Poison Thorn Turtle

The Heavy Armor Demonic Beast lifted its foot and stomped down hard on the Steel Thorn Turtle again.

The result was the same as before; the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast's foot was pierced again. The Steel Thorn Turtle's back thorns were incredibly hard.

The Heavy Armor Demonic Beast, letting out a painful roar, was still defiant and tried to stomp with its other foot. Lin Shen quickly ordered it to retreat.

That Steel Thorn Turtle looked very ordinary, but it was definitely not an ordinary Steel Thorn Turtle.

Although the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast was very reluctant, it had to obey Lin Shen's command and turned to charge at the other Steel Thorn Turtles.

One stomp per turtle, the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast regained its invincible posture from before, crushing several more Steel Thorn Turtles in a moment.

The seemingly ordinary, but actually not ordinary, Steel Thorn Turtle chased after the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast, wanting to fight it, but Lin Shen forcibly controlled the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast to avoid it.

The Heavy Armor Demonic Beast's speed was considered very slow among Alloy Grade creatures, but it was still a bit faster than that Steel Thorn Turtle. So, no matter how frantically it chased, it couldn't catch up to the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast, watching helplessly as the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast stomped one Steel Thorn Turtle after another to death.

Lin Shen suddenly noticed that the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast's speed had slowed down, and even its running motion seemed a bit off, as if it was limping.

Was the injury just now that severe? Lin Shen found it strange. If the injured foot from before was affecting its mobility, why were the symptoms only appearing now?

Looking down at the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast's injured foot, Lin Shen immediately felt that it was probably not as simple as just an injury.

There was no Gene Mutation Fluid seeping from the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast's foot wound, and the injury didn't look severe, but its entire leg seemed unable to bend. When it walked, it hobbled, as if it wasn't its leg but a crutch.

"Not good, the Steel Thorn Turtle's steel thorns seem to carry something similar to a toxin." Lin Shen saw the problem.

The toxin-like substance was still spreading on the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast's body, further restricting its movements.

That Steel Thorn Turtle caught up. The Heavy Armor Demonic Beast violently kicked it with its foot, but was bitten on the ankle by it instead, and couldn't shake it off no matter how hard it tried.

It wanted to kick it with its other leg, but that leg was now like wood and wouldn't obey.

"He who hesitates is lost." Lin Shen hardened his heart and summoned the Meteor Iron Swallow.

Taking advantage of the moment the Steel Thorn Turtle was stubbornly biting the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast's ankle, the Meteor Iron Swallow transformed into a black flying blade and slashed towards its neck with astonishing speed.

Who knew that while the Steel Thorn Turtle's movement speed wasn't fast, its neck retracted incredibly quickly? It actually let go and retracted its neck, dodging the Meteor Iron Swallow's attack.

Having dodged the Meteor Iron Swallow's attack, the Steel Thorn Turtle's neck shot out like lightning again, wanting to bite the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast's leg again.

However, it never expected that the Meteor Iron Swallow, which was clearly flying forward rapidly, would make a strange Swallow Reversal and fly back at an even faster speed than before, slashing towards the Steel Thorn Turtle's neck again.

Firstly, the Steel Thorn Turtle had absolutely not anticipated such a move. Secondly, the distance was too close, and the Meteor Iron Swallow's speed was astonishingly fast, giving it no chance to retract its neck again.

A black lightning bolt flashed across, and with a crack, the Steel Thorn Turtle's neck was severed by the Meteor Iron Swallow, which was like a flying blade.

Its neck was not as hard as its shell and back thorns, and it was killed instantly by the Meteor Iron Swallow, which was enhanced by both Superspeed Gunslinger and Swallow Reversal.

"Killed mutated Steel Creature, Poison Thorn Turtle..."

After the Steel Thorn Turtle died, Lin Shen didn't show much joy. Instead, he ordered the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast and the Meteor Iron Swallow to clear out the remaining Steel Thorn Turtles faster.

The Steel Thorn Turtles, sworn to defend the Gene Mutation Egg to the death, still charged towards the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast fearlessly.

