A desperate last stand

  Vitru just asked Amun why he could use both intermediate body techniques and divine techniques at the same time, which touched on Amun's biggest secret. He was so tense that he couldn't show his tension. Amun bowed and said: "Lord Vitru, I really didn't expect it to be you! No wonder, with just Obama and those few useless people, how could they possibly catch up with me? There must be an expert tracker in your team..."

  Weitru and others all showed a triumphant smile, but at this time suddenly heard Haiwen shouting: "Be careful ——!"

  It's too late to be careful, Ah Meng bowed his head and knelt down on one knee as if paying respects. His right hand relaxed and the staff fell to the ground. He quickly reached into his chest and pulled out a silver giant shield that was identical to the previous one. He inserted it into the ground, shielding himself tightly. With a swift swing of his right hand, he threw out several scrolls like scattering flower petals.

  Vitru and others had long known that Amun had a scroll on him, and they had discussed the possibility of Amun using it when they were making plans. But when it came down to it, they still couldn't prevent it. No one expected Amun to take out the scrolls so decisively, three high-level scrolls and one mid-level scroll, without even blinking an eye, while speaking and paying respects!

  Along the way, Amun carefully studied the newly obtained scrolls and made a discovery. The high-level scrolls were not as brilliant as the two he had used up in the underworld before. No wonder Nero specifically gave them to him as a separate reward; those three scrolls were indeed his life's masterpiece, extraordinary. And among the mid-tier scrolls, none could surpass the "Song of Ice and Fire" that he had used up on the Yubu River.

  These scrolls are standard formulaic scrolls that can cast specific divine spells, and the number is already precious and hard to find. With Amun's current magical power, controlling one high-level divine spell at a time is possible, but controlling two or three might be impossible. However, Amun simply unfolded the scroll and triggered the divine spell without trying to control it, just like in the underworld.

  The first high-level scroll is "Wind Blade Dance", a high-ranking divine technique that indiscriminately attacks over a wide range. In the valley, strong winds are stirred up, and countless small air masses are condensed and compressed like sharp blades, flying chaotically in all directions. Wherever it passes, trees and leaves are reduced to fragments, and smoke rises from the ground.

  The second advanced scroll is "Spatial Rift", a large-scale indiscriminate attack spell that is mixed with countless wind blades, and the space is distorted, as if many small rifts have appeared. The branches that were rolled up in the air had many silent displacements, as if they were split into two by some force out of thin air.

  The third advanced scroll is "Frosty Mist", a thick fog rises between the trees, and small ice crystals are scattered everywhere, like tiny needles that can't be seen by the naked eye. Its attack power is not very large, but it has a very good effect of blocking vision, interfering with detection senses, making it difficult for people to find Amun's position, and also hard to distinguish from which direction the chaotic attacks come from.

  The changing wind blade suddenly appeared in the space crack, covered by frosty mist, making it difficult for people to detect and distinguish. This was a trick that Ah Mon had been thinking about for a long time, believing that using these three scrolls at the same time could achieve the best damage effect, and was also the most sudden and difficult to defend against.

  Amun unrolled the scroll and lost control, which means he himself was also under attack by the power of the scroll. But he had been prepared, half-kneeling on the ground with a heavy shield to block most of the attacks from the front and top, and another light screen rose along the curved surface of the shield to completely protect his body in the middle. At the same time, Amun quickly picked up the staff on the ground and thrust it upwards, and the swirling dust in front of him condensed into a thick and solid earth wall, which was the mid-level divine technique "Wall of Firmness", Obama had also cast it earlier, but Amun was much more skilled than him!

  Even if Vitru had thought that Armon would use the scrolls, he wouldn't have expected him to use them like this, unfolding so many uncontrollable high-level scrolls at once. He also didn't expect Armon to put himself in the midst of the scroll's attack power. This is spending an astonishing amount of money and lives! It's a reckless slash that even includes himself.

