Destroyed One by One
Destroyed One by One
Tink, tink, tink, tink, tink!
Sparks of fire were actually produced as the tip of the blade slid across its skin due to the hardness. Even though it was a basic counterattack and with the strength of a Heroic Soul Soldier and the sharpness of the runic blade, it should have been impossible for it not to penetrate its outer layer. This was unexpected.
The evil king also didn't expect this puny, worm-like human to avoid its grasp in mid-air.
The second lash!
Its two main forearms each held a whip and moved with extreme nimbleness. From the first lash, to the double-hand pincer attack, then to this second lash, there was absolutely no delay between each attack, as though they were launched at the same time.
With such short intervals, even someone twice as strong as Reynolds couldn't have avoided such high-frequency attacks, let alone him.
Fortunately, he was not alone. Another whip – bristling with silver light – lashed out from afar; its speed on par with the evil multi-armed king.
Electric sparks flew as the whips – one silver, one red – smashed against each other forcefully. Previously, Reynolds was using softness to counter hardness with his blade force, but in the case of Sister Hong, she was retaliating with the same soft attack nature with her silver whip. The two lashes clashed in mid-air, entangling each other amidst the electric sparks as though they were tangled by dead knots, then pulling taut and straight.
The blood-red bone whip appeared to be the vertebral column of an unknown lifeform: joints intersected and crisscrossed like a long chain and were extremely tight. At the same time, the whole bone whip appeared to be coated with a blood-red colour. As the evil multi-armed king augmented the bone whip with darkness-attribute energy, its surface energy surged, seeming to burn with bright hot flames.
"Let's KO it together." Sister Hong's voice rang loudly from the side. "What the hell? I can't believe I would meet a fellow sadomasochist!"
As though it could understand human speech, the evil multi-armed king gawked back. Even if it could not understand fully, it did seem to identify it as an insult. The expressions on its three heads twisted in fury, boosting its strength, while its arm muscles bulged from its huge arms like mini mountains. Prepared beforehand, Sister Hong let go of her whip straightaway just as the Evil King pulled at the whip. Even so, she was slightly reeling from the sudden burst of power as it pulled her forward, causing her to stagger forward by a few steps. "Since you like whips so much, here's one for you!"
"Let's work together to kill it, then we can leave this place!" Gong Yi shouted in a deep voice. At this stage, no one could leave unless they put forth a united effort.
Just as it was about to reach Reynolds, having pulled the whip too hard, the evil multi-armed king staggered back two steps, causing it to miss. At the same time, dagger in hand, Gong Yi had secretly crept toward the Evil King. Similarly, with clenched fists, Wang Zhong launched another sneak attack from the other side, taking advantage of the fact that the Evil King's attention was mostly focused on Sister Hong.
For the past month in the cursed lands, they had developed chemistry and trust in each other; thus, all four of them didn't show any trace of selfishness. Everyone was smart and understood that the more precarious the situation, the more they had to fight. With all roads blocked, they could not hesitate. They knew they would be killed one by one – everyone eventually meeting a violent death – if they did not unite to destroy the other party.
Only by working together were they able to survive this ordeal thus far. With freedom and a new lease on life on the line, everyone released all the power they had.
Reynolds had also re-condensed his blade force, causing it to sparkle brightly with white light. Together with Gong Yi's dagger on the left and Wang Zhong's punch on the right, he hacked at the evil multi-armed king with a loud bang.
"Die!"
Everyone was experienced and expert in real-life combat. With chemistry and a common goal, their combined attacks were extraordinary and perfectly in sync. If they were fighting against any other monster – excluding those with sufficient strength to withstand direct sweep attacks head-on, or those with extremely high speeds – the target would definitely be thrown into confusion.
However, the evil multi-armed king had three heads, each controlling a separate pair of arms. Each movement was perfectly in sync and never stood in the way of each other. The close-to-perfect, three-pronged combined attack by Reynolds, Wang Zhong and the rest was merely a joke to the evil multi-armed king.
The two red fiery bone whips lashed around violently and rapidly, destroying the attacks Reynolds and Gong Yi had condensed, leaving them in a tight corner, barely able to avoid the remaining force of the lash attack. At the same time, one of its huge arms stretched out from behind, curled its fist in mid-air and hammered toward Wang Zhong.
Its fist was as huge as a washbasin. It was too fast, arriving at Wang Zhong's face in a split second.
Wang Zhong's eyes flashed brightly with power, destroying the punch.
2nd Drive!
2nd Drive, which had never failed Wang Zhong before, was actually blocked by brute strength! Wang Zhong felt that he was attacking a huge mountain, instead of a fist. The power of his 2nd Drive was easily dissolved by the huge, towering, mountain-like fist – like a drop of water against the ocean – unable to form any rebound force for attack. On the other hand, the power in the evil multi-armed king's fist never seemed to cease and it came crashing down with a weight similar to a huge mountain.
Boom!
Bursting with power, the huge impact from the fist almost shattered Wang Zhong's arms. At the same time, it caused him to fly backwards, crashing into a cliff wall almost a hundred meters away and creating a human-shaped dent in the wall.
Shocked and furious, Wang Zhong made Soul Power erupt from his body. As he was about to unleash his Heart Blade, the evil multi-armed king, who knew all about human tactics, fiercely assaulted Reynolds immediately, before he could release his Soul Power. The two red fiery whips swept over horizontally without delay, distracting Reynolds and forcing him to block the attack; thus, causing him to fail at condensing his Heart Blade.
Fifth rank Evil Demons were really too terrifying; 4th rank humans were really no match for their speed and strength. Its combat tactics were rather skilful, wielding its red fiery whips shrewdly and with great speed. Its four extra arms could aid in both defense and offense, leaving it particularly advantaged in terms of offense. Gong Yi and Reynolds's movements were restricted almost immediately, leaving them practically defenseless and seemingly about to drown in the series of attacks, let alone being able to gather power for a counterattack.
However, at the same time, an extremely powerful force managed to form behind the evil multi-armed king. It gave out a terrifying sense of danger, even putting a halt to the evil multi-armed king's attacks.
One of its heads turned around immediately, only to see a Blood Red Cobra – one with a body wider than its arm. Snarling with its mouth wide open, it had already charged towards the evil multi-armed king.
Boom!
Responding almost immediately, a pair of arms turned backward at the first chance to grab the snake's body. As it came into contact with the body, it could feel that it was merely an energy-formed illusionary shell instead of a true physical form, and that it was about to slither past its palms.
Clap! Clap!
Its face immediately changed and it stretched out another two arms to be able to grab the snake's head successfully. At the same time, a huge burst of dark energy was released from its palms almost automatically, and it penetrated the huge snake's energy body. As the snake coiled around its palms, friction and pulling forces were formed, and the snake was caught!
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!