[The battle ahead will be fierce. If you feel nervous, scared, or stiff in your limbs, this is completely normal - this is the case for new recruits. 】
[When that time comes, you only need to do one thing: think back over and over again what I am saying now to concentrate.]
The black sword rushed through countless obstacles and obstacles, killing the blood magician at an astonishing speed. The shadow of the swordsmanship of the Northland Army was vaguely visible in his movements.
Thales was hugged by Black Sword with one arm, and he tried his best to raise his head amidst the air whistling past his ears.
In his hand he held tightly the strange Purifying Blade.
Following the black sword, he charged forward at great speed.
[Those two men, even if they are both rare extreme masters, even if they are armed with powerful legendary anti-demon weapons - I still have a hunch: they will eventually lose. ]
[Blood Disaster - That seemingly harmless little girl is an extremely terrifying opponent. In the past twelve years, she is the only existence that can make me feel fear and tension at the same time. 】
In the howling cold wind that stung people unable to open their eyes, the second prince opened his mouth and struggled to grab the air that floated past his mouth to maintain his breathing.
He couldn't help but think of Black Sword's last words before they charged:
[Her terror is not in her weird power or infinite strength, but in the fact that she truly has what I call a "strong" heart - even though she is as powerful as she is, she is still calm, cautious, decisive, and seizes everything.
Opportunities, never underestimate any opponent, react quickly and respond promptly.】
[Even if she occasionally shows madness, it will not affect her attitude and instinct towards fighting at all.]
[That monster has a profound understanding of combat, a thorough understanding, and rich experience. I have only seen it in a few people.]
When Black Sword took Thales out of the first step, the time traveler's mind went blank.
It was as if he was back on the cliff in the sky, falling rapidly towards the bottom of the cliff a hundred meters below.
Until the first tentacle of the hydra appeared in front of my eyes, the terrifying sizzling sound of flesh rubbing against flesh passed through my ears.
Black Sword calmly grabbed his hand and waved the Blade of Purification.
"laugh!"
The ashes turned by the tentacles flew before his eyes.
Only then did Thales regain his breath, and a variety of emotions suddenly hit his heart.
Nervous, scared, apprehensive, but also a little excited and excited.
【We have to understand one thing first.】
[That is: that monster, the Blood Calamity - has never faced us in his true form. 】
Thales thought about this and gritted his teeth slightly.
He thought over Heijian's words over and over in his mind, digesting the shock and surprise just now.
[The "she" standing in front of us is a fake body created from flesh and blood. 】
[This is the information I gained from her two battles, wandering between life and death, and paying for it with blood.]
[In other words, it is not as you said: the legendary anti-demon weapon cannot seal the monster. 】
[But those who tried to seal her were unable to lock her true body among countless flesh and blood.]
Thales frowned slightly and looked at the gentle girl in front of him.
Not the real person?
In the distance, "Giza" raised his head and looked at them with a strange expression.
This... even the "Giza" that appeared after defeating two legendary anti-demon weapons - is it fake?
So, in the birch forest, when Sonia shattered "her" under the Supreme Shield...
How could she appear unscathed?
"Whoa!" A scream pierced the air.
Two medium-sized tentacles moved up and down, sweeping across.
[Facing her, we must exhaust all possibilities, seize every advantage, and bet all the chips, just for the final victory. 】
【Start by finding her true identity.】
Thales only felt the surging power surge inside Black Sword's body, and the latter immediately trembled in his steps and stepped lightly on a low stone pier.
They jumped up to a foot high.
The black sword turned incredibly in the air, barely sliding between the two tentacles.
[First of all, it is the time to attack - when the two men completely failed and she killed her, that was the moment we entered the battlefield. 】
[Whether she was hesitant, suspicious, or simply distracted at that time, it was a precious and slight advantage for us, even if it could only save us half a second of charging time to get close to her fake body.]
Thales, who was facing up in mid-air, watched helplessly as one of the tentacles flashed before his eyes.
