Exile (V)

It was like a scene from a nightmare.

Helplessness and despair mingled with ragged breaths. Cracks continued to spread across the stone door, while the terrifying monster outside struggled to squeeze its way in bit by bit, bloodthirsty and savage, brimming with baleful fury.

With nowhere left to retreat within the secret chamber, Ge You clenched his teeth. After a series of nimble movements in the chamber's limited space, he evaded the enormous hand covered in bony spikes and scales as it grabbed at him. With a bang, the beast's claw struck the rocky floor, and great fissures spread outward.

With a hum.

The high-frequency vibrating sword in Ge You's hand nearly turned into an afterimage. This was the signature elemental augmentation sorcery of Ge You, an Elemental Augmentation Body-Tempering Wizard, capable of effectively cutting through high-intensity defenses.

At the same time, layer upon layer of magical runes emerged upon Ge You's blade, carrying the fluctuations of the Energy Conservation Sealing Art. This was actually an advanced magical wizard artifact with sealing properties. Any substance cut away by its blade would have its energy sealed by the sealing art contained within the sword.

Gathering all his hopes into this strongest strike, Ge You slashed his blade at the wrist of Green's savage giant hand reaching into the secret chamber.

Clang!

Yet after the sound of metal scraping against metal, Ge You's pupils contracted. Even with his ultra-high-frequency vibration sorcery assisting it, the Blood-Rage Sword had failed to completely pierce the other party's bony scaled armor?

And for the savage giant, the most solid and reliable layer of defense was the muscle tissue brimming with boundless vitality...

Bang!

The rough, bony-spiked giant hand turned over, grabbed Ge You in its palm, and slammed him into the ground. Blood splattered everywhere.

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