Chapter 115: Venom-Armored Lizard King

Suddenly, three gigantic, hedgehog-like monsters, each over two meters tall, emerged from the water below, indicating they were different from Common monsters.

They moved extremely fast, climbing the wall and quickly reaching the roof in the blink of an eye.

Su Li moved aside and activated the “Peering Rune” to observe the three monsters.

“Name: Thorn Beast (Yi Ci Shou). Level: 4 Elite Beast. The Thorn Beast possesses ranged attack capabilities and can launch the quills on its body by rapidly contracting its muscles. These quills have significant penetrating power. In a life-threatening situation, it will fire all the quills on its body in a non-discriminatory attack. The Thorn Beast has a certain probability of evolving into the more powerful Thorn King. Killing the Thorn Beast has a certain probability of acquiring the special ability ‘Thorn Volley.'”

This was the first time Su Li had encountered three identical Elite Beasts at once.

“They are Level 4 Elite Beasts! Everyone be careful; the quills on their bodies can be fired,” Su Li warned the group in a low voice.

Hearing they were Elite Beasts, Ding Longyun immediately laughed and leaped up.

He was now a Level 5 Spiritual Source Wielder with significantly increased strength and did not take this Level 4 Elite Beast seriously.

Gong Xiao and Xu Haishui also moved to engage. However, Su Li was the fastest. He reached for the Dragon Rhino Sword on his chest and pulled it out. He wanted to test the sword’s power on a moderately strong Elite Beast.

With the Dragon Rhino Sword in hand, Su Li didn’t activate “Spider Walk.” Instead, he leaped up, swinging the Dragon Rhino Sword down in a cleaving strike.

With a “hiss,” the oncoming Thorn Beast had no time to react and was instantly sliced in half.

Su Li stared blankly at the colossal Thorn Beast severed in two before him. He then looked at the Dragon Rhino Sword, which was completely unstained by blood.

The sword’s sharpness and power exceeded his estimation.

Despite his Level 5 status, killing the Level 4 Elite Beast only yielded him one Spiritual Source.

Su Li killed one Thorn Beast, and Ding Longyun and Gong Xiao quickly dispatched the other two.

Xu Haishui had also engaged but did not compete with them for the Elite Beasts.

Su Li watched Ding Longyun and Gong Xiao quickly kill their targets, realizing that everyone’s strength had subtly increased.

The three had killed three Thorn Beasts. Su Li and Ding Longyun did not gain any special abilities, but Gong Xiao acquired the special ability “Thorn Volley.”

“Xuehui, how many more do you need?” Su Li watched Xu Xuehui diligently delivering the final blow to the injured monsters. The final blow was always reserved for her.

“29,” Xu Xuehui reported. She currently had 21 Spiritual Sources.

“Good.” Su Li picked up the corpse of the first Thorn Beast and threw it down, then the second, and the third.

Xu Xuehui still needed 29 Spiritual Sources, so they needed to attract more monsters.

The flesh of the three Elite Beasts quickly attracted a large swarm of monsters. A horde of Sea Scorpion Beasts appeared, surging toward the roof.

“Little girl, your opportunity has arrived,” Ding Longyun said, seeing the large number of Sea Scorpion Beasts. There were over 30 of them, which would be enough for Xu Xuehui to gain the necessary Spiritual Sources.

They continued to severely injure the Sea Scorpions, leaving the final kill for Xu Xuehui. She rapidly acquired 12 more Spiritual Sources, reducing the number she needed to 17.

Su Li was watching Xu Xuehui kill the Sea Scorpions, quietly calculating the remaining Spiritual Sources she needed.

“She needs 15 more now. Hmm, she killed two more. Now she should only need 13 more.”

On the edge of the building, a silver-white monster suddenly climbed up.

It was a gigantic lizard. Its silver-white skin was covered in a thin layer of scales. It was over five meters long. A translucent liquid constantly dripped from its open mouth. Where the liquid struck the concrete roof, the surface turned black, emitted smoke, and showed signs of corrosion.

Clearly, the giant lizard’s saliva was highly corrosive.

After climbing onto the roof, the Sea Scorpions that had been attacking the group immediately retreated and scattered.

Su Li’s heart stirred, looking at the suddenly arrived giant lizard. “Could this be the most powerful monster hidden beneath this building’s nest?” He thought that if it was, he had been waiting for it for a long time. The Dragon Rhino Sword in his hand was eager for a test.

The vertical eye-like fine lines appeared on his brow. The “Peering Rune” activated.

“Name: Venom-Armored Lizard King (Du Jia Xi Wang). Level: 6. Leader-class Spiritual Source Wielder. The Venom-Armored Lizard King’s entire body contains potent venom. The venom in its mouth is highly corrosive and flammable. It has evolved a pair of flint-like organs at the end of its mouth, allowing it to ignite the sprayed venom, turning it into a much more lethal flaming poison. Killing the Venom-Armored Lizard King guarantees acquisition of the special ability ‘Venom-Flame Armor.'”

“Everyone be careful! This monster can spray flaming poison!” Su Li immediately warned the group. He gripped the Dragon Rhino Sword, preparing to strike.

The Venom-Armored Lizard King was a Level 6 Leader-class monster. It shouldn’t be more powerful than the Level 6 Rare-class Dragon Rhino Beast. Su Li, armed with the Dragon Rhino Sword, was unafraid.

The Venom-Armored Lizard King climbed onto the roof, suddenly opened its mouth, and emitted a bestial roar. Its entire body was silver-white. It charged toward the group with frightening speed, like a speeding silver tank.

Su Li’s figure blurred, and he prepared to circle the Venom-Armored Lizard King for a beheading strike. Unexpectedly, the monster stopped just short of the group. Its massive mouth opened, and it sprayed a stream of green-yellow flame.

With a “WHOOSH,” the massive flames shot out, instantly igniting the monster corpses on the ground. The fire spread rapidly, forming a giant wall of fire in the blink of an eye.

The Venom-Armored Lizard King stood motionless, its mouth wide open, acting like a giant flamethrower. A continuous stream of emerald-green flames erupted from its mouth, like a colossal fire dragon spewing fire at the group.

Su Li knew it could spray flaming poison, but the sheer ferocity of the flames exceeded his imagination. A wall of fire had erupted in front of him, blocking his path. Faced with such fierce flaming poison, he abandoned the idea of circling the monster. He pulled Xu Xuehui back, intending to put distance between them and reassess the situation.

Ding Longyun and Xu Haishui had the same idea as Su Li and immediately retreated to escape the fierce flaming poison.

Ding Longyun cursed under his breath. This was the first time he had encountered a fire-breathing Spiritual Source Beast.

(End of Chapter)