My Computer Leads to an Instance Dungeon-Chapter 143 - 118: Lion Slash and Armor-Piercing Arrow

Jilenna charged out of the cave, making a beeline for the most formidable-looking Giant Fierce Ghost.

The Highland Female Knight was truly courageous, always picking the strongest-looking opponent.

Suddenly, while running, Jilenna spun around. The greatsword in her hand swung upward without warning, tracing a brilliant semicircular arc.

The movement was completely abrupt, as if she had slashed for no reason. Moreover, her eyes were fixed forward; she couldn't possibly see what was behind her.

And just then, a black shadow descended from the sky, its landing point directly above Jilenna's head.

Black Armored Fierce Ghost!

The other Black Armored Fierce Ghost—the one they hadn't seen—had actually climbed onto the rock wall above the cave entrance, positioning itself right in Fang Zhen and the others' blind spot.

The Black Armored Fierce Ghost was extremely cunning. It lay in ambush from this position, ready to dive down and launch a sneak attack from behind on anyone who charged out of the cave.

This Black Armored Fierce Ghost was now acting like an Assassin, dropping from the air and slicing down at Jilenna with three blade-like claws.

Jilenna should have been completely defenseless, destined to be shredded by the claws on impact. But her abrupt, upward slash was like a premonition, a defensive move made before the enemy had even attacked.

Beast-like intuition.

CLANG!

Jilenna's Longsword collided with the Black Armored Fierce Ghost's claws, striking a shower of sparks.

Jilenna's strength was immense. She withstood the force of the Black Armored Fierce Ghost's diving attack and even sent it flying with her upward slash.

The moment the Black Armored Fierce Ghost landed, Gwendolyn was already on it, her Single-Edged Sword repeatedly stabbing at its flank.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

A series of metallic clangs rang out.

Gwendolyn's strength was considerable, but her Single-Edged Sword only left a few white marks on the Black Armored Fierce Ghost's body. It failed to pierce its defense.

'It's too tough.'

The Black Armored Fierce Ghost swiped its claws horizontally at Gwendolyn.

Gwendolyn dodged the attack, leaping away with an agility that defied her age.

Jilenna found her offensive rhythm. The instant the Black Armored Fierce Ghost missed its attack and before it could retract its arm, she rushed forward and swung her sword at it.

CLANG! Her Longsword was blocked by the black carapace.

Jilenna and Gwendolyn intercepted the Black Armored Fierce Ghost. Neither could break through its defense, but their martial skills were superb and they fought with remarkable coordination. The Black Armored Fierce Ghost couldn't harm them either.

Fang Zhen took it all in, his expression as calm as a placid lake.

His job was to eliminate the greatest threat, the Poisonous Cannon Fiend. As for close-quarters defense, he would leave that to Jilenna and Gwendolyn. Based on their skills, they were trustworthy teammates.

CLICK.

The composite crossbow was armed.

Fang Zhen followed his own rhythm, ignoring the Black Armored Fierce Ghost that kept trying to attack. He drew an Armor-Piercing Arrow with his left hand and loaded it into the composite crossbow's bolt groove.

He aimed at the Poisonous Cannon Fiend.

The Poisonous Cannon Fiend, green from head to toe, seemed conflicted at the moment.

From its angle, the Poisonous Cannon Fiend had a hard time seeing into the cave connecting to the Underground Cave, so its only available targets were Jilenna and Gwendolyn.

But Jilenna and Gwendolyn were locked in combat with the Black Armored Fierce Ghost.

The Poisonous Cannon Fiend's attention was fixed on the two of them. It wanted to fire its Poison Cannon, but they were too close to the Black Armored Fierce Ghost. The fiend hesitated, as if worried about hitting its own kind.

The Black Armored Fierce Ghost's bone armor could defend against swords, but it might not protect against a potent, corrosive poison.

The Poisonous Cannon Fiend was clearly wavering, trying to line up a shot. However, Jilenna had beast-like intuition; the moment she sensed danger, she would adjust her position, making it impossible to target her.

Gwendolyn, on the other hand, was far too experienced. As she attacked, she was already accounting for the Poisonous Cannon Fiend's trajectory, keeping her body shielded behind the Black Armored Fierce Ghost to deny the fiend a clear shot.

