Chapter 58: The Battle of Banjiu Cunzi (Part 3): Taking Down the First Flowering Monster

This Monster is not simple either.

Although its eyes are not good—the shriveled, dried-up sockets having been replaced by protruding plant branches—the flowers blooming all over its head are a much better means for this parasitic plant Monster to scout its surroundings.

The Large Arrow fired by the Tusi Brothers was invisible to the naked eye; at least, ordinary people could not see it clearly. But this Monster shook its two Long Swords and accurately aimed the blades at the two Large Arrows before they could reach it.

Crack! Two sparks of impact lit up; the metal arrowheads at the front of the Large Arrows collided with the Steel Sword blades, bursting into brilliant sparks that could be clearly seen even on a summer morning.

And not only were the arrowheads shattered, but the arrow shafts behind them also splintered due to the impact, pelting the Monster like shrapnel with a clattering sound.

This Monster's equipment was decent; under the common attire of a mercenary, it wore riveted iron Armor for protection, and its limbs were also protected by Leather Armor. The fragments of the shattered Large Arrows did not hurt it much, but it took the full force of the impact from the arrows.

This brings up the issue of weight in combat: no matter how perfect your defense is, and even if you can block every one of the enemy's offensives, if you do not have enough weight yourself, even if you block the enemy's attack, the impact force attached to the attack will still push you away.

Just like now.

The agile Flowering Monster accurately blocked the Tusi Brothers' Large Arrows, but it was still knocked back to the base of the village gate by the force of the arrows.

Jier snorted, jumped off his horse, and after landing, took a great leap, directly covering a distance of over ten meters and a height of several meters, leaping into the east gate of Banjiu Cunzi. Most of the people on the battlefield saw this leap of Jier's, and many who saw this scene for the first time had their mouths hanging open in exaggeration.

Can a Human leap over ten meters long and several meters high?

Is this still a person?

Jier held his Long Spear and thrust toward the Monster that had fallen to the ground from the air. In previous battles, although the Monster had no blood, it still satisfied the requirements to activate the Dwarf 【Sharp】 rune on the Long Spear; magical power lit up on the Gun-blade, greatly enhancing its cutting and piercing power.

"Die!"

Jier went straight for the Monster's head.

Because, unlike not knowing where the Human Face Core is hidden in a human torso, although these Flowering Monsters have become stronger, their weakness is fixed at the head. Just like now, as long as Jier stabs the opponent's head with his spear, he can directly destroy the black Parasite Core inside, which looks like a kidney.

But although this Monster had fallen, its movements and observation skills were not low; it slapped the ground with its left hand and, using the reaction force, rolled to the right to dodge.

At the same time, it let go of the Long Sword in its right hand and kicked toward Jier, who could not dodge in mid-air.

Jier did not dodge at all, letting the opponent's Steel Longsword hit his body and bounce off after creating sparks, while his own Long Spear finally stabbed into the spot where the opponent's head had been.

It missed.

But as soon as Jier landed, he lifted the tip of his Long Spear, scraping up the soil from the ground where the tip had stabbed and throwing it at the opponent.

After making this move, Jier realized in hindsight that he had done useless work, because the opponent was not a Human and did not need to use eyes to observe the battle, so this underhanded trick of throwing dirt to blind the eyes was in vain.

Sure enough, the Monster, covered in dirt, climbed up, shook its body to shed the mud, then switched the Long Sword from its left hand to its right, while its left hand pulled a Steel Short Sword from its thigh.

One long, one short, the two weapons were set in a stance again, ready to fight.

"Heh, long and short swords? That's familiar..."

Jier muttered, gripped the Long Spear with both hands, and also set a Long Spear fighting stance, ready to enjoy the pleasure of the battle.

The two maintained their standoff for several seconds, and outside the village, some unlucky soul was hit by a Monster and let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.

At this very moment, both moved.

The Flowering Monster wielding the long and short swords stepped on the ground and, using strength exceeding that of a Human, instantly lowered its body and killed its way to Jier.

Its movements were too fast!

But Jier was not slow either. Since undergoing Knight Training, the improvement of the human body by Life Energy is comprehensive, naturally including human nerve reflexes. Jier had used the Red-eye Mushroom Sugar Pill he used to rely on less in recent combat; for one, it wasn't needed, and for another, that thing was rare, and once eaten, it was gone.

So, facing the Flowering Monster's lightning-fast, low-post surprise attack, Jier stepped on the ground with his right foot, dodged to the left, and at the same time pressed his Long Spear down, completely suppressing the low-post enemy to the ground.

But the opponent spun its body against the ground, and the long and short swords in its hands whipped against the head of Jier's Long Spear like a spinning top, making Jier's downward-pressing spear shaft useless.

At the same time, the Flowering Monster rested its elbow on the ground, side-kicked upward while lying on the ground, and hit the shaft of the Long Spear, kicking the spear away.

