Chapter 1294 - Ice Throne (2/2)

Looking at this scene, Rhode twitched his brows. He wasn’t unfamiliar with the four main elemental planes, so he naturally knew some of their rules. The elemental plane itself wasn’t a peaceful place. It was a place where all elemental creatures lived, and naturally, there were some violent ones among them. The water elemental plane had fewer such creatures, but it wasn’t completely devoid of them. The giant octopus before them was a good example. It was obvious that this giant octopus had drifted to the Ice Throne from somewhere, and the mermaid warriors who were guarding the place tried to expel it. But unfortunately…

“Oh-no-no, it doesn’t look like it’s going to work.”

Narrowing her eyes at the battlefield in front of her, Gillian wagged her tail and said with a smile. And it was just as Gillian mentioned. There were only a dozen mermaid warriors encircling the giant octopus, and they didn’t stand a chance against it. In the blink of an eye, two more mermaid warriors were struck away by the giant octopus. Although the remaining mermaid warriors were grasping at straws, raising their tridents to attack the giant octopus, it was a pity that their attacks inflicted little to no damage.

This can’t go on.

Gazing at the mermaid warriors who fought bitterly, Rhode took in a breath and gestured to his group.

“Gillian, come with me. Anne, stay here with Snow and Bell and protect them; understood?”

While it would be a good idea to get into battle together, Bell’s combat experience was still lacking, while the little mermaid’s abilities weren’t effective against the giant octopus, who held the same water attribute as her. Moreover, Anne’s abilities were also useless in this situation, which was why Rhode left her behind as well. When Anne heard his order, she nodded and took out her shield in one hand.

“Don’t worry, Leader. Anne promises to protect them!”

“I’ll leave it to you then.”

After nodding to Anne, Rhode turned around and flew toward the battlefield with Gillian.

By the time Rhode and Gillian arrived on the battlefield, the mermaid warriors seemed to have completely run out of gas. Facing the tentacles that whipped at them, they could only summon an ice barrier to resist it. Just as Rhode and Gillian arrived, they heard a loud whoosh and the giant octopus’s tentacle crushed the ice barrier effortlessly in a loud bang! Not only that, but the tentacle also grabbed for one of the mermaid warriors, bound her tightly, and dragged her toward it. At the same time, the giant octopus opened its mouth that was full of trembling razor-sharp teeth, which were as though they were telling their owner that they were famished!

“———! ———!”

The mermaid warrior caught in the tentacle struggled hard and let out a clear, miserable scream like a lark captured by an eagle. At that moment, the other mermaid warriors below charged ahead to rescue their companion. But unfortunately, none of them were able to save their companion as they were forced to retreat by the giant octopus’ attack. The mermaid warriors at the bottom watched grudgingly as their companion was about to turn into food for the giant octopus, disappearing entirely into its huge mouth.

Swish!

But at the moment, a burst of flames lit up the menacing tentacles. In the face of this sudden agony, the giant octopus screeched. It instinctively loosened its grip around the mermaid warrior and waved its tentacles around unceasingly in an attempt to extinguish the flames. But unfortunately, its movements weren’t able to eliminate the flames that were entwined and blazing on the tentacles. On the contrary, sparks and flares scattered from the burning flames due to its flustered movements, as though a heavenly maiden were sprinkling sparks at it. Flames were the natural enemy of water elemental creatures, and this giant octopus was naturally no exception. Although ordinary flames were unable to burn in the water elemental plane, it depended on who was releasing the flames.

“Oh-no-no, I wonder if this huge octopus tastes good roasted.”

Gillian chuckled and floated in midair. She stared at the giant octopus in pain before her, but didn’t have the slightest intention of stopping. Instead, she stretched out her arm and pointed forward. And with this action, hundreds of fireballs erupted from behind her all at once, enfolding and overwhelming the giant octopus.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Along with a series of explosions, the giant octopus shuddered in the sizzling flames that it was so terrified of. The kind of pain was literally like acid dripping onto its skin and eating away at its flesh without any mercy. Under Gillian’s attack, the giant octopus retreated. But even so, it didn’t seem willing to give up the delicious meal it almost devoured earlier. After letting out another bellow, the giant octopus shot out its tentacles at the mermaid warrior who was thrown out by it earlier.

“…!”

Staring at the deadly tentacle headed straight for her again, the frightened mermaid warrior turned ashen. Just when she clearly saw the rows of suction cups on the inside of the tentacle and thought she could no longer escape, all of a sudden, she felt an arm pulling her by the waist and dragging her out of the tentacle’s attacking range. Immediately after, from the corner of her eyes, the mermaid warrior witnessed a bright, dazzling blade ray that sliced the tentacle into two like tofu.

“———!”

The traumatized octopus finally gave up its intention to attack, forced itself to give up the delicious treat, and shrank its entire body instantly. Shortly after, it spewed out a dense cloud of black ink from its mouth that enveloped its enormous body. There was an instant where even the sky and surroundings dimmed at this move. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the giant octopus turned around in a hurry, flew backward, and fled. It was very simple-minded. As long as it could leave this place alive, it would be a victory!

But… Would Rhode let it leave so easily?

Since it has already shown up, it could forget about leaving.

Gazing at the barrier of pitch-black ink, a glint flashed in Rhode’s eyes. At the next moment, in the blink of an eye, the sword in his hand metamorphosed into a lightning bolt that penetrated the middle of the dark cloud of pitch-black ink. The mighty impact along with whirling gales erupted, wiping out the black ink instantly. And now, along with another miserable shriek, the giant octopus’s body was punctured thoroughly, leaving a huge round hole in the middle. Blood sprayed everywhere from the wound, spreading, mixed with black ink. The giant octopus shuddered uncontrollably, but that was just its deathbed struggle.

“Goodbye, little octo~ Remember to turn into an octopus ball in your afterlife!”

Along with Gillian’s hearty laughter, a sudden burst of flames instantly engulfed the octopus’s body.

The mermaid warriors on the side were dumbfounded, completely unresponsive to the scene before them. After all, just a moment ago, they were trying to stop and defeat that terrifying monster with the belief that they would die. But they didn’t expect the situation to turn around in just a split second. As these two strange beings showed up, the battle situation turned around drastically. The deep sea octopus was a creature that even a powerful group of mermaid elites had a hard time eliminating. Despite that, those two actually killed it so effortlessly?

But then again, who are they?