Chapter 73: You're a mage? Why are you wielding that axe better than I am?

The final room wasn't very large; moments later, the distance between Su Hao and the stone man had shrunk to about five meters.

At this moment, the stone man gripped the stone great axe with both hands and swung it down at Su Hao's head.

However, Su Hao seemed not to see it; using the momentum from his forward charge, he gripped the Gravity Rock Axe with both hands and spun his body faster and faster for two full rotations.

Immediately after, he stomped his right foot hard onto the ground, gripped the great axe with both hands, and chopped upward toward the upper left.

Clang—!

Accompanied by a clang of metal striking metal, the thick layer of blood qi on Su Hao's body violently trembled, and his body was flung backward. His feet slammed heavily onto the ground.

Each step he took left a large pit in the ground as he retreated ten steps before stabilizing his stance.

By contrast, the stone man's situation was even worse.

At the instant the stone man's stone axe collided with Su Hao's Gravity Rock Axe,

he felt a terrifying force transmitted from the Gravity Rock Axe, heavily striking his stone axe, sending it flying upward, almost causing him to lose his grip.

Along with his massive body, he was flung backward dozens of meters, his back slamming heavily into the wall, half of his body embedded in it.

Everyone: ……

Wraith: ……

Good grief, a mage just chopped the stone man away with one axe!

"Impossible! How can a blood mage like you have such tremendous strength?!"

The stone man struggled free from the wall, shook his slightly numb hands, and stared at Su Hao in disbelief.

What the heck? You're a mage, yet you wield an axe better than I do?

And where does this guy get the strength to surpass mine?!

A mage fighting a three-meter-tall stone man in close combat, and yet it's I, the three-meter-tall stone man, who got chopped away by a single axe—who do I even complain to?!

This guy can unleash two powerful magics so quickly, suppressing a second-tier wraith, and he does it without any magic staff or spellbook.

It's obvious he's a mage, and a powerful one at that!

But how could a mage possibly have such outrageous strength?

Could he not be a mage but a mighty warrior-type extraordinary being?

But that doesn't make sense either—if he were a warrior, how could he quickly release two powerful magics?

Could his extraordinary sequence both enhance his physical strength and allow him to use magic?

That's even more impossible; not even a third-tier extraordinary sequence would be that all‑encompassing.

At least the stone man has never heard of a second‑tier extraordinary sequence that could rival……

No, that's wrong—it's not a match.

Rather, it exceeds the stone man's second‑tier physique while also being able to unleash magic that crushes second‑tier wraiths.

"Idiot, don't just stand there stupidly—quickly release me first; this person is problematic, we must join forces to deal with him!"

While the stone man stood there doubting life, the wraith on the altar, enduring ever‑intensifying pain, shouted loudly.

"Good!"

After clashing axes with Su Hao, the stone man already knew he could not be Su Hao's opponent.

He shook his hands to relieve the numbness, lifted the great axe in his grip, and then sprinted toward the altar.

The stone man's attack is purely physical and cannot harm the wraith's spiritual body.

So he intends to charge onto the altar and chop straight down at the wraith with one axe; this way his axe won't injure the wraith, but it can sever the five tentacles on his body.

In the stone man's view, this is the most direct and effective way to help the wraith break free.

I'm no match for this monster—can't I at least do something with these few tentacles?

Once the wraith is free, I'll take charge of holding this monster back while the wraith handles long‑range magical attacks.

As long as the two of us work together, even if this monster is outrageously strong, there's nothing it can do to us!

However, what no one expected was that Su Hao merely glanced at the stone man's actions and then paid them no further heed.

Instead, he continued dragging the Gravity Rock Axe and sprinted straight at the stone man.

It seemed that in his eyes, the only enemy now was the stone man; as for whether the wraith's eventual escape would affect the battle, he appeared not to care at all.

"Kid, you're too arrogant—my distance is closer than yours!"

Likewise ignoring Su Hao's attack, the stone man roared, planted a foot on the altar, and swung his axe down at the wraith in the altar's center.

After being flung away by Su Hao's axe, he wasn't far from the altar; after sprinting two steps, he was already on it, while Su Hao was still over thirty meters away.

By the time this monster runs over, I will have already chopped off those five tentacles, freeing the wraith.

Once the wraith lends its aid, it won't be so easy for this monster to land a hit on me.

Even if this monster's strength is astonishing, if it can't hit me, it's useless!

The stone man smirked, and his rock axe came down on the wraith's head.

With a "Bang!" the stone man's rock axe passed through the wraith's spiritual body, cleaved the five tentacles wrapped around it, struck the ground heavily, and left a huge pit in the altar beneath the wraith's feet.

However, what followed left everyone present staring wide‑eyed.

Only the five scarlet tentacles on the wraith's body, at the instant they were split by the stone man's axe, returned to their original state—aside from being slightly dimmer in color, they showed no change.

"No, impossible—what are these tentacles? Why are they immune to physical attacks?!"

The stone man stared at his axe, his expression vacant, once again plunging into an existential crisis.

What on earth is this monster? Why is his physique so strong, his magic so outrageous, and why do these tentacles that resist physical attacks seem aimed at me?!

Actually, the stone man's statement isn't quite accurate—it's not that the scarlet tentacles are immune to physical attacks, but that they fully recover the instant the great axe splits them.

The scarlet tentacles are made of scarlet blood, a special liquid; the stone man's axe blow is thus akin to chopping a water column.

As the saying goes, draw a blade to cut water and the water flows more; with the blood inside the scarlet tentacles flowing, the wound from the axe split completely heals.

However, the scarlet tentacles are not completely immune to physical attacks; although they can instantly recover after being struck, such attacks likewise consume their internal energy.

Once the energy inside the scarlet tentacle is exhausted, the tentacle disappears.

Just trying to rely solely on physical attacks to drain the energy inside the scarlet tentacle isn't that simple.

It's precisely because Su Hao knows this trait of the scarlet tentacle that he didn't stop the stone person's idea.

The time the stone person needs to cleave the scarlet tentacle is enough for Su Hao to kill him seven or eight times!

"Hey! Big idiot, take another axe strike from me!"

Just as the stone person began doubting life, everyone looked shocked.

Su Hao, dragging the Gravity Rock Axe, carved a ferocious crack on the ground, strode onto the altar, and appeared about five meters in front of the stone person.