45: Triangle Matrix vs. Ten Thousand Eight Thousand Rains

The 'person' wasn't fast; one could say it moved at a steady pace.

Facing six people, it remained so calm and composed, which both heightened the Golden Flowers' vigilance and filled them with excitement.

Lu Xiaoxiao took out her gold-rimmed glasses, pushed them up her high nose bridge with her middle finger, and with a wave of her hand, the five women dispersed.

Ye Zi still partnered with Dilisi, using the terrain to conceal herself.

Autumn Cicada proactively stepped in front of Lu Xiaoxiao, waving her hands.

A minute later, she retreated.

Among them, only Ming Xixi made no movement.

If there was… it was just a few steps back to her right-rear.

She formed a triangular formation with Lu Xiaoxiao and Autumn Cicada.

Two minutes later, the 'person' drew near, and Xu Jingzhe was able to get a clear look.

Goosebumps rose all over his body; this 'person' in front of him couldn't really be called a 'person'—'monster' was a more fitting description.

It stood a full two and a half to two and a half meters tall, its entire body covered in greenish scales, not uniformly distributed; some areas were dark green, almost black, while others were light green, like tender shoots just emerging from branches.

Like fish scales, they covered its body in neat, regular layers. Its eyes were greenish-gray, glowing with an eerie green, but its nose and mouth were still normal, indicating it hadn't fully transformed into a beast yet.

Below were its arms and legs, which were completely bestial, with sharp claws over ten centimeters long, seeming to tear through the air with every casual swipe.

Its tail also swayed occasionally, rubbing against the hard ground, making a 'thud-thud' sound.

It looked somewhat like the legendary Lizardman.

For some reason, Xu Jingzhe felt a trace of pity in his heart.

He must have been like it once.

A true human being.

A mouth, a nose, a pair of eyes and ears.

They were of the same kind!

"Hiss, hiss…" This 'person' was clearly laughing, but it wasn't a 'giggle' or a 'haha' or a 'hee hee'; it was the sound of a beast.

"Humans… delicious humans."

"Flesh… flesh, I want to eat."

In an instant, its greenish-gray eyes turned blood-red, as if overflowing with fresh blood.

Wagging its tail, it charged forward, the ground shaking, dust flying, like an indestructible armored vehicle, capable of easily shattering a small mountain.

If this immense impact were to hit the soft bodies of the three women, they would surely be a bloody mess.

"Boom!" A loud bang exploded in Xu Jingzhe's ears, making his eardrums throb and his head spin.

Shaking his head, he retreated dozens of meters, his mouth agape in surprise.

That… Lizardman.

Its bestial claws clutching its head, it was spinning in circles on the spot, unable to stand steadily, swaying from side to side, with several golden stars floating above its head.

In contrast, the three women stood motionless, only a slight loss of color in their faces.

"Roar!"

The Lizardman let out a loud roar, opening its gaping maw. Its tongue was very long, a full meter, and the vibrant red tongue forked into two smaller tongues at the very end, trembling incessantly.

It pawed the ground with its right hind leg, sending dirt flying.

With a sudden burst of power, it charged at the three women again.

This time, Xu Jingzhe saw clearly.

The Lizardman, three meters from the foremost Lu Xiaoxiao, seemed to hit an invisible, transparent wall, and the enormous recoil made its head spin.

The three women's bodies simultaneously trembled, then instantly stood ramrod straight again.

"The triangular matrix between three and eight meters—the Ghost Wall effect has failed."

"The recoil effect within three meters is significant; tighten it up!" Lu Xiaoxiao cried out.

The three women simultaneously shifted inwards by several meters; previously, it was a large equilateral triangle, now it was a small equilateral triangle.

Once, twice, thrice.

The Lizardman did not give up; its scales bristled.

On this vast land, a continuous, deafening roar echoed.

After another impact, several scales fell off, and a few drops of crimson blood splattered.

It was dazzlingly bright.

Xu Jingzhe dared not delay either, cracking open a stone and eating the soft fluid inside.

His body, after the previous modification by the beta-1 bacteria, could hold ten times the energy it used to, so the few pieces of soft fluid he picked up could all be eaten, absorbed by the system, and converted into energy stored in his body.

Incidentally, it could also strengthen his bone density.

"Whoosh!" A golden bullet, gleaming in the sunlight, flashed by in an instant.

"Pfft!" With a sound, the bullet accurately struck where the Lizardman's scales had fallen off, drilling into its body.

The piercing pain made it shriek, its eyes turning even bloodier, its long tongue thrashing wildly in the air, saliva flying everywhere.

"Boss, I'm coming." Autumn Cicada seized the opportunity and changed her stance.

She stood in front of Lu Xiaoxiao, her right hand raised above her head, all five fingers spread wide.

Then, she made a downward pulling motion.

Immediately, silver light glittered around the Lizardman, and countless silver threads appeared out of thin air, tightly constricting it.

She intended to cut it into countless pieces.

Of course, this was not merely a thought; Autumn Cicada was doing exactly that. Hundreds of silver threads sought to cut through the Lizardman's hard scales and into its flesh, thus they were stretched taut, looking as if they would snap at any moment.

"Roar… roar…"

"Hiss, hiss…"

The Lizardman struggled, resisted, and twisted, its scales and the silver threads emitting a grating sound, as eerie as the sound made by someone just learning to play the erhu. Xu Jingzhe shivered, almost spitting out the soft fluid he had just eaten.

This peculiar sound it emitted could be considered a sonic attack.

"Shoot its eyes! Its eyes are its weakest point!" Autumn Cicada anxiously said into her earpiece. Her slender fingers were turning blue from excessive force, and the degree to which her fingers were closing was increasing, almost unable to hold on.

Clearly, this Contaminator, over ten years old, was no ordinary Contaminator; it was an 'elite'.

A shot rang out, but due to the head's twisting, it went wide, hitting the scales on the Lizardman's head, sending a few pieces flying and sparking.

"Hiss…" The Lizardman cried out in pain, its head thrown back.

The power within its body finally erupted.

"Clang!"

The first silver thread snapped, cutting through the stone on the ground, the cut edge smooth as a mirror.

This was like dominoes; once the first one falls, the entire setup will collapse.

The silver threads were no exception.

"Clang!"

"Clang!" "Clang!"

However, their breaking speed was even more rapid than the collapse of dominoes.

Fortunately, Autumn Cicada dodged in time, and the rebounding silver thread sliced past her ample chest.

Subsequently, the clothes made of refined silk were cut with a slit, revealing a portion of a black lace bra, incredibly sexy.

"Quick, come back!" Lu Xiaoxiao exclaimed in a low voice.

This Contaminator, over ten years old, was many times stronger than any they had encountered before.

Autumn Cicada returned to her original position, and the triangular matrix re-triggered.

"Ten… one hundred thousand… eight… thousand… rain!"

Almost at that instant, countless scales rained down, each one incredibly sharp, gleaming with a faint cold light, cutting horizontally.

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

"Ding!"

...The sound was truly a chaotic strumming, like large and small pearls falling onto a jade plate.

The 'transparent wall' three meters away was densely covered with scales.

"Screech!"

A high-speed spinning scale broke through the recoil defense, flashing past almost grazing Lu Xiaoxiao's cheek.

A strand of long hair slowly drifted down.

And then… a wound about five centimeters long, as thin as a needle and thread.

Blood gathered, slowly trickling down her exquisitely beautiful profile…