Chapter 260 A Fierce Battle

The high-level beasts underground transmitted their oppressive power with their roars. Modilan Shield directly tore off his Illusion Mask, which could disguise his aura as that of a fifth-level being.

At this moment, after he removed his mask, the aura unique to a peak ninth-tier expert was instantly released, and the roar of the strange beast temporarily stopped.

Matt's use of psychic abilities to probe its territory was tantamount to invading it, which naturally angered it.

Sensing the aura of a powerful human, it became less domineering and slightly restrained its oppressive aura.

But soon, it roared again, and the ground beneath their feet churned even more violently, making everyone feel as if they were caught between the crests and troughs of waves, unable to maintain their balance.

Unable to bear it any longer, Mortilan Shield conjured a huge ice sword and slashed it fiercely in the direction from which the roar came.

This sword strike embodied half of his supernatural power, and its power far exceeded the snowflakes he had gathered when fighting the sea monster tide.

He dared not hold back when dealing with high-level alien beasts and had to go all out. He could sense that this one was far stronger than the eighth-level sea beast that had launched the sea beast attack.

After the sword cleaved down, a deep ravine split open in the frozen earth, but the beast, hidden beneath the thick wall, along with the powerful defensive barrier it released, barely managed to block the attack.

The group finally got a clear look at the underground beast. It had a cone-shaped crest on its head and looked like a giant lizard.

It is over a hundred meters long, and when it lies on the ground, it looks like a small mountain.

Its body was covered with dark blue scales the size of an eight-inch dinner plate, which gleamed with a dim light in the deep ravine where the sunlight could not reach.

At that moment, it raised its head and locked its terrifying vertical pupils onto everyone present, and then its body suddenly burst out with bursts of blue light.

Matt had already erected a mental protective shield to protect the two of them when the adults instructed him to protect Zuo Shan.

Everyone thought that this strange beast would mainly target adults, but unexpectedly it launched a group attack right away.

A burst of blue light swept in, instantly piercing through the protective shield set up by Matt.

At the same time, Zuo Shan, acting on instinct, grabbed Matt's arm, dragged him to the side, and rolled away to avoid the attack of two deadly blue lights.

Mina instantly conjured a small whirlwind, which lifted her into the air. Even so, the small whirlwind enveloping her was cut into pieces by the blue light, and the aftershocks tore her winter coat to pieces, almost cutting her into pieces as well.

The seventh-tier wood-type ability user, Miss Jian Qiong, instantly unleashed a thick, python-like vine that enveloped her entire body.

The blue light instantly severed several vines, and two pieces grazed her scalp, making her face turn pale instantly.

However, just as everyone dodged the first wave of attacks, more blue light followed. Fortunately, the Mortilan Shield promptly condensed a thick ice fortress, blocking the blue light.

The crisp sound of metal striking ice rang out. Although the ice fortress did not shatter into pieces, it was scratched with deep marks.

"It is at the peak of the eighth rank, with extremely strong combat power. It can fight beyond its level, and its scales can transform into sharp blades that can penetrate the protective shields of the eighth rank and above!" Modilan said solemnly.

"It's all my fault. I accidentally provoked this ferocious beast," Matt said, looking guilty.

“It’s not your fault. From the moment we decided to explore the underground seed vault, it was destined that we would have to confront it sooner or later,” Mortilan said.

"You guys stay inside, I'll go and deal with it." He said, then walked straight through the ice fortress and into an open area.

At the same time, the small ice fortress, which could only accommodate a few people sitting on the ground, was reinforced again to ensure that it would not be cut open by the scales of the strange beast.

Through the thick ice wall, Zuo Shan saw him raise the giant ice sword again and slash it fiercely down into the ravine.

Suddenly, the strange beast raised its two front paws and met his ice sword.

When everyone noticed something was wrong and tried to warn the adults, it was too late.

His ice sword severed a thick metal chain between the beast's two forepaws.

The chains snapped, freeing the beast's forepaws.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Mortilan Shield was preparing to strike with its sword, it raised its two front paws and fiercely grabbed at its own neck, where a metal chain of the same material was hidden.

The chain snapped in two as it tore at it with both claws.

It all happened so fast that Mortilan had no time to stop it. By the time he reacted, his sword was already slashing down towards its neck.

It deftly dodged his attack and used the chains on its two hind claws to meet his sword.

With a loud clang, the last chain snapped.

