Chapter 42: Slaughter

Long before the battle began, Lu Cang had already worked out his plan for it.

In this fight, the only one posing even a slight threat was that Tier-5 unit.

Once he was dealt with, the rest were just small fry.

Of course, in reality, even if he let that Tier-5 unit attack freely,

it probably wouldn't be able to break through his own defenses.

After all, the Secret Steel Organization's ability to withstand Holy-tier attacks is no joke.

But, just to guard against any accidents,

Lu Cang still locked his target onto that Tier-5 Boar Man the very first moment.

The instant the ambush was launched, fully several dozen Crawler Kings surged onto the body of that Tier-5 Boar King.

There was no time to react at all.

That Tier-5 Boar Man was completely buried under the Crawler Kings.

The number of Crawler Kings on him was second only to the swarm besieging those three lords.

This ambush was a tremendous success.

The battle was almost over the moment it began.

Lu Cang had no intention of letting them reach the core zone.

Right now, this area was still a complete fog to them.

They couldn't see what was actually inside the core zone.

So, as far as they were concerned, it was just an ordinary Tier-5 fog zone.

It wouldn't draw too much attention from powerful beings.

Big shots capable of exploring Tier-8 fog zones would absolutely never bother with a Tier-5 fog zone.

Just like a level-eighty player wouldn't go farm materials in a level-fifty dungeon area.

But if they learned the core zone held a rare, heaven-defying treasure,

that would be a different story entirely.

At that point, let alone Tier-8,

even Holy-tier lords being drawn over was entirely possible.

Although Lu Cang's current strength far exceeded that of lords of the same tier,

he still had no intention of facing a Holy-tier opponent.

Taking this group out here was the most conservative plan.

Bang!

The protective barrier shattered.

Several dozen Crawlers callously swarmed and slaughtered the two lords on the spot.

The remaining units collapsed into total rout.

Seeing their lords die, they scattered in utter chaos.

They began to flee.

But how could they possibly escape the Crawlers?

Under the observation of 【The Gazer】,

the Crawlers began pursuing every deserter in perfect, orderly fashion.

As for those few Tier-4 units,

they were still putting up a desperate fight.

But the Crawlers didn't take them seriously at all.

It was almost like they were toying with them.

They surrounded the Tier-4 Bai Langwang.

Every so often, one would dart out and slash Bai Langwang across the back with a claw!

Bai Langwang had just turned to counterattack,

but the instant he turned, another Crawler leapt out from behind.

It was exactly like a cat toying with a mouse.

The look in Bai Langwang's eyes gradually turned to despair.

Setting aside the sheer numbers of this Crawler army,

the defense of these Crawlers alone was enough to fill him with despair.

He had clearly just struck a Crawler with a full-force claw.

Yet that Crawler hadn't taken so much as a scratch.

After his claw lifted away, it kept running on all fours, claws flying as fast as ever.

Instead, it was his own claw that now bore several deep gashes.

Those were tearing wounds inflicted by the spikes on the Crawler's back.

What kind of monster had he never even heard of was this?

Judging purely by aura, they were clearly only Tier-1 to Tier-3.

But in actual combat, any single one of them felt like it could effortlessly slaughter a Tier-4 being like himself.

The reason Lu Cang was tormenting Bai Langwang like this

wasn't out of any twisted psychology.

It was because this was the first battle after unlocking the Secret Steel Organization.

If it ended the battle without taking any damage at all,

wouldn't that mean the strength of this 【Secret Steel Organization】 hadn't been tested at all?

So, Lu Cang deliberately left behind a Tier-4 unit to serve as his combat test subject.

"Mm…"

"A Tier-4 monster still can't kill a Tier-1 crawler in a single strike."

Lu Cang could still remember how, back then, that Tier-3 【Giant Fist Jin Gang】

had killed over a dozen crawlers with a single punch.

Now, it was still the same Tier-1 crawler.

But the Tier-4 Bai Langwang couldn't kill it outright.

"Still… the muscle tissue provided protection, but the impact force still rattled the bones."

"This Tier-1 crawler's teeth and bones are completely shattered."

A crawler itself is composed of nothing but bone and flesh.

For a Tier-4 creature, smashing granite in a single strike is child's play.

"Looks like the Secret Steel Organization isn't all-powerful either."

"But being able to let a Tier-1 creature withstand a Tier-4 attack is already very impressive."

In this world, Tier-1 monsters don't even compare to some highly aggressive creatures in the real world.

For example, in the real world, creatures like giant bears already exceed the strength of Tier-1 creatures in the Lord world.

Of course, here we're talking about the ordinary grade.

Moreover, the crawler's own defense is also very weak.

A crawler itself is a creature with high attack, high agility, and paper-thin skin.

In combat, as long as it's hit, it can easily drop dead on the spot.

With this result, Lu Cang was already very satisfied.

As for the Swift Crawler, after being hit, it only suffered a slight bone fracture.

Relying on the innate regenerative power of flesh-and-blood creatures, it could heal in a very short time.

After the Crawler King was hit, the only word to describe it was completely unscathed.

Afterwards, Lu Cang used this Bai Langwang to conduct multiple sets of tests.

Such as the Secret Steel Organization's amplification of attack capability.

Or its protective capability against things other than physical attacks.