Chapter 4: The Scorpion's Attack
Following the remaining bloodstains on the ground, Mu Chen and his group of old men chased out of the forest and arrived at a hilly area after a while.
At this moment, Mo Chen Xing couldn't help but admire Kari Pos's agility and speed. He thought that with his "cutting" technique, he could catch up to him in advance, but unexpectedly, the guy suddenly disappeared without a trace.
As a half-beastman with agility attribute bonus and escape talent, looking at the surrounding hills and some stone ruins, Muxing Xing couldn't help but think in dismay.
"Hey! Forget it, that monster's gone and that's that! We still have this..." The lead soldier, Drako, came to Mudan Star's side and reminded him.
After all, their main task is to find the witch and get a way to deal with that big monster Kraken, as for hunting down the half-orc, they can only give up on it for now, even though he just killed two of them.
At this time, the ground suddenly transmitted a large amount of vibration, interrupting their conversation. Not long after, several scorpions crawled out from underground. Yes, they were scorpions, these few black scorpions, with slightly frightening individual heads, roughly all the size of small trucks.
"Looks like we have to get rid of these things before we can leave in peace!"
Although they were reluctant, Perseus and his party knew that the Dust Star was right. This group of scorpions would not let them leave safely, in their eyes, they were almost as good as food. So they started to take action, immediately launching an attack.
It has to be said that the combat strength and bravery of ancient people are far superior to those of modern people. If it were modern people facing such a giant scorpion, without guns, most people would not rush up with knives and swords to engage in a life-and-death melee with such a large scorpion. Now, this group of ancient Greek warriors, facing those few scorpions that are baring their teeth and claws, immediately take out various objects from their hands and shout loudly as they all charge forward, engaging in battle with the giant scorpions.
In modern society, although human physical quality has improved, the fighting capacity of individuals has decreased significantly compared to ancient times. In the distant past, humans could hunt and kill all large land animals, including mammoths, with simple weapons. It seems that the invention and use of firearms have led to a decline in human combat ability. However, the human brain is evolving to become more advanced, it appears that there are no perfect solutions in this world.
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"Javelin, throw it over, quickly!"
"Cut off their legs! Right, cut off their legs, the shells on their backs are too hard to chop!"
"Beware of their tails!"
For a time, the entire scene was chaotic, with various shouts and screams filling the air. Perseus and his companions, armed with shields and swords, engaged in a desperate battle with the giant scorpions. Although the scorpions were enormous, the group of people managed to hold their own against one scorpion for the time being. However, Muxingxing chose to face one scorpion alone.
Mudanxing wanted to test the quality of this group of scorpions' shells, so he took out the XM rifle slung over his shoulder and fired a burst at one that had just crawled out of the ground. The result proved that the scorpions' shells were extremely reliable, absolutely not some fake goods, all the bullets hitting the shell only sparked a burst of sparks.
Just as Mudan Xing was about to try the grenade, the scorpion that he had hit rushed towards him. It was clear that it had been enraged by those provocative actions. However, this was also understandable. The situation was like a sheep provoking a hungry wolf. When it comes to food, the diner would naturally get angry.
However, the food in this scorpion's eyes is not a weak sheep-like creature, but an extremely dangerous time-space plunderer. A guy who takes it upon himself to plunder items from different movie timelines. And these scorpions were originally one of his targets too.
Mudustar hastily dodged to the side, avoiding the scorpion's brutal charge. Even though his body had been strengthened by the T-virus, he didn't want to try and withstand the force of that charge, because the ruins where he was just standing had already been smashed to pieces.
The scorpion saw that the food that had just provoked itself had dodged its charging attack, so it immediately turned around and used its tail with deadly venom to make a lightning-fast stab at the nearby Mudan Star. The force was so great that it instantly stabbed out a large pit on the ground.
"Fortunately, I dodged quickly. Is this still a scorpion? The piercing power of its tail is almost comparable to that of an alien!"
"Come on, you're still coming here!"
The scorpion saw that it hadn't stung its target and turned around, then rushed towards the position where Muxu Star was. Due to the scorpion's extremely swift movements, it instantly pulled their distance extremely close, making it impossible for Muxu Star to use the grenade launcher on his automatic rifle at that moment, and forcibly using it would be very likely to hurt himself.
Is this really the advantage of having six legs? This reaction speed is a bit too quick.
With such doubts, Muxun Xing also very decisively threw the automatic rifle in his hand to one side and picked up the Edelman knife towards the scorpion's direction and directly used force to throw it over. The scorpion, due to its speed, was too fast and hit the incoming Edelman knife head-on.
The results show that the scorpions' bulletproof shells are not strong enough under the blade of a knife made of the hardest alloy, and they were cut down smoothly.
The wretched scorpion-like creatures were naturally killed instantly, after all, monsters that can still be alive and kicking with their heads chopped off are extremely rare, and these scorpions are not among them.
After pulling out the Edman knife stuck in the scorpion's corpse, Muyun Xing discovered that this time his target to be killed had thoroughly disappeared without a trace. While others were still fighting for their lives with the scorpions.
It seems that the annoying Caripos can't be solved in advance after all, so let's help Perseus and others solve those crazy scorpions first. Just after Muzhen Xing joined to deal with the remaining scorpions, the mysterious woman who didn't know whether she was a god or a demigod in the movie also joined the battle against the scorpions.
In the subsequent group fight, Mu Chen Xing's side managed to take down the remaining scorpions after paying the price of two unlucky guys being stabbed to death. Although they lost two people, it was still much better than the original plot in the movie, where at least two people who were supposed to be killed by Karypos were lucky enough to escape thanks to Mu Chen Xing's intervention.
Just as they were about to finish off the scorpions in front of them, before they had time to rejoice, they heard the two hunters start running and shouting: "There are more! There are even bigger scorpions here!"
As soon as they finished speaking, five more giant scorpions crawled out, and everyone gasped at the scene before their eyes. Muxu Xing remembered that in the original movie plot, there should only be three such large scorpions, like big trucks, but now there were two more, how could this be fought?
It seems that these scorpions appeared only after the blood from Karyobin's body fell onto the sand, so it looks like he lost a lot of blood this time. I truly hope that he dies from excessive blood loss, but Mudou Star also knows that this situation is unlikely.
As the giant scorpion slowly approached, Perseus and his companions gripped their weapons tightly once again. Just as everyone was preparing to continue fighting for their lives against the newly appeared scorpions, they suddenly discovered that these scorpions were all motionless. Seeing this situation, Muyun Xing knew that another group of guys with very distinctive personalities from the movie had begun to shine on stage.
