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Chapter 898 The Third Stage of the Abyss Alliance Leader - Imagination!
Previously, the "Abyss Kukanid," whether in "Delusion" or "Illusion" form, only dealt with NPCs by inflicting abnormal statuses and using relatively monotonous tentacle attacks.

However, in the current third stage of Kukanid, which is the "Imaginary State" mentioned in the game, although he still looks like an octopus, even a fool can see that the Holy Grail held by his eight tentacles is obviously not just a decoration!
The different colors of the Holy Grails likely indicate that these items possess different abilities.

If this guess is correct, then the difficulty of the third stage of "Kukanid of the Abyss", "Imaginary State", is exponentially higher than the previous two states!
Since there was too little information available, Seiya and the others did not rush forward rashly, but instead turned to look at Rust and Mold.

Upon noticing Seiya's gaze, Rust and Mold instantly understood. One drew his bow, while the other gripped his magic wand and unleashed a fireball.

Because the "imaginary" Kukaned has changed so much from before, it would be unwise to approach him rashly before we are certain of the abilities of the Holy Grails on his tentacles.

Rust and Mold, being an archer and a mage respectively, possess ranged attack capabilities. It would be the safest approach for them to test the waters first.

However, just as Rust's arrow and Mold's fireball were about to strike Kukanid in the abyss, the orange Holy Grail on the opponent's tentacle suddenly burst forth with a dazzling light.

Almost at the same instant, when Rust's arrow and Mold's fireball struck Kukanid, they were deflected as if they had hit an invisible barrier!
"Magic immunity?"

Upon seeing the notification that the damage had been nullified, Sun exclaimed in surprise.

However, when Seiya saw this scene, he frowned and said, "It's not just a simple magic immunity ability. Although Rust's arrows are accompanied by flames, they should be considered physical attacks."

But her arrows were deflected just like Mold's magic..."

"No way, do you mean that physical and magical damage are useless? Does that mean you are completely immune to damage?"

Is it possible that, like the gravedigger Vezaemon, this stage of Kukanid requires us to endure for a certain period before he enters the next stage?

Because he launched the attack first, Kukanid also swung his tentacles, directly lashing out at Rust and Mold in the distance.

Seeing Kukanid begin its attack, Seiya and Sun quickly stepped forward and used their blocking skills to perfectly parry the opponent's tentacle sweep.

Even while perfectly parrying each other's attacks, the two still had the energy to communicate.

"It can't be that simple... You must have seen it just now, right?"

Before Rust and his group's attack could hit their target, the Holy Grail on Kukanid's tentacle glowed briefly.

Therefore, what made Kukanid immune to damage was the Holy Grail in its hand.

"But even if we know this, so what? The opponent's ability is immune to physical and magical damage. Just because of this, we have no chance of defeating them."

After drawing Kukaned's hatred back to his side, Sun Le rolled to the side, dodging Kukaned's tentacle slaps while making a sarcastic remark.

"Although the opponent is one of the unique monsters, it is impossible for it to have perfect damage immunity."

Such a powerful ability must either have a time limit or some other drawback; otherwise, it would be impossible to defeat.

Upon seeing Rust and Mold still attempting to attack from behind, but their attacks were constantly being deflected, Seiya, in order to stabilize Kukanid's aggro, drew his sword and struck the tentacle of Kukanid after dodging Kukanid's attack.

However, this very strike dealt a considerable amount of damage to Kukaned's tentacle. Sun Le, who was nearby, immediately switched his weapon to "Rabbit Moon Twin Strings" and unleashed a deadly blade strike on another of Kukaned's tentacles.

"I see, this guy isn't immune to damage, he's just immune to ranged damage!"

Upon hearing Seiya's assessment, Pansilgon and Seka-0 simultaneously stepped forward to attack Kukanid.

When the damage numbers appeared simultaneously from Panhilgon's spear and Seka-0's greatsword, it confirmed that Seiya's guess was indeed correct.

"If he's immune to ranged damage, then at this stage, Kukanid will have to rely on Miss 0's 'maximum firepower.'"

As soon as Sun finished speaking, Seka-0 charged towards Kukanid with high morale, as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

There was no way around it; this was the first time the lovestruck girl had ever heard her crush praise her like that. Now, let alone Kukanid in front of her, even if her own sister Seka-100 were here, she wouldn't hesitate for a second.

However, just as Seka-0's "Apocalypse" was about to strike Kukanid again, the latter swung another tentacle, and the yellow Holy Grail held by that tentacle emitted a dazzling light, just like the orange Holy Grail from before.

[Damage Nullified!]

When Seka-0's "Apocalypse" struck Kukanid, but this message popped up, not only she, but everyone else around her was stunned.

Seeing that the attack was nullified, and that Kukanid's tentacle, holding the yellow Holy Grail, was about to smash down on Seika-0, Seiya quickly switched to the "Hook Claw Gauntlets" equipment.

Saka-0 has the strongest attack power among them, but her mobility is not comparable to that of Seiya and the others.

Although the heavy armor provided high defense, it also prevented her from nimbly dodging Kukanid's attacks.

As the grappling hook shot out and wrapped around the waist of the Seika-0, Seiya quickly used both hands to pull it away from its original position.

"boom------!"

Almost simultaneously with the pull of Seka-0, Kukanid's tentacles smashed a deep crater into the ground.

Without a doubt, if Seiya hadn't reacted quickly, no matter how powerful Seika-0's full-body armor was, that one blow would have been enough to turn him into mincemeat!

As Seiya pulled on the grappling hook, he didn't forget to look at Rust behind him and say, "Rust, try attacking Kukanid again now!"

Although he had some doubts, Rust did not hesitate. Instead, he quickly drew his bow and shot three arrows at Kukanid.

Unfortunately, when the three arrows hit Kukanid, the damage was nullified, and they were all deflected.

It's clear that Kukanid was immune to both ranged and melee damage this time!

(End of this chapter)