Chapter 99 Black-lined Skull Monster
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after killing a level 5 Cyclops King.
Before the little one-eyed bug monsters could catch up, Jiang Baiyue ran over and picked up the resource boxes and items that had fallen on the ground, putting them into her backpack.
Another burst of rapid gunfire rang out, and Jiang Baiyue turned her head to see a horrifying scene.
The small one-eyed insect monsters that crawled out of the cave intertwined and merged into one large one-eyed insect monster.
Judging from its fused and horizontally expanded state, its size is no smaller than that one-eyed worm king from before.
"Run with me!"
It seems we must capture all of these monsters in one fell swoop. Jiang Baiyue waved her hand, shouted, and led the mercenaries into the passage next to her.
This passage is not unknown; it simply takes a long detour back to the spatial rift.
"Keep up! Keep up!"
Jiang Baiyue still remembered that she had collected a deposit and left four mid-level mercenaries to cover her retreat.
Xia Wenjing took off running, relentlessly pursuing the mercenaries ahead.
The others snapped out of their daze and struggled to keep up.
Footsteps and panting echoed through the passage, followed closely by the groaning of a monster.
"Don't leave me! Captain, Captain!"
"Aaaaaah! Run, run, run!"
"Stop yelling and save me the energy!"
Wang Leran was exhausted. What good would it do for her to yell like this? It was a waste of energy and wouldn't scare away the monster.
If she weren't the vice-captain, I really wouldn't want to deal with this bunch of useless trash.
She'd had enough!
Liang Feiwen was following behind the group and in front of the mercenaries when he suddenly saw one of the men push down a teammate, and he felt a deep sense of disgust.
This group of people talks about justice and conscience, morally blackmailing themselves, but they act like this when it really matters.
"Help me! Ah—!"
Liang Feiwen used his supernatural ability to lift the person up with the wind, and then reached out to pull the person up.
"Thank you, Captain, thank you..."
"Saves effort!"
Buzz—!
Jiang Baiyue ran out of the passage and stepped into a spacious cave with five stone pillars. A wave of air rose up, and the next second a sound rang out.
Jiang Baiyue and the mercenaries in front of her were pushed back a few steps by the shockwave. After regaining their footing, several skeletal human hands emerged from the ground of the cave.
A crossbow bolt was fired, and the name of the monster was revealed.
【Black-lined Skeleton Monster (Lv3: 498/500)】
Seeing the pitifully low damage, Jiang Baiyue put away her crossbow, took out her iron axe, and quickly replenished her energy with an energy crystal to prevent her energy source from running out.
1, 2, 4, 5, 7... There are 10 in total, with lucky numbers 1 and 0.
In just a few seconds, 10 black-lined skeleton monsters crawled out of the ground, shaking their skeletons to shake off the dirt.
Upon closer inspection of the black-lined skeleton monster's full form, it became clear that it wasn't just a simple skeleton; its abdomen, head, and limbs were entangled in what appeared to be black, muscle-like structures.
Perhaps it has something to do with the black line in its name.
"Don't let the monster get close. Wang Leran, Liang Feiwen, keep your men under control."
In scenes with too many monsters, the player's stress level will increase to a certain extent. After experiencing several monsters, Jiang Baiyue had given up hope of reducing the stress level of the people behind her.
I just hope these people don't hold us back.
Level 3 monsters are all evolution values, so Jiang Baiyue's attacks become fast, ruthless, and precise; she must take down the monsters.
Clang!
The black-lined skull monster's upper and lower jaws clattered together, producing an unsettling crackling sound, like fingernails scraping a blackboard or a hand rubbing against a glass membrane.
Ten thigh bones were flung out, whistling as they hurtled through the air, heading straight for Jiang Baiyue and the mercenaries' faces.
The femur was removed?!
ox!
Jiang Baiyue blocked with her armed police shield, her heart filled with shock.
