Chapter 1018: Chapter 507: Corrosive Toxin
"Ang!!!"
A long, deep wolf howl suddenly erupted from the depths of the night.
The sleek black winter wolf, with its mane swaying, lightly stepped forward under the moonlight, the fierce chill gusts it carried cutting through the crowd like countless sharp blades, stirring up showers of flesh and blood.
The Sha Hua Fishmen were relatively fine, their bodies covered in dense scales providing a barely sufficient defense; but for those Ebbtide Gang thugs who hadn’t yet gained Professional Level, even a single second was too much to bear.
Many times, they couldn’t even react, just hearing a wolf howl by their ears, the fierce distorted black shadow flashed briefly in their sight, and their originally healthy body was torn and ravaged by the chill gust into holes, screaming and fainting from the acute pain.
The scenery on both sides swiftly retreated backward, yet the highly concentrated attention made the target in his sight seem as if it was in some kind of slow motion, sharply and clearly capturing every minute movement of the opponent.
Xia Nan’s target, naturally, was the Fishman Priest holding a horn.
Dealing with the core casters of the opposing camp in a team battle had already become common knowledge among almost all adventurers in this world.
He hadn’t taken action before, hiding his strength to observe secretly, merely wary of the "Carrion Vulture" Gerry, standing guard beside the Fishman, afraid of being forced into the trap of fighting two against one.
Right now, the Dwarf Wanderer A Gu from the Iron Rock Shield Team sacrificed his life to lure the Pirate Leader away from the Fishman Priest, Xia Nan would certainly not waste this opportunity.
Tens of meters vanished in an instant.
The instant burst speed granted by [Teeth Hunting] didn’t slow down due to the growth in Professional Level and battle intensity, but rather grew swifter and fiercer with Xia Nan’s body’s increasing fitness.
Time seemed to stagnate.
In Xia Nan’s almost 0.5-speed perspective, he could even see the viscous blood dripping from the edge of the scimitar held by Gerry nearby, as well as the Fishman’s opening and closing gills.
He had no intention of holding back.
Given his character and battle habits, since it’s a beheading tactic, the best is a deadly strike.
No matter what trump card the opponent holds or how meticulous the plan is prepared, once the head separates from the neck, it all turns to nothing.
The gray-black [Ash Fall] Straight Sword reflected moonlight, its surface gathering ochre-red Energy Glow, and the ambient air was slightly distorted by gravitational changes.
[Teeth Hunting] + [Vortex Slash] + [Gravity Etching] + [Heavy Tide]!
The fusion of four battle skills, transformed into Xia Nan’s strongest sword strike in the normal state.
Meanwhile, his Spiritual Thought was highly concentrated, [Gravity Control] ready at any moment.
Should the Sha Hua Fishman Priest before him even slightly attempt a defensive casting motion, he would, by all means, use gravity from afar to disrupt it.
It was clear that, under sensitive perception following instinct, Xia Nan captured that momentary battle opportunity.
But no matter what, standing on the other side of the field at this moment, was a Sha Hua Fishman Priest with a Professional Level as high as Level 5, capable of using Three Circle Magic.
Its battle experience could be said to be extremely rich.
Leading the fishmen rampantly on the sea for so many years, whether facing adventurers or other enemies, it has countless experiences of dealing with beheading tactics.
Thus, even though it sensed the unprecedentedly intense death aura in the air, it didn’t show any signs of panicking or helplessness.
Releasing "Demon Fire Technique" and "Human Immobilization Spell" consecutively, the two focused spells, were rewards attained from completing the sacrificial ceremony, a special talent bestowed by its race’s Divine.
Although it caused the enemy to lose numbers in a short time, it also pushed the Priest’s spiritual power load to the limit, requiring a slight rest and adjustment before continuing casting.
But as an elite caster among the Sha Hua Fishman race, how could it not have its own life-saving trump card?
"Buzz..."
The magic particles around its body abruptly became chaotic, a burst of bright yellow light erupting from its neck.
There, a necklace ending with a small shell was violently vibrating under the illumination of the light.
Then, with a crisp sound like an egg breaking, it suddenly exploded!
The whole necklace, along with the shell pendant beneath it, shattered.
The bright yellow light rapidly expanded outward from its neck.
And ultimately, around the Priest’s body, transformed into a translucent Protective Shield composed of pure energy.
And just as the shield formed the next second, the gray-black Straight Sword, condensed with Force Field Energy, fell amidst the wolf howl.
"Buzz boom!!!"
The exaggerated sword, gathering a whole four battle skills, inherently released power in an instant that undoubtedly far exceeded the capability level Xia Nan should have at his Professional Level.
The majestic force granted by [Vortex Slash] + [Teeth Hunting] pushed the sharpness and toughness of the [Ash Fall] Straight Sword to the extreme;
Add on the Force Field Energy from [Gravity Etching] plus Gravity Damage from [Heavy Tide].
Making the sword fall, that one-time bright yellow Protective Shield viewed as the fishman’s life-saving trump card didn’t even last a second, shattered into countless light fragments.
Evidently not expecting Xia Nan’s sword to possess such power, the Sha Hua Fishman Priest’s face, covered with dense scales, showed a visibly astonished expression.
Yet despite this, the completely shattered translucent shield ultimately still afforded it an extremely brief moment of opportunity for action.
