The giant tortoise's carapace was naturally covered with magic patterns, layered in a dark cyan color. On the abdomen carapace, six thick magic patterns divided the abdomen into six equal parts. Nelis's eyes could see through the meaning of these magic patterns, which were rock-solid earth magic.
Nelis clenched the dragon tooth dagger in her hand. There were few things that the dragon tooth dagger couldn't pierce, but the thickness of this tortoise shell was probably two or three meters, and even a heavy sword couldn't pierce it. What's more, the magic patterns on the tortoise shell could provide a strong defensive ability, and Nelis's usual means were now completely ineffective.
The giant tortoise's tail was thick and covered with scales, looking like a metal limb, probably harder than the shell of a construct puppet.
This tail hung down, blocking the weakness of the body. The huge tortoise raised its huge head, and the layers of reflective horns on its neck stretched out with a clanging sound. Nelis saw that there were several circles of magic symbols between the giant tortoise's neck and carapace. These magic symbols were naturally formed, and as long as the giant tortoise's head retracted into the carapace, these magic symbols would be activated, releasing the power of earth magic and completely sealing the tortoise shell.
If this first shot missed, even if the giant tortoise didn't fight back, as long as it retracted its head and sank to the bottom of the sea, Nelis couldn't do anything.
The water pressure at the bottom of the sea was too strong, and Nelis's body was certainly not as strong as this tortoise shell.
This was difficult. Even the giant tortoise's eyes were covered with a layer of transparent skin. The skin looked tougher than Tiago's dragon skin, and Nelis wasn't sure if she could hit it.
Just as he was worrying about how to get close, a huge crossbow bolt flew over from the distant sea. The whistling sound was like fire magic going out of control, and a series of explosions shook the surface of the sea, causing huge waves to appear.
With a loud bang, the crossbow arrow as thick as an arm hit the giant tortoise's head, and the sharp arrow itself was extremely heavy. Nelis swung her feet and went around to the back of the giant tortoise. She saw more than a dozen light spots in the distant seawater approaching quickly. They were humans wearing shark skin.
The huge arrow didn't penetrate the giant tortoise's head, but only made a shallow mark on the giant tortoise's head, but the huge impact twisted the giant tortoise's neck.
Ang ang …
The Giant Tortoise screamed. It was the first time that Nelis heard such a creature making a sound. Fortunately, she went around to the back, otherwise, she would have been exposed.
More than a dozen bright spots approached. These people's bodies were glowing, and their feet were covered with huge fins. The sharkskin on their bodies was engraved with magic patterns, and they swam faster than a boat.
Each of these people held a metal spear in their hands. The spearhead was a rarely seen triangular shape. There were no blood grooves carved on it, but there was a hole on each inclined surface.
The giant tortoise angrily spat out a yellow gas from its mouth. The five people who bore the brunt of the yellow gas were instantly petrified. The giant tortoise shot out a few more water arrows from its nostrils. These water arrows were even thicker than the arrows that attacked it. The water arrows quickly separated in the air, forming a huge water net that covered the remaining people.
The remaining people were not affected by the death of their companions. They twisted their bodies, and two of them bypassed the water net. The three-edged metal spear in their hands spun rapidly, and the spear flew out of their hands, hitting the eyes of the giant tortoise.
The giant tortoise had four eyes. Before its transparent eyelids could close, its eyeballs were pierced by the metal spear.
Blood spurted out from the end of the spear. This was a magic weapon, specially used to kill large magical beasts. The hole on the spearhead produced a huge suction force, and sucked the liquid in the eye socket of the giant tortoise dry. The three-edged spearhead was stuck in the bone gap, and the eyeball of the giant tortoise was broken. Blood kept spurting out from the eye, and it looked extremely tragic.
After this successful move, another two people in sharkskin dodged the water net. Ignoring their companions who were strangled by the water net, they swam agilely in the water. In a few seconds, they came to the side of the giant tortoise's neck. They stabbed their spears, and the rapidly spinning spearheads pierced into the two ligaments under the giant tortoise's neck.
These two ligaments were very thin, but they served the same purpose as fins. There was no flesh inside, either. However, the giant tortoise couldn't retract its head after the two spears pierced it.
Salin, who was far away, was even more nervous than Nelis. He whispered to Rex, "Oh no, why are there people hunting magical beasts at night!"
"What's so terrible about it? We're saved!" Rex was so excited that she was about to fly up.
Salin grabbed her and held her back with all his might. He didn't know how to explain to Rex. In this situation, Nelis would definitely kill the people who hunted the giant tortoise together.
Salin's guess was right. As soon as these people in sharkskin appeared, Nelis treated them as prey. The giant tortoise's head was severely injured, and it couldn't retract its shell. The four survivors immediately swam far away, waiting for the ships behind them to approach, and then use powerful weapons to deal with this magical beast.
