ragginovel Chapter 548 Armor Breaking
Chapter 548 Armor Breaking
Chapter 548 Armor Breaking
Although the real threat has not yet appeared in sight, the gradually "gathering" darkness around and the strange noises in the darkness are obviously enough to scare most ordinary people to the point of their legs going weak.
Fortunately, the rangers present are not ordinary people.
To use an analogy, it's like a trained boxer who can overcome the instinct to close his eyes when facing an oncoming fist - a battle-hardened demon hunter can naturally overcome this terrifying pressure that would make an ordinary person lose the will to fight immediately.
chuachuachua……
It happened in a flash. Just a few seconds after the strange sound in the front came, several brothers in the team who were good at alchemy calmly threw several "light bullets" towards the source of the sound.
These small props, made of dehydrated herbivore feces and mixed medicinal powder, can be considered a primitive version of "flares". Their brightness reaches a peak within a few seconds after they are ignited and thrown, and they emit a highly penetrating light that is close to fluorescent green.
Even the unnatural, sticky darkness around at this moment was dispelled by these "light bullets" in a short time, and then everyone saw with the help of the light... the sound coming from the front was a huge steel armor that was slowly moving.
Of course, since we had heard Hama mention this thing before we came, we weren’t that shocked when we saw it.
In contrast, they were more concerned about another thing Hama said, that is, "at the same time as the villagers encountered the armor, they were also attacked by other faster things that they couldn't even see clearly." Now, considering the current situation, it is more likely that the latter thing actually wiped out the villagers.
Huh-huh-huh-
Sure enough, just a few seconds after the armor was illuminated, everyone heard rhythmic sounds of breaking wind coming from the darkness on all sides.
The noise sounded very strange. It was neither like the flapping sound of a winged creature flying, nor like the linear sound of something like a cannonball flying straight ahead... If I had to describe it, the sound was very much like some small but heavy object swinging up and down regularly in the air.
"Watch out! They're coming!"
Soon, a brother with strong night vision saw the object clearly, and he shouted while stabbing a spear into the air.
Then there was a "puff" sound, and the tip of his spear pierced something.
At first glance, this object looks like a human head, but it is much larger than an ordinary human head and heavier than rock of the same volume. If you look closely, you can find that this "flying head" has a green face and fangs, which is very scary. Its scalp is covered with green snakes that keep wriggling.
"What the hell is that? A Gorgon?" Old Feng was knowledgeable and he made a pretty accurate guess after just one look.
"No, I've seen relevant documents and records. This should be some kind of second-level monster." Tyrael immediately followed.
"Oh... isn't that right?" Zhuangke interrupted with a smile, "The real Medusa has a complete body and is a great beauty. Anyone who looks into her eyes will turn into stone... I've heard all these stories."
scold--
pong——
bang——
While the three of them were talking, their hands were not idle. After a few words, they each chopped down a few such "flying heads" from mid-air.
Up to this point, most people thought that these monsters were weak and would not be difficult to deal with.
However, after just a few dozen seconds, they realized that something was wrong...
Although these "flying heads" are easy to deal with with one strike, if you are careless and miss one, you will still suffer casualties from their attack.
What's even more sinister is that these monsters seem to be endless. Even if everyone has chopped off dozens or hundreds of them, there will still be more flying heads coming out of the darkness.
In a blink of an eye, the rangers' feet were filled with the corpses of these monsters, which greatly hindered their movement; many of them were not dead after their heads were chopped off, and the small snakes on their scalps were still wriggling and biting... From time to time, someone would look up at the sky and be bitten by the "snake hair" at his feet, and would stumble and fall, or knock down others.
Just like that, one minute after the melee began, the rangers were put in a passive position.
Just at this time, the slow-moving steel armor... finally approached the crowd.
squeak--
The next second, the man in armor raised the giant sword high in his hand at a ridiculously slow speed, which was similar to his movement speed, and aimed at the crowd, ready to cut it down.
This attack seemed to be mocking everyone. Under normal circumstances, everyone would have dodged it. But now... surrounded by darkness, entangled by the flying heads, and surrounded by obstacles all over the ground, it was hard to say how many people could dodge the "AOE" of this sword.
"Fuck you!"
Fortunately, at this moment, Sun Yixie, who was forced into danger with everyone else, had a desperate survival instinct that erupted.
At that moment, he roared, mobilized his internal energy, and used his mediocre lightness skills to step off the ground and jump to the height of the waist of the armor. Then he raised his halberd and swung it down with all his might, taking advantage of the moment he was in the air to perform the "Cassock Slash" on the armor.
