novelsite Chapter 120: Human or ghost? One look will tell!
Chapter 120: Human or ghost? One look will tell!
The sea breeze suddenly stopped.
At the makeshift dock paved with scrap metal at the edge of the garbage mountain, the air was so thick it was suffocating.
Dozens of sea monkeys that had been baring their teeth and preparing to pounce and tear at each other were now frozen in place.
Before they could even throw the bone clubs and rusty steel pipes they were holding, the features on those faces covered in toad skin twisted into a grimace.
They may not have brains, but they do have instincts.
The aura emanating from the white-clad human before them was terrifying; it was the oppressive presence of someone at the top of the food chain, making their knees tremble and their only thought to kneel down and kowtow.
Lu Sheng stood still, his gaze sweeping over his surroundings, his golden vertical pupils devoid of any warmth.
"Squeak..."
A slightly larger sea monkey leader swallowed hard, its green throat pouch bulging twice, and tentatively took a step forward, trying to embolden itself with a roar.
"Noisy."
Lu Sheng didn't even lift his eyelids, and swung his gun at the other end.
"Snapped!"
This sweeping strike didn't use the tip of the spear; it was purely using the shaft of the spear as a club.
The Dragon Devouring Spear, weighing 1600 jin, combined with the terrifying explosive power of a Level 6 Spirit Source Master like Lu Sheng, made the kinetic energy of this strike comparable to the side impact of a speeding high-speed train.
Before the sea monkey leader could even let out a scream, its upper body exploded into a cloud of blood mist. Minced flesh mixed with internal organs, like a pot of spilled rotten tomato soup, splattered all over the faces of the smaller monkeys behind it.
"boom!"
The gunshot, still in its force, slammed hard into a nearby shipping container.
The thick sheet metal let out a scream, a large section of it dented, and a huge hole was smashed through it, the edges curled up and emitting blue smoke.
The remaining sea monkeys finally realized what was happening.
This isn't prey; it's clearly the King of Hell himself coming to collect the debt!
"Squeak—!!"
Strange screams rose and fell, and the once ferocious monsters instantly panicked, throwing down their weapons and frantically trying to squeeze into the gaps in the garbage, wishing they had more legs.
"Want to leave now? Too late."
Lu Sheng sneered, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant.
The spear flashed like a dragon.
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"
With each flash of cold light, a green head would burst open like a rotten watermelon.
Lu Sheng didn't bother with any complicated moves; he just used the simplest stabs, flicks, and sweeps.
Faced with absolute power and speed, this was a one-sided massacre, like an adult rushing into a kindergarten with an iron bar.
"Kill them!!"
At this moment, Zhou Hai, Zhao Ze, and Su Li, who were behind them, finally broke ashore.
Zhou Hai was seething with anger. He had been humiliated by the garbage thrown at him on the boat, and now his fists were burning with rage. He was ready to settle both old and new scores.
"Damn it, you were having a good time throwing shit, weren't you? Get lost!"
"Boom boom boom!"
The Exploding Flame Fist exploded on the garbage mountain.
The waste materials, stained with industrial oil, were highly flammable and would ignite instantly, causing the fire to spread rapidly.
The sea monkeys squealed and roared in the sea of fire, turning into fire monkeys and running around everywhere. The smell of roasting rotten flesh in the air became even stronger, and it even stung the eyes.
"Cough cough... Old Zhou! Turn down the fire! This smell is too strong!" Zhao Ze, holding a giant shield, steadily advanced like a human bulldozer, smashing a sea monkey that tried to sneak up into a bloody pulp along with its bones, and shouted in a muffled voice while covering his nose.
Su Li remained silent; she was the Grim Reaper lurking in the shadows.
The Asura Blade targets vital points; wherever it passes, sea monkeys inevitably fall, clutching their throats, unable to utter a sound.
In just five minutes.
The once arrogant and domineering sea monkey army, which had even suppressed the landing of the regular army, had its front-line defenses completely collapsed, leaving corpses strewn across the battlefield.
Lu Sheng stood amidst a pile of corpses, gently shaking the Dragon Devouring Spear in his hand to shake off the filthy blood from its tip.
Instead of continuing to pursue the remaining soldiers who had fled deeper into the area, he stopped and frowned slightly.
Something's not right.
Lu Sheng closed his eyes, fully activating his newly enhanced mental strength and level 6 spiritual source perception.
The golden dragon's might, like an invisible radar wave, spread towards the largest cluster of ruins deep within the garbage mountain.
In this complex environment filled with the stench of decay, the stench of wild animals, and the smell of burnt plastic, his abnormally keen senses actually caught a trace of something extremely discordant.
Deep within those mountains of garbage, there was a very pure and stable fluctuation of human spiritual energy.
There wasn't just one, there were at least a dozen!
The aura wasn't strong, probably between level 2 and 3, but strangely, this group of people didn't hide, show fear, or scatter like ordinary survivors.
They remained calmly entrenched in the heart of the garbage mountain, without even... making a move.
What Lu Sheng found even more interesting was that the sea monkeys, terrified and in defeat, weren't running around like headless flies, but were consciously retreating towards the direction where there was a living presence.
It's like... a wronged dog running home to complain to its owner.
"Major Lu! Why did you stop?"
Qin Yue arrived breathlessly with a squad of fully armed soldiers. Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground and the still-burning garbage, her eyes were filled with awe. "Should we go deeper? The terrain inside is too complicated, and we're vulnerable to ambushes."
Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes, his gaze piercing through layers of ruins, staring directly at the massive fortress in the distance, built from the wreckage of several sunken ships.
"Major Qin."
Lu Sheng gently stroked the gun barrel with his fingers, his voice tinged with amusement, "Tell me, in this godforsaken garbage dump, full of radiation and germs, what if a group of humans lived next to these man-eating monsters..."
"So, are these people human, or are they monsters even more monstrous than monsters?"
Qin Yue was stunned, her grip on the gun tightened, and her expression instantly changed: "You mean... there are people in this garbage dump? Survivors?"
"Not only people."
A cold smile appeared on Lu Sheng's lips. He picked up the Dragon Devouring Spear and strode into the depths, the metal beneath his feet clanging under his feet.
"Moreover, there are Spirit Source Users among this group."
"Let's go visit these locals."
Lu Sheng didn't turn his head; his voice drifted away with the sea breeze.
"Let's see what tricks they're playing."
P.S.: Today's update (2/4).