Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1522 1494. Collision
"Xilulu!"

With a neighing sound, the horse-headed ghost slammed his knife-holding hand to the ground!
However, this action, which could easily demolish a building, did not make any loud noise of physical collision.

Instead, there was just a dull supernatural force, and a roar occurred!

Everything in sight faded in an instant, leaving only a dead gray.

The only two bright colors are the living things themselves, and the red spider lilies on the ground that grow and wither as if they were played back a thousand times fast.

The horse-headed ghost itself seemed to be strengthened by the foul and evil energy it summoned.

The arm holding the knife was abnormally enlarged and thick!
It was as if those spiritual stones under the skin were like parasite eggs, all wriggling under its skin and finally all squeezed onto this arm!
Those spiritual stones under the skin were almost cracking the blue-green skin on the arm!
The deformed and swollen arm stroked the rough and heavy serrated sword, the horse-headed ghost roared, and swung his arm in two circles!

The arm swung the serrated sword up, and it actually plowed out substantial sword energy waves from the ground!

The two sword energy waves were like sharks swimming in the ocean, with their fins sticking out of the water, tracking towards Lan En!

This is the combined effect of demonic energy and physical force!

It seems that the horse-headed ghost is more intelligent and targeted than the bull-headed ghost.

The Minotaur just wandered around the cemetery in a daze, and then reflexively killed any living creature it sensed in the world of the living.

But the horse-headed ghost has already found the sacred cherry tree and wants to cut it down.

For this reason, it was particularly angry at Lan En, who had just given it a ghost horn.

At this time, Lan En was about half a courtyard away from the horse-headed ghost.

He saw the sword energy and ground waves tracking him, but there was no extra expression on his face.

[Muddy Stream·Destruction] had already been pulled out by him just after he jumped and landed.

At this time, the dark sword with a bone-white sharp blade was already supported by his shoulder and stood in front of him!

In the previous moment, Lan En's [Spiritual Vision] had roughly seen the combined composition of the two sword energies and ground waves from the Horse-Headed Ghost.

There is a demonic aura in it, but it is not strong, and the method of its formation is probably not weird or difficult.

Rather, they prefer explosive direct attacks.

Since there aren't so many twists and turns, why not just try to eat it head-on and see how powerful this horse-headed ghost is by feeling the blow!

But when it came to the first attack, Lan En was still cautious.

The light red flames of fighting spirit all over his body made an explosive sound!

"boom!"

[Great Sword Technique·Iron Mountain Lean]!
"Boom!"

The first wave of sword energy plowed the ground and hit the sword of [Turbid Flow·Destruction] directly, making a dull but solid sound.

Lan's steps were not moved even an inch.

And when the second blow came
There was the sound of steel rubbing against the ground, and heavy movement through the air.

The demon hunter calmly hefted the greatsword onto his shoulder.

The sound of the not-so-sharp sword blade pressing against Smaug's shoulder armor was like the grinding of the teeth of some huge and ferocious creature.

His left hand clenched into a fist, and at this moment, the sword energy wave was already approaching his face, even blowing up his silver hair!
"Bang! Ci La La~"

There was a crisp, muffled sound, accompanied by the sound of airflow disturbing the jet.

That was Lan's left fist, which was quickly and cleanly pushed out in front of him.

As a result, the attacking sword energy ground wave was directly deflected by the back of the hand! Smashed and scattered!
The scattered demonic energy and air currents created a fan-shaped crater like a shock wave on Lan En's left side.

The demon hunter simply raised his fist that had just shattered the sword energy and ground wave, then loosened and clenched it several times.

[Smaug]'s tightly-fitting gauntlets made pleasant ripple sounds due to slight collisions between the various parts.

"So-so."

Lan En commented calmly on the horse-headed ghost's attack.

In terms of destructive power, the horse-headed ghost seems to be no different from the minotaur. It poses no pressure on Smaug's defense.

After experiencing it with [Iron Mountain Backrest] just now, Lan En felt that it would not be a big deal even if he took this kind of attack head-on.

From this point of view, it seems that it just has a few more tricks than its own kind.

That would be simple.

[Water-Shaped Sword·Shrinking the Earth]!
After determining the enemy's level through the physical sensations of being hit twice, Lan En did not leave even the slightest gap!
He was carrying the huge block of iron that was taller than him, and disappeared like smoke in an instant!
When he appeared again, he was already right next to the horse-headed ghost!

【Turbid Flow·Destruction】had already been brought in front of him!
"Pfft!"

The blunt blade was forced into the monster's body by violent force.

The sound of flesh and blood being squeezed out of the body is like the chilling sound of squeezing juice!

[Muddy Flow·Destruction] stabbed the horse-headed ghost's knee from the side. No, it's more of an "oppression" than a "stabbing"!
"Xilulu!"

The horse-headed ghost let out an excited scream.

Its knees were deformed and forced toward the inside of its body!
The bones began to make a crisp 'cracking' sound!

It is visible to the naked eye that the outline of its knee bone and the round bone joint connection have already been pushed out under the thin skin!

This means its knee has been completely broken!

After gaining experience in fighting the bull-headed ghost, Lan En seemed to be becoming more and more adept at dealing with the horse-headed ghost which was not much different in size.

