Chapter 21: Baha
A green metallic needle shot straight toward the back of Su Xiao’s head. He tilted his head to the side, and the metal needle pierced the ground in front of him. Clearly, this thing couldn’t be controlled, and its attack trajectory was quite rigid.
“Roar!”
Little Meat Mountain let out a loud roar, sending layers of sound waves rippling outward, stinging Su Xiao’s eardrums. The force transmitted through the blade increased. At this moment, Dragon-Slaying Flash was still locked against the large chopper. The chopper’s material was very special, weighing at least a thousand jin. Its heaviness also gave it greater density; cutting through it would take at least a few strikes.
Su Xiao’s hand, braced against the spine of the blade, shifted. The entire longsword tilted. With a screech, the blades scraped against each other, and the large chopper slid sideways along Dragon-Slaying Flash’s edge.
“Not good~”
The dwarf immediately leaned his body back. This showed that his combat experience was quite rich—he was definitely a strong warrior who had crawled out of a pile of corpses.
As the large chopper slid sideways, Su Xiao sidestepped. The chopper swept past his body and slammed into the ground with a thunderous crash, sending a crack in the earth spreading behind him.
Su Xiao lightly jumped in place, landing both feet on the spine of the large chopper. As he exerted force with his feet, Little Meat Mountain, whose old strength had faded and new strength had yet to emerge, stumbled half a step forward. A flash of blade light filled its vision.
The longsword cut through flesh and blood. Unlike when he had slain the Prisoner Chira, this time the blade met only slight resistance before severing Little Meat Mountain’s massive head.
Green blood splattered all over the dwarf’s face. Instead of panicking, he leaned back and laughed.
“Flesh Meteor.”
The dwarf raised his hand high, making a pulling motion. Several black holes appeared in the sky.
A whistling sound came from above. Su Xiao slashed out two intersecting blade glows, then leaped backward.
Boom, boom, boom…
Heavy objects fell. An energy shield appeared beside Su Xiao, and a wave of impact hindered his backward momentum. What fell from the sky were not other things, but nine Little Meat Mountains! All of them had iron chains wrapped around their heads and wielded large choppers.
“Flesh… Hall!”
The dwarf’s hands clapped together with a smack. Except for the headless Little Meat Mountain beneath him, the bodies of the other Meat Mountains rapidly swelled.
The dwarf squelched as he shrank into the Little Meat Mountain’s body. The remaining nine Meat Mountains exploded violently. Shattered bones flew like shotgun pellets, the nine large choppers spun like blender blades, and the black chains clattered and groaned.
In an instant, a fifty-meter radius area turned into a giant meat grinder. To make matters worse, the blood of those Little Meat Mountains was highly toxic, hissing as it corroded the ground.
Blood mist rose. The nine large choppers were all stuck diagonally in the ground, and the area emitted a pungent acidic smell.
A headless Meat Mountain stood up. The dwarf emerged from the back of its neck.
“Really tough to deal with.”
The dwarf looked at Su Xiao, who was completely unharmed, and smiled through his blood-covered face.
Su Xiao hadn’t withstood the flesh storm head-on. The moment it exploded, he used Dragon Shadow Flash to penetrate space, but he didn’t immediately reappear. Instead, he stayed in the penetrating state for a moment to dodge the flying choppers and bone fragments.
As soon as the dwarf appeared, Su Xiao stepped on the bloodstains on the ground and charged forward, reaching the dwarf in an instant.
‘Eye Pierce’
Dragon-Slaying Flash dragged a blurry afterimage. It seemed slow, but in reality, it pierced through the dwarf’s head at incredible speed.
The dwarf’s head tilted back. Even though his head was pierced, he still had a smile on his face. His right hand clenched, and the blood and flesh on the ground rolled back, forming the nine Meat Mountains again.
“One more time!”
The dwarf slapped his hand onto Dragon-Slaying Flash. The longsword cut through his head and emerged from below his ear. This reckless fighting style reminded Su Xiao of something.
Thud!
The nine Little Meat Mountains exploded again. A crystal layer quickly spread over Su Xiao, and a counter shield appeared around him.
Flesh and blood bloomed like fireworks. It proved that even without gunpowder, explosions were still terrifying.
