104: Chapter 104 The Golden-Scaled Bubble Fish Shows Its Power
Outside the city wall.
The Sky-Shattering Fire Dragon led the battle, burning with balls of flame as meteors descended from the sky, landing on the Blood Refining Monster. Roars and explosions rang out one after another.
Waves of heat, accompanied by the massive shockwaves of the bombardment, swept across the area, turning the faces of everyone on the city wall red and making their breathing scorching hot.
However, this bombardment did not even shatter a single scale on the monster. It roared, the sound waves rolling out and dispersing the flames, while its thick mace swept horizontally, creating afterimages, the strong wind sounding like the howling of ghosts.
The Di Yuan Python was caught off guard and was hit squarely, slamming heavily into the city wall and creating a crater, its rocky tail twitching twice.
As the mace was raised again, the Seven-Star Demon Spider and the Green Wind Leopard were both terrified. One pulled on its spider silk to catapult itself away, while the other, being small and fast with the Green Wind, dodged flexibly.
Bang, bang... Two more giant craters appeared, even larger than those made by the flaming meteors, with terrifying spiderweb-like cracks spreading all the way to the city wall.
Liu Zhanxing and the others stumbled, nearly falling over. Watching the monster's figure approaching the city wall, their gazes were unprecedentedly grave.
The Earth Group Leader said, "What a terrifying monster."
The Green Wind Group Leader shook his head, "Its defense is too astonishing. Even the Sky-Shattering Fire Dragon's meteors cannot damage it. We should call for reinforcements."
Liu Zhanxing immediately vetoed this, "No! The Guardian's beast is currently breaking through a bottleneck. Unless it is a matter of life and death, we must not disturb him!"
Zhang Erniu shouted, "Can you guys put in some effort? Only my Big Dragon is fighting. What about the rest of you? Are you taking turns being cheerleaders? Are you clapping?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the three of them smiled awkwardly in unison.
There was no help for it; the monster was too powerful. Their attacks had no effect at all. Apart from providing some auxiliary suppression, they were really no different from cheerleaders the rest of the time.
"Everyone, do not hold back. If the four of us combined cannot stop this monster and let it break through the city wall, we will just have to wait to be mocked by everyone else!"
As soon as Liu Zhanxing said this, both the Earth and Green Wind groups turned solemn.
If you say I cannot beat a monster that came out of the Blood Refining Ruins, that's fine, I admit it.
But if you say that a few group leaders and a renowned vice-general were rubbed into the ground by a single monster, and it even broke the city wall, killing who knows how many thousands of people... well, sorry, we cannot afford to lose that kind of face!
The four of them made up their minds, and their four beasts sensed this fighting spirit.
The Di Yuan Python stopped playing dead, the Green Wind Leopard stopped dodging, and the Seven-Star Demon Spider stopped holding back. The three beasts charged toward the Blood Refining Monster from three directions, carrying three-colored elements.
The Sky-Shattering Fire Dragon circled in the air, diving down amidst surging flames to crash directly into the Blood Refining Monster.
"Well done!" the group shouted.
Boom, boom, boom... After a series of explosions, the Di Yuan Python was smashed into the city wall again, the Green Wind Leopard was embedded in the ground, and the Seven-Star Demon Spider had its leg broken by the mace and retreated to the side.
Only the Sky-Shattering Fire Dragon exchanged a few blows with the Blood Refining Monster before flying away in a sorry state.
"Damn it! It's me again! Are you guys useless, you weaklings!" Zhang Erniu cursed in frustration.
The two group leaders and Liu Zhanxing's expressions darkened.
"Again!"
"I refuse to believe it!"
"This is definitely a Monarch-level beast. Even if its level isn't high enough, its quality is at the Monarch level."
The three said, commanding their beasts to charge forward again.
In an instant, winds gusted and rocks rolled as they flew toward the Blood Refining Monster. Strands of spider silk and waves of demonic energy bound the enemy beast, while flames roared in the sky and sandstorms raged on the ground.
Boom, boom, boom... After a round of fighting.
10 minutes later.
