Chapter 101: Battling Monsters

Bai Lang couldn't avoid contact, because as the MT he was definitely going to be first. On the city wall there was only that much space; the four bed-mounted crossbows occupied that much space, and those hornets were aiming at those four crossbows, so Bai Lang was bound to face those monster insects. As the only person present who didn't care, didn't hide behind shield and armor, and didn't spray smoke or throw flying knives at the worms, Bai Lang directly became the hornets' target.

"However, I think these insects' mission is already completed, isn't it?" Bai Lang looked at the bed-mounted crossbow with no one operating it; even using his ass to think, he knew these monsters could now leisurely smoke a cigarette, then build a floating bridge, and slowly climb the wall, with nothing to stop them...... The hornet flew over, Bai Lang directly activated the Golden Bell Shield's power, and a large bell appeared, directly covering Bai Lang within it before fading away.

That hornet's flight speed was extremely fast, it directly "Clang!" struck Bai Lang's aura— the fourth level of the Thirteen Tai Bao Golden Bell Shield had been broken, the protective aura had formed, and the "bell" of the Golden Bell Shield naturally came into being, so the hornet outside Bai Lang's body struck the protective aura. "Turns out this hornet's body is also very hard!" Bai Lang sensed the impact on the aura and thought, "Of course, how could an insect's exoskeleton not be hard?"

Moreover, the hornet's stinger could even pierce part of the Golden Bell Shield's internal force, nearly stabbing into Bai Lang's body. The hideous insect's body clung tightly with its hooking claws to the outside of Bai Lang's Golden Bell Shield, repeatedly stabbing with its stinger and gnawing with its large mandibles. Bai Lang threw a punch, the hornet's head flew off, yet the stinger on its tail continued to stab several times before twitching and falling off dead.

"Not a problem." Bai Lang said, "Indeed not a problem." Muronghua had already sheathed his sword; on the ground lay several hornets with their heads cut off. The remaining hornets fled desperately outward, not daring to approach Qin Lianer.

Hornets were nothing; the flying avian monsters were more troublesome, huge eagles and vultures beyond ordinary size, some even looking nothing like birds—human-headed bird bodies, beast-headed bird bodies, bird-headed beast bodies with wings; such monsters filled the skies. During this period, when Bai Lang ran to the walltop to look, those monsters were already attempting to cross the moat, and just as Bai Lang prepared to fire crossbow bolts, the mastermind behind all this also appeared.

"How ugly!" Bai Lang muttered; the others also showed looks of disgust, only Qin Lianer's expression was rather pleased—because what appeared was a giant diseased toad. Toads are one of the Five Poisons; a toad this large could produce a great deal of toad venom, surely with endless uses. This toad was almost as long as a city bus, its two big eyeballs still full of spirit—this was absolutely no ordinary monster.

"It's probably just one step away from transforming into human form," Ma Rulong said. "We need to kill it quickly, otherwise once it transforms it will become innate, and we won't be able to beat it." There was no question of whether to fight—this broken adventure hall sent them here and said they'd survive ten days, so it was impossible not to let them fight the monster before them; besides, Ma Rulong and the others had previously said that such man-eating monsters most like martial artists, whose abundant essence, qi, and blood make them chewy, easily worth ten or more ordinary mortals, and even eating them could directly boost one's cultivation.

Conflict was bound to happen, but there was no need to rush in—let the toad cross the wall first.

Since Bai Lang and his group appeared on the city wall, the toad moved while the other beasts remained still...... The toad actively jumped over and even spoke human words: "You lot! Come down so I can eat you!"

Bai Lang also stared, "Is this toad not an idiot?" He didn't care, directly shouting down: "Damn, why don't you go die? If you've got guts, come up! Come up and your grandfather will eat you anyway!" This sort of thing really only suits Bai Lang—his style and bearing look like a professional challenger shouting out duels. "You toad, die miserably in the river! Have a kid with no ass! Eat eat eat! Eat your mother's eat!"

Bai Lang relied on the toad not being able to get up for a while, and on the city wall he freely cursed in various dialects, even composing a poem: "Ming Lake, big Ming Lake. In Ming Lake there are lotus flowers. On the lotus flowers there are toads. One poke, one bounce." This could be said to match Bai Lang's style quite well. The toad then inflated, swelling to the size of two city buses, emitting a low, thunder-like "Gua‑ge" before directly crawling toward the wall.

A toad this large probably couldn't jump well, but crawling it was still fast, and crossing the moat was naturally swift as well. Bai Lang picked up a millstone‑sized rock and threw it down, but the toad completely ignored it—if this creature stood on its hind legs, its height would probably exceed the city wall....

The toad, puffed up with air, charged straight over, shaking the city wall—knocking it down would probably take just a few hits." "Hit it!" Bai Lang said, jumping down first, with Muronghua closely following.

Bai Lang clenched his fists together, raised them overhead, and following the momentum of his leap, he smashed down in one blow. A large bell appeared outside his body, and at his fists a huge tiger claw manifested. This punch struck the toad's head directly; such a large toad was actually slammed down hard by this force, its head lowered. The toad's jaw struck the ground, sending dirt and debris flying. Immediately after, Muronghua thrust his sword like a heavenly flying dragon, aiming for the spot between the toad's eyes.

"Damn!" The toad inflated again, and Muronghua's sword couldn't pierce it—instead it was bounced back. The toad also had a round aura emanating from its center, bursting outward; not only Muronghua but even Bai Lang was knocked back by the recoil. "This toad has actually cultivated this whole-body primordial energy!" Muronghua then slid two fingers along the sword blade, and with internal force infused, the sword produced a three‑foot sword light.

"Find its weak point!" Muronghua shouted. At this moment Qin Lianer had also jumped down, and as she landed she scattered a large puff of powder. The toad croaked, apparently wary of this powder, and sprayed demonic qi from its mouth, blowing it all away. Then it opened its huge mouth and inhaled, trying to suck Bai Lang in. "Good timing! I'll be the shield!" Bai Lang used this suction, directly activating twelve‑layered power nearby to form a large bell, wrapping himself and charging forward.

The toad sucked Bai Lang into its mouth, and the upper and lower jaws snapped shut. "Boom!" The bell's sound rang deep and resonant; the toad opened its huge mouth again, now spewing blood, the fine dense fangs inside its jaws all shattered, while Bai Lang transformed directly into a giant tiger, using tiger claws to carve a path, tearing open a bloody gap from the toad's upper jaw and leaping out.