The process of "forcing a kill" had not gone smoothly.
Because Nereid gave them no opportunity to force one.
It knew its elemental attacks could be interrupted, and that excessive use of its "tail whip" could potentially cross the boundary. So its current response was... to fight passively.
It did not unleash any elemental attacks. It merely lashed out with its tail from time to time, keeping itself in combat, but never overcommitting.
Everything was guided by the principle of not triggering the Battle Intent Shackles.
Nereid knew full well what advantage it held against Angel and the others: its formidable defenses.
As long as Angel and the others could not break through its defenses, it could remain undefeated!
To it, not losing was victory!
Though Nereid had no memories of its past, it vaguely sensed that this duel would not last long. At most... fifteen days.
Its naps lasted longer than fifteen days.
If it dragged things out until the end, it would be the winner!
Nereid's passive approach truly left everyone helpless.
The enhanced elemental shells could inflict some damage on Nereid, but the damage was extremely low. With their current stockpile of elemental shells, even if they emptied everything they had, they could at most shave off 1% of its HP.
As for fighting it head-on, that was even less possible.
Their current bodies were not much different from those of ordinary people, while Nereid possessed the physical body of a bloodline wizard. The gap was simply too vast; they could not break its defenses.
Under such circumstances, Nereid's choice to "fight passively" was practically flawless.
In the face of Nereid's stalling, even Gray Porcelain jumped out to provoke it, trying to make Nereid attack his "weak" self.
But Nereid merely stared coldly at Gray Porcelain and