Chapter 633: Counterattack, the Damaged Axe, and the Fleeing Cloud Monster

Thunder is the swiftest thing, second only to light; by the time you realize thunder is about to strike, it has already struck.

The flash and the deafening roar from overhead seemed to slam into the ground, and Jier was entirely covered within the attack range of the thunder.

But the next moment, Jier gasped and looked himself over, discovering that he had not been struck by lightning?

"What is going on?"

No sooner had Jier questioned this than he saw the Dwarf Soldier Spear stuck in the ground nearby, its blue-white lightning flickering incessantly, the metal tip at the end of the shaft glowing red and even showing signs of slight melting.

The entire Dwarf Soldier Spear was emitting a brilliant glow of Divine Power, and as for the spearhead, every single Dwarf Rune had emerged from the gun-blade, floating around the tip as if fully charged, pulsing in and out in resonance with the surging Divine Power fluorescence on the spear's body.

Clearly, this Dwarf Soldier Spear stuck beside him had acted as a "lightning rod," taking the hit from the giant Magic Beast monster in the clouds above in Jier's stead.

The monster in the sky was evidently somewhat surprised; after emitting a shrill cry that was hard to identify, it once again gathered thunder within the clouds, preparing to use a stronger, more accurate bolt of lightning to instantly kill Jier, this "conspicuous" and puny Human.

Powerful monsters like "Cloud Monsters" always acted according to their own whims, flying casually through their vast territories, eating small animals on the ground in familiar "feeding grounds," and sucking water into their bellies. As for the scattered Humans they saw, they would toy with them as they pleased.

Either they would blow a breath to send the opponent flying, only for them to smash into trees or rocks and be torn to pieces, or they would bring down rain to drown people, or they would go to the trouble of conjuring hail to either smash people to death or freeze them to death.

If they still didn't die after all that, it would then bestow upon them a bolt of thunder to strike them dead.

But in its long life, this was the first time it had seen such a situation.

The thunder had been guided into the earth by the thin metal spike stuck in the ground next to the Human?

It certainly knew that thunder liked metal and was easily attracted to it, but it also knew that when thunder condensed, its lethality was not low, and once it hit metal and dispersed, the power was still fatal to fragile lives like Humans.

Hundreds of years ago, a Dwarf army had been targeted by it nearby; it was merely a thunderstorm that lasted for half an hour, and that Dwarf army suffered more than half casualties and retreated in total disarray.

But what was going on with this person?

Not only did he not run away, but he boldly grabbed that electrified thin metal spike and threw it at it?

"Fly!"

Jier exerted his Life Energy to the fullest, not to enhance his strength; at this moment, the giant cloud monster was over a hundred meters above his head, and Jier did not need to put all his Life Energy into strength, as he could throw the Dwarf Soldier Spear at the monster using his other two methods of power amplification.

The reason he was exerting his Life Energy to the fullest at this moment was that he needed to use the Life Energy to resist the large amount of residual thunder on the spear; these tiny bolts of lightning constantly flickering and dissipating on the surface of the spear were each enough to electrocute a normal person to the ground, and Jier had to channel a large amount of Life Energy into his right arm to avoid the outcome of being electrocuted and convulsing the moment he touched the spear.

Immediately, he threw the spear with all his might and shouted the words from before.

At this time, the Dwarf Soldier Spear was in a peculiar state; the Dwarf Runes on its tip were in a state of over-excitation, with Magic Power solidifying into a tiny, sturdy structure outside the tip and rotating at high speed—this was the source of the so-called 【Sharp】 enchantment effect.

After being over-excited, these tiny solidified structures, which would not normally be visible to the naked eye of a Human, became obvious, and their rotation became quite wild, greatly increasing their power.

But this was not a good thing, because although this Dwarf Soldier Spear was used by elite Dwarf soldiers to guard Zhenbao mines, it was still a standard-issue piece of equipment, and its manufacturing process and flow were fixed. For the Dwarves, finding the equipment and materials, calling up the corresponding personnel, and tinkering for a few days was enough to mass-produce such weapons.

Therefore, when this type of weapon was first designed, it was meant to be standard-issue equipment with limited design, clear principles, and fixed damage.

It could not, and should not, withstand this state of over-excited enchantment runes, as this would greatly damage its internal enchantment structure, leading to the melting of the weapon's enchantment.

However, it was made by Dwarves after all, and like their other creations, it was sturdy and durable; the enchantment rune structure, which should have melted the instant it touched the thunder, actually held on until Jier threw it out.

The glowing spear was like a tiny Meteor rising from the ground, disappearing into the rain cloud mass at high speed.