The thigh bones were blocked or dodged, then spun back into the black-lined skull's hand.
The others followed, and Jiang Baiyue, not hearing any creaking sounds, guessed that the One-Eyed Insect King hadn't caught up.
She needs to defeat a few Blackline Skeleton monsters to see if she can obtain any new materials.
The 10 thigh bones were so flexible that even with Jiang Baiyue's teleportation ability, she could move effortlessly among the black-lined skeletons.
However, I still occasionally get hit by the spinning femur.
Clang clang clang clang—!
Furthermore, the unpleasant sound of bones being knocked around can affect their stress levels. Increased stress levels can impair their observation and judgment abilities.
Jiang Baiyue ducked to avoid the thigh bone, and while the black-lined skull caught the bone, she launched a fireball at the skull's head.
boom--!
The fireball hit!
The black-lined skull frantically pounded on its head, its limbs flailing wildly, as if its body had lost control of its limbs.
The black muscles inside its head wriggled and squeezed out of its brain, trying to burrow into its body below.
? ?
Seeing the flames shrink, Jiang Baiyue added another fireball. A sharp monster scream rang out, and the black-lined skeleton twisted its limbs, curling itself into a ball and rolling on the ground.
She took out her iron axe and chased after him, when several black-lined skeletons ran up and abandoned the mercenaries in front of them to surround Jiang Baiyue.
It's not surprising that the monsters know how to cooperate. Jiang Baiyue gave up the chase and threw fireballs at the black-lined skull heads that were blocking her way.
Mercenaries and others used weapons to hack at the skeleton's joints.
The skeleton's bones were very hard, so after discovering this, the group had to change their strategy and attack the skeleton's joints.
Sure enough, the skeletons began to dodge the blows.
The skeletons had too much health; Jiang Baiyue struggled to kill even two black-lined skeletons with fireballs.
A vibrating sound came, and a large hole was drilled in the stone wall. The old monster was there, but the new one-eyed insect king had arrived.
Wang Leran and the others didn't know the way, so Jiang Baiyue shouted for them to follow her and continue their escape.
Before leaving, he lured the black-lined skull's thigh bone toward the Cyclops King to attack.
The leg bone was bounced back by the elastic Cyclops King. The force of the rebound changed, altering the trajectory of the thigh bone's rotation, and it dramatically struck another black-lined skull.
The One-Eyed Insect King squealed at the black-lined skull, but still chased after Jiang Baiyue and the others.
With a few wriggles, it crushed the black-lined skull.
Wang Leran and the others chased to the entrance of the passage, where Jiang Baiyue threw out two Molotov cocktails to buy time.
Thanks to the help of the black-lined skull, Jiang Baiyue and the others ran far away and no longer felt the tremors.
But they didn't stop, because they couldn't be sure whether the Cyclops King was just temporarily delayed by the Black-Lined Skull or whether they were truly both injured and unable to catch up.
Jiang Baiyue took out the alarm clock and found that the hour hand had turned another full circle, and another day had passed. It was already the 48th day of her struggle for survival.
Seeing that Xia Wenjing looked like she was about to pass out, she said, "Take a rest."
Although this place is littered with bones, I've seen so many monsters that it's not really that scary.
Upon hearing this, Xia Wenjing and the others could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground. None of them were in good health.
"Speaking of which, your stress levels don't seem to be increasing very quickly?"
A group of people, who looked thin and weak and had little fighting ability, have followed her and persevered until now. Although three people have died, the number of casualties is still quite small.
After all, when she's fighting monsters, she really doesn't care much about them.
Jiang Baiyue's eyes were serious. She didn't covet any magical items or talents they might have, but the journey was fraught with danger, and she still had to lead these people.
She needs to have a certain understanding of them.
A thin woman next to Xia Wenjing raised her hand: "My talent is Vitality, which can help teammates around me recover to a certain extent."
Jiang Baiyue relaxed. This talent is really good; he's a human buff for the team.
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