After strengthening his skills and entering the [Melting Snow] state, You Huan clearly felt the difference.
The cooling physique begins to take effect, and the rate at which surrounding heat is lost and the temperature drops accelerates over time.
The corpse beast that turned into snowflakes and broke free from the chains of light merely touched the nearest few ordinary knights, and those knights froze in place without moving, becoming fixed ice sculptures.
"Disperse!" Seeing this scene, one of the dozen or so knights brought by the knight captain suddenly spoke in a deep voice.
Immediately, he didn't care whether those ordinary knights heard what he said clearly or whether they really dispersed. He kicked his feet and quickly attacked the corpse of the beast that turned into snowflakes.
The moment he approached, he grasped the hilt of the sword behind him with his right hand and drew the sword instantly!
"Bang!"
A gust of wind rose from the ground, the earth roared, and fine cracks instantly appeared on the surface of the buildings in the entire town!
A wide-area attack with attributes other than normal physical attacks, it seems to have extra destructive power against black dust-based monsters.
As soon as the sword was drawn, You Huan immediately felt a severe threat even in the state of melting snow!
The next moment, bright flames enveloped the entire town as the sword was drawn!
After a loud roar, the light gradually dissipated, revealing the scene in the town.
The flames seemed to have no harm to the knights, and most of them just knelt on one knee to withstand the wind and waves.
But in one place, the bodies of several knights were piled up, and they looked up into the sky with disbelief and blank eyes.
With a "crash", the knight's body suddenly moved.
Yu Huan, who had transformed back into beast form, opened his mouth, threw all his meat shields to his feet, and stared in silence at the knight who had put his sword back into the scabbard.
The knight also realized that with so many colleagues who could serve as meat shields, the effect of his attack was far less than he expected, and he frowned.
The next moment, with the sound of metal boots clanging against the ground, his remaining eleven companions rushed towards You Huan at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye.
Five of them released heavy chains as they did before, some of which were aimed at You Huan, while others were piled up in the space around You Huan, blocking his route of movement.
Among the remaining six, four more took out thick books that looked like scriptures from their armor. As the pages flipped rapidly, twisting white runes appeared under You Huan's feet.
The last two knights, together with the knight who was good at drawing swords, attacked at close range from three directions.
The violent storm they created during their actions even knocked their colleagues aside.
But in the blink of an eye, their attack was within reach.
Both his speed of action and reaction are comparable to You Huan's, or even slightly faster!
You Huan's whole body suddenly felt cold, and after [Melting Snow], his freezing ability became stronger, causing the speed of the chains flying towards him to gradually slow down.
But when he tried to melt the snow and move backwards to avoid the sword attack, the white runes under his feet suddenly lit up, and then covered his body one by one, making him unable to use the [Melting Snow] skill.
Physical evasion was also hindered by the numerous chains with hysteresis properties around it.
He was like a small fly, firmly frozen in this little piece of amber!
At the last moment, his eyes narrowed, and his cooling system went into overdrive. The surging heat was absorbed, and branch-like crystals formed in the surrounding air.
After entering the ultra-low temperature area, the weapons of the three melee knights were gradually deprived of energy and their speed slowed down inch by inch.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
But at this moment, the three knights' muscles suddenly bulged, their entire bodies expanded, and veins bulged.
With three explosions, they used brute force to increase the speed of their weapons once again!
The blade pierced into the thick long hair and penetrated the flesh.
Finally, there was another "clang" sound, and after passing through the corpse beast's body, it pierced deeply into the ground!
The scene fell into silence instantly.
"Tick, tick."
Only the blood in the corpse's body dripped onto the ground.
This snow-white monster had a unique appearance and was different from the corpse beasts that the knights knew. There was a sword piercing its chest, abdomen, and neck. It fell on its back on the ground, and the blood immediately dyed its white fur red.
On the outskirts of the town, in the gap between buildings, the human girl who was rescued by it opened her eyes wide and covered her mouth tightly.
She heard the excited voice of the proud knight who led the army that killed her village and her parents:
"It's dead?! How could a sinful blasphemer be able to defeat us believers who walk the earth with the glory of God!"
Hearing this, her heart began to beat violently. Unspeakable anger instantly erupted in her heart like a volcano. The look she gave the knight was instantly filled with murderous intent.
But she still huddled quietly where she was, because she knew that with her current strength, she could not do anything.
The rage in his heart grew even more when he saw the knight's smiling eyes.
These people... no, these "beasts" actually killed...
——Suddenly her eyes widened, and her pupils trembled slightly as she looked towards the town.
This time it was not anger, but ecstasy!
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"…Not dead."
The knight who could shatter the buildings of the entire town with just one move of his sword, after hearing the excited words of the knight captain, looked down at the corpse of the beast stuck in the ground and said in a deep voice.
The next moment, he seemed to realize something and suddenly turned around to look around.
——Since some time, the bodies of the dead beasts and zombies that had already died when they arrived have all turned into shriveled skin bags!
Looking at the corpse beast again, its light red eyes, with needle-sized pupils, were facing the sunlight above, staring at the knights who were so close.
"Everyone retreat!"
Alarm bells suddenly rang in his heart. He didn't even bother to pull his sword out of the corpse. He shouted loudly and retreated quickly.
But his reminder was too late for most of the knights present.
The corpse beast, which had been lying motionless on the ground, suddenly raised its front paws, grabbed the weapon that was inserted into its body, and pulled it out with force.
At the same time, a subtle, ghostly sound of wind whistling swept through the entire town.
Hundreds of ordinary knights had no time to evacuate. After this subtle breeze that seemed to exist and yet not exist blew past, they all stood still, with even their facial expressions perfectly preserved at the moment when they thought they had won.
Among the twelve powerful knights, the three closest to them, except for the knight who was good at drawing swords and successfully moved away, the other two retreated slower and slower, like puppets pulled by invisible silk strings.
"Crackle!"
Amid the explosive sounds caused by the stretching of bones, You Huan exerted force with his claws, crushing the three weapons that had become brittle due to freezing and stood up from the ground.
He took a step toward the two knights who were trying to retreat.
An invisible cold current swept over their bodies.
I could hear the sound of my body being frozen inch by inch.
They eventually became two motionless ice sculptures, standing silently in the sunlight along with more than a hundred other knights.
The corpse beast's body is still changing and growing.
It turned its light red eyes, as if admiring the circle of ice sculptures surrounding itself.
Then it bent down slightly, spread its paws, and stretched lazily.
When it stood up, its body had expanded a circle compared to before!
The powerful knight who successfully evacuated to a distance, after seeing the changes of the corpse beast, his pupils slightly dilated, and he uttered a word that all knights least wanted to hear when facing the corpse beast:
"... Step evolution..." (End of this chapter)