Chapter 356: Carboniferous Period 28
It had to be said, Executors were truly in a league of their own. Their health bars were significantly thicker than those of ordinary players.
It had taken only a few minutes to deal with the last person, but this true Executor, trapped in a cage and blasted by sunlight for over ten minutes, still seemed to be full of vigor.
Although this "vigor" was channeled entirely into bloodcurdling screams, it seemed he could keep it up for quite a while longer.
「The twelfth day of the game.」
The battle between the two giant insects was still raging. Perhaps because Perry Yates had already captured the Executor, no new insects joined the fray.
Due to the prolonged battle, the attack frequency of both insects had noticeably decreased.
The flying centipede seized an opportunity when the exhausted Millipede let its guard down and tore a chunk of flesh straight from its body. In that instant, scalding red liquid gushed from the wound.
It was only then that Perry Yates realized the Millipede didn’t just spit lava from its mouth; the fluid flowing through its veins was lava as well.
"Truly incredible. I wonder how an insect like this was bred."
Perry Yates had only spoken casually, but a strained, weak voice suddenly emerged from the nearby cage, which had shrunk to the size of a grown man. "You want to know? I can tell you. Just let me out. I’m willing to let bygones be bygones, and I can even ensure you leave this game safely."
Hearing this, Perry Yates gave a cold snort and kicked the glowing cage. "Still talking? Guess the sunlight isn’t strong enough."
The moment she spoke, the light surrounding the cage flared, becoming as bright as a lightbulb.
The Executor inside let out a series of piercing screams.
"NO!!! You—you’ll regret this! Kill me, and the other Executors will never let you get away!"
Perry Yates paid his words no mind. ’There’s no turning back now,’ she thought. She’d already tormented the Executor to this extent. If she were to release him now, would he truly be grateful?
She certainly didn’t believe it. It would be a miracle if he didn’t hate her to his very core.
She figured the Executor would be plotting her death the second she set him free.
Since the outcome would be the same either way, she might as well eliminate an enemy now.
Meanwhile, the battle between the two insects continued.
The Millipede had been severely wounded by the centipede’s vicious bite, but it was no pushover.
Rearing up its massive body, it yanked the centipede straight out of the sky.
Its sharp forelimbs plunged deep into the centipede’s body. A yellowish-green fluid splattered from the wound, landing on nearby plants and the ground with a corrosive SIZZLE.
And it wasn’t done. The Millipede opened its massive, sharp mandibles, clamped down hard on the wings on the centipede’s back, and then, with a violent jerk, tore them clean off.
Already slightly smaller than the Millipede, the centipede had now lost its ability to fly, putting it at a severe disadvantage.
"Looks like this fight will be over soon," Sage Bishop said.
Perry Yates was about to nod in agreement when her eyes suddenly narrowed, as if she had noticed something.
The wound the centipede had inflicted on the Millipede was now deteriorating at a visible rate. The surrounding skin and flesh began to rot, and soon, the healthy tissue around the injury had all turned black.
The Millipede seemed affected by the wound, as its movements began to slow.
The centipede saw its chance, pounced onto the Millipede, and began to rip and tear at it madly.
In an instant, the battle between the behemoths devolved from a proper fight into a frenzied, mutual mauling.
Red lava and yellowish-green corrosive fluid mixed, turning the surrounding area into a wasteland.
Perry Yates had a hunch this fight would end in a double loss.
But this was exactly what she wanted.
Perry Yates monitored the situation, calculating the perfect moment to intervene. That reminded her...
Perry Yates turned, kicked the cage again, and demanded fiercely, "My card! Are you ever going to give it back?"
"I’ll give it back as soon as you let me go!"
From inside the cage came a voice even more pained and weaker than before.
Seeing how incorrigibly stubborn he was, Perry Yates intensified the sunlight once more.
"Since you like it so much, you can keep it."
It wasn’t as if she didn’t have other cards with the same power as the Any Door.
"It’s just a card. Consider it... an offering for your grave."
After saying this, Perry Yates paid no more attention to the Executor in the cage.
The battle between the two giant insects was now drawing to a close. Ultimately, the centipede won by a slim margin.
As the Millipede stopped struggling and took its last breath, the centipede threw its head back and roared, as if announcing its victory and dominion to all the insects in the area.
Just then, the centipede’s body began to change.
A purple light began to envelop its body, growing steadily more intense. As it did, the centipede’s form started to shift within the glow.
First, its wings regenerated. Then, its body began to swell.
Seeing this, Perry Yates had a bad feeling. ’Don’t tell me this thing is going to super-evolve now that it’s won.’
’Judging by the scene, that was highly likely.’
Seeing this, Perry Yates left Sage Bishop where he stood.
"Wait for me here!"
Perry Yates raced toward the centipede. Along the way, she noticed several other people doing the same, their faces grim as they rushed toward the creature.
’Looks like we all have the same idea.’
Perry Yates activated all the surrounding plants born from her Skill. Countless plants began to grow explosively, surging toward the centipede like a green tsunami.
Meanwhile, the others were not to be outdone, unleashing their most powerful Skills: lightning, fire attacks, a giant descending sword, and a Yin Yang Bagua.
The Skills struck the centipede, managing to disperse some of the light, but it was obvious that this level of assault wasn’t nearly enough to interrupt its evolution.
By now, Perry Yates’s plants had crawled all over the centipede’s body. She immediately used Pointed Explosion, detonating the vegetation covering the creature.
The aftershock from the massive explosion knocked everyone back several dozen meters.