Volume 5: Gathering Storm 010. Stunning Beauty

  Aoldas grunted, scanning the battlefield and suddenly discovering several eerie black shadows. He didn't have time to worry about his own precarious situation, as he swiftly moved his body and continuously swung his long sword, unleashing multiple crescent-shaped blasts of energy that sliced through and shattered the black shadows.

  Although Orudas was formidable, his strength was also exceptional. However, he didn't have three heads and six arms. Although he had already used all his might, the arrows that were cut down by him at most only half of them, the rest stuck to the ground, and all flew towards the direction of the students of Roland Academy.

  Those students naturally noticed this point, although they wanted to avoid it, but outside the defensive line they had barely formed, there were still dozens of tentacles, and even if they ran out, they would only have one death.

  In this brief moment of hesitation, several more people were hit by crossbow bolts and instantly turned into bloody corpses.

  The shaky defense line vanished into thin air at this moment, and the dozens of students from just now were left with only three survivors. Except for Kris, there were only two who had slightly better luck and were not easily taken care of by Du Fan.

  The strange arrow finally disappeared from the battlefield. Du Fan's crossbow arrows seemed to have been used up, and he didn't take advantage of the situation to make another move.

  Although the threat of crossbow bolts had diminished, the power of the octopus's tentacles was not to be underestimated. Aldras felt a little relieved, but at this moment he was worried about Chris, and his previous ambition had somehow dissipated into thin air. He just wanted to rush to Chris's side and take her away from this damned place, which was the only right choice.

  Unfortunately, he thought so, but the octopus didn't give him a chance. Taking advantage of his earlier rescue, more than a dozen tentacles had formed an offensive and surrounded him from all sides.

  A'erdasi sneered and thought to himself, "Even you dare to be so insolent?"

  At this moment, the aura in his body had recovered more than half. With a few casual sword swings, although it was no longer as powerful as before, the long sword in his hand, with the help of his aura, could still cut through iron like mud. In an instant, he chopped off several tentacles around him.

  But before Orudas could continue to be arrogant, a few muffled hums came from behind him. Orudas turned his head and looked back, and his eyes immediately turned red.

  Without his rescue, there was no effective battle formation. Although Chris herself still had some strength, when facing so many tentacles, she was at a loss, and in less than a moment, the defensive line formed by Chris and the remaining two students was breached. Fortunately, at this moment, the Octopus Demon Beast seemed to have been affected by the Weakness Mist as well, so although it wrapped up the three of them, for the time being, it did not kill them instantly.

  Kris and others' aura barely formed a shield, the situation was precarious.

  Auerdas's heart hung on Chris, since he realized his own mind a few days ago, half of his heart has been placed on Chris. At this moment, how could he let his first love, his beloved, leave him like that?

  Ardas let out a furious roar, and the Dou Qi on his body was unleashed without any reserve. The yellow and silver colors mixed together, forming a whirlpool of Dou Qi. His figure was like lightning, flashing past the giant tentacles beside him. The remaining few tentacles were torn into several pieces as they brushed against him.

  When he finally arrived beside Kriss, it was only a matter of seconds, but the octopus seemed extremely enraged that it couldn't disperse the aura around the three people. Kriss's body was lightly tossed, and she was about to be thrown directly into the octopus's huge bloody mouth.

  Kris opened her eyes, understood her situation, and almost shed tears, but she was tough-minded and didn't cry like a normal girl would; instead, she let out a long sigh and closed her eyes to await death.

  Ardas was furious in his heart, and he swung out two swords with a wave of his hand. The tentacles that were wrapped around the other two students were cut off by him. His figure was like lightning, piercing through layers of obstacles, piercing through mountains and rivers, and finally, in the last moment, his left arm hugged Kriss's waist.

  Kris suddenly opened her eyes and whispered: "Why..."

  Ardas let out a long sigh and said: "Kris, I'm here... so... you don't have to be afraid..."

  The sound had barely fallen when the two figures had already fallen into the giant mouth of the octopus demon beast.

  The octopus closed its mouth, seemingly extremely enjoying a loud roar, the huge eyeballs turned around and stared at the two students who had just escaped from the shore, the remaining tentacles were already moving.

  But the two students were already stunned by what was in front of them, without Ordas and Chris, even if they could still survive, but then what?

  Even Ferre, who was hiding on one side, couldn't help but take a deep breath.

