RNP Chapter 168 The Fall of a Proto-Lord!
Chapter 168 The Fall of a Proto-Lord!
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Chu Tianfeng stood on the armored command vehicle, staring at the swollen mass of dark red viscous liquid at the bottom of the pit.
The countless golden vertical pupils within the mucus rotated in unison, staring intently at the crowd above.
Chu Tianfeng groaned, his eyes instantly losing focus, and he fell straight backward.
The staff officers next to him also seemed to have a seizure, clutching their heads and rolling around on the ground in a frenzy.
Jiang Ming frowned.
A red warning message popped up on the system panel.
[Warning! High-frequency mental pollution wave detected!]
【Alienated Aggregate - Myriad-Eyed Flesh Mountain (Lv.40 - Lord-level Prototype)】
[Danger Level: Extremely Lethal]
[Characteristics: Mental pollution, unlimited proliferation, kinetic energy absorption.]
The prototype of a level 40 lord.
Jiang Ming swung the chain at Chu Tianfeng with his other hand.
A crisp "snap" sound.
Chu Tianfeng jolted awake, the confusion in his eyes vanishing instantly, and he clutched the swollen area, panting heavily.
"Don't look into its eyes!" Jiang Ming yelled at the surrounding soldiers. "Everyone close your eyes! Retreat five hundred meters!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the slime at the bottom of the pit suddenly exploded.
Hundreds and thousands of thick tentacles covered with barbs gushed out from the cracks and frantically climbed up the pit walls.
These tentacles are covered with a thick layer of mucus, and bullets just slide off without leaving a white mark.
"Boss! This thing looks awful!" Marlowe yelled into the comms. "The radar shows it's still getting bigger! It's about to burst the space at the bottom of the pit and come up!"
"Chen Qi, switch the chain gun to high-explosive warheads and blast those tentacles that are climbing up!" Jiang Ming jumped back onto the top of the tank.
"receive!"
The psionic armor-piercing chain gun roared wildly, its high-explosive warheads exploding into clusters of blue fireballs amidst the swarm of tentacles.
But the effect was minimal.
The severed tentacles fell to the ground and immediately turned into a pool of dark red flesh. A few seconds later, they reassembled and grew new tentacles.
"Ming-ge! It's indestructible! This thing has self-healing properties!" Chen Qi was sweating profusely with anxiety.
Jiang Ming watched as more and more tentacles surged forth, his mind racing with calculations.
Kinetic energy absorption, infinite proliferation.
Conventional firepower and physical attacks are completely useless against this mountain of flesh; breaking it will only cause it to split into more pieces.
It must be completely eradicated at the cellular level.
Jiang Ming directly opened the storage cabinet in the command cabin and threw the [Abyssal Earth Dragon's Acid-Etched Crystal Core] that had just been exposed onto the control panel.
Then, he took out ten 155mm heavy howitzer shells from his storage ring, along with two [High-Level Spirit Essences] and a can of [Military-Grade Neurotoxin] that he had taken from the military warehouse.
"Marlow, can the main gun still fire?" Jiang Ming's hands flew across the system's crafting panel, dragging and dropping materials.
"Forced charging will take three minutes! And that last shot dried up the coolant in the gun barrel. If we fire another shot, the barrel might explode!" Marlowe stared intently at the instrument panel.
"Never mind that, charge it! If the barrel blows up, we'll fix it!"
Jiang Ming pressed the confirmation button for the synthesis.
[The synthesis formula is being developed...]
[WARNING: This synthesis contains highly hazardous acid-electrolytic substances and potent neurotoxins; failure rate is 55%.]
[Should we continue?]
"continue."
A blinding white light illuminated the command center.
Ten heavy howitzer shells melted and reformed rapidly in a flash of white light. The acid-etched crystal nuclei transformed into a pool of strong green acid, which perfectly fused with the neurotoxin and seeped into the interior along the newly formed shell's texture.
[Ding! Synthesis successful!]
[Obtained: Corruption Annihilation Bullet (Purple Epic Consumable)]
[Effect: Upon hitting a target, it releases a complex toxin powerful enough to corrode the cells of a lord-level organism, causing irreversible apoptosis and blocking its proliferation.]
Jiang Ming grabbed the special shell, which was half a meter long and emitted a faint green light, and stuffed it directly into the ammunition slot of the Thunder main cannon.
"What is the charging progress?"
"Forty percent! Boss, it's climbed up!" Marlowe's voice trembled.
Jiang Ming raised his head.
A huge chunk of flesh, as tall as a three-story building, had been overturned over the edge of the pit.
Countless golden eyes blinked on the surface of the flesh, emitting a nauseating, fishy stench.
Several tentacles, as thick as water tanks, suddenly lashed out at the heavily armored fortress.
"Chen Qi, open fire and intercept!"
The chain guns and machine guns fired simultaneously, creating a dense network of fire in mid-air.
But there are too many tentacles.
