Chapter 114: Demon Blade Curse

That case where the Blood Ear Elf and his house were taken in one fell swoop.

Left a deep impression on George.

He never expected that the creator of that case was this Gunei.

Unless there was a second spellcaster with such a high-level ring-bombing, who happened to be in the Ruins City of Sog, but the probability was far too small.

Basically, through this extraordinary high-level ring-bombing, it could be confirmed that Gunei was the perpetrator back then.

"Hmm... what luck." George mused silently in his heart.

As George pondered,

Gunei had already constructed row after row of "ring-bombing."

Gunei's plan was not hard to guess.

The "Death Beast" was deep in the cave, and its location could be seen as a semi-enclosed small space.

In such a place, the effect of an explosion would be magnified several times.

Moreover, the explosive shockwave in such an enclosed space could easily cause great damage to the internal organs of living beings.

After pinpointing the Death Beast's location and the cave's interior, Gunei could send wave after wave of ring-bombing into the cave, treating the Death Beast to an art of explosion.

Using less source power for greater lethality was naturally something Gunei welcomed.

At this moment, the ring-bombing Gunei constructed was arranged in rows of five, totaling twenty rows.

A full hundred ring-bombings—that was Gunei's gift to the Death Beast.

"It's about to begin." Gunei lowered his voice, staring solemnly at the cave.

"When that thing charges out, you hold it off first. I'll attack while retreating toward the canyon. Once inside the canyon, we'll deal with it."

"Mm!" At this moment, George also took out his dark purple short blade, staring at the pitch-black, deep cave with a composed expression.

He fixed his gaze again on the wide cave.

"Go!"

With a thought from Gunei, the first five ring-bombings, under his control, simultaneously rolled toward the depths of the cave.

Then the second row, the third row, the fourth row.

The subsequent ring-bombings followed wave after wave.

The speed of over twenty meters per second for the ring-bombings was quite fast.

A few seconds later.

Boom... boom... boom... boom...

Wave after wave of violent explosive shockwaves tore through the nullification barrier and rushed out.

Gunei could clearly see the source power shockwaves exploding layer by layer.

The ground trembled slightly.

From the slight tremors on the ground and the explosive source power rushing out of the cave, one could feel how fierce the power was deep inside.

After several consecutive waves of explosions, the terrifying Death Beast finally roared.

"Roar—"

A low, heavy roar filled with immense fury burst forth.

The sound was so penetrating, so oppressive, carrying the will-pressure of a high-level life form.

Upon hearing that roar,

Gunei clearly felt an inexplicable fear sprout deep in his heart, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

But in two or three seconds, the slight tremor disappeared, and the fear in his heart was quickly dispelled.

Though it had some effect, overall it was not a big problem.

Feeling the changes brought by the roar, Gunei, while manipulating the subsequent ring-bombings to surge into the cave and continue bombarding the Death Beast, pondered in his mind.

Gunei was becoming increasingly adept at multitasking.

He knew very well what the subtle changes in his body meant.

"The fear of life-level pressure—this is the fear ingrained deep in the genes of lower life forms when facing higher life forms."

"Although I now possess a powerful spellcaster profession, my body is essentially still at the 'ordinary' level, not yet having undergone the transformation brought by secret pattern potions from the inside out."

"Facing the roar of this creature close to the lord level, it's normal to feel fear."

"However, my soul has faced even more terrifying existences before and gained corresponding resistance. So now, when facing the life-level will-pressure of such a powerful creature, I am not afraid."

"As for my physical body, though it has the trembling and fear from the depths of life's genes toward high-level life forms,"

"lately, my body has absorbed quite a bit of that wriggling flesh."

"That wriggling flesh is no ordinary thing."

"Overall, even when facing a powerful lord-level creature, there will be some effect, but it's not significant."

As Gunei quickly pondered,

the twenty consecutive waves of ring-bombing spell wheels had all surged into the cave.

The explosions gradually subsided.

The depths of the cave seemed to fall into a deathly silence.

A silence that was somewhat frightening.

George stared intently into the depths of the cave, ready for action.

Gunei, also staring at the pitch-black, silent cave, remained vigilant.

At the same time, Gunei did not stop secretly, because he knew very well that what awaited was the fierce counterattack of the powerful Death Beast.

