Chapter 282 - 279: The Best Timing (Part 2)

Chapter 282: Chapter 279: The Best Timing (Part 2)

"Get the hell away from me!"

Maki tensed the muscles in his waist and abdomen, channeling the strengthening effect of his Fighting Qi.

He swung his arm in a wide arc, bringing it down in an unstoppable heavy cleave!

The Heavy Sword swept across with the force of a thunderbolt!

In this weather, the Mutated Slimes’ normally resilient bodies had become hard and brittle, which was now their greatest weakness.

"CRACK...!"

The Heavy Sword sliced directly into the bodies of three Mutated Slimes.

The blade drove deep and continued forward, forcefully striking the cores within their gel-like bodies!

This was the key to killing a Slime!

"POP!"

The moment the cores shattered, the black, gel-like bodies lost their Life Energy.

The Mutated Slimes burst apart, splattering foul-smelling black water everywhere.

"SIZZLE..."

Maki was inevitably splattered with the slime, and wisps of white smoke immediately rose from him.

But to his relief, the slime only left some marks on the surface of his Scale Armor and failed to corrode through it.

’Ha! Good armor!’ Maki thought with admiration.

He no longer held back. Using the momentum from his Vortex Slash, he followed up with a downward chop, once again smashing the body of another Mutated Slime to pieces!

While Maki was wreaking havoc, Valles wasn’t idle either.

"WHOOSH!"

The Arrow, shimmering with lightning, arrived even before the sound of the wind.

The Mutated Slimes hit by the Thunder Arrow were almost all killed in a single strike.

The Arrow would pierce deep into their bodies and then violently explode, destroying the all-important core in the process.

Valles’s ranged support was remarkably precise. He picked off the Mutated Slimes that Maki couldn’t get to in time, the ones that were slowly closing in on him.

One fought in close quarters while the other picked off targets from a distance. Their coordination was enough to keep the flank under control.

On the other side, after Maki had drawn away the swarm of Mutated Slimes, Marcus raised his Shield and roared.

"ROAR!!!"

With the taunting effect of his Fighting Qi, Marcus firmly locked the Evil Rot Slime’s attention onto himself.

He held the thick Tower Shield before him as Fighting Qi flowed down his arm, rapidly covering the shield’s face and raising his Defense Power by another level!

Before the Evil Rot Slime could charge at Marcus, Zelir finished preparing their second Magic spell!

Aurora Energy Beam!

A brilliant blue beam of light tore through the snowstorm, striking its target with precision!

"BOOM!!!"

Another explosion rang out, and more fragments were blasted off the already damaged black body.

The Evil Rot Slime was thoroughly enraged.

All of its killing intent was focused on this damned Human Mage.

But damn it, another Human Warrior was blocking the way to the Mage!

Marcus had been prepared to withstand a frontal assault from the Evil Rot Slime.

But the Evil Rot Slime’s body suddenly changed shape.

After a violent squirm, a portion of black fluid extended from its left side.

In mid-air, the fluid rapidly stretched and formed into a long, thin whip.

"Hmm?"

Marcus sensed that something was wrong.

The Evil Rot Slime violently cracked the long whip!

But this attack wasn’t aimed at Marcus’s front.

Like a venomous serpent, it drew a wide arc in the air, whipping around to Marcus’s unguarded rear flank!

If that blow landed squarely, the immense Power would be enough to severely injure Marcus right through his Armor!

Fortunately, Marcus was an experienced veteran; he hurriedly angled his Tower Shield to the side.

"CRACK!!!"

The black whip struck the edge of the Tower Shield fiercely, sending highly corrosive liquid splashing everywhere.

Marcus had managed to block the attack.

"Aren’t you overreaching a bit?"

A cold, sharp laugh emerged.

From behind Marcus, Gray flashed into view.

He leaped into the air and spun downward in a Vortex Slash!

The Wind Fighting Qi coating his blade granted Gray destructive power far beyond the ordinary.

His entire body spun at high speed like a top, viciously chopping down on the long whip the Evil Rot Slime hadn’t had time to retract!

"SQUELCH!"

