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[Cub Raising + Fluffy + Fa...
Chapter 191
The red flame was not extinguished after it touched the drop of mucus filled with resentment. Instead, it was as if fuel was poured on the fire, and the fire instantly became more intense.
The blazing red flames burned the mucus completely in a few breaths, and then disappeared in mid-air.
The warrior lying on the back of the Scarlet Flame Tiger stared at the scene in a daze, muttering in disbelief, "This is different from what's written in the manual... How could this be?"
Ran Lie ignored his mutterings and breathed a sigh of relief after discovering that his fire could indeed deal with the slime monster.
The monsters we faced outside the nursery last time were all the ones left over by Su Su. The tallest one was only about ten meters tall. It was the first time that Ran Lie had encountered a giant monster like the one in front of him, which was thirty or forty meters tall.
This is not a simple change in numbers. Only those who have truly come under the feet of this monster and experienced it firsthand can understand the feeling of oppression.
Looking at this giant monster that was taller than the building where Langze was, Ran Lie felt an indescribable oppression in his heart. It was as if he unconsciously breathed lighter, as if he was afraid to disturb it, but...
Actually it’s not that bad.
Because he had experienced fears far greater than this, a feeling that was deeply engraved in the depths of his soul. Even though he did not remember the specific scene, it allowed him to remain calm when facing an enemy far more powerful than himself.
Ran Lie knew that sometimes the bigger the body, the stronger the strength was not necessarily the case. Moreover, he was not fighting alone at the moment.
Listening to the endless flute sounds beside his ears, Ran Lie let out a breath.
However, after his eyes fell on the slime monster's feet that were close at hand, he hesitated for a moment, and after some inspection, he chose to run towards a building nearby.
If you attack the giant's feet directly, you won't hit its vital points, and the pain caused may cause it to break free from the illusion created by Langze.
With the giant being nearly 40 meters tall, if it goes berserk, those under its feet will be in great danger.
The soldier sitting on the back of the Red Flame Tiger was a soldier who joined the army a year earlier than Song Zehe. His name was Xu Xiaohui.
He thought Ran Lie finally understood the danger and knew to hide. Just as a look of joy appeared on his face, he saw the little tiger looking up at the top of the building, as if considering something.
After the slime monster invaded, the people living here were urgently evacuated underground, and the building passages on the ground were closed. Authorization was required to enter.
In other words, if you want to go upstairs, you can only climb up like Langze.
"Kid, let's get out of here before the monster attacks again!"
Before meeting Ran Lie, Xu Xiaohui received a message from the command center saying that two cubs had entered the battlefield and asked them to be careful to protect them when they met them. The message also reminded them that the cubs were likely to go crazy in the red fog and asked them to protect themselves.
Therefore, Xu Xiaohui knew that this Red Flame Tiger was probably a beastly cub. As for whether it had gone berserk and lost its mind...
He didn't feel like it. At least so far, the red flame tiger had not hurt him and had behaved quite calmly.
But Ran Lie ignored him.
Just as he chose the right angle and was about to jump up to the building, a small flying ship suddenly broke through the red fog and came over. After circling in the air, it slowly landed beside them.
What's this?
Ran Lie cautiously dodged to the side, and then a familiar electronic synthesized voice came from the flying ship: "Come up."
Is this Zhengxing? Or Xiaozhi?
Ran Lie had no way of knowing, but at this critical moment, he still placed his trust in him. He saw the Red Flame Tiger gently jump onto the flying ship, and finally landed steadily on the top of the flying ship.
After he stood firm, two long mechanical arms extended from the spaceship, securing his body to the ship. Then, the electronic synthesized voice asked, "Ready, ready to take off?"
"Can."
After Ran Lie finished speaking, the flying ship left the ground, carrying him and Xu Xiaohui into the air, gradually approaching the head of the slime monster.
Xu Xiaohui had already completely collapsed on it. When the flying ship took off and approached the giant monster, he hugged the Red Flame Tiger tightly with both hands and screamed, "What are you doing! Fly away... Ahhhh!"
As the flying ship accelerated, Xu Xiaohui could only scream, and could faintly hear the sound coming from the air -
"Mom, I want to go home!"
