Chapter 425: Engaging the Enemy, Burning the Foe

Jier saw this massive Monster charging toward him and immediately urged the Tianxuecao to run and dodge. The Monster raised a giant wing composed of shadows and a large number of bird carcasses, swinging it down violently toward Jier.

Whoosh—

While the giant wing was still over ten meters away from him, it flicked the entire wing, instantly throwing out a dozen pitch-black shadow masses from its huge wingtip.

After turning his head to see this, Jier immediately pulled the warhorse's Jiansheng to turn quickly and evade.

But unexpectedly, those thrown shadow masses rapidly expanded in the air, transforming into screeching Shadow Birds that turned to pursue Jier. They were faster and possessed automatic tracking, so Jier could not escape these self-tracking things simply by riding a horse.

In just the time it takes to draw a breath, one Shadow Bird after another accurately slammed into the cloak on Jier's back.

Splat! Splat! Splat! Splat!

Jier was knocked prone onto the neck of the Tianxuecao, his whole body feeling stifled, his lungs unable to draw air; only after struggling for a while could he finally breathe normally—this was from the impact. Clearly, the attack just now had not broken through the armor defense on Jier's back; it had only caused him some trouble, otherwise, it would not have been as simple as just short-term difficulty breathing.

"Damn it!"

But Jier suddenly cried out, not for any other reason, but simply because he felt pained for the new cloak he was wearing on his back!

He hurriedly turned his head to check the condition of the cloak, unable to care about the battle at this moment.

The result left him with mixed feelings. What made him happy was that this cloak was truly worth the price; the attack just now had not caused any obvious damage.

What worried him was that the attack the Monster had thrown, which looked like bird-shaped shadow attacks, actually had bird flesh and blood mixed inside. It was not only disgusting but also increased the impact force of the attack. Especially since those pieces of flesh were now stuck in large patches all over his precious cloak.

These pieces of flesh were shockingly filthy, with Viscera, excrement, and broken feathers all mixed together, and there was pitch-black Magic Power lingering on Jier's back, utilizing these stuck pieces of flesh.

Jier wanted to discard the cloak temporarily, but he couldn't bear to, so he had to let those suspiciously filthy flesh and shadows linger on the cloak on his back.

Once the flesh Monster of the Great Bird deity began to move, because of its massive size, its speed became faster and faster. Seeing that the first wave of attacks had hit the fleeing Jier, it continuously swung its two huge flesh wings, swish swish swish, throwing out dozens of flesh masses that could transform into Shadow Birds all at once.

"Again?"

Jier didn't know what use this thing had; it couldn't break his armor defense, and besides making him stagger and feel uncomfortable, it was just there to disgust him?

But thinking about it this way, Jier realized that whenever something is abnormal, there is a demon. The more the enemy wants to do something, the more we must not let them succeed, because the enemy's seemingly useless actions often hide their conspiracies and schemes.

He pressed his right hand onto the Magic Dagger at his waist, and after hesitating for a moment, decided not to hold back anymore.

He had originally intended to save the Magic Power on the Magic Dagger for use in the later war to save his life, but now it seemed that since he and the Great Bird deity had fought to this point, there was indeed no need to hold anything back.

"Since that's the case, then come on! Scorching—"

Jier drew the Magic Dagger with his right hand, one finger resting tightly against the surface of the magic Gems on the dagger. As he recited the command to activate the dagger and performed the correct gesture, a burst of magic sparks immediately emerged rapidly from the tip of the fire-red dagger blade and underwent a violent change.

In just an instant, high-temperature scorching Magic Fire over a meter long erupted from the dagger.

Jier immediately turned back and swung the blade to deal with the many Shadow Birds still attacking his back; the fire dispersed the shadow Divine Power on the Shadow Birds, revealing the broken and twisted bird carcasses underneath.

Hiss-sizzle-sizzle-sizzle—

Once these carcasses were scorched by the fire, their surfaces turned directly into carbon ash, simultaneously emitting large amounts of black smoke and the foul odor of burning feathers and body fluids.

Dozens of Shadow Birds not only attacked straight from behind Jier, but they also circled left and right, simultaneously flanking Jier from other directions.

But Jier rapidly brandished the light Magic Dagger in his hand, letting the magic fire sweep, spread, and form a defensive circle of fire around his body, time and again completely turning the approaching Shadow Birds into carbon ash.

"Caw—damn it—"

The Great Bird deity emitted a dull and terrifying screech from the giant bird beak of that flesh Monster, then stopped projecting and throwing Shadow Birds with flesh carcasses, instead accelerating its movement speed, striving to get close to Jier and use its huge Monster body to smash Jier, this annoying pest, to death!

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Seeing that the Great Bird deity's offensive was nothing more than this, Jier did not want to prolong the battle. After all, every second he used the Magic Dagger at this moment was like burning money for a second!

He turned his head to judge the distance between himself and the Great Bird deity's flesh Monster pursuing from behind, as well as their respective movement speeds.

