Bear School Astartes-Chapter 770 - 753. Things are not looking good
Lann’s [Flame Assault Crossbow] had just been drawn from the Alchemy Pouch.
On it, there was only a fully loaded magazine of regular ammo.
A single regular bullet could split into three heads and be shot out consecutively from the barrel, so all in all, there were only thirty attack chances.
And as for temporary loading? 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Lann wouldn’t dare hold onto such hopes for a battle plan.
The Ancient Deer-headed Spirit had amazingly rich combat experience, even if it hadn’t seen the hunters’ heavy crossbow in this world and didn’t understand the mechanism of this weapon.
It would surely retaliate during any pause in the attack.
So the suppression brought by the crossbow could only last for thirty rounds.
Velvet Ball’s plunder knife darted around like a butterfly amidst flowers, cutting back and forth on the Deer-headed Spirit’s enormous antlers, moss-covered and wrapped in ripped cloth.
The various sounds of [Dragon Gems] falling echoed in ’ding ding dang dang’ clinks.
A rough count would show close to ten of them.
During this period, the Grand Commander kept exploding fighting spirit, slamming his strong arms into the Deer-headed Spirit, keeping it firmly suppressed on the ground.
The frenzy of his fist technique always reminded Lann of a golden lion.
After finishing a magazine from the [Flame Assault Crossbow], Lann released it on the ground without hesitation, loudly reminding.
"Retreat!"
Leading the charge, Lann grabbed the cat’s scruff, and the spiral airflow beneath his feet made both him and the cat disappear like smoke, reappearing ten meters away.
The experienced Grand Commander also showed no reluctance to fight.
With a tremendously tense mid-air pounce, he flung himself onto the ground over ten meters away.
And at the next moment, ’boom!’
The Deer-headed Spirit, having lost the suppressive force, plunged its paw directly into the ground.
With a roar akin to the wailing of a cold wind, massive, hard tree roots burst through the thick layers of rock like flowers blooming.
Wildly growing within seven or eight meters around the Deer-headed Spirit!
If they had left a moment later, they would probably have been skewered onto the tree roots.
"Dragon Gems!"
Still unsteady, Lann asked loudly to the cat in his hand.
"Where are the Dragon Gems you’ve stripped off?"
The Three-Floral Kitten lightly landed on the ground from Lann’s hand.
"Put them all in the bag, meow! None on the ground!"
Lann instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
Thanking the little cat’s prudent household management, given the Deer-headed Spirit’s control over its territory, any Dragon Gem that fell on the ground would likely be regained by it in no time.
But with them in the bag, at least until this battle is over, it wouldn’t be able to touch them again.
The roots spawned by Chaos Magic Power soon dissipated.
The Deer-headed Spirit stood up again before everyone’s eyes.
Counting the first three, a total of nearly fifteen Dragon Gems were stripped off at once by Velvet Ball, visibly affecting it hugely.
The mysterious, gloomy, and enigmatic atmosphere in the Valley of Miasma dissipated for no apparent reason.
Though still dirty, chaotic, and odorous, it all felt a part of nature, without causing the discomfort of entering an altered environment.
"Its absorption of natural powers from its territory is waning."
Lann stared at the Deer-headed Spirit, muttering softly.
Also serving to give the little cat beside him a bit of confidence.
"But now you don’t have a crossbow, meow."
"Oh?" Lann looked surprised at the Three-Floral Kitten by his feet, "You actually seem quite clear-headed now."
The Three-Floral Kitten retorted defiantly, "I panicked earlier with the single thought of fleeing, now in a battle state, I won’t get confused, meow!"
The conversation between one human and one cat quickly ended because the Deer-headed Spirit emerging with its figure uncovered showed evident signs of abnormality.
It seemed to have sensed this time’s danger, or maybe was simply provoked by a bunch of enemies.
In any case, the Deer-headed Spirit widely and openly spread its arms, roaring to the sky.
Its voice was as always not loud, but only in sensory terms.
Beside its skull, the air was compressed by the roar into rippling waves.
The impact of the Deer-headed Spirit’s roar was indescribably real, yet it couldn’t be fully caught by the ears.
Lann seemed to have realized something, his expression suddenly stiffened, and his hand instinctively formed a Magic Seal.
[Quen]!
"Boom!"
The golden shield just appeared, synchronized with the explosion sound of impact!
Lann’s lips twitched, and his nose began to slowly bleed in two streams.
The cat beside him bled from both ears and nose.
The fiercely roaring unreachable by the ear was either ultrasonic or infrasonic waves!
Anyway, it sure caused real damage to internal organs.
Thankfully, Lann timely reacted, only experiencing minor nosebleed and a brief dizziness now.
But on the other side, the Grand Commander lying prone on the ground...
Lann worriedly glanced over there, but the Deer-headed Spirit blocked his view, making it impossible to see anything.
Though even judging with the superhuman physique of this world’s hunters, even if not dead, their combat strength would be severely diminished.
Holding Chaos Magic Power to maintain the shield, Lann watched the Deer-headed Spirit continuing to roar, eyes filled with suspicion.
"Where did this creature get so much strength?!"
From this look, it doesn’t seem like it just lost over a dozen Dragon Gems from its body, more as though over a dozen were stuffed into it!
Lann’s [Spiritual Sight] swept back and forth over the faraway monstrous roarer, finally spotting the abnormality.
In Lann’s more profound vision, within the twisted branches making up the Deer-headed Spirit’s limbs and torso.
A dozen light spots were explosively emanating intense power.
And right under his own eyes, one of the light spots seemed to extinguish, disappearing without a trace.
Mentos collected the energy patterns of the current light spots, comparing extensively, confirming all those light spots were [Dragon Gems].
Using up the reserve of [Dragon Gems] inside the body as a means of explosive self-boost?
The Demon Hunter realized the reality in a blink.
Using [Dragon Gems] exhaustively releases more violent power than sustainably using them.
Up on the high platform, far away, the Deer-headed Spirit’s sound waves had almost completely attenuated when reaching the Kirin with its ancient dragon body, lacking lethal effect.
Yet, it still sensed that the intruding creature below seemed to have launched some attack, placing hunters in danger.
So with a mighty cry, ’hiss!’ the Kirin stood upright, front hooves off the ground.
Elegant and magnificent blue-white fur surged with electricity.
"Boom," a booming thunder descended from the sky directly toward the Deer-headed Spirit!
Yet amidst the thunder-caused ringing, Lann saw the Deer-headed Spirit withstand the natural thunderbolt with its amplified Chaos Magic Power!
"This is really..."
Lann wiped the two streaks of blood beneath his nose within the [Quen Rune].
"We’re in some big trouble."
He glanced down at the dizzy Three-Floral Kitten near his feet, eyes narrowing slightly.
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