Chapter 690: Explosive Trap

Drip—drop...

Fine raindrops rolled down the eaves on both sides of the street. In the rippling reflections of the water, three silver monsters, nearly as tall as a two-story building, slowly turned their heads, their flat, smooth faces locking onto a certain direction.

Kong Baosheng’s Adam's apple bobbed, and beads of sweat seeped from his forehead.

This was the first time Kong Baosheng had seen the silver monsters, but their silver bodies, featureless faces, and limbs so thin they made one's scalp tingle, all exerted an intense sense of oppression. Just one look, and he was trembling all over!

The silver monsters, which had been searching the city for humans, were instantly activated like super-machines the moment they saw Kong Baosheng and his group, along with the convoy not far away!

They rapidly extended their slender legs, their tall bodies breaking through the curtain of rain, flying low to the ground like silver locusts as they sprinted toward them!

Huang Shuyue, who had just finished deploying and was preparing to evacuate, looked back and saw this scene, her pupils slightly contracting!

"Watch out!!"

The bodyguard ordered to protect Kong Baosheng had a grim expression, the aura of a Third-Order Divine Path practitioner radiating from his body.

He turned to Kong Baosheng and said:

"Quick! Go find any building and hide!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he charged rapidly toward the two silver monsters!

Kong Baosheng also reacted quickly. Although his limbs were numb with fear, he stumbled into a shop by the street, crouched at the edge of a table, and carefully observed the situation outside through the corner of the window.

That bodyguard appeared to be a user of the Book Divine Path; various ink characters swirled in the void around him. With a light flick of his fingertips, those characters scattered like bullets, emitting a humming sound as they tore through the air!

These characters struck the three charging silver monsters with a clanging sound, sparks flying, forcing them to slow down.

"Miss!" another bodyguard turned to look at Huang Shuyue nervously.

The Huang Consortium was only an emerging consortium, its foundation far less deep than the other major ones. This convoy accompanying Huang Shuyue only had one Third-Order and three Second-Order practitioners. The one currently fighting the silver monsters was the pillar of the convoy.

But even so, fighting one against three, the bodyguard could only manage a stalemate; the chances of killing the three silver monsters were slim.

"Don't panic, follow the plan."

Huang Shuyue’s brows were tightly locked. She hadn't expected these silver monsters to arrive so quickly. Fortunately, they had already completed the deployment of two traps, so they weren't completely unprepared.

Taking advantage of the Third-Order bodyguard holding off the silver monsters, Huang Shuyue and the others immediately retreated into the nearby Jinghong Building to hide for the time being.

At the same time, a bodyguard took out two detonators:

"Miss, the one on the left is for the sugar water shop next door, and the one on the right is for the hardware store across the street. Which one should we use?"

"Whichever one Xiao Wu goes to, detonate that one," Huang Shuyue said solemnly. "Remember, wait until Xiao Wu is out of the blast radius before pressing the detonator."

"Understood!"

As they spoke, the bodyguard "Xiao Wu," who was fighting one against three, saw from the corner of his eye that Huang Shuyue and the others were hidden. Knowing the plan was proceeding as normal, he feigned exhaustion while defending against the joint attacks of the three silver monsters and retreated backward.

Not far behind him was the hardware store where a large amount of explosives had been planted in advance.

Seemingly sensing the bodyguard's waning strength, the three silver monsters' attacks became even more ferocious. Their arms began to evolve into roaring chainsaws, the sharp teeth cutting through the air rapidly, following him into the hardware store with unstoppable force!

The saw blades swung repeatedly, shattering the hardware store's door and pillars like paper, with stone debris spraying within the confined space.

They charged into the dust-filled interior of the hardware store, chasing the bodyguard into the warehouse. As soon as they entered, they saw a massive amount of gray explosives filling every corner of the room, almost packing it to the brim!

"—Freeze!!"

A massive character emerged from the bodyguard's body, expanding in the wind and instantly freezing the three silver monsters in place!

The next moment, he burst through the window, his footsteps tracing the strokes of a calligraphy character, and in the blink of an eye, he had dashed over a hundred meters away, shouting: "Do it!!"

BOOM—!!!

As the other bodyguard pressed the detonator, the explosives, enough to blow up the foundations of several buildings, detonated with a roar inside the small warehouse. The terrifying shockwave instantly tore the hardware store and the surrounding shops into pieces, with towering flames surging out!

The shockwave of the explosion swept across the street, shattering the windows of the shop where Kong Baosheng was hiding. A large amount of glass shards fell onto the table in front of him with a clatter, his eyes filled with shock.

"This..."

He finally understood what Huang Shuyue and the others had been doing...

The terrifying impact nearly knocked Huang Shuyue, who was hiding behind the doors of the Jinghong Building, to the ground. Fortunately, two bodyguards steadied her, preventing injury... Huang Shuyue didn't have time to worry about her ringing ears; she climbed up with difficulty and cast her gaze toward the ruins billowing with black smoke.

Huang Shuyue and the other bodyguards were extremely nervous.

At first, Huang Shuyue hadn't seen the silver monsters and hadn't fought them, so she didn't know how much explosive to use... To be safe, she had to maximize the amount of explosives in each trap, preferring to set fewer traps to ensure that each one would cause absolute lethality!

Now it seemed that Huang Shuyue's decision was undoubtedly wise.

As the thick smoke dissipated, two shattered corpses of the silver monsters lay in the ruins.

There was still one silver monster left; perhaps because it had been hiding behind the other two, it wasn't blown to pieces on the spot, but was left with half a body, still struggling to crawl through the ruins...

Although it had no facial features, the silver on its body surface rippled constantly, as if in anger. It kept turning its head, trying to find the culprit, but its stiff body wouldn't obey.

"Die!!"

The Third-Order bodyguard descended from the sky, carrying a massive "Death" character, and with a bang, smashed the head of the last silver monster into fragments!

The three silver monsters were completely wiped out.

Huang Shuyue let out a long sigh of relief.

She calmed her nerves and walked out of the Jinghong Building. The two bodyguards beside her couldn't help but show joy: "Miss, your plan worked; we killed three monsters!"

"...Don't let your guard down." Huang Shuyue scanned the surroundings, her gaze finally landing on the smoke-filled ruins of the shop.

"The explosion we caused is quite loud and will likely attract other monsters... Except for Xiao Wu, everyone else should immediately evacuate to the shelter to prevent any accidents."