This cut split the torso of the armor into two at a "large diagonal" angle, and the cut was neat and clear.
swoosh-
The cut steel armor froze on the spot, without any movement. Two seconds later, the part above the cut slowly slid down along the smooth cut and fell to the ground like a pile of scrap copper and iron.
Seeing this scene, most people present, except Tyrael, were more or less shocked.
Although everyone has seen along the way that Sun and Huang, the two friends from the Central Plains, have "some strength", the fact that their upper limit is so strong is indeed a bit beyond everyone's imagination.
"Ward sent?" The most surprised person was Dan.
After missing the opportunity to "divide the luggage", this kid followed the others in with this mentality: "Maybe there is profit to be made in this city, and it won't be a loss to go in with them to take a look. If it doesn't work out, I have a strong ability to escape anyway."
At this moment, as an outsider who had infiltrated the demon hunter team, a person who was far from sufficient in terms of relevant knowledge and awareness, when he saw that someone could kill a giant monster that he thought was invincible in one move, the shock was really great.
"Just rush forward! Leave this place first!"
A few seconds later, before everyone had recovered from their surprise, Sun Yixie, who had just landed and taken a breath, had already shouted and given instructions for the next step.
Who dared not to listen to him at this time? Even if he said something wrong, everyone would follow him.
So, under the command and leadership of Brother Sun, everyone ran towards the direction where the steel armor was originally located.
Of course, our book implies at this moment that Sun Yixie's command was actually correct. At this critical moment, Sun Ge's keen sense of "way out" was truly unmatched. He had already felt it as early as when he saw the steel armor - no matter how many exits there were in the darkness, the safest way was most likely behind the armor.
His feeling was not entirely intuitive, but a kind of logic and reverse thinking that had become instinctive after training.
I believe many people have heard such a story: someone found a group of shooting athletes and asked them to shoot at a target. After the first round, the person suddenly placed a valuable vase one meter to the right of the target, and then asked the athletes to shoot a second round. As a result, in the second round, almost all the athletes hit the target a little to the left than in the first round.
This is one of the secrets of the castle's layout...
Think about it carefully, what is the actual combat significance of the steel armor just now? With its movement speed and attack speed, if there is no dark environment and Medusa head, how many people will be cut by it?
However, there are too many people who subconsciously stay away from it because of its existence and the psychological implications and pressure it creates.
Many demon hunters who came here in the past took many detours and encountered many dangers before they realized that most areas in this castle follow the rule that "the easiest and safest routes are often hidden in some places that look dangerous."
But Sun Yixie skipped these steps. In this first space where there were major differences, he led everyone to a path that almost no one had chosen.
His operation of chopping down the steel armor was equivalent to tearing down a high wall that was pressing on everyone's psychological level; originally, when the armor was still moving, even if it was still far away and even if there was still a lot of space to move in this area, everyone always felt that they couldn't move their hands and feet. But now, there was suddenly no such oppressive feeling, and the loosely spread formation allowed everyone to better avoid the "flying heads" in the sky and on the ground and quickly leave this space.
Walking further forward and passing through a long corridor, the darkness around us "faded" a lot, the light of the torches could illuminate a normal range again, and there were no more monsters chasing us from behind.
"Everyone, take a break and count the number of people." At this time, Lao Feng relaxed a little and ordered everyone to rest on the spot.
Sun Yixie didn't have any objection. After all, there were indeed many people who needed to stop and treat their injuries. Otherwise, the more they walked, the bigger their wounds would become and the more blood they would lose.
The bad news is: the previous wave of enemies caused some casualties among the rangers, and 60% of the survivors were bitten by the "snake hair".
The good news: the snake was not venomous.
Considering that you could get an infection just by taking a shower in Europe in those days, and there were no antibiotics available even if you knew it was an infection, the consensus on how to treat such injuries was: as long as it was not poisonous, bandage it, stop the bleeding, and you can fight again.
As for whether one will live or die later, it’s all fate.
"Old Feng, the danger level of this place is a little bit beyond my imagination. Before we move on, should we consider sending a small number of people to scout ahead? We don't want to fall into the passive situation like just now." At this time, out of consideration for his own safety, Dan came out of the team again and sincerely offered a plan to Old Feng.
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Sun Yixie beside him immediately said, "Good idea, brother!"
Dan, who was once again "identified by a villain", was so frightened when he heard this that his scalp went numb. He instinctively wanted to step back before Brother Sun finished speaking.
But Sun Yixie didn't give him a chance to escape. He immediately patted Dan's shoulder, held him there and said, "Then you... come with me."