HPDBC Chapter 513 "How did you find your way here!"
Chapter 513 "How did you find your way here!"
Xu Si severed the tentacle with a single sword strike, his figure pausing slightly in mid-air.
The severed tentacles did not fall to the ground, but twisted violently in the air, gushing out dark fluid from the broken ends and emitting a pungent, putrid smell.
It let out a piercing shriek, and the remaining tentacles instantly retracted, weaving into a black shield wall in front of it, as if even its flesh had undergone a qualitative change.
Xu Si's figure disappeared from the spot and reappeared directly above the octopus in a bizarre manner.
The blade of the Sword of Kingship was enveloped in crimson star power, like a bolt of lightning striking down from the heavens, or a meteor falling from the sky, slashing straight at the black shield wall woven from tentacles.
Wherever the sword light passed, the tentacles melted like cream, but it wasn't the fatal blow Xu Si had imagined.
A clump of black filth was sprayed directly from the octopus's bizarre mouth towards Xu Si in mid-air.
"How disgusting!"
Xu Si reached out, and a scarlet light barrier in front of him blocked out all the filth.
The filth tried to spread and flow along the surface of the star curtain, attempting to find gaps to squeeze into, but Xu Si didn't give it any chance at all.
The light curtain instantly multiplied several times in size, carrying the filth directly towards the octopus's bizarre envelope.
The strange creature clearly hadn't expected its attack to be so easily neutralized, nor had it anticipated that the filth would surge towards it at an even faster speed.
Its newly grown tentacles waved wildly, trying to re-weave a defensive line in front of it, but the light barrier was too fast.
The moment the filth hit its body, dark fluid seeped from its surface, mixing with the filth and making a hissing sound.
The strange creature let out a muffled roar, its massive body trembling violently. Clearly, this "tit-for-tat" attack had caused it considerable damage.
Xu Si thought of a question: "Can a venomous snake be killed by its own venom?"
It seems likely now.
Xu Si didn't give it a chance to catch its breath.
His figure leaped again, this time appearing directly beneath the octopus's eerie form.
The Sword of Kingship rose from below, its light like a crescent moon rising from the ground, slicing through the air, cutting through the still-struggling tentacles, cutting through the layer of dark fluid covering its body, and directly piercing through the octopus's bizarre form.
The eerie body tumbled in the air, its dozens of tentacles twitching wildly, nearly striking the fleeing Sky City several times.
Xu Si's attack did not stop; he was no longer the novice Sequencer who needed to rely on system entries to determine the enemy's weaknesses.
After advancing to Sequence 8, combat became more of an instinct for him.
Every strike is an assessment of the situation; every dodge is a prediction of danger.
He now somewhat understands what Jian Shiyi meant by "his actions are of immense power".
The octopus monster finally realized that it seemed to be no match for the human in front of it.
Its body began to shrink, rapidly shrinking from a colossal creature that originally covered half the sky to the size of a carriage.
The tentacles no longer stretched outwards, but instead clung tightly to the sides of its body, like a startled squid.
This is a sign of weakness.
Or rather, they wanted to escape.
Just as Xu Si had predicted, a larger mass of black filth, large enough to cover the entire sky, instantly enveloped the octopus eerily. It was unclear whether this ink was the same type as the previous one.
If this octopus is truly bizarre, then it's quite ruthless.
Xu Si lost his target; the clump of filth seemed to also have the function of obscuring his senses.
Suddenly, from behind, where Xu Si couldn't see, the octopus, now completely disfigured, shot off into the distance like a missile in its final stages.
That movement really did look like an octopus accelerating with nitrogen.
However, Xu Si naturally wouldn't let him leave.
In terms of speed, Xu Si believed he was no less than any of the strange ones.
As the power of the stars surged within his body, Xu Si's figure transformed into a straight streak of light, sweeping past the side of the cloud of filth like a missile whose trajectory had been precisely calculated, hurtling toward the strange direction of the octopus.
The wind whistled in his ears, stretching his figure into particles.
The strange octopus had clearly sensed the pursuers behind it.
Its body writhed violently in the air, and it spewed out another cloud of black filth, but this time neither the concentration nor the range was as great as before.
Xu Si didn't dodge; a scarlet beam of light pierced through the 'dark cloud,' and his figure passed right through the hole, blocking the octopus's eerie figure.
With the Sword of Kingship in hand, Xu Si flicked his wrist and slashed it down with a single blow.
The sword light fell.
The octopus's bizarre body was neatly sliced in half, and its dark fluids exploded in the air.
But it is not dead yet.
The two halves of the body writhed violently on the ground, and countless tiny tentacles emerged from the broken ends, as if trying to stitch the torn body back together.
Xu Si frowned slightly.
He was wondering if he had that ability.
Creatures at higher life levels are indeed not so easy to kill.
Meanwhile, the members of the "Sky City" convoy, who were still in sight in the distance, were completely dumbfounded.
What kind of humanoid monster is this?
It's like treating something strangely high up like a vegetable!
I don't feel any pressure at all.
Left with no other option, Xu Si had to resort to his tried-and-tested trick.
—Star Festival
Xu Si's only gain was a blob of pitch-black 'ink' that made him frown.
This is where this guy fell.
Without the system's assistance, Xu Si didn't even know its name or purpose.
He casually put the items into his spatial cloak and then turned his gaze to the 'Sky City' convoy.
These guys have lost their sense of manners.
They saved them, but instead of thanking them, they fled in a direction far away from Xu Si.
Moreover, they used covert methods right under my nose.
This is somewhat like sneaking away blindfolded, thinking that Xu Si won't notice.
Xu Si hovered in mid-air, watching the crumbling sky city drift away into the distance.
His expression didn't change much.
There was neither anger nor disappointment, only quiet as they watched the castle, enveloped in a transparent light shield, shrink smaller and smaller under the blood-red sun, like a balloon blown away by the wind.
"Run away? You humans..."
The voice pleading for Chun drifted from the dark building, carrying a hint of disbelief.
She appeared barefoot behind Xu Si, her snow-white skirt fluttering gently in the wind, her amber eyes slightly narrowed as she stared at the blurry silhouette that was receding into the distance.
"You saved them, and they ran away without even saying thank you?"
"That's actually true."
Jian Shiyi's voice came from the Sword of Kings. He had seen too much killing, and the most successful killings were often against the people closest to him.
"Let's go."
Xu Si prepared to turn around.
But then they saw a familiar figure coming from the direction of the 'Sky City' on the distant horizon.
As it passed by the "Sky City" convoy, it simply bit the already crumbling light shield to pieces with a single bite.
Then, the deathly aura of lava emanating from his body swept over him, and instantly more than a dozen streams of life were swallowed into his belly.
"Stop eating!" Xu Si had no choice but to give the order.
He was afraid that the [Molten Prison Sniper] would wipe out Sky City in one hit, and then all his efforts to save it would have been for nothing.
"How did you find this place!" Xu Si scolded, looking at [Molten Prison Sniper] who had turned back into a puppy.