The most shameless alchemist in history

"Don't just stand there, take care of it!" An older guard nearby reacted quickly and rushed forward to calmly open fire.

Soon, a dozen guards gathered around. They were all experienced soldiers. Amidst a series of "bangs," bullets struck the enormous creature. In the young guard's view, a gigantic monster, almost reaching the top of the tunnel, bared its ferocious fangs.

Even though it was hit by dozens of shots in a very short time, the gunpowder guns were like tickling it, unable to cause it the slightest harm. The noisy gunfire caught its attention, and it swung its giant fist at it.

Under its powerful punch, most of the guards quickly dodged in all directions, but the thing behind them couldn't escape.

Because behind them were the train carriages, which had already stopped, its fist accurately smashed into the carriages. The sturdy carriages were quickly shattered and dented by this punch, a monstrous force that was shocking to behold!

"What kind of monster is this?" The guards were terrified. Even the most experienced veterans had never seen anything like it.

"This is a Cyclops living in the dark and damp underground world, a Battle-rank magical beast. It would be strange if you could handle it." Behind the guard, a short old man stepped out. He recognized the identity of this astonishingly large humanoid monster at a glance!

"Lord Phantom?" The officer in charge of train security recognized the old man as Phantom, Zeref's special advisor.

Ghost was originally talking to his distinguished guest in the carriage. Once they passed through the Narrow Pass of Drizzle, they would soon arrive at Storm City, where Duke Jester of the North was located. He was confident that he could persuade the young man named Dure to provide assistance to Jester. With Dure's help, it would be equivalent to the Snow Country, the Mountain Country, and the Swamp Country standing on Jester's side, which would save Jester a lot of trouble.

After all, whenever internal turmoil occurs in any country, the surrounding countries will not sit idly by. They will all want a share of the pie, or they will try to take advantage of the situation and support a proxy to create trouble. Jester doesn't want to face these troubles.

And Dure is clearly a good way to solve problems.

However, just as they were about to reach Stormy City, they were suddenly attacked. The train's sudden stop was probably related to the Cyclops in front of them, which made Phantom angry and confused, because the Cyclops should not be here under normal circumstances.

"You may leave. This is not something you can handle. Leave it to me." The Ghost knew very well how powerful the Cyclops was.

Although he is a King-level magic user, which is a level higher than a Battle-level user, the Cyclops is a nine-star Battle-level magical beast.

It's only one step away from the King rank, and the Cyclops' power is at the top among Battle-rank magical beasts.

In terms of sheer power, it is no less than the two-star king-level Ghost, and may even surpass it.

However, which King-level magic user like Phantom doesn't have a couple of hidden skills?

So when the Cyclops charged, the Spectre remained calm and composed, dodging with ease.

He was short, probably shorter than the Cyclops' fist.

However, no matter how the Cyclops attacked, he couldn't hit the Spectre.

Its power is indeed astonishing, but it only works when it hits a ghost.

The Spectre even jumped onto the Cyclops' fist, an action that undoubtedly enraged the Cyclops.

It went into a frenzy, and its body began to be covered with a metallic sheen, which Dure could see clearly.

"Is it hardening?" Du Lei knew that the reason why a magical beast is a magical beast is that it possesses powerful magic.

The more powerful a magical beast is, the more astonishing its magical power is. A magical beast like the Cyclops is undoubtedly one of the best among magical beasts.

Whenever a magical beast is in battle, it releases its magical power in a special way.

This is called a magic technique.

This is somewhat similar to the martial arts techniques of magic users.

For example, General Restia, the commander of the Griffin Legion of the Snow Country whom Du Lei previously fought, possessed the martial art of Extreme Cold Purgatory.

Back in Winterhold, Restia caused Dure a lot of trouble with her Extreme Cold Purgatory technique.

In this era of rapid technological advancement, scientists are gradually quantifying the abilities of magic users.

Quantification refers to using data analysis to improve the abilities of magic users in a more scientific way.

Instead of relying solely on experience to hone one's skills as in the traditional model, which is far too inefficient.

For example, the magic power of magic users is quantified into magic power index units.

When Dure was in the Magician Association of Winter City, he obtained the title of Battle-Rank Magician, and a similar method was used for measurement.

At that time, the magic energy reaction index of the test results of Dure was more than 3800 points.

This was the maximum value that the crystal could withstand at the time, and it did not accurately reflect Durree's true abilities.

The association's leaders then asked Dure to go to another venue to test and change to a new badge.

However, Dure was busy with matters concerning the Snow Country for a year, dealing with various trivial matters.

He didn't change his badge until he left the Land of Snow.

The magic energy reaction index tested at the time was 5200.

5000 points is the threshold for a King-level Magic Power User. Every 500 points increase is considered a star level, up to 10000 points.

Once you reach a Magic Energy Reaction Index of 10000, you will advance to the next level.

Du Lei's magic energy reaction index of 5200 points is only equivalent to a one-star king-level magic user.

This data is even worse than Spectre.

Because Phantom is a two-star king-level magic user.

In terms of magical energy reaction index, Spectre's 5700 points is even a level higher than Duré's.

However, someone as astute as Spectre could naturally see that Durree's strength was superior to his.

The reason why Dure hasn't changed his level badge to prove his strength is probably because he hasn't had time to update it yet.