In the distance of his sight, he could vaguely see the exhausted Nikolai on the ground - the figure of the Fallen Star who fought hard and was finally submerged in the dense pile of tentacles.
There was a piece of tissue in the tentacle that looked like half a tongue. It passed Thales's nose, and it conveyed the disgusting smell of blood and sour smell.
Thales suppressed the discomfort in his stomach and throat, forcing himself not to close his eyes - he wanted to see his enemy clearly.
All possible.
All advantages.
All chips.
He gritted his teeth and repeated Heijian's words in his heart over and over again:
[Secondly, it is our offensive - once the war begins, we will immediately reveal the legendary anti-magic weapons that are like the natural enemies of the magician. After shocking her, we will make her immersed in surprise and suspicion for even one second longer, thereby exposing more
flaw.】
[It also attracts more of her attention - on me.]
The black sword tightly held the hand holding his sword, and the blade of the Pure World sword flew forward, sliding past the two tentacles one by one, and at the same time, it cut two wounds on them.
The tentacles quickly shrank and turned black, as if they were instantly scorched, and finally turned into ashes.
They were only thirty meters away from "Giza".
In the distance, the blood magician who was paying attention here softly said "Hey".
"Giza" breathed in slowly, and the blood-colored markings on his face began to tremble slightly.
That's right.
In addition to the soul-slaying gun and the soul-severing blade...the third legendary anti-demon weapon.
What a night full of surprises.
The flying ashes stained Thales' face and mixed with the melted snow.
The next moment, Thales felt his whole body tremble - Black Sword's legs fell to the ground, and he regained his balance with a gentle push of his left hand on the ground.
The momentum remains unabated and moves forward indomitably.
The oncoming cold wind quickly turned the snow on Thales' face into ice crystals. The little prince bared his teeth for a while, and then they slipped off his frozen face.
A huge tentacle strikes out of thin air!
I saw it instantly split into countless small tentacles, intercepting the black sword from all directions and angles visible from the front.
As if he was desperate to stop them.
And they can't avoid it.
Thales is already prepared: the Black Sword will use his world-purifying edge to carve out a path of survival with flesh and blood flying everywhere and ashes everywhere.
Until Heijian dwarfed himself and faced hundreds of terrifying snake-like tentacles, power surged within his body and he immediately spun around.
In surprise and doubt, Tails suddenly became dizzy.
[The direction of our breakthrough must also be carefully considered - find a path full of ruins and obstacles to provide us with the best vision and defensive cover, even if it can only cover an inch of our body and ward off an attack. 】
The road Black Sword chose was a dirt road full of obstacles. There were many houses that had collapsed due to the fierce battle between the two magicians.
After they turned into a destroyed low house, an earth wall blocked them from countless small tentacles.
The group of flesh and blood limbs attacked almost in a large area, covering far more than the earth wall, and only the tentacles scattered around were seen flying past the earth wall.
"boom!"
The tentacles concentrated in the center exerted force mercilessly, smashing the earth wall into pieces!
Earth and rocks flew towards Thales' face, but the black sword raised his arm and blocked part of it.
However, at the moment when the earth wall shattered and the tentacles that shattered the earth wall were weakened, the black sword moved again.
Strange power spread across his legs, and the black sword with a calm expression accelerated instantly!
"Wow..."
He saw the black sword facing him head-on, breaking into the broken pieces of the earth wall, squeezing into the weakest gap, and letting the splashing earth and rocks rub against other parts of his body, leaving countless blood marks.
Thales closed his eyes tightly and felt the dust and earth and stones brushing against his face.
Against the splashing earth and rocks, the black sword tightly grasped Thales' hand, and with a light stroke of the Purifying Edge, the sword slashed through five or six small tentacles in front of the earth wall.
The fishy and burning smell filled Thales's nose, and ashes turned into flesh and blood were scattered around them.
The black sword broke through this earth wall, and they rushed out five meters again.
