After shaking off the sea monsters and dodging the tentacles, Angor finally reached the octopus' neck.
The octopus' neck wasn't small, and Angor couldn't find any trace of the Duons. He had to keep flying.
"The front! Angor, look at its front! "Keely used Voice Transmission on Angor's ear.
Angor followed Keely's instructions and flew to the front of the octopus.
He saw it! If one were to draw a line between the octopus' eyes, there would be a transparent, bubble-like organ at the apex of an equilateral triangle.
Inside the bubble, there was a Gui with its eyes closed! It had the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish. Just as Keely described.
Angor didn't know whether the Duon was still alive or not, but his eyes lit up when he saw the creature.
Angor tried to approach the bubble, but he couldn't because he was in the center of the octopus' body. Angor tried to get through several times, but he was either stopped by the tentacles of the octopus or the sea monsters that chased after him.
And that was because the octopus was too busy dealing with Keely to care about Angor.
Angor could tell that the Duon was important to the octopus as well. Once his target was exposed, it would be even harder to get away from the octopus.
Therefore, he only had one chance. Otherwise, once the octopus focused most of its attention on him, it would be even more impossible to succeed.
Angor kept flying higher and higher while dodging the tentacles. He was trying to distract the octopus so that it wouldn't notice his target. Once he made his move, he had to go straight for it.
While dodging, Angor sent a voice transmission to Keely. "Can you stall it? Give me 20 seconds."
Keely was a little surprised. That sounded familiar. Back then, he spent 20 seconds to set up a giant illusion around the Lord of Tentacles. Was he trying to set up another illusion by using the voice transmission?
But it wouldn't be easy for Angor to replicate what happened back then. Back then, the Lord of Tentacles didn't care about Angor and didn't attack him, which gave Angor enough time to set up the illusion. However, it was different now. The giant octopus's target was the two of them. It would not be easy to stall the giant octopus for twenty seconds.
Keely might have attracted most of the octopus's attention, but she was under a lot of pressure right now. She had to find a way to keep the octopus's attention on her for 20 seconds. That was too difficult.
Keely pondered for a while. Although she looked hesitant, when she looked at the Gui in the water bubble, her eyes became resolute.
"I have a Netherworld Lamp Mother Flame. I can forcefully pull it into a Soul Challenge. After the Soul Challenge, regardless of victory or defeat, I will lose all my fighting power. If you can succeed in one strike and take me and Luna away, you will be able to take me and Luna away. I can pull it into the challenge, "Keely said.
"Soul Challenge, are you sure you can succeed?" Angor didn't know what the Soul Challenge meant, but it sounded like it was about using two people's souls for some sort of test.
"Do you think I can win?" Keely asked. "Do you think I can win? I'm pretty sure I'll fail. But if I can last a few seconds in the Soul Challenge, I should be able to buy you some time. "
"What will happen to you if you fail?" Angor asked in a concerned tone.
"Don't worry. I can use a Netherworld Lamp Mother Flame to compensate for my failure. More importantly, I'll lose my ability to move. I need someone to help me, "Keely added in her mind. And someone trustworthy.
Once she lost her ability to move, she would have no chance of surviving the giant octopus. In other words, Keely's life was in Angor's hands.
The "Mother Flame" must be quite valuable as well. However, they were now facing the risk of being sacrificed. As long as they did not die, there was still hope.
Angor nodded. "Alright. I'll take you and Luna away whether I succeed or not."
"You have to succeed. Otherwise, my efforts will be in vain. "Keely humphed as if she was blaming Angor, but she was actually smiling.
Angor and Keely agreed to move around the giant octopus. Angor didn't seem to be doing anything, but he kept his attention on the bubble.
"Get ready." Keely unleashed another wave of nether fire, but this time, she took out the oil lamp that she liked to carry in her hand. From the oil lamp, a tiny flame that was nearly colorless emerged, quietly attacking the octopus amidst the other nether fires.
"Five, four, three …" Keely began the countdown in her mind.
When Angor heard the word "one", his soul quickly returned to his body. He then released a large number of illusion nodes.
At the same time, the giant octopus suddenly slowed down. Its tentacles were still moving fast, but they were nowhere near as fast as before. Angor could freely construct cantrip models while dodging. He didn't have time to do anything else before.
It only took him less than ten seconds to finish setting up the illusion nodes.
