Chapter 319 - 319 316 Eight-Armed Monster

Chapter 319: Chapter 316 Eight-Armed Monster Chapter 319: Chapter 316 Eight-Armed Monster Tang Yu couldn’t see, but he could guess that just now the high-speed train had smashed some Demonized Beasts blocking the railway, shattering them to pieces.

Clang!

A Demonized Wolf’s paw slammed against the outer steel panel of the second carriage, making a loud noise, and was then thrown off by the speeding train, landing behind.

The passengers inside the carriage were startled.

Seeing the horde of Demonized Beasts charging at the train, some looked tense, others clenched their lips, looking pale, while some silently gripped their weapons, staring intently out the window.

Inside the second carriage, the ones who were unaffected were him and a few strong Awakeners.

Their aura was all at the Fifth Tier.

But that wasn’t quite right.

Tang Yu’s gaze paused briefly on a person slightly in front… Only at the Third Layer, yet he keenly sensed that this was a result of concealing aura; Tang Yu could only judge from the unintended leakage of faint aura that the person had the strength of the Sixth or Seventh Layer.

Definitely a Boss Level character.

Yet he only bought a first-class seat and not a private compartment, a real penny pincher.

Tang Yu smirked, noticing the girl next to him, with her strength at Second-tier, did not seem nervous either.

Every time a loud bang sounded, the two passengers in front shuddered, while her eyes widened, seemingly trying to locate the source of the noise.

‘This girl has quite the nerve.’

Several guards wearing Flowing Color Uniforms, who should be referred to as train guards, came into the second carriage.

The leading person spoke, “The train has encountered a Demon Tide attack, expect some turbulence, which is normal. Please, dear passengers, stay calm, remain seated, and avoid leaving your seats. The entire train crew is capable of ensuring the personal safety of each passenger.”

The guards, not looking too grim but rather sharing a laugh, also helped relax the tense passengers.

Three guards continued towards the rear carriages, while two remained in the second carriage, moving to each reserved shooting port.

Between rows five and six, nine and ten, there was an open space, serving both as a shooting port and as an emergency escape route if real danger arose.

Wearing a Flowing Color Uniform, a guard took up an Ancestor Dragon Warrior’s equipped Rune Gun, aiming at the pursuing Demonized Beasts, bang—a shot rang out.

From the towering Arrow Towers on both sides of the railway, arrows periodically broke the sound barrier with booming noises… specifically targeting the trickier Demonized Beasts within the horde.

Forward and rear carriages, the roaring of machine guns reached their ears, occasionally mixed with other types of firearms.

Before long, the Demonized Bests attacking the train were either dead or left far behind by the train.

Many passengers breathed a sigh of relief.

The train guards, looking steady, were already accustomed to such duties.

…

Wooh—

The train stopped steadily, its outer armor stained with some Demonized Beast blood, which rather appeared like a medal of honor.

Tang Yu saw many passengers stepping off the train still with shaky legs, some even muttering, “Haven’t encountered this the few times I’ve ridden before… it’s deadly…”

Seems like not every train ride encounters Demonized Beast attacks, situations as apparently dangerous as today’s are rather rare.

As winter approached, it grew dark early, with a faint golden veil engulfing the sky.

Grey Blade was already waiting at the station.

Tang Yu got into the Humvee driven by Grey Blade and set off towards their destination.

…

Lindong, Operational Command Center.

This was the heart of Lindong Sanctuary, from where countless orders issued daily.

By the time Tang Yu and Grey Blade arrived, Lu Jianjun was already waiting.

The conference room was not crowded, with only Lu Jianjun, a few Ancestor Dragon Commanders, Deputy Commanders of significant status, and a few of Lindong’s senior officials.

The few from Ancestor Dragon had solemn expressions, and it seemed that the other high-ranking officials from Lindong, like him, were unclear about the purpose of the meeting, their expressions puzzled.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they quickly got to the main topic.

The meeting was chaired by Zhou Zhenglei, the Commander of the Ancestor Dragon Special Combat Team. He pointed to the large screen in front of him, which displayed an image:

“This is an important video footage that arrived not long ago from Beiting. It shows the process of a large Sanctuary… being massacred.”

Zhou Zhenglei’s tone was very grave, “Xiajiang Sanctuary, located in the central part of our country, housed over a million survivors. The Sanctuary was very strong, both in terms of Awakener combat power and scientific research capabilities. It had faced three Fifth-tier Demon Tides, and once there were two Catastrophe-level Demonized Beasts, all of which Xiajiang Sanctuary had fended off with minimal losses.”

