Chapter 116: Danger, counterattack! (1/2)

Chapter 116: Danger, counterattack!

During the time he invoked two arcane skills in succession, Moss had already rushed near Makkany.

In this instant, Makkany didn’t even pay attention to his attacks. He didn’t even use any arcane skill, his body merely flashed away, and Moss’ successive punches simply fell into empty air again and again.

“Too slow. It’s impossible for attacks like these to hit me.”

Dodging away as if amusing himself, Makkany also derided Moss at the same time.

“Hm?”

However, his expression changed just at this moment. Along with a gust of yellow dust, his body flew backward.

An Evil Flaming Eye and a snake-like shadow separately brushed against his waist and his soles before sweeping past.

“Boom!”

Just at this moment, a gap over a meter wide appeared in the cage of vines along with the belch of flames. Ciaran’s figure flashed out, standing beside Ayrin.

“Your hands are ruined right now, but it seems I still can’t show the slightest carelessness,” Makkany said with a slight smile, glancing over Ayrin and Ciaran.

“Ayrin, how are you?” Moss shouted.

Thin needles were stuck into Ayrin’s entire back. His face was totally twisted in pain.

“It really hurts!”

Ayrin clenched his teeth and shouted, “Teacher Ciaran, what goddamn things are these, how can I pull them out?”

Without waiting for Ciaran’s answer, Makkany said to Ayrin, his gaze sympathetic, “It’s too bad, these thin needles are ‘Painful Groan’ seeds. They already grew roots once stuck inside your body. Those roots are too tiny, they would get stuck inside if you pulled them out one by one. You can’t get rid of this pain within several hours. That said, this arcane skill only has the power to make the opponent crumble from pain. The body will slowly erode these roots by itself. I didn’t expect you to resist this pain and forcibly invoke an arcane skill.”

While he was talking, a green vine grew very quickly beside him. In a flash, it grew over a dozen meters tall and as thick as his waist, like a huge tree.

“You can only bear with it. The reason why this plant is called ‘Painful Groan’ is that even an unconscious person would be awakened by the pain. But fortunately, it’s only pain. I’m confident you can definitely withstand it,” Ciaran told Ayrin. Finally, she used a voice only she and Ayrin could hear and said, “Holy Body Ignition… With the stimulation from pain like this, it’ll definitely increase Holy Body Ignition’s effectiveness.”

“I absolutely have to withstand it!

“I have to stay clear-headed!”

Ayrin clenched his teeth so hard they made audible grinding noises.

This suffering had already exceeded the limits the body could bear, to the point his vision was already becoming hazy, while his thoughts were becoming quite a bit more sluggish than usual.

Makkany looked at Ciaran, Moss, and Ayrin. He proudly said, as if everything were under his control, “I’m about warmed up, it’s time for the decisive battle.”

A green, bizarre light radiated from his entire body.

Rather than continue to grow upwards, the giant tree-like, more than a dozen meters tall vine suddenly shrank underground like a driving pile.

Under Ciaran’s, Moss’, and Ayrin’s feet, the ground overturned madly like billows. The gigantic vine drilled out from the soil, the sharp tip swelling violently.

“Swish!”

Several beams of arcane particles flowed out under Ciaran’s feet, immediately melting into four black ghostly shadows crashing against the vine.

“Boom!”

The giant vine exploded outward on its own accord. Turbulent gusts of air blew out, carrying with them a power difficult to imagine, while the exploding vine’s outer cuticle lashed out like whips, looking like the fan of a giant flower in the middle of its bloom.

The moment they crashed against it, Ciaran’s four black ghost-like shadows merged together and became a black sphere. It forcibly contained inside the most powerful gusts of air born from the implosion.

However, the formidable power caused the black ball to bounce back in her direction and crash into her body.

“Puff!”

Blood spurted out of her mouth. Her entire person flew out backward.

“Pa!” “Pa!”

At the same time, Ayrin and Moss couldn’t dodge the vine’s cuticle lashing out like giant whips. The impact whipped them away in the air.

“Now that the finger skill queen can’t use her hands, her strength’s indeed declined by more than half.

“It’s the end!”

Makkany spoke softly to himself, watching the three of them flying out from this attack. Wrapped in green light, he walked forward, his steps unhurried.

“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”

Three persons fell heavily on the ground.

Ayrin didn’t move the slightest finger, as if he already fainted.

Ciaran forced herself to sit up, but standing seemed too difficult for her right now.

Only Moss bounced up from the ground. He roared madly, “Bastard! I definitely won’t let you harm teacher Ciaran and Ayrin!” Then he jumped like a small rocky hill. A golden light suddenly radiated from him, faintly becoming a huge halo of light.

“The secret skill of the giant nations in olden days, the Sacrificial Halo that makes the enemies perish together with you?”

“It’s only a pity that your level and mine are too far apart. Your skill invocation is like a snail compared to mine.”

A shocked expression flashed but an instant across Makkany’s eyes. He shook his head, stretched out his right hand.