Chapter 359 - 316: The 3rd Talent

Chapter 359: Chapter 316: The 3rd Talent

After the Ring of Resistance repelled the Thorny Giant Beast’s bite,

Zelir didn’t pull back. Instead, he immediately launched a counterattack!

He aimed Night Peace at the Thorny Giant Beast’s head.

A red light flared!

Flame Breath Skill!

"BOOM!"

A massive wave of fire tore through the air, erupting outward!

The temperature skyrocketed.

Flame Breath Skill was only a Level Three Magic, a level lower than Fractal Fire, but it had one advantage.

As long as the Magic Power output was maintained, the Flame Breath Skill could be channeled continuously, creating a suppressive effect!

The high-temperature flames, mixed with a blast of Magic Power, inflicted immense damage on the Thorny Giant Beast, which was already extremely weak to fire!

"ROOOAR!!!"

The Thorny Giant Beast let out a pained roar.

The purplish-black vines clinging to its surface exploded one after another under the searing heat of the Flame Breath Skill!

Black ichor evaporated the instant it burst out, and a scorched, foul odor filled the air.

Its already battered head was now in even worse shape.

The external Vine Armor was crumbling and charring, revealing a pale-white, brain-like tissue writhing underneath.

In the next instant, it too shriveled and blackened in the flames.

’This isn’t enough... I have to push harder!’

"Valles!"

Zelir roared while still maintaining the Flame Breath Skill.

No more words were needed; Valles already understood Zelir’s intent.

He drew his Moon-tip Longbow, pouring his Thunder Fighting Qi into it without reservation.

The body of the bow seemed to understand its master’s will, letting out a low hum.

The shaft of the arrow had turned completely blue, and restless arcs of light flickered and crackled across it.

Valles took a deep breath. The Thorny Giant Beast’s reflection was mirrored in his pupils as he cleared his mind of all distractions.

Release!

"WHOOSH!"

The Glazed Arrow flew, trailing a brilliant blue light in its wake.

A direct hit!

The Thunder Fighting Qi exploded, transforming into a thousand silver serpents.

It combined with the continuously cast Flame Breath Skill, creating a chain reaction where one plus one was far greater than two!

Fire and thunder—when these two most untamable, most ferocious Powers collided, there could be only one outcome.

Explosion!

"BOOOOM!!!"

Red and blue light intertwined, erupting violently on the Thorny Giant Beast’s head!

The light expanded rapidly, turning into a blinding white!

The moment the explosion began, all sound vanished, replaced by a high-pitched ringing in everyone’s ears.

The shockwave rolled in like a tidal wave, a terrifyingly powerful surge of air that swept away everything in its path!

Under the high-speed energy collision, the Magic Power stored in the Ring of Resistance was also depleted as it offset the blast.

A fierce gale blew Zelir back as part of the aftershock slammed into him.

But he wasn’t sent flying; instead, he crashed into a warm embrace.

Hill held Zelir tightly, her Shadow Fighting Qi flaring at full power to form a faint protective barrier around them.

With a few light leaps, she had already carried him to the relative safety of the rear.

Without a word, Hill pulled a Magic Potion from her robes, bit off the cork, and poured it into Zelir’s mouth.

"GLUG, GLUG..."

"COUGH, COUGH..."

Zelir choked a little, quickly patting the back of Hill’s hand to signal her to slow down.

Cool Life Energy surged into Zelir’s body, allowing his injured form to recover quickly.

Internal injuries caused by the aftershock also began to self-heal under the Magic Potion’s effects.

Then, Zelir took a Source Energy Crystal Stone from his Storage Pouch and began the Magic Refill.

’The Ring of Resistance’s protection is pretty good. If it had been a Magic Barrier, I’d probably be in serious trouble.’

’But its Mana Consumption is terrifyingly high, too.’

Just now, while resisting the Thorny Giant Beast’s bite, Zelir had felt his Magic Power reserves plummeting.

The subsequent aftershock only accelerated the rate at which his Magic Power drained.

This kind of sustained confrontation was the ultimate test of one’s Blue Bar.

When his Magic Power reserves recovered to about one-third, a warning came from within his sea of consciousness.

’I can’t continue.’

’A Source Energy Crystal Stone can only restore an amount of Magic Power equal to 100% of my own reserves; trying to draw more would cause damage.’

In this battle, Zelir had consumed Magic Power equivalent to roughly 170% of his Blue Bar’s capacity.

He wasn’t far from the 200% Transcendence Line.

This was also why he had taken the risk of having Valles fire the Thunder Arrow to create a massive explosion.

He simply couldn’t afford a battle of attrition.

’Looking at it now... the effect was quite good.’

’You could call it a small, man-made Flame Thunder Spear.’

In the clearing before the Temple, the deafening roar of the explosion continued for a while before gradually subsiding.

Unlike Zelir’s position, the Thorny Giant Beast was at the absolute center of the blast and had suffered the most violent damage.

The smoke slowly dissipated.

The squad members stared nervously at the spot where the Thorny Giant Beast had been.

The Thorny Giant Beast’s massive body was still there, but its head...

The head, where the blood-red, demonic flower had bloomed, was now completely stripped of its flesh and Vine Armor.

Only a massive, charred-black skull remained, connected hollowly to its neck.

CRACK...

The Thorny Giant Beast’s skull split in two as a web of fine cracks spread across it.

Countless bone fragments showered down, and then the entire head disintegrated, clattering to the ground in a heap.

After its head crumbled, the phenomenon spread to the rest of the Thorny Giant Beast’s body.

The purplish-black vines coiled around its massive frame lost their vitality, their luster fading as they snapped one by one.

Fissures spread from its neck down its spine. The Thorny Giant Beast’s body swayed violently, then, like a landslide, it collapsed with a thunderous crash!