Loth and Maizer had found him.
The moment Lu Cang saw them, he immediately pointed his staff at them.
"Life Wind Swarm."
Whoosh!
Wind Blades formed in the distance almost instantly—
Thud!
The swarm swept along the ground like a meat grinder. The Blood Puppets kneeling in worship were drenched in blood, their bodies shredded in an instant!
At the same time...
"Repelling Wind Blast!"
This time, the blast of wind didn't launch outward from Lu Cang!
Lu Cang made a grabbing gesture!
Boom!
A storm sprang up!
Carrying the wind swarm, it instantly sliced through the blood chains binding Loth and Maizer.
Thud!
Even the resilient blood chains couldn't withstand hundreds of Wind Blades cutting through them in an instant. They snapped apart!
The wind hurled the two toward Lu Cang!
Slaughtering the lesser monsters below and rescuing the two of them—
He did it all in one seamless burst.
At the same time, Lu Cang immediately formed ice beneath his feet, ready to take them away at once.
Once he caught them, he would fly off on an ice shuttle.
As for fighting the BOSS...
Who the hell would fight a BOSS while dragging two burdens along?
If he was going to fight, he'd do it after rescuing them and getting ready!
Only an idiot would try to kill a BOSS when he should be saving people.
Lu Cang gulped down a strength potion and felt his body fill with power.
He wasn't as strong as a second-tier Warrior, but carrying two adults was no problem now.
Just as Lu Cang was about to catch them—
Boom!
Blood-red markings appeared on their necks.
"They've already been afflicted with Blood Curse."
"Where do you think you're taking them?"
The King-tier Demonic Beast on the throne in the distance let out an angry roar.
Whoosh!
The instant it finished speaking—
Forty-two ice shuttles shot out!
Bang!
Bang-bang-bang-bang-bang-bang—
Every ice shuttle pierced straight through the King-tier Demonic Beast before him.
But they caused no damage.
Its body had turned into a hollow space filled with blood, and the ice shuttles passed right through.
They hit nothing.
"Interesting."
"Human, you... didn't hesitate at all."
Lu Cang didn't answer.
He simply met its gaze, without any warning or even a gesture—
"Earth Fire Collapse Heaven!"
"Emergent Charge Pillar!"
Boom!
The ground beneath its throne turned red-hot in an instant!
Rumble-rumble-rumble-rumble-rumble-rumble!
The Emergent Charge Pillars erupted almost simultaneously with the violent lava!
Each pillar of earth thrusting upward became a blazing column of molten rock!
A spell combination.
This was the result of Lu Cang's latest practice.
The pillars drew on the earth to erupt in spikes.
"Earth Fire" turned the ground into lava...
If you can alter your body to dodge attacks, then I'll use magic that covers your entire body.
Boom!
It wasn't only the Emergent Charge Pillars that rose up. A massive, ashen-gray wall did too.
"Mountain Heavy Wall (LV: 201)"
Bigger and thicker walls, with greater toughness.
Three enormous walls formed a triangular cage, trapping the enemy inside.
Blood Curse.
Lu Cang had looked into it...
Those afflicted with the curse would keep losing blood until they became dried-up corpses.
The way to break the curse—
Was to kill the caster.
So the instant he heard the enemy roar, Lu Cang launched his attack.
Taking them away and returning to the Life Hall to break the curse was one option.
But the strongest healer at the Life Hall in Rhein Town was only a level-four healing mage.
They might not be able to break a King-tier Demonic Beast's curse.
Healers on Kumiloni's level were few and far between.
Lu Cang didn't know how weak Loth and Maizer were, or how long they could hold out.
The source of the curse was right before him.
His thoughts raced.
Lu Cang reached a conclusion—kill it.
"Human!"
Roars and snarls came from within the walls!
It was still alive?
King-tier Demonic Beasts really were a lot tougher than Lord-tier ones.
A Lord-tier monster would've been cooked through by that attack.
Lu Cang crouched and touched the ground.
The blood on the floor froze, forming a sheet of ice.
He canceled the wall in front of him, then used a blast of wind to push Maizer and Loth over. Another blast shoved them onto the path he'd come from.
He'd already cleared the monsters over there.
Well... he couldn't be sure there wasn't some other mechanism that spawned more lesser monsters.
If there was, they'd just have to be unlucky.
After all, the battlefield between him and this King-tier Demonic Beast was definitely going to be far more dangerous.
He was a mage, not a defender.
He didn't have time to protect two unconscious people while fighting.
Thinking that, he glanced at them again.
Sighing, Lu Cang shook his head.
Rumble-rumble-rumble!
Three walls formed, enclosing them.
With Multiple Casting, he could now create twelve walls at the same time. If he reached the limit, he'd have to cancel an existing wall before creating another.
He'd given them three walls, leaving himself only nine.
Bang!
At that very moment, an explosion boomed in the distance!
One of the walls around the BOSS blew apart!
"Pathetic mortal!"
Rumble—
Before it could finish speaking, Lu Cang raised his hand and restored the wall.
Boom!
Another muffled thud came from inside!
The wall was once again covered in countless cracks.
Oh, wow.
That's outrageous. You can even crack my walls after they've evolved twice.
The BOSS's side went quiet again.
I just broke the wall, and you replaced it the moment you raised your hand?
Then—
"Earth Fire Collapse Heaven (LV: 201)"
"Emergent Charge Pillar (LV: 201)"
"Violent Thunder Flash (LV: 201)"
"Life Wind Swarm (LV: 201)"
"Deep Curse Arrow (LV: 201)"
Lu Cang didn't know what kind of monster this was, but no matter what, he'd keep it trapped between the three walls and bombard it relentlessly.
If it liked sitting on its throne and acting tough, it could stay there forever.
If it moved around, Lu Cang would have a hard time trapping it inside the walls while it was in motion.
That would take a bit of maneuvering.
But if it stayed still...
Well, then.
Boom!
The walls were blasted apart.
But the instant they fell, Lu Cang immediately raised new ones.
Lu Cang was still standing in the narrow passageway, without stepping into the spacious cavern around the altar.
Three thick walls stood in front of him.
There was a hole in the walls, but barriers still stretched between them.
Lu Cang stood behind the three walls and the barriers.
He poured damage into the enemy with everything he had.
The BOSS didn't seem to have any way to escape. It could only use its strength to break the walls.
But the problem was—
With his near-infinite mana, Lu Cang could always raise another wall the moment it broke through.
"Human!"
"All you do is use despicable tricks!"
"Let me out if you've got the guts!"
"Coward!"
"Do you dare face me in a fair fight?"
Lu Cang still didn't respond to the King-tier Demonic Beast's taunts...
He'd seen plenty of examples in stories from his previous life of people talking to their enemies and getting themselves killed because of it.
Come to think of it—
This monster could talk, and quite fluently, too.
And why was it so damn tough?
Why wouldn't it die, even after taking so much punishment?
Was it a gimmick boss? Would it never die unless I figured out the mechanics? It's a blood monster...
Do I have to drain the blood pool I saw earlier?
Forget it. I'll keep blasting it for a while longer. If it still doesn't die, then I'll think about the mechanics.
Trapped between the three walls, the King-tier Demonic Beast was just as confused.
How could this human mage cast so many spells?
Never mind...
A mage's weakness was mana. I have such a vast blood pool... why should I fear running him dry? The day he runs out of mana will be his Death Date.
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