Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1351 1323. Fire Blade Toxicity

After the flaming sword, German, who was knocked into a sprinting state by the magic lightning, immediately had half of his body burning with blood-red flames.

Maria's Cainhurst flame is not the type that is good at lasting or sticky burning, but simply uses high temperature to increase attack power.

But even so, after the dazzling blood-red flames passed, the old hunter who rushed out from the curtain of flames also showed a hideous and terrifying appearance.

Most of his body, which had just been engulfed in flames, had been burned to a state of skin and flesh festering.

The melted skin hung on the scarlet flesh like a paste.

The damage caused by the burning flames was undoubtedly more difficult and laborious to recover from than when Lan En slashed with his sword.

From Lan's observation, although German's extraordinary recovery ability had been steadily consumed in the confrontation with him, the effect of Maria's sword was far better than what he had just done.

It took two full breaths for German to recover to the point where even his clothes were the same as before.

And taking advantage of this time, Lan En finally had the chance to catch his breath.

Even though they were in the stage of testing each other, they would occasionally induce each other with words.

But Lan En felt it very clearly that it was German who wanted to talk to him, so the old hunter paused his abnormally fast attack speed for a moment.

As long as he made any other moves at that time, the old hunter would immediately use his amazing speed to restart the intense battle.

Speed ​​has always been the key to gaining the upper hand in battle.

In this battle, the initiative was undoubtedly mostly in German's hands.

Thanks to German's ability to recover almost instantly at the beginning, and his own speed.

These intermissions were only possible if he wanted to hear something from Lan and say something to Lan.

Otherwise, the noise of swords clashing between the two would be as dense as firecrackers from beginning to end!
So now, Lan En finally took a breath in the rhythm of his two recovered breaths.

With a "puff" sound, a blue-purple flame suddenly appeared on the demon hunter's left hand, surrounded by scale powder of the same color.

[Fire of Spell: Flame Queen Dragon Flame].

Then, the palm burning with the [Flame Queen Dragon Flame] wiped over the Sword of the Lake Girl.

Suddenly, a thin but extremely fast airflow appeared outside the blade of the long sword, and the flames were wrapped around it.

[Water-Shaped Sword·Fire Blade].

Previously, German's movements were too fast-paced, so he only had time to put down the advanced version of [Aden Seal] when Maria swung the first sword and suddenly forced German back. Now he has time to attach [Flowing Fire Blade] to his own sword.

"What on earth have you become?"

Maria approached Lan slowly and cautiously, not daring to take her eyes off German under her tricorn hat, as she spoke in disbelief.

"That's not the effect that [Blood Therapy] can achieve!"

[Blood Therapy] can certainly heal burns instantly, even if they are large and severe.

If we ignore the origin and consequences of the sacred blood and only look at its efficacy, its power is unquestionable.

But no matter how strong the vitality is, can it "grow back" clothes and wooden prostheses at the same time?
"Of course this isn't Blood Healing." Lan En, whose long sword was already wrapped in a layer of blue-purple flames, whispered, "This is a power that is closer to the essence than Blood Healing, but..."

The blue-purple flame blade swung in the air, leaving a gorgeous arc afterimage in the air.

"Obviously, this power is about to be exhausted."

Compared to the beginning, German's extraordinary regenerative power has been significantly weakened. Under Maria's knife, it was proved that fire can increase the efficiency of weakening.

And
"spit."

On the other side of the long and conspicuous flower remains that had been burnt to black, German calmly adjusted his top hat, then tilted his head and moved his lips to spit out a mouthful of black blood.

The moment the bloody spit touched the ground, it made a hissing sound like acid corroding the ground, and also emitted pungent white smoke.

Gehman was poisoned.

Still a very strong one.

The poison in his body continued to corrode his internal organs.

And what his body can do is no different from what the Yharnam hunters can do when they get blood bottles - using his recovery ability to fight against the toxicity.

It won't end until either the toxicity or the recovery ability is exhausted in the body.

In fact, German knew roughly how he was poisoned.

He held a crescent-shaped sickle in his hand. The sharp blade was stained with the blood flowing from the back of the young man's neck.

Magic potion, [High-grade black blood].

A targeted potion originally used by demon hunters to deal with blood-sucking creatures.

The intention is to poison yourself first, and then let the blood-sucking creatures be poisoned through blood when they suck your blood.

The logic behind this poisoning seems rather slow and even silly.

But this is determined by the properties of the potion and the way the demon hunter fights against blood-sucking creatures.

