Chapter 363
Side Story: The Auxiliary Warrior
Chapter 363 Extra Chapter: The Auxiliary Warrior
Feganandi's knife was very heavy.
This was Ling Chengen's most direct feeling during their first round of combat.
She had not yet sensed that the other party was using psychic abilities to attack her, so she did not use her abilities first, but instead carefully observed the enemy who had defeated Chang Tianchen.
Compared to Chang Tianchen, who was gradually becoming more talkative in front of her, Feganandi was a taciturn man. He didn't have any flashy moves; every move he made was aimed at delivering a heavy blow to his opponent.
He was used to holding the knife in his right hand, as his left hand was not as strong as his right.
After several clashes with him, Ling Chengen realized that his strength was not as great as she had initially thought, and the problem lay in the weapon he was wielding.
This knife weighs at least three and a half times more than an ordinary weapon.
In addition, Feganandi swung his sword extremely fast... so when they collided, her arm went slightly numb from the force of the impact.
After being knocked away again, Ling Chengen spun the short gun in her hand 180 degrees and forcefully stabbed it into the ground.
Only when the tip of the gun pierced the ground did she manage to steady her body as it slid backward.
Then, he gripped the gun with his left hand, pulled out the pistol sharply, and swung it backward, stabbing the attacker in the chest. He then hooked the butt of the gun with his left fingertips, twisted and flicked it, and cleanly swung it forward, retrieving the pistol.
She stood up, her body slightly bent, and the enemy behind her collapsed to the ground.
"No wonder the Northern Army sent you to fight!"
"You are not weak."
Feganandi straightened up, looking her up and down. He gripped the hilt of his ring-blade with both hands, slowly taking a half-step back with his left leg. He maintained a posture that seemed still, but was actually ready to explode at any moment.
Ling Chengen looked down at the short gun in his hand, rubbed his fingertips on the gun body covered with dark patterns, then pulled with both hands to the two ends and twisted in opposite directions, instantly lengthening the gun.
Whether I am weak or not is none of your business.
"Instead of wasting time on such trivial matters, it would be better to choose a good burial place for yourself."
"To be honest, I've never used this weapon in its spear form before, but I can give it a try today."
"You're still pretty lucky."
Ling Chengen has never been picky about weapons, adhering to the principle that any weapon that works will do.
Because most of the opponents she encounters don't require her to prepare sophisticated weapons.
She had no shortage of knives, spears, clubs, whips, daggers, and short blades.
Previously, I often used bone blades, mainly because they are exceptionally durable. In addition, bone blades have an ivory-white color, making them both attractive and practical to carry. They are essential items for home, travel, murder, and robbery.
However, due to the rarity of the material, bone blades are mostly short in length. Although they are sharp and hard enough in close combat, their attack range is only within three feet of the body.
For paid Canaandi, bone blades are not enough, nor are short spears.
Because his knife was heavy and large, even longer than her short spear.
So not only can you not hit his hands, but when you attack, he will disarm you first.
As the weapon switched to its spear form, Ling Chengen gradually became familiar with the new gun.
This weapon, which can switch forms, was crafted by Su Weihua using Sergon.
Ling Chengen didn't know when he had prepared it, but she knew that when he delivered the gun, he spent a long time explaining to her how to use it and how to control the deformation of the gun.
This weapon has more than two forms and can switch to several other forms, but she figured she wouldn't need it right now.
In this encounter, Ling Chengen changed his previous passive style and became several levels more aggressive. From the very beginning, he forced Feganandi to retreat constantly, making him unable to make use of his advantages or reverse the passive situation.
In just a few minutes, their weapons clashed no less than a hundred times.
Ling Chengen's spear tip pressed against the blade, and he accelerated backward by pushing off the ground with his back foot. Then, the sharp spear tip slid slightly to the right, piercing into the ring on the blade's spine. Using the crescent-shaped part of the spearhead, he suddenly stopped his momentum and pulled back sharply. Before he could react, Ling Chengen directly pulled the heavy ring blade out of his hand, and with a backhand flick, threw it into the crowd behind him.
The ring blade fell, directly knocking a seventh-tier warrior of the Beast King Army to the ground.
The soldier was instantly bleeding from a head wound and his fate was unknown.
