Chapter 21: Abyssal Battle (3)

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……Catch the leader first!

I stared at the black sun hanging high in the sky in the distance, showing a thoughtful expression.

Well, it’s about 100 meters from the ground, not an unreachable distance.

Those bizarre-looking little monsters, although individually very weak, were overwhelming in number, and by now were scattered throughout the entire village. Without an army of comparable size, there was no way to deal with them. If we continue killing them like this, the monsters would quickly slaughter all the villagers before I could kill them all.

Besides, who knows if that thing in the sky would summon another wave? This has no meaning at all.

……No time to think about so much, I’m only one person, let’s pull down that thing in the sky first.

With the decision made in my mind, I activated the ice spike under my feet, extending continuously towards the position of the black sun, dodging two blades while riding the ice spike all the way up.

Going at full force, a hundred meters only took a moment.

50 meters……30 meters……20 meters……10 meters!

Several streaks of black smoke rose from my body, wrapping around the frost-covered scythe. The dual protection of frost and the abyss ensures the weapon’s output could reach its maximum.

“Whew——”

Taking a deep breath, I suddenly leaped towards the black sun, raising the scythe high and swinging it down with all my might.

“Swoosh——”

I easily tore a huge gap in the black sun, terrible black smoke rushed out from the gap, instantly engulfing my body.

If it were a human, they would probably be devoured completely by this.

Too bad, this move doesn’t work on me!

If anything, being wrapped in black smoke gives me a sense of comfort, like being at home.

“Clang clang——”

Cold light flashed in my hand again.

Huh, something’s strange……

……Not right! There’s no feeling of hitting anything solid!!

A bad premonition rose in my heart, and I instinctively held the scythe across my chest.

“【Abyssal Language】Kill.”

A low whisper sounded right next to my ear.

The next moment, countless blood-red tentacles extended out from the gap in the black sun.

“Ah, what the……”

“Bang!”

The curse was cut off halfway as I got hit breathless, my body began to fall rapidly.

The falling speed was very fast, getting faster and faster. The intense feeling of weightlessness even made me want to pee, this was much more thrilling than bungee jumping.

This is over 100 meters high!!

Oh no oh no I’m gonna die gonna die gonna die……

I closed my eyes in fear, curled up my body hugging my head, desperately channeling black smoke in the air, wrapping my body tightly inside, waiting for the impact to come.

“Boom——!!”

I was like a black meteor trailing smoke, crashing into a half-collapsed house. The moment I hit the ground I sank right into it, with no bouncing back as imagined.

The huge impact force gave me a moment of blank consciousness, my ears kept ringing, as if my soul had left my body, feeling nothing at all.

It felt like a century had passed, or perhaps just two seconds. As sensation gradually returned, it was followed by the rumbling sound of collapsing structures.

The house with only half a wall left suddenly collapsed, and all sorts of stones and wooden debris buried me in a mess.

“……Wuu wuu……wuaa——!! Cough, cough cough……”

The dust made me cough constantly, with a tearing pain in my waist. The weight pressing on my body made it hard to breathe, giving me an urge to cry.

It hurts so much, so uncomfortable, I want Grandma Claire’s hug.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh——”

Suddenly came the sound of something cutting through the air.

My heart jumped in shock, and I immediately activated the frost power again, ignoring the pain in my body.

Now is not the time to be emotional.

“Crack bang——”

Ice spikes rose from the ground breaking through the debris, the huge force pushed me to the side, and I immediately started rolling around randomly.

“Boom boom boom——!!”

Before I could roll far, three black giant blades struck down, the blast wind from the explosion threw my small body flying again.

“Yaa——”

My body traced a beautiful arc in the air. I panicked, my small hands flailing wildly, trying to adjust my landing posture.

However, it was useless.

“Thud.”

A dull sound, my head hit first.

“Wuu wuu wuu!!”

The moment I landed, I scrambled up. Hugging my little head rubbing hard, tears in my eyes, making low whimpers.

This really hurt, feeling a big bump forming on my forehead.

I glared at the sky with red eyes.

Why.

We’re both from the abyss.

But why! You can fly!!!

“【Abyssal Language】Kill.”

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh——”

Giant black blades came again.

“【Abyssal Language】Kill kill kill, so annoying!!!”

