Collapse from Within

Hey! Watch out!

The girl felt her heart leap into her throat and shouted nervously at Galan.

Her mind was filled with questions. What was going on with this man? How dare he be so arrogant in the face of a dangerous monster?

First he didn't even grab his weapon, and now he's not even trying to dodge. Is this guy courting death?

She didn't want to just watch Galan get smashed to death by the Armored Beast, since Hao Hu was her benefactor.

The girl was so anxious she could barely stand. Although she didn't know what Galan was up to, she still picked up her somewhat damaged Silver Sword, gritted her teeth, and charged forward.

They're here!

Despite the Armored Beast that was almost upon him, Galan did not lose his composure.

Thanks to his powerful dynamic vision, the monsters' movements appeared much slower to him, giving him more room to maneuver.

He quickly condensed the basic state of his blood, and the blood that had previously flowed like a red, ferocious snake emerged from the bottle and flew towards the Armored Beast that was charging towards him.

Although the Armored Beast sensed danger from the blood, its reason told it to temporarily avoid confrontation and wait for an opportunity.

But the enemy who just destroyed one of his eyes is right in front of him. Having come this far, how can he possibly turn back?

With the spirit of "never turning back until hitting a wall" and "going all the way down a dark path," the Armored Beast ignored the blood flowing from the wound that was already close to its eye; its remaining eye held only an obsession with revenge.

"Fortunately, it didn't make any unnecessary movements, otherwise I might not have been able to do this in such a short time. Originally, Galan was worried that the Armored Beast would avoid his blood stream, but he didn't expect that the beast was already bloodthirsty and came straight for him."

The operation takes less than five seconds, but if it causes even the slightest trouble, it could lead to the magic losing its Mana supply. Unfortunately, there are never so many "what ifs" in this world.

Under Galan's manipulation, the venomous blood pierced the Armored Beast's damaged eye. Unlike its incredibly sturdy scales, the Armored Beast had no special internal protection, meaning that in Galan's eyes it was now a lamb to the slaughter.

"By targeting the brain, we should be able to solve it!"

Galan didn't hesitate for long. After realizing the intrusion was successful, he decisively chose to destroy the opponent's brain. Although the structure of monsters and living creatures is different, destroying the brain would cause irreversible damage no matter what.

The manipulated blood flow, like a sharp scalpel, invaded the Armored Beast's brain with lightning speed.

The Armored Beast, which had been charging forward, completely lost its ability to move after this mental disturbance.

Galan was extremely ruthless. Because his magic could fail at any moment due to the possibility of running out of Mana, he stirred up the inside of the brain the moment he invaded it, causing the Armored Beast to immediately lose consciousness and collapse to the ground, convulsing uncontrollably during its charge.

"What... is going on?"

The girl who arrived had originally planned to fight alongside Galan, but she saw the Armored Beast fall down without warning, as if it had been dealt with.

"How is that possible? Did he just make a move?"

The girl's eyes were filled with disbelief. She was certain that Galan hadn't been holding any weapon, nor had he made any aggressive moves...

The only odd thing about it is the bottle.

The girl looked at the empty bottle in Galan's hand. She had clearly seen it filled with red liquid just now, so why was it gone?

Because of her perspective, she didn't see the stream of blood that Galan had manipulated with magic from where she had run.

After all, he didn't use much blood this time, so it's normal that it was hard to detect.

"Exactly five seconds?"

After sensing that the blood still in the Armored Beast's brain was gradually losing control, Galan knew that his time had come.

He didn't even have time to recycle the blood back into his Magic Item... Oh well, he can just store a few more bottles there after he recovers.

Besides, I have another bottle on me, and given my current situation, one bottle is more than enough. Having too many on me would just be a burden.

After all, you can only manipulate this much at a time, and the time is short. Even if you prepare a lot of fresh blood, if you manipulate it all at once, it probably won't last five seconds.

Are you alright?

With that thought in mind, he stopped worrying and turned to look at the girl who was running towards him.

She ran over looking really nervous; it seems she thinks my actions are completely reckless.

"It's alright, thank you for saving me earlier..."

The girl glanced at the Armored Beast on the ground, which was dissipating into Mana Particles, then at Galan, whose lips were tightly pursed and whose eyes were shifting, as if she had something to say.

How did you defeat it? I didn't even see how you made your move!

It seems that curiosity ultimately prevailed; the girl couldn't resist asking Galan the question.

His face was filled with determination to find the answer to the mystery.

Keep in mind, she was forced all the way here by this Armored Beast, and her weapons were almost destroyed.

But this man had only been there a short time, and this was only his third move, yet he had already defeated this monster that seemed almost unbeatable in his eyes.

With such immense power, who exactly is he...?

"You ask me how I did it... I just destroyed its brain from the inside... After all, you can't cut it down from the outside, right?"

He glanced at the chipped Silver Sword in the girl's hand. It seemed that before he arrived, the girl had used all her strength and means, otherwise she wouldn't have shouted for help so recklessly without considering the consequences.

Keep in mind that this place is quite a distance from the city gate of [Äußerst], and with the cover of a large forest, her reckless cries for help just now might have attracted some kind of monster instead of helpers.

All I can say is that the girl was lucky; she just happened to run into me conducting an experiment here today, which allowed me to save her.

"Destroy from the brain?"

Hearing him say that, the girl seemed even more confused.

"Then how did you manage to destroy it from the brain? Aren't you a warrior? Do you know any special techniques?"

Although Galan rarely takes action, judging from his initial appearance, he is undoubtedly a warrior.