It was unclear whether the train had malfunctioned under the frequent attacks from the Aliens or had simply slowed down. Wearing the Protective Suit, Xu Huo found the airflow bearable, though the swarming Aliens were also blocking it.
With Mobile Metal and Damage Discount, and using the Bright Red Sword to attack from a distance, he had suffered only minor injuries in the five minutes since the fighting began.
During that time, he noticed that some of the guards up ahead had been injured too. But compared to being bitten by the Aliens or having their limbs torn off, they seemed more afraid of the blue-black, curled edges that appeared around their wounds. Not every Blood Aberration left behind such venomous injuries; only the larger ones with discolored nails did.
If a wound turned blue-black, the guards' first response was to cut away the flesh around it, then take a Potion under cover from their teammates.
Even amid the onslaught of the Alien horde, the guards still made these wounds their priority, which showed just how potent the blue-black toxin was.
After that, Xu Huo paid special attention to the Blood Aberrations with discolored nails. Whenever he spotted one approaching, he would first use the Strings to pull it away. The Aliens' intelligence had regressed, and they wouldn't pursue a single target relentlessly. Usually, after the Strings dragged one away, it was quickly swept into the next wave of attacks.
The Aliens kept multiplying, nearly burying the entire train. Xu Huo couldn't see the fighting up ahead at all, and Aliens had crawled all over the metal crate he was standing on. For a while, all he could see were the twisted, crowded heads and bodies of the Aliens. There was no way he could kill them all with his