Fierce Battle with the Octopus Monster

"An Octopus Monster?"

Jiangnan City was not far from the ocean, so the appearance of a mutated octopus monster was hardly surprising.

What surprised Yang Yu was that an Octopus Monster had begun attacking the city during the earliest stages of the Grand Nirvana.

After all, marine Mutated Creatures like octopuses had already possessed high intelligence before mutating.

Their intelligence would only become greater after mutation. They should not have rashly attacked a human city like this.

But octopuses had nine brains and three hearts, so it was only natural that humans could not understand their thoughts.

After a brief moment of thought, Yang Yu swiftly arrived at the southeastern corner.

By then, the area was nearly submerged beneath mutated marine creatures and Amphibious Creatures.

Among them, a terrifying Octopus Monster nearly twenty meters tall when standing was lashing its tentacles against the Defensive Fortification.

Before its immense strength, the Defensive Fortification, built only from Reinforced Concrete, was on the verge of collapse.

Just as the Octopus Monster was about to destroy this hastily constructed City Wall, dozens of meters high—

Yang Yu erupted with extreme speed once more, becoming a black phantom.

Every Mutated Creature that dared block his path was instantly killed by the War Blade in his hand.

A vacuum zone immediately appeared in the previously "crowded" battlefield.

The Octopus Monster tearing down the City Wall sensed something wrong. It turned its enormous head and blinked its eerie blue-glowing eyes at Yang Yu.

Its highly Humanized eyes clearly carried a trace of mockery, as though Yang Yu's displayed strength was nothing in its eyes.

After only a moment's consideration, the Octopus Monster attacked Yang Yu.

"Bang! Bang!"

The giant octopus, as tall as a seven- or eight-story building, charged toward Yang Yu on eight tentacles at a speed exceeding two hundred meters per second.

"At last, a worthy Opponent." Yang Yu nimbly dodged left and right through the horde of Monsters, harvesting ordinary Monsters while observing the Octopus Monster.

With such speed, despite being a marine creature that was naturally poor at speed—

Its strength had to be at least at the Advanced Beast General Level.

If Yang Yu did not use his Spiritual Force, killing it would still be difficult.

But difficulty was what made it a challenge!

"Smack!"

A huge tentacle suddenly smashed down beneath Yang Yu's feet, shattering the concrete ground and blasting out a Deep Pit several meters deep. Only then did the Sonic Boom reach them!

But Yang Yu, who had long been prepared, had already evaded in advance.

As he dodged, he swung his War Blade at the tentacle, which was thicker than his entire body!

Thunderbolt Blade!

The Thunderbolt Blade, already perfectly integrated with his footwork, unleashed a strange Purple Blade Light the instant it was used.

"Slash!"

The enormous tentacle was severed at the strike!

Blue blood immediately sprayed out like a fountain.

However, the cut was not high enough. He had only sliced off the more than four-meter-long tip of the tentacle.

"Yooow!"

Its tentacle severed, even the Octopus Monster felt intense pain and let out a strange roar.

An octopus had nine brains. Its Main Brain was located in its head, while its other eight secondary brains were located in its eight tentacles.

Although the severed tentacle had not injured a secondary brain, the pain was still unbearable.

The other seven tentacles immediately lashed toward Yang Yu as if they had gone mad.

Faced with seven enormous tentacles whipping so fast they became afterimages, Yang Yu was completely unafraid.

He unleashed the Soaring Dragon Footwork at Full Strength once more, while his powerful perception, having reached the Grandmaster realm, and his formidable Spiritual Force spread across the surroundings.

Only in a battle like this could Yang Yu's footwork improve rapidly!

If he had used his Spiritual Force to kill it instantly from the start, he could certainly sweep through these Monsters now.

But if his Martial Way Realm failed to improve, then in the later stages, once Yang Yu's Spiritual Force no longer held an overwhelming advantage, humanity's situation would become even more dangerous!

Rather than that, he might as well seize this opportunity while the Monsters were still generally weak and the human casualties they caused remained within controllable limits, tempering his Martial Way Realm and improving his Physical Fitness.

