Chapter 279: Chapter 11: Bu Wang’s Inner Bitterness (4th Update, additional for Alliance Hierarch ’Ss Xiaodouzi’)
The war beast is about to face off against the Contractors, with the main tanks from various adventure groups charging at the front.
Faced with such a giant, several main tanks show no fear, raising their shields and rushing forward.
Watching this through the screen, Su Xiao found it novel, as the adventure groups’ combat style was quite different from his. It seemed they intended to drag the war beast to death through a war of attrition.
But there was a precondition—it depended on whether these main tanks could survive the war beast’s attacks.
The war beast looked down at the humans below its feet. It recognized these tiny creatures; in the past, they had always desperately run away upon seeing it. Today was unexpected.
The war beast’s not-so-bright mind couldn’t comprehend the situation, but it didn’t affect its ability to kill enemies.
One arm, resembling a pile driver, was raised high. The war beast gathered all its strength, and this terrifying weapon made of flesh and bone hammered down.
Thud!
With a loud boom, a wave of energy spread out as the war beast’s bony fist slammed against the ground. The main tank who was struck had disappeared without a trace.
The Contractors heard a buzzing sound in their ears.
The one who got struck was the Golden Demon from the Flash Gold Adventure Group, the robust man who ate iron.
The war beast’s arm was lifted, and a shield was deeply embedded in the ground.
Bang.
The shield flew up, and the Golden Demon’s head and one arm were exposed aboveground, the rest of his body buried in the earth.
He had turned completely metallic. Though metallicized, a large lump had formed on his head.
"Heal me quickly; I’m about to be on the brink of death."
To everyone’s surprise, the Golden Demon wasn’t dead, contrary to their belief that he had been flattened into a pancake.
The healing light continued to flash on the Golden Demon, quickly restoring his health as he struggled out of the ground.
"All main tanks fall back, I’ll handle this myself, or you’ll get one-shotted."
The metallicized Golden Demon picked up his shield, and the other main tanks retreated one after another, standing behind him ready to provide support. They clearly recognized his strength.
Flash Silver arrived on the battlefield, licking his lips.
"You fool, got hammered by this monster’s little fists, didn’t you? Use that, or you’ll die."
Flash Silver stood behind the Golden Demon, controlling a mercury-like substance to cover him, causing the Golden Demon’s body to grow rapidly to four meters tall. The shield, previously like a door panel, now seemed more akin to an arm shield.
The steel-transformed Golden Demon let out a radiant smile.
"Hammered my chest? I nearly got hammered to death."
The Golden Demon looked towards Divine King and Adam.
"Gentlemen, we’ll block them this time. Don’t hold back at the subsequent two coordinates, either."
Divine King stayed silent, seeming to agree, while Adam nodded.
"I’m glad you agree, then let’s begin."
The Golden Demon leapt on the spot, launching himself onto the war beast, engaging in a melee with it. The attacks from other Contractors arrived too, with bullets, spells, and more making the beast look like a firework display.
The war beast stood ten meters tall, while the Golden Demon was four meters. Although there was still a disparity in size, the Golden Demon was incredibly resilient, withstanding three or four strikes and still lively, even biting the war beast once.
With the healing power of nurses from three adventure groups combined, the Golden Demon wouldn’t die unless he was one-shotted.
Previously, these Contractors hadn’t gone all out; each had their own trump cards.
Watching from afar, Su Xiao observed the Golden Demon brawling with the war beast. As long as the Golden Demon survived, the firepower of over two hundred Contractors should be enough to destroy the war beast.
In fact, Su Xiao wasn’t too worried about the first two world coordinates; the third one was the real challenge. That coordinate was at the edge of the Asian Continent and would face more intense attacks.
The location of the world coordinates wasn’t arbitrary; they had to be set within a specific area. If they could be chosen freely, Reincarnation Paradise would undoubtedly place them within human territory rather than on this scorched land.
Su Xiao didn’t understand the reason why, though, for now, his task was to set up world coordinates. Knowing too much before reaching a certain level of strength wasn’t beneficial.
There was a little over an hour left until the first world coordinate was complete. Su Xiao pondered for a moment and decided to leave to set up the second world coordinate.
The defenses here were relatively stable, and if an unbeatable enemy appeared, Su Xiao wouldn’t be able to do anything either. He could always monitor the Contractors’ movements via the screen and respond to any surprises in time.
"Bubu, let’s go."
Bubute Ni barked twice, sprinting off in the direction indicated by Su Xiao.
Su Xiao was heading to set up the second world coordinate. Once these Contractors successfully defended it, they would naturally move to the second location unless they wanted to stay forever in the ’Parasitic Beast’ Derivative World.
A strong wind rushed past his cheeks as Su Xiao switched the screen display to a map.
A green dot flickered on the map, marking the spot for setting up the second world coordinate.