He was planning to set up an illusion that would confuse the giant octopus's mind. But since the giant octopus was slowing down, Angor decided to change the illusion into a mist to prevent the giant octopus from coming after him.
The illusion blurred the vision of the sea monsters. At the same time, the giant octopus's movements became even more sluggish. Its eyes were glazed over, and its reflexes were reduced by at least 80%.
He glanced back at Keely as he dashed toward the bubble. Seeing Keely covered in blood, Luna ran to Keely's side, pulled her clothes, and moved her body to dodge the octopus' attack.
Keely couldn't move at all, so she had to rely on Luna to dodge the tentacles. However, the giant octopus was still able to control the tentacles with its mind during the Soul Challenge, which meant there was a huge difference between their souls.
Angor didn't want to disappoint Keely. For the first time, he broke through the tentacles' barrier and reached the bubble.
The giant octopus seemed to have noticed Angor's intention as well. Its dazed eyes regained their focus for a second, and they were now filled with anger.
While the giant octopus was enraged, Keely spat out a mouthful of blood and floated to the bottom of the sea as if she had fainted.
Angor was startled. He thought the giant octopus had won the Soul Challenge.
But the next second, the giant octopus's eyes went blank again. Luna's anxious meowing reminded him that something bad must have happened to Keely again.
Angor gritted his teeth and took out an alchemy weapon from his bracelet. He aimed at the bubble and hacked at it.
But it didn't break the bubble at all. It didn't even leave a scratch on it.
He also sensed some energy ripples on the giant octopus's skin. Was it some kind of defensive spell?
Without hesitation, Angor created another cantrip model in his mind space. He could only pray that the defensive spell on the giant octopus's skin was only effective against physical attacks, not energy ones.
Time ticked away. Keely couldn't hold on for much longer.
The giant octopus's reflexes began to accelerate.
Suddenly, Angor heard Keely's scream. The giant octopus regained its balance.
The Soul Challenge was over!
At this moment, a red circle appeared around the bubble. A strange symbol appeared in the center of the circle, followed by a large amount of fire.
Flame Array: Phantasm!
Along with the intense heat and the strange illusion of a fire-elemental spirit, the bubble exploded. The Duon inside flowed out along with the viscous liquid. Angor reached out his hand and snatched it without a hitch.
With the target in hand, Angor used the Spirit Mantra he prepared beforehand and ejected his soul again.
When a tentacle was about to reach him, Angor used the sequence of gravity and dashed out like an arrow.
His first destination was the place where Keely was hiding. However, the giant octopus seemed to know what Angor was going to do and swung another tentacle at Keely.
Without the Soul Challenge, the octopus' tentacles were only slightly slower than Angor's.
Considering his speed, he would definitely get hit if he tried to rush over. But if he didn't, Keely would die for sure.
Without hesitation, Angor dashed toward Keely.
As he pulled Keely up with gravity, the destructive tentacle also came at him. Angor narrowed his eyes and felt a little nervous.
However, when a barrier of starlight appeared around them, he relaxed a little.
Keely finally used Nova of Myriad Defenses.
Angor only dared to come and take Keely away because he already gave her Nova of Myriad Defenses. Keely didn't let him down. She used Nova of Myriad Defenses without hesitation.
The giant octopus' attack landed on the starlight barrier without causing any ripples. Angor took the chance and dragged Keely out of the illusion.
"Nice one!" Angor smiled at Keely, who was covered in blood.
Keely smiled and heaved a long sigh. Looking at the starlight around them, her eyes were filled with joy. If Angor had hesitated for even a second, he would have failed. But Angor kept his promise. Keely only felt this kind of teamwork from Luna, and it didn't feel bad for her.
As soon as they got out of the illusion, they heard a thunderous roar coming from behind them.
Water currents, earthquakes, and even sound waves were coming their way. However, with the sequence of gravity activated, Angor wasn't worried that the giant octopus would come after them. Besides, the illusion could block its vision for a while. By the time it got out of the illusion, Angor and Keely were long gone.
What Angor didn't know was that when the giant octopus realized that it couldn't catch up with Angor, its body began to expand, and its skin turned from black to red. If Angor could see this, he would definitely think that the giant octopus was the same as the Lord of Tentacles.
The color of the Lord of Tentacles was such a shocking shade of red.
At the same time, a cold mechanical voice suddenly came from the top floor of the machine tower. "Huh? A Lord of Tentacles?"
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