Jier looked overhead with anticipation; a strike of that power should have caused some damage, right?

But Jier waited for a moment, and nothing happened, as if he had used an embroidery needle to poke a blue whale; it didn't even notice what had happened.

Jier was instantly very discouraged, but then he picked up the Yueshui Skull Two-Handed Axe, roared at the sky, activated 【Grass and Wood Source】, and then added the ability of the 【Shadow Weapon】 of the 【God's Shadow Bird】 to the axe in his hand.

It was just very difficult; the Yueshui Skull seemed not to accept this power from the great bird deity, even though it had been very smooth with other weapons.

No, before the Sun God Divine Power on the blade of the Hunting Sword was exhausted, it had also resisted the Shadow Bird's ability; clearly, it was the same now, as the interior of the blue axe face of the Yueshui Skull had its own power.

It did not accept the addition of other powers, even if they came from Jier, the owner of the weapon.

At this moment, the portraits of the monsters and Magic Beasts on the axe face also vividly made roaring expressions, each looking emotionally agitated and ready for a big fight. They had fought a battle against the projected phantom of the Dwarf God of Strength some time ago and had gained some mysterious benefits, and these days they had been concentrating on digesting the powerful strength they had fought so hard to bite off.

At this moment, Jier encountered a strong enemy again, and they were not afraid at all; they were even more excited, because when facing weak-kneed opponents, these monster souls trapped inside the Yueshui Skull simply couldn't muster any interest.

Only such a strong enemy could make them perk up and defeat the enemy.

And by relying on constant fighting, they could become even more powerful.

Even though they had long since died, the peculiar blue metal had preserved their souls when it trapped them inside the axe face.

The axe was a prison, but it was also a place that could temper them.

Having no other way to go, the monsters lived there willingly, ready to face one strong enemy after another.

Until they met this opponent today.

The blue light on the axe face flared, and Jier knew how to use this weapon—throw it at the enemy, and it would deal with the enemy itself.

So Jier did just that, using all his strength to throw the axe, which was emitting blue light that illuminated the surrounding ground, forcefully into the air.

Swish, swish, swish—after leaving his hand, the axe spun rapidly, rising straight from the ground into the high sky; to the naked eye, the momentum looked about the same as the spear throw just now, and Jier was also worried that the final result would be about the same.

But fortunately, the Yueshui Skull Two-Handed Axe had never let him down; this mysterious axe from the Empire's immigrant warriors had always been very effective when dealing with these non-human enemies.

The axe, carrying a mass of dazzling blue light, plunged straight into the rain cloud mass overhead; the next moment, Jier heard a high-pitched scream so high that he lost his perception.

This sound was so loud that it was sharper than a hundred sopranos singing together in unison, and more shrill than a tiger scratching glass with its claws; Jier's nose felt hot, and blood actually flowed out.

At the same time, his vision suddenly turned red; this was the rupture of the Blood Vessels behind his eyeballs, and the blood was contaminating the fluid inside his eyeballs. This was very dangerous because the human immune system had never been exposed to its own eyes; if left alone, his body's immune system would actively destroy these "unseen" strange organs.

They would actively reject these unfamiliar friends, even if it was Jier's own eyes.

Jier would go blind, but fortunately, this was another world, and there were plenty of magical healing methods, and the blindness would not happen right now.

"Damn it, what's going on? Is it a sonic attack?" Jier struggled to look up at the sky; although his eyes were painful, he still saw the effect of the attack.

Flesh tissue and blood-like bodily fluids were pouring down from the clouds.

Although it stopped quickly, it was clearly different from the Dwarf Soldier Spear that had no reaction; the Yueshui Skull had truly "hurt" this monster that was high above—literally.

Not only that, a burst of thunder erupted in the clouds, which made Jier shrink his head in fear; he hurriedly picked up the Hunting Sword, sheathed it, and quickly jumped back to the edge of the Shulin instead of standing on the open rocky ground.

The monster's thunder seemed to have failed to release, and it might have even hurt itself.

Jier became happy, raised his right hand to the sky, and called for the Yueshui Skull to return.

But he shouted twice, yet the axe failed to fall back down from the sky.

"Oh no! It wouldn't be like a meat bun thrown at a dog, gone forever without return, would it?" Jier muttered in the language of his previous life, looking worried and constantly raising his right hand, calling for the axe to come back.

Fortunately, blue light flashed within the rain cloud layer overhead, and after charging left and right, it broke through the monster's interception and successfully rushed down out of the clouds.

"Good axe! Well done, everyone!" Jier shouted excitedly.

The axe spun through the air and flew straight into Jier's hand, where he caught it firmly.

