Chapter 290 Suppression (1/2)

Bronze was an extremely good conductor of electricity. The statue was racked with painful jolts of electricity as it laid motionless. The arcs of lightning were so incredibly dense and powerful that they materialized as thick, golden chains that bound the statue to the ground.

The battle was over before Luo Qian could carry out even one of the many strategies he had thought of before the skirmish.

Staring at Gao Peng and the Thunder Shell Lord in disbelief, he opened his mouth to say something but wisely decided against it.

This had all seemed too easy to him, over in a flash.

Deep down, though, he knew. It wasn't that the statue was weak. The Thunder Shell Lord was just that strong. As expected of that man's familiar, to be able to take down a reincarnated Sage King in the blink of an eye.

[Monster Name]: Animated Bronze Statue (Sage King)

[Monster Condition]: Slightly Hurt (Paralyzed)

A close subordinate whispered slyly in his ear, ”Commander, is it possible that the statue expended too much strength against our men earlier and is running on fumes now?”

Luo Qian smiled humorlessly. ”Why don't you take Mr. Gao's place?”

The man grinned bashfully. He could tell the difference in their abilities, so he took the hint and shut his mouth.

Gao Peng had extraordinary hearing. Even though Luo Qian was at least 65 feet away from him, he heard their little exchange as clear as day.

He had a growing respect for Luo Qian, the clever man. If he had wanted to burn bridges, Gao Peng would have had no problem playing along. The minute the Thunder Shell Lord stopped releasing its electricity, the bronze statue would instantly spring to life and decimate every officer present.

Gao Peng couldn't help but admire the statue's incredible defense. Even after being subjected to countless lightning-based attacks, there was barely a scratch on it. Given that it was actually weak to lightning, its physical defense must have been even more formidable.

It wasn't without weaknesses, though. The lightning attacks had basically rendered it helpless. If its other weak points had been exposed at the same time, it wouldn't have been able to last as long as it had.

Gao Peng wasn't really too impressed with a Lord-tier creature with such an obvious weakness.

To evolve a Lord-tier creature into an Emperor-tier one would take too much time. If statues like this one were reanimating all over the world, there were surely better ones he could work with.

It would be a huge hassle to transport the statue back to the Southern Sky group. Because it needed to be constantly suppressed with lightning, a normal truck wouldn't do. Even if the truck could handle the lightning, there was no way a normal human driver could.

Eventually, Southern Sky deployed a heavily modified truck to bring the statue back. The container was made of a special insulated material, and the inside was also lined with a special kind of bark that had strong insulating properties.

Once the statue was loaded into the container, the Thunder Shell Lord laid quietly behind it, suppressing it with a constant flow of electrical energy.

After an hour, they were almost home. At this point, the dark purple shell on the Thunder Shell Lord's back had paled considerably. With it's fine claws, it tapped the floor lightly, as though saying, ”I need a break.”

Gao Peng could tell how exhausted it was. After all, it couldn't have been easy suppressing a Lord-tier creature, whether it was weak to lightning or not.

Once they reached the Southern Sky Group, they entered through the side. The statue, which was still putting up a rather spirited fight, quieted suddenly.

Finally, the statue was unloaded by the lake. The truck driver looked quizzically at the statue before flooring it out of there.