Mystic Overlord: Reading Gives Strength
Chapter 137 - 136: The Flesh-Stitching Monster

Chapter 137: Chapter 136: The Flesh-Stitching Monster

The cult Magician leader, surrounded by flesh and blood.

His gaze firmly locked onto the four people on the investigator’s side.

"..."

"Die——!"

Suddenly, the guy let out a terrifying roar.

Like in all horror movies or monster disaster films, he seemed to be using this menacing voice to showcase his authority and violence.

Immediately after, the cult Magician leader began to control this gigantic stitched-together monster.

The other cult Magicians gathered on the creature had already died.

But under the control of the spell and the cult Magician leader, they each extended their arms or legs to prop against the ground, lifting the sphere of flesh up.

Those unevenly distributed limbs were irregular in all directions.

At first glance, it looked like a ball-shaped, multi-legged insect with abnormal growth.

The next second, the monster, supported by ’legs’ on its surface, moved with remarkable agility!

The massive body, when it charged, created an exaggerated presence like a mammoth elephant running across the ground. The fragile grapevine walls didn’t even stand a chance for a moment’s delay!

Where the flesh monster passed,

Plant debris and kicked-up dust rose high and scattered in all directions.

For the average person with poor reception ability, just witnessing this scene could leave them paralyzed with fear.

Clang——

At that moment, Spencer moved.

The investigator from Springs, once again swung his metal short staff through the air at a distance.

His silent face showed no sign of emotion.

No matter how intimidating the spells or awe-inspiring the prowess used by the cult Magician before him,

He decided to test how tough the opponent’s body was first.

After all, the black column that could absorb sound waves had now disappeared!

Immediately after, just like every sound wave attack he had launched before.

The Sound Wave Blade, at Mach speed, and invisible to the eye, slammed into the body of the stitched monster.

Bang!

A hundred meters was traversed in the blink of an eye, and a curved gash simultaneously appeared on the body of the stitched-together creature.

In the night, Ronald saw it all very clearly.

The monster’s green blood and putrid pus splattered out the instant the wound appeared.

However, the final result of this attack was less than pleasing.

The blood and flesh of the stitched monster began to squirm near the wound, and the rank, soft tissue fluid surged in, quickly healing the gash so that nothing but a scar was visible.

"Tch——"

Seeing the scene in the distance, Spencer immediately made a sound of dissatisfaction.

But at the same time, his hands were quick to act, and his metal short staff continued to slash through the air one after another.

Swish swish swish——

Dense sound waves passed through the air, and almost immediately had the expected effect on the giant stitched monster.

——Those were a series of dense and deep wounds.

It was a pity that the end result of all these attacks was the same as before.

No sooner would the sound waves slice open a wound than the monster’s flesh would automatically heal it.

An attack that couldn’t completely destroy even the surface certainly couldn’t affect the cult Magician leader who was in the center, controlling the creature.

At this rate——

It wouldn’t be long before the monster reached them!

"..."

"To come out late at night to investigate a murder case, and to encounter a battle-like situation."

"Times really have changed, huh."

At that moment, the investigator Kate, who was already looking pale, suddenly started to reflect.

She then brought her hands together in front of her, unblinkingly fixing her gaze on the stitched monster charging toward them.

Swipe—

At the most opportune location, which was when the monster had reached about thirty meters from them,

a transparent white circle of light surged up from the ground.

It instantly enveloped the creature.

—Without a doubt,

this was the trap Kate had set earlier in the grapevine maze.

In the darkness of night, the luminous effect of the spell was particularly evident.

After enveloping the flesh monster, the membrane of light immediately inflicted very direct damage on its enemy.

Every point of contact scorched the monster’s flesh.

The damage was immediate and almost turned the creature into a blur of mosaic.

However, the ultimate outcome of this spell

turned out to be the same as Spencer’s previous attack.

Kate’s offensive just couldn’t damage the cult leader Magician within, nor could it keep up with the astonishing self-repair speed of the creature.

Even with its impressive might, it still couldn’t take down the opponent.

Both investigators displayed formidable strength, but their own spell systems were ill-suited for the current situation.

Lacking attacks with strong penetrating power or those that could crush the opponent in one blow,

—They couldn’t handle the monster!

"Bastard investigators!"

"Do you think you can still walk out alive tonight?"

At this time, the cult leader Magician at the heart of the flesh monster spoke.

As the only self-aware entity within the stitch monster, in control of the spells, and confident in his assured victory, he immediately began to taunt:

"Just die here nicely tonight!"

"As a scholar of esoteric knowledge, my level of understanding far surpasses yours!"

While he spoke, the surface of the flesh monster began to transform again.

The spreading tissue fluid with strong corrosive properties immediately tore the membrane of light to shreds.

Suddenly, the monster’s body flattened.

It was employing the compression of its mass to accumulate power!

Boom—

With an exaggerated loud noise, the creature bounced like a ball, leaping several meters into the air and, almost as if flying, pounced towards Ronald!

"Wow—"

Meanwhile, the situation on the investigator’s side took a drastic downturn.

Kate, who had just been casting a spell, stumbled and fell to the ground on one knee.

This investigator’s condition had already been quite dire to begin with.

Now that the spell had been forcibly torn apart by brute force, his physical and mental states had reached their limits, and he could no longer cope with any level of direct combat.

"..."

Faced with this scene, Spencer’s eyes darkened.

The turmoil and struggle in his pupils flickered momentarily, but he quickly made a decision.

Subsequently, the investigator from Springs tossed his wand towards the flesh monster.

Buzz buzz buzz—

The choice that Spencer agonized over had an immediate effect.

When the metal short wand reached above the flesh monster’s head, it exploded with an extremely violent tremor, and the persistent and intense sound waves even vibrated the air in the surrounding space!

Within the range of the spell, fragile objects disintegrated instantly.

And under the intensity of this attack,

the Magician constituting the flesh-stitched monster was temporarily unable to take any action and could only be suppressed in place by the sonic interference, unable to move.

It was at this moment that Spencer yelled to the others:

"You guys split up and run!"

"I can’t control this thing for long!"