Chapter 49: Facing the Monarch Directly

Loris and Mazel were found.

The moment Lu Cang saw this, his staff immediately pointed toward them.

"Vitality Wind Swarm."

Whoosh!

The wind blades formed in the distance almost instantaneously—

Pfft!

Like a meat grinder, the wind swarm swept across the ground. The blood puppets kneeling everywhere were sprayed with gore, their bodies instantly shredded!

At the same time...

"Repulsion Wind Blast."

This time, the wind blast was no longer fired away from Lu Cang!

Lu Cang made a grasping gesture!

Boom!

A sudden tempest erupted!

Carrying the wind swarm, the storm instantly sliced into the blood chains binding Loris and Mazel.

Snap!

The resilient blood chains, under the instantaneous cutting of hundreds of wind blades, could no longer hold and shattered!

The wind blasted the two of them toward Lu Cang's position!

Slaughtering the small mobs below and rescuing the two—it was all executed in one seamless motion.

Simultaneously, ice condensed beneath Lu Cang's feet; he was already prepared to take them away immediately.

Once he received them, he would immediately fly off on an Ice Shuttle.

As for fighting the BOSS...

Who the hell would fight a BOSS while carrying two burdens?

If he was going to fight, he would do it after rescuing them and getting fully prepared!

Only an idiot would force a kill on a BOSS when they should be saving people.

After gulping down a Strength Potion, Lu Cang felt his body brimming with power.

While not quite reaching the physical stamina of a Tier 2 warrior, carrying two adults at once was no longer an issue.

But just as Lu Cang intended to pick them up...

Boom!

He saw crimson patterns appearing on their necks.

"They have already been afflicted by the Blood Curse."

"Where do you intend to take them?"

From the distant throne, the King-class monster let out a furious roar.

Swish!

The moment those words fell...

Forty-two Ice Shuttles had already flown out!

Bang!

Bang bang bang bang bang bang—

All the Ice Shuttles passed directly through the body of the King-class monster before them.

However, these shuttles caused no damage.

Instead, the opponent's body simply turned into a hollow void of blood, and the Ice Shuttles passed straight through the emptiness.

They hit nothing.

"Interesting."

"Human, you... are quite decisive."

Lu Cang gave no answer.

He merely stared back at it, without any warning or preparatory movement—

"Earthfire Collapse."

"Horizontal Sprouting Pillars."

Boom!

Beneath its throne, the ground instantly turned crimson and scalding hot!

Rumble rumble rumble rumble!

The Horizontal Sprouting Pillars erupted almost simultaneously with the violent magma!

Every single pillar transformed into a column of scalding, glowing lava!

Magic combination.

This was the result of Lu Cang's recent practice.

The Sprouting Pillars mobilized the earth to erupt in thrusts.

"Earthfire" turned the earth into lava...

Since you can alter your own body to dodge attacks, I will use magic attacks that cover your entire being.

Boom!

What rose up were not just the horizontal pillars, but also massive, ash-gray walls.

"Mountainous Heavy Wall (LV: 20)."

Larger, thicker walls, and even harder durability.

Three massive walls formed a triangular cage, trapping the opponent directly inside.

The Blood Curse.

Lu Cang had researched it...

The cursed would continuously lose blood until they became dried corpses.

The method to break the curse was to kill the caster.

Therefore, the moment he heard the creature's roar, Lu Cang launched his attack.

Taking them away to the Life Hall to break the curse was one option.

But the strongest healer in Rain Town was only a Level 4 Healer.

They might not be able to break a King-class monster's curse.

A healer of Kumironi's level was something one could only hope to encounter by chance.

Lu Cang didn't know exactly how weak Loris and Mazel were or how long they could hold on.

But the source was right in front of him.

His mind raced.

Lu Cang reached a conclusion—kill it.

"Human!"

Even within the encirclement of the heavy walls, a roar could still be heard!

It wasn't dead?

