Chapter 428: The Kill
Chapter 428: Chapter 428: The Kill
Long Ming’s mind was clear of all distractions. He was like a cold, calculating killing machine, calmly slaughtering the attacking Death Filth Spirits one by one.
Hopka and the others also furiously swung their weapons, cutting down one Death Filth Spirit after another.
Just as they were in the middle of a slaughter, a massive ball of black mist suddenly plummeted from the sky like a meteor.
BOOM—
A massive cloud of black mist swept outward.
Long Ming and the others were instantly sent flying, crashing hard onto the ground.
As they scrambled back to their feet, the gray mist ahead began to dissipate. A bone claw, wreathed in black energy, slammed down on the edge of the massive pit.
Then, it rose to its feet. It was a seventy-meter-tall, humanoid creature composed entirely of countless black bones. It had a massive, insectoid skull for a head, from which a pair of dark-red eyes flared to life. The Death Filth Spirit, Seot, had appeared, its body wreathed in black mist.
"What is this thing? How can it be so huge?"
Woperi and the others were stunned.
Long Ming also stared at the monster, facing it as if it were a formidable foe.
"Dammit, who cares what it is! Let’s just smash it to death!"
Piloting the Shatter-Hell Emissary, Hopka took the lead and charged toward Seot.
Seot raised a bony claw wreathed in black mist and slashed at Hopka.
"Shattering Strike!"
Hopka’s muscles bulged as he furiously swung the Giant Hammer, which crackled with arcs of lightning, to meet the attack.
CLANG—
The two attacks collided.
A terrifying shockwave swept outward.
Seot staggered back a step.
Seeing the monster actually lose to Hopka in a contest of strength, Long Ming’s eyes lit up.
"We can take it!"
"Let’s go!"
Chen Hong and the others charged forward, firing beams of light from their Shoulder Cannons at Seot.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions rocked Seot’s massive frame, and cracks began to appear on its sturdy body.
"ROAR!"
Seot furiously opened its maw, gathering a terrifying amount of Power.
VMMMM—
A black beam of light shot out, sweeping toward Chen Hong and the others.
Chen Hong and his comrades immediately dodged.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A violent explosion tore through the area.
Just then, Long Ming rushed in from the side, swinging his Light Saber at Seot’s right leg.
CRACK!
A huge gash was instantly carved into Seot’s right leg.
It turned on Long Ming in a rage, raising its right hand to swat him.
Long Ming swiftly leaped away.
SLAM—
Seot’s palm struck empty air, and the ground itself shattered from the impact.
At that moment, Hopka activated his thrusters, rocketing straight toward Seot’s head.
Seot raised its left claw to grab him.
Hopka deftly dodged the attack.
At that moment, Woperi and Chen Hong charged forward, swinging their weapons and striking hard at Seot’s injured right leg.
CRACK!
Seot’s right leg was severed. Its massive body tilted, and it dropped to one knee.
Hopka seized the opportunity, charging in and swinging his lightning-wreathed Giant Hammer down hard on Seot’s head.
CRUNCH—
A hole was smashed into the massive insectoid skull, and black mist could be seen swirling within.
Seot let out an enraged roar and swung its right claw at Hopka.
Hopka raised his Giant Hammer to block!
BAM!
The Shatter-Hell Emissary was sent flying backward, landing hard on the ground.
After steadying his mecha, Hopka looked at Seot and snorted.
"This thing’s not so tough. Let’s get it!"
Seeing this, Long Ming also took the lead and charged forward.
Just then, Seot’s pitch-black eyes flared. It opened its mouth wide and spewed out a great cloud of black mist.
Instantly, Long Ming and the others were enveloped in the black mist.
Long Ming immediately felt a piercing sensation in his mind, as if being stabbed by needles, but it was still within his tolerance.
But just then, he noticed that Hopka and the others had all frozen in place.
’Not good!’
Long Ming’s expression changed drastically.
’This black mist has a corrosive, paralyzing effect on the mind. Hopka and the others clearly have no resistance to it.’
At that moment, Seot raised its massive bone claw and swept it toward the three paralyzed men: Hopka, Woperi, and Chen Hong.
Long Ming’s muscles tensed. He erupted with Power, blurring into an afterimage as he charged forward. He kicked Hopka out of the way, then rushed between Woperi and Chen Hong, grabbing them both and leaping clear.
Seot’s claw sliced through empty air.
Hopka scrambled up from the ground, looking disheveled. He glared at Seot and cursed.
"Dammit!"
"You’re asking to die!"
Chen Hong and Woperi snapped out of it, their expressions grim as they glared at Seot.
They couldn’t believe they had been ambushed at such a critical moment.
If Red Ghost hadn’t saved them, that attack would have either killed or crippled them.
Just as they prepared to charge in and finish off Seot, swarms of Death Filth Spirits rushed in from all sides.
They began burrowing into Seot’s body.
Black mist poured from the creature’s body as its broken bones began to rapidly heal.
"Damn it, it’s absorbing its own kind to heal itself!"
Woperi said, his expression tightening.
"Spread out! Use your beams to clear out the approaching Death Filth Spirits!"
Long Ming ordered.
"Right!"
Hopka and the others fanned out.
They aimed their Shoulder Cannons and swept the area, mowing down the gathering Death Filth Spirits.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Swarms of Death Filth Spirits were obliterated.
Enraged, Seot charged straight at them.
Long Ming and his team continuously fell back while unleashing a barrage of attacks.
ZAP! ZAP!
Beam after beam slammed into Seot’s body.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Violent explosions erupted one after another.
Seot furiously pushed through the attacks, charged at Long Ming, and swiped at him with its long claws.
Long Ming immediately tossed the Light Saber to his left hand. His right hand morphed into a sharp blade, and he slashed out viciously.
CLANG!
The two attacks met.
Long Ming firmly blocked Seot’s claw, but the mist emanating from it continuously eroded his mind.
"Die!"
Just then, Hopka seized the opportunity. He stomped on the ground and launched himself into the air, aiming for Seot’s head.
Seot suddenly snapped its head up, opened its maw, and began gathering a terrifying amount of Power.
"Watch out!"
Long Ming shouted a warning to Hopka.
But it was too late!
VMMMM—
Seot fired a terrifying black beam straight at Hopka.
"Instant Flash!"
Hopka’s pupils constricted. His Spiritual Power erupted, and the entire Shatter-Hell Emissary vanished.
The black beam shot through empty air.
"He can use Instant Flash!"
Chen Hong was also stunned.
Then, like a descending god, the Shatter-Hell Emissary reappeared out of thin air above Seot’s head. It swung the lightning-wreathed hammer down with all its might.
BOOM—
Seot’s head instantly exploded.
"AARGH—"
With a final, mournful cry, it dissolved into countless streams of black mist that scattered in all directions.
Seot’s massive body crashed to the ground.
Watching this, Long Ming couldn’t help but be impressed. ’That Colonel Hopka is no joke. His Instant Flash, in particular, is incredible.’
’I learned that the hard way when I fought him.’