Simultaneously, nine balls of nothingness appeared behind Orochi. After two years of constant practice, Orochi had further improved the skill level to a large degree. If before, he could only produce two at a time. After the skill reached level 2, the speed of production, the casting time, and the number that he could create had gone up from 2 to 9.
"You mere ghouls that disgustingly rose from mortals dare to obstruct the path of this god!? I am God! Anyone who disobeys me is bound to face ruin. For I am unbearable. The only one who could beat me is me!"
A barrage of black-red energy launched themselves together with Orochi's gesture.
"Grrrrr!!!" The ghouls howled. They crawled toward the direction of black-red energy. They had human limbs, yet they walked on all fours like a cheetah.
Just like that, the nine black-red energy, a ball of nothingness, hit the bullseye. Completely deleting nine ghouls who had been hit out of existence.
Dylan was still in awe at such a scene no matter how many times he saw it. Following that, Orochi flickers in and out of existence in different positions, constantly bombarding the group of ghouls relentlessly, unafraid of mana consumption.
Dozens of ghouls kept getting obliterated every few seconds.
"Is he not afraid of draining his mana?" Dylan simultaneously activated his level 3 firebody and level 3 fly skill.
Then, he charged toward the area that had a higher density of ghouls than the others. His figure disappeared in the blink of an eye. The sound of scorching flesh reverberated. Maddened screams echoed like a symphony.
Under Orochi and Dylan's skills, they prevented the ghouls from reattaching their bodies to recover. Five to six ghouls kept dying every second.
"We don't have any attacks or ways to completely destroy their bodies. We can only rely on weapons to cut them again and again but that is quite useless since they'll just keep piecing their body parts together."
Hank said as he evaded black claws out of nowhere.
Unfortunately, another ghoul snuck on the side, completely severing Hank's ears.
"Arghh!" Hank kicked the ghoul away, followed by an extremely angry burst of mana to his hand; with one swing, the axe hit the neck, followed by another vertical swing, severing the ghoul-like tofu.
Suddenly, three ghouls once again appeared to buffer Hank. The ghoul, which should have been dead if it was a normal creature, began to reattach its severed head to the neck. Even the two divided bodies were pieced together like a lego.
Kenjaku managed to get a glimpse of a gray slimy liquid that acted like a world-defying adhesive. "Is that the skill they used to fix themselves? Really good but also troublesome."
'How can we counter it? The only way is by completely destroying them like what Orochi and Dylan were doing. However, there's no other countermeasures that I could think of.'
With a swift figure, Kenjaku weaved himself side by side, completely shuttling with the massive wave of ghouls. Head after head flew out. The terrifying efficiency of a true assassin was completely displayed by Kenjaku's hand.
But this was still useless. The ghouls just reattached their heads with ease.
"Damn it!" A claw hit Kevin's chest. The ugly ghoul that lacks eyeballs went behind Kevin like a ghost.
Kevin gritted his teeth and rolled to the ground, barely dodging the black claws that made a gully out of the ground.
"They're fucking endless." Dylan, like a killing machine, burned everything within 15 meters around him.
Every ghoul got burned to ashes. No matter the number, they couldn't get past the flames around Dylan that acted like a natural barrier.
While doing this, Dylan and Orochi tried to clear out a path against the waves of ghouls. Ghouls after ghouls sent themselves to death like moths in a fire.
"Fortunately, I've been able to sustain my firebody skill now that I'm level 30."
The ringing sounds of notifications appeared on his head, one after another, to the exp he receives from kills and proficiency of skills.
At this time, the Fly skill reached its duration. Dylan, whose body became a lot heavier needed to exert a lot more effort.
[DING! You successfully leveled up!]
Dylan completely went all out with the instant recovery of mana provided by the level-up. The flames around Dylan grew fiercer; even the ghouls that were a meter away from the flames touching them had severe burns from head to toe.
...
Name: Dylan
Level 31
HP: 3300/3300
Mana: 880/880
Specie: Human
Profession: N/A
Attributes:
STR: 150+2+10+6
VIT: 150+12+3
AGI: 150+5+6+8
INT: 83+5
WIS: 41
CHA: 46
Free attributes: 105
-Skills-
Origin Skills:
Soul Split, Shared Senses.
Essence Skills:
Lvl2 Bloodsucking. Lvl3 Firebody.
Super skills:
Advance Skills:
Lvl3 Fly.
Intermediate Skills:
Lvl3 Buster Tongue.
Ordinary Skills:
Selves:
Evaluation: Finally a little bit strong. Can usually defeat opponents three levels higher.
...
Dylan even had the leisure to open his status. He didn't really need to aim or concentrate. He just needs to keep his firebody skill open, and the crazy ghouls will keep pouring themselves into him.
'They don't even have basic intelligence.'
Still, Dylan noticed that the tombstone his flames touched managed to resist. They're completely fine as if the materials were greatly conducive to high temperatures.
'What type of materials are these stones composed of? It seems they're good materials... Maybe I can get a thing or two.'
As for whether it would be too disrespectful for the deceased... That's not his concern.
'What kind of flame is that? So that's the level of the steam? I am the Incarnation of the Sun God. I am a God. I'll naturally awaken a stronger flame than that.'
Orochi watched the flames with a hint of desire. He's fond of flames due to his status as Sun God.
As he thought of this, Orochi suddenly appeared beside Dylan, completely unconcerned about the flames that wrapped his figure.
Dylan stared at Orochi with a question mark. "You're immune to my flames?"
"Just this? Your flames pale in comparison with the flames of the sun." Orochi, bathed in Dylan's flames, looked completely comfortable; he even looked sleepy.
'Damn it! So my strongest skills are useless against him?' Dylan felt it was unfair. 'Though, if we really fight. I'll just let the Hobgoblin and my Savage Deer fight alongside me. Maybe there's a chance that way?'