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"Earthflow!"

Brock clapped his hands together, and the ground abruptly turned into surging mud that spread outward, trapping the figure of a minotaur demon—the King of Blood—encased head to toe in thick armor like a steel fortress.

"Onix, go!"

The massive Onix shot out, taking advantage of the King of Blood's unsteady footing to coil tightly around him.

"Roarrrr~~~!"

His feet were wrapped in mud, while Onix coiled around his body.

Beneath the King of Blood's infernal steel armor, the muscles in his throat contracted continuously, producing a bellow like that of a bull amplified hundreds or thousands of times.

His current predicament made the demon even angrier and more frenzied. The muscles all over his body swelled violently, visibly warping and deforming his heavy armor with piercing screeches of metal grinding against metal. Mixed in with Onix's pained cries, it seemed he was about to break free through sheer brute force.

"What monstrous strength!"

Brock watched in alarm. Onix was known for its defense, and together with his Earthflow technique, it should have been enough to drag most Tiger Rank opponents into the mire.

Yet under the King of Blood's mad struggle, the sticky mud was continually flung away like water. Onix's restraint was also on the verge of failing—he could not hold the enemy down.

Without time to think, he raised his hand again, bit his thumb, and slapped it against the ground as blood seeped out.

"Zubat!"

A bat the size of a millstone was summoned.

As its name implied, this bat could emit ultrasonic waves. Of course, all bats possessed this ability, but—

Buzzzzzzz—

As the millstone-sized bat flapped its wings and opened its mouth, ripples spread through the air like circles on water. As the ultrasonic waves washed down, the violently struggling King of