Chen Bugu had already prepared to use "Recall" the moment his legs were broken.
This skill was his reliance for daring to rush into the beast tide and kill the brainworm.
When he saw the mocking expression on the brainworm's face, he already felt the scales of victory tipping in his favor.
The Rock Armor Bear turned into rubble, and the moment he began to fall to the ground, he activated "Recall."
The power of time enveloped him, the pain from his legs instantly vanished, and his almost depleted mental energy was like a dry spring, gushing forth with "sweet spring water" again.
The instant his feet touched the ground, Chen Bugu saw the brainworm was only seven or eight meters away from him.
So he leaned forward, pushed off the ground with his legs, and lunged towards the brainworm.
At the same time, "Bullet Time" activated, and Chen Bugu, holding the Jade Ripple, fired a "Rainstorm Arrow" at the nearby brainworm.
The moment Chen Bugu continuously drew his bow, he also saw the brainworm's expression change drastically.
But even if it fled in a panic, everything was too late.
Under the influence of the rain, every water arrow was enhanced; they were like high-speed cutting water blades, continuously bombarding the brainworm's fragile body surface.
Chen Bugu clearly saw the water arrows smash the brainworm's disgusting face, then explode on the ground.
Although brainworms are intelligent creatures, they mostly survive by parasitism, and their own bodies are weak and vulnerable.
Chen Bugu's "Rainstorm Arrow" consisted of nearly fifty or sixty shots, and the brainworm was utterly annihilated after taking less than 10 arrows.
At this moment, a large surge of energy poured into Chen Bugu's body.
He only felt warmth throughout his body, as comfortable as being immersed in a hot spring.
This Black Iron Eight-Star brainworm, although possessing intelligence comparable to humans and wide-ranging mental control abilities, had a ridiculously weak physical body.
However, fortunately, the energy level was still a genuine Eight-Star.
Killing this brainworm directly brought Chen Bugu's energy strength to the upper Black Iron Seven Stars level; he was not far from Black Iron Eight-Star.
However, Chen Bugu had no time to rejoice at this moment.
After the brainworm died, the Magic Beasts that had surrounded him all paused, then erupted into chaos, crashing in all directions.
Only one Magic Beast seemed unaffected, its target still clear: the Hellfire Salamander.
It continued to charge recklessly, its four large feet casually trampling several low-level Magic Beasts to death, yet it was still as swift as the wind, now less than a hundred meters from Chen Bugu.
Chen Bugu did not dare to relax in the slightest, after all, this was a Nine-Star Magic Beast.
The Hellfire Salamander's speed was extremely fast; its massive body did not affect its speed at all, and even though Chen Bugu retreated rapidly after killing the brainworm, he was still caught up to.
Even when Chen Bugu entered "Bullet Time," he could only barely keep up with the Hellfire Salamander's speed.
The Hellfire Salamander opened its mouth and spat out a huge blue fireball; Chen Bugu quickly did a backflip to dodge and took the opportunity to turn back and fire three arrows consecutively.
Unfortunately, the sharp water arrows only dislodged a few scales when they struck the Hellfire Salamander's surface.
Taking advantage of "Bullet Time," Chen Bugu seized the opportunity to change direction and ran straight towards the city wall.
He was currently too weak to fight a Nine-Star Magic Beast and could only hope that Master Fran still had the strength to fight.
Just as his mental energy was about to be unable to sustain "Bullet Time," Chen Bugu finally ran back to the base of the city wall.
The Magic Beast army, now without the brainworm's command, was clearly much more chaotic.
Many Magic Beasts had already retreated on their own, but more inherently ferocious Magic Beasts were still attacking the city wall.
The humans still huddled together and struggling on the city wall, their stored energy attracting greedy Magic Beasts to continue their assault on the wall.
And at the base of the city wall, several dwarves were constantly swinging their weapons, repelling the surrounding Magic Beasts.
However, as more and more Magic Beasts noticed them, the situation became precarious.
These dwarves were getting more and more severely wounded, and some had already been devoured by Magic Beasts, but the remaining ones still did not retreat a single step.
Because behind them, Master Fran lay in a pool of blood, his body rising and falling slowly, seemingly with only one breath left.
Chen Bugu instantly understood that Master Fran was in critical condition.
After the Hellfire Salamander left, this small dwarf team saw an opportunity, so they rushed down to rescue their leader, but unexpectedly found themselves unable to return.
One of the fighting dwarves saw Chen Bugu running towards the city wall, and the Hellfire Salamander following him, and despair inevitably showed in his eyes.
Although he had already guessed that Master Fran's condition would not be too good from the moment the Hellfire Salamander pursued Chen Bugu.
But seeing with his own eyes the short-tempered dwarf master, who constantly threatened to smash people's heads, now lying on the ground with only one breath left, still filled him with sorrow.
Chen Bugu could no longer run.
The consumption of mental energy forced him out of "Bullet Time"; although he was now at the base of the city, the remaining twenty-some meters felt like an insurmountable chasm.
With his speed reduced, he no longer dared to expose his back to the Hellfire Salamander, so he hastily turned his body around.
Indeed, the moment he exited "Bullet Time," the distance between him and the Hellfire Salamander was rapidly closed.
A huge tail covered in many dark red scales lashed towards Chen Bugu's body.
Chen Bugu felt a powerful gust of wind strike him even before the tail, his eyes flashed with purple light, and "Mental Shock" slammed into the Hellfire Salamander's head.
In the instant the Hellfire Salamander was disoriented, its tail, which had been whipping like a giant whip, slowed down slightly.
Chen Bugu quickly took out his Wind Gale Dagger and slashed with all his might at the Hellfire Salamander's tail, the blade colliding with the scales, instantly sparking fire.
The next moment, the Rapid Wind Dagger was knocked flying, and Chen Bugu himself was still blasted away like a cannonball.
He slammed heavily against the city wall, feeling as if his body was about to fall apart, a warmth in his throat, and then he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
The power of the Nine-Star Magic Beast made him feel as if he had been hit by a huge truck in that instant.
Chen Bugu smiled bitterly; if he could have dodged, he would not have taken this blow head-on.
At this moment, the hand that had just held the dagger was still trembling slightly; due to overexertion, the web of his hand had split, and he could not exert any strength with his hands.
Only after confronting a Nine-Star Magic Beast did Chen Bugu begin to admire Master Fran; knowing he was no match, he still gambled his life to hold off such a monster for so long.
Seeing the Hellfire Salamander rushing towards him again, Chen Bugu had already decided that he would enter "Bullet Time" again, even at the risk of mental exhaustion.
As long as he could return to his companions before fainting, perhaps he still had a chance to survive.
As for the rest, he was helpless and could only leave it to fate.
Just as Chen Bugu decided to go all out, a figure suddenly descended from the sky, landing in front of him.
The person lifted a dark blue Tang-style horizontal saber and seemingly weakly swung it forward.
"Calm the Storm"
Chen Bugu only heard three words, followed by a blue saber light, more than ten meters long, that slashed horizontally from in front of him.
The saber light brought a gust of strong wind, sweeping across countless Magic Beasts.
The previously noisy battlefield fell into dead silence for an instant, followed by the neat, simultaneous slide of the upper halves of countless Magic Beasts; their owners could no longer make any sound.
Only the Hellfire Salamander let out a mournful howl, the scales on its two forelimbs shattered, and blood splattered.
Seeing who it was, Chen Bugu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It was Liu Chengfeng…
