31: Chapter 31 Stinger Boiler Cannon
Lin Mo and Niu Dachun looked in the direction Lu Mengmeng was pointing.
They saw Qin Ran on the distant ramparts, her ice-blue wings flapping as she hovered in mid-air.
As her Soul Power surged, dozens of ice cones descended like a torrential rainstorm.
They pierced through three Tier 2 Single-Horned Wind Wolves with precision.
"This S-rank Martial Soul really lives up to its reputation," Niu Dachun clicked his tongue.
However, Lin Mo stared at Qin Ran's current state and shook his head. "The S-rank Martial Soul is strong, but her current Soul Power is too low. She won't be able to maintain this hunting efficiency for long!"
As he spoke, he looked toward the other two candidates with S-rank Martial Souls.
They were killing exotic beasts with similar efficiency, but they wouldn't last long either.
Lin Mo quickly guessed their plan; they were likely aiming to gain as many points as possible before the NPC city defense troops on the ramparts were wiped out.
They would then look for an opportunity to recover once the city wall was breached.
"Quick, we need to start moving too."
Lin Mo called out.
He reached out toward a Golden-Armored Crocodile that had just popped its head up not far away.
"Second Soul Skill, Heavenly Gang Cauldron!"
This was one of the two Soul Skills Lin Mo awakened after reaching level ten.
The next second.
A massive furnace, five or six meters in diameter, condensed above it and then smashed directly down onto the Golden-Armored Crocodile's head.
"Bang!"
With its inherent power, combined with the over one thousand catties added by his innate Soul Skill, Gravity Imbuement.
It slammed onto the Golden-Armored Crocodile's head, sending blood splattering everywhere.
Even the city wall trembled slightly.
Although the Golden-Armored Crocodile didn't die, it lost half its life.
"Devil Thrust!"
Lu Mengmeng didn't miss the opportunity and acted quickly before the Golden-Armored Crocodile could fall.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!"
Devil Vine spikes pierced in through its mouth.
Then it whipped it back up.
"Da Chun!"
"Alright, Great Sumeru Pot!"
"Bang!" Da Chun slapped his ten-plus-meter large pot.
"Congratulations to your team for killing a Tier 2 Golden-Armored Crocodile, gaining +5 points. Point distribution: Lin Mo +2, Lu Mengmeng +2, Niu Dachun +1!"
Seeing the prompt on the score counter, Lin Mo finally felt a bit more balanced.
The three of them then began to cooperate in hunting exotic beasts on the ramparts.
But half an hour later.
Lin Mo discovered a drawback:
"This won't do. The difference in points between the three of us while hunting like this is huge. If we keep going, Da Chun won't even be able to reach the second-tier university cutoff."
Da Chun was only level seven and only had one Soul Skill. His damage contribution was too low, so he only got 0.5 or 1 point each time points were distributed.
"Then what should we do? If we hunt alone, it's very difficult to kill exotic beasts above Tier 2." Lu Mengmeng also felt a bit embarrassed.
Da Chun scratched his head, feeling somewhat guilty. "It's me who's dragging you guys down!"
"What are you saying? Without you drawing aggro, Mengmeng and I wouldn't be able to focus on dealing damage, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, Da Chun, you've already been great!"
Lu Mengmeng added in comfort.
"But Boss, we still need to find a way. It would be best if we could make our point distribution a bit fairer."
"Fairer..."
Lin Mo suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"How about we use our three-person fusion skill!"
"Ah, you mean that useless Poison Thorn Boiler Cannon of ours?" Lu Mengmeng was taken aback.
Ever since Lin Mo and Niu Dachun created a fusion skill last time.
Later, under the simulation of the System AI, the three of them created the "Poison Thorn Boiler Cannon."
It involved Lu Mengmeng infusing Lin Mo's Pill Furnace with the poisonous gas of the Devil Vine, which Niu Dachun would then strike out.
But at the time, because the resulting poisonous mist didn't do much damage to zombies and Corrupt Walkers, they hadn't really used it.
"What do you mean useless! That's because zombies and Corrupt Walkers have a certain level of toxin immunity."
"It's different now. Our targets are exotic beasts with biological traits!" Lin Mo said, annoyed.
Hearing Lin Mo say this, Lu Mengmeng immediately realized. "Right, right, right! Zombies have toxin immunity, but exotic beasts don't!"
