February 6, 2023, Night, One hour before the Lantern Festival begins
Back in Qincheng. The place where the cow shengxiao and the goat shengxiao fought against servant number six. Parmenas.
The creature whose feet were now submerged in white stone street beside academy building. Half of its body was shattered and mangled after being repeatedly struck by Jun Taipei. The man skilled in martial arts.
"We should go back to headquarters. I have a bad feeling about tonight." Hongli Fu invited his friend to return. Jun Taipei nodded in agreement.
Parmenas. The sixth servant. From its spine, which had lost its internal organs and upper body, new flesh and organs grew at an unbelievable speed.
Jun Taipei and Hongli Fu walked without looking back. Unaware that the bald, muscular monster had become whole again, just as it was when it first appeared.
It lunged as fast as a bullet, then delivered a sideways blow to the two men who were walking carelessly without looking back.
THUD!
BOOM!
Parmenas's blow landed squarely on the unsuspecting Jun Taipei, who was thrown back, hitting Hongli Fu, who reacted too late. Both slammed into the school wall, destroying it, creating a large hole, and demolishing three other walls inside the school building.
Jun Taipei was battered by that single powerful blow. His entire body was bloody and bruised. Nevertheless, because his body was well-trained, he was still conscious and only winced in pain. Hongli Fu, who was also thrown, lay beside him with a bleeding head. Both were covered in blood from one attack, but they both seemed unfazed. In fact, it was as if they had experienced such things many times before.
"Ugh... I'm sure I hit his heart and head into minced meat." Jun Taipei held his bleeding head as he got to his feet. Hongli Fu beside him also stood up.
"Are you sure you destroyed his mana core? Most Arch Witches can recover very quickly, and the only way to destroy that extreme recovery ability is by destroying their mana core. Don't tell me you forgot?" Hongli Fu glanced at Jun Taipei, who responded with a shake of his head.
"I'm sure I destroyed his mana core in the first punch. It seems this one is different. He's like an extremely regenerating mutant. Whatever it is, we'd better fight him seriously, goat shengxiao."
Jun Taipei raised both hands, his right hand cracked from Parmenas's recent attack. He took a breath and chanted a body-strengthening spell.
Hongli Fu also raised both hands and cast his talent stone magic. A four-meter-tall stone golem appeared behind his back.
"ROOOAAAARR!!!"
From behind the swirling dust cloud in front of Jun Taipei and Hongli Fu, Parmenas's silhouette was seen walking closer and roaring loudly, making the ground tremble.
When the dust cloud cleared, Parmenas's silhouette was visible. His body had become twice as large as before. Twice as large as the earth golem created by Hongli Fu.
"It would be better in this situation if we retreated and returned when we are in prime condition to fight."
Jun Taipei said, tilting his head up to see Parmenas's face, which was like an enraged bull.
Hongli Fu nodded in agreement.
"Should we retreat?"
Jun Taipei nodded in response.
"Let's retreat."
BOOM!
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"Elizabeth!!!"
Sizhu screamed as he saw Elizabeth struck by Timon's sword, and blood spurted high from the girl's neck. However, a green light first bathed the girl and the two young men whose hands were partially severed.
天上女神,造生光,賜氣息於群生,賦魂於世間之器,創靈於所居之器.
予祈福於吾命所承之流,聽吾之請,賜傷魂以癒與力,以抗幽冥.
吾以己命之一部分,易彼破器之生.
Tiān shàng nǚshén, zào shēng guāng, cì qìxī yú qún shēng, fù hún yú shìjiān zhī qì, chuàng líng yú suǒ jū zhī qì.
Yǔ qífú yú wú mìng suǒ chéng zhī liú, tīng wú zhī qǐng, cì shāng hún yǐ yù yǔ lì, yǐ kàng yōumíng.
Wú yǐ jǐ mìng zhī yī bùfèn, yì bǐ pò qì zhī shēng.