Experience, observation, reaction. All these things are integrated in his brain, and can be sorted and called up at any time by Mentos, and then supported by real-time calculations based on computing power. Just like now, he chose to use [Shrinking the Earth] to come to the side of the horse-headed ghost, rather than the back which is more convenient for a surprise attack.

Because he had already anticipated that this "horse" would definitely be a rebellious one!

"Xilulu!"

The horse-headed ghost screamed. One of its knees was broken. It supported itself on the ground in front of it with both hands, and its only remaining hind leg made as if it wanted to kick backwards.

But the broken leg couldn't be moved at all, and Lan En was beside it, so even if it could move, it couldn't kick!

The horse-headed ghost, filled with pain, resentment and anger, could only stop the ineffective actions that were made due to instinct.

Even its bony mouth was gasping in anger.

But if anger can change reality, why practice martial arts?

It's an angle that can't be hit, no matter how angry you are.

So the horse-headed ghost stopped his instinctive kicking and shifted his center of gravity by supporting himself on the ground with his hands.

The entire body weight was placed on one hand, while the other hand was raised as if to directly give Lan En a claw!

It looked like it could grab Lan En's entire body in its claws.

After the slap, even if it still couldn't pose a threat to Smaug's defense, it was enough to slap Lan to the other side of the courtyard.

But the witcher seemed not to even look at its claws.

He just held the rough hilt of [Muddy Flow·Destruction] and slashed it down hard!
The broad sword blade was originally stuck in the horse-headed ghost's knee joint.

Through his outstanding martial arts skills, Lan En keenly sensed and analyzed the muscle movements of the horse-headed ghost through the force transmitted by the sword.

Then, he continued to use this greatsword that was enjoying eating inside the enemy's body to interfere with the movements of the horse-headed ghost.

He pushed down hard, and the horse-headed ghost's body suddenly trembled!
First, the pain became more intense, and then the transfer process of the center of gravity was disrupted. It had to shake its body to stabilize itself and avoid falling sideways.

This delayed its movement. This was exactly the time Lan En wanted.

"Hah!" With a cute but powerful shout, the fluffy ball came quickly from the side!
Halfway through, it had already drawn out its two little cat swords, and its entire body was ablaze with fighting spirit, entering the [Ghost Transformation] state!
"Meow!"

Meowing fiercely.

And when there was still some distance, the fluff ball had already made its move!

Its two hind legs crossed each other and it turned itself around. The blades on both sides of its body made it move forward like a gyroscope!
[Dual Sword Technique: Leap Into Slash! ]

The swift speed after [Demon Transformation], as well as the centrifugal force and inertia of rotation, allow one to still move a certain distance on the ground even when turning into a sharp blade gyroscope.

Among the dual-blade hunters in the New World, this technique is mainly used to make emergency displacement during hunting battles and maintain a certain degree of offensive capability during the displacement.

And what the fluff ball wants is this 'certain degree of offensive ability'!
"Time la la!"

The sound of the spinning blade entering the flesh sounded continuous.

The flannel ball's diligent and focused practice allowed it to accurately place the sword at the target location.

That is, on the wrist of the horse-headed ghost’s claw that is supporting the ground!

The wrist of the hand that was supporting the ground was subjected to continuous cutting attacks.

Although this time, due to the sudden outbreak of battle, the blade of the fluff ball had not yet been smeared with some of the "kitten's favorite" props.

For example, things like [fire paper] and [thunder paper].

But whether it is the silver-plated [Silver Cat Sword] or the [Thunder Cat Sword] made from materials from the Qilin, they are both very powerful weapons in themselves.

Then several handfuls of golden light mist burst out from the horse-headed ghost's wrist one after another!

Just as he supported himself on the ground, his arm, which had been carrying all his weight, suddenly went limp!
It had to retract its claws that were about to swing over to hit Lan En, just to barely keep its balance.

Of course, for monsters and evil spirits, these are not serious injuries.

As long as its demonic energy is still there, it can recover to its full strength after a short rest.

Even though it now appears to be in accordance with the laws of biological movement and physics, it is essentially still an underworld creature with evil spirit as its core.

"what!!!"

However, the repeated painful experiences, like being manipulated like a doll, caused the horse-headed ghost to suddenly explode.

The demonic energy all over its body was exploding as it moved, and the rich demonic energy even formed a black-red light visible to the naked eye!
The flannel ball was shaken away and flew far away in the air.

Lan En seemed to have expected this and took the first step by drawing his sword and stepping back.

The horse-headed ghost had already lowered its head in the black and red light, and rushed forward with its long horns!

Its legs couldn't push off the ground, but now its movements were based on the movement of its demonic energy.

Use the violently flowing demonic energy in your body to shock away the humans around you, rush forward for a while, then turn around and kill them!

The horse-headed ghost's reaction revealed its obvious intentions.

But under the strong demonic aura at this moment, not far away in the direction of the collision, was Ah Xiu who had already been ready to attack!

"drink!"

A steady exhalation sound came from the speechless throat.

Ah Xiu's figure suddenly became illusory, leaving only an afterimage rushing towards the horse-headed ghost!

When she appeared again, she was already a half-human, half-demon with blue keratin covered with cloud and fire patterns, and bright ghost horns on her head!

Two figures, each with their own demonic aura, suddenly collided with each other!
(End of this chapter)