The moment Feganandi lost his weapon, he immediately dodged to the side, his gaze falling on the spot where the weapon had been knocked away. He hesitated for a few seconds between the two options: to retrieve the weapon or to fight Ling Chengen with his bare hands.
But those few seconds cost him his last chance.
Ling Chengen was never a merciful person on the battlefield. Since awakening her superpower, she has killed countless alien beasts, zombies, and enemies.
She might hesitate and think before betraying someone close to her, but never against an enemy.
As she charged at him with her gun, Ferdinand suddenly turned and ran.
Realizing that he was no match for Ling Chengen in terms of speed on land, and with orcs fighting all around him, he stepped on the heads of what he didn't know were the Beast King's army or the Northern Army, transformed into a beast, and flew into the air.
The enormous platinum lion rose into the air, but Ling Chengen did not hesitate at all. In a few breaths, he stepped on the shoulders of several people and soared into the air. Suddenly, the spearhead in his hand flew out, with a thin and tough chain trailing behind it, which wrapped around the right wing root of the platinum lion's body.
Using her own weight and gripping the gun with both hands, she unleashed tremendous force and sank down sharply.
The height at which the Platinum Lion floated was forced to decrease, but it was still struggling.
As the chain tightened, both sides, relying on their respective strengths, entered into a tug-of-war.
Ling Chengen snorted coldly: "Trying to escape?"
Do you really think she's dead?!
Because it's not a sawing motion on the ground, the sheer force of the attack can only occur once in a short period of time.
Using his own weight to drag the beast-like Ferganandi back to the ground is not an option.
So Ling Chengen did the opposite, grabbing the gun barrel and shortening the chain.
With his right hand, he drew a bronze-colored short blade, about the size of a bone blade, from the lower part of the gun barrel. Just as he was about to be kicked by the Platinum Lion's claw, he suddenly wrapped one foot around the short chain, hanging upside down on the chain. His right foot kicked away his right hind leg, and his body bent upwards. The blade in his right hand pierced through his thigh.
Using the force of the knife stuck in his right knee joint, he flipped over and jumped onto his back, then severed his right flank with another strike.
Feganandi thrashed wildly in pain, gradually losing his balance, and turned to bite her.
Ling Chengen had already retrieved his weapon with his left hand, reforming it into a spear, and then inserted the spearhead directly into his open mouth.
The next second, the Platinum Lion fell from the sky and crashed heavily into the chaotic army formation.
Ling Chengen stepped on his corpse, pulled her gun from the lion's mouth, and then grabbed a knife from the waist of an enemy who had fled in panic. She raised the knife and slashed at the lion's neck...
But at the very moment the knife was about to strike, her mind went blank for a brief instant.
She quickly realized something and suddenly stopped, looking behind the layers of beast king warriors.
The person with psychic abilities is not Figanandi.
It was the cowardly turtle hiding behind the Beast King's army warriors. With the royal family dead, the morale of the noble warriors who had followed Feganandi into battle collapsed. Some charged towards Ling Chengen like madmen, while others, completely lacking their leader and will to fight, retreated while fighting, unwilling to engage the newly energized Northern Army any longer...
Wu Zhuo descended from the sky, sweeping away several warriors who were closing in on Ling Chengen's back with a single wing. He then grabbed Ling Chengen's shoulder and said, "Sister En, come with me first."
Ling Chengen was not interested in Feganandi's corpse. His initial intention to remove his head was merely to get the enemy to cease hostilities as soon as possible.
However, it's no longer necessary.
I don't know if the royal family has some secret technique, but as soon as Feganandi died, many people around seemed to sense it immediately.
Even those far away, who might not even have time to notice the fighting, immediately chose to withdraw and end the war after Figanandi's death.
Ling Chengen jumped onto Wu Zhuo's back, knocked away the two Fire Feather Griffin warriors who came to intercept them, gently rubbed his left wrist, and said with a frown, "Go find Chang Tianchen."
Wu Zhuo nodded, but still couldn't help asking, "Sister En, how did you kill Feganandi? His supernatural attacks didn't work on you?"
Ling Chengen said, "Ficanandi has no superpowers."
"No? How is that possible?" Wu Zhuo exclaimed in shock.
Ling Chengen scoffed, "There is someone else who possesses mental abilities."
"That person is hiding in the Beast King's army and will not easily show himself."
"The biggest weakness of a psychic warrior is close combat if he doesn't hone his physical skills and physique."
