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Gawain also ended his first round of combat with Shadow Bear.
He actually used the aura power generated by the sublimated "Firebird Breathing Technique" to sever one of Shadow Bear's arms.
Arthur judged that his strength should not be underestimated.
Gawain looked at Arthur and gave him a thumbs up, acknowledging his ability to take on two shadow monsters single-handedly.
But then he turned back to look at the three shadow monsters that had regrouped.
Soon, Arthur walked up to Gawain.
His gaze was also fixed on the three shadow monsters not far away.
They knew that the fierce battle against the Shadow Monsters had only just begun.
Chapter 36 Expelling the Shadow Lion
"Crack!"
The three shadow creatures were thoroughly enraged by Arthur and Gawain's attack, and they displayed their ferocious nature, emitting eerie howls.
Immediately, the three shadow monsters launched a new attack on Arthur and Gawain.
They saw that the Shadow Bear's severed arm quickly grew back, and then it charged towards them on all fours with its pitch-black, blood-red maw wide open.
The Shadow Rhino, like a mobile fortress, launched a savage charge at the two from the front, its stomping footsteps creating a series of dull thuds on the ground.
The Shadow Lion then displayed its agility, quickly circling around to the side of Arthur and Gawain, before opening its claws and launching a pouncing attack.
Faced with the three menacing shadow monsters, Arthur and Gawain, despite it being their first time working together, stood back to back in perfect harmony.
Arthur turned toward the Shadow Bear and Shadow Rhinoceros, while Gawain turned toward the Shadow Lion.
When Shadow Bear entered his attack range first, Arthur made a decisive move and used his combat skill, Blazing Charge, once again.
A surge of flame, turning from red to orange and even more intense than a raging fire, emerged once more, providing him with a destructive force capable of breaking through all obstacles.
At this moment, Arthur's fine iron-grade sword was also enveloped in this powerful wave of fire.
With the help of the Flame Aura, Arthur seized the opportunity and swung his sword the moment the Shadow Bear raised its upper body and lunged at him.
An orange flame wave slash was unleashed, striking the Shadow Bear in the abdomen and scorching its chest.
"Crack!"
Suddenly, the Shadow Bear let out a piercing and eerie screech.
But Arthur's attack did not end there.
With the immense thrust of his combat skill, Blazing Charge, he launched himself from his spot and charged toward Shadow Bear, swinging his sword a second time.
The orange flames on the sword traced a perfect arc in mid-air.
The next moment, Shadow Bear fell backward.
At the same time, both of its arms were severed by the sharp edge of the sword enhanced by the flame waveguide.
Upon seeing its companion severely injured, the other Shadow Rhino seemed extremely enraged.
It raised its head and howled, quickening its pace, and charged at Arthur, who had severely injured his companion, Shadow Bear.
Arthur had already fought the shadow monster once, and he knew how to deal with this monstrous creature with immense strength.
He smiled slightly, raised his sword in one hand, and stood ready for battle.
Immediately with a thought, the Flame Wave reappeared, forming a sword-wielding hand that wrapped around the blade.
Soon, the Shadow Rhino entered his attack range.
Just as the shadow rhinoceros was about to headbutt him, Arthur swung his sword, but did not forcefully pierce the sharp horn on the shadow rhinoceros's head.
Immediately afterwards, he used his legs to propel himself up, using the sword as a medium and the brute force of the Shadow Rhinoceros's charge to leap into the air.
And so, Arthur appeared above the Shadow Rhino.
Then, as Arthur fell through the air, he began to exert force in his sword-wielding arm.
Arthur unleashed another Flame Aura Slash.
The Flame Wave Slash struck the Shadow Rhino's vulnerable neck.
Instantly, the Shadow Rhino felt a burning pain. He lost his sense of direction and turned around, rushing towards the Shadow Bear that Arthur had just knocked down.
next moment.
"Cha!!"
Accompanied by two overlapping, eerie hisses, the two shadow monsters collided physically and fell to the ground.
After resolving and severely damaging the crisis of Shadow Bear and Shadow Rhino.
Look at the other side.
Gawain faced the agile Shadow Lion.
Although he was not as skilled as Arthur, being a Black Iron-rank wandering knight who had not received formal combat training, he also demonstrated extraordinary combat intuition.
When the Shadow Lion pounced on him, Gawain did not follow Arthur's previous strategy. Instead, he focused on the Shadow Lion's movement and channeled his Aura power into his weapon, unleashing a Aura Slash.
He chose to wait, waiting for the Shadow Lion to come within arm's reach before making his move.
With lightning speed, Gao Wen deftly flipped his wrist, turning the blade of his short sword behind him.
Immediately afterwards, he crouched down, appearing beneath the shadow lion while dodging its pounce.
At this moment, Gao Wen launched a counterattack.
He swiftly swung his sword, brutally plunging the short sword, imbued with the power of the blazing white waveguide, into the Shadow Lion's abdomen.
Gawain then bent down and strode forward, letting the blazing white dagger, already embedded in the Shadow Lion's abdomen, sever its belly.
"Bah!"
After a smooth grinding sound, Gawain appeared behind Shadow Lion.
And look at the Shadow Lion.
It seemed to have lost all ability to resist when the blazing white dagger pierced its abdomen.
After landing from mid-air, it collapsed to the ground, unable to stand up.
Upon closer inspection, one can see that its pitch-black abdomen has been split open with a terrifyingly deep and enormous wound.
