Three days later.
Shen Heng's consciousness awoke from the darkness.
The ability unfolded immediately upon regaining consciousness, followed closely by the eyes.
Fortunately, the situation didn't happen like Lü Wenrui's, where he opened his eyes to find a Calamity Beast lunging at him... Shen Heng looked at the towering building that seemed to pierce the sky like a stone monument.
He slowly stood up from the ground, his brain processing the sounds he heard.
"The nearest Calamity Beast is over 300 meters away, there's only one, and the nearest person is over 700 meters away."
After getting a general idea of the surrounding situation, Shen Heng refocused his gaze.
This time, instead of lying in his studio apartment bed as before, he lay down on the main street.
The black asphalt road stretched into the distance, flanked by rows of dilapidated high-rise buildings.
On the road, there is a dilapidated car every ten or twenty meters.
Shen Heng glanced around at his surroundings, then looked up at the sky.
The blood moon from last time wasn't visible in the sky, but the entire sky was still a golden yellow.
A light curtain was hanging in the sky.
1. Xiao Xiangtong, kills: 0
2. Wu...
The light screen suddenly fluctuated, and then the rankings were updated.
1. Lü Wenrui, kill count: 1
2. Xiao Xiangtong, kill count: 0
3. Wu...
Did that guy encounter another Calamity Beast as soon as he woke up?... Shen Heng's lips twitched slightly.
Without thinking twice, he lifted his leg and ran towards the source of the commotion from the Calamity Beast, which was more than 300 meters away.
"In the last simulation, the fourth and fifth place finishers obtained access to the advanced Origin Power chamber, having killed sixty-one and fifty-two Calamity Beast respectively."
"So, you need to kill at least fifty Calamity Beast to have a chance of getting access to the advanced Origin Power chamber?"
"No, not necessarily!"
"The last simulation was the first one, and everyone didn't react quickly enough at first, so the data should be higher this time."
"While there are occasional encounters with groups of Calamity Beast or Tier 3 Calamity Beast, where you might be unable to defeat them and die prematurely, you can't expect everyone to be like that."
"So, you mean killing sixty Calamity Beast is the safest bet?"
To achieve the desired training effect, the simulation did not include any Tier 1 Calamity Beast; instead, it only included three types.
Solo Tier Second Tier Calamity Beast, Second Tier Calamity Beast that act in groups, and Third Tier Calamity Beast!
The number of Calamity Beast will decrease as time goes on, but they will still definitely exist.
Faced with the latter two types of Calamity Beast, the best choice is...
No, there's no best option; all you can do is see if you can beat the opponent.
If you've fought, you're alive;
If you can't win, you can only blame your own bad luck.
As for running?
In a city where Calamity Beast roam frequently, chasing Calamity Beast through the streets isn't a good option.
Unless you're really good at running!
Shen Heng silently ran forward, knife in hand.
Not long after, Shen Heng slowly stopped in front of a warehouse.
This is a warehouse covering several thousand square meters, with only one floor. The door panels on the main entrance are long gone, leaving only an empty doorway.
Shen Heng, knife in hand, slowly walked inside.
He stopped about twenty meters inside the warehouse and looked up.
A giant tarantula, the size of a millstone, covered in pale, bony armor, was hanging upside down from the ceiling.
Its six pairs of spider legs were curled up, and the ring-shaped serrations in its four-lobed mouthparts were slowly rotating.
Drops of viscous fluid slowly seeped from the cracks in the bones, dripping onto the ground and creating wisps of white smoke.
Bone-Corroding Wolf Spider ).
Its defense is above average among Calamity Beast of the same tier;
It can spray out a slime and cobwebs that can Corrosion steel (given enough time);
The wound will be extremely painful after being bitten...
Information about the Calamity Beast before him flashed through Shen Heng's mind, and he subconsciously frowned.
To be honest, he didn't like encountering these Calamity Beast.
