The monster let out a roar and threw out another punch with its other hand, a small explosion bursting out right behind its elbow and increasing the speed of the punch.

Ivan didn’t back down, his body exploded with Nexus energy and he met the monster’s punch with a fierce fist of his own.

Ckraak!!!

Their fists collided, and it sounded like thunder had struck; the ground around them collapsed even more, and Ivan was pushed back for three meters with his legs, creating two long trenches on the ground.

The strength of the monster had increased!

Just that, Ivan wasn’t the monster’s only opponent as immediately after it pushed Ivan back, the massive head of a white snake appeared in front of it with its mouth wide open.

Glen’s snake attacked with speed and bit down at the location of the monster with strength that would be enough to smash a boulder into pieces.

The snake did get the monster but it suddenly started to struggle after a few seconds, letting out hissing sounds while slamming its tail around.

Upon taking a closer look, they saw that the red tree demon had grabbed the upper and lower jaws of the snake; preventing it from closing over it.

“Haa!” With a low shout, the monster lifted the snake’s entire body, which was the size of a train, off the ground and sent it flying away.

BOOM!!!

The snake crashed into one of the pillars some meters away and instantly broke through it, it only came to a stop after crashing into the wall.

“No!”

Glen shouted as blood trickled down the corner of his mouth, he quickly ran over to where his snake was.

At this moment, Ivan had already reached the monster once more; five swords rotating around him like birds.

The monster saw this, and the glow in its eyes changed; Ivan’s swords came down on it at the same time.

Fwoosh!!

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind burst out around the monster and created an almost invisible barrier of sharp winds that spun at a crazy speed and made whistling sounds.

Clang! Clang! Clang!!

All of Ivan’s swords were immediately sent flying immediately after making contact with the ball of wind that was protecting the monster, they were unable to pass through.

At the same moment that Ivan’s sword was sent flying, the blue-haired Karin jumped out from behind him with her mallet raised high above her head.

“Take this!” She screamed before bringing the mallet down on the windshield of the monster.

BOOM!

The mallet smashed into the wind barrier, and the strong rebound force sent Karin flying away in the air while the monster was tossed back as well; Karin’s attack had been unable to break through its barrier but ended up sending it flying with the monster inside of it.

The red tree demon crashed into a pillar that was behind it, shattering it and causing it to collapse and creating a cloud of dust; three shadows immediately shot into the cloud of dust.

They were Clint, the undead General, and the undead knight.

But before they could reach the monster, a loud bellow that shook the entire space that they were in resounded.

“Enough!”

Right after, a massive explosion took place as the area around the monster burst out with ferocious flames that poured out like a raging wave.

The shadow that Clint was hiding in immediately disappeared, and he became visible; the wave of flames knocked him and the two undead creatures back.

From the flame came the red tree demon, still inside its wind barrier. It now had an even more fearsome appearance as the flames solidified into numerous hands behind it; these hands were just as huge as the 14-meter monster and stayed behind it like wings; their excruciating heat caused the ground to melt and turn into magma.

Ivan’s eyes flashed upon the sight of the monster’s new appearance.

“Everyone retreat,” He ordered while he stood to face the monster, he would hold it back until everyone else had returned to the land carrier.

Ralph and the others nodded, not daring to delay a minute later; they could already tell that it was no longer in their place to fight this monster, not when it was in such form.

Glen had already recalled his snake back to his Nexus chamber; Ralph didn’t waste time to recall his undead General and undead knight as the four of them dashed toward the land carrier.

“Who asked you to leave?” The red tree demon bellowed before dashing forward, wanting to chase after Ralph and the rest.

Its speed had also increased than before, and it looked like it had faded out of existence, but it was simply because it was too fast.

“I did,” a calm voice rang out as Ivan, with an expressionless look in his eye appeared in front of the monster.

The glow in the monster’s eyes flickered, Ivan’s speed that had suddenly become on par with its had stunned it.

“You die first!” The monster growled as the fire hands behind it all punched down at Ivan.

The heat of these hands was so intense that Ivan felt a light sting on his face but it was still bearable for him as he covered himself with his Nexus energy.

Performing complicated footwork, Ivan evaded every single punch thrown by the fire hands with a gap of at least half a meter. Although the ground behind him didn’t, it exploded into craters and burning rocks under the rampage of the firehands.

Iven looked back from the corner of his eyes; Ralph and the rest had already reached the land carrier and were now waiting for him.

“Not yet,” Ivan mumbled under his breath before suddenly twisting his body and executing a rotating leg slam; his foot slammed into the barrier of the monster and created a strong shockwave that split the ground open.

The monster was shocked as its body lifted off the ground and flew back for dozens of meters like a comet. Ivan wasn’t any better, he allowed himself to be lifted into the air as well as the force from the collision just now sent him flying in the direction of the land carrier.

While he flew in the air, Ivan stared at the monster with narrowed eyes.

‘I will deal with you later,’ Ivan thought before suddenly twisting his body and landing gracefully by stepping on a pillar; he then jumped to the ground and ran in the direction of the land carrier.

The ramp was already lowered, so Ivan jumped in with a fluid movement, and the ramp immediately closed up; Elliot didn’t waste time controlling the land carrier.

Its metal legs dug into the ground and made an unrealistic jump toward the opening that they passed to come here, the slope that they had passed through to come here was not a slanted hill that they had to climb.

“Come back here!”

An enraged shout sounded from behind them, the monster was coming at them like a furious demon!

(It was a demon after all)

Elliot did not delay any further and jumped into the opening, the legs of the land carrier stabbed into the walls of the passage and began to climb like a spider; they escaped with such professionalism.

Luckily, the monster didn’t chase them past the opening of its territory. It stood at the entrance and watched the huge land carrier escape like a frightened spider.

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