But when Jier turned his head to look at the axe on his right, he was shocked; the surface of the axe was pitted and scarred, as if it had been attacked by numerous sharp, hard claws, and the monster heads on it were all looking "bruised and swollen."

The water monster seemed to have had one eye blinded, the tree demon was missing half its face, and the cool-looking dark beast was constantly sticking out its tongue to lick the former's wounds. It had also lost an ear itself.

The evil stone statue was left with only its skull, and it was still bouncing on the surface of the axe, seemingly trying to show its presence, while the spider-type magic beast, the leader, had lost many of its limbs, and even the human heads that served as its eyes had been smashed to pieces.

Jier had never seen such a situation; the axe itself was extremely sturdy, and as a spiritual weapon, it didn't even need sharpening, as it maintained itself. Aside from needing to manually add a new handle after one broke during battle, it was simply perfect!

But at this moment, these monsters, which were bound inside the axe and almost never got injured, had turned into a group of defeated soldiers, clearly indicating that they had not held the advantage in the recent battle.

But even an old dog has a few teeth left; although they had been beaten into this sorry state, they had clearly given that monster a few fierce hits and made it bleed!

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone!" Jier said solemnly, then looked seriously at the sky; if that monster were to strike again, he would have to find another way to fight back.

But the situation changed.

Just as Jier put away the Two-handed Axe, hooked it onto the mount on his back, and drew the 【Hate Fire】 Dagger, preparing to use this magic weapon—which would not resist the power of the Shadow Bird—to charge up and launch a powerful 【Shadow Raid】 sword-mark attack.

Previously, in the enemy camp, he had relied on this move to kill the Lizardman Knight Hartna, and after killing the opponent, the sword-mark attack had continued on without stopping, passing through half the camp, breaking through the camp wall, and rushing all the way into the forest outside, until it was consumed by its collision with the earth due to the terrain.

He did not know the specific lethality of this move, but it was clearly enough to reach the giant monster in the clouds over a hundred meters high.

But the situation changed.

From the sky came a series of sharp, strange cries that sounded like weeping or terror; these sounds were enormous and could practically be counted as a sonic attack.

Not only that, the giant cloud monster that had been injured by the water monster head no longer stayed in place, but instead accelerated and flew toward the depths of the Southern Mountains. It was a speed that Jier could not catch up to no matter how he moved, and it ignored the terrain; in just over a dozen breaths, it flew over a large mountain in Jier's line of sight, climbed into the clouds above the peak, and disappeared without a trace.

That monster actually ran away after taking one hit?

You wouldn't believe it ran away, would you?

"What's going on? It's not a child getting hit for the first time, so why is it crying and running away?" Jier looked astonished; he had already finished charging his attack with the Magic Dagger, and yet the opponent had just run off. What kind of situation was this?

But there was no help for it; Jier had to disperse this compressed, powerful shadow power, turning them into three thousand Shadow Birds, scattering them indiscriminately around him and attacking everything they encountered.

With a series of crackling explosions, the rocky ground, the forest floor, and the forest around Jier all suffered.

The ground was pitted and scarred, the large trees near the water source were hit one after another, leaves exploded, branches snapped, and the bark was blasted off by the countless Shadow Birds, leaving only a bare appearance facing Jier's side.

"Phew, what a hassle." It was dangerous for him to keep the accumulated power if he didn't release it, so he could only release it in another way.

Jier stood where he was without moving, withdrawing the shadow Divine Power from his body first, but he did not turn off the 【Grass and Wood Source】 Divine Art ability that provided infinite stamina; he waited cautiously until the opponent had truly fled, and only when his warriors regained their courage and found their way back to him did he turn off 【Grass and Wood Source】.

Jier was very grateful to the Agricultural God Church for this ability; with it, Jier's combat power had risen exponentially. He could defeat opponents he previously thought were impossible to face.

By comparison, the other Blessing Ability personally bestowed by the Agricultural God, 【Summon Hate Spirit Beast】, did not seem as powerful as he had imagined?

He wasn't complaining about the Spirit Dog Big Nose or anything; this time, being able to successfully rescue the Changmai Village Villagers really was thanks to the existence of Big Nose. If not for it, Jier estimated he would have faced the joint offensive of the Knight Hartna and the Magic Apprentice Yamila, and Jier was absolutely no match for the Magic Hut; at that point, he might have only been able to save a few villagers, and this rescue operation would have failed completely.

But between the two abilities in terms of help with combat power, the former was indeed more powerful, right?

Jier did not know that he had only unleashed less than one-tenth of the true power of this Divine Gift Ability given to him by the Agricultural God, so of course, its power was not apparent.

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