Chapter 1381: Chapter 1290: Violent Queen 13

As Liu Shuangshuang landed, beside her fell a heap of shattered flesh pieces, all fragments of the monster’s exploded brain tissue.

The people on the ground couldn’t dodge in time and were splattered all over. The stench wrapped around them instantly, making them wish they could vomit immediately; several of them couldn’t help but start gagging.

Liu Shuangshuang was also bothered considerably by the stench, but she was concerned whether the monster was dead, and she forcefully held back her urge to vomit, turning back directly to observe the monster’s situation.

The monster’s entire head was billowing black smoke, desperately shaking its head and letting out a massive roar. Liu Shuangshuang was surprised; even now it wasn’t dead!

Liu Shuangshuang stepped back a few paces, shouting to Tang Feng and her besieging teammates, "Everyone retreat! This monster has been severely injured and is bound to go berserk. Pull back further and be careful not to get hurt."

Tang Feng also stepped back, shouting to those nearby, "Everyone move back, quickly! Don’t get hurt by that monster."

The crowd retreated very promptly, and just as they cleared out, the monster suddenly withdrew all its claws into its body, transforming entirely into a massive meatball.

Then the gigantic meatball bounced in place, its huge body leaping into the air and crashing down furiously toward Liu Shuangshuang and Tang Feng.

Luckily, everyone had already retreated a significant distance. Seeing things were not going well, they continued backing away, narrowly avoiding the monster’s vicious slam!

The monster’s body crashed into the ground, creating a huge deep pit, and the ground around the pit was a web of cracks; the earth trembled from the monster’s violent smash.

The people who had retreated frantically before were shaken, their bodies swaying unsteadily, and they instinctively jumped up from the ground.

One member nearly fell into the web-like cracks created by the monster’s slam when another quick-reacting teammate nearby pulled him to safety.

Everyone was frightened into a cold sweat by the monster’s attack! If they hadn’t moved back a significant distance earlier, they couldn’t imagine how many lives the monster’s sudden assault would have claimed!

Still in shock, the crowd heard Liu Shuangshuang shout ahead, "Everyone disperse and run to the sides, quick!"

As vice-captain, Liu Shuangshuang’s orders were instinctively obeyed by the group. Their frightened brains barely thinking, they scattered rapidly, fleeing swiftly farther away.

Tang Feng, next to Liu Shuangshuang, was pushed by her, running instinctively. After a few steps, Tang Feng understood Liu Shuangshuang’s intention.

The monster suffered the most at Liu Shuangshuang’s hands, and hated her the most. When everyone was together, the monster targeted the group.

Now, with everyone running away, Liu Shuangshuang alone attracted the monster’s hatred, being attacked while others escaped to safety.

Realizing this, Tang Feng’s eyes reddened, knowing staying was useless. In this team, only Liu Shuangshuang could truly contend with the monster; he would just hold her back.

Before coming, Tang Feng hadn’t anticipated the monster would be so troublesome. Its appearance was disgusting but lacked the lethal power of previous monsters.

Yet, this repulsive creature turned out to have an undying, immune-to-attacks trait.

If Tang Feng had known they would face such a-level monster, he wouldn’t have only brought Liu Shuangshuang and a few members, but would have requested stronger forces.

Though the monster’s mucus could heal its body, relentless powerful strikes could deplete its finite mucus.

If it sustained constant severe injuries, needing continuous healing, it could eventually be exhausted—but there’s no foresight in life.

Once others ran away, the monster indeed targeted Liu Shuangshuang again. This rendered, frustratingly, the monster’s wounds already healed.

The sole relief was that after repeated strikes, the monster shrunk by a third while healing.

Liu Shuangshuang resolved to wear it down, unwilling to believe she couldn’t kill it. She fought fiercely; the monster resented Liu Shuangshuang profoundly after suffering severe injuries at her hands.

Now, staring straight at Liu Shuangshuang, the monster bounced again, launching its body as a weapon, crashing down at her. Liu Shuangshuang quickly retreated, dodging the attack.

The ground was smashed out into another massive pit, and as Liu Shuangshuang landed, she leveraged the tremor from the monster’s fall to jump again, landing atop the monster’s head.

This time, Liu Shuangshuang no longer focused just on the monster’s head, as injuries there were no different from elsewhere, utterly lethal. Her aim was to create a sufficiently large wound.

Powered internally to the blade, Liu Shuangshuang created an even bigger cut on the monster than before.

"Shuangshuang, catch!"

Originally fleeing, Tang Feng didn’t know when he returned, and seeing Liu Shuangshuang open a wound on the monster, he tossed a grenade to her.

The monster’s previous wound had expended much mucus, causing significant shrinkage. Liu Shuangshuang intended to wear the creature down, and Tang Feng thought to use more grenades to enlarge wounds, accelerating the monster’s downfall.

Liu Shuangshuang caught Tang Feng’s tossed grenade, swiftly tossing it into the monster’s wound and quickly leaping off its body.

Ear-numbing roaring resounded again. This time, as the monster’s wound healed, its body visibly shrunk by another third; the cut by Liu Shuangshuang was too large.

Subsequently, Liu Shuangshuang and Tang Feng cooperated seamlessly, with her creating openings and him handing grenades, repeating heavy strikes twice, each one more severe than the last, consuming more of the monster’s mucus each time.

After two more devastating strikes, the monster’s body was far less extensive than before, at about two meters tall, losing its former intimidation.

Through numerous severe attacks, the monster finally feared, jumping to avoid Liu Shuangshuang, afraid to let her approach.

Due to becoming smaller, the monster’s agility and speed increased but it lost previous power.

Tang Feng and other teammates cooperatively intercepted the monster, while Liu Shuangshuang focused on making incisions.

Everyone worked together tirelessly, until the monster was chopped down to thumb-size, trapped in a bottle by Tang Feng, intended for the research team to investigate the creature’s nature.

Once the monster was killed, everyone relaxed, thinking the captured monster posed no further danger.

Even Liu Shuangshuang relaxed, then she looked up, and saw something rushing toward Tang Feng’s head from behind him!