"Who on earth is that person?"
"Too powerful! Even Chief Adam Menlo and his super-rank magical creature were defeated. Too terrifying!"
"What kind of skill did he use? Why couldn't I identify it? He definitely has the power of a Sacred swordmaster, otherwise he wouldn't be so powerful!"
Powers in the Valley of Sunshine were all hiding at the edge of the valley. They trembled and cowered as they watched the chaotic battle unfold, whispering exclamations.
"Aowuuuuu..."
In the end, Chief Laureton of the Cairo mercenary band was left alone after escaping the encirclement. He let out a wailing battle cry as the battle axe in his hand emitted layers of silver light in the moonlight.
The muscles of Laureton's naked torso now glistened with silver light. His eyebrows and thick chest hair had turned from black to silver. Cracking sounds emanated from his two metre tall body, his frame seemingly stretched by some force as he grew another half metre.
He was now clutching the battleaxe with both hands instead of one. An enormous presence emanated from the weapon, now glittering madly with silver light. Laureton roared as he brought the battle-axe down on the Rainbow Sickle mercenaries who were pursuing him.
Piercing silver light shot straight forward, crackling as it swept across the ground. The several Rainbow Sickle mercenaries had no way to defend themselves as their bodies were cut clean through. The speed of the silver light was extremely fast, cutting through several mercenaries with ease. It then closed in on the horrified Florida with incredible momentum. He fled frantically into the air, his forehead now covered in cold sweat.
"A triple berserker? Oh my God! Laureton is mad!"
"This must be the divine weapon of the Berserker tribe, the Berserker Battle Axe. No wonder his power has increased by a notch. What a terrifying fellow!"
"No shit. How can he rule the Valley of Sunshine if he's not strong enough?"
The people watching the fight in the dark couldn't help but exclaim as they saw Laureton go berserk once again, reaching a legendary status that almost no one could attain.
"Shoot him!"
Arrows, axes and spears shot straight at Laureton in response to Florida's cry.
In addition, thunderbolts as thick as a man's arm, dancing like fire serpents, rained down violently from the sky. A dense mass of whizzing arrows and erupting earth spikes blasted towards Laureton.
An intense series of attacks descended. A large area was charred, the earth cracked and every plant was reduced to ash. Arrows and spears littered the ground, and dust filled the air, slowly dispersed by the wind. Laureton remained at the centre of it all, his battleaxe in his hand, proud and tall.
Laureton seemed to have no fear of pain after going berserk three times. Even though the skin of his singed body was torn in many places, they were all minor skin injuries. For Laureton to stand firm after facing such an enormous number of physical and magical attacks from experts, his power was truly, extremely terrifying.
"Aowuuuuu..." Laureton howled at the moon. Unexpectedly, he still had some energy left as he attacked the Katar orcs and the Rainbow Sickle mercenaries.
"What a powerful man. A thrice berserker is truly, exceptionally powerful. His body was unexpectedly immune to the majority of both physical and magical attacks!" Han Shuo stood stunned in the air. He involuntarily praised Laureton as he watched his actions.
Laureton threw the battle-axe once more, and it burst into flames in all directions. The weapon emitted a blinding silver light as it flew in an arc. Several archers in cover were instantly torn to shreds, their blood spilling everywhere.
The battle-axe returned to Laureton's hand after flying a full circle. It even seemed to have some of the essence of the Law of Activating Magic. However, the battle axe only returned to Laureton after a short flight. It wasn't able to float in the air and follow his wishes like the Demonslayer's Edge.
Han Shuo let out a sinister laugh. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was still focused on Laureton, he suddenly released the Demonslayer Edge. A blade of purple light shot out and made its way towards Thunder Archmage Asa with a howling sound.
Asa resented Han Shuo the most. It was only because Han Shuo had exploded into four clones earlier that he could not easily kill Han Shuo. Asa's head snapped to Laureton's howl for only a second when he saw Han Shuo's attack unexpectedly close. He was immediately scared out of his wits.
"Last time I only managed to cut off your right arm, but this time I'll cut off your head!" Han Shuo glared fiercely and rushed towards Asa.
At that moment, both the Rainbow Sickles and the Katar Orcs were doing their best to deal with the thrice-berserked Laureton. The experts of the House of Menlo carefully protected Adam Menlo. Only the Light Grand Magus Ferguson was close to Asa.
As Asa dodged in fear, Ferguson suddenly turned and cast the spell 'Radiant Protection'. A translucent layer of light appeared and wrapped tightly around Asa.
