Chapter 359: Second-Rank Spell

Chapter 359: Second-Rank Spell



"You actually killed Lord Dunn!" The Slasher Naga High Priestess, Eura, paled in shock, her beautiful face contorted in fear.

She desperately flew backward with all her might.

Rain, on the other hand, shook the blood-stained double-handed greatsword and smiled at Eura. Then, with quickened steps, he pursued her at an even faster pace.

"Your leg...?"

Eura's eyes widened in disbelief! She had clearly stabbed him twice with her sword!

She looked at Rain's left knee, which should have been severely injured, but to her astonishment, she couldn't find a single wound. Instead, she vaguely noticed newly grown pink flesh.

Soon, Eura retreated into the group of Sea God Sect members she had been traveling with, but the sense of crisis she felt only intensified.

Lord Dunn's death and Rain's ability to break free from his killer move, 'Mind Blast,' in almost an instant, left Harfus equally shocked as he watched Rain.

He couldn't understand why Rain's mental will was so unwavering, almost comparable to those of the Sea God Sect's dedicated cultivators.

"Huff~~"

But at this moment, he didn't have time to think further.

A massive metal sheet, with a diameter of four to five meters, came crashing down towards them.

Rain had transformed his anchor-like greatsword into a fly swatter-like weapon, with a hollow center to reduce wind resistance.

The blow not only narrowly missed Harfus and Eura but also instantly turned several Sea God Sect cultivators and Slasher Naga elites into a bloody mess!

"Slap!"

The scene shocked everyone, causing the Sea God Sect cultivators and the Slasher Nagas to scatter in panic.

Rain, however, kept his eyes fixed on Eura, who had just injured him, and relentlessly pursued her.

"Ahh!"

Eura cried out as her body suddenly split into three identical figures, each fleeing in different directions—forward, left, and right.

Unfazed, Rain continued to swing his giant fly swatter.

As Eura turned back to check, she saw that her figure had moved out of the range of Rain's metal swatter and felt a surge of relief, thinking she had finally escaped.

But her Slasher Naga subordinates looked at her with fearful eyes.

Several of them were about to say something, seemingly to warn her.

But it was too late!

Eura suddenly felt something heavy above her, and then it came crashing down.

"Torrent Shield!"

Eura quickly cast her Second-Rank innate spell, 'Torrent Shield,' and multiple high-speed water flow shields, resembling vortices, emerged around her.

"Slap!"

"Ahh!"

Eura let out a painful cry as the torrent shields, under the weight of the massive fly swatter, shattered instantly.

Although she wasn't turned into a bloody mess, her entire body was driven into the ground, breaking bones and severing tendons. Especially her three arms and snake tail on one side of her body were noticeably flattened abnormally.

Unlike the ordinary Sea God Sect members, Eura's body, though severely injured, survived. She even managed to push the thick metal sheet into a human-shaped bump, but Rain's metal deformation technique quickly restored it.

At that moment, Rain's square metal swatter transformed into a three-leaf clover shape, covering and destroying both Eura's clones and her real body.

No wonder the others had looked at her so strangely earlier!

Diam, who had been at the rear of the Sea God Sect group, didn't even turn back as he fled westward, not daring to entertain any thoughts of confronting Rain.

His face was ashen, and he muttered to himself, "I knew it... I just knew it!"

"This Rain is a demon from the Endless Abyss! Encountering him only brings disaster!"

"I must escape quickly!"

Meanwhile, Harfus, standing nearby, continuously cast spells to help.

Lord Dunn's death was one thing, but Eura must not die!

Within just two to three seconds, he unleashed multiple spells to hinder or disrupt Rain's attacks, including 'Slow,' the Second-Rank Spell 'Shadow Flame,' and the Third-Level Spell 'Shadow Cage.'

However, either the damage inflicted on Rain was minimal, or he easily broke free, leaving Harfus helpless against Rain's highly resistant Dragonman General Form.

"Summon Torrent Elemental!" Facing Rain, who had closed the distance, Eura's survival instinct once again worked wonders.

She condensed a summoning spell that normally took over five seconds to cast into just one second, seemingly at a great cost.

Two Torrent Elementals, over three meters tall and composed of surging water, appeared beside Eura, seemingly ready to block Rain's attack.

"Interesting."

Rain smiled and swiftly raised his three-leaf clover fly swatter.

Eura and the two Torrent Elementals struggled to hold their ground, and from Eura's expression, she seemed confident in withstanding Rain's blow.

Because she had just blocked a blow from Rain, she believed that Rain had transformed his weapon into a paddle shape, which had a wider coverage but reduced power.

