Chapter 114: Storm Shield

“No need for that hassle. I have the Air Missile now. Why would you need to dive down and lure them yourself?” Ding Longyun chuckled.

Su Li replied, “Alright, you can try it later.”

“Let’s go.” Ding Longyun pushed the raft. The raft, carrying Su Li, Gong Xiao, Xu Xuehui, and Xu Haishui, left the building and headed toward the other 30-story building 50 meters away.

Upon arrival, the five people headed straight up to the roof.

Ding Longyun reached the roof’s edge, opened his mouth, and launched an “Air Missile.” A white light shot out from his mouth and flew toward the water below.

With a loud “BOOM,” the Air Missile exploded, splashing water everywhere.

Su Li stood to the side, observing. If the Air Missile was ineffective, he was prepared to dive down himself.

Fortunately, shortly after the Air Missile exploded, dark shadows surfaced below. They were clearly Advanced Corpse Beasts.

“It works! I told you it would be effective, heh heh,” Ding Longyun said, highly pleased.

The Corpse Beasts surfaced and immediately began to climb upward.

“Let’s help Gong Xiao reach Level 5 first, then Xu Haishui, and finally Xuehui. Does everyone agree?” Su Li asked, glancing at Xu Haishui. He was basing the priority on the number of Spiritual Sources each person needed.

Xu Haishui nodded in agreement. Xu Xuehui had no objection at all.

Su Li then asked Gong Xiao, “Gong Xiao, how many more do you need?”

“I still need fifteen,” she replied.

Su Li acknowledged this. Seeing two Advanced Corpse Beasts climbing up, he struck one, sending it tumbling toward Gong Xiao. Gong Xiao killed the monster, and Su Li immediately threw the corpse down again.

He was now confident in his strength and wasn’t afraid of attracting powerful monsters. Therefore, the moment a corpse appeared, he threw it over the edge.

One after another, climbing monsters were killed by Gong Xiao, their bodies thrown down. This attracted even more monsters, including Water Monkey Beasts in addition to the Corpse Beasts.

More and more Corpse Beasts and Water Monkey Beasts appeared, climbing relentlessly onto the roof. The numbers soon exceeded the fifteen Gong Xiao needed. Seeing this, Su Li signaled that Xu Haishui could also begin hunting; they didn’t have to save all the kills for Gong Xiao.

By the time Xu Haishui killed five monsters, Gong Xiao had acquired the required fifteen Spiritual Sources and successfully broke through.

Gong Xiao chose to enhance her muscles for her basic enhancement. She had now completed three muscle enhancements, gaining an extra 600 jin of strength. Combined with the 1,000 jin base strength of a Level 5 Spiritual Source Wielder, her maximum strength reached 1,600 jin.

She then chose to comprehend her Spiritual Source Technique.

With a shift of her thoughts, three currents of wind suddenly appeared around her body. These three currents plunged into the corpses of the two Corpse Beasts and one Water Monkey Beast closest to her. The three corpses then lifted, suspended by an invisible force, slowly rotating around her body, creating a protective vortex that was quite bizarre.

“What ability is that?” Su Li noticed this and looked at Gong Xiao.

The roof was still swarming with monsters. Aside from Corpse Beasts and Water Monkey Beasts, a new type of monster appeared: a gray-white scorpion over one meter long, which Su Li identified as a Sea Scorpion Beast, a Level 4 Common monster with strength similar to the Water Monkey Beast.

Dozens of monsters charged onto the roof, with even more appearing below. Su Li continued to throw the slain monster corpses over the edge, hoping to lure out the most powerful monster hidden beneath. He was aiming for another Rare monster like the Dragon Rhino Fish.

Gong Xiao stopped fighting, but the three corpses around her were continuously twisting, lifted by an invisible force. They subtly formed a gigantic shield rotating around her, completely protecting her.

Seeing Su Li and Ding Longyun looking at her curiously, Gong Xiao explained, “The Spiritual Source Techniques I could choose were likely one offensive and one defensive. One was called ‘Pillar of Storms,’ and the other was ‘Storm Shield.’ I chose ‘Storm Shield,’ which is the defensive one.”

As she spoke, she slowly deactivated “Storm Shield.” The three corpses that had been twisting around her fell back to the ground.

Hearing her explanation, Su Li understood. The “Storm Shield” ability lifted three corpses around her. These three corpses twisted and deformed, subtly forming giant shields that rotated around her body, completely protecting her.

“Why did you choose defense?” Su Li was a little puzzled. Given her personality, wouldn’t an offensive choice be more suitable?

Seeing Su Li’s confusion, Gong Xiao softly snorted. “You both chose attack-oriented abilities, which left us completely without any defensive capability. So, after thinking about it, I chose the defensive one.”

Su Li looked at Gong Xiao with a hint of surprise. “I didn’t realize you were so thoughtful.”

Soon, Xu Haishui also acquired the necessary Spiritual Sources and successfully broke through.

“Kid, what Spiritual Source Technique did you comprehend?” Ding Longyun boomed toward Xu Haishui.

“Flame Control,” Xu Haishui smiled sheepishly. The right hand holding his short spear suddenly produced a ball of flame. The fire extended along the spear under his control, quickly enveloping the tip in a burning flame. The sight was as magically wondrous to the group as a parlor trick.

Ding Longyun’s eyes lit up. “Not bad! The LPG is almost gone. That ability will be useful for cooking and heating food!”

Xu Haishui was speechless.

Now, aside from Xu Xuehui, the other four had successfully advanced to Level 5. Su Li saw that the roof was still swarming with monsters, with even more climbing up. He said, “Now we focus on Xuehui. We can’t waste these monsters.”

“Great!” Ding Longyun was excited. “We still have time. Once Xuehui reaches Level 5, we’ll charge straight to the Purple Wind Building and meet those guys. We’ll see if they’re really that tough.”

As he spoke, he quickly struck an Advanced Corpse Beast, knocking it to the ground, and kicked it toward Xu Xuehui. “Little girl, the final blow is yours.”

Xu Xuehui acknowledged this with a sound. Holding her baseball bat, she slammed it down onto the rolling Advanced Corpse Beast.

The four of them worked together, severely injuring the surrounding monsters, but leaving the final kill for Xu Xuehui.

Xu Xuehui had an easy task, only needing to deliver the final blow with her baseball bat to the disabled monsters.

She quickly advanced from Level 3 to a Level 4 Spiritual Source Wielder. Her strength was further enhanced, and her strikes became faster.

“Still fifty Spiritual Sources short. That’s going to be difficult…” Ding Longyun saw that Xu Xuehui had just reached Level 4. She needed fifty Spiritual Sources to break through to Level 5, and there were less than twenty monsters remaining on the roof.

Su Li continued to throw the bodies of the slain monsters over the edge to attract more monsters.

(End of Chapter)

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