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This allows Xu Tong to play a crucial tactical control role in battle.
As for the flight-driven skateboard, it gives him extremely high mobility, enabling him to quickly traverse the battlefield and appear in the required position to provide support or control.
His combat style has been deeply developed, combining skateboard and guided gun to achieve a combat approach that combines high-speed movement with area suppression, and enhances his tactical adaptability in complex terrain.
Xu Tong is a combat member of Bai Yue Kui's team who combines mobility and control. He usually avoids direct confrontation with the Devouring Beasts, but instead uses the high mobility of his skateboard to move around, waiting for the right moment to use the Source Essence Guiding Gun to guide the beast horde, disrupt their formation, or create a good output environment for his teammates.
"Then it's time for me to get serious."
Armor solidified!
With a short, deep roar, the taciturn man's bare arms, neck, and face were instantly covered with a rough, hard, granite-like grayish-white keratin layer.
This is his awakened ability: solidifying rock. After using this ability, his taciturn skin and muscles instantly gained hardness and strength comparable to alloys.
Maintaining this ability requires a lot of physical strength, and being taciturn won't last long, but it's enough.
The taciturn man took a square shield from behind his back, his arm muscles bulging, and slammed it to the ground like a city gate.
"boom!!!"
The Devouring Beast charged forward with an extremely dull and deafening roar. The base of the shield even shattered the gravel on the ground and embedded itself deeply into the soil. Instantly, this giant shield formed a solid physical barrier.
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Snap!"
The first wave of snake-dogs pounced frantically, their claws and bites landing on the indestructible shield and the taciturn, petrified arm, producing a dense clang of metal on metal and the cracking of bones.
Their attacks were completely ineffective against the square shield; instead, they crashed into it and ended up bleeding profusely.
His taciturn feet were rooted to the spot, and the enormous impact only caused his shoulders to sway slightly.
"Hold on, Yan-ge!" Xia Dou shouted from behind.
He was taciturn, offered no response, and didn't even turn around.
His face, covered by rocks and appearing even more rugged, was expressionless, except for his eyes, which calmly observed the battle situation through the edge of his shield.
At this moment, the distant earth roars emitted a deep, gathering sound, tightened their abdomens, and emitted a dazzling red light from their vocal sacs. Their target seemed to be the taciturn defense line.
"Be careful!"
The shattered stars issued a loud warning; the bowstring was already drawn taut.
Just as the energy blast from the Earth Roar was about to erupt, the taciturn man made a surprising move.
Instead of simply defending, he seized the opportunity during the gap in the earth-roar attack, let out a battle roar, and unleashed his full power, actually pushing the giant shield to launch a short-range charge.
The shield, like a heavy steamroller, knocked down the seven or eight snake-dogs huddled together in front of it. Although it failed to kill them, it instantly cleared a small area, which also caused the Earth Roar to lose its target.
Due to the sudden movement of the target and the cover provided by the pack of snake dogs, most of the energy projectiles from the Earth Roar missed their mark. Only one projectile grazed the edge of the shield and exploded, the scorching shockwave causing the rocky keratin on the Silent One's body to turn slightly black.
"good chance!"
High above, Shattered Star's eyes sharpened. Seizing the brief moment of stun after the Earth Roar's attack, he shot out two arrows like meteors, accurately piercing the sonic sacs of the two Earth Roars.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two explosions rang out, and the earth roared and collapsed.
The taciturn charging momentum had waned, and more snakes and dogs swarmed around it again.
He slammed his shield into the ground again to stabilize the defensive line.
A large, exceptionally strong snake-dog suddenly stood on its hind legs and lunged fiercely over the top of the shield.
Just then, the other large, taciturn hand finally moved, and he suddenly pulled out the heavy armor-piercing hammer that had been hanging behind his waist.
Before leaving the village, these people went to the armory to select weapons. This hammer was even bigger than an adult's head, making it very difficult to swing.
Without any unnecessary movements, he delivered a swift, downward-sweeping blow.
"boom!!"
The heavy hammer, carrying terrifying wind pressure, slammed into the jaw of the large snake-dog.
Pure. Unadorned bursts of immense power.
With a loud cracking sound, the large snake-dog's entire lower jaw, and even part of its skull, was shattered by the hammer blow. Its massive body was sent flying backward by the enormous kinetic energy, knocking over two of its kind.
A heavy blow!
The taciturn man swiftly withdrew his heavy hammer and gripped his shield tightly once more, as if the earth-shattering blow he had just delivered was merely a casual gesture.
His breathing became slightly heavier, and white steam rose from the cracks in the rocks, but his eyes remained steady as he firmly protected his teammates behind him, giving them more opportunities to attack.
That's how taciturn combat works: superb defense, swift advances seizing opportunities to launch surprise attacks.
He is like a rock in the team. No matter how turbulent the beast tide is, as long as he is in front, the team has a fulcrum to rely on.
Under the protection of the taciturn man, Sui Xing was able to draw his bow and shoot arrows with peace of mind, Xu Tong was able to move flexibly, and Xia Dou was able to find opportunities to control the situation.
At the same time, Shattered Star moved to a different location, leaping onto a boulder like a nimble cat. A longbow was already in his hand, and he nocked an arrow and drew it taut.
"Buzz!"
