Chapter 54: Advancement to Juren Realm, Iron-backed Mantis
When Lu Ming used the Thousand Jin Pendant, the Red Fire Scorpion under his feet suddenly felt a huge pressure coming down on it. It was unable to withstand this powerful force and was immediately crushed to the ground.
"boom"
Amid the roar, the Red Fire Scorpion was suppressed to the ground.
"hiss"
The red fire scorpion was furious and stabbed Lu Ming on its back with its tail.
"You still dare to resist? I'll break your poison needle!"
Lu Ming swung his sword and slashed at the tail needle.
He was born with supernatural powers, and the Blue Star Sword was a sword that could cut through iron like mud. When the sword body collided with the tail needle, the extremely poisonous tail needle was cut off immediately.
"hiss"
The red fire scorpion hissed again, its tail stinger was cut off and it was in unbearable pain.
At this time, the Red Fire Scorpion was extremely angry and full of hatred towards Lu Ming. He wished he could eat his flesh alive.
The surrounding fire elements became violent again, and the hands of fire reappeared.
"Humph"
Lu Ming snorted coldly, and when he thought about it again, the black stone beast was also taken back by him.
The next moment, in a flash of light, the black stone beast was summoned by him.
"hiss"
The red fire scorpion roared in pain again. You have to know that the black stone beast is a huge rock more than two meters high and weighs more than ten tons, which is much heavier than Lu Ming's thousand-pound weight.
Under such powerful pressure, the Red Fire Scorpion's shell was shattered and it was seriously injured.
Even because of the intense pain, the Hand of Fire showed signs of collapse.
Even so, Lu Ming did not let the Red Fire Scorpion go. He aimed the Blue Star in his hand at the Red Fire Scorpion's head and stabbed it hard.
"hiss"
After a hissing sound that lasted for half a minute, the Red Fire Scorpion was completely defeated and its life force disappeared.
The level 26 Red Fire Scorpion was completely killed by Lu Ming's thunder attack!
Not long after, a black life seal appeared, and Lu Ming took out the life book and took the life seal away.
A black light flashed, and Lu Ming officially became a level 21 black-titled scholar.
Lu Ming, who successfully advanced, was not very happy. You know, the jumping monkey was seriously injured in the previous battle. If he hadn't taken action in time, he would have lost his first life beast.
Lu Ming did not continue hunting the monster, but returned to the periphery, intending to wait until the jumping monkey's injuries recovered before coming back.
Two days later, Lu Ming once again stepped into the depths of Black Stone Mountain.
In fact, there is a clear dividing line between the outer and inner parts of Blackrock Mountain, which is a low shrub about a hundred meters wide.
When he crosses the bush area, he summons the vampire bat.
"Go find the monster."
The blood-sucking poisonous bats flapped their wings and flew through the dense forest.
Not long after, the vampire bats brought news that they had found the monster.
Lu Ming immediately rushed towards the location of the vampire bat.
A moment later, Lu Ming arrived at his destination.
A mantis demon was gnawing on the corpse of a demon beast. The strong smell of blood indicated that the battle had just ended not long ago.
Lu Ming looked carefully at the mantis monster that was eating, and he soon recognized the identity of the monster.
This is an iron-backed mantis, about the same size as an adult husky, and a wind-type monster.
The reason why Lu Ming recognized this monster was because A Le told him.
A Le once said that he had seen this kind of monster in the shop before.
The Iron-back Mantis is a monster that most fortune tellers do not want to encounter. This monster has a pair of sharp forelimbs, like serrated knives. They are not only sharp but also very strong, comparable to a carefully crafted weapon.
The Ironback Mantis's attacks are extremely sharp, and its reaction speed is extremely fast. In addition, it is a wind-type monster, so its attack speed is terrifyingly fast. If a fortune teller encounters it, the chances of death are very high.
Ah Le told Lu Ming all this so that he must be extremely careful when encountering an iron-backed mantis, especially not to let it get close to him.
"I didn't expect to meet this iron-backed mantis here today."
Lu Ming's eyes flickered, and he was considering whether to attack the monster. After all, this monster was quite dangerous.
It only took Lu Ming a few breaths to make the decision.
"Since you have become a fortune teller, you are destined to fight monsters for the rest of your life. You have to face it even if it's dangerous!"
Thinking of this, the black book of fate appeared, and in a flash of light, Lu Ming's fate beast appeared.
There are still three Pokémon: Monkey King, Black Stone Beast and Vampire Poison Bat. At this stage, Pokémon have basically no combat power. Lu Ming can only use them as a portable space.
"Up"
Following Lu Ming's order, the three life beasts immediately surrounded the Iron-back Mantis.
At this time, we can see the power of the Ironback Mantis. Seeing that it was surrounded by jumping monkeys, it still devoured the monsters slowly and steadily, which shows that it is very confident in its own strength.
Of course it does qualify!
The Iron-back Mantis in front of Lu Ming is a level 28 monster, arguably the strongest monster of this generation.
The Black Stone Beast took the lead in launching a tentative attack, spraying countless sharp stones at the Ironback Mantis.
Just as the stone was about to hit the iron-backed mantis, its pair of sharp forelimbs suddenly moved a few times.
Then all the stones were cut in half and fell to the ground.
The Ironback Mantis glared at the Black Stone Beast, feeling very unhappy about being disturbed while eating.
With a kick of its four long legs, its entire body turned into a shadow and disappeared.
In just a blink of an eye, he appeared in front of the black stone beast, and used his pair of forelimbs like long swords to chopped at the black stone beast.
"ding-ding-ding-ding-ding"
In an instant, the sound of metal clashing was heard, accompanied by countless sparks.
Lu Ming, who was watching the battle from a distance, narrowed his eyes slightly.
"What a fast speed, what sharp forelimbs!"
The speed displayed by the Ironback Mantis just now was almost catching up with Lu Ming's speed of flying in the air with the wind, especially when attacking, the speed was even faster.
Lu Ming estimated that even with the speed of a vampire bat, it would be difficult to dodge the opponent's attack.
"This iron-backed mantis is really difficult to deal with!"
With just one glance, Lu Ming understood that the battle ahead would be very difficult.
At this time on the battlefield
The jumping monkey also reacted and rushed over with an iron rod, wanting to help the black stone beast.
"woo"
It swung the iron rod and smashed it towards the back of the iron-backed mantis.
Feeling the evil wind behind it, the Ironback Mantis turned around and hooked the iron rod with one of its forelimbs, and slashed towards the jumping monkey with both hands with the other forelimb.
The jumping monkey was horrified and quickly let go and retreated, narrowly avoiding the attack of the iron-back mantis.
It looked at the Ironback Mantis in shock. The opponent's response just now was beyond its expectations. The opponent did not move its lower body, but turned its upper body directly.
In fact, this is the physiological characteristic of mantis monsters. All mantises can turn 180 degrees left and right, which can be said to be 360-degree all-round defense!
At the edge of the battlefield, Lu Ming looked solemnly at the jumping monkey who had lost its first battle.
He gripped the hilt of the sword, ready to strike if the battle went against him.
Most of the jumping monkey's fighting power lies in the accompanying iron rod. Being taken away from the weapon means that it has failed.
Fortunately, the Ironback Mantis did not realize this. It simply threw the iron rod on the ground and chased after Tiao Tiao.
Just now it attacked the Black Stone Beast, but found that the damage it caused to it was negligible, so it changed its target of attack.
Seeing that the Iron-back Mantis was about to chase him, the Jumping Monkey immediately dodged by twisting and turning.
At the same time, it waved at the iron rod on the ground, and the iron rod immediately flew into its hand.