Me? Burn It to Death?

"Kill them outright."

Looking at the Shadow Erosion in the distance, Wu Cheng couldn't help but sigh:

"It feels like it's been ages since we've encountered Calamity Beast like us!"

In the past two years, the difficulty of the tasks for them has been steadily decreasing.

From the moment Shen Heng joined, to Shen Heng breakthrough to D-Class, and then to everyone else gradually advancing to the Third Tier.

They hadn't encountered such Calamity Beast in a long time, one that required the combined efforts of the entire Linhai Supervision Bureau to deal with.

"You haven't seen this in so long that you've forgotten how to fight, have you?" Han Ling asked, running through the seafood market with her sniper rifle in her arms.

"Hehe, how could that be? Don't worry, I'll definitely cover the captain and Shen Heng!" Wu Cheng patted his shield.

"Pay close attention to Shen Heng. My ability is Body of Steel; even if I get hit a few times, it won't be a problem," Wang Hai's voice came through the earpiece.

"Understood!" everyone replied.

Shen Heng didn't stubbornly insist that he didn't need it.

Given Shadow Erosion's current attack power, he definitely needs more cover from the others than the captain.

"Alright, be sure to cooperate!" Wang Hai said again.

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone's attention returned to Shadow Erosion in the distance.

Its body stood still, its tentacles constantly attacking and retracting.

"Action!"

Wang Hai gave a low shout and charged towards the left side of Shadow Erosion.

Shen Heng flashed forward, and with a tremor of his blade, he slashed at the nearest tentacle.

"Clang--"

A loud metallic clang rang out, and the tentacle snapped in two.

Shen Heng glanced at the severed tendril extending towards the ground, but didn't linger.

With a stomp of his toes, his figure once again closed in on the location of Shadow Erosion.

"Boom! Boom--!"

Explosions continued to echo throughout the seafood market.

Beneath the tempered glass ceiling, several figures moved and attacked relentlessly around a tall, dark figure.

Perhaps it's because of a previous mistake, or perhaps it's because of the lessons learned from that failure.

This time, Shadow Erosion didn't spend as much effort as before to block the attacks aimed at it.

Instead, the main targets of defense were concentrated on that...

"Clang--"

After severing another tentacle, Shen Heng looked at Shadow Erosion.

Several tentacles pierced and swept towards him and Wang Hai, with only two tentacles blocking the attacks flying towards it.

Are you going to focus all the attacks on yourself and the captain?

This would indeed keep both myself and the captain out, but...

Shen Heng looked up.

A faint trail of flame remained in mid-air.

A bullet gleaming with fire pierced through the obstruction of two tentacles and flew towards Shadow Erosion's head.

The next moment.

"Boom--"

A violent explosion rang out.

A burst of fire suddenly erupted from Shadow Erosion's head.

As its tentacles waved, the smoke quickly dissipated, revealing a large, visible hole in its head.

However, this doesn't seem to have any effect on it.

Shadow Erosion merely shook its head, and the blasted opening was quickly filled by the flowing black liquid.

"Hey, hey, hey, isn't this a bit too much?" Wu Cheng's words echoed in the earpiece.

Although he already knew that the Calamity Beast in front of him had a strong regenerative ability, he still couldn't help but complain when he saw that it could immediately recover from a hole blown in its head.

Normally, if Calamity Beast is shot by Han Ling, even if it is not crippled, its combat power will be significantly affected.

Unlike this one, it just shook its head and acted like nothing happened.

"Don't be misled. Its head is just a mock-up for us. In reality, it doesn't have a brain, so it has no vital organs." Shen Heng pushed off with his foot, dodging an incoming tentacle.

"No vital organs? Then how are we going to kill it?"

"First chop it into several pieces, then chop it into a dozen or more pieces, and if that still doesn't work, fry it into mincemeat."

After Shen Heng finished speaking, he recalled the recovery ability that Shadow Erosion had just demonstrated and added:

"If it can still survive being fried into a pulp, then it depends on whether you can burn it to death."

"Huh? Me? Burn it to death?"

Wu Cheng looked up, staring blankly at the Shadow Erosion that was more than ten meters high in the distance.

With my B-Class ability, I'm supposed to burn a potentially S-Class Calamity Beast?

Is Shen Heng placing too much hope in me?

After hesitating for a moment, Wu Cheng finally spoke:

"It's not that I can't burn it to death! It's just that it's a bit big, and it's also resisting."

"Don't worry, I know that. If I really let you burn it, it'll be because you've chopped it into tiny pieces. I'll let you burn it when you can't resist," Shen Heng said.

Hearing this, Wu Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. He raised his hand and patted his chest.

"Don't worry, leave it to me!"

"It might not be that time yet."

Shen Heng spoke calmly, his gaze fixed on the tentacles that were attacking him again.

"Anyway, let's try cutting it into several pieces to see if that kills it!"

"Boom--"

The tentacle crashed to the ground.

Shen Heng's body flipped once in mid-air, and after landing, he pushed off sharply, his figure moving forward quickly.

Ahead, tentacles attacked rapidly like javelins.

Shen Heng raised his sword, holding it horizontally at his side, his figure still charging forward.

The next moment.

"Clang--"

A harsh, screeching sound rang out.

The tentacles grazed Shen Heng and shot past him swiftly from the side.

Shen Heng pressed his knife down hard against the tentacle, using the momentum to leap to the side and dodge the second tentacle that shot straight at him.

Before he could even catch his breath, the third tentacle had already attacked.

Shen Heng and Wang Hai continued forward, dodging the attacks of the tentacles.

However, Wang Hai's position will be much forward than Shen Heng's.

Shen Heng needs to dodge the attacks of every tentacle, but Wang Hai doesn't.

He simply took the hits head-on, even when they required more movement or retreat.

However, despite this, as the distance closed, the attacks they faced increased dramatically.

Wang Hai's speed gradually slowed down.

His A-Class Body of Steel wasn't enough to make him completely ignore Shadow Erosion's attacks.

Therefore, Wang Hai will only choose to confront the issue head-on when necessary.

Of course, this was also because they were aiming to kill Shadow Erosion without taking any damage.

If it really comes down to a fight to the death, Wang Hai can completely ignore the attack for the time being.

One tentacle comes, the other embraces it, and then they quickly close the distance between them.

But now, that time is far from over.

At least, based on the combat capabilities that Shadow Erosion has demonstrated so far, it's not worth them resorting to that kind of plan.

Of course, they weren't the only two fighting.

Bullets, artifacts, and flames flew incessantly overhead, heading straight for Shadow Erosion's head.

However, compared to Han Ling's ability to blast a large hole every time, Le Gu Nan and Wu Cheng's attacks were much less effective.

They could only blast a dent.

However, it was enough to affect Shadow Erosion, weakening it little by little.