With the help of the two Torrent Elementals, she was confident in withstanding Rain's strike.

But the next second!

Eura, her eyes widened in shock!

"Ahhhh!!!"

Because, she saw the metal paddle above her head, which in an instant, had transformed into a massive hammer, further empowered by Rain with some kind of top-tier ultimate move, and slammed down on her with great force!

"Boom!"

Water splashed and sprayed in all directions!

The two Torrent Elementals didn't last half a second before being struck by Rain's one-ton high-speed hammer, reverting them to their original forms. The beautiful Slasher Naga High Priestess, Eura, also turned into a bloody mess!

When Rain lifted the hammer, he found that in a four to five-meter deep depression in the ground, Eura's body had mixed with the soil, resembling a Dunhuang mural.

At this moment, three transparent soul shadows appeared from Eura and the two Torrent Elementals' dead bodies, dragging long tails of flame as they circled around Rain several times before disappearing into the hammerhead.

"Huh? Summoned elemental creatures also have soul energy? That's quite something."

Rain watched this scene, feeling a slight joy in his heart.

The Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Corps members standing nearby witnessed Rain's awe-inspiring display, as he had killed both the Deepsea Giant Overlord Dunn and the Slasher Naga High Priestess Eura, leaving only Harfus from the formidable Sea God Sect team.

Their faces flushed with excitement, they gazed at Rain as if he were a divine being.

"Is he even human? Brother, do you think it's possible that Rain is actually an incarnation of a dragon god?" At this moment, the young girl Georgia was completely stunned.

At just eighteen years old, she had never seen such power from Rain. The events that unfolded in just a few short minutes completely shattered her immature worldview.

"I don't know, but if he is, he must be an incarnation of a dragon god." Georgia's words also made Vandar ponder for a long time before he finally managed to say, "I don't know, but if he is, he must be an incarnation of a dragon god."

Even Vandar, with his extensive knowledge and experience, was completely shocked by Rain's combat prowess!

Although he instinctively felt that Rain had nothing to do with the gods, he reconsidered and thought that his sister might have a point.

After all, if Rain was human and still so young, could he possess such combat power?

When Rain focused his attention on Harfus and shouted, "Second one!" Harfus also felt a chill run down his spine.

It wasn't that he lacked combat experience, but he had never encountered someone as freakish as Rain.

Rain's massive size rivaled that of a Deepsea Giant, but he was much faster. Moreover, he effortlessly executed various close-combat ultimate moves with his enormous body and one-ton weapon.

Each ultimate move he unleashed was as powerful as a third-level spell!

Additionally, his body possessed incredible defensive capabilities, rendering first-level spells ineffective and significantly weakening second-level spells.

Even his signature third-level spell, 'Mind Blast,' didn't cause much trouble for Rain.

Harfus had considered retreating, but as the leader of the Sea God Sect in Howling Gorge, not only had his deputy, the Slasher Naga High Priestess Eura, and the Thickshell Crabman Chief Akulan, died, but many of his subordinates had also fallen.

At this moment, facing such a dire situation, if he were to retreat now, it would be difficult to lead the remaining troops.

Furthermore, it wasn't that he had no way to deal with Rain; it was just that the cost would be enormous, and he couldn't decide whether to use it or not.

But Rain's words, "Second one," struck a painful nerve in Harfus.

Harfus, enraged, laughed and said, "You're Rain, right! Do you think you've won?"

"Now, no one can save you!"

Harfus quickly pulled out a white, twenty to thirty-centimeter-long fishbone from his chest, with one end pointed and the other blunt. He then forcefully inserted the sharp end into his own chest and began to chant loudly:

"(Akkadian) Come! All nearby sea creatures, heed the call of the God of the Abyss, and finish him!"

The white fishbone, having absorbed Harfus's blood essence, now glowed with a bright red light. Suddenly, a vast and obscure aura spread out.

As Harfus pointed at Rain, within a range of over a hundred meters, not only the Sea God Sect cultivators but also the Slasher Nagas and Thickshell Crabmen, who had been fleeing in fear, turned around and charged at Rain once more, their eyes red as if they had lost their minds.

This time, they fought with reckless abandon!

Even though they knew they were no match for Rain, they continued to attack him, one after another. Even more astonishingly, on the beach not far from this location, from the millstone-sized sea turtles and meter-long sea snakes above to the palm-sized fiddler crabs and shrimp below, seemed to be affected by this dark art and rushed towards Rain.

Hundreds and thousands of enemies swarmed towards Rain from all directions!

