I Build a Floating City in the Apocalypse – Chapter 127

Chapter 127

“Beep beep beep!”

Three sharp, piercing whistle blasts rang out. Luo Qing knew that his gamble had paid off.

If he hadn’t forced this monster to reveal itself in advance, not only would he have been ambushed, but it would also take longer for the experts from the settlement to arrive.

Of course, this came at a great cost!

Luo Qing watched helplessly as the monster’s bladed forelimbs reached out. There was no Claw Flash, no elemental fluctuations, and even under Mental Power, these forelimbs seemed inconspicuous.

But at this moment, these inconspicuous forelimbs made Luo Qing instantly feel the threat of death. Whether it was the speed or the angle, this was an attack that Luo Qing could not possibly dodge. This strike was a guaranteed kill!

However…

At this moment, although Luo Qing’s heart was in turmoil, his eyes remained extremely calm. He activated an ancient scroll that he had been holding in his hand.

Accompanied by intense elemental fluctuations, a blue-red fireball instantly condensed between the monster and Luo Qing, exploding in the middle!

The moment the fireball exploded, the white light of a skill appeared from Luo Qing’s body, covering his entire body and even the child in his arms.

The last thing Luo Qing did was to hold the child in his arms, leap up, turn around, and face the explosion with his back.

Boom!

The power of the fireball wasn’t particularly impressive. The Mantis Monster was only blasted back a few steps, with its hard outer shell shattered in a circle. It didn’t suffer any serious injuries, but it was completely enraged.

However, it was different for Luo Qing, who didn’t resist at all and even jumped slightly off the ground. He was instantly blown dozens of meters away by the fireball’s explosion and shockwave, crashing directly into the city wall.

At this moment, he had unexpectedly used a Fireball Spell Scroll as a displacement spell.

The monster wasn’t injured much and only retreated a few meters, but he himself had retreated dozens of meters!

The relative distance instantly became dozens of meters. This displacement effect was indeed remarkable, but it was a bit debilitating.

“Cough, cough.”

Luo Qing coughed as he struggled to get up. The crisis wasn’t over yet. Although his trump cards had been used up, although he was injured and had no ability to resist this monster, Luo Qing still wouldn’t give up.

As long as he could still move, Luo Qing would fight for that sliver of a chance to survive, because he had understood one thing before, back at home.

Don’t give up, don’t despair, struggle!

Rescue might be just a second away!

Luo Qing pulled out his wooden knife and turned to run.

At this time, the enraged monster no longer concealed itself. As it moved at full speed, a fierce wind howled. When he felt the howling wind behind him, Luo Qing tossed the child in his arms into a nearby haystack and charged straight at the monster with his knife. He gestured with a scroll in his hand while stirring up the fire element with his Mental Power.

At this moment, the monster suddenly contracted, trying to assume a defensive posture. And just at the uncoordinated moment of its transformation, Luo Qing’s wooden knife, aided by a white light, slashed fiercely at the joint of the monster’s bladed forelimb. But the monster reacted and flicked its forelimb forward, hitting the wooden knife.

Luo Qing was instantly sent flying backward, crashing into the wall, and the “scroll” in his hand fell, revealing itself to be a fake.

And at the moment they separated, five or six fireballs instantly covered the area, interspersed with two bolts of lightning that arrived later, striking the monster’s body.

Luo Qing, who had been very calm just now, widened his eyes slightly.

“Where did so many Spell Scrolls come from?!”

“Who did this?!”

Luo Qing immediately reacted and breathed a sigh of relief.

“Even the sentries have so many Spell Scrolls. It seems I overthought it, making a reckless move and putting myself in such danger.

I should have just run to the bottom of the city wall.”

A surge of joy rose in Luo Qing’s heart, but for some reason, there was still a faint unease within him. He didn’t dare to linger, picked up the child beside him, and continued to run!

Under everyone’s gaze, the lightning struck the monster’s shell, blasting a large pit, but the current was directly blocked by the shell. The Lightning Spell’s strongest effect, the current running through the body to cause damage and paralysis, didn’t take effect.

The monster let out an angry hiss, and its slender limbs instantly exerted force, increasing its speed once again. Although it still couldn’t dodge the blanket attack of the fireballs, it had already dodged the most powerful core area.

Immediately, the flames of the fireballs engulfed the monster, but the monster’s shell displayed astonishing defensive power. After withstanding the fireballs, it only suffered some shell fragmentation!

At this moment, even the sentries who released the spells widened their eyes.

The Lightning Spell to injure and paralyze, the Fireball Spell for area coverage!

This was the tactic Wang Xiong had designed for them. Using this tactic to kill ordinary Magical Beasts was absolutely no problem, but after a whole set, it only caused minor injuries?!

Several sentries immediately gripped the Water Shield Spell and the remaining few Fireball Spell Scrolls in their hands, looking for an opportunity.

No one ran away because they knew that three whistle blasts were the highest level of alarm signal. This signal could only be used when Magical Beasts invaded or during even more serious situations. Once used, it basically meant that Yi Hao Village’s top combat power would arrive with a massive amount of Spell Scrolls in the shortest possible time. They only needed to hold on for a minute at most.

However, to their surprise, the monster didn’t chase them but instead went straight after Luo Qing.

Luo Qing: “…”

Luo Qing had no choice but to grit his teeth, endure the pain, and run towards the city wall closer to the sentries, fighting for the last chance of survival.

The sentry standing on the arrow tower didn’t dare to use the Fireball Spell Scroll recklessly. In just a moment, the monster had already caught up to Luo Qing, leaping and directly blocking his path.

As the monster stood upright, a pair of charred bladed forelimbs were about to fall towards Luo Qing. The terrifying pressure sealed off all of Luo Qing’s escape routes.

“Damn it!”

Luo Qing gritted his teeth, enveloped his wooden knife in the glow of a skill, and swung it fiercely.

Even if he died, he would still give this monster a vicious blow!

However, at this moment, accompanied by the convergence of earth elements, a blood-red barrier appeared between Luo Qing and the monster. Seeing this, Luo Qing immediately retracted his knife and turned to run!

It was better to stay alive if he could.

Bang!

The blood-red shield shattered, but Luo Qing had run a considerable distance away.

At the same time, a fiery red arrow shot towards the monster, but the monster dodged it nimbly. The arrow missed, only landing on the ground, blasting a large pit. At the same time, a voice came.

“Village Chief, your skills are lacking. You missed the shot, didn’t even hit the target.”

Seeing the powerful force but the missed shot, disappointment flashed in Luo Qing’s eyes. However, the next moment…

Boom!

The fiery red arrow transformed into a deep red fireball and exploded. The monster, which had dodged the arrow, was instantly sent flying. At the same time, Luo Qing heard the voices of two people conversing.

“Who said that arrows must be accurate, must hit the target?”