  Although it makes sense to solve Oudas in this way, the benefits for the Holy See's trip are self-evident, but emotionally speaking, Ferre hopes that Oudas will not die. After all, such a person may not appear even after decades of searching throughout the Gawen Empire, and if he dies, it would be a huge loss in any sense.

  Du Fan glanced at Fei Lei with a faint gaze, as if he could see through his thoughts, and actually smiled lightly.

  This smile made Ferre's heart tremble with fear, yet he didn't dare ask anything.

  Du Fan closed his eyes, sensed for a moment, and his spiritual power was astonishing. Although the natural pressure of the Octopus Demon Beast made people's souls tremble, due to his practice of the Ten Thousand Laws, his spiritual power, as well as his Dou Qi and magic powers, had become extremely strange. In an inexplicable way, he bypassed the layers of spiritual pressure and sensed everything that was happening.

  After a moment, he slowly opened his eyes, took a light breath and smiled at Ferre: "You don't have to worry, Oaldes isn't dead."

  As soon as these words came out, Ferre's heart almost jumped out of his chest, and he couldn't say anything flattering.

  Du Fan finished speaking, but didn't look at him again. Instead, he gazed in the direction of the Octopus Demon Beast, sighing inwardly and muttering to himself: "Aldras, Aldras... I've long since been unable to understand your true strength. Chenchen once said that without reaching a certain level, one can't comprehend that kind of power... but it's not entirely unreasonable. When will the day come when I won't need these schemes and tricks, and can have a fair and square showdown with you?"

  Although Du Fan said so, he didn't have the slightest idea of repentance in his heart. His thoughts were different from those of most people on the Roland continent. In his view, martial arts, magic, fame, power, status, position, conspiracy, and trickery... everything was a part of one's strength. Even if it was a holy rank master, facing an emperor who could mobilize an army of 100,000, he might not necessarily have the upper hand.

  Human power is limited after all, and being able to reasonably utilize everything around oneself to achieve one's goals is truly true strength.

  Under such circumstances, the individual's strength is also necessary, otherwise Du Fan would not have made such a sigh.

  It's a wonder, and yet the situation before me has become even more bizarre.

  The Octopus Demon Beast that had originally intended to take care of the two Roland Academy students on the shore suddenly stopped moving for some reason, and everyone else was at a loss, completely unaware of what had happened. Only Du Fan's spiritual power was astonishing, and he vaguely felt everything that was about to happen, but in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh.

  Suddenly, a deafening roar erupted, and the entire valley seemed to turn blood red in an instant.

  One after another, crimson blood flowers spurted out from the top of the octopus monster's head. As the blood flowers sprayed out, a huge cross-shaped wound appeared on the top of the octopus's head, and all its blood and vitality seemed to have been sprayed out from this wound.

  Du Fan's micro-expression changed, and he was shocked to discover that the internal organs of the octopus demon beast had been shattered. This giant demon beast seemed to be on the verge of death.

  Among the bloody flowers, a figure burst into the sky, his body surrounded by a swirling aura that repelled even the slightest taint of the bloody rain.

  Ardas held a sword in one hand and cradled the unconscious Chris in the other, his body floating in mid-air as he continuously emitted a fierce aura that was almost too dazzling for anyone to gaze directly at.

  Finally, the blood flower's spray had stopped, but at this moment, the picturesque lake had been dyed crimson red, and where was there a hint of the spiritual energy that was present when I first saw it?

  If I had to say there was any atmosphere at all, it would be a killing and deadly one.

  A'erdashi's body slowly floated down, the Dou Qi in his body had long been exhausted, if not for his perseverance to support him, he would have fainted for who knows how long.

  He arrived at a relatively clean place and put down the Kuri in his arms. The Dou Qi on his body dissipated, and he almost fainted.

  Two students who had narrowly escaped death struggled to crawl to Ordas' side, using trembling hands to dig out various medicines from their pockets and hand them over to Ordas.

  Ardas slightly shook his head, he knew that Kris was just frightened and exhausted from the fight, which caused her to fall into this dazed state. If handled properly, this phenomenon would be greatly beneficial to his future strength.

  After shoving the secret medicine from Roland Academy into Tasia's mouth, Oldras finally let out a relieved smile. He slowly turned around to look at the corpses scattered all over the ground, but his heart was in pain, and for a moment, he didn't know what to do.