Snowwhite Thunder Bear

ROAR—!!!!!

Following the plan, Su Wuming and the other two were heading toward another tunnel entrance. They were almost there.

A familiar beastly roar from behind made all three stop and turn around.

"Another one!!!"

"How are we supposed to fight this? The instructors are already struggling just to hold one back."

The experts rushing outside the city had been restrained when facing the first Troll. With civilians still un evacuated within the city, they had not dared unleash attacks with too much impact, lest the aftershocks of battle harm innocents.

Moreover, this Frost Troll was no ordinary Golden Rank creature. Its entire body was covered in frost, its knotted muscles like steel. Ordinary attacks could not pierce its defenses at all.

Yet the appearance of another Troll immediately gave all the experts a massive headache.

This one did not rush to join the battle. Behind it, ten gigantic ice spheres rolled over and stopped before it.

Then the Troll stomped violently on the ground. Ten pillars of ice instantly rose from the earth, stopping at its waist and abdomen, perfectly supporting the ten enormous ice spheres.

"Not good, there are Snowwhite Thunder Bears inside those ice balls! The Troll is sending them into the city—stop it!"

As a Mind Master, Mo Lan was the first to perceive the creatures inside the ice spheres.

Though she warned them in time, they were still one step too late.

The Troll swung the bat-like weapon in its hand, sweeping it across the ten ice spheres in rapid succession.

The sounds of ten ice spheres being struck rang out almost simultaneously. When they looked again, the house-sized balls were shooting toward the city at terrifying speed.

No matter where this attack landed, it would be devastating.

By sheer bad luck, one of them happened to be flying straight toward Su Wuming and the other two.

By the time the three saw it clearly, before they could react, the ice sphere had arrived and smashed directly into a high-rise in front of them.

In a single instant, the ice sphere punched through the building, leaving a hole dozens of meters wide. The high-rise began to sway precariously, on the verge of collapse.

A thunderous boom followed, and even the ground began to tremble violently. Buildings all around them collapsed in swathes.

Several cracks instantly appeared in the ground and spread toward Su Wuming.

Caught off guard by the shock, all three lost their footing.

It was not over yet. A billboard atop a building above them crashed down, while chunks of stone and broken walls fell all around, blocking their retreat.

[Rubber Balloon]!!!

Fortunately, Su Wuming reacted quickly. Even though he could not stand steady, it did not stop him from using this move. At the critical moment, he shielded Qin Ming and Brother Li from the deadly billboard.

But huge amounts of rubble were still crashing down around them. Su Wuming could only grit his teeth and keep the air in his belly from leaking out.

The other two recovered their wits as well and did not stay idle. They began raising earthen walls around them, helping Su Wuming ease the pressure.

The collapse lasted for more than a minute. During that minute, every second felt like a year to Su Wuming, and his face turned purple from holding his breath.

Once he felt that nothing else was falling from above, Su Wuming deflated like a popped balloon and bounced around inside the earthen cube Qin Ming and Brother Li had built.

He bounced more than ten times before landing, gasping heavily and greedily sucking in what little oxygen remained beneath the ruins.

"What was that just now?" Once Qin Ming calmed himself, he asked Brother Li.

Brother Li was, after all, a demon beast hunter and had seen more than Qin Ming.

"It's a siege tactic commonly used by Frost Trolls. There was a Snowwhite Thunder Bear inside that ice sphere..."

Brother Li had heard about it from an old demon beast hunter, which was why he had recognized the ice sphere's true nature at a glance.

By then, Su Wuming had recovered and was eating chicken legs to replenish his strength.

Since they were trapped beneath the ruins anyway, Brother Li took the opportunity to teach the two of them about it.

The Snowwhite Thunder Bear was a Silver Battle General Tier Demon Beast, ten zhang tall and possessed both ice and lightning attributes.

Its ice attribute granted it immense defense and attack power, while its lightning attribute made up for its lack of speed and further increased its offensive strength.

With both offense and defense, it had become the most prized Battle General under the Frost Troll's command.

Its unique baseball-style siege method had caused Human Clan Spirit Martial Practitioners no small amount of trouble in the early years.

After hearing Brother Li's explanation, the two could not help drawing in sharp breaths, reducing the oxygen in the enclosed space even further.

Just then, the walkie-talkie in Qin Ming's arms suddenly crackled.

"Young Master Qin, are you alright over there? We've run into an obstruction here. Dry City Bridge has been blocked by an ice sphere that suddenly fell from above. Several fire-element Spirit Martial Practitioners on our side are trying to melt it. How much longer will you need?"

"Don't! Don't touch the ice sphere!! Run! There's a Silver Tier—"

Before Qin Ming could finish, a burst of static came from the walkie-talkie. The signal had clearly been cut off by something.

Su Wuming was right beside him and had heard the exchange clearly. The instant the signal was cut off, his heart sank, and a terrible premonition surged within him.

He suddenly jumped up and, like a madman, unleashed [Rubber Gatling] at the ruins above them.

"Get the hell out of my way!"

On the other end of that walkie-talkie were not only the people Qin Ming had brought, but also Lin Pangpang, the principal, and the others. There was no way Su Wuming could stay calm.

As he crazily attacked the rubble overhead, Qin Ming and Brother Li suffered for it. Falling debris forced them to dodge everywhere, leaving them miserable.

Su Wuming ignored the falling rubble entirely. His physique was immune to such attacks anyway.

Besides, he was frantic with worry and had just replenished the strength he had spent by eating chicken legs.

The barrage continued for a full minute before he finally punched a huge hole through the ruins overhead and stopped.

He then grabbed the two, who had nearly been buried alive by the rubble, stretched his arm through the hole to seize a remaining section of an uncollapsed building, and shot straight out.

The moment Qin Ming and Brother Li emerged, they kept spitting dust out of their mouths. They were coughing so badly that tears streamed down their faces.

Once outside, the three were drawn to the battle ahead. Two squads totaling twenty people were engaged in a fierce fight with the Snowwhite Thunder Bear.

One of them held a C4 bomb in his arms and was looking for an opportunity to blow up the tunnel entrance behind the Snowwhite Thunder Bear.

But he could not find an opening. Silver arcs of electricity were flickering all over the Snowwhite Thunder Bear's body. Anyone who came within ten meters of it would automatically be attacked by those arcs.

Seeing this, Su Wuming did not leave immediately. Instead, he suddenly rushed down. While the man's attention was focused on the tunnel entrance, Su Wuming stretched out his arm and snatched the C4 bomb from his arms.

"Fuck! Where did this kid come from? Stop making trouble and give me back the bomb!"

Su Wuming ignored him, directly activating the Armament Haki within his body and covering both his arm and the C4 bomb with it.

Then, under the stunned gazes of both squads, he violently extended his arm and shot it straight toward the tunnel entrance.

"Damn it, are you crazy? The electric arcs will trigger the bomb and make it explode early!!!"

Yet as soon as the Spirit Martial Practitioner finished speaking, Su Wuming's arm flashed rapidly beneath the Snowwhite Thunder Bear's crotch. The electric arcs that had been unstoppable until then did not react at all.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Why were the electric arcs not attacking him?

"Why are you standing there? Detonate it!!" After accurately placing the bomb inside the tunnel entrance, Su Wuming saw that the man was still frozen in shock and hurriedly shouted a reminder.

"Oh, right, right. Thanks, little brother." As he spoke, he immediately pressed the spare detonator in his hand.

With a boom, the tunnel entrance behind the Snowwhite Thunder Bear collapsed. A burst of screams came from within, only to abruptly cease the instant the tunnel caved in.

"Retreat!!"