Chapter 160: Hunt

This is the last Beast Prince.

But it is also the "oldest" one, the strongest one.

"(Moo moo moo) Food! Food!"

The huge black single eye was now completely covered in bloodshot veins, filled with greed and longing.

That full beastly lust and appetite were no longer a matter of whether the beast was hungry or not; they were two completely different things.

Retreat? Let it eat? Let it recover to peak condition and then gradually regain its sanity? How is that possible! Then didn't we come here for nothing?!

"Quack! A gift from nature!" Lord Lord Kuku happily snatched Xiao Xue's corpse. The Beast Prince's entire body was treasure.

"Tsk tsk tsk, not a shred of reason left, truly ugly, heh. You deer always mock other beasts for being ugly."

Violet Thorn, do the "other beasts" you mentioned include you snakes?

Violet Thorn happily passed by, taking Xiao Bai's corpse into her bag. She would make a specimen back home to make the young ladies envious. The Beast Prince was a rare creature, and this pure-colored fur was truly beautiful.

At this moment, the giant deer kept emitting threats, yet still did not attack. In its perception, a pale purple giant snake, even larger than itself, was happily confronting it, even flicking its tongue to threaten it.

The reason a hungry beast does not attack is that it cannot win. It is just a question of how long this instinct can suppress appetite.

"Hiss hiss hiss (Time flows like water)." The specialization of psychic powers in the domain of time has never been the specialty of mind flayers or psions.

Snakes have similar abilities, and even stronger ones!

That was the domain of acceleration, yet it was merely an activation.

"Hiss hiss (Decay)." The snake's words deceived the corpse, accelerating its decomposition process.

Two great spells used simultaneously, a combination incantation similar to Dragon Speech. In an instant, the massive deer corpse behind them visibly rotted and deteriorated.

In a blink, that mountain-like huge corpse was reduced to nothing but white bones.

"Awoooogah!"

The huge roar echoed throughout the underground world; the giant deer was thoroughly enraged.

Stealing the food before a hungry beast's eyes would be a bloodbath to the death.

The giant deer suddenly lowered its head, its remaining single horn bearing a deadly black light, and rammed forward fiercely.

Before its attack arrived, the surrounding ground shook violently, then felt light. The entire area had its gravity field stripped away!

"Uh." The warriors slipped underfoot; those with lighter bodies even floated up.

How could warriors unable to stand defend against a collision? The beast's ancient combat instincts and techniques were displayed without doubt at this moment.

"Boom!"

But the magical girl lying on her back as if swimming used both hands to touch and catch, floating her small body in the direction the giant deer came from, and gently received that huge horn.

She gave a gentle pull, a tug. The terrible brute force directly made the giant deer stumble.

Almost, she, who looked like a little girl, would have used the giant beast's own strength to knock it down directly!

And this had already exceeded the scope of mere defense; sufficient reaction time allowed the others in the party to adjust.

This extremely low-gravity state might even be an enhancement for heavy armor units.

Li En, who adjusted first, leaped high, then slashed down fiercely!

"Shattering Sword: Realm Breaker!"

For such a giant monster, explosive radiant slashes were more effective than pure cutting!

"Boom!"

And this time, its sturdy flesh actually yielded to the blade!

The original beast should have been considered a "neutral creature." But attacking the city of intelligent beings and actively killing too many lives (some of which were not evil), it was judged by the paladin as evil to the point of turning purple with red.

A full-strength Bane Strike made Li En feel like he was flying with joy.

Strike after strike, he once again fell into the happy state of a "Bane Strike Launcher."

"Boom!"

And then, the alchemists in the rear completed their first round of casting.

Various flames and lightning shot forth; being this close, how could they miss? They created wounds one by one on the giant god.

However, their damage capability was, as always, subtle.

This was not their fault. Being too young, they naturally had low spell slots and lacked specializations and talents for enhancing damage (alchemists), while facing a giant beast with innate high resistance.

The most conspicuous combatant was actually Larry. She pulled herself up onto the giant beast using a set of spider-silk grappling hooks.

While using her extra limbs to maintain stability, she ran in large strides across the beast's body. Wherever she passed, her rapier drew lines of blood.

The various magic sword curses seeping out caused obvious poison-like damage, but what was more lethal was always the Law Knight's "bleeding wounds."

Seeing the "classmates" so fierce, the automaton Ophelia and the mushroom person Guogu were eager to join in, but as melee units, they were held back by Lord Lord Kuku.

"Idiot! You'll get flattened!"

The fact was exactly so; Lord Lord Kuku's experience was seasoned. A roll by a giant beast of this level would instantly finish off anyone who was not a skilled warrior.

"Awoooogah!"

Annoyed enough by the "mosquitoes," the giant beast roared again. The gravity field doubled instantly, forcibly floating everything around it.

The spider people used threads to hold themselves; Li En suddenly plunged his sword into the flesh, locking himself in place. The two knights reacted with incredible speed, while Violet Thorn took the opportunity to flip over and run straight up its body.

When using extraordinary talents, control over the body naturally decreases; very few beings can multitask.

"Die!" The girl had already approached the deer's head.

Her small palm flipped, clenched, and then she punched!

"Boom!" The heavy punch smashed into the face, directly creating a huge wound.

"Boom!" This time, the giant beast began to topple directly.

Li En and Larry jumped down in time.

The gap between an excellent warrior and an ordinary warrior lies not primarily in the stats.

Even the largest gap between peers is often only three or five tenths, but various combat techniques, combat reactions, and crisis instincts are the difference between life and death.

In terms of seizing battle opportunities, melee classes must be professional and agile.

