Chapter 112: Overcome the Fear from the Soul with the Courage to Protect Others!

"What is that?! What is that?! What is that?! What is that?! What is that?!"

In an instant, only the screaming thought of "What is that?!" remained in Blaze’s mind. He had never seen or even heard of such a scene.

The noble Dragon Species humbly altered their bodies, becoming the hair of a colossal behemoth. The most tragic among them were the bloated Tyrannosaurus Rexes, which were being eaten alive by the surrounding Dragon Species until they were reduced to slender snake-like forms. Blaze even forgot to breathe, terrified that the slightest movement would awaken the behemoth.

No, even "behemoth" could not adequately describe that thing.

This lion’s head was as massive as Lai Kaion City; even the Dragon Species were only fit to be its mane. In this world, only the Titan Evil God that once ravaged the Earth possessed such a colossal body, and the giant lion before him was already approaching the Titan Evil God in size. Without a doubt and without any need for guesswork, this giant lion was one of the betraying Beast Kings. It was the source of the Nemean Lion, which had succumbed to the Blood of the Evil God yet used that very blood to forge a magnificent body.

"Bla... ze... Bla... ze! Blaze!"

The chicken’s cries snapped Blaze back to reality. He shook his head vigorously, dispelling the fear from his mind.

"You’re being affected by the main body! Don’t look at that thing anymore!" The chicken immediately hugged Blaze, using her body to cover his eyes. Logically, a Soul Body should not be able to block anything, but Blaze found that the oppressive feeling had vanished.

"What’s going on?!"

"It’s Leo! You’ve been affected by Leo. Leo is the soul of a noble lion occupying the sky, and this thing has it too! Furthermore, it monopolizes almost all the radiance of Leo! Compared to it, the Leo in your soul is like a firefly before the Sun; it has already surrendered to it!"

The chicken’s expression was a mix of tension and fear. This was the first time Blaze had seen her make such a face. In the past, no matter what enemy they encountered, the chicken would take it seriously but would never be afraid. Because her soul was so noble, even if she lost, even if she died, her soul would never bow down.

But the lion embedded high in the sky had crushed it. It was not a "noble soul" like hers, but a true Overlord that occupied a magnificent corner of the sky. The desire to protect him from the hierarchical suppression of Leo was the only reason she hadn’t screamed in fear and opted for Escape. Blaze could feel the trembling coming from her Soul Body. She was terrified.

"It shouldn’t be the lion! Aries should have been the first one to be subjugated. The lion is absolutely not an enemy we can touch right now. This can only end in battle, we must have other stars, we must..."

"In other words, it possesses Leo Z, right?"

"Exactly! That is a truly magnificent soul; we are absolutely no match for it! Let’s Escape quickly!"

"Then what exactly is this Skill’s ability? Aside from making Slash and Piercing Attack completely Invalid, what other abilities does it have?"

"I don’t know, I..." The chicken stopped her incoherent rambling, noticing the calmness in Blaze’s voice. "Why aren’t you afraid anymore?"

"Because you are protecting me, and you are afraid. So, I have to gather my courage to protect you too." Blaze closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened them again, he expelled all the fear and panic from his heart.

There was nothing to be afraid of. He just needed to calm down. This magnificent Monster hadn’t awakened yet, and the parasitic Dragon Species that had turned into its mane had not discovered him. Since he couldn’t defeat this Monster right now, he would gather as much information as possible.

"Are you serious? You don’t even have the qualifications to see the name of this magnificent Monster right now." The chicken slowly tightened her wings around him, as if trying to use this method to make Blaze give up.

But what she got in return was the young man’s hearty laughter. "Isn’t that perfect? I’m worse than a bug in this guy’s eyes, which means I can do whatever I want, right?"

The chicken was speechless. He had truly overcome his fear. The nobility in his soul was not brought to him by Leo, but was accumulated through every step he had taken. Leo holding him back only resulted in the young man smiling as he carried the heavy burden forward.

"Alright!" The chicken looked into Blaze’s eyes and said, almost through gritted teeth, "As long as you don’t have any delusional thoughts about killing this guy right now, I’ll help you minimize the influence of Leo!"

"I’m not naive enough to think that shouting a few hot-blooded lines will let me cross such a massive gap in one step."

Blaze took two steps forward and stared at the giant lion’s face. It was truly, incredibly terrifying. That face was definitely not formed by an amalgamation of abominations; on the contrary, it was highly majestic. However, it was simply too gargantuan, to the point where one could only feel terror. And he was going to steal something from this Monster that could only be described as magnificent.

Information. Its name, its Level, its Skill, its status.

As long as one possessed information, no matter how magnificent the entity was, it could be dragged down to the ground. But this was absolutely not a simple feat to accomplish. Once the stat gap reached a certain extent, it would genuinely be impossible to deal even a single point of damage.

Analyzing this magnificent Monster directly could only be achieved with a specially specialized Identification. Otherwise, he could only collect related information, gathering all the pieces like a puzzle to unlock it. Whether it was the former or the latter, neither was something Blaze could do right now.

But there was one Profession that could. As long as it carried the Wild Beast affix, it could unconditionally analyze all information.

Hunter.

"Since a magnificent being like you deliberately maintains the appearance of a lion, the Wild Beast affix must still remain on you!" Blaze suddenly dashed toward a nearby stone pillar.

He absolutely couldn’t get close using ordinary methods; he would be obliterated before even drawing near. Then he would use a method that the entities of this world couldn’t comprehend! Using Shield Jump to clip through walls wasn’t just for traveling!

Blaze raised his shield and flawlessly Twisted into the stone pillar. He was then launched by the pillar like a cannonball toward the Twisted Dragon Species high in the sky.

To obtain Hunter, he needed to kill twenty Monsters carrying the Wild Beast affix. And there was a pile of countless Wild Beasts right here!

Blaze’s field of vision expanded. The entire scene ahead was in his sight, the entire scene behind was in the chicken’s sight, and beneath his feet was the domain of the Black Shadow Werewolf. This wasn’t him boasting about having a Defense with zero blind spots, but rather demonstrating through his actions that what came next would be a spectacular high-wire act!

Blaze landed on a Tyrannosaurus Rex. This pitiful creature was not only merely Level 50, but its Life Value had also been almost completely depleted while being gnawed on by the surrounding Dragon Species.

"Number two!" Blaze effortlessly drove the Twisted Greatsword into the wound bitten open by the other Dragon Species, piercing its heart.

SQUELCH—

Massive amounts of Dragon Blood spurted out like a fountain. Even with such a massive body, a crucial spot like the heart only needed a tiny cut to instantly cause a fatal hemorrhage.

Lethal Execution could take effect!

"This is what they call plans failing to keep up with Transformations." Blaze pulled out the Twisted Giant Sword and used Soul Capture to absorb all of the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s soul in one breath.

[Conditions confirmed met.]

[Great Sword Master Level 15 - Giant Sword Master Level 1]

[Giant Sword Master Level 1 - Giant Sword Master Level 3]

[Level 38+1 (21) - Level 26+1 (27)]

The surrounding Dragon Species all looked over. Their bodies had been forcefully Twisted into the appearance of hair, so every one of them was incredibly stiff. Their souls had submitted to the magnificent Monster, and they had offered up their own flesh and blood. Therefore, they lost their nobility and became livestock to be slaughtered at will.

"Phew~ Let me calculate..." Blaze grinned and counted on his fingers as the Tyrannosaurus Rex beneath his feet gradually turned to dust. "Still need eighteen more. Since this is a rare opportunity, let me boost my Level all at once!"