In the apocalypse, although mental abilities are rare, she was not the only one who awakened this ability.
However, most of the psychic-type users did not survive to the end because they relied too much on their abilities and neglected physical training.
For a long time, people with psychic abilities were called "melee trash".
Ling Chengen was not used to entrusting her safety to others. In addition, when her psychic abilities were first awakened, she was not much different from ordinary people. The apocalypse was a typical world of broken order and survival of the fittest, so she could only force herself to become stronger.
Having become accustomed to their own strength, even if they later encounter like-minded teammates, they will not feel at ease staying in the safe rear just because they have teammates to protect them.
The psychic warrior hidden in the Beast King's army is likely overly reliant on his powers and is actually not very good at close combat.
However, we need to find several more opportunities to test the waters before we can finally confirm it.
……
The Beast King's army has a warrior with psychic abilities, and like Ling Chengen, she is a female approaching thirty.
In the Beast King's army, she is known as Princess Celeste.
After more than ten battles, large and small, Chang Tianchen finally confirmed the identity of the high-ranking mental warrior in the royal family.
She is Celeste, the third daughter of the Beast King.
This person was two years older than Feganandi and was a princess who appeared very quiet and demure.
At least that's what Jingshan says.
Celeste married the heir to the Elephant Clan chief as soon as she came of age.
Yes, she married down.
In the land of the Beast Plains, most females do not usually have only one mate, and there is no concept of marriage in the traditional sense.
Therefore, Ling Chengen rarely uses the term "marrying down" to describe a female's marital status.
But Celeste did indeed marry down; she only had Hugh, the heir to the Elephant Clan chieftainship, as her partner.
Moreover, after marrying Huhe, she moved out of the royal palace and into the territory of the elephant ape tribe, living a secluded life and rarely interacting with the outside world.
Rowan, the fifth princess and another surviving daughter of the Beast King, lived a completely different life from Celeste.
Rowan married into the Firefeather Griffin clan, but this was only his first marriage.
He subsequently found eight more partners and countless lovers.
Celeste has a distant relationship with the royal family, and his relationship with the seventh prince, Ferganandi, is also lukewarm. He does not participate in any political decisions and does not favor any of his brothers or sisters. He can be considered the only hermit among the direct bloodline of the Beast King.
However, she appeared on the front lines of the battlefield and repeatedly used her supernatural abilities, which were difficult for ordinary people to detect, to influence the course of the great battle.
Ling Chengen was really curious about this person, but Jingshan didn't have any more information either.
The captured prisoners from Beast King City were not described in much detail about the Third Prince.
Many people don't even know what she looks like. Their deepest impression of her is that she is Lord Huhe's partner and a very devoted female.
The moment Celeste's superpowers were mentioned, the captured Beast King warriors were speechless, looking on with expressions of utter disbelief!
Ling Chengen's real confrontation with Celeste took place two months later.
The Beast King's army was defeated and pursued by the main force, retreating in panic towards the city.
Ling Chengen had already laid a trap, and while they were fleeing in disarray, his ambush troops intercepted Celeste's retreating men...
When the two armies clashed, Ling Chengen did not appear; he had been waiting here for a long time.
It wasn't that she was overconfident, but after testing Celeste several times, she discovered that although Celeste's ability level was very high, her level of development of her ability was less than one-tenth of hers.
This means that she didn't discover any further uses for her superpower.
Simply using psychic abilities as a means of control.
However, they do not use their mental abilities to replace their eyes to investigate their surroundings.
Or perhaps she knew it could be used that way, but during combat and retreat, she didn't consciously use her ability to constantly probe her surroundings.
Celeste was not skilled in physical combat and could not be considered a true warrior.
Strictly speaking, she was actually a support personnel.
Ling Chengen's mental abilities are no less than hers, and he can even materialize his mental power, so he has a lot of confidence when facing Celeste.
However, the most troublesome thing about keeping Celeste is her inseparable elephant-ape warrior, Huh.
That is, her partner who was known as the heir to the patriarch.
From the moment they noticed Celeste, this man had been circling around her, never leaving her side for more than thirty meters.
Moreover, Hu He is a very talented berserker, a peak level 17 earth-type warrior with maxed-out defensive capabilities.
Being invulnerable to swords and spears is nothing compared to that.
He was a walking meat shield.