Thirty kilometers away, Bubute Ni hurried at full speed and quickly reached the vicinity of the destination.
A range of mountains appeared in front, surrounding the second coordinate placement point.
Su Xiao stood on a mountain peak and looked around. Everywhere he looked was charred, but he didn’t care about that. Instead, he was observing the tactical terrain here.
It must be said that Reincarnation Paradise chose to set up a coordinate point here for a reason. It was easy to defend and hard to attack, surrounded by mountains.
The coordinate point was two kilometers away, and just as Su Xiao was preparing to head there, a dark shadow ran by in the distance.
"Is that... a yak?"
Su Xiao took a closer look. It wasn’t a yak; it was a mutant rabbit. The mutant rabbit’s fur was very long, much like a yak’s. Its ears stood upright like a pair of horns.
This mutant rabbit was quite large and ran at an extremely fast speed, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Su Xiao continued to advance into the valley. Along the way, Su Xiao encountered hundreds of mutant beasts, but he avoided them all in advance, relying on his perception.
Time was life now; he had no time to deal with those mutant beasts.
Even though the journey seemed calm, Su Xiao experienced several life-and-death moments.
This wasteland was completely capable of killing invisibly; in some places, the radiation intensity was so high that entering rashly would be certain death.
Moreover, the scorched earth was hiding all kinds of poisonous insects, whose toxins were even more terrifying after mutation.
On the way here, Su Xiao personally saw a palm-sized mutant mosquito drain a tiger as big as a house.
That mutant mosquito expanded from its original palm size to the size of a house. In just one minute, the mutant mosquito digested the energy within its body and shrank back to palm size.
Su Xiao just glanced at it, and the mutant mosquito noticed him, chasing him for over ten kilometers before giving up. Bubute Ni was so scared it didn’t even dare stick out its tongue.
Arriving at the coordinate setting location, Reincarnation Paradise’s prompt appeared.
[Hunter has arrived at the coordinate setting point; coordinates can be set within a half-kilometer radius.]
Free choice of position within half a kilometer? Su Xiao looked around.
The terrain here was flat with not even a cover, making it convenient to set up coordinates but difficult to defend.
To prioritize convenience over defense would be unbelievably foolish.
Su Xiao patrolled within half a kilometer, and soon, a very suitable defensive terrain appeared.
This was a mountain peak several hundred meters high. The front of the peak was a vertical rock wall, and one part of the rock wall recessed into the mountain, forming a U-shape.
This was a semi-open cave, about several dozen meters high, six meters wide, and over ten meters deep.
If the world coordinates were set here, Contractors would only need to guard the cave entrance.
As for the retreat route, Su Xiao certainly wouldn’t leave one for the Contractors. Failure to defend means death, with no other option.
Even though the terrain was good, there was a problem.
This perfect terrain was excellent for sheltering from wind and rain and could even block part of a nuclear bomb’s power. It had become a nest for a kind of mutant beast: over a dozen crocodile-like creatures were comfortably lying inside the cave. The smallest of these crocodiles was seven meters long, and the largest was ten meters long, with jagged teeth and thick leather armor all over, clearly not easy to deal with.
Though it wasn’t clear why crocodiles became land animals, these guys gave Su Xiao a very dangerous feeling.
He needed to clear out these mutant crocodiles first; this good terrain could not be abandoned.
Su Xiao jumped off Bubute Ni’s back and looked at Bubute Ni, and Bubu Wang’s tail shrank.
"I’ll give you a task, lure a few of those crocodiles out."
Bubute Ni looked at the crocodiles. It too sensed how dangerous they were, but Bubute Ni would definitely follow its master’s orders.
Bubute Ni sprinted towards the cave, stopping several dozen meters away.
"Woof woof woof..."
Bubute Ni successfully attracted the attention of the crocodiles, and pairs of ruthless beast eyes stared at Bubute Ni.
The fur on Bubute Ni’s back stood up, and it turned to run, but suddenly realized the crocodiles weren’t moving.
Those pairs of ruthless eyes seemed to say, ’Where did this fool come from?’
Bubu Wang got angry, started shaking its head in mockery, yet the crocodiles just watched like they were watching a performance, staring curiously at Bubute Ni.
Bubute Ni mocked for more than ten minutes, but the crocodiles didn’t move a muscle, which left Bubu Wang very disappointed.
After mocking for so long, Bubute Ni felt a sudden urge to pee, and it lifted its leg to relieve itself in this desolate place.
Halfway through peeing, Bubu Wang noticed something was wrong. The eyes of those crocodiles had changed, and over a dozen crocodiles suddenly sprang out of the cave after it, running fast on all fours, the ground thudding under their feet.
Bubute was halfway through peeing, terrified by the situation, scared enough to stop mid-stream and start running.
Bubu felt miserable, holding half his pee as he fled...