While vigilant, Gunei used his Silver Feather Staff to quickly construct "Puppet Secret Threads" at the cave entrance.

As soon as the Death Beast touched these Puppet Secret Threads, Gunei's Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse could instantly bind it, then unleash the "Demon Blade Curse" slashes.

You see, the power of the Demon Blade Curse was far greater than that of the ring-bombing.

Just as Gunei was forming the fifth Puppet Secret Thread, suddenly, a massive, somewhat suffocating black shadow rushed out of the cave with astonishing speed.

The shadow was so huge, yet strangely made little noise; its agility was simply astonishing.

The moment he saw the black shadow, Gunei felt a chill run down his spine.

"This thing has locked onto me."

Gunei's perception was very clear.

That mass of black shadow was filled with intense killing intent toward him—this was an advantage of having strong perception.

No help for it; who else had interrupted its breakthrough and advancement and injured it?

With the mithril-grade short boots under his feet, Gunei's speed was also very fast.

At the same time, Gunei began to quickly gather the Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse in his mind.

At this moment, the difference between instant casting and needing to chant spells became apparent.

The Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse had 14 syllables.

Gunei only had 9 Secret Rune Runes.

Chanting the five spell syllables would take Gunei about 1.25 seconds.

This 1.25 seconds was a vacuum period for attacks, which was fatal for spellcasters who hadn't mastered effective defense and countermeasures.

It could be said that "instant-casting spellcasters" and "conventional spellcasters" were worlds apart.

Fortunately, Gunei was not alone on the battlefield.

The black shadow was fast; even though Gunei tried his best to retreat, the massive shadow was still closing in rapidly.

At the same time, a flash of dark purple blade light streaked by.

"Roar..."

An explosive roar burst forth angrily from the Death Beast's mouth.

Stung by that slash, the Death Beast viciously swiped a claw at a corner behind it.

Gunei's powerful dynamic vision could clearly see the strange tentacle-like arm, which was nothing but a blur when it struck out.

"Such fast attack speed. I need to be careful of those tentacle claws under the wings. Once they get close, with my frail body, I won't last a second or two."

However, that extremely fast claw strike missed.

Then,

"Shing!" Another crisp blade strike rang out.

George's agility and attack power were clearly more formidable than Gunei had anticipated.

In his normal state, George wasn't as fast as Gunei with the mithril-grade short boots.

But now, in combat, George was in a "time burst" state.

By burning time severalfold, he gained greater speed, more agile movements, and more powerful lethality.

In this state, George could truly unleash the many techniques of a "Time Hunter."

After taking two consecutive slashes, the Death Beast began to be wary of George's attacks. Its speed in pursuing Gunei slowed considerably.

Relieved somewhat, Gunei completed the chanting of the Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse.

"Hum!"

The invisible Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse bound the Death Beast.

At this moment, Gunei finally got a clear look at the entire massive silhouette of the Death Beast.

This Death Beast was a full five meters tall, its body covered with scales the size of palms or the center of a hand.

On its head were two dark golden vertical pupils.

It had a pair of fleshy wings on its back; when spread, the wingspan was at least ten meters.

Around its body, black fluid-like smoke drifted and undulated slightly.

This could only form from energy overflowing outward.

Clearly, this Death Beast, which had been violently bombarded by Gunei deep in the cave, was indeed injured. Otherwise, it wouldn't have lost control of its energy.

At this moment, the Death Beast's dark golden vertical pupils fixed a cold, icy gaze mostly on Gunei.

Obviously, it would not let go until it killed Gunei.

"This is only a top-tier second-order chieftain-level Death Beast, and it already gives me so much pressure."

"If it were a true lord-level creature, how formidable would it be?"

By facing the Death Beast directly, Gunei had roughly sensed that this Death Beast was a top-tier chieftain, not a lord.

In terms of level, it was on par with the "Human-Faced Flower King."

Only, the "Human-Faced Flower King" was more inclined toward soul attacks and control, as well as the powerful survival ability of having two souls in one body.

This Death Beast, however, was clearly superior in frontal combat capability.

While retreating, the moment the Soul-Fixing Divine Ring Curse bound the Death Beast,

the already poised Demon Blade Curse, with Gunei's spell strings taut, burst forth vigorously.

Swish, swish, swish, swish...

A dense array of "Demon Blade Curses" erupted in a flash, making its debut.