Zhang Xiaojuan and Ma Dongmei led the way with flashlights, and everyone cautiously followed the formation, slowly entering the pavilion.
The banyan tree itself carried a slightly eerie atmosphere, and Lu Sheng felt inexplicably nervous as soon as he stepped onto the pavilion steps.
She glanced up at the tangled tree trunks but didn't notice anything unusual for the time being.
"Zhuangzhuang, use your perception skill. Is this area safe?"
Just in case, Lu Sheng decided to put the detection radar into operation first.
Zhuangzhuang cautiously raised its head, its bushy tail swaying unconsciously a few times. "It's safe for now. I don't sense any living beings nearby."
With Zhuangzhuang's assurance, the group finally relaxed a little.
But the lingering sense of oppression made Lu Sheng uneasy. Just as she was about to let everyone have some water and continue on their way, she sensed a cold gaze behind her.
Lu Sheng felt a chill run down her spine and instinctively turned around quickly, her eyes narrowing instantly. "Come out now!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a huge, silver-gray creature suddenly sprang out of the banyan tree.
The monster's hard, sharp mouth opened into an unbelievable arc, and it lunged to bite down on Zhang Xiaojuan, Ma Dongmei, and the others who were walking in front.
It's an alien monster I've never seen before!
Because of their long-standing cooperation and trust in Lu Sheng, Zhang Xiaojuan, Sun Tiantian, and the others rushed out of the pavilion as if on cue when they heard Lu Sheng's words.
Ma Dongmei, Lin Xiaobao, and the others were also quite quick.
However, the remaining newcomers in K3 were already considering quitting, and the unexpected incident while they were exhausted left them with no time to react.
The silver-gray monster's massive maw gnawed off a corner of the pavilion and, incidentally, bit off a young member of K3.
The team member immediately activated his superpower to petrify, turning his entire body into a hard rock.
Everyone assumed that this team member would suffer the same fate as the bespectacled guy in the warehouse last time, where the monster would spit him out if it couldn't bite him.
But the next second, a teeth-grinding chewing sound came from above.
The monster easily broke through the petrified layer and chewed the young team member to pieces.
Seemingly uninterested in eating people, the monster chewed a few times and then casually spat the corpse, which had already been reduced to minced meat, aside.
The splattered blood and bits of flesh splashed onto Lu Sheng and the others, immediately sending a chill down everyone's spine.
Su Zheng's face was ashen, and everyone present felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
"This is a level 5 petrification ability... It can't even be penetrated by a pistol, what kind of monster is this...?"
Before dawn, visibility in the forest was already extremely poor. The mutated banyan tree's lush branches plunged straight into the ground, turning the surroundings into a complex maze.
With the limited light from their flashlights, Lu Sheng and the others could only vaguely see the monster's smooth, silvery-gray skin and general shape; they couldn't make out its exact appearance.
"What is this thing? We've never seen it before!" Zhang Xiaojuan was sweating profusely with nervousness. "Zhuangzhuang lied about the situation and deprived us of dinner for a week."
Before they could make a move, the monster had already rushed towards them.
"Don't just stand there! Run!"
Lu Sheng shouted sharply, and everyone came to their senses and immediately set off on a mad dash.
As they retreated, everyone simultaneously unleashed their superpowers at the colossal creature behind them.
But what happened next surprised everyone.
Although the monster was enormous, it was exceptionally agile, as if it had anticipated these people's abilities and was always able to react in time.
Wu Hainan threw dozens of fireballs in a row, almost draining all the superpowers in his body, but the monster accurately raised its hand to block the fireball attack each time.
Its hard outer skin has a special resistance to high temperatures; dozens of fireballs couldn't even burn its skin, leaving not even a faint trace of ash.
A hail of bullets rained down on the silver-gray behemoth, but those powerful weapons were like tickling it, unable to cause it any damage at all.
Vines and earth-based abilities had absolutely no effect on this monster.
The monster could accurately dodge every attack from the vines and spikes.
"Damn it, hurry up and find it a tutoring class, don't let it interfere with the child's college entrance exam. This thing is even smarter than Han Rui!"
Zhang Xiaojuan unleashed several powerful skills in a row, almost draining all her supernatural abilities, but she couldn't land a single hit on the monster.
"Don't you guys find it strange? Even mutated beasts don't have such high intelligence and reaction speed." Sun Tiantian was panting as she ran. "This thing seems to be able to accurately predict our abilities every time, and its reaction speed is unbelievable."
Lu Sheng turned around and looked at the enormous thing behind him.
It was about two meters tall and was a species that Lu Sheng had never seen before. It looked like a giant ape, but it had no hair on its body.
Its entire body was covered in silvery-gray skin with a metallic sheen, and its surface looked as if it were covered with a thick layer of scales.
"Rocket, go!"
At the crucial moment, Lu Sheng called for the Rockets to launch an attack.
"Woof woof"
The rocket excitedly leaped into the air.
I'm so happy! I can have an extra meal again!
The enormous electric wolf pounced on the silver-gray behemoth, and the two giants quickly engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
"In crucial moments, it's still our Rockets who come through."
With the rockets drawing fire, the group was finally able to catch their breath. Zhang Xiaojuan leaned against a giant tree, cheering on the rockets from afar.
"Rocket, push harder! Kill it!"
But to everyone's surprise, with a crisp sound of impact, the rocket bit into the monster's neck.
Instead of taking a big bite out of the meat, it let out a pitiful whimper and turned to look at Lu Sheng.
Hey human! My tooth hurts!
"Couldn't bite through it?!"
Everyone present felt a chill run down their spines.
Rocket has been fed with rice mixed with Lu Sheng's crystal cores every day, and it is now a powerful mutated beast that is close to the sixth rank.
But after taking a bite, I couldn't even break the skin?!
Seeing that the rocket was gradually losing ground in the fight between the two giant beasts, Lu Sheng immediately planned to rush up and help.
At the critical moment, Xu Yi suddenly grabbed Lu Sheng's wrist.
"I'm here."
A faint smile appeared in his narrow eyes behind the glasses.
Xu Yi's expression was cold and stern as he opened his arms and summoned the spatial barrier once again.
Lu Sheng immediately called Rocket back, leaving only the silver-gray monster locked up alone in the spatial lock.
The monster exhibited unusual agitation towards the invisible barrier that suddenly restricted its movement.
Taking advantage of the gap when the monster was frantically pounding on the barrier, Xu Yi nimbly strode forward, took out a jammer from his pocket, and threw it into the spatial blockade.
As Xu Yi moved, the enormous creature in the space suddenly slowed down.
The raised fists fell slowly and sluggishly, and the huge head tilted at an eerie angle.
Taking advantage of the monster's momentary daze, Xu Yi leaped onto the monster's shoulder, using the banyan tree as leverage, and fired several shots at the point where the monster's head and neck met.
A huge explosion rang out, and Xu Yi removed the barrier. The monster's huge head was blown far away and rolled right at Lu Sheng's feet.
"This is... a robot?" Zhang Xiaojuan stared at the charred wires on the monster's neck.
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