An arrow wreathed in azure light flew from the bowstring with a sharp whistle, piercing the eye socket of a large snake-dog that was lunging at Xia Dou. The powerful impact sent its body flying backward, embedding it in the rock face.
"boom!"
The arrow exploded, bursting open inside the snake-dog's body.
[Slay a large snake-dog, +300 points.] Chen Yuan's system continuously sent out accumulated points.
"Thanks, Sister Xing!"
After Xia Dou finished speaking, her eyes narrowed, and she quickly raised her hand to put on the pair of intricately designed mechanical glasses.
"Awoo~ I choose you!"
She let out a slightly playful low shout, and after activating her ability, the world in Xia Dou's eyes changed through the lens.
The snake-dog pouncing before her was no longer a simple monster; a core within its chest cavity, pulsating violently and radiating a ghostly blue light, was clearly visible in her field of vision.
Countless tiny light threads, representing the flow of source matter signals, are spreading from the spirit core to the entire body of the snake-dog, controlling its every movement.
Xia Dou's pupils contracted slightly, her mental focus intense. She quickly locked onto and analyzed the patterns and frequencies of these source signals through her mechanical glasses.
Her fingertips danced rapidly on the tiny adjustment knob on the side of her glasses, making an almost inaudible "tick-tock" sound.
"Link established... Signal coverage... Synchronization complete!"
In an instant, the snake-dog, whose claws were pouncing in mid-air and about to touch the energy shield that stretched for miles, froze.
A hint of confusion and struggle flashed in its yellow pupils, then the force of its attack suddenly dissipated, and its body fell to Xu Tong's feet with a thud like a puppet with its strings cut, kicking up a cloud of dust.
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Xu Tong knew it was Xia Dou's ability, so he wasn't surprised.
Immediately afterwards, the snake-dog shook its head and stood up again.
But instead of attacking Xu Tong, it suddenly turned around, its yellow pupils locked onto its original companion, while the other one lunged at Shan Da's snake dog.
"Roar!"
A hostile roar burst from its throat, completely different from its previous cries.
The next second, the snake-dog controlled by Xia Dou, like the most loyal guard, suddenly darted out with astonishing speed.
It viciously bit its companion's neck, and the huge impact knocked the unsuspecting snake-dog to the ground.
The two monsters instantly rolled and tore at each other, making sounds of bones shattering and flesh tearing.
The controlled snake-dog attacked with unusual ferocity, completely disregarding its own defense. Every bite and claw aimed straight for its own vitals (the core area), as if it were carrying out an absolute killing command.
In the distance, Xia Dou's brows furrowed slightly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
She could clearly sense the berserk consciousness of the Devouring Beast and the flow of absorbed life essence transmitted through her mechanical glasses.
Forcibly suppressing her instincts and implanting her own commands put a considerable burden on her mental strength.
"Xia Dou, well done!"
"Sui Xing praised, and at the same time shot an arrow to help the controlled snake-dog escape, piercing the claw of its prey beneath it, making it unable to break free."
The sudden betrayal and fearless fighting of this "traitorous" snake-dog successfully attracted the attention of the other two snake-dogs, who rallied their companions and swarmed forward.
On the other side of the battle, Amur took a deep breath, his chest bulged, and he suddenly let out an extremely sharp roar.
An invisible sound wave struck the horde of beasts like a heavy hammer. The four or five snake-dogs within range instantly froze, fell into a brief daze, blue blood seeped from their mouths and noses, and their bodies swayed and fell to the ground.
Qianli seized the opportunity, crossed his arms in front of his chest, activated the device, and a dazzling plasma shield instantly unfolded, sending the two snake-dogs that were attacking from the flanks flying.
Chen Yuan wasn't idle either. With a flash, his nanotech suit granted him terrifying speed, allowing him to directly cut into the most densely populated area of the beast horde.
The left palm cannon was fired instantly, and a beam of blazing white energy blasted the earth roar to pieces.
The nanoparticles in the right arm flowed and instantly reorganized into a high-speed rotating spiral impact drill, which pierced through the other snake-dog along with a boulder with a single thrust.
The battle was almost entirely one-sided and overwhelming.
This team, led by Chen Yuan and Bai Yuekui, had excellent teamwork, a perfect combination of long and short range attacks, and extremely strong individual combat capabilities. Ordinary snake dogs and sporadic earth roars could not provide any effective resistance.
However, the Mana ecosystem reacted extremely quickly.
Just as the Devouring Beasts in the canyon were about to be wiped out, the ground suddenly began to shake violently.
"Boom!"
From the depths of the canyon, a gigantic, mutated earth roar emerged, its size even approaching that of a double-jawed beast.
"It's a big one!"
Shandong frowned, feeling the pressure.
Accompanying the roar of the mutated behemoth was a large horde of Devouring Beasts, who charged at the forefront as the vanguard.
As the vanguard and tank of the team, Shan Da, who looked like a Mongolian, walked at the front with his tall and burly figure. He held a round shield in one hand and a metal hammer in the other, ready for battle.
"Be careful, Shandong University."
Xu Tong's voice came from behind; he was in the middle of a battle and couldn't get away.
"Ah."
Shan Da responded in a low voice, his face expressionless, but he leaned forward slightly, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.