13: Summoner and the Gorilla Monster

Cheng Yang swiftly weaved through the shattered walls, rushing into the room on the other side.

Gazing at the monster collapsed on the ground, he brandished his Light Shadow Sword, drawing out the card [Light Shadow Thorn (F)].

“Under the Light Shadow Thorn, transform into a card.”

“Light Shadow…”

Bang!

A tremendous force slammed into his armor from the other side.

Cheng Yang was sent flying with a heavy impact, smashing through one wall with a bang, and still didn't stop.

He continued to crash through two walls, flew out of the hospital, and heavily dented a car before finally stopping.

That was, that was…

From the shattered wall, amidst the swirling dust, a new monster slowly emerged.

Its entire body was gray, as if a layer of hard rock had grown on its skin.

Two long, massive arms, like the fists of an Gorilla Monster, hung at its sides.

They resembled two meteor hammers.

Behind this Gorilla Monster, the Slime Monster also reattached the arm that Cheng Yang had severed, following close behind.

This time, there were actually two monsters? I was careless!

No, his perception had clearly been enhanced by the armor and Summoner, so how could he not have noticed the monster's hidden presence?

Could it be!

Was this monster another one temporarily transformed from a human?

There was no time for Cheng Yang to ponder these things.

The Gorilla Monster was charging towards Lin Ti with an uncoordinated burst of speed, leaping into the air, bringing both fists together, and slamming them down heavily on Cheng Yang.

Cheng Yang gathered his scattered strength from the impact, quickly rolling off the dented car to dodge the attack.

However, the car wasn't so lucky.

Under that heavy punch, it, along with the concrete road beneath, was torn to pieces.

Such incredible strength!

The Gorilla Monster, whose punch missed its mark, seized the opportunity to grab the car fragments from the ground and hurl them at Cheng Yang!

The air shrieked as the fragments hurtled towards Cheng Yang at a speed no less than that of artillery shells.

Cheng Yang gripped his Light Shadow Sword tightly, his gaze fixed on the incoming fragments.

Slash!

The fragments were effortlessly split in two by the sword's blade.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

From the side, the Acid Monster spewed out several streams of acid, blocking Cheng Yang's movement space on one side.

The Gorilla Monster seized the chance to charge from the other side, accelerating rapidly over an extreme distance, using its shoulder as a weapon to ram into Cheng Yang.

These two monsters are cooperating with each other.

The Acid Monster was ambushing with acid from a distance, while the Gorilla Monster wanted to close the distance and suppress him with its immense strength.

Defensive Stance!

As the Defensive Stance was adopted, Cheng Yang became like a stone pillar rooted to the spot.

The Gorilla Monster slammed heavily into Cheng Yang, emitting a muffled thud.

Then, it was violently repelled.

The powerful impact force, channeled through the armor on Cheng Yang's legs, was unleashed onto the ground.

The stone slabs beneath his feet instantly shattered, and spiderweb-like cracks spread outwards from Cheng Yang as the center.

Seeing the Gorilla Monster lose its balance from the recoil, Cheng Yang didn't miss the opportunity, gripping his Light Shadow Sword tightly and closing the distance.

Slash!

He concentrated all his strength and fiercely slashed at the Gorilla Monster's neck!

Under the grating friction, sparks flew.

Cheng Yang only felt as if he had heavily struck an indestructible rock.

Even his hands were slightly numb from the shock.

This defense! Even the Light Shadow Sword's slash couldn't break through!

At this moment, the Gorilla Monster also regained its balance, and its fist swung heavily towards the armor on Cheng Yang's chest.

Ugh!

Before he could adopt a parrying stance, Cheng Yang was sent flying by a heavy punch, collapsing onto the ground!

It felt as if all the air had been squeezed out of his lungs by that punch, and his breathing momentarily ceased.

Cheng Yang struggled to get up from the ground, but a sticky sensation came from behind him again, tightly binding his body along the armor on his legs.

That Slime Monster!

When did it get there!

Cheng Yang looked at the Slime Monster and realized that half of its body had already transformed into liquid and flowed into the sewer.

Then, it flowed out from the sewer grate behind him.

Thump, thump, thump!

The ground began to vibrate; the Gorilla Monster had already started to accelerate, charging towards Cheng Yang, who was restrained in place.

Shine…

Cough, cough!

He couldn't breathe, couldn't circulate the Basic Breathing Technique!

The previous attack had momentarily prevented his lungs from recovering and breathing.

The Slime Monster's restraint also prevented him from adopting a parrying stance.

Bang!

A powerful attack, unlike anything he had ever felt, heavily struck Cheng Yang.

Cheng Yang felt as if all the bones in his body were about to fall apart, and his internal organs were about to shift, as he was sent flying.

Bang, bang, bang!

Crashing sounds continuously echoed from all around!

His flying body smashed into the second floor of the hospital's outpatient building, crashing through walls and glass, until he broke through the entire building and fell out the other side of the hospital.

He broke a large tree and then embedded himself in the middle of the road.

He struggled to stand up from the ground, kneeling on one knee, supporting his body, and gasping for air, adjusting his physical state.

The two monsters followed closely behind, leaping down through the path Cheng Yang had smashed.

They walked step by step towards Cheng Yang.

Cheng Yang propped himself up with the Light Shadow Sword, looking at the two monsters.

Amidst the intense pain, he pondered battle strategies.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

Just then, unexpected gunshots rang out, firing at the monsters.

At the same time, several tactical vehicles emblazoned with “Monster Countermeasures Squad” rapidly approached.

Each vehicle was equipped with a machine gun.

The bullets fired by the machine guns were also designed specifically for monsters.

But even so, facing the incoming bullets, the two monsters quickly raised their arms to block them.

The bullets striking their arms only produced sparks, unable to leave even a single mark.

“Armored Warrior, the Monster Countermeasures Division will now fire Monster Countermeasure Shell No. 2 to buy you recovery time. Please be careful to dodge.”

The Monster Countermeasures Squad's tactical pickup truck stopped in the distance on the road.

Fully armed combat members quickly dismounted, raising their guns and beginning suppressive fire.

The cannon mounted on the tactical pickup began to load.

Cheng Yang took a deep breath, quickly widened the distance, and began to calm his injuries.

The two monsters, suppressed by the dense bullet fire, roared and charged towards the Monster Countermeasures Squad.

“Bang!”

Just then, the shell was fired!

Monster Countermeasure Shells are artillery shells specially filled with a unique metal shrapnel that can cause damage to monsters.

Although they have never had a record of killing a monster.

They do, however, have a record of causing damage to monsters.

At the same time, their destructive range is not large, making them one of the Monster Countermeasures Division's primary combat weapons against monsters.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

The shells hit and exploded consecutively, their powerful impact ripping up the concrete ground and kicking up large clouds of smoke and dust.

“Continue loading!”

The Monster Countermeasures Squad knew very well that at this level, it would at most only scratch these monsters.

Killing them was simply impossible.

Their goal was to buy the Armored Warrior time to recover!

That would be for the best!

“Bang, bang, bang!”

Another round of artillery fire was aimed into the rising dust.

Unable to ascertain the effect of the attack, the third round of artillery fire quickly began to load.

However, they had still underestimated the monsters' defense this time.

“Roar, roar!”

“Bang!”

Before the third round of artillery fire could be launched, the Gorilla Monster had already roared and charged out, heavily overturning the foremost tactical pickup truck!

The Gorilla Monster's rock-like skin was only emitting bursts of black smoke.

Dense bullets were still constantly hitting its skin.

It was simply, completely unharmed!