Immediately, he lifted his feet from the Stirrup, braced his left hand on the horse's back, and used his feet to push off the Muan for leverage, performing a high-difficulty backflip directly on the galloping horse's back, thus avoiding the flesh Monster that was hot on his heels in mid-flip.

In this instant, the two of them—one looking down, one looking up—actually locked eyes during this brief moment.

Jier was not sure if the two fist-sized shadow masses on the head of this giant flesh Shadow Bird in front of him, which were darker than the night, were actually the temporary eyes of the Great Bird deity at this moment.

But he was certain that at this moment, the opponent was 'looking' at him.

And he also looked at the opponent, conveying his fighting will to the other side.

Whoosh—hiss-sizzle-sizzle-sizzle—

Jier took the opportunity to slash with the blade; the fire swept across the Monster's head, dispersing the intimidating shadows on the surface and revealing the large amount of twisted, terrifying bird flesh underneath.

The two pitch-black shadow masses representing the eyes were also scorched by the fire and exploded; but before the Great Bird deity could raise its huge wings to slap at its head, Jier had already landed behind it.

As soon as Jier landed, he brandished the Magic Dagger to scorch the place where the Monster's body touched the ground.

He thought these were the Monster's legs; scorching this area would surely slow down the Monster's movement speed, right?

But he had guessed wrong; the flesh Monster had no legs at all. The place where its body touched the ground was a flesh torso like a giant pillar. Its movement relied entirely on the shadow Divine Power to control the carcasses and flesh within its body, pushing against the ground in a wave-like motion like a snail, relying on the flesh to reduce friction to move.

Being scorched by Jier's blade, it felt no pain or itch, but at least the Great Bird deity knew Jier had landed behind it, so it hurriedly decelerated and stopped.

At the same time, its upper body twisted half a circle directly at the waist—if this flesh Monster had a waist—swapping its front and back, and it raised its hand to press down hard toward Jier.

Jier did not block it head-on; he certainly knew he couldn't block it, as their weights were not on the same order of magnitude. The flesh Monster before him weighed at least several tons; if those huge wings were swung, Jier would easily be knocked flying.

He dodged the attack and simultaneously used his already dirty cloak to shield himself from the large amount of flesh debris that splashed out after the Monster's wings slapped the ground.

Since it was already dirty, he didn't mind it getting a little dirtier.

Jier's footsteps were light; taking advantage of his small size, he flashed directly to the side and rear of the Monster, raised his hand, and slashed several times, dispersing the shadows on a large area of the flesh Monster's body and scorching the bird flesh inside.

But the flesh Monster was not weak either; its humanoid appearance had misled Jier into thinking it could only have one head and two wings or arms, but that was not the case.

Just as Jier slipped behind the flesh Monster again, before his hand could even be raised, two smaller but equally disgusting shadow wings extended directly from where the Monster's legs were supposed to be. They rushed straight out from the flesh shadows in front of Jier without precedent or warning, grabbing Jier in one go.

"Caw! Caught you! Xiao Ji'er—"

Overhead, the flesh Monster emitted a dull and triumphant screech, while Jier was greatly alarmed. He struggled with all his might, his right-hand Magic Dagger turning left and right, but the Great Bird deity had controlled Jier's right hand at the very first moment, causing Jier's right index finger to leave the magic Gems on the dagger, so the Magic Dagger instantly lost its fire.

"Damn it!"

Jier did not want to lose just like that. He struggled hard, exerting all his strength, but surprisingly, as he exerted force with his body, Jier could clearly feel that the shadow Divine Power and the surrounding bird carcasses and flesh trapping him were all tearing and breaking apart one after another.

Jier kicked out, and large patches of flesh exploded and shattered. He reached out to pull at the shadows and flesh around him; these things that looked disgusting and fierce were actually nothing more than this, right?

The Great Bird deity's shadow Divine Power was being resisted by the life force on his body and warded off by the Agricultural God's Divine Power activated within him. When the two sides made contact, the weak shadow Divine Power retreated the moment it touched the Agricultural God's Divine Power and could not exert any binding force on him at all.

Furthermore, the bird carcasses and flesh controlled by the shadow Divine Power were not sturdy enough. Jier exerted force with both arms to break free, and the large amount of bird bodies around him were torn to shreds, unable to stop Jier in the slightest.

Jier only then realized that these bird corpses were, after all, already corpses; without the control of living birds, these corpses, which had already been compressed by the Monster itself, were not sturdy.

Moreover, Jier's own strength had been doubled by the Dwarf God of Strength previously. After his Knight Training, his natural strength had already become very great, and doubling it again—even if it was just the physical body doubling rather than a doubling after the enhancement of Life Energy—was already very exaggerated.

Therefore, Jier struggled with all his might and escaped from the sudden attack of the Great Bird Deity in just a few movements.

With his fingers resting on the Magic Red Gem of the Dagger again, as he whispered the incantation, scorching flames gushed out once more.

