The two punches sent the tentacle monster flying towards the solid rock wall! Bang! The monster's head was smashed into smithereens by the sharp edges of the icy rock! Body fluids mixed with brain matter splattered everywhere. It looked like a rotten orange that had been stepped on while it was still alive. With such serious injuries, it was naturally impossible for it to survive. Instead, Sheyan's back was struck by the furious attacks of two orcs. His vision darkened as blood seeped out from his mouth. Bit by bit, he landed on the snowy ground with an indescribable mournful feeling.
But at this moment, snowflakes flew everywhere, even small rocks started rolling wildly. Following that, a formless terrifying shockwave blasted in, causing the nearby orcs to be reduced in speed! This was Reef's exclusive ability – 'Shattering Cardiac Roar' lvl max. Borrowing the momentum from the attack, Sheyan pounced forward and swiftly pulled apart the distance between him and the pack of beasts. The two orcs behind roared furiously as they chased after him, yet they suffered a 60% reduction in speed. Their spirit was willing, but their strength was lacking.
As it turns out, a few seconds after Sheyan made his move, Reef similarly broke free! Although he didn't have Sheyan's strength advantage, he had a rather valiant weapon – a lightsaber from the future! This black lightsaber needed to be charged before it could be used. If it wasn't charged, then it was equivalent to a mere sword hilt. Contestants naturally possessed the ability to conceal their equipment. Moreover, Reef simply stuffed his lightsaber hilt into the black vines binding him, before activating his lightsaber. Naturally, he effortlessly severed those damnable vines.
Reef obviously wasn't mediocre, he seized the opportunity when everyone's attention was attracted by Sheyan. Only then did he brazenly strike, first stabbing his lightsaber into the head of the nearby tentacle monster! This sword was of course extremely vicious and brutal. Not only did it deal a critical hit, the high temperature of the light sword immediately roasted the part of the tentacle monster that was struck by the sword with a sizzling sound. Evidently, the tentacle monster had been used as a raw material for roasting!
Following that, Reef activated the malevolent 'Alien Skull Shield' ability, shooting out a horrifying tongue from its mouth. In a flash, the tentacle monster's juices splattered everywhere, and even entered a stunned state. Reef continued brandishing his lightsaber several times, relying on the high attack speed of the lightsaber. Several of the twitching tentacles were chopped off, as they curled up and twitched on the ground like squid tentacles.
The tentacle monster relied on its tentacles to support its body. Chopping off one or two tentacles wasn't a big deal, but chopping off 5-6 at once, it naturally lost its balance and collapsed. At this moment, Reef followed up with a 'Shattering Cardiac Roar'. The valiant shockwave annihilated the monster, and coincidentally provided Sheyan with timely support. This tentacle monster was also a classic example of strong offense and weak defense. If there was an orc in front to protect it, then it could display a very terrifying strength, but its use in close combat was close to zero.
The direction in which Sheyan pounced was carefully chosen. After pouncing forward, he rolled on the ground and arrived in front of the elf maiden, Melody. Grabbing onto the black vines that bound her body, she forcefully tore them apart. Although she wasn't able to pull apart the sturdy and vicious ropes, she managed to loosen them, allowing Melody's hands to have a limited amount of movement. After all, when Sheyan was tied up, the amount of strength he exerted while struggling was absolutely incomparable to the strength he exerted now. Hence, he was able to pull apart Melody's ropes in one fell swoop.
However, just as he was about to unleash his full strength to tear it apart, he let out a muffled groan! Staggering back 2-3 steps, the short and stout executioner wasn't someone easy to deal with. Although he was similarly affected by the speed reduction effect of the 'Shattering Cardiac Roar', after taking a step back, he pulled out his skinning knife and viciously stabbed towards Sheyan!
This orc was obviously an expert with a knife. He furiously roared out, his hand flashing with a cold glint, consecutively stabbing 3 times into Sheyan's waist. Blood spurted out, Sheyan's HP plummeted! Fortunately, the 'Mucus of Ocean-freak Moria' he drank previously had a huge effect. Sheyan could feel a warm current gushing out from his body, surrounding his wound and swiftly stopping the bleeding. However, he didn't dare to turn his back to this cruel half-orc. Instead, he turned around and shielded the elf girl behind him.