[Only by cherishing every drop of water and every opportunity in battle just like a desert traveler cherishes, can we accumulate a small amount into a large amount and build a wall of sand into a wall - victory and survival are based on the meticulous care of every detail.]
【Especially when faced with the disaster of blood.】
Relying on the strange and rare finishing power, the black sword moved left and right under the crazy attack of the hydra, and occasionally used the Purifying Edge to open the way. The path under their feet stirred up bursts of dust, and the flying snow set off the
, getting more and more hazy.
But Thales could only grit his teeth and persevere, enduring the dual torture brought about by the extreme speed and cold.
He only felt that the black sword was tightening on his right arm, almost cutting him into two pieces.
However, they are getting closer and closer to "Giza".
Less than twenty meters remain.
[When we break through to a certain distance, you will enter her field of vision.]
"Giza" saw clearly the boy in Heijian's arms.
She then smiled.
"I see, I was still wondering why Kilika couldn't find you after searching all over the place..." the magician said softly, her clear voice ringing in my ears.
While moving, dodging, breaking through, and fighting at extremely high speeds, Thales could vaguely see the terrifying expression of the Blood Magician as the black sword charged wildly.
[My condition is very bad and I am not allowed to remain in the charging state for too long, but fortunately, we have the Purifying Edge, which can ensure that we are not affected by her ability - at least we will not be suddenly captured by her weird flesh and blood manipulation
.]
"So you found yourself a new guard. What an amazing kid..."
"Giza" glanced at the expressionless black sword with extraordinary skills, watching their charging figures getting closer and closer.
"Don't worry," the blood-colored markings branched out into new branches again on Giza's face, making her smile look even weirder: "Everything will be over soon."
Thales's heart trembled.
[If her target is you - at such a close distance, facing a weak prey that is determined to win, she has a great chance of not retreating. Relying on the advantage of "cannot be sealed" as you said, she can win in the shortest possible time.
Deal with me and get you.】
Giza suddenly raised his hands!
"Pfft!"
The multi-headed snake Kilika behind her roared, and six giant tentacles sprouted from its body.
Amidst the exaggerated earthquakes and noises, these giant tentacles attacked them from the ground, underground, and mid-air.
【That's our chance.】
Giant tentacles of flesh and blood blocked the road in front of them.
Black Sword calmly held Thales' right hand.
At that moment, Heijian turned his gaze and looked in one direction with a cold expression.
"Ugh..."
The tentacles all split open, and from the flesh and blood tissue composed of severed limbs, countless dark monsters with long, narrow limbs, like spiders the size of a child, but whose body was covered with ferocious spikes, instantly popped out.
The monsters landed one after another, and then trembled one after another, and the bone spurs on their bodies instantly stretched out like blades.
[Her true body should be hidden in those disgusting flesh and blood creations: underground, in the tentacles, in the big monster, or in any possible flesh and blood - just like water is merged into the sea, and trees are hidden in the forest. ]
[We need to find her true identity among the countless piles of flesh and blood.]
"Hiss..."
Like starved larvae, the monsters opened an organ from their bodies and emitted a horrifying hissing sound.
The next moment, like countless beggars on the street surrounding the rich, scrambling for alms, the dark monsters raised their "heads" one after another, and then swung their limbs, running, jumping, rolling, crawling, and even
Several monsters spread out the same ugly black wings in the air, overwhelming and densely surrounding Black Sword and Thales!
At that moment, the smiling "Giza" standing in front of them was obscured by these scary little things.
"Hiss...hiss..."
Thales was startled, and his scalp gradually became numb as he looked at the terrifying scene in front of him.
[The Blood Magician is extremely good at absorbing experience in battle and quickly turning it into combat power. For enemies and methods that have been encountered before - such as me - when we meet for the second time, there will be corresponding new ones immediately.
Means to counterattack.]
This means...
The same move used a second time will be ineffective against the remaining fighters - bah bah...