Jier raised his hand and swung his sword several times, repeatedly burning the large amount of protruding flesh and blood in front of him into ash. Afterward, he hopped backward to dodge, evading the huge wing smash from the Monster that had arrived late.

Pulling his cloak again to block the splashing mud and flesh, Jier let out a cold snort, threw the filthy cloak behind him, then held his right hand level, extending the Magic Dagger forward, pointing directly at the Monster rushing toward him again.

"Enemy Incineration—"

After Jier chanted the incantation, the Monster in front of him wanted to dodge immediately, but it was too late.

The Magic Dagger, which had originally been spewing flames over a meter long, immediately retracted the gushing flames, but this was not extinguishing the fire; rather, more Magic sparks suddenly appeared on the blade and tip of the Dagger.

In the next instant, these Magic sparks, which had surged out like a waterfall, rushed forward intensely and instantly transformed into a huge, scorching, and surging torrent of fire.

Jier felt a recoil force on his arm, and he immediately stood firm on the spot. In front of him, however, the fire was surging; a huge, terrifying giant snake of fire rushed directly out from the Magic Dagger and slammed head-on into the equally tall Monster.

Boom—

Where the extremely high-temperature Magic Fire struck, the Shadow Divine Power there had not even been approached by the flames; the mere light from the gushing flames caused this Shadow Divine Power to dissipate, followed immediately by the large number of bird corpses that came into contact with the extremely high-temperature flames.

These corpses were rich in blood and various bodily fluids; once they came into contact with the high temperature, they evaporated, expanded, and exploded instantly.

The sound of each bird corpse exploding in an instant, because they all happened at the same time, was actually merged into a single explosion sound.

A huge explosion occurred; the four-meter-tall Monster was blown into two sections from the waist just by being hit head-on by the flame jet of the Magic Dagger, and the lower half directly collapsed into a small pile of burning flesh and blood, emitting a massive and foul stench and gray smoke.

As for the upper body, because the wooden bird that the Great Bird Deity depended on was inside it, He, who was continuously supplying Shadow Divine Power, did not collapse the moment the explosion occurred.

Instead, He was blown several meters away, hitting the ground heavily, struggling to maintain the barely complete form of His body.

But the continuously ignited bird corpses and the light of the fire kept dispersing much of the Shadow Divine Power, and no matter how hard the Great Bird Deity tried to input Shadow Divine Power, it was of no use.

Crackle, crackle—the upper waist of the Monster was burning with flames, and the huge wings far from the chest were constantly shedding flesh and bird corpses onto the ground due to the insufficiency of Shadow Divine Power.

He tried hard to use His wings to prop up His body, but with the movements of the Monster, more bird corpses that made up the Monster fell off His body. Until this moment, there were actually some lucky birds that had not died because they were on the surface of the Monster's body; after these birds broke free from the Shadow Divine Power that controlled them, they struggled with all their might to escape from this monster.

Escaping without even looking back.

Jier had only released 【Enemy Incineration】 once before, and this time he released it again; he brought the Magic Dagger in his hand close to observe and found that the color of the Magic Red Gem in the center of the blade and guard was only half as bright as it was at the beginning.

He realized suddenly that this meant half of the Magic Power in the Magic Gem had already been used up; in other words, could he still use this move twice?

Thinking of this, Jier felt relieved, bypassed the crackling burning lower half of the Monster, and came before the upper half of the Monster, which was in a miserable state.

Of course, he did not approach carelessly but maintained a safe distance.

Jier raised his right hand again, aiming at the Monster.

"Don't—" Just as the muffled voice began to speak, Jier said calmly: "Enemy Incineration!"

Boom—

Another extremely terrifying high-temperature flame gushed out; Jier looked as if he were holding a flamethrower in his hand, or the tail nozzle of a fighter jet engine, or perhaps, the tail nozzle of a Rocket?

The scorching torrent of fire, like the jet of a Dragon, burned everything in front of it to nothing; some of the escaping birds that had not run far were affected by the high temperature just by being near the Monster, instantly turning into a ball of fire, and after a few moments, they became a puddle of bone ash.

The scene before Jier was exceptionally bright, forcing him to squint his eyes to observe.

The tall upper body of the Monster was two meters high even when lying down, but with this surge of flames, His body collapsed rapidly.

A large amount of flesh and bird corpses turned into ash and were blown away by the flames; when the flames on the Magic Dagger extinguished, all that remained on the ground before Jier was a thin, small pile of debris.

"Is it dead?"

Jier muttered, sighed, held the Magic Dagger in his right hand, drew the Hunting Sword with his left hand, carefully stepped forward, approached the still-hot ground, and poked the remaining debris on the ground with the Hunting Sword.

After a few pokes, he discovered a translucent shadow mass like amber in the innermost part of the debris, close to the ground.

Inside, it was exactly a broken-winged wooden bird no larger than the palm of a hand.

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