Chapter 1091: Interception (Bonus Chapter)

At this critical moment, a guard beside Wu Lu holding a moon-halberd suddenly leaped up, the fork of the halberd flicking against the wooden wheel, actually forcing the broken log aside and knocking away another giant log. He Lingchuan hadn't seen such a beautiful display of "four ounces moving a thousand pounds" in a long time.

Wu Lu personally threw a boomerang toward the front of the road. Was that invisible weapon that blocked the road still there?

The boomerang was only the size of a fist when thrown, but it grew larger and larger during flight, turning into a man-sized flying weapon after three zhang! It was large enough and rotating vertically to the ground; when it flew to the place where the guard had just lost his head, it bounced, as if it had touched something, showing great resilience.

That was... a wire? Wu Lu realized.

The enemy had set a trap on their path, not a common tripwire, but a more insidious decapitation wire!

As long as the height was calculated, this wire, invisible to the naked eye, hung in mid-air, and with the cavalry charging down from the top of the slope at high speed, the soft wire instantly became a lethal blade! So the invisible weapon was just a few strong wires?

Realizing this, Wu Lu didn't relax but frowned instead.

Even this boomerang couldn't cut the wire; its toughness was astonishing. If there were more ahead, would his two hundred men dare to let their horses gallop? At this moment, time was life and speed was victory, yet he was dragged here! The boomerang bounced back upon contact, spinning as it flew back, but it didn't return to its master; instead, it switched to horizontal rotation, flying over the heads of the guards and cutting directly into the grass! With a few *thud-thud* sounds, it also broke two trees.

A muffled roar suddenly erupted from the depths of the jungle, and a giant ape rushed out, wearing heavy bronze armor and holding a purple-gold staff; its debut was a massive horizontal sweep!

This staff could extend to three zhang (ten meters) long, and the giant ape aimed at the height of the horses' necks. With one swing, the knights scrambled to dodge.

But several riders couldn't avoid it and were swept away along with their horses, rolling two or three zhang in the air before landing or hitting trees.

The lucky ones were hit on the horse's body, with the impact mostly borne by the horse, leaving the knight dizzy and perhaps with a fracture; the unlucky ones who took the hit directly had their internal organs damaged and bodies flattened, dying before they even hit the ground.

With this horizontal sweep of the violent ape, a zhang-long gale extended from the staff head, causing sand and stones to roll on the ground and flattening the wild grass.

After being swept by it, the guard team had to scatter. The violent ape immediately followed with a great leap, swinging its staff to smash at Wu Lu's crown.

The guard holding the moon-halberd leaped up to meet the challenge, fearless, but a large net suddenly shot out from the side, precisely trapping him! It turned out that a large spider, five feet tall at the back and pitch black, had crawled out of the grass, its web-shooting accuracy incredibly high. The guard was in mid-air and couldn't maneuver, so he was ambushed.

This black spider was a net-throwing catcher activated by Zhu Xiuer's eyeball; as soon as it caught someone, it dragged the net and scurried into the woods.

Others swung their blades to cut, but the Earth-Cave Spider Queen's web was so tough that even divine weapons could barely cut it; even if their weapons were now enhanced with primordial power, they couldn't saw through it in a few strokes.

The guard was dragged away, and the violent ape's staff was about to smash onto Wu Lu's head. The latter had no choice but to throw a doll the size of a middle finger at it.

With a loud *bang*, the doll transformed into a giant puppet bear, one and a half zhang tall and sturdy, the moment it was thrown, its two giant paws pressing on the staff and crashing directly into the giant ape.

Previously, Wu Lu was surrounded by his guard team, and the space in front was crowded, leaving no room to summon this golden-armored violent bear that could sit a person to death.

This thing was also covered in copper armor and possessed real sharp claws and steel teeth, sparks flying when it slapped the purple-gold staff.

It was also immensely strong, forcing the violent ape back two steps with one strike.

The violent ape was furious, swinging its staff like a whirlwind, beating the violent bear mercilessly.

Zhu Xiuer was so angry she was powerless, pointing out in its ear, "Why hit its head and face, why hit its belly? It's not a real bear, it won't get a concussion!"

"Roar?" Then where should I hit?

"Poke its eyes out, then it won't be able to see you!" The puppet's eyes were also used for seeing things.

"Stop messing around!" This was He Lingchuan's voice. "The golden-armored bear is also controlled in real-time by a person; it can fight even without eyes."

He had the most say in this.

"Moo-roar!" Hearing that Zhu Xiuer was also wrong, the violent ape laughed, but was immediately stabbed in the ankle by the surrounding Ya Kingdom guards, making it so angry it bared its sharp teeth.

*Wa-ya-ya-ya*, the primordial power stung it so painfully!

It was the largest and most conspicuous, so it naturally became the first target for everyone's concentrated fire.

Even wearing heavy armor, it couldn't last long.

"Focus on Wu Lu, don't be fooled by this puppet bear!" He Lingchuan gave instructions. "Leave this big metal guy to me!"

Afterward, the bushes on the other side of the mountain road also *swished*, and a big guy jumped out—

The bright golden-armored copper general made his debut!

Over the past half year, the Yangshan Archipelago's income had doubled again and again, and He Lingchuan's title as Island Master finally lived up to its name, but he had never upgraded the golden-armored copper general.

Fang Canran had calculated the account for him: to upgrade this big guy from a copper general to a god general, the minimum cost would be 1.3 million silver taels! Doing this was like renovation; even a low-end beggar version cost that much, and if you wanted a better one, there was no limit.

He Lingchuan passed immediately upon hearing it; the cost-effectiveness was too low! Besides, he had always been generous to the Yangshan Archipelago and occasionally generous to the Bailie people and Dong Rui's research, but he was incredibly stingy with himself.

No way, silver was too useful.

He had grand plans and didn't want to waste a single cent of future money.

Otherwise, after upgrading the golden-armored copper general to a god general, it should have been able to dismantle this puppet bear with its bare hands.

But now, it could only hold off this big bear.

Two metal creations that knew neither pain nor fatigue were locked in a stalemate right beside Wu Lu and the violent ape.

The violent ape, the giant bear, and the golden-armored copper general were all squeezed into such a small place, banging and fighting, making it difficult to even turn around. The other guards only saw sand and stones flying in the field, blinding their eyes; if they dared to intervene, they would be trampled and injured by someone's big feet in minutes.

The violent ape listened to He Lingchuan's orders and attacked Wu Lu fiercely.

In such a small space, a heavy weapon like the purple-gold staff couldn't be used effectively. It simply put the staff away and came to grab Wu Lu with its bare hands.

Wu Lu's preferred weapon was a pair of heavy maces, but they were clearly not good for dealing with a strength-based opponent like the violent ape, so he switched to a pair of hand-forks.

This weapon looked like an oversized needle with a guard, round and slender.

Wu Lu himself had risen through the ranks by military merit, and his cultivation matched his rank; at this moment, he moved in the gaps of the giant monsters' fight, his figure like flowing clouds and water, always able to pass through the gaps.

Those big feet moved back and forth beside him, but they just couldn't step on him.

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