Thales threw away unnecessary thoughts and tried his best to concentrate on himself.
He is in the most dangerous battle.
Can't be distracted.
Thales faced the cold wind blowing in his face, half-opening his eyes in pain, feeling that even his heart was about to jump out of his chest during the high-speed movement.
He bit his lip and could only concentrate by constantly recalling what Heijian had said before.
[The first time we fought, I used ‘Ji Zhen’—a move I learned and modified from a Extreme Assassin—to slide away her tentacles.]
[However, when we met again in the alley for the second time, as soon as I used 'Extreme Shock' again, she immediately changed her strategy and used a new method - flesh and blood re-deformed, and used sharp and sharp bone spurs to defeat this move. 】
"Did you see it? Monsters with bone spurs," Black Sword's words came to his ears intermittently over the sound of the wind: "They exist specifically to suppress my 'tremor'."
Thales took a deep breath and focused his gaze on those dark monsters.
Their shapes themselves were ferocious, but once their staggering number was added to them - Thales only felt horrified.
It felt like black locusts the size of a child, swarming in thousands, overwhelmingly rushing towards him.
Black Sword did not hesitate and rushed towards the group of monsters in front of him, as if what he saw in front of him was not a life-threatening danger, but a wonderful dream.
[So, in the second fight, in just a few seconds, I was suppressed by her. 】
【I almost died at the hands of these little monsters.】
This time, the black sword no longer retains, no longer uses tricks, and no longer saves effort.
Thales felt the black sword beside him tremble, and a real pulse surged out from deep within his body.
He knew: This was the sin of the Hell River.
One that is more powerful, proficient, and 10,000 times more effective than Thales' own strength - the Sin of the Hell River that belongs exclusively to the Black Sword.
The chill that was originally lingering on the surface of his body penetrated into Thales's heart in a substantial way, making him tremble all over.
Thales felt that the man beside him became different.
Black Sword's expression became solemn and gloomy.
His vague aura began to become fierce and rough, and the muscles on his body began to swell vaguely.
The pupils of Black Sword's already resolute and sharp eyes slowly widened, taking in more and more light.
At that moment, the black sword looked like a ferocious beast, slowly opening its eyes and revealing its claws and fangs.
Finally, the first pitch-black monster came towards me from the air, only one foot away from the black sword's head.
The bone spurs on its body trembled slightly, seeming to become sharper and sharper. Behind it were countless ferocious and terrifying creatures of the same kind, overwhelming and fierce in their screams.
Compared with them, the size of Jingshizhifeng seems to be insignificant.
[At that time, I had to perform an 'instant death' among those monsters - extinguishing all signs of life, avoiding her perception - and grabbing a life. 】
[I think that when we meet for the third time later, she will soon have a way to counter the 'instant death'. 】
"Hiss..."
The spider-like monsters were like huge black waves, swarming towards the Black Sword, trying to overturn this powerless boat in an instant.
Thales took a deep breath, then held it tightly, tightly clasping his unconscious trembling left arm under his armpit.
No matter who the man next to me is, now...
He can only trust the Black Sword.
believe him.
[But at that moment, when she deformed her tentacles and turned into numerous bone spur monsters, I felt it...]
The next moment, facing the boundless huge waves composed of pitch-black monsters, the black sword let out a low roar, and pressed Thales firmly in his arms with all four limbs. The Purifying Edge was tightly held in his chest by the latter.
Just before the first monster pierced his bone spur into the black sword's head——
The black sword instantly restrained the whole body, and then the whole body tilted forward - falling towards the monsters!
Like a small boat capsized in huge waves.
For a moment, Thales felt that everything around him was spinning.
The countless dark monsters belonging to the magician in front of him also began to rotate in his field of vision.
They are getting closer.
Thales also became more and more dizzy.
Until a wave of his own surged into Thales' brain at the right time, calming down the dizziness.
[I sensed that she was hiding in the flesh and blood underground, sending out strong fluctuations in a certain direction...]