That's what Phantom made the guess.

However, in reality, Dure believed that this level was sufficient for him to move freely, and there was no need to take the test for a higher-level badge.

As for his own magical energy reaction index, he had measured it himself in private.

After all, you need to know yourself and your enemy. If you don't even understand your own situation, you will inevitably suffer a great loss when facing the enemy in the future.

Durei's magic energy reaction index, under normal conditions—that is, when he neither suppresses his magic energy reaction nor significantly enhances it—is 7600 points. This is already at the level of a six-star king, nearly 2000 points higher than Ghost.

In a life-or-death struggle, this number would only be higher!

Correspondingly, just as magic users have a magic energy reaction index, so do magical beasts.

The Cyclops's magic reaction index is around 3800 points.

This is indeed somewhat inferior to the Ghost.

However, the Cyclops' advantage lies in defense and strength. According to Dure, the Cyclops has two magical abilities.

One of them is the defensive magic skill it is using at this moment, Hardened Stone Skin.

Its effect is to double the defensive capability in a short period of time.

This means that the Cyclops' defensive capabilities can soar to over 7000 in a short period of time.

This is something that Phantom cannot break.

Moreover, the Cyclops was not using defensive magic at this time because it sensed that the Spectre was about to attack it.

Rather, it's because it's about to use a different type of attack technique.

The Cyclops's attack type is Steel Rock Shot.

The steel rock bullets are not bullets from gunpowder guns, but rather projectiles that come at the Cyclops when it smashes the ground, carrying with them a deluge of shattered rocks.

The damage caused by the Steel Rock Shot is equivalent to the Cyclops's defensive capabilities.

In other words, when the Cyclops is in a hardened stone skin state, the Steel Rock Shot will have double the effect!

Dure had no intention of making a move. In his vision, he could clearly see that the Cyclops had turned completely black, and he was now swinging his fist and slamming it heavily onto the ground.

Normally, such a sudden attack would be completely ineffective against the ghost standing on its opposite side.

The Spectre's small stature became an advantage here, and coupled with his ghostly speed, the Cyclops simply couldn't do anything to him.

If the ghost uses delaying tactics to wear it down, then it will have no choice but to be worn down to death by the ghost.

But things are different now.

As the Cyclops slammed his fist on the ground, cracks quickly appeared, and countless rocks shattered into fist-sized pieces that floated in the air, trembling incessantly.

With the Cyclops's roar, countless rocks rained down on the Spectre.

A fist couldn't hit this annoying old man, but the Steel Rock Bullet was different.

Under the relentless and relentless barrage of Steel Rock Bullets, the Spectre will have nowhere to hide and will be smashed to pieces by the fierce attack!

If this were a Battle-level magic user, few would be able to withstand the Cyclops's fierce attack without prior preparation, especially since the Cyclops was currently enhanced by its Hardened Stone Skin.

Its two magical skills have a high degree of synergy; the enhanced Steel Rock Bullet has an attack power exceeding seven thousand.

This is already the attack level of a four-star, or even five-star, king-level magic user.

The guards nearby were horrified at the sight and quickly moved aside; some even tried to hide inside the train.

But the experienced veteran pulled him out immediately.

Because the veterans were experienced and knew that the train's metal frame alone would be no match for the attack they were about to face.

If they had hidden inside the train, they would probably have been riddled with bullets!

The guards all kept their distance, but Dure remained standing leisurely not far behind the Spectre.

Strictly speaking, at this point, Druid is on the opposite side of Cyclops. If Spectre fails to block the Steel Rock Shot, he will be the first to be attacked by Cyclops.

Even so, Du Lei remained unmoved and did not dodge or avoid the attack.

At that moment, a strong wind swept in, and the trembling rubble turned black, just like the hardened stone skin on the Cyclops's body.

Countless rocks transformed into steel rock projectiles and flew towards the diminutive ghost!

Even Dure, standing behind, could feel the Cyclops's powerful and domineering attack. Not to mention Spectre, who was closest to the Cyclops and under the most pressure among everyone present.

"You're clearly just a Battle-rank magical beast, yet you possess the attack power of a King-rank. You're truly not to be underestimated. But in return, I haven't underestimated you and have given you ample respect. Shouldn't you also show me some respect? You wouldn't be so foolish as to think that you can defeat me with just this level of power, would you? A King-rank is a King-rank beast, not a Battle-rank beast. Everyone has some skills, Yellow Springs Graveyard!"

Despite the Cyclops's fierce attack, the Spectre showed no sign of backing down. Moreover, after letting out a loud shout, Dure clearly saw a large amount of black mist quickly spreading out from beneath the Spectre's feet.

The dense black mist spread very quickly, enveloping the overwhelming steel rock projectiles and the Cyclops in an instant.

The steel rock projectiles, which were originally as fierce as a sudden storm, suddenly made a "click-clack" sound after being engulfed.

The black coating on the surface of the steel rock bombs kept peeling off, and they eerily stopped in mid-air, trembling continuously.

In the end, all the steel rock projectiles turned into ordinary stones and fell to the ground.

The Cyclops seemed to sense the abnormality as well, letting out an uneasy roar and trying to leave.

But all it could see in all directions was black; it was trapped in the black realm and could not escape.

If it's only this bad, then it's manageable.