"Boom!"

The monster fell, smashing out a deep pit.

But this time, the melee fighters kept their distance; they saw the rage in the single eye!

"Crack!" The gravity field suddenly pressing down around them signaled the correctness of their choice.

This beast's combat instinct appeared too straightforward before the seasoned hunters and agile warriors.

Its suddenly rolling eyes, tensed muscles, and the flash on its horns would expose its attacks that would miss; no matter how strong, they would be meaningless. "Why not pierce its eyeball?" Li En was a bit curious; there was clearly a better opportunity.

"It's meaningless; it will forcibly regenerate."

Violet Miss Zi Qiangwei's smiling response was only half true; in her assessment, if it were truly blinded, this thing would start going to extremes.

It might even unleash a series of large-scale self-destruct attacks, and the little ones on their side would very likely die, one or two of them.

"Play with it." The vanguard still maintained their fighting spirit, while the support team in the squad was a bit wobbly.

The giant beast once again propped up its massive body and forcibly stood up.

In that single eye, there was nothing but anger and hatred.

After losing the precise control and supernatural power assistance of the main brain, this giant beast was not good at fighting these "mosquitoes." In ancient beast herds, deer were originally not good at melee combat either.

What they were better at was running away on their legs; paired with the gravity ability, almost no one could catch up!

And if they truly had nowhere to retreat, they would raise their horns and unleash terrifying explosive power.

"Awooo!"

The rampaging gravity field constantly expanded, approaching everyone who drew near.

In the next moment, it compressed its authority, covering its own flesh with it, becoming a short-range meat grinder.

But how long could such a trapped beast's explosion last?

"Boom!"

Ranged spells continued to output steadily; even Li En took out his spellbook, cast Magic Missile three times, and succeeded once. Anyway, at least there was some ranged damage.

"Snap!" The Magic Missile hit and immediately dissipated.

Given the Deer Prince's base magic resistance and Li En's pitiful casting ability, such a result was actually quite normal.

"Use this." Violet Miss Zi Qiangwei, unable to watch anymore, handed over a small bag; tearing it open revealed a stack of enchanted small throwing axes.

Better to use this; stop using your shameful Magic Missile. Li En sighed and obediently started throwing the axes.

"Awooo!"

To be honest, watching the axes strike one by one and draw blood, Li En felt this thing was far more useful than Magic Missile.

He decided to obediently prepare a few more back home; with his spell level still insufficient, a warrior's thrown weapons were more useful than low-level spells.

"Boom!"

Once again, the giant deer charged; even though it was already at the end of its tether, it was not something these mortals could easily kill.

"Clang!"

But this time, she was blocked again by the Snake Magical Girl!

This time, faint purple scales appeared on Violet Miss Zi Qiangwei's body; she also seemed to be taking it a bit more seriously. She, who had always been in human form, had actually been fighting quite easily all along.

"Magic Cannon!" But at this moment, a childish voice rang out.

"Bai" raised her staff, and the final burst of magic from the Magic Cannon struck hard. The Deer Magical Girl and the Snake Magical Girl could attack the deer simultaneously; the giant deer could be said to have reached the peak of its beast life.

The deer in the water had been driven to a dead end; with red eyes, it now only wanted to take a few more down with it.

But no matter how crazed it became, that "snake" would steadily entangle it.

That small figure blocked the giant beast's charges time and again, while others took the opportunity to bleed it continuously.

Entangled by the snake and unable to break free, its fate seemed already sealed.

How much longer could it last? An hour? Half an hour? Or...

"Boom!"

This time, what fell from the sky was a fire-stained spear.

The Valkyrie descended from the sky, ready to avenge the blood debt of Mordilka, and on the mountain range not far away, the Dark Elf legion had also arrived; the Black Blade's Goddess floated slowly, watching her "older sister" display her divine might.

"Evil Breaker."

Among the besiegers, Li En maintained steady and continuous output.

The Evil Breaker slashes, 凝聚着 holy power, were fast and lethal with every strike, but the one causing the largest wounds and effects was always Larry.

The reason was nothing else; it was simply because...

"Sin Breaker Strike!"

The slash carrying the power of judgment drew out long wounds every time, and they bled without stopping!

The Evil Breaker slash added pure radiant damage, the hatred and anger of pure good against evil; when it cut down, it carried burning holy damage, while the Law Knight's Sin Breaker attack brought unhealable bleeding wounds.

As time dragged on, these bleeding wounds that could restrict the giant deer's regeneration ability completely dyed the battlefield red.

Blood constantly dripped; what was lost along with it was vitality and the giant beast's courage.

Finally, the power of suggestion began to fade; the fear of death restored its sanity, but...

"Die!" The holy sword of Evil Breaker swung violently again; this time Li En aimed at its neck.

It had already begun to feel weak in all four limbs and was too late to dodge.

"Clang!" The two-handed sword could not sever this giant object, but it left a massive wound.

One slash was not enough, but the knight standing atop its skull dared to continue finishing it off.

"Die, evil!"

Strike after strike, Li En demonstrated a stable and rapid series of slashing attacks; that absurdly high-quality holy sword needed no worry about wear or chipping.

Solid bone and skin were like thin paper before this holy sword and this knight; every strike of the holy sword against vital points landed a heavy blow.

"Moo, moo, moo!"

Finally, the great beast collapsed amidst its wails; amidst the chaotic battlefield, no one could distinguish who had delivered the fatal blow.

But the paladin's joyful laughter echoed far across the battlefield.

Its last vitality had been exhausted; the last Beast Prince met a death beyond its destined fate!

"We have won."

(End of this chapter)