Chapter 26: Soul Gem
The creatures launched another vicious assault, and the crazy grey lizards smashed the wooden shield furiously as their dreadful hissing sound resonated across the forest. They were like a troop of soldiers marching forth one after the other, undeterred by death.
“spears!”
Xiao Yu observed the interval between the lizards’ attacks and judged the best time to counter them. Then, under his command, a row of short spears pierced through the bodies of a dozen lizards.
These lizards had been gravely hurt, and almost immediately, others of their kind bit their tails from behind and pulled them back before a new batch rushed up. The number of dead monsters increased, and more and more lizards got devoured by their comrades as time went by, but their aggression had not weakened at all: instead, it had grown even stronger. On the humans’ side, though, everyone’s physical strength was being rapidly consumed.
A student shouted with difficulty: “I can’t hold on anymore!”
“I’m exhausted too!”
In the end, during this collision, the police officer surnamed Chen could not withstand the force of the impact. He was weak and couldn’t endure the continuous bombardment, before his wooden shield got shattered, and a lethal tongue stabbed deep into his chest. Xiao Chen showed a look of horror while blood flowed out from both his nose and mouth, he threw away the wooden shield and short spear and grabbed the tongue full of thorns trying to pull it out. Still, before he had time to exert any force, the tongue contracted, shrinking and pulling him over, and multiple lizards immediately jumped upon him.
Huang Jianmin shouted angrily: “Xiao Chen, no!”
When Xiao Chen was hauled out, a gap appeared in their defense. Seeing this, everyone hurriedly wanted to make amends, but it was already too late, and instead, they exposed more flaws in their panic. Unfortunately, the gray lizards didn’t give up on this opportunity; they gathered quickly and charged toward the gap.