As Medusa slowly emerged from the swamp, Han Shuo discovered that she was even bigger than he'd imagined. Her hair full of small snakes waved wildly as they stretched out in a dance. His snake-like lower body was as thick as a bucket, and his body was five or six metres long.
"Everyone be careful, I think the Medusa is ready to leave the swamp to hunt." Han Shuo could clearly see the Medusa's movements through the observations of his original demons, and he immediately warned everyone.
"Bad guy, bad guy, big bad guy!" A scream rang out from his arms after Han Shuo's alarming words and the beautiful and pure elf maiden in his arms erupted into violent action, ramming her small fists into Han Shuo's chest accompanied by a look of panic.
Seeing that the elf had regained her senses, Han Shuo immediately stopped holding her as the Demonslayer Edge suddenly appeared in his hand. His eyes calmly patrolled the four corners as he planned to find a suitable place to fight the Medusa.
"What, what are you going to do?" The elven maiden was terrified as she thought Han Shuo wanted to kill her. She panicked and took two steps back as a magic staff suddenly appeared in her hand, sending a sharp blade of wind towards Han Shuo's head with a magical incantation.
"Damn it, why are you attacking me?" Han Shuo roared angrily at the elf immediately after dodging it.
However, it looked like the elf maiden was even more angry than Han Shuo. She glared at Han Shuo with extreme hostility and also said angrily, "What did you do to me just now?"
The hungry Medusa had obviously lost her patience when she saw that no prey had entered the swamp. Her colossal body moved quickly inside the swamp and approached Han Shuo's group.
Han Shuo didn't have time to waste with the elf at that moment and waved his hand quickly when he saw the elf archer Nia coming from the distance. He pointed at the unsuspecting elf maiden and said, "Explain everything to her.
Han Shuo left immediately after saying these words and arrived where Trunks, Aphrodite and the others were. He spoke urgently, "It looks like the Medusa couldn't resist her fury and is trying to leave the swamp in search of prey. She's heading this way, everyone be on your guard."
"The two mages hurry and leave, taking up positions in the large tree behind the traps. The two swordsmen should split up and don't let the Medusa discover your tracks. Han, you and I will leave temporarily. When the Medusa appears, we'll block her retreat. It's extremely difficult to deal with a Medusa creature inside the swamp, but it might not even be up to the task of fighting my manticore if it leaves the swamp. So we have a good chance of killing it, but the only thing we have to do is not let it discover our tracks. We'll have a hard time fighting it if it returns to the swamps. Trunks suddenly raised his voice and quickly ordered everyone to return to their posts.
At such a crucial moment, even the other adventurers who had been hostile to Trunks didn't say anything. They all nodded and began to move to their positions according to Trunks' instructions.
Han Shuo nodded at Trunks and suddenly left, avoiding the path the Medusa would definitely take. Han Shuo's grasp of the bigger picture was far better than anyone else's due to the information he had received from the original demons. The Medusa looked quite cautious as it crawled cautiously onto the shore, in no hurry to leave the swamp immediately. It paused at the edge of the swamp, as if considering something.
The magical creatures that had just appeared had been stripped of all their valuables and their bodies left in the huge trap that had been prepared. The Medusa's beautiful head turned around a few times, her watery eyes seeming a bit confused as to why not a single human or beast had approached after hearing her enticing voice.
After a while, the Medusa still didn't seem to have thought it through and finally left the swamp, walking towards the place where Aphrodite and the others were lurking. From the original demon's observations, Han Shuo noticed that the previously angry elf had finally calmed down after Nia's persuasion and was looking in his direction with interest. Eventually, with Nia's repeated encouragement, she reluctantly backed away, but she wasn't willing to go too far.
After leaving the swamp, the Medusa cautiously moved forward. Han Shuo and Trunks circled around and came out of the swamp from another direction, completely blocking the Medusa's retreat. Han Shuo and Trunks exchanged a meaningful look and at the same time approached the Medusa from behind, silently, ready to make a move against her at any time.
Finally, when the Medusa was about ten metres away from the swamp, its undulating body suddenly approached the trap. Its bizarre body was stretched out, and when its upper body sensed the existence of the trap, it used the strength of its lower body to slowly release its tilted body from the trap and move away with the undulations of its body.
