Chapter 190: Madman, Actually Using an Arena for Training
While Liam was finishing his sleep and starting to be on guard, Ryuu also fell into a deep sleep.
With only the two of them, the battles on the thirty-seventh floor made Ryuu mentally very fatigued.
A steady breathing sound maintained its rhythm. Ryuu fell asleep in a minute. Here, she dreamed of her past.
In a certain forest in the Dungeon, a huge explosion sounded.
High-temperature flames were burning everything around, and the terrain had also undergone certain changes due to the violent explosion.
When the smoke from the explosion cleared, the trees around Ryuu and her group had all withered, and a huge depression had appeared in the ground.
Ryuu's Familia team, at this time, one by one, came out from the ruins and the pits of the giant trees.
Although they were in a sorry state, it was obvious that no one present had died because of this.
They seriously observed the surrounding situation. Because of the violent explosion, they, these Familia members, were basically in a pit more than ten meters deep, confronting the enemy outside the pit.
The enemy were members of the Dark Faction.
One of them, a woman in a kimono, squinted her eyes, her expression also not very good.
"As expected, it was a trap? They actually tried to use an explosion to bury us alive!"
Valleta and the other members of the Dark Faction were also a little surprised. Although they had used so many explosives, the other party had actually survived with all members intact.
Valleta knew that this time it was more dangerous than fortunate. They, these members of the Dark Faction, were originally no match for Ryuu and her group.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have thought of using bombs to blow them up.
A sense of oppressive shouting came from the ceiling of the floor. Then the ceiling cracked, and a large amount of water fell onto this floor.
Then, like a demon hatched from the devil's cradle, the ferocious Juggernaut appeared from the crack in the ceiling.
Then it fell to the ground and began to attack Ryuu's teammates at an unimaginably high speed.
These teammates of Ryuu were basically killed easily by the other party before they could even react.
The Juggernaut had sharp claws, teeth, a tail, a tough entire body...
Especially since this was the first time Ryuu and her group had encountered this special mechanism monster. Its strength and danger were ridiculously exaggerated.
By the time the others realized that one person had died, another of Ryuu's teammates had died.
One by one, her teammates died in front of Ryuu and the others. Ryuu lost her reason and rushed up angrily.
As a result, she didn't even last one move and was easily sent flying by the Juggernaut.
If not for the fact that the Juggernaut was playing, Ryuu's team would have been completely wiped out by now.
Kaguya, in order to cover Ryuu, clashed with the charging Juggernaut once, and because of this, her right arm holding the sword was also severed.
The tricky level of this monster was beyond their understanding. And so, all the remaining team members took out twelve-tenths of their seriousness.
All members who could still use long-range magic attacks began to charge up at the same time, and then released their attacks towards the Juggernaut.
Fire and lightning condensed into thunderous fire. At the same time as the magic reflection armor appeared on the Juggernaut's body, the magic attack hit fiercely.
Afterward, the Juggernaut directly returned an even more astonishing thunderous fire shockwave in the same way.
Its power was almost twice that of the thunderous fire.
Ryuu just stared blankly as her teammates were hit by the flames and lightning, and then died tragically.
Another fighter teammate, after the Juggernaut arrived, screamed and attacked the other party, but it didn't break its defense at all.
Right arm, left arm, torso, were successively torn and bitten apart by the other party. The captain wanted to provide cover, but her abdomen was pierced from behind by the Juggernaut's nails.
Afterward, a large number of Dark Faction members were slain, and the field was a scene of carnage.
Taking advantage of the Juggernaut's departure, the still-surviving Familia members came before Ryuu.
"Lion, this time, probably only you can survive. We'll act as bait. You release your maximum firepower magic attack."
Ryuu had healing magic. Although she was now lying on the ground after being swept by the Juggernaut's back, she was almost the least injured among them.
Under these circumstances, her teammate whose eyes were completely burned and could not be healed by magic was even more seriously injured than Ryuu.
As for why the eyes couldn't be healed by magic, it was purely because there were too many nerves on the eyes, requiring super-high-level magic, or super-high-grade rare medicines like mermaid flesh.
Blindness was the most serious first-degree disability among the ten levels of disability. In the Dungeon, even if the Juggernaut was killed, she couldn't return to the surface.
The captain, Alise, looked at Ryuu. Although her heart was filled with the fear of death, she wanted Ryuu to survive even more.
