Chapter 851: Terrifying Defense

Unlike Su Che’s anger, Tian Yin remained calm and expressionless. She knew that such matters involved a man’s dignity and could not be taken lightly—she had better say nothing and just do as he wished.

Sensing that Su Che was about to attack, Tian Yin moved her lips slightly and first released an invisible sound wave, instantly enveloping the tiger-patterned monster.

The widespread sound wave attack came without any warning. By the time the opponent realized it, they were already caught—utterly undefensible.

The tiger-patterned monster seemed wary of Tian Yin’s sound waves. As soon as it sensed something was wrong, it tried to dodge to a distance at near-instantaneous speed, but this time, it was trapped in place by the bizarre power of the sound waves, as if surrounded by tens of thousands of invisible ropes.

With its strength, it wouldn’t be hard to break free, but it would still suffer a brief pause.

Seizing this moment, Su Che rushed at it at the fastest speed.

“Damn you!”

Furious, Su Che roared and lunged with his Demon-Slaying Spear, aiming straight for the monster’s neck. The tiger-patterned monster was still bound by the sound waves and unable to move. It simply threw a palm forward, trying to block the spear’s razor-sharp tip.

Snap!

The spear tip pierced its palm. With amplified force a hundred times greater, Su Che thought it could still penetrate its neck. In such a close-range attack, in his universe, no immortal’s physical strength could withstand it.

Boom…

A tremendous force rushed back from the spear tip, bending it significantly, yet it still failed to penetrate the monster’s palm—it was blocked by its mere flesh.

Bang!

Su Che was sent flying back by the rebound force.

What terrifying physical defense!

“This guy is practically impervious to weapons. Even the Chaos Spirit Treasure-level Demon-Slaying Spear couldn’t pierce his outer skin.”

Shocked, Su Che clearly saw that the monster’s palm was intact, without a single scratch. Moreover, it was certain that the monster hadn’t used any defensive techniques—it relied solely on its abnormally strong physique to resist the spear’s attack.

The most formidable attribute of the Demon-Slaying Spear is its piercing power. Yet, in front of this tiger-patterned monster, that piercing power seemed no match even for a wooden stick. With Su Che’s thrust, the tiger-patterned monster managed to break free from Tian Yin’s sonic bonds and vanished in an instant. But the next moment, it reappeared suddenly behind Su Che, its gorilla-like thick arms sweeping toward the back of his head. Its attack style was as simple, direct, and brutal as that of a wild gorilla. “Be careful!” Tian Yin’s warning echoed directly in Su Che’s mind. As one who controlled the essence of sound, it was not difficult for her to do this. Su Che spun around abruptly, refusing to defend himself at all, leaving his self-protection to the giant barrier, and instead thrust his spear at the monster’s eyes. “I doubt even your eyes are impervious to weapons.” The tiger-patterned monster had great confidence in its physical defenses. Just like Su Che, it didn’t dodge or flinch; instead, it tilted its head to avoid its eyes and charged forward with its forehead. Crack! The spear tip struck its forehead, as if hitting the toughest wall in the world. Boom! The monster swung its arm in a wide arc and slapped Su Che’s chest, but the giant barrier blocked it, preventing actual contact with Su Che. Whoosh… Su Che was flung thousands of miles away before he could stabilize himself. The giant barrier trembled violently but remained intact. Su Che was once again amazed by the monster’s terrifying physical strength, yet he also felt slightly relieved: “Compared to its defensive capabilities, its attacks are fairly normal, on par with those of an Immortal Lord. They’re not strong enough to kill me in one strike.” Clearly, this was a meat shield-type monster. Treating it as a defensive artifact was quite appropriate. “Seal!” With a clear shout, Tian Yin spoke out for the first time. Immediately, a golden giant bell appeared and descended upon the tiger-patterned monster. To stop it from attacking Su Che further, Tian Yin exerted all her strength to conjure the Bell of Tian Yin, aiming to seal the monster inside. Even if it wasn’t possible to truly seal it, it could buy Su Che some time to fly back and reunite with her. After all, Su Che had been flung thousands of miles away by the monster’s slap, far beyond Tian Yin’s detection range. Not being able to sense Su Che, nor even knowing if he was injured, made Tian Yin extremely anxious. “A bell?”

The tiger-striped monster stared at the Heavenly Sound Bell descending upon him, a strange expression appearing in his eyes. Instead of dodging, he deliberately stayed put and let the golden bell cover him. Clearly capable of avoiding it, he did so out of curiosity, wanting to experience firsthand the sealing power of this massive bell. This showed that he cared nothing about Su Che and Tian Yin as opponents—his attitude was outright contemptuous.

Bang!

Inside the golden bell, the tiger-striped monster launched its first attack, using nothing but its fleshy palms to try and shatter the seal of Heavenly Sound.