King-class monsters were indeed much hardier than Lord-class ones.

If it had been a Lord-class, that last hit should have cooked it through.

Lu Cang leaned down and touched the ground.

The blood on the ground froze, forming an icy surface.

Canceling the heavy wall in front of him, Lu Cang used a gust of wind to blast Mazel and Loris toward him, then another blast to push them onto the path he had used to walk over.

The mobs on that side had already been cleared.

Well... he couldn't be certain if there were other mechanics for spawning small mobs.

If that were the case, they would just have to be unlucky.

After all, the direct battlefield between him and this King-class monster was infinitely more dangerous.

He was a Mage, not a Defender.

He had no time to protect two unconscious people in the middle of a fight.

Thinking this, he glanced at them one more time.

*Sigh.* Lu Cang let out a sigh.

Rumble rumble rumble!

Three heavy walls generated, enveloping them.

Given the requirements for multi-casting, he could currently generate a total of twelve heavy walls simultaneously. If he reached the limit and wanted to generate a new wall, he had to cancel a previous one.

Having allocated three to them, he only had nine walls left for himself.

Bang!

At that exact moment, a loud explosion echoed from the distance!

One of the heavy walls surrounding the BOSS had shattered!

"Mere mortal!"

Rumble—

Before it could finish its sentence, Lu Cang immediately raised his hand to replace the wall.

Boom!

Another muffled thud came from inside the wall!

It was once again covered in countless cracks.

*Oh boy.*

How exaggerated. My Heavy Wall, which has already evolved twice, you actually managed to crack it.

But the BOSS's side was even more frustrating.

The wall I just broke, you replaced it instantly?

Immediately following that

"Earthfire Collapse (LV: 201)"

"Horizontal Sprouting Pillars (LV: 201)"

"Thunder Flash (LV: 201)"

"Vitality Wind Swarm (LV: 201)"

"Deep Curse Arrow (LV: 201)"

...

Lu Cang didn't know what kind of monster this was, but regardless, he would keep it trapped within the three walls and bombard it with everything he had.

If it liked sitting on a throne acting tough and couldn't get up...

Then it would never get up.

If it moved, it would be quite difficult for Lu Cang to keep it contained with heavy walls while it was active.

That would require actual maneuvering.

But if it stayed still...

Then, sorry.

Boom!

A heavy wall was blasted apart.

However, the moment it shattered, Lu Cang immediately replaced it with a new one.

At this moment, Lu Cang was still standing in the narrow passage, not advancing into the open altar cavern.

In front of Lu Cang were three thick, heavy walls.

There was a hole in one wall, but between the three walls, there were still barriers.

Lu Cang simply poured damage into the opponent through the three walls and the barriers.

And this BOSS seemed to have no way to escape; it could only rely on brute strength to break the walls.

But alas.

With his nearly infinite mana, Lu Cang could always raise a new wall the moment one was broken.

"Human!"

"You only use despicable tactics!"

"If you have the guts, let me out!"

"Weakling!"

"Do you dare to duel me head-on!"

To the King-class monster's provocations, Lu Cang still offered no response...

Lu Cang had seen many examples in stories from his past life where characters died because they started talking to the enemy.

Speaking of which.

This monster could actually talk, and quite fluently at that.

And more importantly, how is it so tanky?

It's been fighting for so long and it won't die?

Is it a mechanic boss? Does it mean I'll never kill it unless I follow a specific mechanic? A blood monster...

Does it mean I have to drain the blood pools I saw earlier?

Forget it, I'll just bombard it for a while longer. If I can't kill it with brute force, then I'll consider the mechanics.

...

The King-class monster trapped within the three walls was also utterly perplexed.

How could this human mage cast so many spells?

Whatever...

A mage's weakness is mana, and I possess such a vast pool of blood... what is there to fear of his consumption? The day his mana runs dry shall be the day of his death.

(End of Chapter)