Chapter 249: Earth Dragon Attack

Just then, the rock wall suddenly trembled. The mutated wolfhound looked around warily. In fact, when it dug the tunnel, it had reinforced it with earth-element to prevent instability. However, now, dust scattered, cracks appeared in the rock wall, and the mutated wolfhound started to feel anxious.

The Obsidian Beetle’s tone became serious. It flew into the air, looking at Zhang Mu, and said, “The mutt mentioned that its control over earth-element around here is weakening.”

In simple terms, there is a earth-element mutated beast competing with it for control over nearby earth-element energy.”

“Is the earth-type mutant beast the smell you just sniffed?” Zhang Mu suddenly remembered the faint mutant beast scent in the soil during the mutated wolfhound’s first stop midway.

Obsidian Beetle’s tone was uncertain, “Maybe, we are not very close yet, so I am not sure. The wolfdog is still a low-level mutant beast now. Even if it can control a lot of earth-element, it cannot overpower us. Can we even help?”

Zhang Mu frowned and said, “So, we are completely powerless now, can only wait for that unknown earth-type mutant beast to suddenly emerge from there?”

Obsidian Beetle said seriously, “Yes, we can only wait now, and the most crucial thing is that we really don’t know from which direction, which position it will launch an attack on us, we can only defend passively.”

After hearing this, Zhang Mu immediately activated his mental shield, covering Yuan Rui and Hao Hao, focusing intently on the swirling rock walls in all directions.

Boom!

The passage behind Zhang Mu started to collapse, only the area near the mutated wolfhound remained stable, but now the intact tunnel could only maintain a length of about ten meters.

The fur of the mutated wolfhound began to bristle, this guy was kind of stealing its food, but because they were both earth-type mutant beasts, the wolfdog could now only faintly sense its rapid movement in the soil, but couldn’t grasp the precise direction because this unknown mutant beast’s ability to move in the soil seemed much more adept than the mutated wolfhound, constantly changing directions, seemingly not yet clear about everyone’s details in the tunnel, unwilling to attack directly, but the mutated wolfhound could clearly sense one fact.

It was getting closer and closer, suddenly, under unknown circumstances, the mutated wolfhound felt a large amount of earth-element being mobilized and condensed in a certain direction, it immediately roared towards that direction.

And that direction happened to be right above Zhang Mu and the others’ heads.

It seems like they underestimated Zhang Mu and his friends, thinking they were an easy target. The mutated wolfhound didn’t seem to have much advantage against them. It decided to attack the humans instead of trying to sneak up on them. It completely missed the Obsidian Beetle hiding with its hidden scent.

Thanks to the warning from the mutated wolfhound, Zhang Mu and his friends reacted promptly, staring at the layer of soil in that direction.

Boom!

Just as expected, in the next second, the rock layer suddenly exploded, revealing a long and thick mutated beast covered in rocks, charging straight towards Zhang Mu and the others.

With preparation, Zhang Mu quickly saw the true appearance of the monster. It had no eyes, and its mouth was filled with countless tiny serrated teeth. The rocks on its head resembled a drill, aiming towards Zhang Mu and his friends.

So it was actually a first-level Earth Dragon. What was I thinking?

As Zhang Mu recognized the creature after observing its appearance, it turned out to be a common mutated Earth Dragon from future generations. Its scientific name is something radioactive. Evolvers in the future haven’t figured out the exact reason, but they speculated that the Earth Dragon’s cells were extremely resilient and active, leading to its enlargement when exposed to evolutionary ripples.

However, fully equipped Zhang Mu had activated his strongest mental shield. When the head of the first-level Earth Dragon touched the mental shield, it was abruptly blocked. Despite its inertia and speed, it couldn’t advance an inch, forcefully bringing it to a sudden stop.

If Zhang Mu’s mental shield can’t even defend against the attack of a first-level mutant beast, then there’s no point in staying.

The earth-element mutant beast never expected to be intercepted before it could unleash its ambush from the rock layer it just emerged from, putting a stop to its upcoming actions right from the start.

It still doesn’t understand what is blocking it from the delicious food ahead.

At the same time, the mutated wolfhound’s attack has also arrived. It activated the earth element attached to the rocky walls near the Earth Dragon, forming reinforced earth spikes attempting to pierce the Earth Dragon’s body. Unfortunately, its rocky armor blocked the attack, only sparking and scattering soil debris, without causing any harm to its body.

In a battle between mutant beasts of the same element and strength level, the likelihood of causing serious injuries at once is very low. By using more techniques, they naturally elevate their energy resistance to another level.

The Earth Dragon seemed to have realized it had gotten into big trouble. It tried to retreat its body, only to find itself firmly restrained by an invisible net.

It was Zhang Mu’s mental shield, with its maximum range originally being one meter around Zhang Mu. It wasn’t fully unleashed before, but now it had silently expanded to its maximum range, trapping the Earth Dragon’s head firmly.

Zhang Mu’s Obsidian dagger had begun to rotate within the range of the mental shield. Just as he was about to quickly deal with the situation, something unexpected happened to everyone.

With a sharp sound, a part of the Earth Dragon’s head was actually torn off, trembling within the mental shield, while the rest of its body swiftly retreated back along the same tunnel it had come from. In the split second the mutated wolfhound was distracted, the hole above Zhang Mu’s head was now empty.

The Earth Dragon abandoned its body and ran away?

Zhang Mu watched the Earth Dragon struggling inside his mental shield and suddenly laughed, “No wonder it can still run with just its head left. I forgot, this guy doesn’t have a head or tail distinction.”

“Uncle, what is this? It looks so ugly, is it a snake?” Yuan Rui looked at the convulsing Earth Dragon, feeling a chill down her spine, taking a few steps back, and asked Zhang Mu.

“Snake? It’s just a little earthworm.”

Zhang Mu pulled off the Earth Dragon’s head and threw it towards the mutated wolfhound, saying, “Treat, eat it.”

The mutated wolfhound didn’t mind and started tearing and eating, the earth-element energy was very strong.

Watching the mutated wolfhound enjoy its meal, Zhang Mu’s faint voice echoed in the narrow passage.

“Hurry and eat, once you’re full, then continue working.”

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