Asa breathed a sigh of relief as he saw his body enveloped in 'Radiant Protection'. As he was about to cast a lightning protection spell, he suddenly cried out in alarm, "Mr Ferguson, be careful!"
As it turned out, the Demonslayer's Edge that had originally been aimed at Asa suddenly changed direction as it got closer, whizzing towards Ferguson as he'd just cast Radiant Protection. At the same time, Han Shuo also turned around and followed closely. He didn't even look at Asa as his eyes stared coldly at Ferguson.
Ferguson suddenly realised that Han Shuo's attack on Asa had only been a feint. Han Shuo's real target had been Ferguson from the beginning.
When he understood this, a great fear filled his heart. He hastily chanted the 'Radiant Protection' incantation to thoroughly cover his body.
Clank! Clank! Sweet metallic sounds rang out as the Demonslayer's Edge collided with Ferguson. Crack after crack appeared in the layers of Radiant Protection. From within, Ferguson quickly focused his mental power to mobilise the Light Element and frantically repair the cracks.
"Hehehe, old fart, I warned you the last time you came after me. Yet you persisted and almost killed me in the river. You didn't think this day would come, did you? You just cast Radiant Glory, so your mental strength is already exhausted. Now, after two Radiant Protection spells, let's see how long you can hold out!"
Han Shuo approached like a ghost. He didn't pull the Demonslayer Edge back into his body. Instead, his magical yuan swirled furiously, coalescing into two attacks. Han Shuo let out a strange chuckle as he summoned his fists to violently attack the surface of the 'Radiant Protection'.
The sound of the violent bombardment was like a loud drum. The cracks in the Radiant Protection quickly spread under the relentless brutal attacks. Ferguson almost had the urge to vomit blood inside the shield. He'd never felt so lacking in Light Elemental energy as he did now. He did his best to exhaust his mental strength.
Extreme fear branded Ferguson's heart with Han Shuo's continued beating. Only now did he realise how unfathomable Han Shuo's heart was. He finally understood why the latter had unleashed the canopy of necromancy and so many dark creatures in his presence.
He had been Han Shuo's original target from the beginning! It had all been to take revenge for the last time Ferguson and Maxine had chased him down at the small river! This time, Han Shuo had put a lot of effort into this plan. First, he'd forced Ferguson to cast 'Radiant Glory' in order to use up a large amount of his mental energy. Then, he had pretended to attack Asa, forcing Ferguson to use up his mental strength by casting Radiant Protection before finally closing in for a melee.
Han Shuo had also used a great deal of Mental Power to cast the Canopy of Necromancy and summon the large number of dark creatures. However, he was also a powerful melee attacker with a strange weapon, in addition to being a mage. Although both sides wasted a similar amount of mental power, Han Shuo could still launch an attack with his weapon.
If all of this had been in Han Shuo's calculations, then his unfathomable heart and his deep, sophisticated scheming were beyond imagination. Now that Ferguson understood, he'd never feared anyone as much as he did now.
"Chase me now, why don't you? You motherfucking S.O.B.! Who do you think you are to decide my life or death? You old fart, you only know how to protect your own. I'll make sure you can't come after me in the future!" Han Shuo cursed loudly as he attacked the 'Radiant Protection'.
Shattered in both mind and body, Ferguson finally couldn't help but vomit blood. A huge arrow of blood sprayed onto the Radiant Protection, turning its pure white colour crimson red. The cracks grew wider.
"Florida, what the hell are you still chasing after? Your grandfather will be beaten to death!" Asa continued to cast lightning magic to attack Han Shuo. However, Han Shuo was constantly shifting his position to dodge, while each of his blows ruthlessly struck the 'Radiant Protection'. Finally, Asa couldn't help but scream as he saw Ferguson coughing up blood.
The thrice berserk state couldn't last too long. Laureton had already turned to flee. Florida was chasing after him in high spirits when he heard Asa cursing loudly. He suddenly panicked and involuntarily looked back.
"Old fart, bye bye!" As Florida looked on in deep shock, Han Shuo grinned as he delivered a blow aimed at a crack in the 'Radiant Protection'. The spell had long since been overwhelmed by the brutal attacks and finally shattered, collapsing in a burst of purple light.
The bloodied body of Ferguson suddenly appeared, then fell listlessly to the ground. He was deader than dead!
"hahaha..."
Han Shuo flew higher and higher with his eerie cackle. He walked arrogantly away from the glare of Florida's eyes that wanted to tear him in half.