"Let's start. Maybe we can change the course of the battle by relying on this Soul Skill!"
"Mm-hmm! Come on, I'm ready!"
A ball of black poisonous mist condensed on the Devil Vine in Lu Mengmeng's hand.
Lin Mo didn't dawdle either; he similarly condensed a small Pill Furnace and opened the lid.
Lu Mengmeng immediately placed the poisonous mist inside.
"Da Chun, hit that!"
Lin Mo pointed to a section of the ramparts that had already been occupied by exotic beasts.
"Alright, Brother!"
Da Chun set himself into a baseball batting stance.
"Catch!"
Lin Mo abruptly threw the small Pill Furnace, filled with poisonous mist, toward Niu Dachun.
The furnace body traced an arc through the air.
Niu Dachun timed it perfectly, swung his ten-plus-meter Great Sumeru Pot, and struck it hard.
"Bang!"
The Pill Furnace, like a lit cannonball, smashed toward that section of the ramparts while carrying a whistling wind.
"Boom!"
The moment it landed, the Pill Furnace exploded instantly.
Several Tier 2 exotic beasts were instantly sent flying by the wave of fire.
At the same time, the black poisonous mist mixed with the alchemy fire and burst open suddenly.
Forming a poisonous fire domain over ten meters in diameter!
"Awoo—!"
The Golden-Armored Crocodile and Single-Horned Wind Wolf, which had already been injured by the explosion's shockwave.
Were instantly engulfed by the poisonous fire; their fur and scales sizzled, and they soon collapsed on the ground, twitching.
What was even more vicious was that the poisonous fire seeped into the exotic beasts' bodies through their wounds.
Even a Tier 3 Iron-Armored Beast stumbled and fell off the city wall, having already lost its breath by the time it hit the ground.
The score counter gave frantic notifications.
[Team killed Tier 2 Golden-Armored Crocodile, gained +5 points! Point distribution: Lin Mo +1.5, Lu Mengmeng +1.5, Niu Dachun +2!]
[Team killed Tier 2 Single-Horned Wind Wolf, gained +5 points! Point distribution: Lin Mo +2, Lu Mengmeng +1.5, Niu Dachun +1.5!]
...
"Holy crap! The point difference isn't that big anymore!"
Lin Mo looked at the panel and exclaimed excitedly.
"Brother Mo, this move is too amazing!"
Lu Mengmeng was also dumbfounded. "This damage... is even higher than our efficiency when hunting cooperatively."
Lin Mo wiped his sweat, but felt relieved in his heart.
It seems he had underestimated this fusion skill before.
Qin Ran and those top students, as well as those classmates with S-rank Martial Souls.
Having originally seen the gap in the city wall, they had already intended to prepare to retreat.
But they were startled by the sound of this sudden explosion.
"Whose Soul Skill is this!"
"Could it be from an NPC Soul Master?"
"That can't be right. With this power, you couldn't pull it off without being above level forty, and the city defense troops are all only level thirty-something Soul Masters..."
Before they could find the culprit who caused this commotion.
Suddenly...
"Boom!"
An explosion rang out once again on a certain section of the city wall.
"Look quick, it's actually those three guys who caused that commotion!"
The candidates on the ramparts looked toward the sound.
Somewhere on the ramparts, two men and one woman were standing in a triangular formation.
The petite loli stuffed a ball of black energy into the odd-looking canister in the hand of the boy beside her.
The boy turned abruptly and tossed the canister filled with black energy toward the other side, to the boy holding a Frying Pan.
The next second, the boy with the Frying Pan swung it and smashed the canister away like he was playing baseball.
"Bang!"
The canister was struck hard and sent flying with a whistling sound.
Like a cannonball fired from its chamber, it smashed straight into the ramparts not far away.
"Boom—!"
A violent explosion sounded.
The energy inside the canister burst open, and a small mushroom cloud actually rose up.
A large sea of black-red flames was left in its wake.
The black fire, with its eerie stickiness, clung tightly to the exotic beasts that hadn't been killed by the explosion, burning them until they let out shrill wails.
They thrashed wildly in the sea of fire, and soon, they lost all sound.
Seeing this scene, the candidates were all dumbfounded.
"Is this, is this f*cking a Martial Soul Fusion Skill?"