This was undoubtedly caused by the short sword in Gawain's hand, which was imbued with the power of the incandescent waveguide.
Arthur, who had fought the Shadow Monster twice, was deeply shocked when he saw this scene.
Because he knew very well that his Flame Aura had a light-like characteristic against Shadow Monsters and also had a certain restraining effect on them.
However, even with the Flame Aura which has a certain restraining effect, Arthur still found it very difficult to cut off Shadow Bear's arms.
Not to mention the Shadow Rhino; if he could use the Flame Wave to cut off its unicorn weapon, I wouldn't need to use any combat techniques to deal with it.
Therefore, this is the difference in waveguide power.
After Arthur deeply understood this, he sighed inwardly:
Is this the Aura Power after the "Knight's Heart" has been sublimated? Destroying the Shadow Monster's body is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.
With such powerful waveguide abilities, it's no wonder he was able to fight three second-tier shadow monsters all by himself.
Now, Arthur has a deeper understanding of the aspects of combat involving powerful fighting and endurance that Gawain previously described.
Now, look at the shadow lion on the ground.
It collapsed to the ground, never to rise again; its dark body ceased to solidify and rapidly became ethereal.
Finally, in the gentle breeze of Qingfeng Village, the ethereal Shadow Lion disintegrated in the blink of an eye.
The first Shadow Monster, Shadow Lion, is dead!
But seeing this, Arthur felt no joy; instead, his nerves tightened even more.
Because, before this battle to drive out the three shadow monsters.
Gawain, who had managed to kill the Shadow Monster five times, once told him some important information about three Shadow Monsters.
—The death of any one Shadow Monster will multiply the power of the remaining two Shadow Monsters.
With this in mind, Arthur quickly turned around and stared intently at the Shadow Bear and Shadow Rhino that he had just knocked down.
The moment the Shadow Lion's form vanished, the remaining two Shadow Monsters' pitch-black bodies simultaneously began to swell, emitting an even more powerful aura.
The Shadow Bear grew to a height of over two meters and grew two more arms, which were even thicker and stronger than before.
The Shadow Rhinoceros let out an even heavier panting sound, and the single horn weapon on its head expanded by half a meter, now resembling a sharp longsword.
As the two shadow monsters completed their metamorphosis...
Arthur and Gawain did not sit idly by and wait for their fate. Almost simultaneously, they arrived at the vicinity of the two shadow monsters and launched a surprise attack.
Chapter 37 The Shadow Monster Escapes, The Mysterious Dry Well
During the raid.
Arthur and Gawain communicated with their eyes in perfect unison.
Because Gawain possesses the Blazing White Waveguide power, which has a greater restraining effect, he deliberately chose to kill the more difficult Shadow Bear.
The remaining, clumsy Shadow Rhino was entrusted to Arthur, who was skilled in combat.
First, let's look at the surprise attack launched by Arthur.
The moment the Shadow Rhino completed its transformation, he appeared to its side, swung his sword, which was imbued with the power of fire, and unleashed a Fire Aura Slash.
The Flame Wave Slash no longer targeted the Shadow Rhino's neck, but rather one of its forelegs.
After hitting its foreleg, the flame wave burned, causing considerable damage to its foreleg and rendering it intangible.
As a result, the Shadow Rhino's body became unbalanced.
By the time the Shadow Rhino realized what was happening, it was too late to control its heavy body as it fell towards Arthur.
So Arthur seized the opportunity when his opponent fell and recovered, and continued his pursuit.
He stepped directly onto the back of the Shadow Rhino, gripped the sword hilt with both hands, and held the sword blade downwards.
After the flame wave wrapped around the sword again, Arthur wanted to imitate Gawain's fighting style and brutally plunge the blade into his opponent's neck to carry out a swift decapitation.
But Arthur overestimated the strength of his waveguide power.
After Shadow Lion's death, Shadow Rhino not only doubled in size and strength, but also doubled in resistance to wave power.
Arthur's sword, entwined with the flame wave, could not penetrate any further when it had only pierced halfway into the Shadow Rhino's neck.
He felt an immense strain, as if there was a stubborn rock deep in the neck of the shadow rhinoceros, blocking the advance of his sword.
At this moment, Shadow Rhino had finished repairing the ethereal damage caused to him by Flame Wave Slash.
"Crack!"
With an angry hiss, the Shadow Rhino stood up again and began to struggle and thrash its body, seemingly trying to throw Arthur off its back.
Seeing the situation, Arthur did not run away, but instead sat on the back of the Shadow Rhino.
With his superb riding skills, he quickly mastered the rhythm of the shadow rhinoceros's swaying, and sat steadily on the shadow monster's back.
Then, let's look at the battle situation on the other side.
Relying on the sublimated power of the incandescent waveguide, Gao Wen once again adopted a simple and brutal fighting tactic.
He approached the shadow bear, which had grown to over two meters tall, and leaped into the air, swinging his short sword, which was wrapped with a blazing white waveguide, as he drew near.
After Gawain plunged his short sword into the Shadow Bear's back, he began to fall from mid-air.
His Blazing White Waveguide once again demonstrated its extremely powerful restraining effect on Shadowcraft.
"Bah!"
With another smooth grinding sound, Gawain used his short sword, imbued with a blazing white waveguide, to slash a deep, gruesome wound across the Shadow Bear's back.
However, the Shadow Bear, whose strength had increased exponentially, was different from the Shadow Lion that Gawain had killed; it did not lose its ability to fight back.
It turned around in a rage and raised a sharp claw to strike Gawain.