Jier did not expect that even when suppressed to such a low position, the opponent could still spin to swing its swords and kick; not only were its movements very flexible, but its strength was also of the inhuman kind.

You have to know that if it were an ordinary person, once pressed by Jier with a Long Spear, that force is something a Human could never resist.

But this Flowering Monster looks somewhat human, yet under its human skin, there is absolutely nothing human left.

They use tough, lightweight wood to replace human bones, strong and resilient plant vines to replace the muscles attached to human bones, and with tiny root vines covering their whole bodies to transport nutrients and perform repairs and healing, this Flowering Monster has at least seven or eight times the strength of a Human Warrior, and is completely unafraid of being injured in a fight.

It is completely a combat weapon carefully crafted by the Evil God behind the scenes for revenge.

Especially the one Jier was facing at this moment; it not only possessed the strength of all Flowering Monsters, but it had also learned the skills of the powerful mercenary it parasitized to the fullest, and even went a step further, exerting strength the original person never had.

After kicking the Long Spear away, the Flowering Monster immediately pushed off the ground and rolled toward Jier, the long and short swords flashing and crossing like the fangs of a Poisonous Snake, calculating which of Jier's legs to bite.

"Get lost!"

Jier roared, lifted his foot to kick, and the Monster reacted to dodge, but it did not expect that a flash of black light would suddenly emerge from the tip of Jier's kicking foot. As soon as this thing emerged from Jier's toe, it flew straight toward the Monster's body and transformed into a blurry bird image in the short distance of the attack.

This thing hit the Flowering Monster's chest; although it exploded into a shadow with a pop and failed to break the mercenary Armor on the Monster's chest, the impact force carried by the shadow still knocked the Monster flying while it was on the ground.

This guy was knocked back more than three meters in one breath, and Jier took the opportunity to step forward and thrust; this distance was the best range for the Long Spear in his hand.

And the Monster, having been knocked down and flying, could hardly reorganize its posture in that short, uncontrolled time, and was directly pierced through the chest by Jier's follow-up spear.

The mercenary Armor that had performed well just now had no effect at all against the 【Sharp】 rune on the Dwarf Soldier Spear; like a hot knife through butter, Jier pierced through its chest with one strike.

Jier had originally wanted to stab the opponent's head directly, but the Monster was also rolling during the process of being knocked away, which did not make it convenient for him to aim.

Subsequently, Jier lifted his spear and flicked it, directly picking the Monster up from the ground and throwing it into the air.

This Monster seemed to realize something was wrong, and the long and short swords in its hands were thrown toward Jier's head and face, but Jier raised his left arm and blocked twice, using the sturdy Magic Amplification Bracelet to block the weapons thrown by the opponent.

"Hmph! Take this!"

If the Monster thrown into the air had no other flying or movement abilities to borrow force, then it would fall according to the force Jier used to throw it, following a reasonable, predictable parabola, along a fixed trajectory.

This is a very dangerous scene for both the enemy and ourselves, because no matter who it is, once they are thrown into the air, they can basically only accept the subsequent fatal blow like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

That is exactly what Jier did; he aimed at the Flowering Monster, which was trying its best to shrink its body in the air, swung the blade of his Long Spear with all his might, and cut off the opponent's waist in mid-air with one strike.

Splat, fragrant and pleasant plant juice spilled from the place where the opponent's waist was cut, and at the same time, the lower body that had lost its connection could only perform simple, repetitive movements of shrinking and straightening its legs, and could do nothing more.

As for the upper body that fell to the ground, it used its hands as feet, supporting itself on the ground, trying to escape from Jier, the Human.

But how could that be?

How could he let it escape in such a ridiculous way.

Jier chased after it, pierced the opponent's neck with his spear, twisted the blade, and removed the Monster's head.

Letting the head, full of blooming flowers, roll to one side.

Other parts of the Monster might be useful, but the Parasitic Core is a lost cause. The Monster, now left with only a head, was finally pierced and exploded by Jier's spear; this blooming Monster was now thoroughly dead.

"Not bad, a good opponent!" Jier only began to offer praise after the enemy was dead.

He confirmed once more that the Monster was completely dead, then opened the half-closed gate of the Cunzi from the inside of the east gate of Banjiu Cunzi.

Jier held the flower-head of the blooming Monster in his hand, raising it high to show all the Warriors outside.

"Exterminate all the Monsters outside the Cunzi! Ha, come quickly, there are still a few troublesome fellows in the Cunzi! Those who want the bounty and are confident in their own skills, follow me now!"

Jier called out loudly, immediately causing the Warriors outside the Cunzi to swarm toward him; it seemed quite a few of them were confident in their skills.

These people included not only his own subordinates but also several temporarily recruited Caravan guards and shop thugs. Jier couldn't say much about this; since they considered their own strength sufficient, it didn't matter if he let them join in—anyway, if they died, it was a choice they made themselves.

Perhaps, among these people, there might be someone who could give Jier a surprise?