"Shut up."
A young man's cold and oppressive voice sounded, instantly stopping Xu Xiaohui's screams. Of course, this was also because they had already arrived next to the giant monster's head.
The ugly slime giant monster was covered with pustules. Xu Xiaohui's body was not even as big as one of its pustules. If someone with gigantic fear were here, he would probably faint on the spot.
Fortunately, the flute sound continued, and the giant monster was still smiling foolishly, immersed in the beautiful dream created for it by Langze.
Xu Xiaohui calmed down, and Ran Lie finally focused all his energy on the next battle.
He actually didn't really want to bring this adult with him, but the battle he was about to have with the slime monster would be very dangerous. On this battlefield, staying with him would undoubtedly be the safest thing.
If it weren't for the fact that Xu Xiaohui came to find him in such a dangerous situation, Ran Lie would not have wanted to bring this burden with him.
After he finally calmed down, Ran Lie stared at the slime monster and was about to launch an attack when he saw the headlights of the flying ship suddenly turned on and clearly hit a dent on the back of the monster's head.
"There."
The electronic synthesized sound sounded again, just like... when Zheng Xing was taking care of the seedlings in the nursery, he could always tell them exactly how much water to water and how much fertilizer to apply.
Ran Lie finally determined who was controlling the flying ship.
Without any hesitation, he spit out a long column of fire directly towards the location where the light was pointing.
Ran Lie's mental power range has expanded to a radius of five meters, which is also the farthest distance he can control the flames to reach.
As soon as the flames touched the slime monster's body, they quickly spread to other parts.
“Ahhhh—”
When the giant regained consciousness from the illusion due to the pain, the flames had already penetrated its head and penetrated deep into its brain.
The raging flames, the flames that could burn all the filth in the world, enveloped the entire head of the giant.
Ran Lie didn't stop there.
Under the command of the flying ship's lights, the Red Flame Tiger shot wherever it pointed, setting fire all over the slime monster's body.
Every place is the filthiest part of the giant monster, and the red flames in every place play the greatest role.
The giant monster woke up from the illusion and roared in pain. It struggled and waved its arms, and the airflow it created made the flight of the airship bumpy, and the mucus secreted from the pustules kept splashing.
Before the mucus began to splash, Ran Lie spewed out a ball of fire, and then controlled the flames to form a flame shield around the flying ship.
This is the result of his practice of the Golden Palm these days.
The Golden Gang Palm is an extremely powerful and fierce palm technique with strong offensive power, but the first move to get started is to generate protective Gang Qi, and all subsequent moves are based on this Gang Qi.
Ran Lie got inspiration from the protective qi and created this extremely protective flame shield.
After all, when he was in the giant spider's cave, he relied on constantly spitting flames to prevent the giant spider from getting close to him, thus surviving successfully!
This was the first time that Ran Lie used the flame shield in actual combat, and the results were very significant.
The splashing mucus turned into wisps of smoke when it hit the flame shield and could not get close to them at all.
Xu Xiaohui bit his back teeth tightly and dared not make a sound. He stared blankly at the incredible scene in front of him, and finally couldn't help but exclaimed "Fuck".
Is the flame of this red flame tiger really so powerful?
If a few more Red Flame Tigers showed up, would they still be afraid of these terrifying monsters?!
The slime monster didn't struggle for long, and even only had time to take half a step forward. Then all its movements stopped, leaving only the blazing red flames still burning on its remains.
Its head is indeed its weak point.
After the powerful red flames burned through its entire head, the slime monster lost consciousness and all strength to resist, and naturally allowed itself to be slaughtered by the red flames.
The battle has become a foregone conclusion at this point.
In the command center, everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at the image on the screen in a daze.
Each soldier was equipped with a recorder, so when the soldier was found chasing the madly running Red Flame Tiger, the image on Xu Xiaohui's recorder was cut onto the screen.
So everyone in the command center watched the entire process from a first-person perspective, and took in all of the little tiger's actions!
So, has twenty minutes passed since the little tiger appeared on screen? This question inevitably crossed the minds of everyone watching this scene.
The answer, of course, is no.
This red flame tiger, which was obviously still in its infancy, actually took care of a very difficult slime monster in such a short time!
