Monster, come to my bowl

"Help!"

"Monster! There's a monster!"

“Ah~~Ah~~”

Just as Cai Ji was emo, a terrified scream came from outside.

Bang!

Cai Ji was so frightened that he immediately closed the gate and snapped all the bolts.

Then, he quickly ran to the doghouse, picked up Wangcai who was shivering inside, and then rushed into his bedroom.

After entering the room, he quickly closed the doors and windows, then inserted the spare large door bolts and window partitions, and finally moved out a few wooden stakes to prop up the back of the doors and windows.

Since monster attacks on villages happen from time to time, the people in this world have built shelters in their homes to deal with emergencies.

Some families dug cellars, while others built stone houses.

Some wealthy families would even spend a lot of money to turn their own courtyards into defensive fortresses.

Cai Ji did not have enough money to buy stones, nor did he have the energy to dig a cellar, so he could only use ordinary bricks and stones to reinforce his small bedroom, and supplement it with some wood for support.

Such a shelter was adequate for dealing with ordinary monsters that occasionally wandered into the town in the past, but it seemed vulnerable at this moment!

Because what attacked tonight was exactly the Iron-backed Centipede mentioned by several demon-suppressing guards during the day!

Not one!

But they came out in full force!

Click!

Cai Ji had just closed the doors and windows when he heard a muffled sound coming from the door.

He turned around and immediately broke out in a sweat.

Two dark red "curved daggers" suddenly appeared on the thick door panel, and then they clamped in the middle, easily making a big hole in the door!

It turns out that these two things are not curved daggers, but the poisonous claws of the iron-backed centipede!

When it comes to the iron-back centipede, outsiders may not know much about it.

But the common people of Nanshan Town are terrified by it!

Because these monsters are lurking in the mountains northwest of Nanshan Town, in a cave called Centipede Cave.

An adult iron-back centipede is nearly six feet long. It usually likes to act alone and often sneaks into nearby villages and towns to steal things and even attack civilians.

This centipede not only has a shell as hard as steel, but is also extremely agile, able to climb walls and trees as if walking on flat ground. Its pair of dagger-like claws are not only highly poisonous, but can also pierce armor.

Ordinary people can neither defeat it nor catch up with it.

Even the ninth-rank demon-suppressing guards stationed in the town can only kill lone iron-backed centipedes. Once they encounter a group of centipedes moving in groups, they can only choose to flee.

At this moment, the number of iron-backed centipedes attacking Nanshan Town is astonishingly large!

Click!

As soon as the hole appeared on the door panel, another terrifying sound came from the window. The wooden board against the window was torn apart by the poisonous claws of another iron-backed centipede.

Cai Ji was frightened when he saw this.

However, although he was frightened, he had already survived in this world for eight years and knew that being timid was not a solution and he had to fight to the death.

Although I am no match for these monsters.

But if you give it a try, at least you won't become a coward after you die.

"Go to hell!"

Seeing a centipede head bigger than a fist poking in from the window, Cai Ji cursed angrily and swung the kitchen knife in his hand to chop it.

clang!

As expected, the heavy kitchen knife only made a sound of metal clashing when it hit the centipede's head, but did not cut its head open, and did not even leave a scar.

Although the knife did not hurt the iron-backed centipede, the violent shock made it feel a little threatened.

It instinctively retracted its head back out of the window and did not continue to move in.

At the same time, another centipede that had bitten through the door panel also began to drill into the hole.

Cai Ji turned around and saw this situation, and struck again with a knife.

clang!

The second centipede was hit and also shrank back.

"It seems... there is a chance?!"

When Cai Ji saw that the two centipedes had shrunk back, a glimmer of hope emerged in his heart.

He knew that his bedroom, which was used as a 'shelter', had only one door and one window. In order to prevent sneak attacks from monsters, the door and window were deliberately made very narrow.

The iron-backed centipede outside is as thick as a human arm, and its body takes up even more space when its two rows of densely packed claws are spread out.

So, it is impossible for them to pour in in large quantities through the holes in the doors and windows at the same time.

Therefore, as long as Cai Ji insists on adopting the strategy of "whoever shows his head will be killed" and prevents them from entering the house, he can hold out for a while.

The longer you hold on, the greater your chances of being rescued by the Demon-Suppressing Guards.

As for why Cai Ji felt that he could only hold on for a short while, the reason was simple.

The reason why monsters are monsters is that, in addition to their naturally strong physiques, their IQs are also far higher than those of ordinary creatures.

Even though the iron-back centipede is just an arthropod, its intelligence should not be underestimated.

The fact is just as Cai Ji expected!

When he adopted the whack-a-mole strategy and guarded the doors and windows for less than half a cup of tea, he failed.

After the centipede on the window was chopped with a kitchen knife several times, it seemed to have come to its senses!

When Cai Ji swung the knife at it again, it suddenly changed its previous stubborn style, unexpectedly raised its neck, and bit the kitchen knife in the air hard!

Just hear the sound of "clang"!

Although the heavy kitchen knife was not bitten off by the centipede on the spot, it was tightly clamped by its poisonous claws.

Cai Ji instinctively wanted to pull out the knife, but the strength in his hands was no match for the Iron-backed Centipede.

Whoosh!

The iron-backed centipede simply shook its head back violently, and the kitchen knife flew out of his hand and fell directly into the yard outside the window.

Cai Ji discovered that his weapon had slipped out of his hand and knew that something was wrong.

"Oh, you're so annoying!" He gritted his teeth and cursed, then picked up the door-knocking stick next to him and continued his fight like a trapped beast.

And the monster outside the door no longer wanted to waste time with him.

Bang! !

With a muffled sound, a new hole suddenly appeared on another part of the door panel, and another iron-backed centipede drilled in, shaking its head.

The two centipedes attacked from the doors and windows at the same time.

They actually cooperated with each other!

When Cai Ji saw three centipedes crawling into the house at the same time, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

"Get out! Get out! Get out!" He screamed loudly, raised the door-bar in his hand and smashed the doors and windows, starting his last dying struggle.

However, the centipedes were covered in iron armor and were not afraid of a mere wooden stick.

They came in one after another, attacked with sticks, and began to hunt Cai Ji!

After the three centipedes entered the room, they immediately formed a V-shaped encirclement and raised their upper bodies to surround him.

Swish!

The centipede in front of him took the lead in attacking.

While making a terrible hissing sound, it opened its poisonous claws, then arched its back and bit towards Cai Ji fiercely!

Cai Ji didn't care about his fear and subconsciously raised the door-blocking stick and swept it forward, barely blocking its attack.

But at the same time, the second centipede also launched a sneak attack.

Seeing that Cai Ji was busy dealing with its own kind in front of it, the centipede actually opened its poisonous claws and silently attacked the target's butt.

Fortunately, Cai Ji was lucky today.

The door-blocking stick in his hand was five feet long. After blocking the centipede in front of him, he instinctively retracted the stick and swung it in front of him.

Bang!

The tail of the stick happened to hit the second centipede's head, knocking its body crooked, and the sneak attack failed.

however……

Some things can be done once or twice but not three times!

Although Cai Ji was lucky enough to avoid the attacks of the first two centipedes, he failed to dodge the third one.

Phew!

A muffled sound!

The third iron-backed centipede took advantage of Cai Ji's distraction and suddenly thrust its head forward, stabbing his lower back with its pair of poisonous pincers...