28: Monsters outside the data

The battle ended quickly, as they looked at the dozens of Rotten Corpse Dog bodies lying on the ground.

Excitement of their first victory was evident on all the students' faces.

“Peh! A bunch of useless trash, wasting my time!”

At this moment, Xiong Gang emerged from the pile of corpses, his face full of disdain.

He looked around, and upon seeing Su Wanqing's eyes, he walked without hesitation towards the depths of the Warning Zone.

“Go!”

The “Xiong Gang” team immediately separated from the main group, following the direction where the figure Su Wanqing had just seen disappeared, pursuing deeper into the ruins quickly and cautiously.

Behind them, other students also began to clear the battlefield, collecting valuable materials... To cultivate stronger Xenomorph warriors, more powerful hosts and higher quality genetic samples were needed.

As Lin Feng continued to delve deeper into the Warning Zone, the Carrion Xenomorphs accompanying him occasionally looked up at the sky, as if some danger was hidden there.

But through the conscious connection, and by ‘seeing’ the sky from the Carrion Xenomorph’s perspective, Lin Feng did not detect any trace of danger.

He merely assumed it was the Xenomorph's inherent alertness at play.

Deeper within the ruins, a more intense sense of deathly silence and unknown danger permeated than in the periphery.

In the air, an extremely subtle yet intensely unsettling tremor began to appear.

Initially, Lin Feng didn't notice anything unusual, but a moment later, this low hum suddenly intensified and spread!

It was like billions of metal beetles frantically rubbing their wings, or countless rusty steel saws repeatedly cutting through the soul!

Chirp chirp chirp!!!

The terrifying sound waves were no longer mere noise, but transformed into visible, layered grey ripples!

They swept down from the sky like a surging tide, at an astonishing speed!

The air instantly seemed to turn into a viscous gel, making each of Lin Feng's breaths accompanied by a tearing pain!

“Sonic attack!”

Lin Feng's pupils suddenly contracted.

The silver scales on his armor shimmered with a watery silver light, and a soft, mercury-like energy shield covered his entire body, blocking most of the first violent wave of sound.

The shield vibrated violently, emitting a high-pitched hum, as if it could shatter at any moment, but it ultimately withstood the lethal surprise attack!

Lin Feng felt as if his chest had been struck by a heavy hammer, his blood surged, and his eardrums throbbed with pain.

The Carrion Xenomorph guarding him also let out a painful and furious shriek, as dark green blood seeped from the gaps in its carapace.

Although the Carrion Xenomorph possessed extremely sturdy armor, this pervasive and highly penetrating sonic attack completely ignored its armor, striking its flesh and even the core of its soul!

Lin Feng suppressed his dizziness and nausea, his mental focus highly concentrated.

He gripped the shadow scepter tightly in his right hand, and the staff suddenly glowed with black light!

The shadows that had always lingered around the scepter immediately boiled and extended like living things!

This power to manipulate shadows was not a skill he learned after leveling up, but an ability synchronized from the Alien Queen through a mental link.

“Shadow Bind!”

Lin Feng let out a low cry, pointing the shadow scepter towards the sky, and then, the shadows on the ground and walls, as if imbued with life, suddenly surged forth!

Dozens of tentacles of shadow, as black as ink and between solid and ethereal, like ghostly claws from the abyss, precisely entangled the dark figures swooping down from high in the sky!

Those dark figures finally revealed their true forms!

These were unknown magical beasts that Zhang Yong had not mentioned in his introduction.

They resembled enlarged vampire bats, several times their normal size, with a wingspan exceeding one meter, their bodies covered in dark red scales like rusty iron plates, and the edges of their wings gleamed with a metallic cold light.

They had no eyes; their entire face was just a terrifying, massive mouth filled with fine fangs, occupying half of their head!

Their numbers far exceeded the previous Corpse Dog Pack, like a sweeping black storm!

Lin Feng stared at the magical beast at the very front, and the next moment, information about this magical beast appeared before him.