The whole body of the black sword had already shrunk into a ball shape, rolling away towards those menacing dark monsters with ferocious bone spurs shining on them.
They continued to roll forward.
[In my perception, the fluctuation is extremely conspicuous and almost impossible to hide.]
Black Sword's right elbow hit the ground hard!
"Boom!"
Beat it on a low stone pier.
【I believe...that is her true identity.】
【I'm sure!】
The next moment, Thales only felt that the black sword was holding his right arm and sending out extreme vibrations.
"boom!"
There was a dull cracking sound on the ground.
It's like the explosion in a stew pot.
Immediately, the stone pier shattered in an instant, and a huge slab of stone was strangely lifted from the ground!
The moment the stone slab flew into the air, the rolling figure of the black sword suddenly stopped!
Thales felt nauseous for a while, eyes were filled with stars, and he was about to vomit.
Black Sword immediately stepped on the ground with both legs, and with the help of inertia, it formed an acute angle with the ground that was about to fall, and accelerated forward to charge!
The huge stone slab was firmly resisted by Heijian with his muscular right arm. He instantly pressed against Heijian's body and was pushed forward by him.
This reduces the Black Sword's speed.
But it provided him with protection.
[This is our biggest bargaining chip...the ability to lock the monster's true form!]
[But that moment of induction can only give me a general direction. If we attack recklessly, it will only make her aware in advance and avoid it. 】
[So, what we need to do next is to survive her enemy tactics and rush out a certain distance...]
[Then force out her abnormal fluctuation...for the second time!]
[In this way, the place where the two directions and the two straight lines meet - that is where her true body is! 】
At that second, the black sword rushed into the pile of monsters against the thick stone slab.
Everything around them darkened, and monsters all over the sky blocked their entire field of vision.
"Hiss..." Countless hisses filled Thales's ears, making him irritated and panicked.
Will they succeed?
Yes...right?
Head on, the first monster's spikes stabbed at the black sword's cheek.
Black Sword lowered his head slightly, hiding his head and face behind the stone slab.
"bass!"
The monster's bone spurs pierced the stone slab, creating bright firelight, but could not take away a single hair from the black sword's body, and could only "watch" the black sword rush past its side.
The second monster stretched out its barbed bone spurs and slashed towards the black sword's abdomen - where Thales was.
Thales looked at the bone spurs getting closer and closer, listened to the hissing in his ears, and his mind went blank.
However, the black sword only moved slightly, and the stone slab immediately turned at an angle and pressed against his abdomen, blocking the monster's thrust.
"boom!"
With the protection of the stone, the black sword continued to attack forward.
Countless spider-like dark monsters, like swarms of locusts, swarmed around Black Sword and Thales.
Amidst the collision, friction, and knocking of countless stone slabs and bone spurs, the black sword surrounded Thales, who had a pale face and blue lips, lowered his head and supported the stone slab, and charged wildly.
Occasionally, one or two monsters slipped through the net and caught the gaps between the stone slabs, drawing out streaks of blood on Black Sword's lower abdomen, leg sides, shoulders, etc., but they were all transformed by the Purifying Edge he held in Thales's hand.
Turn it into ashes, or throw it away with extreme speed.
Thales kept his eyes open, and in his field of vision, countless dark bone spurs and joints flashed past his eyes like running water.
[The second time we force her to ‘transform’, force her to send out waves and reveal her true form, is...]
The protective stone slabs shattered inch by inch under countless impacts in just a few seconds.
Gravel and blood fell from Black Sword's body at the same time.
However, at the same time, Black Sword trembled all over.
【at……】
"laugh!"
The sharp spikes of a pitch-black monster grazed his shoulder, bringing out a stream of blood.
"bass!"
Then the second one pierced his left thigh.
[Just when I fought her for the second time, I used the ‘instant death’! 】
But the black sword seemed to be like a taste. With a gloomy face, he still held Thales tightly in his arms and showed no reaction to the increasing wounds on his body.
