An octopus with big eyes?!
And it can revive unconditionally after death, becoming stronger upon revival?
With its perverted skills, if it were to grow to its ultimate apocalyptic form, it's true that very few survivors would be its match.
This was why the Black Ox Camp people wanted to nip it in the bud as soon as they woke up.
Initially, they might have had an absolute advantage, dealing with a Type I, or Type II, Type III mutated creature, they would surely be in a dominant position.
But every time Gromos was killed, it would revive and become stronger.
This made the Black Ox Legion completely clueless as to how to completely obliterate it.
Moreover, Gromos wouldn't just stand there foolishly; it would definitely fight back.
Thus, the survivors of the Black Ox Camp fell into a vicious cycle. If they didn't kill Gromos, they would have to fight it endlessly, but their stamina and energy were ultimately limited.
Once their physical strength was depleted, they would eventually die.
The other option was to kill Gromos, but the reborn Gromos would become even more powerful.
Thereby, it would more easily kill the轮回者 (reincarnators) of the Black Ox Legion.
In this way, from the moment they started attacking Gromos, their fate was already sealed with death!
Fortunately, Zhang Chen had the prompts, allowing him to understand the opponent's characteristics before the battle.
Otherwise, even someone as formidable as Zhang Chen would have followed the same path as the Black Ox Legion.
Gurgle!
A tentacle of Gromos suddenly whipped towards Zhang Chen.
It was incredibly fast, carrying a gust of wind!
Killing it was definitely unwise. With Zhang Chen's strength, he might have no problem killing a Type V mutant, but when it leveled up to Type VI, that was uncertain.
As it advanced to higher forms, the gap in strength between them would further widen.
At that point, even with the Intermediate Lucky Card in hand, Zhang Chen might be killed by Gromos before he could even launch an attack.
Cannot kill it, but it doesn't say I can't cripple you!
Zhang Chen suddenly drew his Thousand Bone Saber, his body flickered, and the blade swept horizontally.
*Swish...*
More than half a meter of the tentacle was severed.
Not bad. In terms of pure attribute abilities, Zhang Chen still had an advantage over this Type V mutant.
Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle...
Gromos let out a strange cry, and then a blue energy beam shot towards Zhang Chen.
[Flash Step]!
Zhang Chen instantly vanished from his spot and, in the next second, appeared right beside Gromos. The Thousand Bone Saber moved swiftly, slashing twice.
It severed two more of its tentacles.
Now, only 5 tentacles remained. Three were firmly attached to the ceiling, ensuring its body wouldn't fall.
The remaining two continued to attack Zhang Chen!
Seems it's not as terrifying as imagined!
Zhang Chen thought.
He rapidly swung the Thousand Bone Saber, severing these two tentacles as well.
Simultaneously, the enhanced attribute of the Thousand Bone Saber was triggered, and two additional phantom images of Zhang Chen appeared in mid-air.
*Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!*
As Zhang Chen landed steadily on the ground.
The two phantom images beside him also landed beside Zhang Chen.
Gromos's eyeball emitted a blue light.
But this time, it didn't release a ray. Instead, it reinjected the energy back into its internal energy flow.
Soon, the five severed tentacles rapidly extended blue, tentacle-like energy from their wounds.
As the blue light dissipated, five physical tentacles grew back!
Useless, this guy is immortal! And has extremely strong regenerative abilities!
Told you to run earlier, but you didn't. Now we're definitely dead!
A survivor slumped on the ground complained loudly.
So that's how it is...
Zhang Chen realized.
This Gromos was a pure energy being; its entire body was composed of energy.
As long as the energy persisted, it would regenerate indefinitely.
Most mutated creatures or survivors would experience a slight decrease in their internal energy flow after launching an attack or skill.
This was why skills could not be continuously released without limit.
When the internal flowing energy was depleted, it naturally became impossible to unleash any skills.
But Gromos's energy source was peculiar. When regenerating tentacles, its internal energy did not decrease at all.
Instead, in the instant of regeneration, blue energy suddenly appeared from the large eyeball, as if out of nowhere. It was then only responsible for transporting this excess energy to the wound.
And the source of this extra energy was what the prompt mentioned: Gromos could absorb energy from other parallel spaces for its own use.
This meant Gromos possessed an infinite energy source...
Cannot kill it, and cannot cripple it...
This is too ridiculous!
*Boom!*
Another energy beam struck.
Zhang Chen quickly retreated backward, and the two phantom images on either side also took evasive actions.
The energy beam missed again.
This energy was pure absorbable energy, thus it caused no damage to the surrounding environment.
The missed energy simply diffused into the air.
This was also the primary reason why Shirley's scout skill had failed initially.
I need to think of a good way!
Zhang Chen's mind raced.
The two phantom images lunged towards Gromos, while Zhang Chen's main body remained on the ground, carefully observing Gromos's combat style, hoping to find a way to counter it.
Useless. Unless you can completely trap this guy, it will fight you endlessly!
And... cough cough... moreover, the surrounding air's biological energy density is too high, which will cause the biological energy within the human body to dissipate...
The longer you stay here... cough cough... the more... you will... become... weaker...
The man's lower legs had already shattered into pieces, scattered on the ground.
The blue cracking continued to spread upwards along his thighs.
Completely trap this guy?
That sentence suddenly reminded Zhang Chen.
There's a way!
At this moment, the two phantom images fighting Gromos, having only 30% of Zhang Chen's combat power, were quickly defeated by Gromos.
One phantom image was dissipated in mid-air by its tentacle strike.
The other phantom image was hit by an energy beam and instantly exploded into a small firework.
Now's the time!
Zhang Chen seized the moment when Gromos's attack had just ended and flashed to its side.
He extended a finger and rapidly tapped its large eyeball.
Acupoint strike!
As Zhang Chen observed from below, he found that even the ultimate monsters of the apocalypse, as hypothesized by Bai Hanlin, possessed the same acupoints and energy flows.
Although the positions and sizes were different, the fundamental principles remained the same.
Zhang Chen found the acupoint he had practiced most skillfully, which could paralyze mutated creatures, and struck it forcefully!