Chapter 47: Should the Strong Protect the Weak?
Crazy Baby?
Hearing this name, Li Chuan was momentarily stunned, and then he recalled a character from a certain game.
And damn it, it was quite fitting!
Crazy Baby was a shooting game Li Chuan used to play, which featured female zombies in its biochemical mode. Those things indeed looked very similar to the monsters that had just appeared in everyone's sight.
From the deep fissure, the figures of the monsters slowly emerged.
Almost naked female bodies, crooked heads, and messy long hair draped over rotten cheeks.
Sharp fingernails, twisted limbs, and chaotic footsteps rushing recklessly toward the players.
These were only missing a nurse uniform to become the Crazy Baby!
[Plague Broodmother: Cyan]
[HP: 1500/1500]
[Lv20, a pathetic test subject from some experiment! Possesses extremely high damage and speed, weaknesses marked!]
The monster's attribute panel caused Li Chuan's pressure to instantly spike.
A level 20 commander-tier monster—did every wave have to scale up this insanely?
"Stun arrows ready! Aim for the neck and waist! 3, 2, 1! Fire!"
Seven stun arrows were released simultaneously.
Four of them successfully triggered the stun effect.
However, neither these stun arrows nor Li Chuan's two iron lumps caused much disruption to the formation of the Plague Broodmothers.
This was because these Plague Broodmothers were not like the previous beasts that approached in a charging state. Charges carried heavy momentum; once the front was disrupted, the companions behind would suffer severe impact and struggle to recover from the chaos in a short time.
Although these Plague Broodmothers were also very fast, they did not charge recklessly without reservation. Instead, they retained the ability to react and dodge obstacles. Even if knocked down, they could quickly climb back up and resume charging.
This seemed to be getting a bit troublesome!
"All warrior players, hold the line! Give me two hundred percent of your state!"
Bang!
The first Plague Broodmother crashed against a shield.
Supreme Fungus executed a shield bash, followed by a deft, light lift of his shield to knock down the roaring, wildly clawing Plague Broodmother.
-43 -51 -43 -107!
A massive wave of damage numbers popped up from the zombie's head.
After firing away all five of his arrows, Li Chuan immediately switched to his Piercing Dagger.
With three side-rolls, he reached the front of the battlefield. Weakness Strike! Blade Impact!
He could no longer hold back his strength. None of the people present could bear the consequences of these monsters breaching the defense line.
"Attack the neck and waist! Don't be stingy with your skills; if you don't have money for potions, come ask me!"
Li Chuan shouted loudly.
Seeing that even an archer like him had rushed to the front line for close combat to tank the damage, the warriors instantly grew even more valorous.
"The captain is here! Let's not let the captain down!"
"Beat these ugly freaks to death!"
"Watch my Wave Slash!"
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The Illuminati players' assigned area.
Gao Han wielded a staff emitting a blue glow, continuously shooting icicles into the deep fissure.
Not only did she need to deal damage, but she also had to use ice-magic to slow down the incoming Plague Broodmothers behind.
These monsters were overly powerful; the team simply could not withstand a large number of them charging together.
"Frost Shield! Frost Shield!"
Blue eggshell-like barriers were cast onto the warriors from time to time, instilling them with much greater confidence in facing the monsters.
The cost, however, was that Gao Han needed to drink MP recovery potions without a single moment of rest.
In the squad with the most players, which had split off five members:
"Cover! Cover Qian Jiang! Drag him out of the battlefield from the back! Zhao Gao, step up quickly!"
As soon as the first wave of Plague Broodmothers rushed out, it almost completely disrupted their formation, and at least five players were severely injured.
If not for the players Donghe Liushui and Zhao Gao Zhiluma bravely stepping forward at the critical moment, the monsters probably would have already broken through the gap into the arena.
"Stop just standing there gawking, didn't you hear? Aim for the neck and waist! Damn it, are you all deaf?"
"Attack! Do you all want to die?"
The chaotic players were scolded back to their senses and began fighting for their lives, suppressing their fear.
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[System Notification: Killed Lv20 Plague Broodmother (Commander) *1, EXP +100]
[System Notification: Player 'Li Chuan' has maxed out EXP, Level +1, obtained free attribute points *5.]
[System Notification: Phantasm Master EXP has maxed out, Level +1, current subclass level: Lv13.]
After slaying who knows which Plague Broodmother, Li Chuan's level rose to 17, and his subclass also advanced to level 13.
"Ah!"
"Not good!"
An accident suddenly occurred at a defensive point on the front-left of the formation.
Li Chuan had no choice but to abandon Supreme Fungus, who was currently besieged by two Plague Broodmothers, and sprint to that gap in the defense.
"Supreme! Hold out on your own for a bit!"
Supreme Fungus was smashing zombies with his shield.
"Go ahead, Captain!"
Li Chuan executed a few side-rolls to reach the gap, single-handedly holding off at least three Plague Broodmothers.
Even so, two of them still broke through toward the archer squad in the rear.
Li Chuan roared helplessly.
"Yaoyao, take care of those two in the back!"
A graceful figure streaked through midair toward the rear of the battlefield.
"Got it! My dear captain."
"La la la la, little sisters, I'm coming."
Does this guy seriously lack the concept of feeling nervous?
Li Chuan turned his head and glared furiously at the fat woman Yang Liu and two other retreating warriors.
[Emergency shield triggered, current shield value: 4589/5000]
"You fat hag! And those two idiots! Get back here and hold the line right now! Take one more step back, and I will kill you!"
This position was supposed to be defended by Yang Liu and two newly arrived warrior players.
Originally, the three of them only needed to contain one monster in this direction. Who would have known that all three of them were greedy for life and afraid of death, putting in zero effort? This caused the Plague Broodmothers at this position to pile up, and when the three of them couldn't hold on anymore, they simply bolted together.
Compelled by Li Chuan's intimidating presence, Yang Liu gritted her teeth and ran back.
However, the other two warrior players had completely lost their fighting spirit.
"Like hell I'm going back, these monsters are way too strong!"
"Yeah! Exactly! Everyone else has blue gear, and we don't even have a single piece of survival equipment. How are we supposed to fight?"
Side-roll! Fire Element Enchantment! Blade Impact!
A sharp white radiance several meters long pierced right through the waists of those three monsters.
[Critical Strike—999!]
[Critical Strike—999!]
[Critical Strike—999!]
All three monsters perished simultaneously.
Yang Liu, who had rushed back, stared blankly at the corpses of the three monsters on the ground, a sudden chill gripping her heart.
It's over! The murder-demon is angry.
Not daring to slack off anymore, she hurriedly hoisted her broadsword and proactively charged toward a Plague Broodmother.
Seeing Li Chuan display such fierce valor, those two men felt a sudden tremble in their hearts, but still put up a stiff defense with their words.
"Y-You're strong, so you should just work harder!"
"Yeah! Exactly! The strong are supposed to protect the weak."
"What do you mean by walking over here? Hurry up and go kill the monsters."
Holding his piercing dagger with a cold expression, Li Chuan continued walking toward the two warriors.
"Don't be scared of him, does he really dare to kill us right now? Look at this, everyone, our captain actually wants to use his petty little authority to commit murder?"
"Hey, you surnamed Li! Don't you come over here, if you take another step closer, I'll attack my own teammates and let everyone perish together!"