That was the long-term plan!

After all, the stronger his Physical Fitness, the more Spiritual Force he could wield!

With that in mind, Yang Yu began using the Advanced Beast General Level Octopus Monster to temper his footwork and Blade Technique.

Whenever a tentacle was about to strike him, Yang Yu would use his footwork to evade. If he truly could not avoid it, he would use his Spiritual Force to push his Battle Armor, allowing himself to shift sideways through the air and escape danger.

At the same time, Yang Yu would find opportunities to swing his War Blade while dodging, leaving deep wounds on the tentacles.

However, Yang Yu did not unleash the Thunderbolt Blade at Full Strength. He merely kept leaving wounds on the octopus's tentacles, provoking its ferocity.

This allowed him to temper his footwork more efficiently.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

The completely frenzied Octopus Monster desperately swung its scarred tentacles, trying to hit the detestable human who only knew how to flee.

Every time, it was just a little short!

It should have hit him with just a little more, yet he always dodged away. And while dodging, he would swing his War Blade and leave another wound on it.

Tentacles filled the sky, trailing afterimages as blue blood continuously scattered from among them.

Yet Yang Yu always managed to slip away from their encirclement.

Even when several tentacles intercepted him at once, the shield on Yang Yu's left hand could still serve its purpose.

With just a light block, Yang Yu could borrow the force to evade and continue weaving like a dragon through the tentacle afterimages.

Just like that.

A strange scene appeared.

The Octopus Monster, which appeared to hold the absolute advantage, ended up covered in wounds after every fierce attack.

Before long.

The intelligent Octopus Monster finally realized something was wrong. This human seemed to be using it to train!

Realizing this made it even angrier.

But its Opponent was simply too slippery. Every confident lash from the Octopus Monster was evaded.

Once or twice could be called luck.

But after hundreds or thousands of times, even the most confident Octopus Monster realized that something was wrong.

"Yooow!"

After roaring furiously at the sky, the Octopus Monster began controlling a large number of Monsters to besiege Yang Yu while it rapidly retreated.

Though its injuries did not seem severe, aside from the tentacle completely severed at the beginning, the rest were only minor wounds.

Individually, one or two of these wounds were not fatal, but after accumulating, the blood loss alone had left the Octopus Monster weak.

Its instincts told it that the human below, who appeared to be dodging in embarrassment, had actually been toying with it all along!

Though furious, if it did not leave now, it might never be able to leave again.

Seeing that the Octopus Monster wanted to escape, how could Yang Yu let it get away so easily?

He swung his War Blade and shield, killing or knocking back the Monsters rushing to surround him and instantly clearing a path.

By then, the Octopus Monster had already fled several hundred meters. Given just a little more time, it would escape back into the River Channel.

But unfortunately.

Yang Yu, whose footwork had already been tempered to the peak of the Micro Level while slaughtering the Rat Tide, had no intention of letting it leave.

The Octopus Monster had lost its value as training. Its only remaining value was itself.

His speed erupted. With a single flicker, Yang Yu caught up to the Octopus Monster.

"Thunderbolt Blade!"

One slash severed a tentacle.

Yang Yu did not greedily press his advantage. He spread his footwork and dodged aside, evading the counterattack from the Octopus Monster's other tentacles.

Once the tentacles had lashed past, Yang Yu stepped forward again. His blade rose and fell.

Another tentacle was severed!

By this point in the battle.

The Octopus Monster had only five tentacles left!

"Awooo!"

A miserable shriek came from the Octopus Monster as its tentacles wildly battered the ground, sending countless chunks of concrete and stone flying.

After venting its rage, the Octopus Monster controlled its remaining five tentacles and charged Yang Yu with an even fiercer offensive.

But Yang Yu had no intention of clashing with it head-on.

Although the Octopus Monster's defense was far inferior to that of land Monsters of the same level—

It was still an Advanced Beast General, and its physical strength was real.

If he were struck, Yang Yu would not have an easy time either.

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