“The strength of Xiajiang Sanctuary can be said to far exceed Lindong. Yet such a large Sanctuary was wiped out two days ago, with almost no resistance.”

From the video screen, the filming location was on the city walls of the Sanctuary.

It was during the Demon Tide, as the surging black tide continuously battered the tall walls. Along the battlements, several heavy machine-guns roared, numerous soldiers in Standard Combat Uniforms from the Ancestor Dragon, along with variously dressed Mercenary Corps and Freelance Awakeners, wielded firearms or discharged their long-range abilities, slaughtering the Demonized Beasts below the walls.

Occasionally, powerful Demonized Beasts leapt onto the wall but were quickly taken down by the prepared experts through combined attacks.

It appeared that the Demon Tide, which was at least of Fourth-tier, posed little threat to the Xiajiang Sanctuary.

The video playback suddenly paused.

Zhou Zhenglei’s red laser pointer focused on a certain spot at the top of the video, which was specifically marked with a red circle.

The video zoomed in, revealing a small black dot floating in the air within the red circle.

However, the video was not clear enough; even with the magnification, it was impossible to discern what the small black dot was.

The video continued to play. The small black dot rapidly approached, and was quickly spotted by the Awakeners on the wall. An anti-air cannon swung its muzzle to blast towards the small black dot.

Bursts of fire exploded in the sky, but the small black dot still approached, its speed undiminished, and in the blink of an eye, it reached just a few hundred meters from the wall.

The video paused and zoomed in again.

This time, Tang Yu could see clearly; it was not a Flying Demonized Beast but some kind of humanoid creature. It had gray-black skin and had eight arms growing from its back—a ‘monster’.

The ‘monster’s’ chest muscles bulged powerfully, its eight muscular arms intricate, and except for the skin color and extra limbs, its appearance somewhat resembled a certain Legendary creature… quite similar to an ‘Aniki’.

At this moment, the video slowed down. One could see that the anti-air cannon shells hit the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ directly, a burst of fire flared up, but the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ emerged unscathed from the fire, not even a speck of dust on it.

Even though the video was slowed down considerably, Tang Yu barely noticed that, at that instant, a semi-transparent membrane appeared on the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’, blocking all impacts.

The performance of the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ was marked by Xiajiang’s City Defense Department as a highly threatening Demonized Beast. Almost all anti-air cannons and snipers on that section of the wall instantly targeted the black-skinned monster in the air.

The ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ neither dodged nor flinched, taking all the attacks head-on. Yet, after the explosions and smoke dissipated, the monster still appeared unharmed before everyone.

“Could it be a Catastrophe-level Demonized Beast? But aren’t Catastrophe-level Demonized Beasts generally very large?”

A Lindong senior couldn’t help but speak up.

Zhou Zhenglei had not yet responded when a dazzling beam of light shot up into the sky in the video.

It was an Energy-gathering Cannon!

While the others were bombing the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’, the Energy-gathering Cannon had started charging, and now it fired.

The speed of light, impossible to dodge.

Yet, the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ in the sky vanished. It had sensed the danger and, a split second before the Energy-gathering Cannon fired, it disappeared from its spot.

Boom!

The video shook and trembled, and in one corner of the screen, the Energy-gathering Cannon that had just fired at the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ was now shattered into pieces. There stood the humanoid monster with eight arms, holding half of the barrel of the Energy-gathering Cannon.

The video was pieced together, and at this moment, the scene switched again, this time to a location far behind the city walls.

It was clearly visible that the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’ began its massacre of the defending Awakeners.

With one punch, it collapsed a section of the wall. Raising its hand slightly, the Awakeners in front of it were crushed into mince by an unknown force.

Xiajiang’s city walls were not just equipped with one Energy-gathering Cannon; in fact, just on this piece of the wall alone, there were over a dozen Energy-gathering Cannons, symbolizing the substantial might of Xiajiang Sanctuary.

These dozen Energy-gathering Cannons simultaneously charged, targeting the ‘Eight-Armed Monster’, yet the monster, as if forewarned, easily dodged the beams, blasting each cannon into smithereens.

PS: I heard today is Qixi Festival. As a singleton, the author can only wish lovers worldwide will eventually become… siblings.

That’s all…╮(￣▽￣)╭