Chapter 276 - 115: Reaping a Great Treasure

Chapter 276: Chapter 115: Reaping a Great Treasure

It didn’t charge directly at Lei Gang’s shield wall. Instead, it displayed terrifying speed and agility, far surpassing any of the zombies they had faced before.

With a sudden leap, it flew right over Lei Gang’s head. Its claws, glinting with a dark light, let out a piercing shriek as they tore through the air, heading straight for Zhou Tiankuo and Liu Mei in the center of the formation!

"Watch out!" Lei Gang roared, his eyes wide with fury, but he was too slow to help!

"Get back!"

A mix of shock and fury, Zhou Tiankuo unleashed a surge of sword Gang Qi, meeting the attack with his full power!

Liu Mei’s face went pale with fright as she hastily raised her scimitar to block.

BANG! SCHREEE!

Zhou Tiankuo’s sword Gang Qi clashed with the demon’s claw, producing a piercing screech of metal on metal. He grunted, knocked back step after step, the force splitting the flesh between his thumb and forefinger!

Liu Mei’s scimitar was swatted aside by the claw. Its sharp tips raked across her arm, leaving three gashes so deep they exposed the bone. Blood instantly stained her sleeve red!

A venomous deathly energy frantically seeped into the wounds!

"Fourth Grade Perfection! This beast definitely has the strength of Fourth Grade Perfection!" Zhou Tiankuo cried in horror, his face ashen.

The Monkey Demon zombie’s strength, speed, and defense all far surpassed the other zombies!

Although it was merely an animated corpse with no real intelligence and couldn’t use the bronze collar, its Spiritual Weapon...

...its physical body alone was powerful enough to utterly dominate them.

Just as the Monkey Demon zombie lunged for Zhou Tiankuo and Liu Mei,

Lin Yi seized the opportunity. Channeling his Fast Gun Intent, he thrust his Star Spear through the head of the last Wolf Demon zombie.

At that moment,

the Monkey Demon, having landed a successful blow, grew even more ferocious. It ignored the second wolf demon the team had just killed and once again became a blurry black shadow, its new target none other than the injured Liu Mei!

"Stop it!"

Lei Gang roared as he spun around, viciously smashing his giant shield against the Monkey Demon zombie’s back.

Zhao Zhuo thrust his long spear in a desperate attempt to divert its attention.

Du Qi gritted his teeth and hurled his last few Poisoned Daggers.

Lin Yi’s eyes narrowed. He instantly activated his Thunder Light Step to its absolute limit, his body becoming a blur. His Star Spear shot out like a viper’s tongue, aimed straight at the back of the Monkey Demon’s weight-bearing left knee!

"ROAR!"

Struck in the back by Lei Gang’s giant shield, the Monkey Demon staggered. Lin Yi’s spear tip then precisely hit its knee joint. While the attack didn’t break through its defense, the force of the impact made it falter for a moment.

Zhao Zhuo’s long spear and Zhou Tiankuo’s renewed sword Gang Qi arrived at the same time!

An even more brutal and difficult battle erupted in an instant!

The Monkey Demon zombie fought like a berserker. Even one against six, it didn’t lose the upper hand in the slightest!

Its claws were comparable to Divine Weapons, each swipe carrying the power to shatter stone. Its body was as hard as iron; Gang Qi attacks only left faint white marks. Its speed was astonishingly fast, allowing it to weave and dodge through their encirclement, putting them all in constant peril!

Lei Gang’s shield was dented and warped, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. A swipe from the demon’s claw nearly knocked the spear from Zhao Zhuo’s hands. Du Qi, now out of projectiles, could only rely on his Body Technique to harry the beast with a short sword, looking utterly wretched. Zhou Tiankuo, still suffering from his previous wound, had sustained new ones, and his breathing was ragged.

Liu Mei choked down an antidote Pill, forcing herself to endure the excruciating pain and the creeping deathly energy. She could barely use her scimitar to defend herself and was effectively out of the fight.

Lin Yi, too, had several close calls, narrowly dodging fatal claw swipes. His Star Spear only managed to create sparks on the Monkey Demon’s body, failing to inflict any real damage.

Even when he used Wave Intent to send force penetrating into the zombie’s internal organs, the Monkey Demon’s physique was simply too powerful; there was no immediate, tangible effect.

’Dammit! I have to break through to the Fourth Realm and evolve my Qi and Blood Power into Gang Qi. Otherwise, my attacks are just too weak!’

Lin Yi cursed inwardly.

With his current strength, he could instantly kill a low-stage Fourth Grade Martial Artist.

He could even hold his own against a Middle Stage or high-stage Fourth Grade opponent.

But against an opponent at Fourth Grade Perfection with a Great Success Golden Body, his strength just wasn’t enough!

The fight had become a desperate struggle!

Every second was heart-pounding; at any moment, someone could fall!

"We can’t let this drag on! We’ll all die if we do!" Zhou Tiankuo roared hoarsely. "Attack its joints! Its eyes! Its throat! Find its weak spot! Lei Gang, hold it steady! Create an opening!"

"ROAR! I’ll give it everything I’ve got!"

Lei Gang’s eyes turned crimson, and the golden light covering his body suddenly flared, becoming blinding.

He abandoned all defense. Roaring, he charged shield-first like a maddened Wild Bull, ramming straight into the Monkey Demon in a desperate, life-for-a-life gambit!

He was trying to create an opening for a killing blow!

"Now!"

A sharp glint flashed in the eyes of Zhao Zhuo, Zhou Tiankuo, and Lin Yi. They all pushed their Qi and Blood to the absolute limit!

Zhao Zhuo’s spear shot out like a venomous dragon bursting from the sea, aimed straight for the Monkey Demon’s throat, which had been exposed by the impact!

Zhou Tiankuo’s sword Gang Qi condensed into a single point of cold light, following right behind. It targeted the Monkey Demon’s left eye, which was left open as it tried to block the spear!

Meanwhile, Lin Yi’s movements were like a phantom’s. He unleashed his Thunder Light Intent to appear behind the Monkey Demon. His Overlapping Waves Intent erupted, a furious surge of fifteen times his normal Qi and Blood Power, as he ruthlessly plunged his Star Spear into the very same spot on the back of the Monkey Demon’s left knee he had struck before!!

PFFT! THUNK! CRACK!

The three sounds rang out almost simultaneously!

The Monkey Demon swatted Zhao Zhuo’s long spear aside with its claw; the spear only managed to pierce its shoulder blade!

The Monkey Demon dodged Zhou Tiankuo’s sword Gang Qi by tilting its head, the attack only managing to slice a deep, bone-exposing gash across its cheek!

But Lin Yi’s strike, empowered by both his Overlapping Waves Intent and Wave Intent, landed squarely on that same spot on the back of the Monkey Demon’s left knee!

A sickening crack of shattering bone echoed clearly!

Under the force of Lin Yi’s precise and brutal follow-up strikes, the Monkey Demon zombie’s iron-hard knee joint finally gave way, twisting into a grotesque shape in an instant!