At that moment, a water dragon and lightning suddenly flashed through the sky and crashed down on the Medusa with a thunderous roar. Up ahead, not too far away, Nia also drew her bow and fired. Several sharp arrows tore through the air, heading straight for the Medusa.
On the side, Gordon and the other two swordsmen swung out together and chopped down a branch that had been lifted high. There was a tremendous crack as the sharp end of the thick branch shot straight down at the Medusa.
The Medusa immediately realised it had been ambushed, and its lower body magically wrapped itself around a large tree beside it. Her body was about to fall into the trap, but it flew high through the air and hit the ground with a thud.
The branch that had been aimed at the Medusa flew past where its neck had been before the Medusa dodged, slamming into the bottom of the trap and making a loud noise.
Aphrodite's water dragon crashed into the Medusa's body, but obviously didn't have the destructive power it should have. As Medusa shook her head, the water dragon disintegrated into countless droplets of water. It was the thunder and lightning that made the Medusa scream in pain.
Only one of Nia's arrows pierced the soft, tender nape of Medusa's neck, but it didn't sink deep enough to cause fatal injury. Medusa's desperate, violent writhing proved that she hadn't suffered any serious wounds.
After the first wave of attacks had landed, the Medusa quickly turned and retreated. It made no attempt to take revenge on the humans who had attacked it, instead crawling directly towards the swamp. It seemed to want to retreat and fight back after entering the swamp.
It was a pity that Han Shuo and Trunks had already finished. Brutal, milky-white combat aura and the ear-splitting whistle of the Demonslayer Edge rang out as they both made their way towards the Medusa, suddenly appearing on the Medusa's neck and cheek.
The Medusa had been able to handle the previous attacks with ease, but the combined attacks of Han Shuo and Trunks finally made it feel the threat of death. These two waves of attacks were swift and ferocious. The dominating killing intent within them caused the high-ranking Medusa to use all of her energy.
Her huge body suddenly became incredibly agile as her numerous hair snakes suddenly began to dance. The hundreds and thousands of small snakes danced wildly in the air, transforming into a sky of tentacles to block Trunks and Han Shuo's attacks.
Trunks' milky-white combat aura and Han Shuo's Demonslayer Edge attacks rushed into the midst of the numerous dancing snakes, instantly filling the air with a bloody mist. The small snakes were pulverised into bloody chunks that were sent flying and crashed to the ground.
At the same time, both of their attacks were greatly weakened and couldn't even get close to Medusa's vital parts. The small snakes that had been cut off wriggled on the ground and fought in the direction of Han Shuo and Trunks, trying to swallow them up.
"Huh. Go to hell." Trunks snorted coldly as another long sword appeared in his hand. However, it wasn't the broadsword that had been shattered by the Demonslayer's Edge.
Trunks' body was surrounded by a milky white aura, and a gust of flying sand and small stones exploded towards the small snakes approaching him, quickly heading towards the Medusa. On the other side, a figure shot out like lightning. It was the manticore that had been lying in wait for so long. It kept the same speed as Trunks and shot towards the Medusa. Han Shuo remained motionless where he stood, instead closing his eyes and manipulating the Demonslayer Edge with all his concentration. The small snakes that covered the Medusa's head all screamed as one by one they turned into a bloody rain that filled the sky. The indestructible Demonslayer Edge ripped the life out of one little snake after another, chopping off half of the Medusa's little snakes in an instant.
The other adventurers in the distance rushed to the rear, seeing that the Medusa had no way to retreat and was badly wounded. Their combined efforts brought more attacks. Trunks and the Manticore were even fiercer as they challenged the Medusa directly. Trunks had turned into a cloud of milky-white aura, and his every move sent the Medusa's blood and flesh flying everywhere.
On the same level as the Medusa, the Manticore circled the Medusa on the ground, dashing back and forth. Its claws, sharp as blades, left wounds on the Medusa so deep that bone could be seen. When all the little snakes on the Medusa's head were executed by Han Shuo's Demonslayer Edge, the Medusa's struggles suddenly became listless, and its writhing body suddenly became still.