  Vitru and others also had scrolls on them, but they didn't use them in the first place. On the one hand, it was not necessary to deal with Amun at all, and on the other hand, those were Julian's things, and it would be best not to move them if possible, which could mean a lot of money. The scroll thrown out by Amun was like a magnificent mansion burning, with groups of cattle and sheep, slaves, countless beauties, luxurious clothes, gold and silver all turning into misty fog, wind blades, and cracks.

  Amon did not control the three high-level scroll's divine power, but instead controlled another mid-level scroll. As he unrolled it, he locked onto Vittelroth as his target. He didn't want this skilled divine spellcaster to die from a counterattack, nor did he want Vittelroth to have the chance to use the scroll on him, so he temporarily sealed it off. The unrolled scroll was "Spatial Restraint".

  This mid-tier scroll doesn't have any harm, it just temporarily locks the attack target in a certain space. Ahmon once used it on the Yu Bei River to deal with that strange snake, and later Gilgamesh compensated him with another scroll of the same kind, which he threw out again now. Vitru sensed that the surrounding space was locked in an instant, and he seemed to be blocked outside the battlefield.

  Actually, Armando worried too much. Under the almost instantaneous consecutive attacks of three advanced divine techniques, Viter also had no chance to counterattack, and his first choice was how to defend himself. Viter shouted and swung his staff, and a silver light rose from the shields held by the warriors on both sides and Haim's hand in front of him, forming a huge light shield that protected the entire formation inside.

  But that's not all, Vitru's staff swung down again, and a transparent armor appeared along his body, shining with dark brown light, wrapping the divine master himself tightly, without leaving any gaps, even his eyes were protected. This is the most brilliant air element defense divine technique, Instant Shield, which cannot be moved by oneself when casting this technique, nor does it care about spatial confinement.

  Looking at Haiwen's posture, it was almost identical to Ah Meng's. He also knelt on one knee and raised his round shield forward and upward. In front of the shield, apart from the large protective cover cast by Vitruvius' spell, a circle of bright light had risen, just enough to protect his own body. This warrior had also undergone a second awakening of strength, mastering low-level divine magic with auxiliary surname, and his martial skills were quite impressive. The shield in his hand was also an object imbued with divine magic.

  It was a strange battle, every person on the battlefield gritted their teeth and struggled to hold on, like a fragile sandcastle that could be shattered at any moment in the midst of raging winds and waves.

  The scroll unfolded, and the divine technique's duration was not long. The spatial seal of that intermediate-level scroll was shattered by the power of the other three scrolls, and it wasn't even necessary for Vitru to cast a spell to dispel it.

  But this mid-tier scroll "killed" a person. Due to the obstruction of spatial confinement, Vitrue's divine defense did not protect Shute in time, and Julian's nephew was the first to fall. The fatal wound appeared on his forehead, with deep spatial fissures almost splitting his head in two. Immediately afterwards, countless wind blades left dense wounds on his corpse.

  Shute died very wrongly, he was originally standing in the safest and least likely to be attacked position, but did not expect Amun's attack to be like this.

  When the crack disappeared, the wind blade scattered, and the fog was still lingering, the strongest burst attack finally passed. The seemingly indestructible earth wall in front of Ahmon had long been shattered into pieces, and the silver light shield also shattered and disappeared, leaving only the giant shield intact to protect his figure. On Ahmon's right shoulder near the back and on the outside of his left thigh, his clothes were torn, and fresh blood was flowing out, like wounds cut by a sharp knife.

  The situation on the opposite side was even more dire, Shute was already dead, and the two warriors beside Vitru were severely injured and fell to the ground, it was hard to tell which wound was more fatal. The warrior on the left still held his sword in his right hand, but his shield arm had been severed from his body, while the warrior on the right had several deep wounds around his waist, with blood staining half of his body red.

  The opponent still has two people who can fight, namely Vitru standing and Havin half-kneeling.

