novelraw Chapter 340: A Level 25 Monster? One Punch Killed!
Chapter 340: A Level 25 Monster? One Punch Killed!
What else could be done? Hide inside the space, of course...
Lin Mo rolled his eyes. If it weren't for this Portable Space, encountering this kind of situation would have been a real disaster.
Of course, if he didn't have the Portable Space, he wouldn't have brought so many people and chosen this shortcut route that was dangerous.
The tornado was moving extremely fast. Lin Mo, along with the carriage and people, directly pulled everyone into the space, leaving only himself. He distanced himself while observing this tornado.
A wind of this scale couldn't be some conventional natural phenomenon.
Among the books he had read, none mentioned such storms existing in the Tamirat Desert.
So, was this storm appearing before his eyes a sudden, unexpected event?
The storm gradually approached. The sharp wind blowing against his face felt like being cut by knives. A terrifying suction force also followed, making Lin Mo feel a faint pull even from a great distance.
In other words, just as Lin Mo had judged earlier, even a Transcendent Level expert would be unable to resist this powerful wind.
Within the massive storm whose top was completely invisible, Lin Mo vaguely saw many large-sized monsters being swept into it. These monsters were not weak; all were High-tier Lord Level existences. Each one was enough to make many Elite adventurer teams return empty-handed, yet now, before this gale, they seemed like toys, with no power to resist at all.Where did this storm come from?
Lin Mo frowned but didn't continue pondering because he was almost unable to control his body. If the storm got closer, he too would be pulled in by that powerful suction force.
So, he could only give up for the moment and hide inside the Portable Space.
Fortunately, although this wind power could already exert some minor influence on the surrounding space, it was far from reaching the level of directly tearing space apart. So, hiding inside the Portable Space was relatively safe.
Inside the Portable Space, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw him enter.
Lin Mo looked at Flora, who wore a somewhat awkward expression, and inquired, "Instructor Flora, have you ever heard of such a powerful storm before?"
Among the people present, Flora was undoubtedly the most knowledgeable. Perhaps she would know some related information?
However, unexpectedly, Flora also shook her head. "I've never heard of it... That terrifying wind power probably requires a powerhouse at the level of Dean Aaron from the Imperial Academy to contend with it."
"Clearly, this is absolutely not some ordinary natural disaster."
Flora didn't continue speaking but frowned and fell into thought.
"Generally speaking, for abnormal situations like this, there are only two possibilities. Either there is a powerful monster behind it causing trouble, or..."
She paused her words, continuing only after a few seconds. "This storm might not originate from this desert itself."
Lin Mo was stunned for a moment, then understood her meaning.
"You mean... a Secret Realm?"
"Not necessarily a Secret Realm. It might simply be an undiscovered abnormal space, or perhaps a spatial fusion with another world has appeared nearby... But ultimately, even if it came from another world, this storm must have a reason for forming..."
Flora's analysis was very reasonable. After all, if a storm of this scale had appeared before, it was impossible that no records would have been passed down.
A disaster of that scale could be noticed even from outside the desert.
But what exactly was the reason for the storm's formation?
The current information was still too little. Speculating based on guesses had little meaning.
Lin Mo quickly gave up thinking, sat on the sofa, and entered meditation. Everyone else also found their own things to do.
To be conservative, everyone hid inside the Portable Space for a long time. Only several hours later did Lin Mo sense the outside aura, confirming there was nothing abnormal, before he was the first to leave the Portable Space.
That gust of wind was no longer visible. Perhaps it had gone to a very distant place, or perhaps it had already dissipated. The surrounding sandy ground was a mess. Further away, some monster corpses could still be seen... or more accurately, monster corpse fragments.
They were delayed some time because of this sudden accident, but the journey still had to continue. Lin Mo released the carriage and continued traveling.
The subsequent journey was surprisingly smooth, even smooth to an excessive degree. For a long time, they didn't encounter any monsters.
Precisely because of this, the travel progress was faster than expected, somewhat making up for the time just delayed.
Soon, they left the core area of this desert and began moving towards the outskirts.
"Now nothing else can possibly go wrong..."