First, the opponent's entire body is covered in bone armor, making their defense quite strong;
Secondly, because the opponent was suspended in mid-air, he didn't have any good anti-air tactics.
but...
" Second Tier, you can fight!"
Shen Heng, holding a long sword, cautiously approached.
Noticing Shen Heng's movement, the Bone-Corroding Wolf Spider's head, which retained the outline of a wolf's head, turned slightly.
Then, the mouthparts opened slightly, accompanied by a metallic "clicking" sound, and a white object was suddenly ejected.
The object rapidly unfolded in mid-air, transforming into a large net that covered Shen Heng's head.
Shen Heng rolled to his side, and the acid net "hissed" and stuck to the spot where he had just stood, instantly Corrosion the ground and leaving charred marks.
Seeing that its first attack had missed, the tarantula accelerated the rotation of its four-lobed mouthparts and spat out three more webs, blocking Shen Heng's movement.
Shen Heng pushed off the ground several times, dodging two spider webs in succession, and then raised his sword.
Whoosh--!
The long sword slashed down.
The viscous spiderweb was precisely cleaved by the longsword imbued with Origin Power, and the fragments fell like decaying bandages.
After a brief stalemate, Shen Heng dodged several more spider webs and slime.
Finally, the tarantula loosened its legs and fell silently from the beam.
With a "crack," the bone armor collided with the ground.
"Finally down...?" Shen Heng stopped in his tracks, his gaze fixed on the three pairs of compound eyes on the tarantula's head.
The moment their eyes met, the serrated teeth inside the tarantula's mouth suddenly accelerated, emitting a piercing metallic hum.
With its six legs touching the ground, it charged forward like a ghost, its bony plates scraping against the ground, making a soft "crackling" sound.
This time, Shen Heng didn't move. Instead, he held the long sword in both hands and stood quietly waiting for the tarantula.
The two sides were rapidly closing the distance between them.
50 meters, 30 meters, 10 meters...
In the final instant, Shen Heng took a step forward and slashed diagonally with his longsword!
"Clang--!"
The blade cleaved through the bone plate, sparks flying.
The violent impact caused acid to splatter from the spider's bone crevices.
Acid shot out from between his bones, corroding his sleeves, and pungent white smoke billowed from the charred holes.
Shen Heng's gaze remained fixed, and his sword strike continued unabated.
The tarantula hissed, its mouthparts rotating, preparing to spray out a sticky acidic web.
But Shen Heng was even faster.
"Lonely--"
The single word popped out of Shen Heng's mouth.
The sound waves transformed into sharp arrows, shooting straight towards the tarantula's head.
The air vibrated, and the tarantula's movements visibly faltered, its rotating mandibles momentarily stuck.
Shen Heng seized the opening, reversed his grip on the longsword, and plunged it straight into the spider's split mouthparts.
"Uluru--"
A roar of rage mixed with pain erupted from the tarantula's mouth.
It shook its head frantically, trying to get rid of the long knife stuck in its mouth, but Shen Heng held it back firmly.
Shen Heng's knuckles, gripping the hilt of the knife, turned slightly white as he stared intently at the tarantula below.
With a flick of the wrist, the blade twisted sharply.
"Snap!"
The sound of skull shattering rang out crisply.
The tarantula's roar abruptly ceased, its legs twitched twice, and then it collapsed with a thud.
First Calamity Beast, defeated!
As the Bone-Corroding Wolf Spider fell to the ground, the light curtain in the sky rippled.
12. Shen Heng, kill count: 1
Shen Heng let out a soft breath, and as he took a step back, the long sword was drawn out in the process.
Muddy black blood dripped from the tip of the knife, and wisps of white smoke rose from the ground.
Yes, my abilities are indeed very effective in actual combat, somewhat similar to Han Ling's.
However, unlike Han Ling, Han Ling every attack was deadly, only his first attack was deadly.
Shen Heng glanced indifferently at the rising white smoke, then turned and hurried towards the next location.