The clear ringing of the bell created ripples in the thick mist. With a swift motion, a figure broke through the waves—Su Che rushed forward.

“How is it?” Tian Yin hurried over, her expression filled with anxiety. It wasn’t fear of the enemy’s strength, but concern for Su Che’s safety.

“I’m fine,” Su Che replied softly. “His attack power is quite normal—probably on par with that of a Immortal Lord.”

Bang!

Just with the second strike, cracks appeared all over the golden Heavenly Sound Bell, which was on the verge of breaking.

Tian Yin nodded slightly. From the speed at which the seal was broken, she could estimate the extent of the tiger-striped monster’s attack power. It wasn’t that its attack power wasn’t strong—no one should underestimate an attack comparable to that of an Immortal Lord. But compared to its extremely abnormal physical defense, its attack power was still within an acceptable range.

Thankfully so. Otherwise, wouldn’t Su Che and Tian Yin be doomed today?

Boom!

With the third strike, the tiger-striped monster shattered the golden bell and reappeared before Su Che and Tian Yin.

“You two are no good!” It pointed at Su Che but used telepathy to speak to Tian Yin, “Come with me, or I’ll kill him.”

Tian Yin showed no reaction, unwilling even to speak to it.

“Stop talking nonsense. If you’ve got the guts, come and kill me,” Su Che retorted. “My defense is just a bit stronger. I don’t believe you’re flawless. Even if it’s a stinky, hard stone in a latrine, I’ll break you down piece by piece.”

“You can’t break me,” the tiger-striped monster said, staring straight at Su Che. “I’m not a stone.”

“Damn it!”

Su Che waved his hand and cursed under his breath, “This bastard’s brain has turned to stone.”

“Don’t use swear words,” Tian Yin said, giving his arm a light pinch.

“Okay, okay,” Su Che turned to her and smiled.

In fact, while engaging in this conversation, Su Che was also quickly discussing strategies to deal with the tiger-striped monster with Lao He and the Fate Divine Tree.

This guy is too tough; the Demon-Slaying Spear can’t even pierce him. The destructive power of Chaos Energy against these Chaos Travelers must also be quite limited, as they’ve long adapted to it.
In that case, both of my main weapons aren’t effective. To shatter him, I need to find a truly effective weapon.
Lao Hei said, “This guy seems silly. I wonder how strong his soul power is?”
If his soul power isn’t strong, turning him into a vegetative state is equivalent to killing him indirectly.
“We can give it a try,” Su Che nodded in his mind. “Think of other options too.”
The Creation Divine Tree swayed its long roots and suggested, “Against hard substances, brute force isn’t effective. We could try using corrosive energy or venom.”
“That makes sense,” Su Che agreed.
“I have a few here. Master can try them in turn,” said the Creation Divine Tree, its long roots curling up several bottles and jars and handing them to Lao Hei.
When idle, the Creation Divine Tree creates many kinds of special energy or liquids—results of its various experiments, which may not be useful anytime soon.
Time waits for no one. There’s no time to discuss more here. Su Che sent a message to Tian Yin, asking her to try using her sonic powers to attack the tiger-striped monster’s soul power, while he…
Seeing that Su Che and the others hadn’t attacked after a while, this time it was the tiger-striped monster who took the initiative.
Whoosh!
At extreme speed, it flew over and slapped at the top of Su Che’s head.
Its target wasn’t Su Che’s head but where the wealthy man was. The tiger-striped monster could clearly see that the thing providing defense for Su Che was the palace-shaped defensive artifact.
However, attacking a defensive artifact directly like this was almost unheard of in Su Che’s universe. After all, since it’s a defensive artifact, its own defensive power is extremely strong. Attacking the artifact itself is no better than attacking the person directly.
It’s like dealing with someone holding a shield—you should look for weaknesses in their defense and deliver a fatal blow. Almost no one would deliberately go all out to attack the hard shield.
But since this tiger-striped monster came from another universe, it’s hard to say what kind of attacking philosophy it has.
This guy moved too fast. Su Che was no match for him in terms of speed and could only resort to a life-or-death confrontation.
Boom!
The wealthy man was hit accurately by him, while at the same time, Su Che pierced his chest with a spear.
Vroom…

The giant emitted a strange sound, like a wail, which shocked Su Che. Indeed, this guy’s attacking power was extremely peculiar—capable of causing direct damage to the giant’s physical form. The force emitted by the tiger-patterned giant had little effect on the defensive barriers created by the giant, but once it struck the giant’s hard physical body, it had a special effect of causing it to crumble and disintegrate. “I think I’m starting to understand…” Su Che had an idea. At that moment, Tian Yin waved her hands and shouted, “Break!” A spiral-shaped sound wave, resembling a translucent giant cone, shot toward the tiger-patterned monster. This attack targeted its spiritual power directly; it was unknown what the effect would be.