Chapter 1190: Seeking Help
Han Shanzuo had secured a one-on-one opportunity for Li Changgong against the Broodmother.
Li Changgong gripped his long sword tightly with both hands and began to seriously stare at the formidable enemy before him.
"The first thing to do is to find its vital point!"
"As long as I know where its weakness is, I only need one slash to kill it!"
Li Changgong had made up his mind.
No Distance Within the Six Realms activated. He instantly charged towards the Broodmother, his entire body transforming into a blurry afterimage. Both swords ca down together, slashing fiercely!
The Broodmother's body twisted violently. Its seemingly massive form was incredibly agile, and it dodged both blades at bizarre angles.
"Screech—"
The Broodmother opened its massive maw and suddenly spat a stream of viscous green liquid directly at the space behind Li Changgong.
Li Changgong instantly put distance between them. The ground where he had just been standing was lted away into a large patch, with wisps of white smoke rising from it.
"Highly toxic, and possessing extre corrosive properties!"
Li Changgong made the judgnt imdiately. The Broodmother's energy shockwave arrived before him the next mont.
Li Changgong crossed his swords and slashed out in an X-shape. The powerful energy wave was split down the middle, transforming into four separate beams that shot off elsewhere.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
The cavern shook violently. Li Changgong soared into the air and attacked the Broodmother once more.
His sword strikes beca even faster, and an uncontrollable sense of impatience welled up within him.
The original plan was to use their nurical advantage to swiftly kill the Broodmother, yet the situation had dragged on to this point.
If the King Worm appeared, they would imdiately fall into a massive disadvantage.
But Li Changgong had forgotten one thing.
His proud ability, his ability to cut through anything unhindered, had in fact never been used against an Epsilon-level superhuman (or mutated creature) before his battle with Zhang Yi.
Even possessing a powerful ability, lacking experience in battling a creature with a 16,000-point superhuman ability index would prevent him from making accurate judgnts about the fight.
Having already tasted the flavor of I Am Heaven's Will, the Broodmother dared not engage Li Changgong head-on. Its massive body swiftly slithered across the ground.
Li Changgong pursued relentlessly, launching air-splitting slashes one after another aid at the Broodmother's huge form.
"Thud!" "Thud!" "Thud!"
Giant gashes split open across the Broodmother's body, blood gushing forth. But as it slithered, it also twisted its form. Li Changgong's attacks had only inflicted superficial wounds.
Furthermore, possessing Hyper-Speed Regeneration, it could rapidly repair its injuries.
"Hiss!!"
Feeling the pain, the Broodmother turned its head and spewed out a massive spray of venom. Li Changgong instantly created distance.
The Broodmother's enormous body thrashed against the ground, shattering the bedrock beneath into massive boulders.
"Screech!"
The Broodmother used its body to coil around the boulders and hurl them towards Li Changgong.
Li Changgong narrowed his eyes. His twin swords traced sharp arcs of blade light in the air, slicing those rocks to dust.
What followed imdiately was the Broodmother's Annihilation sonic wave.
Li Changgong had no choice but to create distance again, leaping into the air. The ground where he had just been standing had already turned into a patch of sand.
Li Changgong used Soaring Cloud Steps several tis mid-air to adjust his position, then looked down at the Broodmother from his high vantage point.
But suddenly, he actually saw an indescribable expression on that insect's face.
It was an expression akin to mockery.
A look of horror appeared on Li Changgong's face. The uncanny valley effect made him unable to bear this human-like expression.
"Damn insect, what are you laughing at!"
Li Changgong dove down, slashing fiercely towards the ground with both hands!
The Broodmother swiftly twisted its body to dodge the attack. Where the twin swords struck empty air, not a single slash mark was left on the ground.
This ti, the Broodmother had already figured out Li Changgong's attack thod.
It slithered to a distance, then turned its head back, its throat undulating as it aid at Li Changgong. "Gwah!" It spat out a massive amount of corrosive venom.
Li Changgong dared not touch this venom. His combat suit couldn't withstand such high-intensity corrosion, especially since even the bedrock could be corroded through.
So he had no choice but to move.
However, after he dodged, the Broodmother's attacks ca again.
Li Changgong was not Zhang Yi. He could only stay airborne briefly, ultimately having to return to the ground.
The Broodmother had turned the surrounding ground into a vast, toxic, corrosive swamp, leaving him fewer and fewer places to land.
Unconsciously, the balance of offense and defense between the man and the beast had been pulled even.
The Broodmother was not weak.
The Shengjing Region's assessnt giving it a superhuman ability index as high as 16,000 points was no joke.
Li Changgong's prolonged assault yielded no results, while Han Shanzuo in the other direction was growing impatient.
"Gouchen, can you actually do this or not? If we drag this out any longer, if that 18,000-point King Worm cos back, we're done for!"
Li Changgong was also locked in a bitter struggle at this mont.
This Ground Centipede before him was smarter than he had imagined.
Although Li Changgong had slashed it many tis, the Broodmother had finally discovered the flaw in Li Changgong's ability.
That flaw was that Li Changgong had no good way to deal with its Annihilation sonic waves and venom attacks.
As long as it continuously attacked with these two thods and kept its distance to avoid close combat with Li Changgong, it didn't need to worry about being slashed!
It was in no hurry to fight Li Changgong to the death, because this was the underground kingdom, its territory.
It wouldn't be long before the King Worm returned, and then these two intruders would be dead for sure!
Recalling the words he had spoken earlier, Li Changgong felt a stinging pain on his face as if he had been slapped hard.
Insects were not stupid.
Seeing that Li Changgong didn't reply, Han Shanzuo lost his patience.
He chose to contact Zong Yue and Zhang Yi.
The two, who were still waiting deep within the cavern, received Han Shanzuo's contact. They exchanged a glance, then chose to open the communication channel.
"Hey, Lu Ya, this is Zhen Yuanzi (Chaos). How are things on your end?"
Han Shanzuo took a deep breath. "A bit troubleso! We can't take down that big bug quickly. You guys co support us fast! Otherwise, when its husband cos back, it'll be even harder for us to fight."
A hint of a smile flashed in Zhang Yi and Zong Yue's eyes, though both also inwardly sighed. The Ground Centipede was indeed not as easy to deal with as imagined.
No wonder the Shengjing Region was acting so cautiously, teaming up with other regions.
Zhang Yi thought to himself: This Elental Stone Vein really isn't that easy to obtain. I knew the Shengjing Region wouldn't make a losing deal.
"We're coming right now!"
After ending the call, Zhang Yi first briefed his own people.
"Hua Hua, you all stick together, absolutely do not separate. Safety first!"
Everyone, having received Zhang Yi's instruction, imdiately responded, "Received!"
Zhang Yi glanced at the battle situation. Although Ground Centipedes were still continuously swarming out, because the Broodmother was under attack, a large number of them were also returning to provide support.
Therefore, the pressure here wasn't particularly great. The human elites were fully prepared and shouldn't encounter too much trouble.
Now, they just needed to kill those two Epsilon-level creatures to quickly end the chaos here.
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