As for the other Warriors, guards, and thugs who deemed their strength insufficient, they gathered together to exterminate the dozen or so Parasitic Monsters making a final desperate stand. Only then did the five Priest of the God of Agriculture, who had been waiting on horseback not far away, urge their horses forward and disperse to provide treatment to the injured Warriors.

These people were basically the Caravan guards and thugs from the right flank; as for the corpses of the unlucky fellows killed by the Parasitic Monsters, they would have to wait until the battlefield was cleared after the fighting to be dealt with.

Jier took a portion of the Refining Qi team and headed straight for the open space in the center of Banjiu Cunzi. He had just used the 【Yamila no Me】 temporarily, and the surging perception allowed him to see that the vast majority of the Monsters in Banjiu Cunzi had rushed out of the Cunzi during the previous battle. The remaining Monsters were divided into two parts: the strong ones were waiting in the center of the Cunzi for them to come and fight, while the other part of the weak Monsters were gathered in a certain Villager house in the Cunzi, not knowing what they were doing.

The Yueshui head flew over the heads of the crowd and landed in Jier's raised right hand. With this old friend that specialized in killing parasitic plant Monsters, Jier confidently led the men in long strides toward the center of the Cunzi.

The entire Banjiu Cunzi was quiet, with only the sounds of battle coming from behind the crowd; other than that, this Cunzi controlled by Parasitic Monsters did not have a single extra sound.

Jier scanned the Cunzi buildings he passed by and found that the Monsters clearly had no interest in destroying Human houses; even many tables, chairs, and benches were still in their original places, looking exactly as they had when the Villagers evacuated.

Water vapor could be faintly felt in the air; clearly, in this hot summer, not only did Humans find the season hard to endure, but these Parasitic Monsters also needed a large amount of water to keep themselves normal.

And as it happened, the largest water well in a Cunzi was usually on the edge of the open space in the center of the Cunzi.

At this moment, two blooming Monsters were guarding here with seven Parasitic Monsters whose heads were covered in plant branches.

Their bodies were all wet; before Jier and the others arrived, they had just finished watering themselves for the last time. The moisture on their bodies was being rapidly absorbed by their bodies, which not only increased their weight and made them harder to knock back, but also made it easier for them to repair their bodies.

Seeming to see the blooming Monster head hanging casually at Jier's waist, the remaining two blooming Monsters were very angry; all the wet flowers on their heads opened one after another, releasing a rich fragrance outward.

Having 'smelled' the signal released by the leaders, tiny buds sprouted from the skin of the seven Parasitic Monsters whose heads were full of plant branches. In an instant, they went from having seven parts of a Human appearance to having only one part.

Because they were covered in fuzz and green, with slender root vines two or three centimeters long all over their bodies, they looked exceptionally disgusting.

Many of the Warriors and guard thugs who were seeing this scene for the first time began to retch in disgust.

Some people even retreated temporarily, wondering if they had rashly joined a battle they shouldn't have.

But Jier didn't give these people a chance to regret it; he turned sideways and threw his Long Spear with his left hand, and with a *swish*, it pierced through the chest of the leading blooming Monster, pinning it to the Earth Wall of a house on the edge of the open space.

Then Jier shouted: "Attack!"

He extended the axe in his right hand forward, and the Warriors at his side rushed past him one after another.

Seeing this momentum, those fellows who had temporarily retreated had no choice but to bite the bullet and shout as they rushed toward the Monsters.

Bawei yelled loudly: "There is still one blooming head! It is my prey! My bounty!"

Aoni sneered: "That's not necessarily true, whoever cuts off its head! The bounty belongs to whoever does it!"

Sipulu didn't say much, but used sharp movements to dodge the Parasitic Monsters blocking the way during the charge, his Battle Knife aiming straight for the neck of the blooming Monster.

Weier was the fastest, because when he chose his Armor, he specifically chose a sleeveless, lightweight Armor, so his movements were least hindered by the Armor, and he was the first to successfully approach the Monster.

However, among everyone, besides Jier, the ones who attacked the blooming Monster first were the Tusi Brothers, who used Large Arrows.

*Bang! Bang! * Two sounds of the Bowstring vibrating rang out, and faster than these sounds reached everyone's ears were the two Large Arrow Arrows that hit the blooming Monster's body.

This blooming Monster was clearly not as powerful as the previous blooming Monster that used twin swords.

But it clearly had some unique skills; its hands and feet were completely decorative. Under the Linen Cloth trouser legs, there were not feet in the conventional sense, but several thick vines that had already taken root in the ground.

Therefore, although the Large Arrow Arrows hit its body and successfully broke the two liquid storage bladders inside its torso, they had no further effect; the Monster took root on the spot and did not move at all.

This scene caused the expressions of the Warriors who had just rushed up aggressively to change.

First, Weier faced the two thick vine whips that the blooming Monster lashed out in one breath!

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