"I don't believe you can transform without any reservations! When you're exhausted, that will be your end!" Harfus, with bloodshot eyes, laughed maniacally.

As Rain stood in his Dragon-Human General form, witnessing the scene before him, he remained unmoved, as if the approaching enemies were mere chickens and dogs.

The Ice Claw Bear Mercenary Corps, watching from the sidelines, held their breath, worried for Rain. Just as the girl Georgia was about to speak up and alert Rain, a deep voice resonated:

"Harfus, there's something you might not know yet."

"What I fear the least!"

"It's a group attack!!!"

"Roar!!!"

Rain's mighty roar reverberated across the wilderness, and a massive white energy wave, visible to the naked eye, erupted from his gaping mouth, instantly engulfing the surroundings.

But there was more! Rain, standing at eight meters tall in his Dragon-Human General form, brandished his two-handed greatsword, spinning with lightning speed in a 360-degree arc. In an instant, hundreds of four-cornered darts flew from the sword, unleashing Rain's long-unused ultimate sword technique, 'Blade Storm'!

The massive sword, combined with Rain's towering stature, made this Blade Storm even more devastating than ever before.

In a flash, the hundreds of fearless Slasher Nagas, Thick-Shelled Crabmen, and Sea God Sect Cultivators surrounding Rain were mowed down like wheat, collapsing in unison.

The enemies closest to Rain suffered the most gruesome deaths.

They were simultaneously struck by the four-cornered darts and the sonic blast, their skulls shattered, and their faces or bodies pierced with countless darts! The once-overwhelming enemies were now swept away by Rain's combo attack, leaving only a few stragglers.

"Oh my god! This... This is incredible!"

The members of the Frostclaw Bear Mercenary Corps, witnessing Rain's awe-inspiring display, couldn't help but express their delight and cheer for his prowess.

Amidst their excitement, Harfus smirked, "Hehe, Rain, you've fallen into my trap. Look at the ground beneath your feet!"

Rain noticed that the Naga and Crabmen corpses around him were oozing blood, and this blood seemed to be imbued with a peculiar aura, emitting a distinct scent.

"Oh great God of the Abyss, your faithful servant beseeches..." Harfus began to recite a prayer.

A powerful aura that even Rain found oppressive began to permeate the air, along with a thick, binding sensation.

Rain's eyes narrowed, and he instantly recalled a past encounter.

Months ago, when he fought against Maister and the corpulent Black Flame High Priest, the latter's prayers had summoned a fragment of a mighty presence.

However, Rain's strength had grown significantly since then, and although he felt the oppressive aura, he could withstand it.

Despite his confidence, Rain didn't want to take any chances. He didn't know how much power this prayer might bring.

With a subtle mental nudge, Rain activated the Second-Rank Goddess Medal hidden in the side pocket of his wrinkled shorts, and a dense blue light enveloped his entire body, the solidified divine technique 'Goddess's Protection' within the medal.

In less than half a second, Rain appeared before Harfus, who was still in the midst of his prayer, and brought down his one-ton hammer with a mighty smash!

"How could the Binding Power fail?!"

"You!" Harfus, a mix of shock and anger, stared at the approaching Rain, feeling as if he'd been drenched in ice water from head to toe.

"Boom!!!"

Before Harfus could finish his prayer and retaliate, he followed in the footsteps of his deputy, embedding himself in the muddy pit, merging with the earth.

The aura that had filled the air suddenly ceased.

As for Rain, he quickly reverted to his human form.

Looking at the now-pulpified Harfus, Rain felt a twinge of regret.

He had struck too hard.

If Harfus had any spoils, they would have been destroyed as well, a pity.

"Sir Rain, are you alright? Here's your Wizard Robe." Georgia, the girl, respectfully returned the white wizard robe that Rain had entrusted to her earlier.

"Thank you, I'm fine." Rain nodded slightly.

"Vandar, I'll leave the battlefield cleanup to you."

"Don't worry, Sir Rain, we'll collect your spoils for you."

"Mhm, remember to collect the Sea Folk corpses for the Empire's bounty mission."

"Sir Rain, are you... are you saying that the credit for defeating these Slasher Nagas and Sea God Sect Cultivators goes to us?" Vandar was taken aback but quickly responded with excitement.

"Mhm." Rain nodded in agreement.

For him, these spoils held little significance, but for the Frostclaw Bear Mercenary Corps, they were the very reason they risked their lives in battle.

Upon hearing Rain's words, Vandar, Georgia, and the others couldn't hide their delight and excitement.

Oh my! What a fortune!