With this, the beast was completely free.

After gaining its freedom, the beast's aura surged, rapidly climbing from the peak of the eighth rank to the peak of the ninth rank.

It was of the same level as him, but the physical constitution of humans and beasts was vastly different, especially since this one was covered with thick scales!

Modilan felt an unprecedented crisis. Ranged attacks were completely ineffective against a beast of the same level. He leaped down, wielding a triangular dagger specially crafted for him by a seventh-level weapon-refining master, and charged towards the beast.

He used his teleportation ability to probe several times, but he still couldn't find the beast's fatal weakness. Although the three-edged thorns pierced its skin, they couldn't cause it any fatal damage.

This was a battle between ninth-tier powerhouses, and no one else could interfere with their fight. Only Matt, a mentalist, was able to take the opportunity to slightly interfere with its brain, causing it to momentarily lose focus.

However, each interference came at a price: a wisp of mental energy was strangled by it, and Matt suffered repeated backlashes, spitting out several mouthfuls of blood.

At the same time, the three-pronged spikes of the Mortilan Shield had already blinded one of the beast's eyes, and deep blue blood splattered on the ice and soil, making it look particularly gruesome.

However, his own shoulder was scratched by the beast's claws, leaving three deep, bone-revealing wounds. The blood stained his winter coat, making it look particularly glaring.

This was the first time Zuo Shan had ever seen him fight a high-level alien beast face to face. He originally thought that he was strong enough that he would not be easily injured unless he was framed. Who would have thought that his body was so fragile that he could be injured just like that if he was scratched.

At that moment, she only hated herself for being too weak to help in any way, and could only watch helplessly as he continued to fight the beast.

Finally, he blinded its other eye, but he couldn't dodge its claws in time, and it pierced through his right chest.

His sternum was broken, and his heart could even be seen beating inside his chest cavity on the left side.

Blood spurted out, and he teleported back to the Ice Fortress, barely clinging to life.

“Unless nuclear weapons are used, it can’t be killed at all!” he said weakly, looking at Matt.

Matt's face was streaked with tears as she hurriedly gave him hemostatic and healing potions. Unfortunately, even after the potions were administered, the bleeding did not stop for a while, and the wounds healed extremely slowly.

After all, this wound was caused by a ninth-tier beast, and there was residual ninth-tier energy in the wound, which was extremely destructive and could not be repaired by any medicine.

Meanwhile, the strange beast continued to roar and howl in the deep ravine, trying several times to climb up, but falling back down because it couldn't find its way.

But after several attempts, it finally climbed onto the ground.

It kept sniffing, trying to find their traces, but the ice fortress blocked everyone's scent, making it temporarily unable to find them.

It roared and pounded the ground, creating large craters.

With its indiscriminate attacks, it'll probably hit the Ice Fortress sooner or later, and then everyone will be in trouble.

Zuo Shan was nearly frantic. If he had known earlier that the beast was bound by chains, he could have easily outmaneuvered it and found an opportunity to kill it.

Unfortunately, there's no going back in life; you can't buy "if only I had known."

Zuo Shan knew there was nothing she could do right now, but she was unwilling to give up. She quickly took out a large bag of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual milk from her spatial button and poured it onto the blood-soaked chest of Modi Lan Dun.

She tore open his winter coat and smeared the Millennium Spirit Milk all over his body.

At first, everyone thought she had gone mad when they saw her actions, but when they felt the enormous and pure energy emanating from the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk, they all understood what she meant.

Miss Jian Qiong also took out a fourth-tier wood spirit core and placed it in the palm of Modi Lan Dun. The wood spirit core contained the vitality of plants. Although it could not directly heal injuries, it could at least give him a glimmer of hope.

When Zuo Shan was helping him expel the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk, she accidentally absorbed some of it. She was already close to breaking through to the second rank, and now she directly advanced to the next rank.

After breaking through to the second tier, she felt as if she had awakened a new skill, but she couldn't figure out what it was for the time being.

The beast slowly approached the area where the Ice Fortress was located. Zuo Shan only had one thought in mind: if only he could go back to before the adult fought it and stop the adult from cutting its chains.

The thought was so strong that Zuo Shan suddenly realized that everything around him seemed to be flowing slowly forward like water.

Then she noticed that the scene around her was moving in slow motion, slowly receding, and she heard Mortilan's voice: "You guys stay inside, I'll go and deal with it."