At the same time, after witnessing Sheyan's injury, Melody's eyes flashed with a green glow. She took in a deep breath, her hands rapidly moving within the limited space behind her back. She nimbly formed various casting gestures. Almost in an instant, a faint green flame rose up like a serpent, incinerating the vine ropes binding her into nothingness.
Even though it hadn't been long since Melody had awakened, she was already a powerful twilight elf! The might of her magic was also relatively formidable! After regaining her freedom, Melody's face was frighteningly pale. She was barely able to cast this divine elven magic, it was as though she was using her life force as the price. Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't use such a divine art. But facing such a critical situation, Melody didn't hesitate. She pointed with her finger, as a faint green flame spiraled out.
In this world of ice and snow, Melody's divine art was unable to absorb the spiritual energy of nature and plants, and was inevitably weakened to a certain degree. But her target wasn't someone with high resistance, but the orc who attacked Sheyan previously.
That short and fat orc who specialized in skinning!
The faint green flame coiled up like a serpent, and directly tunneled into the short and fat orc's mouth! At this moment, the other tentacle freak displayed its incomparably tyrannical offensive capabilities. Chi chi chi chi! 7-8 laser beams shot out from its eyes; simultaneously assaulting Sheyan, Reef and Melody!
Furthermore, the few rays that shot towards Melody were focused on the trajectory of the pale green flames. It looked like it was trying to directly clash with her divine arts in order to save someone. However, the flames that Melody shot out had a process of accelerating midway. Hence, the tentacle monster's rays gave off a feeling of being late, sweeping through the air and landing on a solid rock nearby. Creaking sounds could be heard as it melted into three deep little holes.
Melody naturally knew that the situation was dire, so her attack was a desperate one. What she used was the strongest divine spell she could currently cast: Flame of Life. She used her own life force to ignite this flame, and the only thing that could extinguish this flame was the enemy's life force. Hence, this flame could continue burning even in water. After it entered the short and fat orc's mouth, it burned fiercely. In a short span of time, the orc's intestines and stomach were burnt to death.
After slaying the short and fat orc, Melody felt the world spinning in front of her eyes. Her entire body felt like it was falling apart, but she still heaved a sigh of relief. Even though the current situation was extremely strange, and she still couldn't understand the orcs' intentions. But one thing was for sure: The enemy's goal was definitely what they wanted to destroy.
That short and fat orc looked unremarkable, but actually his actions required a high level of skill. To swiftly skin a living person without causing fatal injuries, not only did he need to be daring and meticulous, he also needed to possess an innately cruel and cold heart. Hence at present, this group of orcs probably couldn't find a suitable replacement in this aspect.
Hence to Melody and the remaining captives, after killing this orc, the worst outcome would be dying in battle. At least they temporarily escaped the miserable fate of being skinned alive and tossed down the cliff.
After unleashing her 'Flames of Life', Melody felt extremely exhausted. She covered her mouth and coughed lightly several times, and couldn't help but collapse to the ground. However, after she took a deep breath, her spirit was unexpectedly lifted. The blue liquid that she drank earlier evaporated bit by bit in her body, instantly injecting new vitality into her body. However, for some reason, that bone-deep feeling of exhaustion still didn't dissipate like maggots in a tarsal bone. It was as though after unleashing that divine art, something within her body had awakened, and was rapidly devouring her energy. Very quickly, Melody sunk into a semi-unconscious state, as she withered on the ground like a stalk of grass lacking water.
Right now, the current situation of the captives was still rather unfavorable. Surrounding them was a bottomless ice valley, and not only did they have to face the remaining berserk orcs, they also had to face an incomparably enraged tentacle monster! At this moment, Sheyan yelled out, crouching down as he dashed towards the left with high speed. This was originally a flat piece of land at the top of a mountain, there was only a single mountain path leading up. The place Sheyan was charging towards, was coincidentally the entrance to the mountain path.
This was the most likely reaction of a normal person – after obtaining freedom, they would immediately flee!
But the remaining tentacle monster seemed to have predicted Sheyan's actions, it had already commanded the savage orcs to block off the mountain path entrance. Furthermore, the huge demonic eye on the tentacle monster's head was rippling with waves of magic, preparing to release its paralysis ray! If Sheyan spared no effort in escaping, he could foresee that he would crash into the orc, and be struck by the paralysis rays one after another. His body would be paralyzed with various abnormal statuses and fall limp to the ground. (To be continued.) If you like this work, I welcome you to vote for it on qidian.com. Your support, is my greatest motivation.)
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