Although it doesn't include Dunn, Eura, and Harfus, it's still enough to fill the coffers of his mercenary corps, providing for three years and more!

"Lord Rain, on behalf of the Frostclaw Bear Mercenary Corps, we wish to join your command. What do you..." Vandar's face turned solemn as he spoke earnestly.

"Is this gratitude for these items? It's unnecessary," Rain waved his hand dismissively.

"No, it's not about that! With the Empire's situation becoming more volatile, you may not be aware of the current affairs in the Frostwind Tundra. Your strength and character have deeply impressed us. So, we wish to serve you and receive your protection."

"As long as you don't find our strength lacking, this is the wish of all members of the Frostclaw Bear Mercenary Corps," Vandar shook his head slightly, placing his right hand over his chest in a respectful gesture.

After listening, Rain surveyed the members of the Frostclaw Bear Mercenary Corps, each of them gazing at him with intense, respectful eyes.

This caused him to nod slightly in appreciation.

Although the Frostclaw Bears were far from his level, they were already top-tier mercenaries.

With the recent gold mine and the need for reliable personnel for the Norton Barbarian's supply transport, it was a good opportunity to bring them under his command.

He could even take the Frostclaw Bears directly to Minster Province and have them managed by the beautiful Lady Jennifer.

"Good! I agree to your request," Rain nodded.

"Wonderful! Lord Rain!" The crowd cheered.

As Vandar and the others collected the spoils of battle, Rain reviewed the previous battle prompts:

[Congratulations! You defeated a strong enemy and gained 27 Golden Skill Points!]



[Congratulations! Your Will (Hidden) Attribute has increased!]



[Congratulations! Your Thousand Blades King (Epic) profession level has improved!]



With this battle against Kraxis, the Thousand Blades King (Epic) profession level smoothly advanced to level 11, granting Rain an additional attribute point and skill point.

After deducting the 4 attribute points used in the battle, he now had 2 remaining attribute points and 4 remaining skill points.

The Golden Skill Points, after the previous expenditure of 24 points, increased by 27 points this time, reaching a new high of 61 points.

Within half an hour, the entire battlefield was cleaned up by the Frostclaw Bear Mercenary Corps.

Especially Rain's spoils were meticulously cleaned and collected, spotless.

As Rain's purpose for this trip was to locate the old residence of 'Cutter', after collecting the spoils, he headed towards the nearby destination, with the Frostclaw Bears accompanying him.

However, Rain was surprised to find that following the map led him directly to the Sea God Sect's lair in Howling Gorge.

The Sea God Sect cultivators and Slasher Nagas who were originally stationed there were caught off guard by Rain's arrival. Upon seeing their leader's corpse, they scattered like birds and beasts.

Rain, of course, had no intention of pursuing these insignificant foes.

"Hmm, I didn't expect the place I was looking for to be here."

"But shouldn't this be the old residence of 'Cutter', the Second Rank Liquidation Wizard Otakar, with the nickname 'Cutter'?" Rain's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he spoke.

If the residence had been discovered and altered by the Sea God Sect beforehand, the metal spell model 'Cutting Net' he sought might have been disposed of by them.

This meant that his trip to Howling Gorge might have been in vain.

Soon, Rain found a captured Sea God Sect cultivator and began his inquiry.

"Lord, this place was indeed a wizard's old residence about a month ago. Moreover, when we explored it, we encountered the troublesome Soul Devouring Moths. It was only with the combined efforts of Lord Harfus and Lady Eura that the moths were exterminated."

"As for the wizard's relics you mentioned, it seems Lord Harfus collected them and placed them in a small wooden box, which should be there, in the storage room." The captive pointed to the left side of the hall as he spoke.

Hmm?

I didn't expect the Soul Devouring Moths to have been eliminated already.

And this place is indeed the destination I was looking for; what a coincidence.

Rain instructed Vandar to open the storage room door on the left side of the cave hall.

Inside, various battle supplies were stacked, such as knight swords, tridents, and scattered armor. Rain quickly located a wooden box in the corner.

Upon opening it, Rain's eyebrows rose in surprise. Inside were ten Soul Energy Crystals and a scroll.

Unrolling the scroll, he found the words 'Cutting Net' written at the top.

"Hmm? Is this a Second Rank Metal Spell?" Rain's eyes lit up with surprise and joy.

When Melita mentioned it, she didn't specify the rank of the spell 'Cutting Net', and Rain had always assumed it was a First Rank spell.

He never expected it to be the rarer Second Rank Metal Spell!

(End of Chapter)

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