Chapter 116: Venom-Flame Armor

He decided to create distance and then launch a long-range “Air Missile” attack against the Venom-Armored Lizard King.

But Gong Xiao, at that moment, made a shocking move. Instead of retreating from the green poisonous flames, she charged toward them.

Su Li, who was pulling Xu Xuehui backward, watched, his brow violently twitching with surprise.

Gong Xiao’s boldness exceeded everyone’s imagination.

Three currents of wind swirled around her body. These currents violently spun around her, suddenly sucking the corpse of a nearby Sea Scorpion Beast into the vortex. The Sea Scorpion Beast’s body was twisted and compressed by an invisible force. Its hard carapace shattered, and its flesh and blood churned, subtly compacting to form a shield of flesh and blood that protected her front.

With the “Storm Shield” formed, Gong Xiao pressed forward, using the shield of the Sea Scorpion Beast’s corpse to block the emerald green poisonous flames of the Venom-Armored Lizard King. She rapidly closed the distance to the monster.

The poisonous flames instantly ignited the flesh and blood shield of the Sea Scorpion Beast’s corpse, burning fiercely. Gong Xiao stood right in front of the monster, and almost all the poisonous flames were spewed onto the rotating “Storm Shield.”

The terrifying defensive power of the “Storm Shield” was perfectly demonstrated. Amidst the fierce, violent poisonous flames, the shield’s defense was flawless. Not a single trace of flame could penetrate and reach Gong Xiao, who was protected within.

The Sea Scorpion Beast’s corpse was quickly consumed by the fire, its flesh melting and the shell emitting crunching sounds.

With a “whoosh,” the corpse of another Corpse Beast was sucked into the power of the “Storm Shield.” It instantly warped and twisted, compressing to form another shield of flesh and blood, reinforcing the defense of the “Storm Shield.”

The Venom-Armored Lizard King was also startled. It never expected an enemy to be able to withstand its poisonous flames and close the distance. This angered the monster. Its massive, open mouth spewed out even fiercer poisonous flames, intending to burn Gong Xiao and the rotating flesh shields into ashes.

“Truly worthy of a ‘Spiritual Source Technique,'” Su Li took a deep breath. Such immense defensive power completely impressed him.

The special abilities acquired from killing Elite or Leader-class monsters were far inferior to a “Spiritual Source Technique.”

Only by advancing to Level 5 could one comprehend a “Spiritual Source Technique,” which brought about a qualitative leap in power.

Gong Xiao brought her left hand and the machete in her right hand together. Tiny spikes instantly appeared between her fingers. With continuous “shush-shush” sounds, over ten spikes shot out, plunging squarely into the Venom-Armored Lizard King’s massive open mouth.

This was the “Thorn Volley” ability she had just acquired and comprehended.

Over ten spikes embedded themselves in the Venom-Armored Lizard King’s mouth. It roared in agony and instinctively clamped its mouth shut, stopping the poisonous flames. It reared up like a human, intending to pounce on Gong Xiao from above.

Gong Xiao seized the opportunity. She actively lunged forward, gripping the military dagger with both hands, and stabbed it down toward the Venom-Armored Lizard King’s exposed abdomen.

The dagger plunged deep into the lizard’s silver-white, soft abdomen. Gong Xiao used all her strength, slicing the dagger downward. Despite the dagger not being as suitable as a sword for slicing, she still managed to cut the Venom-Armored Lizard King’s abdomen wide open with her immense strength.

A torrent of blood and internal organs flowed from the dissected abdomen. The Venom-Armored Lizard King suffered a fatal injury. In its extreme agony, its huge body crashed down in a death throe counterattack, using all its remaining strength. Given its size and immense power, this impact would instantly crush Gong Xiao into a bloody pulp.

Gong Xiao had prepared for this. With a wave of her left hand, the two flesh-and-blood shields formed from the corpses of the Corpse Beast and Sea Scorpion Beast flew up simultaneously, intercepting the colossal body of the charging Venom-Armored Lizard King.

The Venom-Armored Lizard King crashed into the two flesh shields with a massive impact. Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the two shields instantly exploded and shattered.

Gong Xiao used this window of time to pull out the military dagger and quickly retreat, creating distance between them.

Su Li and the others watched silently from afar. Ding Longyun opened his mouth. He had been prepared to launch an “Air Missile,” but now he abandoned the thought. He merely muttered, “That girl has become so powerful? That’s insane! Wasn’t she afraid of being crushed?”

They watched the colossal Venom-Armored Lizard King collapse onto the ground. A Spiritual Source flew out and merged into Gong Xiao’s forehead. The formidable Level 6 Leader-class monster had been slain by Gong Xiao.

Even if Su Li had taken on the fight, he might not have been able to kill the Venom-Armored Lizard King so easily. Yet, Gong Xiao had done it.

Su Li understood that this wasn’t because Gong Xiao’s strength surpassed his own, but because their abilities had perfectly countered the monster’s.

The Venom-Armored Lizard King’s poisonous flames countered a close-combat-focused opponent like him. Faced with the fierce flames, and lacking a long-range attack, he would have been helpless for a time. Gong Xiao, however, was the opposite. Her “Storm Shield” perfectly countered the Venom-Armored Lizard King, rendering its most lethal flame attack ineffective against her. She then seized the opportunity of the monster being distracted and launched a surprise attack, killing it in one go.

Of course, Gong Xiao’s accurate judgment and sheer courage throughout the fight were undeniable.

The Venom-Armored Lizard King collapsed. A green sphere of light emerged from its mouth and shot into Gong Xiao’s body.

Su Li realized this was the special ability “Venom-Flame Armor” that killing the Venom-Armored Lizard King could grant. Gong Xiao had acquired it.

This was a special ability acquired from slaying a Leader-class monster, so it must be significant.

Gong Xiao sensed and integrated the power of “Venom-Flame Armor.” Light shone in her phoenix eyes. Clearly, the ability had brought her a huge, unexpected benefit. Even with her composure, she found it difficult to completely hide her delight.

Furthermore, slaying the Level 6 Leader-class Venom-Armored Lizard King had granted her eight Spiritual Sources.

Ding Longyun sighed, looking extremely envious. “Gong Xiao, you truly are amazing.”

Gong Xiao looked up at Ding Longyun. “Are you making fun of me, Brother Ding? I think you could have killed it just as easily.”

Ding Longyun acknowledged, “That’s true. I was about to launch an ‘Air Missile,’ but you charged forward. I was afraid of hitting you by mistake, so I held back.” He thought that his Air Missile would have been powerful enough to destroy the Venom-Armored Lizard King.

Gong Xiao smiled faintly. “In that case, thank you, Brother Ding, for holding back.”

Su Li remained silent, continuously throwing the remaining corpses on the roof into the water below.

Xu Xuehui still needed thirteen more Spiritual Sources to level up. However, there were no more living monsters left on the roof for her to kill.

(End of Chapter)

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