Hmph……is that all you can do?!

Ice pillars burst up under my feet again, sending me up 10+ meters into the air.

Still not enough.

My toes pointed downward.

“Crack!”

This time, ice pillars formed in mid-air, my body leaped up another 10+ meters.

“Whoosh——whoosh——”

Blades kept flying at me from the black sun, I desperately dodged while creating ice pillars to keep sending me higher.

A piercing pain came from my waist, I gritted my teeth and endured it.

Seeing less than 20 meters distance left to the black sun.

I held my breath, releasing intense black smoke to wrap my whole body again.

Not enough yet, density not enough. Compress……compress……compress more……

“Boom.”

The black smoke wrapping around my body was condensed by me into a black fireball gleaming with white light, bringing an overwhelming momentum, shooting towards the black sun like an arrow leaving the bowstring.

“Bang.”

Without the imagined grand impact, I broke through easily.

I’m in! My heart leaped with joy, left hand reaching forward, grabbing hold of the thing hiding inside.

“Ahhh——!!”

“Rumble——!!”

The black flames on my body suddenly exploded, rays of white light filling the sky.

The black sun had no resistance against this explosion, instantly scattered.

I finally pulled that thing out from the black ball, taking it down with me.

In mid-air, I tightly held onto one of the monster’s arms, raising the Shandao in my right hand and swinging down hard.

“Clang——”

The huge rebound force made my whole arm feel numb.

“Roar——!!”

The monster roared angrily, sprouting countless tentacles to wrap around and squeeze me.

“Ahhh——!!!”

Frost energy frosted over the tentacles’ surface with a layer of fine frost mist, the force binding me instantly weakened.

I freed my right hand again, using all my strength, my large scythe continuously striking at the monster.

“Clang——””Clang——””Clang——””Crack——”

Finally cut through, but the scythe also broke, the blade stuck in the monster’s chest.

I threw away the now useless handle, clenching my fist to punch the monster’s ugly, canine-like face.

One punch, then another.

I remembered Uncle Dor’s hearty laugh.

“Bam, bam, bam……”

This damn thing!!!

Then crashed together onto the ground outside the village.

“Boom——!!”

When landing, I deliberately pressed the monster beneath me as a cushion, creating cracks spreading across the ground.

While I once again went rolling dozens of meters away.

“Cough cough……”

Coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood.

Half my body was scraped up, internal organs feeling like they’d shifted position.

I lay on the ground, body trembling uncontrollably.

Two consecutive falls from high altitude left me severely injured, now in too much pain to move.

What about that thing, is it dead!?

“Awooo!!!”

The monster seemed to have not taken much damage, quickly rising to float in mid-air, and I finally saw its complete form.

The upper body was wrapped in thick black smoke, the exposed parts covered in familiar black armor. The wolf-dog like head had two huge horns standing up. The lower body was all blood-red tentacles, constantly twisting and writhing, making one’s scalp tingle.

“【Abyssal Language】Fellow kin of ours, what are you doing? Why do you block us here?”

The monster didn’t immediately attack me, but tried to communicate.

That’s fine, then I’ll try to delay for a while, waiting for my body to recover mobility.

“【Abyssal Language】Cough cough……why kill people?”

“【Abyssal Language】We follow the will of god, correcting the world’s order.”

????

“【Abyssal Language】What……are you talking about?”

“【Abyssal Language】We must only follow god’s will.”

“【Abyssal Language】……God’s will? What the hell, those you killed were all good people!!”

“【Abyssal Language】Are you saving these inferior beings……foolish emotional constraints.”

With such disagreement, the monster gave up trying to communicate with me, raising its withered right hand.

Oh no. I should have gone along with what it was saying, why did I have to argue!

I struggled to prop up my body, desperately trying to stand up.

Not over yet, not over yet!

If I die here, then Elia, Barry, and the grandmother from the neighboring town, everyone living in this area, would be finished.

“【Abyssal Language】Kill.”

Like pronouncing a death sentence.

The next moment, an intense white light suddenly lit up in the distance, a thick beam of light instantly swallowed the monster’s body.

“Roar——!!!”

The beast’s roar shook heaven and earth, I turned to look, calling out with some joy.

“Dabai!”

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