SWDnovel Chapter 61 The Iron Lump!
Chapter 61 The Iron Lump!
"The second iron door to the guardhouse is also broken, so we can only enter through this hole."
Outside the outpost, the guards who had failed to open the gate looked at Shi Lan with some helplessness.
"Then let's go in this way," Shi Lan said nonchalantly. "I'll go first."
"Wait a moment!" The guard called out to Shi Lan as she bent down to crawl into the hole.
He then took out a stun grenade and threw it into the hole.
A flash of white light was followed by a loud bang and a series of chirping sounds.
Shi Lan didn't take it seriously and bent down to crawl into the hole.
"It's safe!" Shi Lan shouted from inside.
Shen Mo then followed him inside, with six guards close behind.
Behind the main gate is a long corridor with a ceiling height of six or seven meters.
Upon entering the corridor, Shen Mo stood up and shot an arrow, killing a ferocious bat that resembled a headless fly.
He had already confirmed the location of the ferocious bats while he was outside the door...
Only then did Shi Lan turn on her flashlight...
"Hold the bow for me, and lend me the gun."
I saw a guard enter the corridor.
Shen Mo shoved the bow into his hand and then took the gun.
Holding Shen Mo's bow, the guard was taken aback at first, then heard a rapid series of gunshots.
The firelight illuminated Shen Mo's face, while gunshots rang out, accompanied by the screams of ferocious bats and the muffled thuds of falling objects.
After the five guards climbed into the outpost, Shen Mo had already stopped firing.
After shoving the gun back into the arms of the leading guard, Shen Mo switched the bow back to his own.
He had just easily shot down eight dizzy, ferocious bats, gaining 2 points each in combat tactics and skill enhancements.
The ferocious bat has a wingspan of nearly one meter, but its physique is not particularly strong; it belongs to the same category of magical beasts as the gnawing beasts.
A close-range shot to a vulnerable area can be fatal...
What happened?
The guard whose gun had been taken by Shen Mo was still in shock, and he looked ahead, following the light source in Shi Lan's hand.
Then they saw the corpses of ferocious bats lying on the ground...
"Keep up!"
The guard took out a flare stick and stuck it on the wall. His expression turned serious. He beckoned to the five people behind him, then followed behind Shi Lan and Shen Mo with his gun at the ready.
Before he had even finished walking down the corridor, Shen Mo heard the cries of a monster coming from the empty space at the end.
There were ferocious bats, rat-like monsters, and a screech that sounded like metal scraping against metal.
"Hold on!"
Shen Mo gestured for everyone to stop, then walked alone to the end of the corridor and looked into the hall, which was more than ten meters high.
The six guards felt as if Shenmo were a ghost, disappearing silently into the beam of the flashlight.
In the hall that the corridor leads to, there are two kinds of magical beasts: ferocious bats and ferocious rats.
Shen Mo also saw a monster that was over a meter long and had three pairs of arthropods.
Its thorax and abdomen have a segmented structure similar to that of an ant, with each segment covered by a smooth, dark silver carapace resembling an alloy.
Its snout is extremely long and has a retractable, flexible, layered structure.
One of them was nearly two meters long and had a dark black shell.
At this moment, the monsters were gathered around a pile of metal debris.
The wreckage looked like a vehicle repair lift, and now there were several silvery-white eggs on it...
"How is it?"
Shi Lan came up behind Shen Mo and asked.
"Five ferocious bats, four ferocious rats, nine iron-melting beasts, and one steel-corroding beast!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Lan pondered for a moment and then said:
"I'll go up there and hold them off for a bit. You and the others take care of those small fry and then come help me?"
"good!"
Shen Mo agreed.
There are quite a few monsters, including a tough-skinned, steel-corroding beast.
Only Shi Lan, with his heavy armor and superhuman strength, could fight him head-on.
The two informed the guards and then began their operation.
Seeing the garrison soldiers preparing flares, Shen Mo, who had already confirmed the location of the ferocious bats, simply "borrowed a gun" again.
bang bang bang-
Gunshots rang out one after another, completely alarming the monsters in the hall.
The five ferocious bats hanging upside down from above were all killed by Shen Mo's barrage of fire before they could even spread their wings and fly away!
Bang!
The flare exploded, instantly illuminating the entire hall.
The intense white light blinded the monsters, causing them to scream in terror.
bang bang bang-
Shen Mo fired several shots before finally killing a ferocious rat.
The Tier 1 monster "Ferocious Rat" has been added to your roster, rewarding you with 1 point of Constitution attribute enhancement!
[You have hunted a total of 260 monsters. Reward: 1 point of Battle Skill Enhancement!]
[You have hunted down 1 ferocious rat. Reward: 1 skill enhancement point!]
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Frowning, Shen Mo returned the gun to the guard and exchanged it for a bow and arrow.
Shi Lan then grabbed his axe and charged out of the corridor.
Startled by the gunshots and flares, the molten iron beast immediately charged towards the two.
The Steel-Eroding Beast stood guard in front of the mechanical remains, its mouthparts bulging as it spat out a stream of viscous liquid at the charging Shi Lan.
Shi Lan dodged the attack with a swift movement.
The slimy substance, when it hit the ground, immediately made a sizzling sound and emitted a foul-smelling white smoke...
Shen Mo then drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and aimed at a molten iron beast.
These iron-smelting beasts do not have the ability to spray acid.
However, their mouthparts also flow with a sticky substance that can corrode the ground and metal, creating pits.
Seeing that they had approached Shi Lan, Shen Mo immediately released the bowstring.
Whoosh!
The Demon Fang Arrow, imbued with Silent Magic, struck the head of a Molten Iron Beast.
The immense force caused the Iron-Melting Beast's head to sink, and it slid to its knees on the ground.
But then, the iron-melting beast lowered its head and wobbled as it tried to get up from the ground.
Shen Mo's expression turned serious.
The iron-smelting beast's defense was somewhat beyond his expectations...
Meanwhile, the three ferocious rats, their eyes also red, charged over from the other side.
These ferocious monsters have such a strong desire to attack that they can lose their minds.
Once they go berserk, it's a fight to the death...
Da da da—
Just then, six guards ran out of the corridor and opened fire on the ferocious rats.
The bullets whistled out and rained down on the three ferocious rats.
Blood blossoms bloomed on the ferocious rat's body as it rolled on the ground, writhing in agony from the arrows.
But it's really hard to kill it.
After dealing with the three ferocious rats, the six guards had used up half a magazine of ammunition...
But when they turned their guns on Shen Mo and Shi Lan to attack the molten iron beasts...
Even if a bullet hits, it will only produce some sparks and is unlikely to penetrate the defenses...
Whoosh!
Shen Mo then fired another charged Demon Fang Arrow, killing the Iron-Melting Beast that was struggling to get up.
The Tier 1 monster "Iron Melting Beast" has been added to the roster, rewarding you with 1 point of Constitution attribute enhancement!
[You have hunted one Iron-Melting Beast, rewarding you with 1 skill enhancement point!]...
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"This is too slow..."
Seeing that Shi Lan had killed two Iron-Melting Beasts, and that he was still able to suppress the Steel-Eroding Beasts even under the siege of the Iron-Melting Beasts.
Shen Mo felt a sense of urgency.
These lumps of iron somewhat restrained him.
Given Shi Lan's demonstrated combat prowess, if things continue like this, he'll only be able to scrape by...