"Roar!"
Ian Grey let out a roar.
Immediately, the surrounding Gillians retreated a sufficient distance, leaving enough space for him and Yoru Chikao.
"Whoosh!"
A sound of air breaking rang out as Ian Grey preemptively used Sonido, appearing directly in front of Yoru Chikao, his two scorpion claws like sharp scissors thrusting straight at Yoru Chikao's face.
At the same time, Yoru Chikao pulled back, then used the sword in his right hand to block!
"Clang!"
Sparks flew as the twin claws met the blade.
Yoru Chikao swung his left hand downwards, and a ten-meter-long lightning whip instantly lashed out. Seeing this, Ian Grey stepped on the void, spiritual particles erupting from beneath his feet, and used Sonido to retreat ten meters at high speed.
"Snap!"
The lightning whip, carrying immense force, shattered several giant trees. Just as Ian Grey thought he had moved beyond the lightning whip's attack range, the seemingly misdirected lightning whip suddenly extended and curved, like a nimble lightning snake striking towards Ian Grey's back.
"Sizzle!"
Just as the lightning snake was about to pierce Ian Grey, the scorpion tail behind him also extended, and the sharp stinger, carrying dark spiritual pressure, collided with the lightning snake.
"Bang!"
The powerful clash of spiritual pressure produced an earth-shattering roar, and the howling wind caused the surrounding giant trees to sway continuously.
Taking advantage of Ian Grey being preoccupied with fending off the lightning whip's surprise attack, Yoru Chikao used Sonido to appear directly above him, raising his long sword. At this moment, faint arcs of lightning crackled around the long sword, and with a fierce downward chop, a massive dark-golden blade aura, imbued with the might of thunder, materialized.
Ian Grey had just used all his strength to barely fend off the lightning whip's surprise attack. Faced with the sudden massive blade aura, he could only hastily dodge sideways, but failed to evade completely, and his right arm was directly severed.
"Splurt!"
A large amount of blood flowed from the severed arm, and Ian Grey, his face pale, clutched his stump.
This was not the end; the residual power of Yoru Chikao's full-strength blade aura split a nearby mindless Gillian in half.
"So strong! If I hadn't been injured..."
Although Ian Grey had been ambushed and enslaved by Hubert Allen, degenerating into a Gillian, he always believed himself to be an Adjuchas, not a lowly Gillian.
Therefore, when he perceived the intensity of Yoru Chikao's spiritual pressure and mistook Yoru Chikao for an Adjuchas, he yearned for a fair fight to prove that he was still the proud Adjuchas he once was!
Yoru Chikao looked at the half-human scorpion Hollow before him, whose arm he had severed. Uncharacteristically, he did not press his advantage but stopped, looking at the Hollow with complex emotions.
Through their exchange, the contact of their spiritual pressures, he discovered that his opponent's fighting spirit was not strong; instead, there was a hint of seeking death.
"I don't need my opponent's pity!"
Ian Grey looked at Yoru Chikao, who had suddenly stopped, and immediately, dark spiritual pressure erupted around him, and countless sharp needles, shimmering with black-purple light, burst forth from his scorpion tail!
Watching these spiritual pressure needles shoot towards him, Yoru Chikao shook his head. He had originally thought he could have a satisfying great battle with this half-human scorpion Hollow, but it was still a crushing victory.
However, the half-human scorpion before him, though knowing he was outmatched, still dared to bare his fangs at Yoru Chikao, truly making him a respectable opponent.
Therefore, he decided to give such an opponent the respect he deserved!
Immediately, he gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands, and faint arcs of lightning entangled around the blade as he unleashed another full-strength strike.
That dark-golden blade aura reappeared, seemingly dyeing the sky gold.
"So strong. Not to mention me, who is currently less than sixty percent of my peak strength, even at my absolute peak, I probably wouldn't be his match. He can definitely defeat Hubert Allen!"
This was Ian Grey's last thought.
As the blade aura dissipated, a giant crack, over ten meters long, appeared on the ground, along with the remains of the half-human scorpion.
Yoru Chikao walked forward and activated Soul Eater to absorb all the remains on the ground without any waste.
As the last severed arm was absorbed by the dark-golden vortex behind Yoru Chikao, Yoru Chikao felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction.
A Gillian who had fallen from the Adjuchas rank, its spiritual pressure was actually comparable to a hundred ordinary Gillians! How delicious would a true Adjuchas be?
When he killed this half-human scorpion, Yoru Chikao discovered the spiritual pressure of another Hollow on its body. If he was not mistaken, this spiritual pressure should belong to the Adjuchas behind him!
"Don't rush, I'll be coming for you soon!"
At the same time, Hubert Allen, who was feeding in the nest, suddenly shivered.
Yoru Chikao, having just digested the half-human scorpion, looked at the mindless Gillians around him, who were in chaos due to their leader's death, and licked his lips.
He continued his hunting journey.
"This half-human scorpion brother is truly a good person. Not only did he give himself to me, but he also included over a hundred ordinary Gillians as a bonus!"
Yoru Chikao slaughtered the scattered and fleeing Gillian horde while reminiscing about the half-human scorpion he had just killed.
Before long, over a hundred Gillians were devoured and digested by Yoru Chikao.
At this point, the spiritual pressure within Yoru Chikao's body had increased by about fifty percent compared to before the great battle.
"Thanks for the gift, half-human scorpion brother!"
More importantly, Yoru Chikao finally felt a slight sense of fullness. He had a premonition that if he only devoured another one or two hundred ordinary Gillians, or one Adjuchas, he would be able to advance to Gillian.
"Now, I haven't even advanced to Gillian, yet I possess Adjuchas-level combat power. If I officially advance to Gillian, I might be able to directly rival a Vasto Lorde, right?"
Yoru Chikao pondered silently in his heart.
Thinking of this, Yoru Chikao began to push his spiritual pressure to its limit, sensing the trace of Adjuchas spiritual pressure on the half-human Hollow.
He wanted to strike while the iron was hot and find the Adjuchas behind that half-human Hollow, using its flesh and blood as nourishment for his advancement!
Carefully sensing the distance to that trace of spiritual pressure, Yoru Chikao headed south.
Traveling all day using Sonido, Yoru Chikao finally felt that he was getting closer and closer to that spiritual pressure.
At the same time, he also sensed hundreds of Gillian spiritual pressures around that spiritual pressure.
"A complete Adjuchas, plus hundreds of Gillians, is a bit tricky, but not unsolvable."
Yoru Chikao looked at the nests on the four giant trees ahead and activated Concealing Presence.
He decided to first eliminate all the Gillians guarding the periphery before entering the nest to kill the Adjuchas.
Without further ado, Yoru Chikao concealed his figure, intending to start hunting these Gillians from the outermost perimeter.
"Whoosh"
Sonido activated, and a lightning-fast blade light directly cut down a Gillian on lookout at the outermost perimeter, then he used Soul Eater to absorb it.
Just as Yoru Chikao was about to repeat the process with the second Gillian, Hubert Allen, who was in the nest, suddenly opened his eyes.
"Enemy attack!"
"Roar!"
With Hubert Allen's furious roar, the Gillian horde that had been standing idly beneath the giant trees instantly went berserk, all noticing Yoru Chikao's subtle movements.
"Indeed, I can't use the same methods against an Adjuchas as I do against those mindless Gillians!"