"Lion, everyone's view of justice is different. I still don't have an answer to what justice is. But if it's you, Ryuu, you will definitely be able to always make the right decision!"
Although Ryuu was crying and constantly shaking her head, there was no time for sentimentality now.
Alise continued to speak. Because of the adrenaline, the wounds on her body were not so painful. It was just that a lot of her strength had been consumed.
She used her left thumb and index finger to pinch Ryuu's right little finger.
This should be the last dance before death. This physical state could at most last for another two minutes. In a fight, she could probably only last for less than thirty seconds:
"To defeat that creature, we need your magic. We will strip off its outer shell, so you stay here and chant. Please..."
At this time, Ryuu was already on the verge of collapse. Alise's last words came to her ears.
"Lion, be sure to realize your ideal. Goodbye, Lion!"
"You have to live." The pallum Lyra, who had a crush on Finn, had a smile on her face as she followed Alise to approach the Juggernaut.
Kaguya placed her two small tachi on the ground in front of Ryuu, "Don't treasure them. Use them as much as you can. I hope you are tenacious, my rival!"
Apart from Ryuu, the only remaining three, with their hastily bandaged wounds, approached the Juggernaut together.
Ryuu looked up at the ceiling, tears continuously falling from her eyes. Then she thought of the Juggernaut's super high speed, and then her eyes locked tightly on the other's figure.
"Now the distant forest firmament. The infinite stars embedded in the endless night sky. Respond to the voice of a fool like me, and grant me the protection of the starlight again.
Give light and mercy to those who have abandoned you—Come, wandering wind, wandering traveler.
Soar through the sky, race across the wilderness, travel at a speed that surpasses all things.
Wielding the brilliance of the stars to conquer the enemy."
Kaguya and Lyra were already all dead. Just as Alise's abdomen was pierced again, Alise had already thrust her sword into the Juggernaut's abdomen.
Then she released an explosion spell, thrusting almost all her remaining magic power into the other's body along the sharp sword.
The Juggernaut's magic reflection armor also shattered at this time.
"Luminous Wind!"
A wide-area magic attack composed of wind and light finished condensing. A large number of dazzling green light clusters flew towards Alise and the Juggernaut.
The light cluster from the explosion spread out to a diameter of nearly a hundred meters, and then slowly dissipated.
However, in the face of this attack, the Juggernaut directly rushed out of the green fire light cluster.
Alise's bones were gone. She was plunged into the despair of losing her companions, the anger of being unable to kill the Juggernaut, and the anxiety of letting the other party slip away.
There was even a sense of shame for having survived while being considered powerless...
...
"Ryuu?"
Liam's voice woke Ryuu Lion from her nightmare.
"Ryuu, why are you crying?"
Liam gently wiped away her tears with his hand. However, this action made the young woman blush to the tips of her ears. Elves, especially Ryuu, had a righteous personality, and had a mysophobia for feelings and hygiene. She was a truly noble knight.
She was clearly so conservative that, apart from her future husband, she would not let any other man touch her hand.
But she acquiesced to Liam's intimate action.
"I just dreamed of something not so good. By the way, how was your rest?"
Liam smiled and nodded, "Thanks to you, I rested very well. Let's eat some more. Try to reduce the weight of the food in the backpack.
My plan next will be a bit crazy. I want to grind monsters in the arena until my strength breaks through again."
"Eh? Are you kidding me? Without updating your ability scores with a main god, how can your strength possibly break through?"
Ryuu was at first immediately disbelieving, then she thought of her experiences with Liam during this period.
This guy was really a genius. Even without updating his ability scores, he could become stronger just by fighting.
This physique was really special. She even thought the other party was a descendant with the bloodline of a war god.
"Then you must be careful. After one monster is eliminated here, another will be born immediately.
In other words, the total number of monsters here basically won't decrease.
This place is basically a miniature version of the Dungeon. Even the Loki Familia doesn't dare to approach."
Hearing this, Liam's eyes lit up.
"Then isn't this a holy land for grinding levels?"
"Grinding levels?"
Liam coughed, "It's simple. It's a holy land that can allow me to gain the maximum amount of practical combat experience."
"How on earth did you do it? Just by improving your practical combat experience, can you infinitely improve your strength even without relying on the god's Falna?
The only reasonable explanation I can think of is that you are a descendant of a certain god. For example, a war god, or a descendant of a hero from ancient times."