  His shoulder garment was torn, and there was fresh blood seeping from his right shoulder. The shield in his hand still had a faint glow, but its surface already had cracks. Although this was a good divine defensive artifact, it couldn't be compared to the shield in Ah Mon's hand. What Ah Mon found in the secret cave was something that remained intact after the great war against Beelzebub. Today's scene was intense, but it couldn't be mentioned in the same breath as that battle.

  No one could have imagined that Amun not only took out the first shield, but also took out the second shield out of thin air. How did he get so many good things in his hands? The scene where the shields appeared should be taken from a spatial object, and this person can't even open it if they own a spatial object, such as Amun's inability to open Nero's spatial ring. —— These strange events made people want to break their heads but couldn't figure them out, and there was no time to think about it carefully.

  On the battlefield, only Vitru was intact and unharmed, the transparent armor wrapped around his body slowly disappearing. The face of this divine technique master was pale and terrifying. After continuously tracking Amun for so many days, the consumption of physical and mental energy was enormous, and Vitru also felt extremely tired. Today, another unexpected event suddenly occurred. If Amun were a great divine technique master who could control the direction of attack of those three scrolls, rather than randomly releasing their power, perhaps Vitru would not be able to stand now.

  Ah Mon didn't give his opponent any chance to catch their breath, he threw away the shield and held the staff with both hands, his half-kneeling body suddenly sprang up from the ground, stumbled a few steps when landing, but immediately stabilized his body and charged forward without hesitation. His physical strength and magical power consumption were also close to the limit, the defensive effect of that shield was good, but it was too heavy which would affect speed and reaction, so he threw it away decisively.

  He absolutely cannot let Vitru have another chance to exert his powerful divine technique, Amun has no strength left to resist. Hayven's reaction speed is also very fast, like a leopard jumping up from the ground, holding a shield and charging towards Amun with a knife. There are only tens of steps between the two, but he sees Amun take out something from his bosom and swing it forward with all his might, subconsciously thinking it's another scroll, raising his shield and crouching down to defend himself, yet not feeling any explosion of divine technique.

  Vitru's face also showed a look of terror, and he didn't have time to launch a divine technique counterattack. The divine stone on the staff shone brightly, and in an instant, another shield was raised. However, what Amun held in his hand wasn't thrown out; it was just a long, strip-like bone.

  The bones didn't get thrown out, but all sorts of weapons, armor, staffs, divine stones, scrolls, dry rations, wine bottles, and even a new set of clothes and an old set of clothes, two pairs of shoes flew out in mid-air. Ah Mon concentrated his strength to the maximum, swung the bones with all his might, opened up the invisible space, and what flew out were the things he had been carrying on him.

  Vitru's divine shield can withstand energy attacks and defend against slashing weapons, but strength has its limits. He never expected Amun to smash him with a "small mountain". How could this person possibly throw so many things in an instant? Vitru was stunned for a moment, because he saw the scrolls flying all over the sky, and a golden semi-transparent divine stone, which is the tears of the gods that many people dream of!

  The tears of the gods pierced through Viteru's divine shield, striking his face and causing him harm that was tiny but enough to make Viteru lose his composure. His soul had flown away! Countless objects fell down, putting immense pressure on Viteru's shield, which shattered as he collapsed to the ground, with a spear thrust into his back.

  The small mountain of miscellaneous objects also hit the two warriors who were already seriously injured next to Vitru, and among the chaotic things that fell first were weapons, heavy axes, spears, and sharp swords. The two men died on the spot, it was unknown whether they were killed by the weapons or crushed by the heavy objects, as they could not withstand such a blow under their serious injuries.

  The scroll had not been unrolled, and it fell to the ground with the divine stone, covering the three corpses.

  Ah Mon had no time to see the "results" of this blow, because Hai Wen jumped up from the ground again and rushed forward, his chopping knife shining brightly as it slashed over. The knife was short, but its blade's range was astonishing. Ah Mon raised his staff with a faint glow to block this knife, the sound of the knife and staff colliding shook the air, Ah Mon was shaken and flew back two steps, when he landed, fresh blood flowed out from his wound again.

