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Ryu saw those scarlet eyes deep in the ravine.

"come yet?"

The next instant, a fierce diagonal line flashed by, and Liu only felt a piercing metallic scraping sound before her eyes. Her body was impacted by the enormous force and she was forced back four or five meters before she could barely block the monster's claws.

She wasn't carrying a shield at the moment, as that would reveal her identity. Instead, she placed it in the passageway between the 28th and 29th floors to deter wandering monsters and prevent them from approaching the safe floors.

At this moment, she felt a little regretful. Zagnat was more troublesome than she had imagined. After using the Black Tyrant Sword's indestructible properties to block the Claw's attack, she had no strength left to counterattack.

“Yes, I can beat it… but there’s no need!” Ryu’s gaze fell on Jaluo in the distance.

He's the culprit who caused all this, and he should be the one dealt with first!

Ryu abruptly pulled away, his body bursting into flames as he used magic as a powerful catalyst, and began chanting in parallel.

Her figure stretched out like a line of fire as she charged toward the location of Yizha Luo.

Meanwhile, Zagnat, who had not yet achieved his goal, seemed to have identified Ryu as his opponent and followed closely behind.

Liu, who had just darted out a long distance, turned his head and saw a dinosaur skull encased in dark green armor. It was slender and thin, but huge in size, with a body like a dinosaur fossil.

It moved forward with an "extremely high speed" that a large monster could never possess.

The "Broken Claw," radiating a deep purple light, was raised high before falling mercilessly.

Three diagonal lines flashed by.

Liu suddenly slowed down, shifting his position slightly to avoid the broken claw. At the same time, flames burst beneath his feet as he circled around Zagnat from behind and left.

"Noin, lend me your power..." Ryu, having once again created distance, completed the incantation of [Astraea's Memoirs].

A gleam flashed beneath her feet, and Ryu's speed surged once more, widening the gap between her and Zagnat.

The moment Zagnat landed on all fours, he twisted his joints in reverse, shattered the floor, and jumped up.

The red afterimage and the purple monster crossed paths more than a dozen times in an instant.

Using the speed of a first-level adventurer, they crashed together into the edge of the pit where Jarrow was.

Looking at the monster with its streamlined body and unparalleled speed and destructive power, Jaluo's face was filled with fear, but his eyes were full of excitement.

"Go!" he shouted, silently shielding everyone in front of him.

Hundreds of believers rushed forward:

"Thanatos! Do not forget our wish!"

"Ah~~~ Lord Thanatos!"

Liu turned her head and dodged, a look of horror flashing in her eyes.

This was completely different from the story she remembered.

"These people are...believers?!"

Realizing this, the flying pieces of flesh and blood flooded the rock wall.

next second...

Clusters of dazzling fireworks burst forth like a chain reaction, giving Zagnat no chance to react.

Liu lifted the fire spirit protective cloth covering her body and opened the [True Domain Barrier]. Sacred characters floated down, blocking the series of explosions.

Zagnat let out a wail, twisted his body, and rushed out of the fire cloud. As he disappeared into the well-preserved forest behind him, another series of explosions rang out.

As the flames subsided, the shattered barrier around Ryu turned into stardust and merged into her body—

"Justice prevails!"

Water balloon bomb

Five trap spells made of magic were placed at Ryu's feet.

From the forest ahead came Zagnat's furious roar.

But the dark figure was faster than the sound, already appearing behind Ryu.

Zagnat's tail, held high and creeping along the base of its joints, thrusts out like a third hand, followed by a claw strike and a spinning tail slash.

Flames erupted beneath Liu's feet as he shifted three meters to dodge the thrust. His flaming black sword slashed out a fiery line, deflecting the broken claw. Amidst the flying sparks, a whooshing sound came from behind him.

"Too late..." Liu's pupils contracted as she realized something, but it was too late.

Liu was struck on the back by the tail whip, coughed up a mouthful of blood, flew more than ten meters, and tumbled to the ground.

Just as Zagnat lowered his body in triumph, an unusual light source appeared beneath his feet. With a loud boom, flames engulfed him in an instant, and he was overwhelmed by the impact before he could even activate his anti-magic shell.

"Hiss—" A strange, alien sound rang out from the firelight.

Unmoved, Liu spat out a mouthful of blood and immediately began chanting.

"Wandering wind, lost traveler..."

whoosh-

Having suffered a huge loss, Zagnat leaped high into the air and lay prone on the ten-meter-high rooftop, coldly and angrily watching Ryu speeding across the ground.