The large choppers clattered within the flesh storm. One of them slammed into the counter shield with a crack, embedding itself a good portion before stopping.
This flesh storm lasted nearly ten seconds before dissipating. When the blood mist cleared, Su Xiao’s left arm was blocking his face. One large chopper had cut through the crystal layer and lodged into his shoulder.
Su Xiao had already realized that the dwarf fused with the Little Meat Mountain was likely not the enemy’s true body. He had tested this twice.
Hiss~
Acidic liquid corroded the wound on Su Xiao’s shoulder. Waves of intense pain surged into his nervous system. Fortunately, he had Cyan Steel Shadow Energy in his body, making him less susceptible to the poison.
Su Xiao raised his hand, grabbed the large chopper, and pulled it out of his shoulder with force. He tossed it aside, where it landed with a dull thud.
The headless Little Meat Mountain lay on the ground. The dwarf on its back was also motionless, as if dead.
After a moment’s thought, Su Xiao looked into the distance, at the old man covered in age spots who was searching for Bubu Wang.
As if realizing something, Su Xiao ignored his bleeding shoulder and rushed toward the old man at top speed.
Just as Su Xiao took a few steps, the headless Meat Mountain lying on the ground suddenly stood up with a whoosh. The dwarf on its back stretched both hands forward.
Just as the dwarf was about to stop Su Xiao, the Banishment that had been trapped inside him suddenly became active, flying forcefully to the side. Not only was the dwarf affected, but the Meat Mountain beneath him also stumbled sideways.
The old man in the distance suddenly turned his head, cursed under his breath, and prepared to flee. But Bubu Wang appeared at that moment, biting down on his calf.
Clang.
A dense array of blade glows struck the withered old man. Bubu Wang immediately let go of his leg. Standing on one leg, it actually struck a “great roc spreading its wings” pose.
Puff, puff, squelch…
The blade glows slashed into the withered old man one after another. Strangely, Bubu Wang, standing less than a meter away in its golden rooster stance plus great roc pose, was completely unharmed. The blade glows either flew under its crotch or sliced past its armpits.
“Second phase!”
Su Xiao shouted. Bubu Wang immediately changed its pose. This time, it stood on its two hind legs, still perfectly straight, with both front paws raised high, as if surrendering in terror.
Another dense wave of blade glows came slashing in. The withered old man seemed to notice Bubu Wang’s bizarre pose. In despair, he also stood perfectly straight, raising both arms high. The slashes came too fast—too fast for him to summon his artificial creatures.
Seeing this, Bubu Wang trembled with laughter.
Flesh flew everywhere. The withered old man was forced back repeatedly by the slashes. He appeared frail and aged, but his body was actually extremely tough, as if it had undergone some kind of modification.
“Luomuga.”
The withered old man cursed in a dialect from the Black King World, because Su Xiao had already charged in front of him.
A whistling sound came from above. Another Little Meat Mountain fell. But in just two seconds, the withered old man was slashed into over a dozen pieces. The headless Meat Mountain, which had been charging over, stopped.
“I told you this guy was stupid. But hey, he’s our creator, so fighting to the death for him is our mission, right, Baga? Still, we don’t owe him anything anymore. We’ve been fighting for this old bastard for over ten years—enough to repay the… favor… of creation.”
The dwarf looked helplessly at Su Xiao. He—no, it—wasn’t human.
The headless Meat Mountain burst apart. The dwarf smiled at Su Xiao, tilted his chin, and then rapidly dissolved, eventually turning into a green orb that fell to the ground.
“Hoo~”
Su Xiao let out a long breath. Aside from the Prisoner Chira he had encountered earlier, this dwarf was definitely the toughest enemy he had faced in the Black King World. Fortunately, its creator wasn’t very strong and couldn’t control the dwarf and the ten Little Meat Mountains from a distance.
[You have killed Bujian Fendi.]
[You have obtained 4.2% World Source. Current total World Source: 15.5%.]
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Still no chest reward. This made Su Xiao frown, but his gaze was soon drawn to a green glow among the weeds.
Pushing aside the weeds, a green orb was hanging between the fork of a grass stem. Su Xiao reached out and touched the marble-sized orb.
[You have obtained Artificial Creature Core: Flesh Hall·Baha (Epic Rank).]