  Amon's staff was much heavier than Haeun's knife, but Haeun's strength was abnormally astonishing. The knife cut onto the staff with a strange impact force that almost shattered Amon's internal organs. Haeun's martial skills were obviously far superior to Amon's.

  Amon's left hand bones fell to the ground, and with both hands holding the staff, he barely stood firm, then exerted himself to block Haiwen's second knife. He was shaken back two steps. At this time, more blood suddenly flowed out of Haiwen's wound on his right shoulder. He switched the knife to his left hand and took up the shield with his right hand. Taking advantage of this brief moment, Amon let out a loud roar and swung the staff back fiercely with both hands.

  Just like a giant hammer hitting a broken gong, the sound was harsh and piercing. Haimen's shield blocked the staff, and the knife swept across horizontally. Ah Meng suddenly felt a strange twisting sensation, the staff hit the shield but was pulled to one side by an invisible force, almost making him lose his balance. In his haste to dodge, Haimen's blade sliced through the clothes at his waist, leaving a wound under Ah Meng's ribs, and fresh blood gushed out instantly.

  This man actually knows divine techniques, using simple low-level divine techniques to assist in martial arts combat, and uses them reasonably and cleverly. If Amun's reaction was a little slower, he would have been disembowelled by now. Haimen is a true fighter and hunter, and he didn't even turn his head to look at the situation on Vitrula's side, but instead launched a full-force attack. Just now, when defending against the scroll explosion, his power consumption was greater than Amun's, and he was also injured, but now he gritted his teeth and fought hard, fighting to see who would fall first.

  Amon was encountering this kind of opponent for the first time, a true life-or-death struggle between warriors. Every one of Haeun's knives was accurate and reasonable, leaving Amon with few opportunities to counterattack. He could only swing his staff in succession to block and retreat, but the continuous power impact made him feel his body go soft, his mind somewhat dizzy, and blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

  Amon's martial skills were not particularly impressive, but his movements were agile and practical. He managed to parry every fatal attack with his staff. Every time he counterattacked, Hayven blocked it with his shield. Hayven's short knife was more agile than Amon's long staff, and its blade swept across a wider range of attacks.

  When Haiwen took action, the people behind him, including Weitru, did not cooperate with the attack. His heart sank, guessing that all his companions might have met with misfortune. But he gritted his teeth and didn't look back, swinging his short knife with bloodshot eyes. In this situation, Haiwen had no choice but to take down Amun in order to explain everything; otherwise, even if he managed to escape, it would be a dead end.

  Amon was forced to retreat repeatedly, gradually retreating to the edge of the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, with steep rocks behind him. He also discovered that Haibin's weakness was on his right shoulder. The wound on Haibin's shoulder was very deep, and every time he used his right hand to hold up his shield to block Amon's counterattack, a painful and ferocious expression would appear on his face.

  The short knife in Haewon's left hand gradually dimmed its blade, and his strength was almost exhausted. But Amun's situation was even more precarious, with both arms numb and trembling all over, barely able to control the staff in his hand.

  Amon was almost out of options, summoning his last strength to wield the short sword and launch a counterattack. The iron staff struck the shield with an ear-piercing shattering sound. This shield finally couldn't withstand such a long battle, suddenly shattering into several pieces. Haibin's body shook violently, throwing away the broken shield, letting out a painful roar as he retreated half a step, both hands holding knives and pouncing forward again.

  The already dim blade suddenly became brighter than ever before, this was the last slash that Haixin had mustered up all his strength to unleash, seemingly wanting to end the battle with just this one strike. Ahmon's staff was pulled forward by an invisible force, his body leaning forward as he was dragged half a step ahead, looking like he wouldn't be able to block this strike in time. —— Haixin once again used his divine technique in conjunction, which was also the last bit of strength he had been storing up for a long time.

  If nothing unexpected happens, Ah Mon is done for, this knife will surely knock him to the ground. Just at this moment, Hai Wen, who was rushing forward, suddenly slipped under his feet, and the other foot that landed also failed to stand firm, and his body stumbled forward and fell to the ground.

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