bestfiction Chapter 320 An Attack from Underground
Chapter 320 An Attack from Underground
Three days later, Zhong Ming was still on guard duty. His long-term training with Instructor Xueyan had instilled in him a cautious attitude, but such a long and boring period inevitably made him relax.
One person can't be on duty 24 hours a day.
That day, he heard some noise. The First Guard Team was shouting and yelling. At first, Zhong Ming thought that they had seen another beauty from the artillery crew who didn't often come to hang out. But soon, the soldiers of the Second Team began to head over to provide support.
He perked up. The second team didn't ask him to go and provide support; they just called out to him to keep an eye on the position, lest he fall for a diversionary tactic and allow the enemy to take advantage of the situation.
Zhong Ming agreed, stood high on the rock, and began to observe carefully.
The tremors made him uncomfortable, and the continuous artillery bombardment always seemed to strike between his heartbeats. Each time the shells were fired, he felt as if his heart skipped a beat, which was extremely painful.
Behind us are cannons, and behind that is a cliff. Below the cliff is the battlefield. That's for sure.
Ahead was a wide, open dirt field, several tens of meters wide, with scattered trees. They were on a small hill. This area had been thoroughly prepared, and many of the trees were actually disguised traps. Zhong Ming scanned the area several times but did not see any threat.
Just as he lowered his guard and stood on tiptoe to see what was happening on the other side of the team, the ground behind him suddenly collapsed.
A huge and hard sandworm-like monster suddenly emerged from the ground and sprayed large amounts of dark green acidic substance behind the cannon.
"not good!"
Zhong Ming immediately realized that this was an extremely basic mistake. If he were standing on the ground, he would definitely have been able to detect that these sandworms were almost silent under the sand, but they would still make noise when they passed through rocks and soil. However, because he was standing on a large rock, he mistook these vibrations for the vibrations caused by cannons and intense magical battles on the front lines.
He immediately sounded the alarm and jumped off the boulder. By then, the dark yellow sandworm had already melted several logistics team soldiers who hadn't reacted yet.
Large amounts of acid blocked the path for the logistics team soldiers. Although these cultivators had reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, flying was still too difficult for them.
Some people immediately pulled out weapons, even those from their own transport crates, and threw them at the sandworms, while others casually threw things forward to see if there was anything that could float in the acid so they could jump over it.
Several explosive tags landed on the sandworm, but the explosions did not harm it in the slightest.
This is a sandworm at the peak of the second rank.
Zhong Ming gritted his teeth and charged toward it, prepared for a difficult battle. Unexpectedly, the next moment, it stood upright on its back, with most of its body exposed above the ground. Then, its entire body exploded, scattering flesh and blood mixed with highly toxic liquid everywhere.
The cultivators who were nearby wailed, for even a single drop of blood corroded a large hole in their skin, causing them excruciating pain as if they were being burned.
Zhong Ming's arm came into contact with a long strip of flesh, instantly leaving a long and horrifying scar. Even with his robust physique, he could not escape the misfortune of being injured.
He brandished his hook-and-sickle spear, the spear moving so tightly that it blocked all the incoming venom. He then focused his gaze on the side of the sand worm and saw a slightly thinner, dark blue sea serpent emerging from its mangled body.
He immediately broke out in a cold sweat. This was a third-grade demon beast. He couldn't determine its exact grade yet, but the oppressive aura emanating from it made him instinctively want to retreat.
As soon as the demonic serpent appeared, the diamond-shaped patterns on its body shimmered, and its tail swept across the area, turning all the surrounding cultivators into mincemeat. The splashed acid sprayed even further, reaching the artillery group.
As it turned out, the best option for those logistics team soldiers was to run away.
Their long years in the artillery battalion had made them forget that when facing a powerful enemy, the best option was to run away immediately and report the coordinates to the artillery.
As for who the "big gun" is at this time? Of course, it's our dear battalion commander.
Zhong Ming gritted his teeth and flew up on his sword, rapidly descending downwards, and thrust his spear into the giant snake's body.
With a "clang," sparks flew as the snake scales and the spear tip collided solidly, producing a metallic clang. The serpent seemed unaffected, twisting its body and ignoring the chime, before swimming toward the cannon at top speed.
Zhong Ming asked himself honestly, and realized that he really couldn't outrun it on the ground.
His speed was extremely fast. He had used every means at his disposal, including warning fireworks and spiritual energy ripples. Now, he only had the most primitive method left.
Shout.
"The demonic serpent is attacking! The demonic serpent is attacking!!!"
Amidst the thunderous roar of the cannons, the ripples of spiritual energy and the loud shouts were completely drowned out by the noise of the spiritual energy cannons, and only a handful of people noticed the anomaly.
As the serpent advanced, it spotted a group of members and immediately hissed, coiling its body in an attack stance.
Sea snakes don't often use this posture, nor do they launch themselves at the enemy like land snakes. Instead, they use it to propel their bodies to a higher position and attack from above.
Attacking from directly above or below is a common hunting method in the sea.
Many people screamed, and Zhong Ming could hear the shouts from ahead.
"Quickly, get out of here! Everyone, get out here!"
"No, I don't want to die~~~"
"Don't stay in the pit and wait to die. Hiding in the pile of boxes will definitely lead to your death. Evacuate immediately. This is an order."
"Team leader, you need to retreat!"
"I'll be the last to leave, and I'm not one to be trifled with either. Serpent, take this!"
......
Suddenly, Zhong Ming had a flash of inspiration. He put on armor made of mermaid scales and flew on his sword into the serpent's field of vision.
It was clearly stunned for a moment, then looked in this direction with extremely angry eyes.
It seems he is looking at the enemy who killed his father and son.
Zhong Ming felt a chill run down his spine as he was being stared at; sweat soaked his back, and he immediately turned and ran.
This was an extremely dangerous feeling. He could sense that the other party could launch an attack at any moment, and the attack would be so fast that he wouldn't be able to react.
The next moment, a dark purple longsword whistled out and shot towards its right eye.
Its reaction was extremely fast; it tilted its head slightly to dodge the sword, but the powerful attack still injured it, leaving an exaggerated crack on the scales on its side.
Enraged, it launched an attack, lunging down at the man, its diamond-shaped snake head flying down like a spear.
Zhong Ming's heart tightened, his eyes quickly searching for a place to attack. He glanced down slightly, realized something was wrong, and immediately dodged.
The snake's tail actually stabbed straight at him.