Flora spoke halfway before suddenly discovering everyone's gazes were looking at her in perfect unison. She immediately stuck out her tongue and consciously covered her mouth.
However, her words actually voiced everyone's thoughts.
After all, they had already left the most dangerous area. Logically, in the desert's outskirts, the strongest monsters they would encounter would be around level 15.
Let alone Lin Mo, even Ellie and Flora could handle them easily.
But sometimes, things always turn out unexpectedly.
The occurrence of accidents also never comes with any warning.
By the time Lin Mo keenly sensed something, a colossal creature had already erupted from beneath the ground, opening its bloody maw as if to swallow them whole in one bite.
Lin Mo reacted extremely quickly. He immediately pulled the carriage along with everyone into the Portable Space, then used Flash to get out of range.
Looking back, that giant mouth closed, and the massive monster revealed its form.
It was an enormous lizard, its entire body silvery-white, with an estimated body length exceeding ten meters!
That pair of huge, somewhat comical eyes looked over. The next moment, it had already charged to close range.
What fast speed!
Lin Mo was instantly startled. It seemed to be an agility-type monster.
Using Flash again to create distance, Lin Mo found he had no information about this monster in his mind.
Before coming, he had clearly memorized all the monsters recorded in the Tamirat Desert.
It looked like this was that mysterious level 25 monster in the desert?
So this guy was actually an agility-type monster. No wonder there were no records about it until now.
This guy usually hides deep underground and doesn't come out. Even Transcendent Level or even Heroic Realm experts stronger than it would find it difficult to locate in the vast desert. It also isn't stupid enough to go looking for trouble with those powerhouses, specifically picking on the soft targets.
And those targeted by it were all unable to escape its hunting.
For example, just now, if not for the Portable Space, Lin Mo and the others would have been done for.
This guy's speed was too fast. From deep underground to the surface was just an instant. Even for a perceptive adventurer like Lin Mo, by the time he noticed, it was already very difficult to dodge using conventional means.
Even if one luckily dodged the ambush, with this guy's speed, subsequent escape was almost impossible.
So, to fight or not?
Lin Mo pondered while trying to create distance.
If he chose not to fight, he could directly hide inside the Portable Space. This guy would at most wait for a while before leaving.
But encountering a level 25 monster, not trying it out felt like a waste.
Anyway, Lin Mo wasn't like before; he now had sufficiently strong life-preserving methods. Occasionally taking a risk wasn't unacceptable.
But if they were to fight, an agility-type monster was indeed a relatively difficult type for Lin Mo to deal with.
He had many methods. Facing strength-type or constitution-type monsters, he had plenty of ways to toy with and kite the opponent. But only when facing agility-type enemies, with speed inferior to the other, fighting would be less effortless.
Of course, there were still ways.
Although the opponent's level was 25, a full 5 levels higher than Lin Mo, precisely because it was an agility-type monster, its frontal combat power wasn't that strong. When using the Magic Sword skill, Lin Mo could completely contend with it in frontal confrontation, even gaining the upper hand.
So, if he couldn't match the opponent's speed, then use stillness to counter movement, fighting defensively and counterattacking.
Having formulated a plan in his heart, Lin Mo immediately applied all the buff skills he could on himself.
Unyielding Body plus the magic shield fused from ice and fire dual elements meant he could withstand one or two of the opponent's attacks even if he took them head-on.
Among them, the lightning element magic shield was one of the skills from the batch given by the King of the Doria Kingdom.
Lin Mo was now very familiar with dual-element combinations, and Dual Casting was already something he could do effortlessly. The next step was to try dual-element magic combined with the enhanced version of the Magic Sword skill from the Warrior profession.
Failing the hunt was undoubtedly a disgrace for the Thunder Lizard, which considered itself the king of this desert.
Especially since the target was a weak human.
Looking at the eager expression on that human's face, it seemed to feel insulted. It angrily roared and attacked Lin Mo.
Its speed was about 200 points faster than Lin Mo's. The gap was still obvious. But fortunately, with the Spirit attribute enhancement boosting Lin Mo's insight, he could still react when there was some distance between them.
