Chapter 284 - 169: Day 17! Freed the Stone Claw Eagle? A+ Class Rating

Chapter 284: Chapter 169: Day 17! Freed the Stone Claw Eagle? A+ Class Rating

The mutated Parasites were strong—strong enough to rival B-Level Extraordinary Creatures.

Dozens of them together would likely give even an ordinary A-Level Extraordinary Creature a hard time.

To Chen Chong, however, they posed no threat.

Frustrated from his setback in the cave and his base nearly being overrun, he was holding in a bellyful of fire, making his attacks all the more decisive.

His Rock Body Transformation remained active, deflecting countless vine attacks.

The Perception Ring was also searching the entire building for the Parasites’ locations.

Boosted by his enhanced jumping ability and the intimidating presence of the Blood Eye Blade, the hallway had become a veritable slaughterhouse.

The lunging Parasites couldn’t get close at all before their cores were instantly pierced by the long, slender Blood Eye Blade.

Chen Chong moved with extreme speed, cutting through them like a scythe.

The twenty-some Parasites downstairs fell in droves, none of them lasting for a second strike.

The same crisis that had nearly killed Ning Yu was thus completely resolved by Chen Chong’s relentless assault...

One after another, Parasites with pierced Vine Cores lay on the ground.

Their vines were withered and gray, completely still, having lost all signs of life.

Gazing at the closed door of the traditional Chinese medicine room, he chose not to enter. Instead, he looked upstairs.

That was where the most Parasites were, and it was also the direction of his own apartment.

But before heading up, the light enveloping the entire apartment building still surprised him somewhat.

As the user of the Fortress Defense Line, Chen Chong knew very well that this light originated from that very ability.

He just hadn’t expected the Fortress Defense Line’s protective range to actually radiate out to cover the entire building.

Chen Chong hadn’t actively controlled the ability to provide this coverage; it had all changed on its own.

However, he could also tell that while the Fortress Defense Line could cover the entire apartment building, its defensive strength was far weaker than it was around his own apartment. It was as if this protection was just a side effect...

Upon reaching the seventh floor, before Chen Chong could even take a step, a steel whip-like object cut through the air, lashing out at him.

Fortunately, Chen Chong reacted in time, quickly rolling out of the way.

He frowned slightly as he looked at the floor tiles that had been smashed nearly to dust.

’This strength... it’s greater than the Parasites downstairs.’

He looked at his opponent.

Chen Chong understood immediately.

’So it’s a fusion. Just like the Parasite in the plaza, it’s become a bloated, grotesque ball of flesh and vines.’

’No wonder its strength is several times that of an ordinary Parasite.’

’If I hadn’t dodged that attack, even if I had taken it head-on with Rock Body Transformation, the impact would have still hurt.’

"Did your shared memories let you know I was coming upstairs? Is that why you were hiding around the corner, waiting to ambush me?"

Chen Chong smiled. "But unfortunately for you, I thought of that too..."

CLANG—

The Blood Eye Blade scraped against the floor, kicking up sparks as a piercing screech echoed all around.

At the same time, several more terrifyingly powerful and tough vines attacked from various cunning angles.

It succeeded.

The vines bound Chen Chong.

The bloated ball of flesh and vines, so large it filled the hallway, moved with difficulty, its vines pulling back as if to digest Chen Chong.

However, just as it drew near and prepared to slowly engulf him, revealing its interior for an instant—

The Blood Eye Blade tore through the binding vines, its sharp tip plunging straight into the very center.

It all happened so fast that the Bloodthirsty Vine had no time to react.

The Vine Core shattered. The ball of flesh and vines that had clogged the hallway rapidly disintegrated, letting out a low, guttural roar before it died, as if in defiance...

"Your intelligence is indeed high, but it’s not enough."

Chen Chong wiped the green fluid from his blade, his eyes cold as he stared at the lifeless Bloodthirsty Vine.

Ever since dealing with this type of fused, mutated ball of flesh and vines in the plaza, Chen Chong had figured out its troublesome aspects and its weaknesses.

Compared to its hard, sharp vines, the deeply hidden and hard-to-reach Vine Core was the biggest problem.

Even if he tore through the outer layer with his weapon, the surrounding vines would quickly fill the gap, repairing the damage.

To pierce the Vine Core, he had to wait for it to open up on its own, exposing its weak point.

Coincidentally, the moment it tried to devour its prey was the perfect opportunity.

The Bloodthirsty Vine thought Chen Chong was firmly bound and unable to resist, but it never expected that this was all a deliberate act on his part, waiting for it to reveal its own weakness.

Looking at the vine corpses piled up in the hallway, Chen Chong felt a little helpless.

"This is a huge mess. It’s going to take a lot of effort to clean up..."

With the threat gone, the Fortress Defense Line automatically receded.

The door to his apartment was still tightly shut, without a single scratch on it.

He opened the door. The Rock Armor Eagle stood behind it, baring its fangs and claws. Only when it saw it was Chen Chong did it retract them.

It was Chen Chong, however, who was slightly taken aback.

’The Rock Armor Eagle... it’s grown again.’

’It’s only been a day. How has it changed so much?’

...

"Oh, holy shit, I’m dead tired..."

Outside the school gate, after Qi Zhen and Wang Biao appeared, Xu Jun came panting and wheezing over to them.

He was drenched in sweat from head to toe, gasping for breath as if he were about to pass out.

Compared to his exhaustion, Qi Zhen and Wang Biao were much better off.

But several hours of sprinting at full speed had still worn them out.

The one who had it easiest was the Tiger Striped Dog. As a hunting dog, such a long-distance run was a daily routine for it.

Seeing the three of them stopped in place, the Tiger Striped Dog paused for a few seconds but couldn’t contain its eagerness to see its master.

After looking back a few times and seeing they still weren’t following, it let out a human-like sigh and just ran off on its own.