Ryuu took out a map and discussed plans with Liam while eating:
"Since you've decided to grind levels, then we should at least cross the entire Colosseum and then fight at the edge on the opposite side.
That's the exit of the main route.
This way, when your stamina is exhausted, we can immediately break the bridge and retreat."
"Okay!"
Liam nodded, and led his weapon towards the outside. As a result, he was once again pulled by Ryuu's arm.
"I still have five fire stones here. Because the crisis pressure was not great, I basically didn't use them. So, you can take two to keep."
He had almost forgotten about this thing. Although this thing's effect on the Juggernaut was average, it was very effective for grinding monsters.
In the distance was a group of Peludas. They had a body and four limbs like a snake, and their backs had countless needles like a porcupine.
These needles could be shot at high speed and contained a deadly poison.
Even a Lv4 adventurer, after being hit in the limbs, would basically die from the poison within thirty seconds if they didn't drink an antidote.
If it was an assassin or a mage or other adventurers with a weaker constitution, they probably wouldn't even last twenty seconds.
"Ryuu, act according to the situation. As long as you can protect yourself, it's enough. I'll use a high-speed movement slash to kill them first."
"Mmm."
Ryuu nodded. Wearing the skeleton ram's fur, her own aura was well concealed.
"ROAR!"
Raging Dragon Slash was instantly released. The one or twenty Peludas on the stone bridge were all killed by Liam in one go.
Afterward, he stopped and stayed in place, waiting for Ryuu to approach.
Facing this monster that could release a deadly poison, he had to use Raging Dragon Slash to kill it.
Otherwise, a large number of poison stingers would fly over, which still posed a certain risk.
One by one, the Peludas turned into smoke and completely dissipated. Liam's gaze looked towards the surroundings.
The width of the stone bridge was about twelve meters, and on both sides of the bridge were countless sharp stone spikes. A large number of adventurer corpses fell on them and were pierced by the stone spikes.
Liam's two hands held Sloth and Pride. Sloth's sword aura effect could freeze these monsters, while Pride's sword aura was attached with a piercing attribute.
"Let me see just how strong this Colosseum is."
Hearing the dragon cry of Raging Dragon Slash, a large number of monsters that had been drawn by the sound roared and ran over from inside the Colosseum.
These monsters held stone weapons or bone weapons, and crowded to the position of the stone bridge.
Because they were too excited, many monsters were pushed by the monsters that came later and directly fell off the stone bridge, pierced by the sharp stone spikes and turning into black mist and dissipating.
Liam looked at this scene with a pained expression. Ryuu's face was full of bewilderment.
What's going on? Could it be that he's heartbroken that these monsters weren't killed by him personally?
"Ryuu, I'm starting to fight! You must be careful!"
"Okay!"
Ryuu stood by Liam's side, magic power beginning to condense in her palm, ready to release magic to support Liam at any time.
As for Liam, he gripped Pride and then thrust it at the monsters in front.
One after another, arrow-head-shaped sword auras the size of a palm flew out.
Then, like rain, they splashed onto the bodies of these distant monsters.
Although the number of monsters was large, every time Liam released a sword aura for a long-range attack, he would deliberately require the precision of the attack.
"Can't the flight speed of the sword aura be increased further?"
This was the question Liam was thinking about at this time. Skeleton rams, werewolves, earthborn, lizardmen, and so on, a large number of monsters were constantly approaching.
However, Liam's sword aura attacks also became more and more dense.
These attacks that came like a tide were actually forced back by him.
An earthborn suddenly appeared from the ground. However, just as it exposed a palm, what greeted it was the piercing attack of Pride's sword tip.
Liam sized up the surrounding monsters. His heart began to beat faster. Seeing so many monsters, the experience points in the background of his Sword Soul template were constantly jumping.
This was it!
Thrusting Smash, Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash!
Even the Barbarian Warriors that appeared in front, in the face of Thrusting Dragon-Slaying Slash, were completely no match.
The surrounding monsters were cleared in large numbers. Ryuu also hurriedly followed Liam's footsteps.
They actually went directly from the position of the stone bridge towards the central arena of the Colosseum.
The walls of the duel field were full of holes. Red light flickered in the holes, and a large number of various monsters were constantly being born from them.
One by one, just like a tide.
Liam sheathed his blade, and the sword aura was focused inside the blade's body. Afterward, Drawing Sword was suddenly released...
(End of this chapter)
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