Like a hunter waiting for its prey to make a mistake, it mustered its strength and vanished in an instant.

Liu coldly surveyed his surroundings, but could not find any trace of Zagnat.

Sometimes, what's scary isn't finding a spider, but finding a spider and then it disappearing.

Everything on the floor was blasted to pieces by the Jaro, but the huge trees, after being broken, turned into a crisscrossing net, forming a natural camouflage terrain.

A rustling sound came from Ryu's ears, indicating that something was moving at high speed.

next moment.

She turned around abruptly, and a dark shadow flashed past not far behind her. She felt a chill on her neck and instinctively raised her sword to block.

"boom--"

The sharp claws were caught in the gaps of the black sword, but the long, sharp claws still pierced through Liu's body.

Fresh blood flowed down her abdomen...

She gave a blank groan, her eyes revealing a resolute determination. She pushed off with both feet, and in a flash of fire, she let the claws pierce through her abdomen completely. At the same time, the burning blade twisted and shredded the broken claws.

"Uhhhhhhhhh-"

Ryu roared and continued forward, but Zagnat, who had lost a claw, unexpectedly dodged backward.

Undeterred, Ryu coughed up blood, opened her palms, and a magic circle shimmered beneath her feet—

"Wind of Light!"

A dense array of large wind jades appeared behind Liu.

Zagnat looked down at his broken claws, and an invisible anti-magic shell slowly appeared on his body.

next second.

A lone wind orb shot towards Zagnat and embedded itself in its anti-magic shell.

It paused for a second, then returned a wind jade to Liu.

The small gust of wind posed no threat whatsoever... and Ryu's figure was no longer in the same spot.

While Zagnat was stunned, another wind jewel shot towards it. It turned its head in surprise, and the anti-magic on its body glowed slightly. It absorbed the wind jewel again, and its body froze.

It couldn't capture Liu's movements, or rather, the speed of the magic couldn't keep up with Liu's actions. A single wind orb couldn't cause much damage, and even if it was reflected, it would be neutralized by another wind orb.

The emerald-green light remained locked in a stalemate between Ryu and Zagnat.

A smile appeared on Liu's lips:

"That's it. By using multiple 'Winds of Light' to bait it into absorbing and counterattacking, and then, at a specific frequency, after it absorbs and releases one Wind Orb, I release a second one... This way, I can keep it in place for several seconds! And the slow-moving Wind Orbs can't keep up with my speed."

Ryu's figure gradually approached, and amidst flashes of fire, it was less than 5 meters away from Zagnat, which was still absorbing Ryu's magic in preparation for reflection.

"Now!" Liu stood on two balls of wind, and the flames, with their red blossoms and delicate strands, spread out their wings of fire with the help of the wind, instantly shortening the distance.

At this moment, Ryu threw out two more wind orbs, which collided with the reflected magic. She withstood the aftershocks of the magic, broke through the wind field, and mercilessly stabbed the Black Tyrant Sword into Zagnat's body, the blade bursting with sparks.

"Yan Hua—"

Zagnat's anti-magic armor shattered from the inside, and with a roar, Ryu unleashed all of the [Light Winds]!

"Die! Monster!"

at this time……

whoosh-

An arrow pierced through Ryu's side abdomen, sending her flying several meters. The falling wind orb exploded in front of Zagnat due to the magical disturbance, but it did not actually hit the monster.

Time stood still in Ryu.

The splattering blood, the monster's wails, the exploding magic, and that red orb that slid past Zagnat's eyes...

"It's amazing you managed to push it to this point, thank you so much, Jester!"

With a snap, the red orb extended from the collar and locked around Zagnat's neck, causing the monster to let out a humiliating wail.

And Ryu also saw the culprit she had been searching for...

“(Jura ah ah ah) Jala——————”

Chapter 440: We should find some reliable henchmen for Joker.

"Hahaha, I caught it! [Destroyer], an expert-level Monster for hunting adventurers!" Jarrow covered his face, his whole body trembling slightly.

"With this guy around, let's see who dares to look down on me now!"

Ryu pulled the arrow out of his abdomen; the wound was slightly blackened. Was it poison?

She gritted her teeth, clutched her wound, and weakly raised her head, saying, "Jialuo, is this your purpose?!"

Jaluo sneered, "Thank you so much, Jester. I underestimated its power. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to catch it."

As he spoke, he looked Ryu up and down with a playful expression: "Tell me, how should I thank you?"

Ryu stared intently at Zagnat.

If Jāluó were to gain control of this monster, how many adventurers would perish?