The smoke curled from his mouth where the lightning charge had struck.
But behind the smoke, his face was completely unscathed. The veins on his head throbbed with rage, and his growl grew fiercer.
"Damn! He looks mad," I mumbled as he moved his massive arm towards us in a sweeping motion.
The sheer force of his swinging arm sent both and Nyria flying backward.
Nyria imdiately stabbed the ground with her sword, regaining her balance as she skidded a few feet back.
And ?
I just rolled onto the ground embarrassingly.
Without giving a chance to balance myself, Jambavan smashed the ground with both his arms, splitting the surface apart.
The chunk of land beneath hurtled upward into the air, and while I was still in the air, Jambavan dashed and delivered a bone-crushing blow to .
I reflexively moved both of my hands forward, joining my forearms in a defensive position, but the blow was so overwhelming that the mont it touched ,it shattered every bone in my arms, and sent crashing into the ground.
"Ughh, it fucking hurts. If my pain tolerance wasn't maxed out, I would have already lost consciousness," I muttered, lying on the ground.
I tried to move, but "khhhk... khhhk..." I coughed repeatedly, bursting blood, splattering the ground.
However, Jambavan didn't wait for to catch my breath.
He landed right on top of , raised his hands upward, and with a terrifying howl, descended his arms like a death sentence.
As his judgnt reached closer, I instinctively whispered, "Fuck."
However, the attack halted as Nyria dropped onto his shoulders and began stabbing the leech on his chest.
She repeatedly thrusted her sword into him, but again, he remained unaffected.
"Why is this bastard's skin so thick?" she snapped, stabbing more aggressively.
Jambavan, barely ruffled, moved his arm upward, grabbed her by the neck, and pulled her in front of him.
"Cough... cough..." She gasped for air.
He began tightening his grip around her neck, and Nyria's eyes began to roll up behind her fluttering lids, but she didn't give up.
She clenched her teeth and moved her sword into a horizontal position.
Snowflakes began to fall from her sword, and in the blink of an eye, she thrusted it forward.
This ti, the attack went through, stabbing Jambavan's right eye.
The mont the sword stabbed, half of his face beca covered in ice, spreading from the eye where the sword landed.
His grip loosened, and she fell to the ground as he howled in pain.
I didn't miss this chance and dragged my face toward him.
I opened my mouth and touched the skin of his leg with my teeth. Focusing all the Soulforce into my mouth, I exhaled lightning, spreading it all over his body.
"Cursed beast detected...
Activating All-Devouring Breathing Technique...
Error! Attempt failed
The gap between the Host and the target's strength is too imnse."
"This isn't enough. I need to do more," I thought and tightened my jaw, releasing every bit of lightning I could muster. He roared intensely and jerked his leg forcefully, sending flying upward in front of him.
He then hurled his arm at , his claws ripping through my throat and bursting out the back of my neck.
Blood splattered from my throat like a bursting volcano, and splashed onto Nyria's face, who was lying on the ground, barely conscious.
My hands and legs twitched and trembled as I struggled to breathe.
He then swung his arm, throwing to the ground by Nyria's side.
"I-I told you to run away, idiot. Why?Why won't you listen to ?"
Nyria whispered in a cracking voice as a tear slowly fell from the corner of her eye and she slipped into unconsciousness.
Ding...
"Host is in critical condition...
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The blue spirit erged out of my body, and my injuries began to heal, but Jambavan wasn't just gonna wait for to let my wounds be cured.
And even if I did recover, I wouldn't be able to fight due to the sheer exhaustion this blessing causes on the body.
As the holes in my throat began to fill up, Jambavan glared at nacingly and stepped forward.
While moving, he took out the sword from his eye and threw it to the ground.
He reached closer to , stared straight into my eyes, lifted his left foot, and drove it down towards my throat.
"Ha-haha, this bastard has no rcy," I muttered, looking at him.
I was overconfident about my abilities. After defeating thousands of deer alone, I thought I had beco untouchable, and I unknowingly began making reckless choices.
I assud I would be able to defeat Jambavan since I had already defeated a God before.
And now, these reckless choices didn't just endanger my life but the life of Nyria as well.
Nyria's face was already covered in blood when she first deflected Jambavan's attack—the one that sliced my mace. She must have been caught in the aftereffect of the shockwave caused by the rock. And still, she fought him head-on, and if that wasn't enough, she even used her ice ability with sealed Soulforce in a desperate attempt to protect .
If only I hadn't thoughtlessly rushed here—if... if I had known my place—at least Nyria wouldn't have had to waste her life saving so a useless idiot like .
"I-I am sorry... sob... Nyria," I whispered, tears brimming in my eyes as Jambavan's foot reached my throat.
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