Gray sliced clean through the Evil Rot Slime’s extended tentacle. The severed limb fell to the ground, writhing madly.

Another Aurora Energy Beam shot past!

It was the third Aurora Energy Beam Zelir had unleashed!

Marcus turned his head to see the Evil Rot Slime’s body explode violently where Zelir’s Magic had hit.

And the destructive effect was even stronger than the previous two times!

After having its extended whip severed and being bombarded repeatedly by Zelir, the Evil Rot Slime was finally starting to falter.

After this round of attacks, everyone could clearly feel the Evil Rot Slime becoming sluggish.

The cold weather was revealing its suppressive effect on the Evil Rot Slime.

Its movement speed was reduced, its body’s pliability was reduced, and its regenerative ability was reduced.

Its once slick and slimy skin was now rapidly frosting over in the cold wind, becoming dry, hard, and brittle.

This was the perfect chance to finish it off; they had to seize this moment!

The Evil Rot Slime burst forth with the frenzy of a cornered beast.

"GURGLE... GURGLE..."

Its body began to surge, and dozens of pores on its surface contracted violently at the same time.

Its Gel-like body was performing a final, compressive pump.

Immediately after.

A continuous series of muffled "POP! POP! POP!" sounds erupted.

Countless concentrated Acid Balls, each the size of a watermelon and gleaming with a purplish-black sheen, shot out from the pores like a torrential storm!

"Dodge!"

Marcus roared.

He immediately ducked behind his Shield, and a dense "SIZZLE" filled the air as the acid hit its surface.

Marcus was about to shout for Gray to take cover with him, but he saw a cyan afterimage flash past.

Gray was no longer where he had been standing.

Empowered by his Wind Attribute Fighting Qi, Gray’s movement speed was greatly enhanced.

He didn’t need to block at all. His sheer agility was enough to let him weave through the barrage of Acid Balls and evade the threat.

Zelir’s response was also highly effective.

The Spell Structure was complete.

Ring of Resistance, activate!

The air around them distorted as a Force Field silently formed.

The moment the Acid Balls came into contact with the Magic Power contained within the Ring of Resistance, they would be detonated!

"BANG BANG BANG BANG!!!"

A string of purple fireworks seemed to explode in the air.

Countless Acid Balls were detonated one after another two or three meters away from Zelir, repelled and turning into a sky full of scattered black liquid.

The Ring of Resistance also swept away the resulting acid from around Zelir.

Only the fierce wind swept past, lifting the hem of Zelir’s Magic Robe.

After this frantic bombardment, the Evil Rot Slime’s body had visibly shrunk.

The Acid Balls it had just launched were a mixture of its painstakingly stored water, and they were also mixed with its own body tissue.

In spring or summer, this loss would have been trivial.

It could have easily replenished its losses by drawing water from the surrounding wetlands and swamps.

But in this cold weather...

The surrounding swamps were all frozen solid. The Evil Rot Slime’s most troublesome ability, its regeneration, was almost entirely suppressed!

The moment the Evil Rot Slime weakened was the best opportunity to attack!

Thanks to his evasive maneuvers, Gray was already quite close to the Evil Rot Slime, just one dash away.

Gray seized the opening!

He pushed off forcefully with both feet, launching himself forward!

A cold light glinted on his blade. His Wind Fighting Qi was compressed to its absolute limit, its sharpness fully revealed!

At the same time, two sources of Power that were not his own flowed into his body.

It was Empowerment Magic cast by Zelir!

Swift Blessing, and Gift of Barbaric Strength!

The gleam of his sword, already fast enough to be a blur, exploded with even greater speed and Power under the two buffs.

It was as if Gray’s strike had unleashed Sword Qi!

"SHRRRIP!"

The Evil Rot Slime’s body was easily torn apart by the sharp blade.

Gray had carved a massive gash into its body, two meters wide and over a meter deep!

A large amount of black water gushed out, only to become viscous and slow due to the cold.

The Evil Rot Slime twitched in agony. The two sides of its Gel-like body, split by the blade, were struggling to heal.

But the cold weather had reduced its internal activity.

Before the two halves could rejoin, a ferocious bombardment from Zelir arrived.