This is the helper Yun Zixu invited for them from the 24th Base!
All the confusion and doubts disappeared at this moment.
Ever since the last action team that went to provide assistance to Base 24 returned, they had indeed heard that the cubs had made contributions in that amazing battle.
However, the record of the breeder Su fighting against hundreds of monsters alone was so dazzling that the brilliance of others was dimmed.
What's more, the description of the cubs only came from the mouths of those action team members. There was no video or even photos. Naturally, it was hard to believe that these children not only got rid of the trouble of blood frenzy, but also could fight monsters alone.
At most, they thought that these cubs played a supporting role, and the real fighting was done by the adults.
After the shock and confusion, there was joy and excitement.
This time they not only successfully defeated the monsters and defended the base, but also welcomed one, no, two little helpers who could decide the outcome of the battle!
Although the wolf-eared boy's methods are not as visually shocking as those of the Red Flame Tiger, his abilities cannot be ignored!
If it weren't for the sound of his flute that controlled the slime monster, it would be impossible for the Red Flame Tiger to approach the monster so smoothly and achieve such a rapid combat effect.
Of course, the most puzzling thing is the small flying ship that automatically came to the front of the Red Flame Tiger. Although apart from the base's intelligent computer, there should be no one else who can freely control the unmanned flying ship in the base.
But...is the intelligent computer in their base so smart?
How could someone independently analyze and take action based on the combat situation without receiving any orders? This seemed strange no matter how one thought about it.
Anyway, this battle is over.
While everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they did not dare to let their guard down.
As long as the red fog does not dissipate from the base, we cannot relax, because other monsters may appear at any time.
Everyone in the command center quickly came to their senses and began to mobilize personnel to clean up the battlefield, rescue the wounded, and count the losses.
While they were stunned, the red flames had already reached the slime monster's waist. After burning for so long, the fire not only did not weaken at all, but it became more and more intense.
No thick smoke was produced during the burning process. Instead, the surrounding red fog seemed to be burned away, and the vision became clearer and clearer.
The flying ship sent Chi Yanhu and Xu Xiaohui back to the ground.
As soon as he landed, Xu Xiaohui's legs went limp and he fell down.
This level of battle was still too exciting for him, who had just served for a year. Looking up at the remaining half of the giant monster's body, he couldn't help feeling fear and nausea.
After Chiyanhu put him down, he ignored him and looked around, then walked into the alley formed between the two buildings.
What are they doing? Is there a monster hiding in that alley?
Xu Xiaohui cheered up and quickly got up from the ground, wanting to go over to see what was going on. However, before he got close, he saw a young figure walking out of the alley.
He was a young boy with red hair and red eyes, who looked to be in his early ten years old. He had a stern and serious expression and gave off an aura that said "keep away from strangers".
Could he be...
"Little Tiger?"
Xu Xiaohui called out tentatively, only to be met with a roll of the eyes from the young man.
He walked towards him with his hands in his pockets, then stood in front of him.
Only then did Xu Xiaohui notice the nameplate on the boy's chest. He carefully identified it and called out, "Ran Lie?"
Ran Lie hummed and walked away coolly.
His attention fell on the still burning body of the giant monster again. He didn't know if it was the result of his improving cultivation, but this time... he felt something different from the last time he fought.
In other words, I feel a lot more than before.
For example, he could hear the screams constantly coming from the burning red flames, but the screams did not seem that painful, and even carried a kind of relief.
A hint of confusion appeared in the boy's eyes.
He always felt that he should do something at this moment, but...
What can he do?
Ran Lie tilted his head and thought for a moment, then took something out of his spirit storage bag.
That was given to him by his brother A Yan the night before he left. He said that if he encountered something he couldn't figure out, he could take out this thing and knock on it.
That’s right, what A Yan gave to Ran Lie was... a wooden fish.
Ran Lie didn't understand why this round thing was called a wooden fish, but out of trust in his brother A Yan, he still pulled out the wooden fish stick and started beating the remains of the giant monster.
“Knock knock knock—knock knock knock—”
Above the ruins of the battlefield, the flute sound stopped, but the crisp sound of wooden fish was heard.