"An octopus monster?"
Jiangnan City was not far from the ocean, so the appearance of a mutated octopus monster was not surprising.
What surprised Yang Yu was that an octopus monster had begun attacking the city so early in the Grand Nirvana era.
After all, marine mutated creatures like octopuses had already possessed high intelligence before mutating.
After mutation, their intelligence would only become higher. They should not have rashly attacked a human city like this.
Still, octopuses had nine brains and three hearts. It was only natural that humans could not understand what they were thinking.
In the brief moment of thought, Yang Yu swiftly arrived at the southeastern corner.
By then, the area was nearly flooded by mutated marine creatures and amphibious creatures.
Among them, a terrifying octopus nearly twenty meters tall when standing upright was swinging its tentacles at the defensive fortifications.
Before its immense strength, the defensive fortifications made of nothing more than reinforced concrete were on the verge of collapse.
Just as the octopus monster was about to destroy the temporary city wall, dozens of meters high,
Yang Yu burst forth with extreme speed once more, turning into a black phantom.
Every mutated creature that dared block his path was instantly killed by the war blade in Yang Yu's hand.
A vacuum instantly appeared in the previously crowded battlefield.
The octopus monster destroying the city wall sensed that something was wrong. It turned its massive head and blinked its eerie blue-glowing eyes at Yang Yu.
Its highly humanized eyes clearly held a trace of mockery, as though Yang Yu's displayed strength was nothing worth noting.
After only a brief consideration, the octopus monster launched an attack on Yang Yu.
"Bang! Bang!"
The giant octopus, as tall as a seven- or eight-story building, charged at Yang Yu on eight tentacles at a speed exceeding two hundred meters per second.
"At last, a worthy opponent." Yang Yu dodged nimbly through the monster horde, harvesting ordinary monsters while observing the octopus monster.
It was this fast despite being a marine creature that was naturally poor at speed.
Its strength had to be at least at the Advanced Beast General Level.
Without using Spiritual Force, the current Yang Yu would still have difficulty killing it.
But difficulty was what made something challenging!
Smack!
A huge tentacle lashed down beneath Yang Yu's feet, shattering the concrete ground and smashing out a deep pit several meters deep. Only then did the sonic boom arrive!
But Yang Yu, who had long been prepared, had already dodged in advance.
As he evaded, he swung his war blade and slashed at the tentacle, which was thicker than his entire body!
Thunderbolt Blade!
The Thunderbolt Blade, already perfectly integrated with his Movement Technique, unleashed an eerie streak of Purple Blade Light the moment it was used.
"Whoosh!"
The enormous tentacle snapped off at the strike!
Blue blood immediately sprayed out like a fountain.
However, the cut had not been very high up. He had only severed more than four meters from the tip of the tentacle.
"Yoo—"
With one of its tentacles 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 subsidiary brains were located in its eight tentacles.
Although the severed tentacle had not harmed its subsidiary brain, the pain was still unbearable.
The other seven tentacles immediately lashed toward Yang Yu as if they had gone mad.
Facing the seven enormous tentacles whipping about in a blur, Yang Yu was utterly fearless.
The Soaring Dragon Footwork was unleashed at full strength once more, while his powerful grandmaster-level perception and formidable Spiritual Force spread over the surroundings.
Only in battle like this could Yang Yu's Movement Technique improve rapidly!
If he used Mental Force to instantly kill it 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 as a whole were still weak and the casualties they inflicted upon humanity remained controllable, tempering his Martial Way Realm and improving his physical fitness.
That was the sustainable course!
After all, the stronger his physical fitness, the more Mental Force he could wield!
With that in mind, Yang Yu began using the Advanced Beast General Level octopus monster to hone his Movement Technique and Blade Technique.
Whenever a tentacle was about to strike him, Yang Yu used his Movement Technique to evade. If he truly could not dodge, he used Mental Force to push his Battle Armor, shifting himself sideways through the air to escape danger.
And while evading, Yang Yu also found time to swing his war blade, leaving deep wounds across the tentacles.
However, Yang Yu did not unleash the Thunderbolt Blade at full strength. He merely kept leaving wounds on the octopus's tentacles, stirring up its ferocity.
This allowed him to temper his Movement Technique more efficiently.
"Swish, swish, swish!"
The completely enraged octopus monster desperately swung its scar-covered tentacles, trying to strike the hateful human who did nothing but flee.
Every time, it was only a little short!
It was always just a little short of hitting him, yet the human kept dodging. Worse still, while dodging, he would swing his war blade and leave another wound.
Tentacles filled the sky, bringing up countless afterimages as blue blood continually splattered from among them.
Yet Yang Yu always managed to slip free from their encirclement.
Even when several tentacles blocked him at once, the shield on Yang Yu's left hand could still serve its purpose.
With only a light block, Yang Yu could borrow the force to evade and continue weaving through the tentacle afterimages like a dragon.
And so,
a bizarre scene appeared.
Though the octopus monster seemed to hold every advantage, each of its vicious attacks only left it covered in more wounds.
Before long,
the intelligent octopus monster finally realized something was wrong. "This human seems to be using me to train!"
Realizing this only made it 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 even thousands of times, no matter how confident the octopus monster was, it sensed that something was amiss.
"Yoo—"
After roaring furiously at the sky, the octopus monster began directing a large number of monsters to besiege Yang Yu while it rapidly retreated.
Though its injuries did not appear severe—aside from the tentacle completely severed at the beginning, the others were merely lightly wounded—
none of those wounds were fatal on their own, but accumulated together, even the blood loss alone made the octopus monster feel weak.
Its instincts told it that the human below, who seemed to be dodging in a sorry state, had actually been toying with it all along!
Though furious, if it did not leave now, it might never be able to escape again.
Seeing the octopus monster trying to flee, how could Yang Yu let it get away so easily?
He swung his war blade and shield, killing or knocking away the monsters rushing in to besiege him, instantly clearing a path.
By then, the octopus monster had already fled several hundred meters. Given just a little more time, it could escape back into the river channel.
But unfortunately,
Yang Yu, whose Movement Technique had already been honed to the peak of the Micro Level while slaughtering the Rat Tide, had no intention of letting it leave.
The octopus monster, having lost its value as training, had only one remaining value: itself.
His speed erupted. With a single flash, Yang Yu caught up to the octopus monster.
"Thunderbolt Blade!"
One slash severed a tentacle.
Yang Yu did not press his advantage. He spread his Movement Technique and dodged aside, evading the counterattack from the octopus monster's other tentacles.
After the tentacles lashed past, Yang Yu stepped forward again. His blade rose and fell.
Another tentacle was severed!
At this point in the battle,
the octopus monster had only five tentacles left!
"Awoo!"
A shrill scream erupted from the octopus monster as its tentacles crazily battered the ground, sending countless chunks of concrete and stone flying.
After venting for a moment, the octopus monster controlled its remaining five tentacles and launched an even fiercer assault on Yang Yu.
But Yang Yu had no intention of confronting it head-on.
Although the octopus monster's defense was far inferior to that of land monsters at the same level,
it was still an Advanced Beast General. Its physical strength was real.
If he were struck, Yang Yu would not have an easy time either.
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