Monsters Die When Killed-Chapter 49 - 216: Monsters Die When They Are Killed (Part 2)

But considering how quickly his hunger was growing, Su Zhou felt it was unlikely he could kill the giant insect Evil Demon before he was too weak from starvation to escape.

"This centipede is interesting."

Meanwhile, Yara was in no hurry. It had been watching the battle between Su Zhou and the centipede for a long time and seemed to have finally confirmed something. It spoke with a laugh, "Centipedes, snakes, Dragons, and eels—these long-bodied creatures are often grouped together in folklore. Centipedes and earthworms are called Celestial Dragons and Earth Dragons, respectively... While those are just nicknames, they do hint at its nature."

"The fact that this Evil Demon isn’t afraid of my bloodline proves that its true body isn’t the ’centipede’ at all, or even an ’insect.’ It’s the wooden roots on its back. In other words, this centipede is nothing more than a ’Living Insect Grass’ controlled by a strange Spirit Plant—the roots along the center of its spine are its weak point. Just attack there."

"So that’s how it is?"

With this new information, Su Zhou took another look at the centipede and immediately noticed many things that were off. Its pairs of segmented legs weren’t limbs at all, but sharp, mutated wooden roots. And the black moss and cyan roots on its back—they weren’t just growing on its carapace; they were part of the giant insect itself. In fact, they were its true body!

"Now that I know its true body, this will be easy!"

His eyes lit up. Reversing the momentum, Su Zhou immediately abandoned his attacks on the giant insect’s head and what he thought was its fragile midsection. He leaped to the side, dodging a ferocious pounce, and swung the shaft of his Long Spear in a horizontal slash, aiming straight for the cyan roots at the center of its carapace!

WHOOSH! The air shrieked. The immense force at the tip of the two-and-a-half-meter Long Spear, enough to snap a man’s spine in two, tore through the air!

Compared to the sturdy carapace covered in black moss, the cyan roots were far more fragile. They were still extremely tough and located in a hard-to-reach spot on its back, but for Su Zhou, this was no longer a problem.

As the razor-sharp whistle of Su Zhou’s swing cut through the air, huge splinters of wood exploded into the sewer like a flurry of snow. The impact and damage caused the giant centipede to spasm for a moment, its movements becoming noticeably sluggish!

The giant insect’s sluggishness was fantastic news for Su Zhou. To be honest, the Wood Centipede’s only real threats had been its strength and size. But without its speed, what good was strength that couldn’t land a blow? Under these conditions, its massive body was nothing more than a giant target.

Soon, after repeatedly dodging its attacks while shearing away the roots on its carapace, and deliberately using Penetrating Force to shatter the root structures beneath the shell, the Wood Centipede grew slower and slower. Its reactions became more and more delayed until it finally lost the strength to even charge, leaving it on the verge of death.

The battle seemed to be over.

But Su Zhou was no fool.

Even though the giant insect’s movements had slowed considerably, with half its body submerged in the sewer water as if it couldn’t even climb onto dry land, he didn’t dare let his guard down.

’A centipede dies but never falls, as the saying goes. All the more true for an Extraordinary Evil Demon like this Living Insect Grass.’

Facing the potential danger, Su Zhou refused to get any closer. Instead, he leveled his spear from a distance and thrust, aiming to pierce its last remaining compound eye!

And Su Zhou’s cautious choice saved his life.

Because the giant centipede, which had seemed so sluggish, suddenly erupted with a final Burst of energy!

SPLASH!

Like the jarring clang of a broken gong, a piercing Spirit Sound rang out. The heavy insect lunged through the water, and in that instant, the surrounding several meters of water were blasted away. It was as if someone had snapped a bedsheet, sending a massive, surging wave outward! 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

The Wood Centipede’s body shot forward like a compressed spring, going from complete stillness to explosive motion. It leaped up, Tearing through the curtain of water it had just created like a bullet, shattering it into a cloud of mist. The massive mandibles at its mouth gaped as wide as they could, snapping shut on Su Zhou’s chest!

Even though its nerve ganglia and Spiritual Energy were in shambles from the concussive blows, the insect’s physical instincts remained incredibly ferocious!

"Bring it on!"

But Su Zhou was already prepared. In fact, he had been waiting for this exact moment!

He took the full force of the massive Spirit Sound—enough to knock a normal Transcendent unconscious—and let out a great shout of his own. Gripping the Long Spear with both hands, the muscles in Su Zhou’s arms bulged like steel as he unleashed the full power of his Perfect body. The pure white light of Exorcism flared brightly.

In the next instant, Su Zhou twisted the spear, pivoted at his waist, and extended his arms, concentrating all his strength into a single point. He swung the Chou Wood shaft in his hands like a baseball bat in a rapid arc from right to left!

A world-class batter can accelerate a baseball to over two hundred kilometers per hour in an instant, a speed of nearly sixty meters per second. Su Zhou’s raw strength was already on par with a professional athlete’s, and that was without even considering the boost from his Holy Snake Spirit Blood.

Before the giant insect’s pounce could reach him, its flank was met with a tremendous blow. The two immense forces collided. The front of the spear shaft instantly snapped, and the Long Spear was torn from his grasp. As for the lunging Wood Centipede, beyond being raked from head to tail by the Exorcism Blade, its entire upper body was sent flying sideways. Both it and Su Zhou, who was thrown back by the recoil, slammed into the stone walls on opposite sides!

BANG! BANG!

Two successive impacts echoed through the sewer. A large portion of the giant insect’s head carapace had been shattered! But what lay exposed wasn’t the flesh and blood of a normal creature. Instead, it was a bone-like structure and protein-based tissue threaded through with a network of root-like veins. Now, with most of those roots severed, the internal tissues began to slowly cease all activity!