The toxicity of this targeted potion is not very harmful to the demon hunter himself, but it is very restraining to blood-sucking creatures, so demon hunters should drink it with caution and in moderation.

Besides, blood-sucking creatures are generally faster, more agile and lighter than demon hunters. Demon hunters rarely catch up with them, let alone poison or hit them with their swords or alchemical bombs.

It is a good idea to lure blood-sucking creatures to suck your blood and passively poison enemies that are much faster than you.

This combat mode is very suitable for Lan En's current situation.

He also had no speed advantage over German and was in a passive defensive posture.

The same goes for Germans, or the hunters of Yharnam. They are even more addicted to blood than the blood-sucking creatures in the magical Middle Ages!

Blood demons, bat-wing demons, Katakarns and other blood-sucking creatures at least have to use their mouths and tongues to suck blood.

What about the hunters of Yharnam?
All they have to do is peel off the skin and flesh of their prey and let the blood splash on their bodies, and they will feel a sense of satisfaction and comfort.

The blood can even bring them pleasure and vitality through their skin.

So by the same token, Lan En was simply chopped by German and his blood was spilled, so the poison naturally entered his body.

Although Lann has not yet implanted the [Pebble Kidneys], his toxin resistance is already the best among all demon hunters based on his basic qualities.

Of course, he would not still use the original set of [Combat Potion Combination], which had already been increased in quantity and price. He also made adjustments to adapt to the local combat environment in Yharnam.

Of course, Black Blood is very suitable for dealing with Yharnam hunters who can dodge quickly and are obsessed with blood.

So at this time, black poisonous blood kept flowing out of German's mouth, and the black blood flowing from his nostrils flowed all the way from the shadow of the brim of his hat to his chin.

These scenes were all within Lan En's expectations.

There was only one thing that was beyond the demon hunter's expectations.

"It's this poison again. Tsk. It makes the blood smell bad."

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Geman's low murmur.

But Lan En caught the key point in this sentence. What does "again" mean?
The demon hunter frowned slightly.

He felt as if he had forgotten something.

But at this moment, there was undoubtedly no room for conversation between them.

There were no words, but Maria and Lan paced cautiously in tacit understanding, keeping a distance from each other, and approached German in the distance from two directions.

"This blade of blood and fire looks very powerful. Can it only be used by the blood nobles of Cainhurst?"

Lan En asked casually, but his eyes were fixed on the old hunter who was slowly standing up with the sickle.

"Are you interested? I can teach you later. But..."

Maria said coldly.

The two knives in her hands were already extending two meters away with blood-red flames, and were held up like crane wings spreading.

The heat from the flames rolled up her one-shoulder cloak. The black outer cloak with a red lining looked even more weird and heavy under the color of the flames.

It can be seen that this is a unique sword technique.

"We have to end this nightmare before we can talk about 'next'."

Lan En nodded gently: "I totally agree."

In the distance, the old hunter held the handle of his sickle, lowered his head and slowly stood up.

There was a huge moon behind him, and the moonlight made him look like a black silhouette.

The remaining wisps of blood-red flames on his body gradually disappeared in the static burning green flames on his body.

【Acceleration】*3!

In an instant, the figures of the three people on the field disappeared almost at the same time!

They were just two orthodox Yharnam hunters, and even though they were extremely fast and swift, their unique skills made no noise.

The reaction force from Lan En's kick directly created a medium-sized pit in the sea of ​​flowers under his feet, and the mud, sand and rocks were blown high up under the force of his kick.

Maria's two long swords, burning with blood-red flames, were dragged at an extreme speed, leaving behind strange and beautiful afterimages, like two large pieces of silk floating in the air.

She rushed straight towards Geman who had also disappeared!
Outsiders may not know what the static blue flame burning on the old hunter means, but Maria knows it clearly.

That was the effect produced when his teacher pushed the [Acceleration Technique] he developed to its limit.

In Gehman's hands, [Acceleration] is no longer just a skill of "slightly increasing normal movement speed and explosively increasing dodging and sprinting speed."

The old hunter has developed this technology to the point where it can expand into the body.

The name is still called [Acceleration Technique], but it can already improve the movement efficiency of the entire body.

It's just the name that remains, and the skills are the same as those of a normal Yharnam hunter.

So when Maria just crossed the space cut and took a look at the doll lady who looked like a real person, she was surprised to see Lan En fighting with German in this state.

Because in her understanding, as long as German can operate the [Acceleration Technique] to this efficiency, then no matter what kind of enemy it is, it will be chopped into pieces within half a minute in front of the [Funeral Blade].

(End of this chapter)