Beast Taming: Slaughter Atlas-Chapter 404 - 351: The Frustrated Abyss Demon Tiger
The speed of the Death Serpent was extremely fast. While Chu Chen was conversing with Nirvana, it had already bypassed Lu Hongfei and the others, heading straight towards the city gates.
Wang Haichuan’s expression suddenly changed when he saw this. He wanted to send someone to stop it, but found no one available.
He turned his head to look at Chu Chen, his gaze full of apology.
Chu Chen also noticed Wang Haichuan looking at him and gave him a reassuring look.
At this time, the Death Serpent had already reached close to Nirvana. It didn’t dare recklessly reveal itself, as Nirvana was always hiding in the shadows, and it couldn’t determine the opponent’s true strength.
Even if it was anxious, it had to maintain some vigilance because it only had one life.
The Death Serpent slowly inched towards Nirvana. When it discovered that the one controlling the undead army was merely an ant, it felt a sense of disbelief.
A tiny ant could actually possess the ability to summon an undead army; this fact was a great shock to the Death Serpent, leaving it somewhat unbalanced.
When it sensed that Nirvana’s aura was merely at the Third Rank of the Monarch Level, it was so excited that it almost laughed.
If it could kill Nirvana, it could absorb the opponent’s Undead Crystal, and it might even gain the talent to summon an undead army.
Some high-quality Undead Element Star Beasts have a certain probability of nurturing an Undead Crystal within, and they can devour each other.
In the eyes of the Death Serpent, Nirvana was indeed such a talent-filled existence, and it was certain that Nirvana must have an Undead Crystal within.
The Death Serpent couldn’t contain its greed any longer, it rapidly slithered towards Nirvana, eager to devour the Undead Crystal from within Nirvana.
Nirvana split a portion of its mind to be aware of the surrounding situation. The arrival of the Death Serpent certainly didn’t escape its notice.
Facing a King Level opponent, Nirvana didn’t dare to be careless. It instantly deployed Earth Rock Armor and Beast Taming Armor.
Seeing this, the Death Serpent didn’t do anything extra, its thick tail directly whipped towards Nirvana.
"Snap"
A crisp sound echoed as the serpent’s tail struck the right side of Nirvana, causing its Insect Armor to immediately dent, with even two insect legs being broken.
Nirvana had put ninety percent of its mind into controlling the undead army, making it impossible to avoid the Death Serpent’s attack.
After its successful strike, the Death Serpent found the opponent was still controlling the undead army, stirring extreme anger within it.
It twisted its body and lashed out with its tail again.
Once again came the "snap" sound, and Nirvana was sent flying.
This time the Death Serpent’s attack didn’t stop. Its tail continuously lashed, causing multiple dents on Nirvana’s surface, putting its triple-layer defense on the brink of shattering at any moment.
Yet even so, Nirvana still controlled the undead army, filling the Death Serpent with furious rage.
It let out a hiss, and a thick Power of the Undead quickly gathered towards it.
In the blink of an eye, a bone spear three zhang in length condensed before it.
Seeing this, the originally calm gaze of Nirvana finally showed a slight ripple.
The bone spear tore through the air, generating a sharp sonic boom. The terrifying speed combined with the short distance meant even if Nirvana focused all its attention here, it couldn’t avoid the bone spear’s attack.
Under the control of the Death Serpent, the bone spear shot straight towards Nirvana’s head. If it hit, despite Nirvana’s terrifying life force, it would likely meet a bitter end.
Just as the bone spear was about to hit Nirvana’s head, it immediately turned its head to the right, and a pair of bone tendrils turned into two bone whips to strike at the bone spear.
"Boom boom"
With the sound of two muffled thuds, the two bone tendrils instantly shattered. However, they weren’t without effect.
Though the two bone tendrils were blasted apart, their force wasn’t small, managing to deflect the bone spear slightly.
This allowed Nirvana to narrowly avoid death, but the bone spear slid along Nirvana’s neck, piercing into its body, exiting through its abdomen, and directly piercing through Nirvana.
The bone spear’s power was incredibly terrifying, even causing Nirvana to be thrown more than ten zhang away, with its internal organs being completely shredded by the bone spear.
The Death Serpent seemed quite satisfied with that strike, flicking its tongue with excitement in its serpent eyes.
It slowly undulated its body towards Nirvana, clearly intending to enjoy its victory.
In the eyes of the Death Serpent, Nirvana had no chance of surviving, much less at the Third Rank of Monarch Level; even Star Beasts of the same realm wouldn’t survive such a blow.
As soon as Nirvana landed, it immediately used its Limb Regeneration ability. This time, its injuries were severe; if it couldn’t recover quickly, it might not even have the chance to use Limb Regeneration.
At this moment, a dark golden blade flash cut through behind the Death Serpent.
The Death Serpent immediately stopped, its body swayed slightly, easily dodging the attack.
It turned its head to look back, finding that its attacker was the ambush-prone mantis.
However, the mantis’s aura seemed to have significantly diminished, and even its speed had reduced considerably. Such an attack posed no threat to it.
But it was more than willing to take out the annoying pest.
Yet Shadow Kill would not give it a chance to counterattack. After striking with the blade, it immediately fled into the distance without any thought of staying to fight.
The Death Serpent did not pursue. Its priority was to quickly deal with that ant and then collect the Undead Crystal.
Upon turning around, it found that the once barely alive ant was miraculously standing unharmed before it.
The Death Serpent felt as if its eyes were deceiving it, blinking furiously, but it quickly discovered it wasn’t an illusion. The opponent indeed had some life-saving means, its aura now elevated from the Third Rank to the Fifth Rank of Monarch Level.
This discovery made the Death Serpent extremely furious. The mantis wasn’t truly attacking it but was instead buying time for that ant.
Yet, even with the ant’s strength restored, it would simply be killed again by it, hardly requiring any effort at all.
At this moment, Wang Haichuan was furiously directing everyone in a counteroffensive, incredibly anxious in his heart. If Chu Chen’s Guardian Beast couldn’t hold out, they would have no chance left for reversal.
Everyone was acutely aware of this, putting forth all they had, including Star Core Bombs, High-Quality Elixir Pills, and more.
For a moment, the morale among everyone peaked, even boosting the Guardian Beasts’ spirit.
In contrast, the beast army had no morale left, with the Abyss Demon Tiger heavily beaten, the Death Serpent’s whereabouts unknown, and a sudden emergence of a vast undead army.
The principle of striking while swift, declining thereafter, reaching exhaustion at the third attempt fits this situation. The beasts were so battered and demoralized they lost their ferocity long ago.
Now facing Celestial Star City’s counterattack, they had no courage left to continue fighting.
The Abyss Demon Tiger’s expression turned extremely ugly upon seeing this. It wanted to command the beast army to fight but was relentlessly interrupted by Lei Yao, whose continuous attacks left it in agony, unable even to cry out.
Nonetheless, it deeply resented the Death Serpent right now; if it weren’t for its instigation, it wouldn’t have brought the beast army to attack the city. Furthermore, it had tasked it with finding that Undead Element Guardian Beast, yet there was still no sign of it—could it have fled?
Thinking of this filled the Abyss Demon Tiger’s heart with endless frustration.
