The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 309 - 214 Fishing Rod

Chapter 309: Chapter 214 Fishing Rod

Below was a lush primitive forest, connected to the mountains. The muffled roars of beasts resembled thunder, echoing continuously, shaking the mountains and causing the trees to sway violently. Fallen leaves flew chaotically, and waves of a fishy odor spread like a hurricane.

Several figures were speeding through the forest, desperately fleeing for their lives. The sound of their rapid breaths overshadowed the wind whistling past their ears.

Suddenly, a sharp cry rang through the sky, carrying a terrifying penetrating force, stinging their eardrums.

A blood-soaked creature, with ragged flesh and oozing pus, chased the fleeing figures. It moved as fast as a red meteor, with a sharp, menacing presence.

"Damn it, that thing is catching up. Li, give it a shot!"

One member of the Mechanical Church heard this and swiftly transformed his arm into a cannon. He turned mid-air, aiming at the rotting blood creature.

Boom!

A fierce wave of light burst out, wreaking havoc like an angry dragon. It ruthlessly tore through towering ancient trees along the way, but when it hit the rotting blood creature, it didn’t cause much effective damage, only pushing it back a bit.

"This thing is too tough. Hot weapons can’t even scratch it!" The Mechanical Church member gritted his teeth. "Who has a mechanism?"

"I have an unusual item that might be able to control it, but I need thirty seconds to prepare." An extraordinary person said in a deep voice.

"Thirty seconds? The flowers would have wilted by then! It won’t take fifteen seconds for that thing to tear us all apart alive!"

"Then keep running. I sent a distress signal, and reinforcements are on their way." The team leader glanced at his wristwatch map for the coordinates. "This way!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Behind them, towering trees were smashed to pieces, flying like shrapnel. The rotting blood creature pursued relentlessly. Despite its tattered and decayed appearance, its body had unimaginable strength. Neither missiles nor energy cannons could budge it. It plowed through everything in its path, creating thunderous sonic booms.

The rotting blood creature’s face was a mess of flesh, with white maggots wriggling in the decayed meat. Its bare bones were exposed, with one eye socket empty and black, while the other socket had optic nerves extending to an eyeball dangling on its face.

At this moment, the eyeball suddenly sensed something and looked up to the sky.

A dark arrow flew silently through the air.

The rotting blood creature abruptly stopped, clenched its fist, and struck at the dark arrow.

With a loud boom, it shattered the dark arrow into countless fragments with its violent force. However, the flesh on its own arm also exploded, leaving behind just a skeleton.

"Support is here!" The team leader shouted excitedly, and everyone stopped, turning to look back.

"Roar—"

A fiery dragon roared, spitting fireballs that engulfed the rotting blood creature. Yet, such flames were insufficient to cause it much harm.

The rotting blood creature erupted in a burst of pale, decaying air that instantly extinguished the blazing dragon flames.

[This was the corpse of an ancient cultivator. After death, it gained sentience and transformed into a blood corpse. Though its rank had drastically fallen, it couldn’t be underestimated. A token was hidden in its heart, which could open the cave it left behind.]

"A sentient corpse? Isn’t that a zombie? But it seems more mysterious, possessing new intelligence. Though not much, it can be seen as a new life..." Zhou Yuan thought, his hands not pausing as he continued to shoot arrows.

Dozens of dark arrows shot from strange angles. The rotting blood creature used its fists to shatter them one by one. Its skeletal structure was incredibly hard, withstanding the powerful arrows without a scratch.

Thump!

The rotting blood creature pushed off the ground, shattering it, and leaped high towards the fiery dragon in the air.

"Get down!"

With a loud shout, a shining golden club struck head-on.

Boom!

A sonic boom erupted, and a white ripple spread.

The ground shook as if a meteor had hit it, raising vast waves of dust.

Through the smoke, the rotting blood creature slowly stood up. Its rotting flesh had been blasted apart, almost turning it into a complete skeleton. Even its bones were now covered in countless cracks, showing how immensely powerful the strike had been.

Swish——

Spiritual energy surged, and Zhou Yuan’s eyes suddenly shot out two bolts of lightning, a mental attack!

The rotting blood creature shuddered. Its already sparse intelligence was easily pierced by the mental attack, making it stiff like a malfunctioning machine, unable to move.

"Dark Sun——"

"Engraving."

Two small dark suns shot out like bullets from a sniper rifle, instantly crossing the distance between the sky and the earth, piercing the rotting blood creature’s body, leaving two smooth, circular holes in its head and chest, going right through.

With a thud, the rotting blood creature collapsed to the ground, losing all signs of life.

In the distance, an extraordinary person, who was dancing with a terrifying, doll-sized, adult-like figure, sighed in relief upon seeing this. After finishing the dance with the doll, he bowed gracefully like a gentleman. The doll gave a creepy smile, lifted its skirt, and curtsied.

The extraordinary person didn’t say much, quickly storing it in his storage ring.

The terrifying doll was his trump card, a mechanism monster capable of long-lasting control over enemies. But to use it, he had to perform a thirty-second activation dance with the doll, and his dance skills had to be at a master level. Any mistakes or interruptions during the dance would result in the doll attacking him instead.

And if he didn’t give it any commands after the dance, the doll would take no action. So, this dance was essentially wasted.