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Chapter 140 "Exhilarating"

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Vicente was extremely anxious at that moment.

As one of the vice-commanders of the Crimson Knights, the Golden Knight known as "Burning Flame" received orders from the Duke to patrol the lands this winter and exterminate magical beasts.

As a top-tier Gold One Star, even when facing special individuals like monsters, his rich combat experience is more than enough to defeat them.

However, his luck wasn't so good. The first magical beast he encountered was the most troublesome ice-attribute magical beast in winter, and for some reason, this magical beast was much stronger than normal magical beasts.

The combination of these two factors created a terrifying fighting force that put immense pressure on Vicente.

Of course, although he was no match for him, it wouldn't be difficult for him to leave if he wanted to.

The current entanglement with the monster is merely to gather more information about it and prepare for its eventual extermination.

After a long and drawn-out battle, with only a third of his battle aura remaining, Vincent felt he had gathered enough intelligence. So, he raised his greatsword and clashed head-on with the giant snow bear. The violent recoil propelled him backward, creating a distance of dozens of meters.

He's retreating.

The giant snow bear's strength exceeded expectations, so we need to contact the Knights to request support or send a Gold II-level fighter to carry out the extermination mission.

But at that moment, Vicente was suddenly gripped by intense panic. An unprecedented sense of crisis came from behind him, making his scalp tingle and goosebumps rise on his arms.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a giant black claw falling from the sky. The fierce wind pressure pressed all the weeds on the ground tightly against the earth. Even more terrifying, the suction generated by the wind pressure made his body pause for a moment. It was in that moment that he lost his last chance to escape or even fight back.

Another monster? A hidden monster, even stronger than the giant snow bear?!

Vicente was filled with extreme shock.

Compared to ferocious animals, although the magical beast had regained some of its senses, it remained irritable and bloodthirsty. Such meticulously planned ambushes and spies were something a normal magical beast would never do, unless…

There is someone behind the scenes commanding or controlling them!

In a split second, Vincent unleashed his fighting spirit with all his might, trying to raise the greatsword in his hand. Unfortunately, his speed was limited by the wind pressure, and by the time the giant claws fell, he probably had only raised it halfway.

Too late! Absolutely too late!

As the giant claw drew ever closer to his head, despair welled up in Vincent's eyes.

"Ding--"

At the critical moment, a cluster of flames burst forth before his eyes.

Its color is reddish-gold, and its shape is like a lotus.

Along with the flames arrived a long, gleaming silver sword.

The blade was gleaming, radiating a chilling sharpness.

The giant claw, several meters long, was like a giant compared to a dwarf, creating a striking visual contrast. Given such a huge size difference, one would expect the giant claw to easily crush the long sword, but the reality was quite the opposite.

The bright silver longsword, coated with crimson flames, remained as steady as a mountain under the pounding of the giant claw, without the slightest tremor. Then, with a gentle shake, it sent the entire giant claw flying upwards.

Vincent felt a steady, powerful hand grab his neck armor, and then the scenery on both sides rushed past him, and in the blink of an eye, he was nearly a hundred meters away.

Only then did Vincent finally see the owner of the giant claw that attacked him.

It was an extremely large tiger, dark gray all over with jet-black stripes. The black stripes on its forehead that formed the character "王" (king) were particularly striking, and staring at it for a long time even made him feel dizzy.

The giant tiger's two forelimbs had exaggeratedly large claws, and black flames constantly danced and burned on the blades of the claws. The sand and gravel on the ground that came into contact with the black flames were stained from yellowish-brown to a lifeless gray, making it look particularly terrifying.

Black flames, what kind of magic is this?!

Vicente was extremely shocked.

He sensed a deadly threat from the black flames, and the magical energy emanating from this giant black tiger was far stronger than that of the giant snow bear, reaching the level of Gold Two Star.

If that claw had hit me just now...

Thinking of this, Vincent's body instinctively shuddered.

correct!

Who saved me?

He turned his head to look, and what he saw made him slightly taken aback.

It was a figure clad in dazzling and ferocious armor. The full-coverage pointed bull-horn helmet obscured the face, but judging from the overall structure of the armor, the wearer should be a male knight.

The dark, silvery armor, deep and restrained, exudes a strong sense of menace. What Vicente is most concerned about is the emblem etched on the chest of the armor.

The presence of the emblem meant that the person who came was not a wandering knight, but a knight loyal to a noble family. However, the surface of the emblem was shrouded in a layer of crimson-gold magical light, making it impossible to see the details. Clearly, the knight who saved him had no intention of revealing his identity.

Vincent sensed a faint familiarity from the crimson-gold magical energy fluctuations, but it was something he couldn't quite place, leaving him uncertain.

But one thing is certain: this is a powerful knight who practices fire-attribute breathing techniques, a knight whose strength far surpasses his own, a Gold Three-Star knight, or even a Gold Peak knight!

"Sir, may I ask who you are?"

Vincent asked somewhat cautiously.

"Stay in the back."

"These two magical beasts are dangerous."

A deliberately lowered, deep, hoarse voice came from inside the helmet, but for some reason, Vincent detected a faint hint of excitement in it.

This feeling of excitement was familiar to him; it was the thrill and joy of a hunter encountering his "prey".

