Chapter 1755 - 1036: Master of the Abyss • Manus

When the frenzied Artorias charged forward, the adventurers present had already assumed a defensive stance, and their movements had become quite skilled.

Perhaps it’s because they had fought with the Abyss Wanderer at his peak many times before, and the memories of those battles have almost become automatic responses of their bodies.

The frenzied Artorias appeared even more menacing, his madness almost enough to scare a street full of children into tears, or maybe not so few.

However, if you disregard his appearance and only consider combat power, then in this state, there’s no doubt that he is in a significantly weakened condition.

His dominant hand was disabled, he could only wield a sword with an unfamiliar arm, the Big Shield used for defense was shattered and picked up by the adventurers, and his mind, clouded by madness, couldn’t make clear combat decisions...

Having experienced how precise his techniques were when Artorias was at his peak and clear-minded, Tami and the others dared to believe that succumbing to madness actually made him less threatening instead of more.

"!"

Artorias let out an inhuman roar, leaping high to launch a Wolf Jump at the crowd.

Both the precision and power of his move had declined!

This was both because Artorias was in a severely poor condition and because he didn’t seem to want to attack them.

"Ah!"

He let out a cry of pain before landing, his body twitching, causing the Wolf Jump to veer off course, reducing its power.

"Boom!"

Even the Magician among their team dove aside to avoid the attack, the dark Great Sword deeply embedded into the ground, Artorias tugging at the hilt violently, unable to pull it out on the first attempt due to incorrect force direction.

Seeing this, everyone decisively launched attacks at him without holding back, and in an instant, various light effects flickered in the darkness.

Amidst these dazzling effects, Chaos paused for a second, then raised his Magic Wand towards Artorias, launching a Dark Bomb infused with ten thousand souls at him.

"Chaos!" Tami noticed that he had used abyss magic again without permission and couldn’t help but shout at him.

Who knows if Artorias, who harbors extreme hatred for the abyss, might suddenly become even more violent upon seeing this abyss magic, which could increase the difficulty of their subjugation!

The Magicians, on the other hand, promptly controlled their fastest crystals to strike where Artorias was touching the ground, successfully delaying his escape speed.

As a result, this Dark Bomb with even greater power hit Artorias square in the chest.

An indescribable strange sound occurred when the dark projectile made contact with Artorias.

But what followed was an angry howl from Artorias.

His chest armor already had cracks, as if struck by something incredibly heavy right in the front, causing it to splinter. Now, hit by this super concentrated abyss right in the face, the abyss’s dark sludge shattered part of the already precarious chest plate, coming into direct contact with his body.

The Dark Bomb exploded completely, and Artorias let out the fiercest feedback from being hit that everyone had seen so far.

Does it look... like a serious injury?

The power of the Dark Bomb itself wasn’t enough to cause such severe damage in an instant, but Artorias was already injured, so it’s like dancing a waltz on his wounds.

This left Tami stunned for a moment.

This time, the Dark Bomb had great power, but Tami had also used similarly powerful Combat Skills in previous battles with Artorias, and the injuries caused were marginally light, too minor to call serious.

The expression was far less intense than that of the Dark Bomb.

Could it be...

"Artorias’s weakness is the abyss?"

Isn’t it? They should have thought of this long ago.

One of the valiant and warlike Four Knights Under King was turned into that ghastly state by the abyss, isn’t that a sign of abyssal weakness!

Until now, no one had suggested using the abyss to attack Artorias, but perhaps this doesn’t reflect a lack of imagination by the adventurers but rather that they had not discovered abyss magic until now, so they hadn’t imagined being able to use the abyss to fight, naturally not thinking of using the abyss to attack Artorias.

Tami hesitated for a moment, then shouted at Chaos: "Keep attacking, don’t stop!"

As he shouted, he also threw soul blocks from his belt to Chaos, wondering if gathering the team’s soul blocks would let him muster another Dark Bomb with tens of thousands of souls?

"I’ll do my best!" Chaos immediately collected the thrown soul blocks, his feet quickly moving to create distance and avoid being the first to be sacrificed when Artorias regains mobility.

The abyss’s power was too overwhelmingly strong! His heart was cheering with joy.

Humanity was also plentiful, and the souls were enough.

Chaos raised his Magic Wand towards Artorias, and his teammates helped him aim, even as Tami and Maru bravely went up to maneuver against the violently behaving enemy, limiting his movement range.

Under these advantageous conditions, only a blind person would miss.

"I’m ready!"

Chaos displayed a chaotic and bloodthirsty expression—let the human cannon launch!