Faced with two such opponents, the Poisonous Cannon Fiend was flustered. It swung its head left and right as if trying to aim, but it just couldn't lock onto a target.

At this moment, Fang Zhen had finished his preparations.

He took a quick aim at the Poisonous Cannon Fiend, relying mostly on instinct, and pulled the trigger.

WHOOSH!

The Armor-Piercing Arrow shot out.

The Poisonous Cannon Fiend had ranged attack capabilities, but the 'turret' on its back hampered its agility and movement speed, making it somewhat clumsy.

And right now, it had no Black Armored Fierce Ghost to act as a guard.

Unsurprisingly, the Armor-Piercing Arrow struck the Poisonous Cannon Fiend in the shoulder. Its armor-piercing effect was immense; the entire arrow drilled in through the shoulder and disappeared into its torso, likely piercing its stomach and churning its internal organs.

The Poisonous Cannon Fiend let out a wretched scream.

Immediately after, its body began to swell up like a big, green, fleshy fiend-balloon, and then it violently exploded.

Fang Zhen decisively lowered his composite crossbow, stepped on its head, and began to rewind the winch to cock the string.

At that moment, the Giant Fierce Ghost let out an enraged roar.

Despite its massive size, the Giant Fierce Ghost was not slow at all. It was about to reach the spot where Jilenna and Gwendolyn were fighting the Black Armored Fierce Ghost.

Jilenna suddenly leaped away from her fight with the Black Armored Fierce Ghost and turned to charge the Giant Fierce Ghost.

As Jilenna ran, she suddenly let out a great shout and leaped into the air.

The jump carried her nearly three meters high, far beyond the limits of an ordinary person.

In mid-air, Jilenna held her greatsword with both hands. She suddenly somersaulted, tucking her body into a ball as her greatsword traced a vertical circle, gaining momentum from gravity and centrifugal force. Finally, with the blade facing forward, she brought it down in an explosive aerial chop.

Jilenna roared, her Longsword cleaving down in fury.

Lion Slash.

While cocking his composite crossbow, Fang Zhen caught sight of the move out of the corner of his eye.

He had only ever seen this move in games; he'd never seen anyone use it in reality.

It wasn't that it wasn't cool, or that it defied the principles of physics.

The main issue was that the move demanded an extremely high level of skill, strength, and jumping ability. Forget ordinary people, even professional Martial Artists couldn't pull it off.

Evidently, Jilenna had some special technique.

Jilenna's Lion Slash was both powerful and fast, and it was about to strike the top of the Giant Fierce Ghost's head.

The Giant Fierce Ghost had no time to dodge and could only raise its right claw to block the fatal blow to its head.

SCHLICK!

With a crisp sound, Jilenna's Lion Slash cleanly sliced off the Giant Fierce Ghost's right claw at the wrist.

The Giant Fierce Ghost's right claw—four or five times larger than a normal person's hand, with a wrist as thick as a human thigh—was severed, falling to the ground with a THUD.

Immediately after, the Giant Fierce Ghost's right forearm and upper arm began to swell, and the severed right claw on the ground started to expand as well.

In less than two seconds, the Giant Fierce Ghost's right arm and severed hand swelled to more than three times their normal size, then exploded with a BOOM.

The Giant Fierce Ghost shrieked in pain, its body twisting and staggering, the agony making it forget to attack.

Jilenna's Longsword had been coated with Blood Burst Ointment.

The Giant Fierce Ghost's sheer size was the only thing that saved it. It was able to withstand the effect somewhat, losing only its right arm. Its body was still relatively intact; it wasn't killed instantly by the Blood Burst Ointment.

The Giant Fierce Ghost shook its head repeatedly, the pain making it oblivious to its surroundings.

However, Jilenna had already spotted an opening. She raised her Longsword high and brought it down with extreme precision.

The sharp Longsword struck the Giant Fierce Ghost's neck.

CRACK!

As the sword fell, the Giant Fierce Ghost's head was lopped off.

The massive head rolled some distance away. Then, both the head and the wound on the Giant Fierce Ghost's neck began to swell simultaneously.