【Name: Mutated Devilbat (Soul-Devouring Magical Beast)】

【Star Rating: Five-star】

【Strength: Black Iron Level Rank 8】

【Status: Bloodthirsty Frenzy】

【Skill 1: High-Frequency Sonic Blast (Passive/Active): In passive state, flying and screeching inherently generate disruptive sonic waves; can actively condense and release powerful sonic impact, wide range, strong penetration, causing severe damage to spirit and internal organs.】

【Skill 2: Dive Tear (Passive): Gains speed bonus when diving, claws and teeth come with additional armor-piercing effect.】

【Skill 3: Iron Scale Armor (Passive): Dark red scales covering the entire body provide excellent physical defense, with certain resistance to energy attacks.】

【Special Talent: Sonic Resonance (Passive): When acting in groups, sonic attacks stack and amplify each other; the more in number, the stronger the power, and the wider the range.】

【Weakness: Abdomen is relatively soft, wing membranes are fragile, killing the cluster core (leader) may lead to group chaos.】

Puff puff puff!

The shadow tentacles successfully entangled a dozen of the Mutated Devilbat charging at the front.

These restraints, composed of pure shadow energy, had strong resistance to physical attacks; the Mutated Devilbat' sharp claws and teeth could only splash tiny bits of black mist, making it difficult for them to break free in a short time.

They were forcibly dragged and restrained in mid-air or on the ground, futilely flapping their wings, emitting even more piercing shrieks, attempting to shatter the shadows with sonic waves.

Behind them, more Mutated Devilbat had already bypassed the shadow bind's blockade, swooping down from tricky angles like precise bombers, targeting the Carrion Xenomorph and Lin Feng, whose movements were hindered by the sonic impact!

“Roar!”

The Carrion Xenomorph forcibly suppressed the dizziness caused by the sonic waves, its narrow compound eyes flashing with fierce light, locking onto the diving Mutated Devilbat.

The instant the Mutated Devilbat' sharp claws were about to touch the Carrion Xenomorph's head, the Carrion Xenomorph launched its counterattack!

Rip!

The Mutated Devilbat' sharp claws only left a few shallow scratches on the tough carapace of the Carrion Xenomorph's head.

Meanwhile, the Carrion Xenomorph's claws, imbued with terrifying corrosive venom, precisely tore through the relatively fragile abdomen of a Mutated Demon Bat in the instant they passed each other, like the scythe of the Grim Reaper!

“Screech!!!”

The disemboweled Mutated Demon Bat let out a shrill, distorted shriek of agony, black blood spraying out like a downpour!

On Lin Feng’s side... two Mutated Devilbat lunged at him from left and right, a foul wind assaulting his face!

In their gaping mouths, greyish-white sonic waves were vaguely condensing!

Lin Feng’s eyes were cold, devoid of fear.

Shadow magic knowledge from the Alien Queen flowed through his mind; he flicked his left hand, and a round shield formed from shadow instantly appeared on his arm, meeting the pounce of the left Mutated Demon Bat.

At the same time, the dark light of the shadow scepter, tightly gripped in his right hand, flashed again, its energy nature instantly shifting from restraint to condensation!

“Shadow Spike!”

The scepter swung, and several pitch-black spikes, half a meter long and condensed from pure shadow energy, shot out like arrows from a bowstring, accompanied by a piercing shriek that tore through the air, heading for the Mutated Demon Bat on the right that was condensing sonic waves!

Bang!

The shadow round shield collided fiercely with the left Mutated Demon Bat's claws!

The huge impact numbed Lin Feng's arm, and several deep claw marks appeared on the shadow round shield.

Lin Feng staggered back, but he had managed to block the Mutated Demon Bat's pounce!

Puff puff puff!

The Mutated Demon Bat on the right was not so lucky.

It hastily interrupted its sonic wave condensation, attempting to dodge, but the shadow spikes were too fast!

Two of them precisely pierced its thin wing membranes, while another deeply embedded itself in its shoulder blade!

The Mutated Demon Bat shrieked in pain, its flight posture immediately lost control, and it spun into a nearby broken wall.

At the same time, another Mutated Demon Bat had swooped in from a tricky angle, its target directly Lin Feng's back of the neck!

Meanwhile, the Carrion Xenomorph was entangled by several Mutated Devilbat, unable to provide immediate assistance...