Chapter 341

Chapter 341: Use it against him!

The ordinary soldiers remained on high alert, while the clever ones had already pulled out the infrared night vision goggles that were distributed in advance and fastened them to their heads.

Hope City’s technology was indeed as impressive as rumored; despite the thick sand and debris, they could still see two figures at the center of the dust—one large and one small.

And they seemed to be… fighting.

As if to attract everyone’s attention, a sudden strong wind blew across the open space outside the city.

This wind whipped up the air and dust, quickly clearing a path towards the direction of the extraordinary beasts.

In just a few seconds, the center of the impact became visible to everyone.

It turned out to be a human and… a humanoid extraordinary beast.

At that moment, the two were battling in the oldest manner known to humankind.

The humanoid extraordinary beast was significantly taller than the human, yet the man with light golden hair was pulling it down by an imaginary collar with strength.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the man had forcefully inserted his left hand into the beast’s collarbone, using it as a grip to pull it down.

The beast’s one hand was tightly gripping the man’s forearm, its sharp claws seemingly intent on crushing him.

Their other arms were engaged in a very primitive action—punching.

Whether the grip on the beast’s collarbone or the claw squeezing the human’s arm, both seemed merely to hold their positions, aiming for a continuous flurry of piercing punches.

Watching this scene, many soldiers on the city wall naturally recalled their childhoods.

Children often fought by grabbing each other’s collars before attacking.

Now, this seemingly foolish tactic was being applied in the dangerously chaotic battlefield below, only with far greater power.

Every strike from both the light-haired human and the extraordinary beast seemed capable of tearing through the air before them.

However, the notable difference was that whenever the human struck the extraordinary beast, a few weaker extraordinary beasts nearby would instantly collapse.

Conversely, when the extraordinary beast attacked the human, it seemed to pass through him, causing damage directly to the swarm of insects behind him.

The sound of their punches was like cannon fire, and the shockwaves could even send innocent nearby extraordinary beasts flying dozens of meters, some even dying on the spot.

Within mere seconds, hundreds of punches were thrown, clearing a wide space around the man and the extraordinary beast.

In the astonished observation of the soldiers on the city wall and the obligatory detours taken by the insects below, this round of combat finally came to an end.

Lin Qingliu had caught up with the Horned Demon about half a minute earlier.

Watching the increasingly hardened skin of the beast and the city gate that was now becoming visible nearby, Lin Qingliu couldn’t help but think of a certain legendary warrior.

This was the benefit of being well-read; even a literary piece from another world could give Lin Qingliu ample inspiration at this moment, allowing him to swiftly deduce the Horned Demon’s intentions.

Clearly, the thick walls made of special concrete and reinforced steel in Hope City were not invincible against a Fifth Level Extraordinary Beast.

To prevent the beast from succeeding, Lin Qingliu quickly launched into combat in midair, and after confirming that the biological field of the mycelium forest behind him was not as strong, he unleashed his ability to induce a hypnotic sleep.

Though it was just a fleeting moment of distraction, Lin Qingliu seized the opportunity, channeling the movement of a certain figure from another world to hoist a “missile” many times larger than himself into the sky.

However, since the Horned Demon had no self-detonation ability, the outcomes of both actions were clearly different.

Yet, Lin Qingliu’s upward lifting was not the entirety of his plan; rather than tossing a large firework into the air to explode, he preferred a different technique—throwing it to the ground.

Lin Qingliu transformed into a flesh-and-blood cage, firmly trapping the Horned Demon as they both plummeted down while he extracted his body as much as possible.

Thus, the original large crater reappeared at the center of the battlefield.

Both parties suffered significant impact but quickly regained their composure.

Given their almost face-to-face proximity, they began fighting freely on the spot.

What started as free fighting quickly morphed into a brawl, which was duly noted by the hundreds of soldiers in the city defense army.

The steps formed by the extraordinary beasts continued rising, and one soldier shot an insect to bits, then muttered under his breath:

“Why do their fights look like those of street thugs?”

Though the surrounding soldiers said nothing, they shared similar thoughts deep down.

But in the next moment, their expressions shifted from carefree to serious.

The combatants below, the human and the extraordinary beast, seemed to awaken from a state of diminished awareness and simultaneously halted their actions.

In the next moment, the Horned Demon’s muscles tensed, and he abruptly vanished from sight before the many watching eyes.

Countless burning feathers fell from the sky at high speed, attempting to further restrict Lin Qingliu’s movement.

Yet, he seemed oblivious, rising up just the same, chasing after the Horned Demon through the fiery rain of feathers while also drawing closer to the late-arriving feathered serpent.

A burning feather struck Lin Qingliu, who was moving at high speed; the seemingly endless supply of oxygen turned him into a fiery humanoid being within mere seconds.

The flames surrounding him seemed mythological, blazing furiously without extinguishing, quickly covering him entirely in fire.

Even so, the now fiery human didn’t cease his movements, relentlessly pursuing the Horned Demon and engaging it in aerial combat.

The soldiers on the city wall faced their own life-and-death crises while struggling to suppress their genetic inclination to observe such grand battles, which tortured them immensely.

“Watch out above!”

Someone near the west gate shouted, and due to the urgency, everyone instinctively looked up.

They saw the still-burning feathers descending toward the city wall after failing to strike the human.

At this scale, it appeared not only the area above the city wall would be hit but also a small section outside and part of the inside of the city.

But at this point, everyone lacked the strength to concern themselves with that; the soldiers of the city defense army had to cautiously avoid the extraordinary beasts that could suddenly climb the steps while also dodging the rain of fire from the sky.

Amidst the slight chaos, cries of humans being scorched echoed now and then.

Several superpowered individuals, having developed a partial strategy to cope, began running in all directions, wishing they could split themselves into several pieces to cover all angles.