Possessing her beast-like intuition, Jilenna quickly dodged away.

BOOM!

The Giant Fierce Ghost's head burst, and a third of its neck and torso also exploded into pieces.

Jilenna's expression was blank, utterly cool. Without even glancing at the explosion, she hefted her sword and charged toward the still-living Black Armored Fierce Ghost.

'How can someone with such a cute face be so ruthless and cold-blooded?'

By now, Fang Zhen had finished cocking his composite crossbow.

He had originally intended to load an Armor-Piercing Arrow to shoot the Giant Fierce Ghost.

The Giant Fierce Ghost was a huge threat, even greater than the Black Armored Fierce Ghost. Against ordinary people, one Giant Fierce Ghost could probably take on twenty or thirty of them.

But that was without the Blood Burst Secret Medicine.

Jilenna was able to kill it so easily because her weapon was coated with the Blood Burst Ointment.

The difference between having the Blood Burst Secret Medicine and not having it was enormous.

With the Giant Fierce Ghost dead, Fang Zhen was even more at ease.

He drew a Meteor Hammer Crossbow Arrow and loaded it into the bolt groove.

He raised the composite crossbow and aimed forward.

Jilenna was blocking his line of fire.

But before Fang Zhen could even shout, Jilenna, with her back still to him, suddenly sidestepped and cleared the firing trajectory.

'This feels incredibly smooth. Jilenna really lives up to her reputation for having beast-like intuition. Partnering with Jilenna is just so seamless. You make a move, and sometimes, without even looking, she provides the perfect reaction.'

Fang Zhen entered his aiming stance.

Gwendolyn, facing the Black Armored Fierce Ghost alone, was holding her own. Although she couldn't pierce its defense, she fought skillfully.

Seeing Fang Zhen aim, Gwendolyn sidestepped, angling the high-intensity flashlight on her waist away so it wouldn't blind her ally.

Then, Gwendolyn formed a "sword" with the middle and index fingers of her left hand and pointed it at the Black Armored Fierce Ghost.

"Kunsha!"

As she shouted the name of the incantation, an invisible force swept over the Black Armored Fierce Ghost.

Instantly, the Black Armored Fierce Ghost began to sway as if drunk, its consciousness momentarily clouded.

Gwendolyn leaped away, clearing the firing lane.

Fang Zhen felt a jolt like an electric current pass through his body.

'A passive triggered. Critical Hit!'

He made a slight adjustment to his composite crossbow and, relying on instinct, pulled the trigger.

WHOOSH!

The Meteor Hammer Crossbow Arrow shot out.

Fang Zhen was less than ten meters from the Black Armored Fierce Ghost. The Crossbow Arrow arrived in an instant.

THWACK!

The Meteor Hammer Crossbow Arrow struck the back of the Black Armored Fierce Ghost's head.

The Crossbow Arrow plunged directly into the back of the Black Armored Fierce Ghost's head, pierced through, and the blunt arrowhead exited from its forehead.

The Crossbow Arrow had skewered the Black Armored Fierce Ghost's head, the entire bolt lodged in its brain.

This proved that the Meteor Hammer's armor-piercing capability was indeed powerful, especially against rigid armor.

Even without the Blood Burst Secret Medicine, the Black Armored Fierce Ghost was dead through and through.

The Black Armored Fierce Ghost stood frozen, on the verge of collapsing.

Its head swelled and, in less than a second, exploded with a BOOM.

The Black Armored Fierce Ghost's head and a third of its torso were blown away.

Gwendolyn cried out, flicking away a piece of black armor plating that flew toward her with her Single-Edged Sword.

Jilenna, however, had already repositioned herself. Not a single fragment from the explosion touched her.

Black Armored Fierce Ghost—headshot.

For a moment, the Underground Cave was clear of monsters.

"Who dares disturb my peace!" Suddenly, a roar echoed.

Immediately following, a monster with the head and torso of a human but the lower body of a giant, eight-legged insectoid creature charged out from the depths of the Underground Cave, brandishing a Double-Bladed Scythe of Death.

Fang Zhen and the others immediately focused their Spirit on the monster.

Maticvia!