I Start with a Mysterious Island

Chapter 564: Chapter 365: A Bizarre Superpower, Mass Mutation

It was quite surprising to the beast that these weak humans had withstood the assault for over ten minutes without being crushed.

The guards and bandits, who had been filled with despair, found their confidence soaring. After withstanding the assault for more than ten minutes, they saw that the seemingly endless Centipede Swarm surrounding them had failed to breach their defensive line.

This outcome wasn’t entirely unexpected. After all, the combined forces of the guards and bandits numbered over three hundred, and more than half of them were Cultivators.

With the help of their fortifications and fueled by a desperate will to survive, they could stand firm as a rock against the assault, so long as they fought with all their might against the ordinary, black giant centipedes.

If it weren’t for the giant centipede monster on the verge of breaking through to the Peak of Tier Two, these desperately fighting humans might have ultimately triumphed and survived.

Unfortunately, reality is harsh, and there are no ’what ifs’.

The giant centipede monster, which had been watching from the sidelines, grew quite annoyed seeing its minions fail to breach the human defense line after such a prolonged assault.

’My minions are utterly useless,’ it thought. ’They can’t even handle a handful of weak humans. This is a disgrace!’

’Still, if I just keep watching, my losses will only mount. No matter how useless they are, they’re my minions, after all.’

"ROAR..."

The giant centipede monster, no longer content to watch from the sidelines, finally entered the fray. It didn’t charge forward to attack the desperately fighting humans. Instead, it stood its ground and let out an ear-piercing shriek.

A faint golden Spiritual Light flashed in the terrifying Mutant Beast’s eyes as an invisible wave of energy emanated from its body, spreading in all directions.

A shocking scene unfolded. As the invisible wave of energy swept over the black giant centipedes surrounding the giant centipede monster, their bodies began to mutate.

The pitch-black, 1.2-meter-long centipedes began to grow explosively. Within seconds, their bodies stretched to two meters in length, and the black armor on their backs grew visibly thicker.

A guard swung his Wolf Fang Club, bringing it down hard on one of the black centipedes that had been mutated by the Superpower.

BANG.

A blow that would have normally killed a black centipede in one hit surprisingly failed to finish it off.

The black armor, though struck by the Wolf Fang Club, merely showed numerous cracks.

"Shit, this thing got stronger!" the guard with the Wolf Fang Club cried out in alarm.

The black centipede he had struck immediately lunged at him, its massive, tooth-filled maw snapping at his head.

BANG.

The quick-thinking guard swung his arm, batting away the mutated centipede with his Wolf Fang Club. He pressed his advantage, raining a flurry of savage blows on the creature’s head before it could right itself.

BANG! BANG! BANG!...

CRUNCH...

After more than a dozen heavy blows, the guard with the Wolf Fang Club finally crushed the mutated centipede’s head.

"Hah..."

Although he had killed the mutated centipede, the guard with the Wolf Fang Club was left breathless and exhausted. He felt no joy in the kill.

Killing a single mutated centipede now took far more stamina than before. For the defenders, this was a grim and despairing realization.

The situation was just as the guard with the Wolf Fang Club had feared. The humans, who had just been gaining confidence in their ability to repel the Centipede Swarm, felt their morale plummet upon discovering how much tougher the mutated centipedes had become.

"Damn it, these mutated centipedes are so hard to kill!" a bandit yelled in anguish. He was utterly exhausted after finally killing one of the creatures with great effort.

The words had barely left his mouth when someone nearby shouted a warning, "Watch your back!"

The bandit who had cried out spun around just in time to see a black shape lunging at him—a mutated centipede that had quietly flanked him.

"Aaah!"

Already exhausted, the bandit stood no chance of dodging the sneak attack. The ferocious mutated centipede tackled him to the ground in an instant.

Encased in thick armor, the mutated centipede was incredibly heavy, far outweighing a grown man. After pinning the bandit, it opened its massive jaws and lunged for his head.

The bandit jerked his head aside, narrowly avoiding a fatal bite, but the creature’s fangs sank deep into his shoulder.

Venom flooded into the bandit’s body from the wound. He tried to struggle, but the poison spread rapidly. A wave of weakness washed over him, and the hands he had pressed against the mutated centipede fell limply to his sides.

"CHITTER CHITTER CHITTER..."

Sensing its prey could no longer resist, the mutated centipede let out a triumphant chitter, opened its massive jaws, and lunged for the helpless bandit’s head.

"Son of a bitch..."

The Bandit Leader cut down a mutated centipede, then saw one of his men pinned to the ground. He cursed, leaping forward and running the other mutated centipede through with his sword.

THUD.

He kicked the dead mutated centipede away and looked down at his man. The bandit’s eyes were vacant, and he was foaming at the mouth. His skin had already turned black, a clear sign the centipede’s venom had ravaged his entire body. He was beyond saving.

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