The Green Wind Leopard had a lame leg, the Seven-Star Demon Spider had a cracked back armor, the Di Yuan Python had a ruined tail, and even the Sky-Shattering Fire Dragon was panting from exhaustion, its body covered in over a dozen bloody gashes from the mace.
The four beasts were knocked to the ground in different poses, all equally disheveled. The city wall, having been hit and sent flying time and time again, was now riddled with holes and on the verge of collapse at any moment.
The three group leaders and Liu Zhanxing looked at this scene and fell silent.
Did they try hard? They did. Were they brave and fearless? That was also correct.
But it seemed the four beasts had actually hindered them? The city wall, which could have held on for a while longer, had so abruptly sounded the alarm.
What a disgrace! The four of them flushed with shame.
Thump~ thump... The Blood Refining Monster's footsteps grew closer and closer. Every step made the city wall shake. Some timid people had already run into the city, and those still on the wall had to hold onto each other or simply crouch on the ground to keep from falling.
The Golden Scale Bubble Fish swallowed the energy of the demon core, the colorful light in its eyes growing brighter.
Suddenly, the demon core fragments below wriggled and sank. Within a few seconds, the demon core fragments disappeared, and a large hole appeared in the city wall, causing the demon core fragments to flow down, along with several golden demon cores that hadn't been fully absorbed.
The Golden Scale Bubble Fish was stunned and blinked its fishy eyes. It looked around, as if asking, "Who? Who stole my things?"
"Roar—" The Blood Refining Monster's furious roar shook the heavens, waking up the Golden Scale Bubble Fish, which was in a very bad mood due to losing its demon cores. It glared with its protruding fish eyes, staring at the Blood Refining Monster.
It must be you! Stealing my demon cores...
The Golden Scale Bubble Fish lost its temper. With a light flick of its tail, it actually emitted a shockwave like a sonic boom, and its figure appeared in front of the Blood Refining Monster.
This scene caused the four emo powerhouses to lose control of their expressions.
Zhang Erniu exclaimed, "Ah! Come back quickly!"
The Green Wind Group Leader said, "It's over. If something happens to it, none of us will be able to cultivate."
The Earth Group Leader cursed, "What a troublesome stinky fish!"
Liu Zhanxing: "Now we are in trouble..."
In the shocked gazes of the group, the Golden Scale Bubble Fish and the Blood Refining Monster stared at each other, small eyes against big eyes, looking at one another.
The Blood Refining Monster revealed a hideous smile, raising its mace high. The strong wind created by the movement blew the Golden Scale Bubble Fish, causing it to sway from side to side.
The Golden Scale Bubble Fish took a deep breath and spat out a pile of black-light Bubbles with a "gurgle-gurgle" sound.
The next second, the Blood Refining Monster's mace fell from high above, the protruding spikes tearing through space and emitting a sharp whistling sound as they smashed toward the Golden Scale Bubble Fish.
The four powerhouses couldn't bear to watch and closed their eyes.
The Doll Girl and the other girls who had been taking care of the Golden Scale Bubble Fish for a while wailed in grief.
However, a scene that shocked everyone occurred.
When the mace touched the Bubble, it actually emitted a crisp crackling sound. Cracks spread across its entire body, and then it shattered. The massive mace broke into several pieces of various sizes, falling to the ground with a "thump, thump, thump" sound.
The Doll Girl and the others exclaimed, "Oh my god!"
The four powerhouses' eyes bulged out, "This is impossible!!!"
What does this mean? Four Gold-ranked Beast Tamers united, only to be beaten by the Blood Refining Monster until they were yelping, unable to even break a single scale. And yet, an ornamental fish that was supposedly nothing, stared it down and shattered the mace the moment it went up?
No, you should have said so earlier! The Di Yuan Python is very good at digging holes; if it had slipped the demon cores away earlier, would the battle have lasted so long?
Golden Scale Bubble Fish: ???
It wasn't just the few powerhouses who were stunned; the Blood Refining Monster looked at the broken handle in its hand and also entered a state of system crash. It scratched its head in a human-like manner, looking at the little thing in front of it, its eyes filled with clear confusion.
Where is my club?