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Molting the Mortal Coil - Chapter 254

Published at 29th of March 2024 06:29:04 AM


Chapter 254: Hundred Spike Tigers

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Chapter 254: Hundred Spike Tigers

Almost immediately after Sage started to act cocky, he had to dive aside. The two remaining men in the hallway both brought out a huge crossbow from their Storage Rings. They only fired once before Sage was out of view, but he still got grazed across the ankle. With Foresight, hed seen that the third weapon hed been trying to build already existed. He hadnt had time to perfect the idea, but it seems he was behind the times. With a Storage Bag to hold ammo, he just had to design a mechanism using a steam engine to reload it quickly. It should be cheaper to produce than the ones the Fierce Tigers were using, but that thought sure wouldnt stop him from being shot full of holes.

After diving to the side, Sage picked up the huge shield they had used to advance on him. As body cultivators, the Fierce Tigers had been moving the five foot plate of metal like it was nothing. Without the strength of his own beast body, Sage would have had no way to even lift the thing up. It was heavy, but he could use it. He took a few steps back and made some preparations. Placing a few things onto the ground behind him, the shield blocking them from view. The two werent idiots and they sent the Hundred Spike Tigers in first. The others had been shot down by spears, but at this point the Fierce Tigers would rather lose their mounts before their own lives. The three Hundred Spike Tigers thundered out of the hallway like freight trains, trying to use their speed to avoid being hit by the flying spears.

The three beasts exited the hallway in single file. If they ran shoulder to shoulder they werent able to use their full speed nor did they have any room to dodge. They started to spread out as they entered the chamber, but Sage was a bit too close to the door for that tactic to work. The first one chose to rush towards Sage, making room for the second to try and circle around the side. Sage had chosen to place a wall to his side, so they could only flank him in one direction. As the Tiger bore down on him from the front, Sage stepped back quickly and braced himself.

The Hundred Spike Tiger smashed its spike covered front leg up against the shield, leaving a dozen small craters on the surface of it. Only then did it notice a surge of power underneath it coming from a metal disc. Dozens of thick green vines shot out of the disc and assaulted the Tiger from every direction. The Tigers were quite strong and agile, so when Sage had shot them down the hallway earlier, they were able to leap out of the way and only the men were captured. This time, the disk had activated directly underneath it and the Hundred Spike Tiger had little time to react.

The second Hundred Spike Tiger was dashing around to the left, circling around Sages big shield to go for his exposed flank. Unfortunately for it, Sage had prepared for that as well. When the Tiger circled around to the side, it saw a large object with four spear heads protruding from a short tree trunk. Before it could react, the spears had already fired towards it and a huge net unfurled in front of it. The net didn't really hurt it, but it served to tangle up its limbs and slow its response time. Sage released the shield and tossed another Formation Plate under the second Tiger. The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.

That left only the third tiger. Its view had been blocked by the other tigers which made it easy prey for the little spirit that flew up out of the ground and into its body. Its run slowed to a walk and a few steps later it was standing stock still. The two Fierce Tigers following behind it were confused by the sudden change. They carefully peeked around the corner and saw one Tiger standing still like it was mesmerised while the other two were both trapped in a pile of vines like they had just been a few minutes earlier. One of them was spooked by the illusion of the cannon and fired at it, while the other man was more aware and saw the shield that the first tiger had been charging at.

Sage congratulated her and tossed over a few bottles of healing pills for her and her disciples. All the troops had the most basic Blood Clotting and Energy Sustaining Pills, but after his other close calls, Sage now carried a few bottles of the higher ranked Blood Restoring Pills. He even had a few Vitality Pills, an even stronger healing pill for emergencies. At that point half the Vulture Geckos landed and Black Saber came over to check up on them.

You made it, just in time.

Not soon enough. Those bastards killed so many I request permission to go and finish them off.

Dont. Those Hundred Spike Tigers are pretty deadly, and if the Cloudmetal Consortium jumps in, we might be massacred.

Black Saber nodded and looked at the perimeter guard, which was letting the Fierce Tigers pass right by. Sage took a moment to tear off the bloodstained portions of his outfit and his belt buckle started to glow. The Wardrobe Spider got to work and in a few moments the damaged and missing portions were replaced.

Everyone that isnt injured will stay on guard duty, within the wall. Those lightly injured are on work duty, we need to finish the wall and also care for the heavily wounded. Gather up all the dead, Ill take them for now.




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