northernbook Chapter 274 Facing the Enemy, Foundation Establishment Stage Merman!
Chapter 274 Facing the Enemy, Foundation Establishment Stage Merman!
The entire coffin was falling towards the first floor, and no one knew what was below. The soldiers were shouting and yelling, and in that short time of descent, everyone unleashed unprecedented potential.
"Stop hiding anything, use everything you can!"
Various colorful defensive forces flashed and intertwined, and various incantations mingled together. All the power that could penetrate the wooden planks was pushed outwards, and thick vines began to spread around everyone, drilling into every gap.
A vine crawled through the back of Zhong Ming's neck, then suddenly contracted.
With a thud, Zhong Ming's forehead collided hard with the back of Matt's head.
The vines compressed the living environment of everyone again, forming another layer of vine shield inside the coffin.
"No, no, no, there's no room to perform the hand seals."
The next moment, the wooden plank fell.
Instead of hitting the ground floor floor, it was caught by the rushing water inside the ground floor.
The entire first floor was destroyed by the flood, leaving only a few load-bearing pillars. The coffin struck the pillars and was stopped.
The sound of shattering was incessant.
"Block it! Block the breach! We'll block it even if we have to use our bodies!"
The vines melted, and a harsh, unpleasant sound came from the steel. The armor blocking the cave entrance, upon contact with the black water, was like being rapidly rubbed by countless pieces of sandpaper, its thickness thinning at a visible rate.
Screams echoed incessantly, and spells and spiritual energy flowed continuously in the confined space, barely managing to keep the wooden coffin from breaking.
There were several loud impact sounds on the board, as if some heavy object carried by the current had crashed into it.
.....
Ten breaths later, it was all over.
Zhong Ming's comrades were unharmed thanks to Chi Tong's protection, while Chen Dahai managed to protect himself on the other side. However, those in the middle fared much worse, almost all of them suffering serious injuries.
A mere sip of black water seeped in and rotted away its skin and flesh, revealing bones deep within.
The second captain gritted his teeth. A large chunk of his buttocks had been corroded away, and black fluid was still flowing down his thighs, creating a long, eroded groove.
When the black water disappeared, the entire wooden coffin exploded.
More than twenty people tumbled and scattered. Zhong Ming's head slammed hard against a sharp object, and a pain shot through him, waking him from his daze.
Ouch, that hurts! Good thing it hurts, it means I'm still alive. What did I bump into? Holy crap, a merman!
Zhong Ming glanced over and found that his head had bumped into the dragon claw-like toes of a merman. The guy was also dizzy from the impact with the pillar. The two of them came to their senses almost at the same time.
"Mermaids!"
Zhong Ming stretched out both arms, making it look like he was holding Matt and Akame in his arms at the same time. Then, he slapped Matt hard on the shoulder with his left hand, making him roll to the right. He pulled Akame down with his right arm and rolled to the left.
They barely dodged the enemy's stomping attack by moving to the left and right.
The merman instinctively reached for his lower back, only to find his weapon had been swept away by the water. He then stomped on it.
Zhong Ming's counterattack was swift. He rolled to the side, opened his mouth, and spat out the Mother-Child Sword, which instantly shot out, aiming directly at the merman's brow, forcing him to retreat and dodge.
Standing still, I looked around. The black water had already gone far away, leaving not a single drop in Jade City.
That's right, that was the territory of the Merfolk Chieftain. When the Merfolk Chieftain left, he naturally followed.
There were five merfolk around, all of them were so dizzy from the impact, probably because they had been rushing towards them in the black water. They thought they could swim higher to get over the city wall, but instead they crashed into the pillar of the corner tower.
Then......
Zhong Ming discovered that there was an amber-like substance stuck to the other person's shoulder. Upon closer inspection, he could see the texture of flesh and blood and the deeper spiritual energy disorder.
It also had a considerable wound on its chest, with most of its scales broken, indicating that it had been through a fierce battle.
Just as Zhong Ming got up, ready to take advantage of his illness to kill him, the other party opened his mouth, gently bit down, and bit the mother and child swords.
Um! ! !
Foundation-building period.
In a flash, Akame felt a heavy blow to her waist, followed by a dizzying spin, and she was thrown towards the blue bricks of the city wall.
Akame's mind was completely blank. She had been so protective of me just now, how could she suddenly turn around and violently throw me out?
You change your mind faster than turning the pages of a book!
While she was flying in the sky, she saw Zhong Ming fly over at an even faster speed and crash hard into the bricks of the city wall.
She rolled in the air to dissipate the impact, her feet gently touching the blue bricks as she looked up ahead.
A powerful merman, with a mother-and-child sword in its mouth, kicked a charging warrior right through the heart, then disdainfully lifted its foot and flicked it, tossing the valiant warrior's mangled body aside.
It looked at Zhong Ming, and the sword in its mouth moved up and down, a blatant provocation.
No matter how much spiritual power Zhong Ming used to control the sword, the mother and child swords remained firmly stuck and unmoved.
In fact, the merman wanted to bite the sword to pieces, but when he tried to bite it, he found that he couldn't bite it at all.
However, it didn't care; it could just kill its owner.
The human in front of me used a hook-and-sickle spear to brace himself against the ground, using the recoil from the spear slamming into the ground to accelerate his sprint.
He appeared to be attacking with a hook-and-sickle spear, but judging from his movements, his ultimate goal was not to stab here at all, but to grab the hilt of the sword.
I've seen through your little trick!
The merman, who was in the Foundation Establishment stage, was smug for a while, still recovering from the fruitful plunder he had just gained.
As for the clan leader... Hmph, do you really think the clan leader is seriously injured?
The Merfolk knew very well before the war that this was just a bluff, meant to let the whole world know that the Merfolk had a Nascent Soul Realm expert, and that they had no intention of fighting to the end.
Moreover, he didn't even see the clan leader's Dharma form shatter. He was happily stuffing his belt with spoils in the warehouse when the black water rushed past, carrying him away.
He practically handed the mother and child swords to Zhong Ming.
Here, take it. Then, when you can't pull the sword out with both hands, my claws will swiftly cut you in two.
The fierce attack of the late spring cold was easily blocked by him with a single claw, and Zhong Ming released his spear with both hands as it wished.
However, unlike others, Zhong Ming kept adjusting his posture, almost bumping into the mother and child swords from the side, and gripping the hilt with one hand.
The merman didn't care. He opened the gate in his hand and strangled him as easily as strangling an ant.
Zhong Ming gripped the hilt of the sword, while the merman bit the tip of the sword and struck Zhong Ming's abdomen with a claw.
Die, you ants.
"Sword drawing technique, Qi cultivation method, Sub-sword, draw!"
The merman's left hand touched Zhong Ming's abdomen, first the shattered tortoise shell that had blocked his attack earlier, which was easily pierced by his "fingertips," followed by the warm flesh and trembling internal organs.
The sensation was unparalleled, yet he dared not extend even an inch further.
A black light flashed past his neck and struck his Adam's apple. The Divine Light Flowing Armor engaged in a fierce battle with it. The black sword was unusually narrow and sharp, and could be considered a strike from the peak of Qi Refining, concentrated on a line the thickness of a sheet of paper.
An ominous vibration emanated from the scales.