Old Lu and Nari smiled happily atop the mountain, watching how us dealt with the two Tier 8 half-beasts. It was so easy that anyone who saw it would think the monsters were Tier 4.


    However, from a more experienced perspective, they would see how much us had put into his attacks.


    Old Lu was particrly drawn to the bell trapping Rory. For some reason, he felt strongly attracted to it, his mind telling him to remember something, yet he couldn''t.


    But he chose to toss it to the back of his mind after scrutinizing it for a while. His focus shifted to us.


    Nari was also focused on us. Watching how us and his friends dealt with the monsters made her blood boil. She wanted to jump in and have some fun, but s, that fun would note today.


    Suddenly, both Old Lu and Nari turned toward the west. Both their eyes narrowed as they gazed at the approaching dangers.


    "Let me go handle them," Nari said, but Old Lu shook his head.


    "Let theme. us will handle them."


    "What if he can''t?" Nari asked with a frown.


    "Then we will step in. For now, let''s just wait and see how things go," Old Lu said before turning back to the battlefield.


    {Back on the battlefield}


    "Kilian, get ready," Anna said before stabbing her staff into the ground. Immediately, her face paled as thick chains made of ice burst out of the ground, wrapping around the legs of the elephant.


    "Go."


    Kilian charged forward and activated his strongest attack.


    "Void Cutter." His sword took a single swing that sent a crescent arc made of pure fire. The arc vanished as it appeared.


    Then, out of nowhere, it appeared in front of the elephant, cutting a huge wound into its neck. However, the attack wasn''t enough to end it. Kilian and Anna were also drained.


    But they didn''t want to waste the chance since the elephant was now on the ground. However, they were drained to the point where Kilian couldn''t activate any more attacks.


    Anna, too, was the same. She used all her energy for that Ice chain, so she is drained now.


    Suddenly, a cheerful voice reached their ears just when they were about to panic.


    "Here Ie again." Danny, who had abandoned his pals dealing with the dark elephant, jumped high into the air with his axe in full swing.


    Then, without activating any skill, his hammer fell on the wound Kilian had cut.


    "Die, motherf*cker." His axe sank into the neck of the elephant, iming its life.


    "And that''s how you kill a Tier 8 monster," Dannyughed, charging back to support Daniel and Kay, the only ones still not making any headway.


    "This bastard," Kilian cursed before returning to the ice domain to heal. Although he has fire affinity, the ice domain was speeding up his healing thanks to us'' superior Star Qi.


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    "Thunderbolt Arrow," Hanna''s cute voice echoed as a two-meter-long arrow shot out of her bow. The next second, it pierced the neck of the monster before exploding into a p of thunder, sending shockwaves that blew everyone back.


    "Sorry," Hanna said with a guilty smile. Her shockwave tossed them aside; however, it wasn''t the bad kind of tossing.


    "This is our chance, guys!" Kay shouted, activating his strongest move.


    "Hellfire Arrow." A two-meter-long red arrow appeared in his bow. It was his strongest attack, one he could only use once.


    Boom!


    The arrow shot out from the bow andnded squarely on the neck of the monster, which seemed to still be reeling from the thunder shockwave.


    "Giant Axe Form!" Danny unleashed his attack, creating a massive axe in the air that crashed down on the elephant with a thunderous boom.


    "My turn!"


    "Giant Hammer Falling!" Daniel summoned a giant hammer that struck the beast with yet another thunderous boom, mming the elephant to the ground.


    All the darkness around it dispersed, and its body was battered, blood flowing freely from its wounds.


    "Fire Beam!" Kilian arrived with his own attack. By sheer luck—or sly intent—the exp points went to him as the elephant sumbed to the final blow.


    "Bastard," Daniel muttered, cursing Kilian''s sly nature. But in his weakened state, he was too drained to do anything about it. Kilian took the exp Point, pushing his closer to the fourth stage.


    Meanwhile, Lily and Mark managed to take down their opponent, while Kathy singlehandedly subdued another Tier 8.


    However, she didn''t kill it; instead, she waited for Hanna to finish off her Tier 8, allowing Hanna to im the kill.


    It was Kathy''s way of helping Hanna grow stronger so she could also benefit. Kathy was at the peak of the 8th Tier and needed only a small push, which us had promised to give her in theing weeks.@@novelbin@@


    For now, she is following the n us had in mind.


    us'' friends seeded in killing their targets, but it came at a cost. Most of them were hurt, with only Kay, Anna, and Hanna remaining unscathed.


    Meanwhile, us, after killing the two Tier 8 half-beasts, was now shing with the Tier 9, which was giving him a tough time.


    No matter the attack us used, the bastard always countered with a perfect defence. He even used his lightning wings to take the fight to the air, but the bastard defended and attacked like he was toying with a chicken.


    "I hate this feeling," us muttered inwardly.


    [His teammates are dead, so maybe releasing it from the demon-killing circle will make it run off. From my perspective, you don''t have a shot at killing it.]


    "Damn it. I hate thisw of self thing," us growled.


    [It''s rather unfortunate you won''t be able to kill it. Even using your two strongest attacks won''t do anything. Better not waste yourst two chances on a fruitless battle.]


    "I understand, senior," us replied. He wanted to finish off this bastard and im the exp point, but because of its ultimate defence ability, all his attacks were being blocked.


    Even his soul and mind attacks weren''t doing much damage.


    "Your friends are dead, and from the way I''m looking at it, you won''t be able to do anything about it. So you can leave now. Next time, bring stronger teammates," us said with a smile.


    "Reality check."


    Suddenly, ten of his illusion clones appeared, and he deactivated the demon-killing circle.


    The next second, Rory attacked three of the clones, and the battle continued for ten seconds before all ten were destroyed.


    However, when thest clone fell, it realized it was a trick, but it was toote to react.


    "Skybound Infinity Strike: Void Piercing Arrow."


    A lightning arrow shot through Rory''s chest, sending it flying backwards. Blood poured out as it rolled on the ground for a few seconds before rising again.


    It red at us, then at the Phoenix mefruit tree, and finally at its fallenpanions before vanishing. The arrow had hurt it, and staying any longer would have put it in serious danger.


    "Fuck, I thought that would kill him," us cursed as he hovered in the air before flying back down. The bow vanished and returned to Hanna.


    us smiled and turned toward the Phoenix mefruit tree.


    "Finally," he sighed, preparing to speed toward it when he suddenly leapt forward, evading a spear aimed at his chest.


    Turning around, us saw 80 Sages, 40 Great Sages, and 4 Sovereigns closing in on their location.


    "us Hanson, it''s time for you to die." One of the Sovereigns said with a wicked smile.