northernbook Chapter 238 Mermaid Melee
Chapter 238 Mermaid Melee
A strange whistle rang out, and a gigantic merman carrying a long sword leaped onto the city wall. His weapon was made of an unknown fish bone from the deep sea, and it looked like a fish spine covered with sharp spikes, with a slight curve, resembling both a mace and a sword.
The moment he landed, Chen Dahai's rain of arrows fell on him.
Countless crossbow bolts, carrying colorful poison and explosive force, bombarded his body. However, upon closer inspection, his scales seemed to glow with tiny white lights. When they touched the arrowheads, they neutralized each other, leaving his body unharmed.
This is the body-forging method that every member of the Merfolk race has learned: "Divine Light Flowing Armor".
This utilizes the interplay of spiritual power and scales to provide terrifying defensive capabilities, similar in principle to the Iron Shirt and Golden Bell Shield techniques of body cultivators.
He let out a strange cry and charged towards Yue Kaishan. At this moment, Xuan Jing also unleashed his "Flower of Talismans." The man was extremely arrogant, believing that these little things couldn't harm him. A dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator, killing these ants was nothing more than...
boom!
After a violent explosion, he was not physically injured, but he was blasted away.
Although we're not at the Foundation Establishment stage, there is one next door. You can play with him for a while.
The main purpose of Zhong Ming's team was never to kill a Foundation Establishment stage enemy, but to fight with his clansmen and those juniors in the Qi Refining stage.
Zhong Ming felt a sudden jolt on his head. Without hesitation, he drew his mother and son swords instantly, piercing through a mid-stage Qi Refining merman with a single sword strike.
The enemy was numerous, and the advantage of the attackers was that they could gather a large force in a small area. This merman was not yet dead. As he was wailing, the merman that followed landed beside him.
Zhong Ming didn't hold back. He casually swung the merman on the sword, knocking the one that had just jumped up back down, and then punched it off the city wall.
At this moment, five other merfolk appeared beside him. Chen Dahai and Xuan Jing were on one side, out of danger, while Yue Kaishan was on the other side, a Foundation Establishment stage merfolk who had been blown away. He blocked the path of the other merfolk to support their leader, becoming a crucial juncture.
Zhong Ming's task was to attract the other party's attention as much as possible, thereby reducing the pressure on Yue Kaishan.
"You worthless scoundrels, take this!" he roared, drawing his sword and striking a merman's arm. The scales, shimmering with the scent of river water, were cleaved open, and the spiritual power of the divine armor clashed violently with the power of the mother and child swords.
The blow was extremely deep, cleaving into flesh and blood, cutting through half of the bone, and finally stopping only when it got stuck in the enemy's arm bone.
His opponent was also a seasoned veteran, seemingly unaffected by the pain, and swung his other arm at Zhong Ming.
As Zhong Ming dodged to the side, he tried to draw his sword to launch another attack. Suddenly, a bone spike popped out from a small blind spot below his opponent's arm.
The blow pierced his heart directly from under his armpit, with tremendous force.
With a "crack," to Zhong Ming's astonishment, the tiny, half-inch tip of the bone spur shattered the tortoise shell and became lodged inside.
Zhong Ming was immediately shocked. What level of attack was this? It could actually penetrate the defense of a spiritual artifact? You must know that the shattered wound on his chest was left by an attack from a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The merman was also extremely surprised. His weapon, aside from anything else, was always accurate when hitting aquatic creatures. This turtle shell was so hard. Could it be the remains of a third-grade demon beast?
The two were caught in a strange entanglement, one tensing his muscles to prevent Zhong Ming from pulling out the mother and child swords, and the other twisting his body to prevent the other from pulling out the bone spurs.
While the two were grappling, another merman launched a surprise attack from behind Zhong Ming.
He held aloft a long spear made of white bones, aiming it at Zhong Ming's head.
He's wearing armor? No, not on his head. I can see it clearly, completely bare. Damn!
Zhong Ming was locked in fierce combat with his opponent when he suddenly exerted force with his left foot, shifting their positions slightly. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of an enemy attacking from behind. He immediately leaned forward, using gravity to try and draw his longsword.
Seeing this opportunity, the opponent raised his knee and kicked at Zhong Ming. After the knee bent, a sharp spike popped out from under the huge scales. It was unknown what material it was, but it looked dark and shiny, and it probably also had spiritual energy flowing through it.
Zhong Ming neither dodged nor evaded, but turned his body and used the tortoise shell to take the blow head-on. He used the force of the recoil to pull out the mother and child swords. A mouthful of blood spurted in his chest. This thief was strong, and the blow made his chest hurt.
The merman's spear was only three inches away from his head. Zhong Ming barely turned his head, opened his mouth and spat out a polishing brick that suddenly appeared and blocked the attack.
Just as the man's hands went numb from the violent impact of the spear colliding with the polishing brick, a snow-white longsword slashed down and pierced through his abdomen, penetrating his ribs and piercing his heart.
Seeing his companion die tragically, the merman cried out in grief, discarded the bone spikes, and reached back to pull them out.
Zhong Ming said, "I really thought it was a fish fin on the back. I really couldn't tell that it was a long knife."
With his long sword raised high, the opponent unleashed a powerful strike, like splitting Mount Hua.
Zhong Ming tensed all his muscles, discarding the mother and child swords and the polishing brick. With a push of his sword-wielding hand, he brought the sword and the corpse together and slammed them down in front of his head.
Upon seeing his brother's corpse, the attacker hesitated for a moment, allowing Zhong Ming to dodge.
The two stood face to face. Zhong Ming flicked his wrist, drawing the "Spring Chill" spear. He thrust it forward slightly, then suddenly thrust it backward, the tip slicing across his waist and instantly striking another merman who was trying to flank him. The merman staggered, followed by Xuan Jing's strange cry, "I'll teach you to ambush the captain! I'll teach you to ambush... *clang clang clang*"
Zhong Ming grinned. "Did you hear that? You scum who only knows how to launch sneak attacks."
The opponent swung his knife and slashed, and the two exchanged blows for several rounds without a clear winner.
With a long spear and a knife, Zhong Ming had a huge advantage, yet he almost managed to break through the spear with a single knife. If it weren't for the hook that pulled him down, forcing him to duck and protect his neck, Zhong Ming might have had his left arm severed in one strike.
The area on the city wall was small, so Zhong Ming decided to use the "Spring and Autumn Hook and Sickle Spear Technique - Grain Rain".
He lowered his body slightly, as if he was about to loosen his grip to pick up the polishing brick. The merman hesitated for a moment, then suddenly heard his boss's scream behind him. He immediately stopped hesitating and swung his broadsword to launch an attack.
Zhong Ming's seemingly loose hand suddenly clenched, unleashing a storm of thrusts that sent shivers down his spine. His scales shimmered and flashed; had he not looked down with his naked eye, he wouldn't have realized that the powerful attack on his chest was actually the result of countless attacks converging and erupting together. (The weakness of the large scales on his chest)
The protection of the Divine Light Armor became a drawback, as the spiritual energy within the body was rapidly depleted.