It's like losing all senses, charging forward unconsciously.
[A technique that extinguishes the vitality in the body in a short period of time, thereby disappearing from the enemy's senses. 】
In an instant, Thales felt that the muscles on the man's body began to stiffen.
His movements remained the same, but the power in his body seemed to disappear instantly. His breathing stopped, his skin became rigid, his movements were slow, and even his eyes lost their luster.
For a moment, Thales even felt that even the figure of the black sword in his field of vision - I don't know if it was an illusion - was slowly blurring.
Thales knew: Black Sword's "instant death" was activated.
He looked anxiously at the dark monsters that were still hissing and charging in front of him.
Soon, Thales no longer had to worry.
They saw countless dark monsters rushing towards them ferociously and crazily, but swarmed past them like headless flies.
Amidst the frightening screams, the monsters that were originally moving in the same direction like a raging wave suddenly became chaotic like a disturbed lake.
Almost every monster paused on the spot, shaking wildly, like a helpless child, constantly "looking" around.
The monsters began to jump around them, but they were completely unaware of the black sword that had slowed down in the middle.
The black sword is like an old man crossing the river slowly, or like a boat going upstream, moving slowly among the densely packed dark monsters on the ground.
Seeing this made Thales feel frightened.
From time to time, Black Sword was tripped by a monster, bumped on his shoulder, and was even scratched with blood. However, he was still holding Thales unharmed and walking among the monsters.
The way forward.
Thales then slowly exhaled: the black sword, along with himself, had completely disappeared from the monsters' perception.
At the same time, I remembered Black Sword’s instructions.
[She has seen 'instant death', and she will definitely have new ways to counter me - whether it is transformation, explosion, amplification, proliferation, or instigating that big monster to transform. 】
In the distance, the figure of "Giza" paused slightly, and the corners of the magician's face were slightly twitched.
The next moment, the multi-headed snake Kilika behind her roared again!
At that moment, all the dark monsters beside the black sword all transformed.
Thales watched in amazement as one to three bone spurs behind these little monsters made a "clicking" cracking sound, and then turned into soft and upright thin limbs...
The slender limbs become smaller, sharper, and softer.
Like... tentacles?
The monsters that had transformed their tentacles seemed to suddenly see light in the darkness. They no longer trembled in place like headless flies, but instead raised their tentacles and slowly turned around.
The monsters' tentacles trembled slowly as if they were alive, and they all swept towards the direction of Black Sword and Thales.
Then slowly stop.
It seems that he has sensed the location of the black sword.
It's like... making final confirmations.
Oops.
Thales was shocked.
Sure enough... Even though it had only been a quarter of an hour since the last battle, Giza had already prepared the means to counter "instant death".
And, it seems to be quite effective?
He then looked nervously at Black Sword, who was holding him and still trudging among the monsters.
However, the latter just closed his eyes and walked slowly like a dead tree.
Thales was extremely anxious.
Giza, she has moved - transformed, or some other means...
So, Black Sword, is it time for you to wake up?
[At that time, I will be able to sense her real body position for the second time... and thus completely lock her!]
Thales held the Purifying Edge on his chest and watched the little monsters gradually pointing their tentacles at the black sword, his heart pounding.
Finally, with his scalp numb, he couldn't help but stretched out his finger and poked Heijian's chest.
But this time, it was like poking a hornet's nest!
In an instant, all the dark monsters seemed to have suddenly returned from their slumber, carrying tentacles that were trembling slightly and with the same ferocious bone spurs. They once again let out a heart-stopping hissing sound and kicked their hind legs together!
Rushing towards Black Sword and Thales.
"Hiss..."
At that moment, Thales had goosebumps all over his body!
But just at this time.
The black sword of a dying old man suddenly moved!
As if taking the first breath of air since birth, Heijian took in a long breath vigorously, and then his whole body trembled, as if he had woken up from a nightmare.