Half an idol could cover a rather small area, only reaching the abandoned factory and its surroundings; a complete idol should cover most of Maelon.
If he could help Kasmin seize Maelon, he would also gain considerable benefits.
This place would no longer be a Technology City or City of Wisdom but a City of Religion, becoming the birthplace of All Beings Sect’s faith!
Having embarked on this path, he naturally had to consider a long-term view; focusing only on immediate matters wouldn’t go far.
This was a shared goal, other players also aimed to improve their strength through tasks.
Move forward.
The gravel on the street subtly vibrated.
There were sounds of fighting nearby, close to the Black Dog Gang’s territory.
"Other people?" Su Changxing thought no other living being would be seen here.
Kasmin also became immediately alert, crouching down in nearby ruins to hide her figure.
...
"Run, we can’t match him!"
"What are you doing!"
"You bastard."
Three blood-drenched people were running towards them along the street, chased by two Rune Warriors.
The speed of the three escaping was not slow, and the two Rune Warriors surprisingly couldn’t catch up with them for the moment.
"Players?"
Su Changxing immediately recognized their identity, the energy fluctuations were very different from the others in this world, especially during battles.
"They are Heretics, very dangerous. You stay hidden here, and if I don’t come back for a while, go back the way you came." He reminded Kasmin.
The three of them froze for a moment upon seeing Su Changxing, completely not expecting anyone else to be there, and shouted, "Run!"
Su Changxing drew his firearm and shot at the Rune Warriors behind them. Under the impact of the bullet, the Rune Warrior on the left suddenly stopped and raised its arm to block precisely.
Among the three players, a man wearing black leather armor, with dark skin, sunglasses, and short straight hair, saw Su Changxing’s attack had worked and immediately shouted, "Fight them! You can’t escape from other Rune Warriors nearby."
Just as the words were spoken.
A black phantom resembling a leopard appeared in front of him, pouncing on the Rune Warrior on the right.
One after another, more than a dozen phantasmal leopards appeared in succession.
Every time one of these leopards got killed, a new wound would mysteriously appear on that man, as if a blade had struck him. With the sound of clothes and flesh being torn, more and more scars appeared on his body.
The other two followed him and launched attacks. One of them was a robust figure carrying an exaggeratedly sized firearm, with a barrel as big as a fist, and the bullets seemed custom-made.
The other was a woman holding a hand crossbow, wearing dark blue chain armor, with a tight and slender figure, using the hand crossbow to precisely target the joints of the Rune Warrior, attempting to inflict effective damage and reduce its combat effectiveness.
The coordination among the three was quite skilled. Although individually none of them were a match for the Rune Warrior, their teamwork allowed them to maneuver and keep inflicting damage.
The other Rune Warrior was distracted by Su Changxing, and lost an arm from the firearm attack, causing it to lose its balance and pause for a moment.
Su Changxing and this Rune Warrior engaged in back-and-forth, handling the situation adeptly. He wasn’t in a rush to end the battle quickly but was secretly observing the strength of the three players.
Finally encountering players in this world, he couldn’t let them escape without asking some useful information.
The fight wasn’t easy for them.
The player with the large firearm had his arm slashed off by the Rune Warrior, fell to the ground, and almost got his head blown off, but fortunately, the female player used a crossbow arrow to jam the Rune Warrior’s joints, halting it and saving his life.
At this moment.
The player with the large firearm had his face almost pressed against the Rune Warrior’s as he fired a shot at the white chest armor with the gun muzzle.
With a burst of sparks, the bullet pierced through the chest armor, leaving a large hole in the Rune Warrior’s chest.
The large hole happened to hit a critical spot on the Rune Warrior, causing it to convulse and create a huge opening, which the nearby female player used to pierce through its chest with electricity.
Even so, the Rune Warrior did not lose its combat ability, quickly recovering from convulsions, and raised its firearm-arm, aiming at the female and firing completely.
The female player, having just exerted her ability, couldn’t move, and was easily shot through the chest, screamed, and flew backward, crashing to the ground.
Her body strength was decent, weaker people might have had their chest and entire shoulder blown away instantly.
The Rune Warrior shifted its target to the person in front of it, preparing to slash down with its bladed arm.
A gunshot rang out.
The Rune Warrior crashed to its knees, a large gaping hole where its chest once was.
The gunshot came from behind, and the three players turned to look back, seeing none other than Su Changxing, with a defeated Rune Warrior in fragments beside him.
The dark-skinned player with sunglasses didn’t bother with his two injured teammates, but instead walked towards Su Changxing, promptly expressing gratitude:
"Thanks, brother, without your help, we might have perished here. I’m Mu Donglai."
He recognized Su Changxing as a player, and Su Changxing knew he was a player too, but neither mentioned it.
"Liu Luola."
Su Changxing looked over the group of players, curious, and asked, "How are you here? Wasn’t West City massacred several days ago?"
Mu Donglai sighed, explaining: "We’ve been hiding here. We couldn’t hold out any longer, and thought of sneaking out today, but ended up getting discovered. There are too many mechanical monsters on the street."
Su Changxing gave a slight smile, pointing at his two teammates behind him, "Are their injuries okay?"
Mu Donglai, prompted by Su Changxing, seemed to come to his senses, then said, "I’ll treat their wounds first."
He had the ability to heal wounds, combining it with a type of yellow bandage with a strong hemostatic effect, allowing the two to recover at an extraordinary speed.
As for the one who lost an arm, the female player attached a blue mechanical arm to him, connecting tightly with his flesh and nerves, and wrapped the joint with the yellow bandage.