One of the tentacles withstood the artillery fire and slammed hard into the left side armor of the tank.
boom!
The tank, weighing tens of tons, shook violently, and the tracks on the left side emitted a piercing metallic scraping sound.
"Boss! The armor plate is dented! This thing is incredibly strong!"
Jiang Ming steadied himself and glanced at the main gun's charging progress.
Seventy percent.
Almost there.
The main body of the mountain of flesh has completely crawled out of the deep pit.
It has no legs and moves across the ground entirely using tentacles at its base.
Wherever it passed, the concrete pavement was corroded, leaving deep grooves.
It seemed to sense the dangerous aura emanating from the Thunder Cannon, and all its golden eyes locked onto the chariot at the same time.
"Chen Qi!"
Jiang Ming took a step forward and lashed Chen Qi on the back of the head with a chain, forcibly waking him up.
"I...I'm fine..." Chen Qi gritted his teeth and gripped the control lever again, but his hands were shaking violently.
Taking advantage of the situation, the Mountain of Flesh launched a general offensive.
More than a dozen thick tentacles came from all directions, attempting to completely crush the chariot.
Jiang Ming glanced at the [Heavy Armor Dragon Scale Armguard] on his left arm.
An attack with a power level of 50 or higher will absolutely result in a fatal crash if you try to withstand it head-on.
"Marlowe, open the car door!" Jiang Ming grabbed the [Fire and Thunder Prison] greatsword.
"Boss, what are you doing?!"
"Buy time! Once the main gun is fully charged, fire immediately, don't worry about me!"
Jiang Ming kicked open the car door and jumped out, braving the stench that rushed towards him.
The power of forty-nine points erupts in full force.
Jiang Ming landed and rolled to avoid a tentacle that was about to smash down on him.
The lightning and fire on the greatsword surged instantly, striking the base of the tentacle fiercely.
"Pfft!"
A large amount of green viscous liquid gushed out from the charred fracture.
The mountain of flesh, in pain, turned more tentacles around and coiled towards Jiang Ming.
Instead of retreating, Jiang Ming charged forward, directly into the swarm of tentacles.
[Heavy Armor Dragon Scale Guards] Special Effect Activated!
Absolute Parry!
For three seconds, you are immune to all physical attacks that are weaker than your own strength attribute.
Jiang Ming brandished his greatsword, unleashing a bloody storm amidst the swarm of tentacles.
Each sword strike brought forth large amounts of severed limbs and broken arms.
But he knew very well that this was just a short-sighted solution.
The flesh mountain is multiplying too fast; the moment one is cut off, two new ones immediately grow back. The author has finally gotten into character and has joined Cola Novels with his new work, "School Time Travel Survival: I Can Synthesize Everything!"
"Charging complete!"
Marlowe's roar exploded on the communications channel.
Jiang Ming kicked one of the tentacles in front of him, using the recoil to propel himself backward dozens of meters.
"Fire!"
The Thunder Cannon atop the tank let out a deafening roar.
The dark purple cannon barrel had developed fine cracks on its surface due to overheating.
A beam of eerie green light instantly pierced through the entire battlefield.
That wasn't the pure lightning energy from before; it was a devastating attack infused with strong acid and neurotoxins.
The beam of light struck precisely at the very center of the mountain of flesh, where the eyes were most concentrated.
There was no loud explosion.
There was only a hissing sound that made your teeth ache.
The eerie green beam of light melted a three-meter-diameter hole directly into the massive body of the flesh mountain.
No blood spurted from the edge of the hole, nor did any new granulation tissue grow.
The rings of dark red muscle tissue instantly turned into grayish-white dead skin upon contact with the corrosive annihilation bomb's toxins, and then flaked off.
Apoptosis has begun.
"squeak--!!!"
The mountain of flesh let out the most agonizing scream in history.
The sound had exceeded the limits of human hearing, transforming into a tangible mental shockwave that spread wildly in all directions.
The glass of abandoned buildings within a hundred meters shattered instantly.
Jiang Ming was the first to be affected; his mind felt like it had been shoved with an electric drill, churning wildly.
He gritted his teeth, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, and stubbornly withstood this mental backlash.
"Marlowe! Don't stop! Full engine load, run him over!" Jiang Ming yelled into the comms channel.
"receive!"
The heavily armored fortress roared like a beast, its tracks crushing the tentacle remains scattered on the ground as it headed straight for the main body of the Mountain of Flesh.
At this point, the mountain of flesh had completely lost its ability to resist.
The putrefactive toxins spread wildly throughout its body via its vascular network.
One by one, those golden vertical pupils burst open, oozing black pus.
Its massive body deflated and collapsed rapidly, like a punctured balloon.
The tank's large bulldozer blade slammed violently into the mangled body of the mountain of flesh.
The dark red tentacles beneath the chassis, like sharks smelling blood, lunged out and plunged into the flesh mountain, devouring the high-level flesh that had not yet been completely corroded.
