Chapter 233: Chapter 195: Thirty-Three Tons of Colossal Strength
"Damn, what a mallet!"
"Isn’t the Hall Master supposed to use a sword?"
"I guess the Hall Master is trying to add some flair. So during a battle, he can just shout out ’Take this strike!’ with extra oomph."
"You guys don’t get it. This is the faith of our Strength Series. I didn’t expect the Hall Master to switch to our Strength Series; truly, our Strength Series is the way to go. I wonder if the Hall Master would sell this weapon."
The players watched as Lin Qi picked up the pitch-black mallet, discussing animatedly as their excitement grew. Especially Fang Zhen and One Leaf Floating Cloud, who were learning the Reversed Star Hand, their eyes lit up as they looked at the pitch-black mallet.
"A blunt weapon like a mallet?" Morton glanced at Lin Qi and still spoke up, "Brother Lin, no offense, but this weapon is fine against humans. Against monsters, however, its effect is not as good as some sharp weapons. But you must have significant strength to wield such a heavy weapon. How about Leik and I handle the main attack, and you assist in deflecting the monsters’ assaults?"
"No problem." Lin Qi nodded, not offering any explanation.
A mallet, being a blunt weapon, indeed wasn’t ideal for dealing with monsters. After all, monsters are thick-skinned and durable. But if using weapons like knives, spears, and swords, one can pierce the monster’s skin and flesh, hitting the blood vessels or even the internal organs, causing significant damage.
However, his mallet was different, enhanced with dual attributes, making it far more effective than ordinary blades and swords.
Soon enough, Morton completed the division of labor for everyone in the vehicle, and the entire convoy of B6 Level armored transport vehicles began speeding towards the wilderness outpost.
The B6 Level armored transport cars moved extremely fast. Even while navigating mountainous terrain, they maintained speeds over hundreds of kilometers per hour. Trees as thick as waists were simply knocked over, and the passengers inside didn’t feel much of a jolt, leaving the players awestruck. They hadn’t expected such an outdoor transportation marvel.
In just over four hours, they had traveled nearly 500 kilometers away from Chasing Light City.
Although they encountered numerous sudden monster attacks along the way, not even middle-tier monsters could cause any damage to the B6 Level armored transport, so the convoy just barreled through without stopping.
Only when they faced a massive monster onslaught that completely blocked the road did the convoy come to a halt to clear the incoming monsters.
Facing groups of a hundred to two hundred monsters in the wilderness wasn’t new for the City Defense Corps. The leader, Bai Luo, was the first to leap from the vehicle, landing like a projectile, directly blocking a high-tier monster at the forefront.
As for each team, they guarded around the armored transport, with the City Defense Corps taking the main offensive, while the accompanying martial artists assisted in handling the incoming middle-tier monsters.
"So these are middle-tier monsters?"
Some initial stage martial artists in the teams stared at the monsters, each over six or seven meters tall, resembling a two-story building. Every step they took made the ground tremble, and a hundred or more moving together felt like the earth and sky were shuddering, leaving them thoroughly stunned.
They hadn’t realized how fundamentally different middle-tier monsters were from the initial-tier monsters they had encountered in the wild before.
Only a brief clash, and some middle-tier martial artists who actively resisted the monsters, clad in B3 Level battle armor, were instantly sent flying upon contact. Fortunately, they used heavy shields to block, avoiding severe injuries.
"All of you initial stage martial artists, be cautious. Middle-tier monsters, even if not strength type, still exert over eight tons of force. Middle-tier martial artists can’t resist without using martial artist-level techniques."
Morton, wielding a B6 Level battle saber, reminded the initial stage martial artists behind him after slashing off a middle-tier monster’s forepaw.
This dissuaded the initial stage martial artists from attempting close combat.
Middle-tier monsters casually exerting over eight thousand kilograms of force was far beyond what any initial stage martial artist, even equipped with B2 Level battle armor and martial artist-level weaponry, could withstand. A mere graze might cause serious injury.
Imagine being hit directly by a monster; with or without B2 Level battle armor, it would surely be fatal from the shock.
So they all drew out their B Level composite heavy bows for long-distance support, while the players followed suit, holding back from engaging directly.
As the high-tier martial artists engaged the middle-tier monsters head-on, a chaotic battle unfolded.
A high-tier Three-Eyed Race man wielding a B4 Level war axe faced two middle-tier monsters. Swiftly dodging one monster’s claws, he maneuvered beside another, bringing down his war axe in a sweeping arc.
The mighty axe light slashed open the second monster’s abdominal muscles instantly, revealing a gash over half a meter, blood gushing out, revealing the chilling white bones underneath, causing the middle-tier monster severe pain.
Yet the other middle-tier monster continued its attack, its claws fast as a small car, breaking the sound barrier as it aimed at the high-tier man.
Unperturbed, the high-tier man pivoted and swung again, the axe light smashing into the claws, repelling the middle-tier monster.
After just a brief exchange, everyone in the convoy saw that this high-tier Three-Eyed Race martial artist had the upper hand.
"Not bad."
Having each killed a middle-tier monster, Morton and Leik glanced at the high-tier man, offering praise.
The high-tier man, hearing the compliment, glanced at Lin Qi still confronting a middle-tier monster, saying proudly, "Leave these two middle-tier monsters to me. You two quickly take down the others, so the other teams don’t get the advantage."
Morton and Leik nodded, leaving the three middle-tier monsters attacking the transport to the high-tier man and Lin Qi, and began annihilating the other middle-tier monsters.
This monster assault involving over a hundred middle-tier creatures meant fewer than ten per team, far too little reward if they only cleared monsters near their transport.
As Morton and Leik swiftly cleared away other middle-tier monsters, Lin Qi faced a middle-tier monster alone, repeatedly using his mallet to parry its attacks.
"This Wind-Seeking Wolf, renowned for speed, truly has exaggerated strength," Lin Qi thought, watching the blueish Wind-Seeking Wolf with icy fangs and claws before him.
The Wind-Seeking Wolf, despite being a middle-tier monster, casually exerted over eight tons of force. Without his improved physical attributes, and currently equipped with B3 Level battle armor enhancing his strength by 1600 kilograms, plus the mallet’s 50% power amplification, reaching over 8500 kilograms of force, he would’ve needed martial techniques to withstand its attacks.
After clashing over twenty times, Lin Qi felt he had gotten used to the mallet.
Seeing the Wind-Seeking Wolf lunging with its bloodthirsty maw, Lin Qi didn’t dodge this time. He raised his mallet with one arm, which visibly bulked up, and struck upward.
Super-tier Martial Technique – Reversed Star Hand First Layer, Star Rotation!
With a quadruple power surge and the mallet’s 50% Giant Power Amplification, the strike delivered over thirty-three tons of force.
The Wind-Seeking Wolf had no time to react; its head exploded upon contact with the mallet like a watermelon, leaving nothing but a massive sprayed area of blood covering the ground...