(Heavenly goddess who creates the light of life, gives breath to every living creature, gives spirit to vessels in this world, creates a soul in every vessel filled with spirit. I ask for your blessing from the flow within my life, hear my call, give the wounded spirit healing and strength to fight against darkness. I exchange a part of my life for their shattered vessels.)"
"於汝,造化之女神,應吾之召.
Yú rǔ, zàohuà zhī nǚshén, yìng wú zhī zhào.
(To you, goddess of creation, answer my pray.)"
Mei Mei from across the wall first cast a high-level healing spell right after Elizabeth was injured. The wound on her neck quickly closed. Making Timon fail to sever Elizabeth's head halfway.
"Defeat him.. Sizhu..." Mei Mei had a severe nosebleed and vomited blood from overusing mana.
For the next five minutes. Sizhu, Kai, and Elizabeth would have rapid regeneration power. Sizhu's severed left hand closed and a green light formed a new temporary hand for him. The same went for Kai.
Sizhu condensed green flames on his staff, which brightly illuminated his own blood carvings.
And in that instant, he struck Timon, who was holding the Goujian sword upwards.
THUD! CLANG!
"Shit!"
CRASH!
Soaring high through the ceiling of the top fifteen-story pagoda, the two exchanged blows mid-air.
On the pagoda roof, the green flames of Sizhu's staff formed a dragon. With an angry face, Sizhu continuously delivered a barrage of blows to Timon, almost his entire body riddled with holes from Sizhu's staff thrusts.
THUD! THUD! THUD!
Finally, as the mouth of the green flame dragon from Sizhu's staff was about to pounce on Timon's head, he suddenly disappeared from the air and had already landed below the pagoda. Cracking the street made of white stone.
"Shit! Shit! Shit! I didn't hear that kid could get stronger."
Sizhu plunged after him like a meteor falling from the sky.
BOOM!
A green flame explosion created a small crater as Sizhu landed while striking his staff. Timon had already fled in hurry. He immediately entered another building, seeing Sizhu chasing him from behind.
Like a living green dragon. Sizhu no longer cared about his surroundings and truly wanted to kill Timon, who dared to slash Elizabeth's neck. He was truly enraged. The green pupils in his eyes turned fiery red. And a blood-red flame-patterned tattoo began to cover his remaining right hand.
Timon could not escape Sizhu's pursuit. The two exited the building with a green flame explosion that burned down one building with a single staff strike.
Timon had no choice but to clash with Sizhu in the middle of an empty field. However, every time he tried to launch an attack, Sizhu had already landed three attacks on Timon's body, making Timon's body almost shapeless, full of holes like a sponge.
"SHIT!!!"
Timon tried to use Goujian sword power but failed. The sword rejected him, and Sizhu was right in front of his eyes, spinning his staff rapidly and delivering a green flame dragon strike from the side.
Blaze! Crack!
Timon's body was split in two from the stomach, accompanied by green flames burning his organs. Without stopping, Sizhu continued his attack to destroy Timon's head, striking his staff from above his head.
"AAAHHH!!! PARMENAS!!!"
"ROOOOAAAARRR!"
BOOM!
Sizhu's staff strike hit Parmenas's giant hand instead. He leaped from a great distance to grab Timon's upper body, which was almost finished off.
Sizhu was about to launch a follow-up attack, but Parmenas chose to flee with Timon to the Hunter's base below. Descending the mountains.
"HA! HAH! HAHAHAH! SEE YOU LATER, WEAKLING! WE WIN TONIGHT!"
Parmenas, with his left hand severed, ran like a kingkong down the hill.
Mei Mei's high-level healing effect had reached its time limit. Sizhu's left hand disappeared again, leaving a covered wound on his elbow.
The green flames forming the dragon on Sizhu's staff began to dim. He knelt on one knee, feeling excruciating pain throughout his body. Hot sweat dripped down his face. Heart throbbing, breath roaring.
"I won't let him get away. I won't let him live after hurting my friend."
Sizhu then stood up, strengthening his grip on the staff. He immediately ran down the hill from the Hunter's headquarters, chasing Parmenas.
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