The engine's energy bar was fully charged, and it even issued an overload warning.
In just one minute.
The three-story-high mountain of flesh was sucked into a pile of grayish-white powder by the tank.
[Defeat the Mutated Aggregate - Thousand-Eyed Flesh Mountain (Lv.40 - Lord-level Prototype)]
[Gained 250000 experience points.]
[Gained 5 free attribute points.]
[Obtained Epic Material: Core of Ten Thousand Eyes.]
[Obtained skill book: Mental Blast (Purple Rare).]
Jiang Ming let out a long breath and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
He was promoted two ranks.
Current level: Lv.24.
Without hesitation, he added all 5 points of his free attribute to Strength.
Strength exceeded 57 points.
Jiang Ming walked to the pile of powder that the mountain of flesh had turned into, bent down and picked up a fist-sized bead with fine golden patterns on its surface, as well as a skill book that emitted purple light.
【Core of Ten Thousand Eyes (Purple Epic): A lord-level core containing extremely strong spiritual energy, which can be used to synthesize high-level spiritual equipment or vehicle modules.】
[Mental Blast (Purple Rare): Consumes mental energy to unleash a powerful mental shockwave in a fan-shaped area in front, causing brief stun and interrupting the target's spellcasting.]
nice one.
Jiang Ming clapped his hands together and began learning the skill book.
"Ming-ge, the cannon barrel... the cannon barrel is cracked." Chen Qi crawled out of the turret and pointed to the Thunder Roar main cannon above his head.
Jiang Ming looked up.
The dark purple cannon barrel was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and the charging base at the rear was emitting black smoke.
The load from that last shot was too great, and combined with the corrosiveness of the Corrosive Annihilation Shell, this epic main cannon is now practically useless.
No problem, we have plenty of materials, we can fix it later.
Chu Tianfeng led a group of soldiers and cautiously approached from a distance.
Looking at the pool of grayish-white powder on the ground, and then at the heavily armored fortress parked beside him, exuding a fierce aura, Chu Tianfeng swallowed hard.
The prototype of a level 40 lord.
That's it? Gone just like that?
If the Dongjiang Military Region were to face this thing, they wouldn't even be able to scratch it without sending in two divisions.
"Brother Jiang..." Chu Tianfeng walked up to Jiang Ming, his tone now filled with obvious awe, "Your...your firepower is simply divine."
Jiang Ming threw the Myriad Eyes Core into his storage ring and turned to look at Chu Tianfeng.
"Stop flattering me. The monsters at the bottom of this crack have been cleared out, and nothing will crawl out anytime soon. Send people to fill the pit and pour high-grade cement over it."
Jiang Ming pointed to the group of buildings behind the Nancheng defense line.
"Now, it's time to fulfill your promise. Where is the armory in the south of the city?"
Chu Tianfeng was taken aback, then let out a wry smile.
"Brother Jiang, your appetite is too big. The Nancheng Armory is the largest conventional ammunition depot in Dongjiang City, containing a full three-basic loads of artillery ammunition."
"What, you can't bear to part with it?" Jiang Ming raised an eyebrow.
"It's not that we're reluctant to part with it," Chu Tianfeng waved his hand. "This armory is on the second basement level. When that earthworm came out just now, it shook the underground passage and it collapsed. Now the entrance is blocked by a load-bearing wall weighing tens of tons. We don't have heavy excavation equipment on site, so we can't get in at all."
"Lead the way." Jiang Ming walked directly towards the chariot.
Ten minutes later.
The entrance to the second underground level of the South City Defense Line.
A two-meter-thick reinforced concrete load-bearing wall blocked the way in the middle of the passage.
Chu Tianfeng pointed to the load-bearing wall: "It's right here. The engineering corps calculated that a forced demolition would cause a secondary collapse, burying the entire armory inside."
Jiang Ming stood in front of the load-bearing wall and reached out to tap on the wall.
Very solid.
But he's now a monster with fifty-seven points of strength.
"Marlowe, bring the car over here." Jiang Ming took two steps back.
The heavily armored fortress roared to the front of the load-bearing wall.
Jiang Ming pointed to the bulldozer blade: "Use the bulldozer blade to brace against the wall, don't exert any force, just keep it steady."
Marlowe did as instructed.
Jiang Ming took a deep breath, and the [Heavy Armor Dragon Scale Armguard] on his right arm burst forth with a dazzling light.
He slammed his fist into the back of the bulldozer blade.
boom!
The 57 points of strength, combined with the weight of the chariot itself, created an extremely terrifying penetrating force.
The two-meter-thick reinforced concrete load-bearing wall emitted a dull thud, followed by a dense network of cracks spreading wildly outwards from the bulldozer blade.
slam-la-
The entire wall collapsed instantly, turning into rubble.
Chu Tianfeng and the soldiers behind him were so shocked their eyes almost popped out.
Can you shatter a two-meter-thick load-bearing wall with a single punch?
Is this even human?