In the world of the extraordinary, strength has always been paramount.

The unknown and powerful knight before him was far stronger than him, not to mention his savior. Therefore, Vincent naturally did not refute the other party's words. He simply offered his suggestion in a low voice: "Do you need me to help hold off the giant snow bear?"

"Need not."

Upon hearing this, Vicente no longer hesitated, quickly retreating a hundred meters and hanging in a spot that was neither too close nor too far.

Although the other party had made it clear that they did not need his help, he could not just leave and observe from this distance, so that he could provide timely assistance if anything unexpected happened.

Although the identity of this powerful knight is unknown, both are human, and at least when facing magical beasts, they are on the same side.

A hundred meters away, the snow bear and the black tiger strolled slowly. They did not launch an attack rashly because they felt a strong threat from the little creature that had suddenly snatched their "prey".

Even though they have mutated into magical beasts, they still retain the habits of their original form—they will never attack rashly without absolute certainty when facing a powerful enemy.

In the cruel natural world, making a move without absolute certainty means the possibility of injury, and injury leads to weakness, which greatly increases the probability of death.

After pacing for about ten seconds, the snow bear and the black tiger began to slowly retreat.

They are leaving.

Faced with a powerful enemy whose strength was unknown, they had no intention of continuing the fight.

Watching the movements of the two magical beasts ahead, Roy chuckled softly, and the next moment...

With a loud "thud," like a thunderclap rising from the ground, a huge dent and crack several meters in radius appeared where Roy had been standing.

A streak of crimson-gold light, like a shooting star flashing across the sky, crashed down upon the snow bear and the jet-black tiger, who were trying to escape.

"Roar--!"

With a roar, the snow giant bear's scarlet eyes blazed with blood-red light.

Its retreat was merely a precaution, to avoid the risk of injury, but it doesn't mean it was afraid.

Roy's actions were undoubtedly the biggest provocation to it.

The surging magic caused the ice crystals on the snow bear's paws to spread rapidly. Moreover, the ice crystals extended to its entire body, forming a primitive and rugged suit of armor.

A deep blue, spinning ice ball rapidly condensed in front of the snow bear's open mouth. After a very short period of charging, it shot fiercely towards the falling Roy.

Faced with this enemy that posed a strong threat to it, the snow giant bear stopped "playing games" and went all out from the start.

As the spinning ice ball flew, it continuously gathered snowflakes and ice crystals from its surroundings. By the time it collided with the crimson gold light, it had become a super-sized ice ball with a radius of over five meters.

There was no earth-shattering collision as expected. In the face of the crimson gold light, the huge ice ball was as soft as a piece of tofu. With a flash of crimson gold light, the ice ball was split in two, the cut surface as smooth as a mirror, filled with scorching crimson gold light.

The snow giant bear was taken aback by the ice puck's inaction. Faced with the rapidly approaching crimson-gold light, it was forced to stop, preparing for the next wave of magical attacks. Before the crimson-gold light descended, it only had time to put its icy claws in front of it.

"Thorn-"

After an indescribable, faint sound, Roy, clad in the Armor of the Fallen Moon, appeared behind the Snow Giant Bear. On the bright silver longsword in his hand, where crimson flames blazed fiercely, drops of deep blue blood were burned into steam, rising in wisps.

Behind Roy, the giant snow bear, its paw raised and pressed against its body, froze in place.

Its body is divided in two by a crimson-gold line, with the space between its eyebrows as the dividing line.

Three seconds later, the two lifeless, enormous chunks of flesh fell to the ground, raising a cloud of dust.

The life force and soul power invisible to the world were absorbed by the [Heart of Leviathan] and condensed into a blue-blood-colored "Blood Soul Essence" within Roy's heart.

Not only that, Roy also absorbed all of the nearly 150 strands of magic power (residual from the battle with Vincent) of the snow giant bear into his body.

Not a single bit of vitality, soul, or energy was wasted!

With a single strike, an incredibly troublesome ice-attribute magical beast perished. This was Roy's combat power after advancing to the Gold rank!

The enhancement of his battle aura, the improvement of his physique, the evolution of his talent, and the upgrading of his equipment—all these factors combined to create his unparalleled combat power, making even magical beasts of the same level no match for him.

The giant black tiger, which was not far away, had just seen the huge ice ball break and was preparing to rush over to join the attack. However, before it could even arrive, the snow giant bear was completely dead.

What horrified it even more was that in just a few seconds, the snow bear's body seemed to have its essence drained away instantly, withering away until only black ash remained on the ground.

Seeing the "little one" holding a long knife not far away, the black giant tiger was so frightened that its fur stood on end.

It forcibly stopped its forward lunge, carving a furrow several meters long into the ground, its tail flailing nervously behind it.

Even if it were a level higher than the Snow Giant Bear, it would still be impossible to kill the Snow Giant Bear in one strike.

The "little one" before them was now no different from a "demon" in the eyes of the pitch-black giant tiger.

Roy turned his head to face the giant black tiger, a relaxed smile appearing on his face beneath his helmet.

Since advancing to the Gold rank, he has once again attempted to challenge witches, including Ais, Lilia, and even Shanika.

But the result left him very frustrated.