If he had a choice, Lin Shen didn't want to wipe them all out. After all, steel materials weren't very valuable, and it was probably impossible to transport so many things back.

The reason he ordered the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast and the Meteor Iron Swallow to speed up the killing of the Steel Thorn Turtles was because he was a little worried.

Not long after, Lin Shen's worries developed in the worst possible direction.

The two injured legs of the Heavy Armor Demonic Beast were completely immobile, and its body began to stiffen, making walking difficult.

Even worse, the Meteor Iron Swallows' wings also began to stiffen, their flight paths became extremely unstable, and their speed grew slower and slower. Several times, they almost fell from the sky.

Fortunately, they were Alloy Creatures, a level higher than the Steel Thorn Turtles, otherwise they would have been killed by the swarms of Steel Thorn Turtles by now.

Lin Shen hadn't dared to go down and poke the mutated Poison Thorn Turtle's acupoints himself before because he was afraid of getting infected by whatever that toxin or substance was. That's why he sent the Meteor Iron Swallows to try.

The result was terrible. The uninjured Meteor Iron Swallows were also affected, but Lin Shen didn't know how to save them. He could only watch as their bodies gradually stiffened, eventually becoming completely immobile, as if they had turned into metal statues.

There were still over a dozen Steel Thorn Turtles left. Fortunately, Lin Shen still had the Superspeed Gunslinger. He continuously fired headshots, shooting down all the remaining Steel Thorn Turtles.

"I have to leave here quickly." Lin Shen didn't dare to stay any longer, afraid that the corpses of these Steel Thorn Turtles and the Gene Mutation Fluid flowing from their bodies would attract other Gene Mutation Creatures.

Even the Gene Mutation Eggs in the sand pit, Lin Shen had decided to abandon most of them, only packing a few in his backpack for backup.

"I wonder if that mutated Poison Thorn Turtle laid eggs here..." As Lin Shen was thinking, the Dead Powder that had been wrapped around his arm suddenly moved on its own, drilling out of his sleeve and slithering like a snake towards a sand pit.

"Dead Powder, get out of there! Don't touch my mutated Gene Mutation Eggs." Lin Shen's heart skipped a beat. He shuffled towards the sand pit step by step, unable to straighten his back, walking with extreme difficulty.

Unfortunately, the Dead Powder didn't listen to his command. It plunged into the sand pit. Before Lin Shen could reach the sand pit, the Dead Powder crawled out again and then pounced on another sand pit.

Lin Shen had already given up on chasing it. He watched helplessly as the Dead Powder quickly darted through the sand pits one by one, visiting hundreds of them.

After crawling out of the last sand pit, the Dead Powder actually pounced on the corpse of the mutated Poison Thorn Turtle. Its body and mouthparts swelled to an enormous size, and it actually swallowed the mutated Poison Thorn Turtle's corpse in one gulp.

"I haven't collected the Gene Mutation Fluid yet... That's the Gene Mutation Fluid of a rare mutated creature..." Lin Shen was extremely frustrated. That thing had ruined all the good stuff. This was mutated creature material!

Although the level was a bit low, with the word "mutated" in it, the value was high enough.

Even more regrettable was that the mutated Poison Thorn Turtle should have laid eggs, and it was likely mutated eggs, which were definitely also swallowed by the Dead Powder.

If Lin Shen had gotten them, he could have completed his gene mutation with the mutated eggs, which would definitely make him stronger than other Steel Gene Mutators.

Just as Lin Shen was thinking of a way to completely control the Dead Powder, the Dead Powder actually crawled back on its own, climbing onto Lin Shen's arm. As it climbed, its body contracted, finally turning into a capsule in Lin Shen's palm.

"Gene Mutation Evolving..." Lin Shen saw this information displayed on the capsule.

"What the... Evolving now... Are you messing with me..." Lin Shen tried to unlock and summon the Dead Powder. He inserted the key several times, but it didn't work. He couldn't summon it at all.

In this dangerous place, this damn thing had actually eaten its fill and gone off to evolve. He didn't know how long it would take to complete the evolution. Lin Shen felt like cursing its ancestors for eighteen generations.