They had a good idea. Nelis slid along the abdomen of the giant tortoise, and quickly touched the injured eye socket of the giant tortoise. She stabbed the dragon tooth dagger lightly, and injected the poison into the giant tortoise's body. Then, Nelis kicked on the body of the giant tortoise, and her body elongated instantly. Green mageweaths appeared on her skin, and the hidden tail behind her was dragged out. Her body was faster than arrows, and she chased after the four people who escaped.
These four people didn't expect that there would be people near the giant tortoise. When Nelis appeared beside them, the four of them were stunned. Their weapons were left on the giant tortoise, and when they realized something was wrong, Nelis' dagger had already cut through their special underwater armor.
The dragon tooth dagger pierced through the sharkskin, and it was like cutting through soft butter. The four of them still wanted to rely on their water skills to deal with this woman who suddenly appeared, but the poison and freezing effect on the dragon tooth dagger had already burst out. A layer of hard ice formed on the surface of the four people's bodies, and they sank to the bottom of the sea.
Nelis smiled, and her body changed back to normal. The cold air on the dragon tooth dagger burst forth, dispelling the poison smeared on it, and turned back into a ring, which she wore on her hand.
"Why did Nelis kill people!"
Rex was a little stunned to hear Salin's explanation.
Salin thought, this is the nature of demons. How can I explain it to you? He simply jumped into the sea, and the water pattern shield on the surface of his body was wrapped in a layer of fog. This layer of fog rolled in the sea. Salin's feet moved, and with the power of magic, he pushed the raft made of a dozen wooden boxes towards the giant tortoise.
The giant tortoise was paralyzed by the poison, and it wouldn't die immediately. Salin saw clearly that the arrow that hit the giant tortoise wasn't shot by a human. In the night, a long and narrow boat broke through the waves and approached the giant tortoise. Salin couldn't make the raft move by himself, so he simply gave up on the wooden boxes. The water pattern shield shrunk, and stuck to the surface of his body. His whole body was like a fish, and he dived into the waves.
Nelis was his contracted creature, and he had to stand up to her no matter what. Furthermore, Nelis wasn't a magical beast, but a creature with true intelligence like humans. Salin had gradually gotten used to having such a demon by his side, and often called him master.
"Silva, you guard Daniel. No matter who approaches, don't talk, just attack. " Rex knew that Silva wasn't good at communication. In a moment of desperation, she could only leave these words, and fly towards the giant tortoise with Wind Soaring.
Halfway there, Rex was shocked to recognize the species of the giant tortoise. It was a level-seven magical beast, but it had a gentle temperament and relied on its strong defense to survive.
The Coiled Tortoise could live for tens of thousands of years, and it could reach level-nine before dying. It was the oldest creature in the sea. This Coiled Tortoise might have just reached adulthood, and it was its first time encountering humans, so it didn't know how scary humans could be. It floated on the surface for a long time to breathe, and it was easy for hunting ships to find it.
Alchemy City also had missions to kill Coiled Tortoises, and they were all done at night. The Coiled Tortoise never floated up during the day, and this magical beast could hold its breath for several days underwater.
The shell of the Coiled Tortoise could be made into the best armor, and its value in this aspect was greater than that of a dragon. While the scales of a dragon were hard, they were difficult to make, and they weren't suitable for swordsmen either. They were more suitable for making equipment for mages.
Someone was hunting the Coiled Tortoise, and it definitely wasn't someone from Alchemy City. There must be an island nearby. Rex was both happy and depressed. It seemed that Salin was right, and Nelis had killed someone. Looking down from the sky, he could see Nelis hiding behind the shell of the Coiled Tortoise, looking at the ship that was coming from afar.
There were still four spears stuck in the Coiled Tortoise's head. These four spears weren't fatal, but the Coiled Tortoise was exhaling more than it was inhaling. It was floating on the sea, and it couldn't even sink. It must have been poisoned by Nelis.
What about the owner of the four spears?
There was still a thick smell of blood on the surface of the sea nearby. If it wasn't for the Coiled Tortoise's strong aura, sharks would have pounced to snatch the prey.
Salin quickly approached the Coiled Tortoise in the water. He clawed at the patterns on the shell, climbed up the tortoise's back, and crouched beside Nelis.
"Who told you to kill?" Salin felt the joy and excitement from the depths of Nelis's soul. It was hunting, and her bloodthirsty nature was surging uncontrollably.
"No one knows I did it." Nelis twisted her body and stuck to Salin. Salin took out some clothes and forcefully put them on Nelis, and then gave her two bracelets.
"Are you sure no one knows?"
"I'm sure, Master. More than ten of them died at the beginning, and it was this big guy who killed them. I only killed four."
Before the two of them finished speaking, the long and narrow ship had already arrived near the Coiled Tortoise. There was a device like a castle's arrow tower on the ship, and an alchemy crossbow was hidden inside. Salin felt danger. This kind of alchemy crossbow must be equipped with aiming equipment. If he wasn't careful, this crossbow could lock onto him from a few miles away.
The huge alchemy crossbow was originally used to attack cities. If it could accurately lock onto a Magician, even if the Magician had a shell like the Coiled Tortoise, his bones wouldn't be as hard.
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