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[1] Pea Shooter - Reference to the tower defense game Plants vs. Zombies, where the Pea Shooter is a plant that rapidly fires pea projectiles in a straight line at enemies.
"Wait!" Chen Shu suddenly realized something and slapped his thigh.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Dali and Fang Si both looked over, confused.
Had Chen Shu discovered something?
"Am I dumb? Of course I call for the reward first!"
"..."
With that, Chen Shu pulled out his phone and dialed the Spirit Suppression Bureau's number.
"Hello! We're screwed! Something's happening on Taiqing Mountain! There are fierce beasts from an Alternate Dimension."
A calm voice came through the phone: "Please don't panic, take it slow. Is there any possibility they're ordinary wild animals?"
"Ordinary wild animals? Have you ever seen such a big bug?"
After speaking, Chen Shu trapped his phone between his shoulder and head, then spread his hands about half a meter apart.
"How big?"
"This big!" Chen Shu said urgently.
Beside him, Fang Si rubbed her forehead, feeling a headache coming on.
Dude, you could gesture ten thousand times and they still wouldn't know how big it is.
"It's a Black Beetle with an impure bloodline."
Fang Si came over and took Chen Shu's phone directly.
"This is Fang Si from Huaxia Academy. If possible, please send someone to investigate as soon as possible. It's very likely a remnant Black Beetle population from a hundred years ago."
"Huaxia Academy? Alright, I've recorded it!"
Fang Si was about to hang up when she suddenly looked up and saw something.
Her pupils contracted, and her expression turned grave.
In the night sky, a black curtain several hundred meters long appeared eerily, and the sound of noisy insect buzzing filled her ears!
A Black Beetle swarm?!
With her enhanced vision and hearing, Fang Si immediately identified what it was.
Her voice carried urgency: "There's a Black Beetle swarm! There are still lots of tourists on Taiqing Mountain!! Quickly notify the Dragon Corps!"
She hung up directly.
"Huh? Where'd they go?"
Fang Si looked up, only to see Chen Shu and Zhang Dali already running into the distance with pots and pans clattering on their backs.
"Sister Fang Si, run!" Chen Shu waved back at her.
Fang Si shook her head, her expression resolute: "No! Taiqing Mountain has hotels, so there are definitely tourists. I have to check it out!"
As a prodigy of Huaxia Academy enjoying all kinds of generous resources, she naturally needed to give back in return.
At the very least, she had to assess the Black Beetles' strength. If they really couldn't handle it, it wouldn't be too late to retreat.
Just then, options suddenly appeared before Chen Shu's eyes.
[Option 1: Intercept the Black Beetle swarm (Note: The Black Beetle Lord is a Black Iron Three-Star creature). Completion reward: Contract spirit level +1]
[Option 2: Run away immediately to ensure your own safety. Completion reward: Obtain title 'Graceful Escapee', wearing effect: Charisma +1 while fleeing]
[Option 3: Start a livestream on the spot and provide real-time updates to netizens. Completion reward: Invisibility Potion]
This triggered another option.
Chen Shu turned back to look at Fang Si and said: "Sister Fang Si, it's a Black Iron Three-Star lord creature. Can you handle it?"
Fang Si's eyes widened: "You can detect its strength?"
At this distance, ordinary people might not even notice the Black Beetle swarm.
"If it's Black Iron Three-Star, I'm confident I can stall it for a long time."
Fang Si said. She was a Black Iron Two-Star Beast Tamer, and with two dragon-type contract spirits, she had the ability to contend with a lord creature.
"Alright! Then we're not running! Let's wreck it!"
Chen Shu clenched his fists, battle intent filling his eyes.
Zhang Dali touched Chen Shu's forehead and said: "What's up with you? Were you possessed?"
"What do you know? There are tourists on Taiqing Mountain. As Beast Tamers, protecting ordinary people is both our duty and our mission! Don't you have any of the inspirational spirit of a new-era youth?!"
Chen Shu patted Zhang Dali's shoulder and spoke with passionate conviction.
Zhang Dali's mouth twitched: "Then can you put down the backpack first?"
Besides, weren't you the one who ran the fastest just now?
"Let's go!"
Fang Si took the lead, charging toward the Black Beetle swarm.
Chen Shu and Zhang Dali both set down their pots and pans and chased after her.
At the very front of the swarm was a Black Beetle with a grotesque mandibles and eyes glowing with an eerie green light, its aura formidable.
This was the Black Beetle Lord!
It was originally a lord creature from the Demon River Plains that invaded Blue Star a hundred years ago.
But the moment it broke through the dimensional space, it got beaten down by China's Beast Taming forces, and its tribe suffered massive casualties.
As a lord creature with superior intelligence, when it encountered this kind of situation, it obviously had to run!
So it was the first to flee, hiding directly in Taiqing Mountain, but it also missed the best chance to return.
For a hundred years, powerful Beast Tamers constantly patrolled Taiqing Mountain in the beginning.
It trembled in fear, living on edge for decades. Later, Taiqing Mountain was developed into a tourist attraction, with only an endless stream of ordinary people coming.
This made it believe that this territory only had weaklings left, and as a lord creature, it could finally emerge.
The sky cleared, the rain stopped, and it thought it was back in business!
"Screech!"
The Black Beetle Lord roared toward the sky, saying to its descendants behind it: "Tonight marks the beginning of our rise!"
The other Black Beetles were about to respond when a brilliant fireball came shooting at them.
Boom!
The Black Beetle Lord, which had been showing off, was directly blasted away and let out a pained cry.
Seriously...
The swarm of Black Beetles awkwardly remained in place, not expecting their king to be this fragile.
"Screech!"
The Black Beetle Lord stabilized itself, fury in its eyes.
It didn't expect to get beaten the moment it emerged. Its dignity as a lord creature had been trampled.
Its gaze looked down, only to see two flying dragons roaring toward the sky with fierce momentum.
"You guys be careful."
Fang Si stood on the ground and spoke to Chen Shu and the others.
"Don't worry, Sister Fang Si!"
Ten meters away in a big tree, the two of them had already hidden themselves.
"..."
Fang Si stopped paying attention to them and focused on the battle above.
The Scarlet Flame Dragon launched the first offensive, scorching flames continuously gathering in its mouth.
In an instant, a basketball-sized fireball shot forth.
But it didn't end there. The Scarlet Flame Dragon's mouth continued to generate terrifying heat.
One fireball after another strung together, like a Pea Shooter, firing at the Black Beetles.[1]
The Black Beetle Lord flapped its wings, preparing to make a strategic retreat first.
But suddenly a blue frost breath arrived instantly.
Its body stiffened, feeling its senses dulling considerably.
The Frost Dragon handled control while the Scarlet Flame Dragon handled offense. Under Fang Si's command, the two contract spirits worked together flawlessly.
"Screech!"
As a lord creature, the Black Beetle was no pushover either. Its body suddenly manifested a black light shield.
Boom!
Fireball after fireball descended, exploding with brilliant force like huge gorgeous fireworks, illuminating the night sky.
Fang Si's expression turned grave. The Black Beetle Lord was completely unharmed—even its light shield hadn't cracked.
"Screech!"
The Black Beetle Lord let out a grating screech, its pupils flashing with malicious green light, immediately locking onto Fang Si below.
Clearly, it knew that a Beast Tamer's weakness was their actual body.
Black light spread across its wings. With a flap, it reached extreme speed, darting past the contract spirits.
"Watch out!"
Chen Shu in the tree couldn't help but shout, preparing to summon the slime to block this strike.