Chapter 211 - 204: Monstrous Strength in the Fire (2)

Chapter 211: Chapter 204: Monstrous Strength in the Fire (2)

Meanwhile, fueled by the potion, Chu Zhaozhao moved like a bolt of lightning, closing the distance and instantly bringing the tentacle that was trying to strangle the group into her attack range.

"Sever!"

Following her sharp cry, three Flying Swords shot from her hands like three steel vipers. They streaked through the air as three silver streams of light, precisely forming a triangle that locked tightly around the middle of the tentacle!

ZZZZZZZZ—!

The energy coating the spinning Flying Swords and the energy layer on the tentacle’s surface furiously annihilated each other, kicking up a shower of blinding white sparks.

Under Chu Zhaozhao’s full control, the Flying Swords tightened their grip, their edges breaking through the energy barrier and slicing into the tentacle like three merciless hydraulic shears closing in.

SQUELCH!

In an instant, the incredibly tough tentacle was brutally severed. It fell to the ground, twitching uncontrollably.

The remaining stump of the tentacle sprayed dark brown liquid as it convulsed and rapidly retreated back into the ruins.

HURRGH—!

With a gaping hole in its head and its branch-like tentacle severed, the monster could no longer maintain its mental suppression. It tilted back its ruined, giant face and let out a raw, physical roar!

This roar no longer carried that bizarre psychic contamination. It was just a massive, physical sound.

But the instant the roar echoed, Ye Qingzhou, Hu Chen, and Zhang Wenyuan shuddered violently, as if struck by lightning. The heavy, oppressive feeling, like countless sticky threads wrapped around their nerves, receded as quickly as a tide.

Control over their bodies returned!

"Quick... let’s go!"

Ye Qingzhou reacted the fastest. Gasping for breath and ignoring the blood at the corner of her mouth, she yanked open the door of the assault vehicle and shouted at Hu Chen and Zhang Wenyuan, who were still in a daze.

Although she didn’t know how Su Qing and Chu Zhaozhao had suddenly powered up, now wasn’t the time to question it.

The monster’s abilities were too bizarre, and it was difficult to kill it completely with physical attacks. Their only chance was to retreat now, while it was injured and its mental suppression had failed!

The aftershocks continued to ripple through the area. Fortunately, the road by the gas station was wide enough that the debris from the collapsing buildings on either side didn’t reach the group or their vehicle in the center.

However, the gas station’s massive metal canopy had collapsed, crashing to the ground with a tremendous bang. The heavy rain suppressed most of the dust, but the overhead lights went out, plunging the entire area into near darkness.

Only the assault vehicle’s headlights and the blazing wall of fire remained, providing just enough light to see and casting everyone’s shadows to dance like phantoms.

"Go? That depends on whether it lets us..."

Su Qing glanced at the spear she had thrown, now stuck in the sea of fire behind the monster and impossible to retrieve, and decisively abandoned it. She held her shield in one hand and drew the backup longsword from her waist with the other.

The potion’s effects were still active. The longsword, which normally felt hefty, was now as light as a feather in her grip.

The power within her was boiling over, a feeling of strength she had never experienced before.

"Zhaozhao, how are you feeling? Can you keep this up?"

Su Qing asked without turning, her gaze locked firmly on the monster in the sea of fire.

Looking as if she were on stimulants, Chu Zhaozhao was a far cry from her previous, half-dead state. She recalled her Flying Swords to circle around her and shouted excitedly to Su Qing, her face flushed.

"This potion from Lin Fan is..." But seeing Ye Qingzhou and the others, she swallowed the rest of her words and stammered, "Ten minutes, Sister Qing. What do we do?"

Lin Fan had told them that as good as the potion was, its effect was short-lived.

"Get in the vehicle first..."

Su Qing spoke as she retreated, shield raised, positioning herself between the vehicle and the monster. She stared at the figure in the sea of fire, not daring to blink.

The horrific cavity on the monster’s giant face, where the spear had pierced it, began to squirm. Countless black, fleshy tendrils intertwined to fill the gap. With a series of contortions, the massive face actually began to slowly mold itself back into a human form.

Its features were like a ball of clay, constantly blurring and shifting, flashing through countless unfamiliar faces before finally settling on the familiar, smiling face of Jiang Jing.

Then, the surface of its naked body blurred. Countless tiny black tentacles emerged from its skin as if weaving, rapidly intertwining and hardening to slowly form the combat suit that was so familiar to Ye Qingzhou and the others.

Even the dried bloodstains and dirt on the clothes were replicated perfectly.

Illuminated by the flames, "Jiang Jing" stood there once more. He began to walk slowly toward them. If not for the fire still burning at his feet, the scene would have seemed terrifyingly real.

"Its movements seem smoother than before..."

Clinging to the assault vehicle’s roll cage with one hand, her feet on the running board, Su Qing hung half-outside the vehicle. Her gaze was locked on the distant figure in the fire as she muttered, "But... its movements are a little slow. What is it waiting for?"

Their question was answered almost the very next second.

"Hang on!" Hu Chen roared, slamming his foot on the accelerator. The modified heavy assault vehicle roared to life, its tires screeching on the wet ground and kicking up a white mist as it shot toward the cordon!

However, the very instant the vehicle lunged forward, disaster struck!

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Several slimy, wrist-thick tentacles, like bear traps lying in ambush, shot out from the shadows of the ruined buildings on both sides of the street. They tore through the air, whipping viciously toward the vehicle!