"Asta will handle things here. Theresa and I need to go back and forth repeatedly to transport the children, and the safety of these children once they are transported outside will depend entirely on you!" Vanessa said.
"I understand!" Noelle nodded, then sat on her magic broom and left.
"Oh my, oh my, you're actually distracted watching those people transport the children out? Let me catch them all!" After saying this, Sally scattered countless gel clusters from the gel. These gel clusters were like fishing nets; they would automatically spread out upon touching something.
"Are you looking down on me?" In an instant, Asta threw out countless Kunai. These Kunai intercepted the gel clusters with pinpoint accuracy.
"Oh my, you can actually use auxiliary weapons? Are these iron objects summoned from your grimoire? But it looks like these iron objects don't have Anti-Magic properties, so where do you store them on your body? I really want to take you apart and see!" Sally felt herself becoming more and more interested in Asta!
"Flying Thunder God!" Asta threw three Kunai marked with the Flying Thunder God Technique Seal directly towards Sally. One was aimed directly at Sally, one was above the gel magic Salamander, and one was below the Salamander!
Although these three Kunai were thrown simultaneously, each had a specific purpose. The one flying directly towards Sally was fast and powerful. The one aimed downwards was a beat slower. The one aimed upwards was the slowest! This staggered timing was meant to create an opening for him to find a tactical advantage!
"They fly really fast, but ordinary weapons can't pierce my Salamander!" Sally said. The one in the middle had already reached her. Then, a shocking scene unfolded before her: the Kunai instantly transformed into Asta!
"Oh no, I forgot to tell Sally!" Valtos, who had been watching from the sidelines, saw these Kunai flying towards Sally and suddenly remembered that Asta had used this eerie movement technique in the Royal Capital!
Therefore, Valtos made a split-second decision and directly teleported Sally away.
"Oh my, Valtos, what are you doing? I was just about to wrap Asta in gel!" Sally complained.
"You crazy woman, you have no idea of the danger you were just in. Those were three hidden weapons that he could swap positions with! Even you would have been cut by him if you were caught off guard!" Valtos said.
"This attack method is really fascinating. As expected of the Anti-Magic kid!" Sally didn't feel the danger at all and was even more interested in Asta.
"In this situation, I guess I have to use the Eight Gates? But if I defeat Sally all at once, stronger guys might be teleported over. So, until all the children are evacuated, I have to pretend I can't beat her!" Asta determined his strategy in an instant.
"Hey, I say, find a way to rescue me first! My mud magic can lend you a hand!" Baro had been playing dead, but seeing Asta and the others in a predicament, he stood up again.
"You're not dead yet?" Sally said, surprised.
"I—!" Baro almost suffered internal injuries from holding back his anger; he was perfectly alive, dammit!
"Brother, what should we do now!" Neg said helplessly.
"Shut up, you piece of trash!" Baro had no patience for Neg and started cursing him out.
"Anyway, it's really hard for me to capture Asta. You said you'd help, right?" Sally looked at Baro, her beautiful eyes turning as she revealed a conspiratorial smile.
"Yes, yes, my mud magic is very powerful, I guarantee I can be of great help!" Baro said nicely, but internally he was thinking that once he was rescued, he would run away immediately; who cares about her!
"Alright then, you asked for this!" Sally said.
"Yes, I'm begging you, please save me!" Baro pleaded.
"As you wish!" Sally immediately jumped to Baro's side, then pulled out a huge syringe and accurately inserted it into the vein in Baro's neck.
"What is this? What have you done!" Baro screamed in terror. He could feel the dangerous, unknown liquid being injected into his body at an extremely fast rate!
"Isn't this what you wanted?" Sally said innocently.
"Urgh—ah!!!" The strengthening fluid in Baro's body began to react. Every blood vessel suddenly bulged, his eyeballs, skin, muscles, and even every strand of hair expanded uncontrollably. Correspondingly, the magic power in his body grew exponentially! With constant accumulation and stacking, Baro's body grew larger and larger!
"Boom!" This disorderly expansion ultimately caused Baro's body to explode. A large amount of mud magic, after bursting him, didn't scatter everywhere but instead condensed into a huge, hideous mud monster!
"Oh my, I accidentally injected a lethal dose!" Sally covered her mouth and giggled, her eyes filled with the glee of madness.
"This Baro really dug his own grave!" Asta saw this scene and smiled helplessly. If he had just laid on the ground and played dead, he could have at least saved his life. Unlike now, where he was directly exploded by the surging magic power. But this was his own doing.
When dealing with devils, one must be prepared to be schemed against by them. This Baro tried to drain the magic power of so many children, so he deserved to die.
"Brother!" Neg cried.
"Idiot!" Asta kicked Neg to the edge of the battlefield, and the spot where he had originally been standing was stomped on by the mud monster Baro had turned into.
"Brother, why? I called you brother, and you actually wanted to stomp me to death?" Neg felt like the sky was falling. In the past, although Baro would hit and scold him, he never thought about killing him!
"Roar!" Baro's destructive power was astonishing, and the cave suddenly felt like it was collapsing.
"What a pity, it would have been better if it could have maintained its personality!" Sally looked at her creation with great satisfaction.
"demon-slayer sword!" Asta didn't intend to let this monster live and leaped up to decapitate it. However, to his surprise, even after being decapitated, the monster immediately regenerated a head.
"Haha, your demon-slayer sword isn't necessarily invincible, you know. This Dark Magic item is exceptionally 'useful'!" Sally said proudly.
"What about the heart then?" Asta tried again, but with little effect.
At this point, Baro could no longer be defined as a human. As long as his magic power didn't fade, his main body would never perish!
At this moment, Asta thought of Great Fire Annihilation! This Ninjutsu, which could exhale a vast sea of flames, would definitely be able to exhaust Baro's mud magic completely.
But Asta didn't want to reveal too much of his strength. After all, the enemy was in the shadows, and he was in the light. If he revealed too much strength now, it would be hard to ambush people later!
"Looks like I can only stall and wait for support!" Asta thought and changed his strategy. Although he couldn't kill Baro for the time being, he wouldn't let Baro take a single step forward.
"I see an opening!" Sally seemed to have exited the battle, but she was actually always looking for an opening in Asta. Seeing Asta completely undefended from behind, she excitedly reached out a tentacle with the Salamander, hoping for a one-hit kill!
"Is this an opening?" Asta dodged to the side with an indifferent expression, not moving a single step more than necessary. Sally immediately felt that the damage wasn't great, but the insult was extremely strong!
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