Nascent Soul Rebirth: Starting as a Wizard

This is both a precious respite and a way to alleviate the most direct pressure on the front lines in its own way.

Rex then filled the void he had left behind, twirling his longsword in a flourish.

His gaze was as firm as iron, fixed on the enormous, writhing shadow in front of him, which reeked of a nauseating stench.

Not long after the battle began, the bald giant Krogh, a senior knight of the merchant guild, arrived.

In order to cover Patton's movement as he adjusted his attack angle after a fierce confrontation, his actions were inevitably slowed by a barely perceptible moment.

That one moment determined life and death!

A dark red, smooth, python-like tentacle suddenly shot out from the pile of broken wood and cargo debris on the ground without warning!

It was not an ordinary slapping or smashing, but rather like a living rope with its own consciousness.

It traced a strange arc in the air with lightning speed!

It tightly wrapped around Kroger's burly upper body, then suddenly exerted its strength.

A terrifying contraction force erupted instantly, lifting him into the air!

"Cough—!!"

The piercing crack of bones being crushed mingled with the groans of the runic armor plates deforming under the strain, creating a jarring sound.

Solo, who was covering the evacuation of residents in the distance, had his [Analysis Eye] operating at full capacity.

The cold, impersonal data stream swept across his field of vision:

[Target: Giant starfish, main arm (terminus)]

【Method of action: hydrostatic entanglement/continuous contraction】

[End diameter: approximately 1.2 meters]

[Estimated contact area of ​​entanglement: approximately 1.8 square meters]

[Peak real-time extrusion pressure: approximately 7.1 × 10⁶ N (equivalent to approximately 724 tons of force)]

[Local pressure: continues to rise, exceeding 12 MPa...]

Solo's expression instantly turned somewhat ugly.

This level of force is enough to easily crush an entire truckload of steel coils like a twisted rope!

He used his previous observations of the power Barton displayed when burning the Seed of Life as a benchmark.

The pressure that is currently exerting on Kroger.

This has far exceeded the physical limits that a seasoned knight's body can withstand when activating a portion of the life seed's energy!

Kroger's massive body was suspended in mid-air, his face rapidly turning a horrifying purplish-red from the extreme pain and suffocation.

His eyes were bloodshot and bulging, and the veins on his forehead and neck were standing out as if they were about to burst.

Even though he had experienced countless life-and-death situations, he felt the cold touch of death at this moment.

But desperate situations often unleash the deepest ferocity!

"Open it for me!!!"

A wild roar, filled with bits of internal organs and blood, burst forth from his chest, which was almost crushed and deformed!

boom!

In an instant, the seed of life that had begun to sprout and take root appeared in Kroger's chest and abdomen.

It was as if a massive amount of gunpowder had been thrown in, and it exploded completely and without reservation!

The milky white flames were far more dazzling and intensely hot than ever before.

Like a real fountain, it burst forth from every pore of his skin!

His already massive body, as robust as a polar bear, was in a state of "complete combustion" that exceeded its limits.

A terrifying, almost distorted expansion occurred, and the veteran knight's terrifying life energy erupted violently:

Muscle fibers proliferate and expand wildly, as if an invisible air pump is instantly injecting a torrent of steel into them.

It forcefully stretched the tightly bound, incredibly tough wrists and feet, creating a visible crack!

His skin gleamed with a cold, hard metallic sheen, and the prominent veins were no longer bulging.

Instead, it's like a twisted and coiled network of steel bars, pulsating violently beneath the skin and transmitting raging energy.

In just a few breaths, he grew a meter taller out of thin air, his muscles swelled wildly, and his head looked tiny in comparison.

It transformed into a giant muscular god nearly three meters tall, radiating high-temperature steam and destructive white light!

Pure, brute force resisted the strangulation of fluid dynamics, causing the tendons and feet to creak and groan under the strain.

Fine tear lines even began to appear on the surface of the carpals and feet!

"Hold on!" Barton roared, his greatsword transforming into a fierce arc of light that tore through the dark sky.

Instead of severing the massive, despair-inducing tentacles, he focused all his strength and precision on them.

Condensed in the sword, it slashed fiercely at the end of the giant starfish's tentacle beneath the crack that Kroger had forcefully opened!

The milky-white light condensing on the sword's edge was as intense as a miniature sun, emitting a shrill, ghostly wail as it rubbed against the air.

*Sizzle!*

A sickening thud, a sound that was a mixture of tough flesh being forcibly torn apart and a canine foot breaking, rang out.

A large, still writhing mass of bluish-black flesh, accompanied by dozens of tiny tube feet waving wildly.

The main body of the wrist was severed by this sword!

The foul-smelling blue blood, as if finding an outlet, sprayed violently in a fan shape.

The sudden, sharp pain caused the starfish's tentacle to momentarily relax its contraction.

"roar--!!"

Kroger seized this one-thousandth of a second opportunity, his body, which had expanded to the size of a giant, unleashing its last burst of primordial power.

The muscles in his arms and chest bulged again, accompanied by the sound of armor fragments flying.

He finally broke free from the clutches of death, covered in sticky bodily fluids, deep marks from the ligatures, and gaping wounds.

It crashed heavily to the ground, creating a shallow crater in the rocky surface and filling the air with dust.

The core pressure of the battlefield was as heavy as a mountain, almost entirely resting on the shoulders of Patton and Kroger, who had just escaped and was seriously injured.

Kroger's old scar on his left cheek looked even more menacing under the blood and sweat, silent as a rock.

Only the runic battle axe in his hand, with each swing, carried the same ruthlessness and determination as its master.

The sound of the axe blade cutting through the air was like the sigh of death.

The two stood back to back, like two dams of flesh and blood, desperately holding back the terrifying, towering shadow that was fifty or sixty meters high and growing ever more enraged from its injuries.

The battle, in a suffocating tug-of-war, is irreversibly sliding into an even more unfavorable abyss.

Rex and Aurora had just completed a brilliant teamwork, their swords flashing as they narrowly severed the tip of a slender tendril that had attacked from the side.

The acid spurting from the broken surface corroded the ground, making a "sizzling" sound.

Before he could catch his breath, a suppressed, painful groan came from his side and behind.

The already pale-faced Tide Merchant Knight was a fraction of a second too slow to dodge a sweeping tentacle, and the edge of the tentacle grazed his chest.

Although it was just a glancing blow, the immense force it contained still felt like a heavy hammer blow, sending his body flying backward.

Worse still, a concealed tube foot simultaneously sprayed out a jet of dark green acid, precisely splashing onto his shoulder armor.

Sizzle—!

Amidst the chilling sound of corrosion, the steel-forged shoulder armor instantly emitted thick white smoke, melting and deforming at a visible speed.

The flesh beneath it was instantly charred and rotten, so deep that the bone was visible!

The knight let out a miserable groan, unable to hold on any longer, his life force rapidly waning like a deflated balloon.