Chapter 264: Insect Demon, Crunchy, Chicken Flavored
The Insect Demon Badge was embedded into the BOSS door, and the gate opened.
The battleground here was vastly different from before. In the center of the circular arena, there was a stone tower leading directly to the third layer, but on the tower's body, there was an ugly, gigantic stone sculpture.
The stone sculpture coiled around the tower like a coiled dragon, but in terms of appearance, it was far from a dragon; it was entirely a giant centipede unit, estimated to be about 27 to 30 meters long. And it was one of the six great demons that attacked Isu for the second time—
The Cannibal Myriapod! Nigotyrg!
The scent of humans stimulated the petrified Cannibal Centipede. Its petrified parts began to vibrate rapidly and fall off, and it let out a long roar that only a giant beast could make.
Cheng Tian had a bit of a mental trauma regarding this super-large Cannibal Centipede, because back then, Cheng Tian was stuck on it for a considerable amount of time, even longer than when he fought the final BOSS.
Due to its multi-segmented structure, players needed to individually destroy the lightning-infused spines on each segment of its body. If these spines were not dealt with, not only would it be impossible to damage the Insect Demon's health bar, but they would also frequently use lightning strike spells to attack.
But once a spine was destroyed, the damaged area would frequently spew out insect tumors. These tumors caused touch damage, blocked paths, and if not dealt with, they would automatically explode after a certain period, forming obstructive barriers in the already limited space of the arena, further restricting player movement.
And if the Insect Demon chose to connect its head and tail, entering a rolling wheel mode at this point, it would be the most difficult state to handle. Back then, the young Cheng Mouren, who was far from being called a Game Expert, was defeated countless times by the Insect Demon's hundred feet.
But Cheng Tian was no longer alone!
Just as the rock fragments on the Insect Demon's body had not yet completely cracked off, the Crimson Tyrannosaurus had already charged forward. It opened its large mouth and decisively bit into the opponent's body, which was covered in sharp insect armor. Then, with a fierce tug, it actually pulled the Insect Demon directly off the tower!
The Insect Demon, which had always been responsible for bullying humans and other small demons, had never seen such a sight. In its panic, every insect spine on its back began to gather lightning elements, unleashing small lightning strikes in an attempt to electrocute the Tyrannosaurus.
But for the female dragon, which was already thick-skinned and had also gained permanent health from Cheng Tian's Crimson Chaos Scepter, these lightning strikes were only painful, not damaging. Instead, they stimulated its ferocity even more. It picked up the Insect Demon like a pet husky and furiously shook its head, while the skin at its throat visibly turned crimson and glowed brightly.
The Crimson Tyrannosaurus slammed the Insect Demon heavily onto the ground, and the crimson flames accumulated deep within its throat spewed out, beginning to forcefully cook the Insect Demon with intense, high-temperature fire—
A smell that reminded Cheng Tian of burning caterpillars with a lighter during his childhood immediately filled the entire BOSS room.
However, it was still a higher-level BOSS demon than the Giant-Armed Mad Beast. The insect armor on its body was burnt black, but the Insect Demon, still with ample health and combat power, began to frantically climb back onto the tower.
As long as it climbed to a certain height, it would occupy an advantageous position and could output damage from above... But the War Elephant would not allow it to escape so easily.
Although the Insect Demon's body length was twenty-seven or twenty-eight meters, its length was exaggerated. Its overall weight, muscle density, and strength attributes were actually not high. When the War Elephant's full body weight pressed down on it, it was even more effective than a chain hammer shackled to a prisoner's ankle. In its haste, it simply couldn't drag its tail, which was firmly pinned down by the War Elephant!
At this moment, the Tyrannosaurus, not yet satisfied after a long breath of fire, charged over again. Enduring the lightning strikes, it bit down again, this time on the Insect Demon's head, pulling and dragging it.
With the Tyrannosaurus biting its head and the War Elephant pinning its tail, the Insect Demon was forcibly stretched into a straight line.
At this point, it was Cheng Tian's turn to enter the fray.
Cheng Tian ran and jumped continuously, directly reaching the Insect Demon's tail, which was heavily pressed by the War Elephant. Then, he switched to equipment slot 2, revealing the prince's sword in his hand.
He swung the raised longsword forward, its tip pointing directly at the Insect Demon's head, which was bitten and controlled by the Tyrannosaurus on the ground. Then, Cheng Tian loudly gave the command—
"Silver Guard! Charge!!!"
In an instant, twelve fully armored Breaker Heavy Knights, mounted on warhorses, appeared out of thin air. Then, using the Insect Demon's back as a runway, they charged forward relentlessly towards the Insect Demon's head.
Since the prince's sword had reached +7 with the help of Sacred Beast Lu, the single charge damage of the Silver Guard had also increased from the initial 20 points to 32 points, theoretically reaching a maximum damage of 384 points.
Of course, under normal circumstances, most units would find it difficult to withstand 12 consecutive Silver Guard charge impacts simultaneously. Usually, after taking at most three or four hits, they would be knocked flying. This move was actually more often used for clearing paths, breaking through, and disrupting formations.
But at this moment, the Insect Demon was a special case among special cases.
Firstly, being fixed and straightened by the War Elephant and the Tyrannosaurus, its own broad back became a runway that would not be forcibly displaced, but would still take damage.
Secondly, each segment of its body registered damage independently. This meant that after the twentieth segment took all 12 charge hits from the Silver Guard, its nineteenth segment would still have to take them again.
When the entire Silver Guard charged from the Insect Demon's tail to its head, all the back protrusions of the Insect Demon shattered under this round of charging, revealing its purplish-black evil insect flesh. However, due to its characteristics, the Insect Demon's back spines absorbed a large amount of damage before shattering, so only a small portion of the overflow damage affected its true health bar. The overall health reduction was not significant, within an acceptable range.
But at this moment, Cheng Tian's prince's sword lit up again. Twelve Silver Guard knights, who had just charged down the insect's back, suddenly reappeared out of thin air next to the original twelve. Passing by their comrades, they also launched a charge from the insect's head to its tail—
The +1 charge effect brought by the Goddess's Blessing also applied to the prince's sword.
And this second round of reverse charge directly took the Insect Demon's life!
Accompanied by the dense "Guo Degang Guo Degang Guo Degang" sounds of hooves, its health bar above its head plummeted like a leaking faucet. Even halfway through the charge, the entire guard began to stumble repeatedly.
Because the Insect Demon's entire body, unable to bear the burden, exploded on the spot. Each segment of the flying insect corpse scattered and sprayed large amounts of purple blood and flesh, splattering onto the ground, onto the tower, onto armor, and onto magic shields.
The Insect Demon was trampled to death.
[Cannibal Myriapod Nigotyrg, deceased.]