Chapter 362: Crystal Particles, Last Place

As the front row of the team, the dwarf Suoerding's performance could be called responsible.

When facing that Corrosive Monster, he dared to step forward and attract hatred for his teammates.

Let alone now.

The prism hammer in his hand hit the shield surface, accompanied by his roar like a war cry, the vague sound waves like ripples could be vaguely seen in the air, fixed in a relatively narrow area, covering the direction of the blacksmith.

It could be clearly seen that after the sound wave washed over the blacksmith, those eyes that were flashing with strange pink flickered for a moment.

And then suddenly solidified!

While focusing his pupils, his gaze was firmly locked on Suoerding.

Taunt took effect!

*Bang*—

Suddenly exerted force under his feet!

The muscles swelling at the calves tore the trouser legs, and the power that suddenly burst from under his feet caused even the soles of his boots to be trampled, the soles of his shoes dragged on his heels, and fine cracks appeared on the ground.

The blacksmith, who could only be considered a slightly strong ordinary person, now seemed to possess the explosive power and strength of a professional-level powerhouse.

As the pastel gem on his chest flickered, the whole person turned into a pink phantom and rushed toward the dwarf.

With rich combat experience, Suoerding had already prepared for defense the second after launching his taunt-type combat technique.

The round shield was raised forward, not large, but it gave people an exceptionally solid feeling, as if it could wrap the entire body behind it;

a pair of thick, short legs were firmly nailed to the ground, making him seem to become an extension of the ground at this moment, merging with the earth under his feet;

and at the same time, the silver-white metallic luster on his skin surface made his already sturdy body even harder, just one glance could feel the strong defensive ability of the dwarf at this moment.

The blacksmith was extremely fast.

From the perspective of ordinary people, I am afraid that they only felt a stinging wind blowing past their ears, and the next second, the sturdy figure that was still standing in the blacksmith shop had already arrived in front of the dwarf.

*Ding-Boom*—

The heavy forging hammer fell suddenly on the surface of the round shield. The collision of huge power made sparks appear, and at the same time, with the center of the hammer falling, the air around it distorted for a moment, and the sharp and harsh collision noise wrapped in invisible air waves exploded on the open street.

With a metallic luster, the sturdy body like an iron pile remained motionless, and Suoerding, holding the round shield, did not retreat a step because of the explosion-like attack in front of him.

On the contrary, the party who attacked with the hammer, the blacksmith with his naked upper body and a pastel gem embedded in his chest, was staggered by the counter-shock, his center of gravity tilted backward, and the whole person almost fell.

A hasty round of confrontation, but it was already possible to see the gap in strength between each other.

One was a professional who stepped on the ground and climbed up step by step to lv4; the other was an ordinary person who had his cognition rewritten because of the pastel gem and suddenly gained power.

Facing the taunt and defense of 【Shield Warrior】 Suoerding, the blacksmith had almost no ability to resist, launched an attack on the other party like a moth to a flame, and was easily blocked by the dwarf.

They were all old teammates. The second after the other party launched an attack, Margaret, who had quickly bypassed to the flank and was waiting for an opportunity, couldn't waste this opportunity.

【Straight Thrust】!

*Swoosh*—

The sharp long sword flashing with cold light stabbed out from the blind spot of the blacksmith's rear flank.

The proficiency level that had been practiced to "Mastered" made the female swordsman's sword exceptionally swift and precise.

The physical fitness of a lv4 professional, that instantaneous explosive power, made her believe that even if it wasn't some flesh and blood body in front of her, but a wall cast of steel, she could stab a small hole in it.

But then, the scene in front of her couldn't help but make her feel surprised in her heart.

Only to see that the sword tip that should have penetrated from the side of the back of the neck not only didn't pierce the flesh and blood to pierce the blacksmith's neck as she expected, but didn't even touch the bone, only pierced a few inches into the skin and flesh, and was stuck in it.

"That is..."

Margaret's expression froze.

She could clearly see that when her sword blade fell, the pastel gem particles that spread intermittently like moss on the surface of the blacksmith's neck skin actually showed an extremely strong defensive ability.

Clearly, the inn owner just now could easily smash it with a dagger, but now that it was replaced by her, a lv4 【Swordsman】, those tiny gem particles seemed to suddenly become tougher than steel, completely blocking her fatal blow.

Fortunately, although the penetrating damage was blocked by most of it, the impact force brought by Margaret's use of 【Straight Thrust】 with body inertia still fell completely on the enemy.

Making the blacksmith, who was originally in a stiff state because of the collision with Suoerding, with his neck slightly twisted, his toes off the ground, and the whole person was blown away by a sword.

*Awoo*—

The high-pitched wolf howl rang out from the depths of the night.

The mane swayed, and the huge black wolf, deep and cold, stepped out of the shadows.

Xia Nan observed very carefully.

Keen perception ability allowed him to clearly capture the details hidden under the confrontation even in the intense battle.

From the blacksmith's forward rush and hammer fall, to being blown away by Margaret, it was only a few seconds, two hasty rounds.

But he had already completely harvested the information he wanted to obtain.

*Hum*—

Invisible gravity was like ripples in the water, not making the enemy who flew up and fell, briefly suspended in the air, stop in mid-air, just cleverly pulling slightly, slightly changing the other party's falling arc and posture, exposing the neck vital point with the head raised.

"Tap, tap."

The black wolf phantom's movement looked elegant and slow, but in fact, the speed was even faster than Margaret's just now, and it had already flashed to the landing point of the blacksmith in a blink of an eye.

Breathing was long.

Xia Nan stood still in place, the gray-black sword body of the 【Ash Meteor】 straight sword seemed to have completely integrated into the surrounding night, only vaguely seeing its blurred outline under the moonlight.

"Huff!"

The short whistle in the cold air passed in a flash.

The straight sword body that swung past seemed to pull the surrounding moonlight, leaving a full silver-gray arc in front of Xia Nan.

【Spinning Slash】!

Already maxed out, the strength went without saying.

The timing was just right, and the attack position was exceptionally precise. Referring to the experience observed just now, he perfectly avoided the part of the blacksmith's neck covered by gem particles on the side and back.

By borrowing the inertia of the other party's suspended fall, he controlled the straight sword in his hand to swing upward and slash.

"Slish."

Accompanied by the familiar tactile sensation of being slightly stagnant and then smooth, the sound drifting into his ears was the pleasant sound he had heard countless times of sharp objects tearing flesh and sword blades cutting off tendons and bones.

*Bang*—

The blacksmith's sturdy and burly body fell to the ground, but his head still stayed in the air.

As blood gushed, until the black wolf phantom behind Xia Nan slowly dissipated, the head that was brought up by the sword blade inertia and flew and spun finally rolled to the ground like a ball.

The battle ended in an instant.

Casually shaking off the residual blood beads on the sword body, Xia Nan took out the gauze he carried with him from his waist bag and wiped the stains and blood marks on the surface of the straight sword. ===== CHAPTER 363 =====