His Frost Dragon Scale Sword was instantly covered with a layer of frost. Lin Mo swung his sword, the Sword Energy carrying blood-red icy mist, looking particularly eerie.
The Thunder Lizard naturally wouldn't take a human whose aura was clearly much weaker than its own seriously. So it directly chose a frontal assault, charging headfirst.
The next moment, the blood-red Sword Energy landed on its body surface, cutting through its skin like tofu, leaving a deep bloody gash.
Although it avoided vital spots in time, only suffering a superficial wound, it still gave the Thunder Lizard a great fright. It immediately retreated hundreds of meters, looking at Lin Mo with a face full of shock.
Why was this human's attack so powerful?
During the collision just now, its Qi and Blood were actually broken through by the opponent's Sword Energy in no time.
As an agility-type monster, defensive capability was arguably the Thunder Lizard's greatest weakness. Although its body surface had fairly hard scales as a baseline, facing attacks of the same level, it obviously couldn't block them.
If it hadn't reacted in time and dodged fast enough, that strike just now would probably have inflicted serious injury.
This detestable human...
Losing face twice in a row to a human, even without onlookers, made the Thunder Lizard's anger burn even higher.
It screeched, finally becoming completely serious. The next moment, blue electric currents covered its entire body. Its speed surged again, arriving before Lin Mo almost instantly.
But Lin Mo had already preemptively Flashed, dodging its attack again.
The Thunder Lizard, failing in its strike, raised its head and spat out a huge thunderball. The thunderball was blue-black, containing terrifying amounts of Lightning Element.
Since it was called Thunder Lizard, naturally it could play with lightning.
And this thunderball's flight speed was also extremely fast. Lin Mo wanting to rely on speed to dodge was probably not very possible.
Flash had also just been used. It seemed he was about to fall into danger.
However, Lin Mo wasn't panicked at all. He even felt a bit like laughing.
Just as that thunderball was about to fly to him, Lin Mo's figure suddenly disappeared on the spot.
One second later, after the thunderball flew far away, he reappeared in the same place.
Portable Space was truly useful!
Lin Mo sighed with such emotion, but his movements weren't sloppy. Instantly using Flash to appear before the Thunder Lizard, he threw a punch.
On Lin Mo's fist, wind and fire elements coiled simultaneously. That's right, this strike was the enhanced version of the Magic Sword skill, fused from three skills!
Void-Shaking Fist + Blazing Sky Fire Spear + Gale Domain combined into Wind-Fire Shattering Sky Fist!
This punch was thrown with all his might, taking advantage of the Thunder Lizard's momentary daze caused by his disappearance, and landed squarely on its face.
The next moment, the wind-fire elements wrapped around the fist erupted, transforming into a fiery storm that covered the Thunder Lizard's entire body!
The violent elements madly poured into its body. The powerful force then sent it flying.
The Thunder Lizard's massive body flew out hundreds of meters like a rag. After landing, its body emitted wisps of smoke, twitched a few times, then fell still.
That ferocious?
Even Lin Mo himself, the instigator, couldn't help but look at his fist in surprise.
Surpassing a full 5 levels, killed with just one punch like this?
Of course, the main reason was that the Thunder Lizard, due to its brief moment of daze, didn't have time to counter or block. Otherwise, with its attack intensity, it could at least offset most of the power of Lin Mo's strike. The remaining force landing on it would be far from enough to cause a kill, at most inflicting serious injury.
It could only be said that Lin Mo, while having high numerical values, also had strong mechanics, with overpowered skills one after another, completely unreasonable.
If the Thunder Lizard had known enough about Lin Mo, perhaps it could have entangled for a longer time, or simply fled without fighting him.
However, there were no ifs. Lin Mo's own relatively low level caused a strong deceptive effect, making opponents subconsciously underestimate him. Combined with various bizarre methods and powerful burst capabilities, it made opponents unable to guard against everything.
Using a more trendy phrase, Lin Mo possessed extremely strong "first-encounter kill" ability.
The battle ended abruptly, instead making Lin Mo feel a sense of incompleteness. But soon, he cast aside these distracting thoughts.
The reward for killing a level 25 monster was quite substantial.