The Fukaros Familia, starting from DanMachi.

Chapter 171 Let's Go Together

Finn suddenly turned around, glanced at the excited Tiona and the others, and smiled slightly: "Didn't you all keep saying you wanted to fight alongside the War Goddess? Well, here's your chance."

"Wow, it's on fire!"

Upon hearing this, Tiona excitedly brandished "Ulga" and charged towards the Minotaur and Hilichurl mobs that had just spawned nearby, like a beast unleashed from its cage.

In the center of the battlefield, Fenyu did not rush forward, but stood aside, observing Ais and the Dead Road Butcher's battle with complete concentration.

Ais's figure moved so fast that only green afterimages remained. Each swing of the "Sword of Despair," entangled by the magic "Wind Spirit Swiftness," carried a sharp whistling sound that tore through the air.

Her swordsmanship was like the most precise dance, always able to find fleeting openings in the seemingly impenetrable gaps of the Dead End Butcher's attacks, leaving crisscrossing scars on his black armor and muscles.

The Dead End Butcher's attacks are wide-ranging and powerful; each swing of the road sign giants creates deep craters in the hard ground.

However, this somewhat clumsy attack method was perfectly countered by Ais, who was as fast as the wind.

Ais always seemed to dodge the devastating attack as swiftly as a feather.

Suddenly, Ais seized an opportunity. Just as the Butcher of the Dead End missed his attack and the giant weapon crashed into the ground, she leaped onto the huge road sign with incredible agility.

She charged up the wide metal plate, aiming straight for the butcher's unsuspecting neck.

However, just as the sword tip was about to touch its target, the Dead End Butcher displayed a power completely inconsistent with his massive size.

An astonishingly fast reaction time.

Instead of turning around, it suddenly stretched out its free left hand and precisely blocked its own neck.

"clang--!"

Ais's full-force sword strike landed squarely on the Dead Man's arm.

The hard carapace was instantly pierced, and the blade sank deep into the muscle, almost severing the entire arm.

But this attack was ultimately blocked.

Even more despairing was that green light surged from the horrific, bone-revealing wound, and the muscles writhed and healed wildly, returning to normal in just a few breaths.

Ais used the momentum to jump back and landed lightly, dodging the Butcher's sweeping attack that followed.

She looked at the craters left by the giant soldiers, then at her unharmed opponent, and a look of solemnity appeared in her golden eyes.

boom--!

A crimson flame cannon shot whistled past Ais, striking Dead Road Butcher precisely in the chest and exploding into a burst of intense sparks.

"Let's take it down together."

Flames enveloped Fen Yu as he flashed past Ais, leaving behind only this one sentence.

Ais was slightly taken aback, and almost instinctively wanted to say: You're only LV.3, that's too much of a stretch!

But she was soon shocked to discover that although Burning Feather was far superior to Dead Road Butcher in terms of ability, he did not collapse at the first touch like other low-level adventurers.

Not only could he launch an effective counterattack, but he also used his extremely fast fire cannon to interfere and assist, and actually left visible burn marks on the Dead Road Butcher's indestructible black shell.

The slash, imbued with extreme heat, actually broke through the Dead End Butcher's defenses, causing real damage.

Ais really wanted to grab Fenyu by the collar and ask: Why are you so strong?! Didn't you just reach LV.3?

In the brief exchange just now, she had already determined that this Dead End Butcher was definitely LV.5, the same level as her, and had extremely high stats. More importantly, its monstrous combat instincts made it, despite lacking intelligence, act like an adventurer with incredibly rich combat experience, always able to make the best response.

And Fenyu, a mere LV.3, can actually keep up with this level of combat, and even inflict effective damage? This is simply unreasonable.

As if provoked by Fen Yu, the Dead Road Butcher's massive five-meter-tall body suddenly charged forward with an agility completely disproportionate to its size. It raised the giant road sign weapon high and, with the force of a thunderbolt, slammed it down on Fen Yu's head.

Burning Feather did not take the hit head-on.

He rolled to the left at the extreme limit, and the giant soldier slammed heavily onto the ground where he had just been standing—BOOM!

The rubble exploded in all directions like cannonballs, and the terrifying shockwave sent Fen Yu, who had just gotten up, flying away.

He tumbled awkwardly in the air, and staggered back several steps before regaining his balance upon landing.

"puff----"

Before I could catch my breath, I felt a sweet taste in my throat.

This is the insurmountable gap between LV.3 and LV.5 floor owners.

But there was no fear on Fenyu's face.

He steadied himself, slowly raised his right hand, and the crimson flames reignited in his palm, this time with an even more intense color.

"Not enough, far from enough—"

He muttered to himself, a glint of madness in his eyes, "Then—bet everything!"

"With this sword's light in hand!"

As he chanted, the surrounding air seemed to ignite, and the temperature of the flames soared wildly once again. The originally crimson flames began to transform into a dazzling gold.

The [Blazing Witch of Flames] artifact set on his body hummed, and the development ability [Fire Flash] was also activated to its maximum.

A layer of golden flames climbed up from his feet and instantly covered his entire body. The surrounding air began to distort due to the extreme heat, and his vision became blurred.

"My God, what kind of magic is this? The special effects are amazing!"

An adventurer in the distance couldn't help but complain.

"Don't be silly, step back! That temperature—it feels like you'll be roasted alive if you stand any closer!"

The Butcher of the Dead End's huge mouth stretched even wider—not in mockery, but in the excitement of meeting a worthy opponent, in the fervor of a bloodthirsty, warlike frenzy.

It raised that ferocious giant weapon once more.

Just as Fen Yu was preparing to meet the second attack, a golden figure swirling with a gentle green breeze swiftly cut in from the side.

It's Ais.

The "Sword of Despair" drew a dazzling silver light in the air, precisely slashing at the right arm of the Butcher of the Dead Road who was wielding the giant weapon.

The angle and timing of this sword strike were so perfect that it forced the Butcher of the Dead Road to interrupt his charge and retract his giant weapon to block.

clang-!!!

The ear-piercing roar of clashing metal made the entire floor buzz.

Ais retreated immediately after her attack, and before the Butcher of the Dead Road could launch his furious counterattack, she had already floated several meters away as lightly as a feather, creating an excellent opportunity for Burning Feather to attack.

"Gospel!"

And Fenyu seized this opportunity.

He suddenly stretched out his left hand, this time unleashing his full power and no longer sparing a single bit of magic.

boom-!!!

A golden pillar of flame, over two meters in diameter, shot out fiercely from Fen Yu's hand. Its terrifying heat, capable of melting steel, carried an aura of annihilation and hurtled straight toward the face of the Dead Road Butcher.

The butcher on the dead end instinctively raised the road sign to block the giant soldier.

The pillar of flame slammed into the wide road signboard—BOOM!!!

The pure fire energy clashed violently with the solid metal, bursting out with dazzling light.

The metal surface of the road sign quickly turned red, deformed, and even began to melt under extreme high temperatures.

The Dead End Butcher let out a deafening roar. Its massive five-meter-tall body was pushed backward by the pillar of fire, its feet carving two deep furrows in the hard rock.

The flames dissipated.

Fen Yu suddenly knelt on one knee with a thud, panting heavily, his forehead soaked with sweat.

This attack almost drained most of his magic power.

Fortunately, with the combined blessing of Feng Jin's "Healing Dawn" and Joan of Arc's "My Lord is Here" barrier, his physical and mental strength is slowly but steadily recovering.

Without hesitation, he immediately took out the recovery potion from his pocket and gulped it down.