Chapter 431: Chapter 239: What Did You Just Say? (2)

The bow in his hand first aimed at Raine, but seemed to realize something, immediately adjusted and aimed at Aaron beside him, while coldly saying to Raine:

"Sir, the matter here has nothing to do with you. I advise you to leave immediately to avoid trouble!"

Victor’s words immediately woke Aaron up.

Aaron hurriedly warned Raine beside him, "Thank you for your rescue, sir, but if you don’t leave now, it’ll be too late, just like this traitor said!"

"They have others, at least a dozen, all very strong."

Raine nodded slightly towards Aaron, then turned his gaze to the so-called traitor Victor, pointed to the Flom Demon corpse on the ground, and calmly asked:

"If this is what the association task mentions, the Flom Demon causing multiple loggers and hunters in Daogon Town to disappear, then what is your relationship with them?"

"Did you come after seeing the association’s task bounty?" Victor looked at Raine in surprise.

Normally, after they received the task, the association would take it down. Could it be that the person in front is overflowing with justice, that even without accepting the task, came over because it’s a demon?

"Sir, this matter has nothing to do with you, please don’t meddle."

Also at this moment.

Suddenly, the sound of dense footsteps and the breaking of branches came from the surrounding dense forest, centered on Raine and Aaron.

Numerous men clad in dark plate armor charged out, leading them was a chain flail warrior, towering around two meters tall.

The chain flail, with one end a heavy metal object like a spiked iron ball or triangular iron and the other a wooden or iron handle, is connected by an iron chain in between.

During attack, the metal object is swung at high speed to deliver a strike, with astounding power.

Usually only combat professionals with incredible strength would choose a chain flail, especially a heavy one, as a weapon.

The chain flail warrior before them was just this type, wielding a flail with at least several dozen-pound spherical spiked iron balls on one end.

"Oh, here’s the meddling justice knight?" Novak, hearing Victor’s latter sentence, sized up Raine and teased.

Upon Novak’s arrival, Victor’s face shifted from the previous solemnity to relaxation, even the bowstring was slightly loosened, as he said:

"Outsider, it seems you’ve missed the best time to leave."

"Now, unfortunately, I’m afraid you can’t get away."

Novak, the incoming person, was the advanced captain and deputy of the action team Novak, ranking only below action team leader Bishop.

"Alright, leave this meddler to me." Novak spun the heavy chain flail ’huff huff’, and grinned as he stepped towards Raine.

He didn’t rush forward, not out of fear of Raine’s strength, as Novak hadn’t seen the Flom Demon’s death process and naturally didn’t understand Raine’s prowess.

However, he could tell Raine wore the power suit only Bronze Level Adventurers were qualified to wear; thus, Novak, with ample battle experience, adopted what he considered very prudent tactics at this moment.

Pressing step by step, using subordinates to form comprehensive pressure, once Raine makes a mistake, he will launch a thunderous strike.

Yet, facing the surrounding Black Fist Army.

Raine slowly glanced around, lifting his right leg, stomped heavily on the ground!

The next instant!

An extremely strong tremor surged from the ground, an invisible force sweeping around, the ground cracking, white ice crystals gushing out massively, covering nearly all the elite Black Fist Army surrounding them.

"This..."

The elite Black Fist Army stared surprised at the ground where white crystals clung like living creatures to their steel boots, swiftly growing and spreading upward.

A chilling sensation swept from their soles, enveloping their entire bodies, freezing them almost immobile.

Novak’s eyes contracted similarly, face marked with surprise, and he shouted as he planned to break free from the icy shackle binding his feet.

Suddenly!

Raine moved.

He strode forward, as his steel boots stomped down, the ground sank, and he rapidly charged toward Novak, the metal-gloved fist swinging abruptly, seemingly targeting Novak’s abdomen.

Facing Raine’s extremely swift unarmed blow, Novak’s expression flickered with astonishment, seemingly not expecting Raine opting for an unarmed strike, yet his extensive combat experience led him to swiftly release the flail handle with his left hand, aiming to grab Raine.

Meanwhile, he continued to wield the flail with his right hand, swinging heavily forward.

His aim was clear: if he could entangle Raine for a moment with his left hand, his flail attack would land.

But as his left hand met Raine’s fist, it was deflected; Raine’s right arm muscles swelled as First-stage Gigantification was activated, suddenly exerting force, shaking off Novak’s intercepting left hand, stepping a second step that dodged the descending heavy flail spiked ball while continuing his punch, landing on Novak’s abdomen.

Despite the plate armor’s protection, the fierce shock made Novak’s feet briefly leave the ground, upper body leaning forward, his entire form halted.

Also in this instant, Raine transitioned from a punch to an elbow, delivering an upward-facing elbow strike on Novak’s face.

"Boom!!"

With a sound akin to muffled thunder, Novak’s head exploded as if hit by a mortar, bursting suddenly, forming a fan-shaped splash of red and white debris spreading over ten meters behind.

Novak’s headless towering form staggered briefly before collapsing.

Raine maintained the elbowing posture, exhaled slowly, then straightened up.

With merely one combo in the blink of an eye, he had taken out a Professional Level 8 or 9 ranking Black Fist Army senior captain notorious for strength and fierceness, startling everyone on the scene. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Aaron’s heart raced seeing this, his tongue dry.

’So.....strong!’

If the earlier kill of Flom Demon had an element of luck, this time, under siege by numerous foes, still achieving nearly a one-hit kill against the leader, was plainly a display of prowess.

’Probably not Transcendent yet but very close!’

’Great, seems there’s finally a turnaround for this situation!’

Even Laisa, stealthily closing in on Victor, watched the scene with heartfelt awe.

’No Warhammer and defeated him barehanded?’

’Raine, this guy, keeps getting stronger!’

Although due to Realm of Light and Shadow, Laisa hadn’t seen the Dorne City administrative hall battle, yet at this moment, she was entirely satiated watching.

In fact, what Raine used this time was just obtained from the ’Elite Enchanting Demon’ monster skill—’Fast Continuous Attack Lv3.’

In his view, the enemy’s strength was manageable, and since he hadn’t applied this move in actual combat before, his minds shifted momentarily, thinking to try it out.

Presently it seems, with the explosion from First-stage and Second-stage Gigantification, it can seize upon enemy mistakes or momentary pauses, quickly expanding battle results, even executing lethal strikes.

Raine shook off the red and white substances from his elbow, his gaze returning to Victor, saying:

"What did you just say?"

"You...you..." Frightened Victor hesitated for a while before raising his bow shakily toward Raine and stammered, "Don’t come over, do you know how much trouble you’ve stirred up!"

"Damn it, this matter doesn’t concern you at all."

As he spoke, Victor’s eyes darted, clearly seeking an escape route.

But suddenly, Victor sensed chill around his neck, a dark dagger somehow resting at his Adam’s apple.

"Put down the bow." A female voice sounded behind him.

"Thud!"

The bow and arrow dropped to the ground.

"I surrender, don’t kill me!"

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