Chapter 580

Chapter 587: The Azure Star Has Fallen, This Is The Celestial Movement Of All Things (Please Subscribe!)

As Victorica and Ryu were conversing nearby, Izay, having disengaged from his entangled battle with Zaggnat, could also hear their conversation.

Regarding that shell capable of repelling magical energy, he had just experienced it firsthand.

However, personally speaking, Izay didn’t find that layer of shell to be some overwhelmingly powerful thing.

Although it did indeed repel his magic, in the process, Zaggnat itself sustained no small amount of injuries.

To elaborate further, that shell could only repel magical energy.

The impact force of physical attacks like punches and kicks was not within this range.

(And as long as it can’t repel impacts as well… then for me, it’s just a somewhat special shell.)

Izay pondered briefly, placing the hand without the spear behind his back as he prepared magic.

Several layers of brilliant golden magic circles overlapped and appeared on his wrist.

Meanwhile, Zaggnat, which had fallen off the wall, trembled its body.

It shook off the shattered portion of its chest shell, revealing a small piece of blue-purple crystal beneath, showing the ghastly white bone tissue underneath.

This was the part Izay had kicked and shattered earlier, mixed amidst the overall appearance resembling magic stones, looking extremely conspicuous.

But the monster paid no heed to this minor injury.

As if unwilling to admit defeat, Zaggnat noticed Izay’s pause and once again kicked off the ground, rushing forward at incredible speed.

The diagonal rush was even faster than before. The white mist at the edge of the cavern was stirred up and diffused into a smoke screen. The unconventional monster made large leaps inside the cavern, searching for an opportunity to strike.

At this moment, everyone except Izay was ignored by Zaggnat.

Because in the hunter’s list of targets, there exists the concept of priority.

And for Zaggnat, the priority of killing Izay surpassed the total of all others combined!

“——————!”

From a certain moment, Zaggnat let out a piercing scream.

The monster abandoned its strategy of using speed to confuse its enemies and suddenly raised its “claws” to launch a sudden assault. The claws, gleaming with a cold light, swung out a blow capable of shattering steel, creating blade-like shadows and raising sand and rocks.

“————”

Izay paid no attention to the crystal fragments flying everywhere, letting them pass by him freely.

He raised his single dark silver spear, the mysterious runes on the spear glowing brightly. An overwhelming surge of starflame instantly rose up.

Izay executed a simple and unadorned thrust.

The most basic use of a spear weapon, and its greatest advantage in close combat, was fully demonstrated at this moment.

Before the “claw” could reach him, the spear struck first, landing on the patch of white bone in the monster’s chest. Fiery heat erupted from the monster’s back, and the clear sound of breaking bones echoed continuously. The raised “claw” fell abruptly due to the impact on the main body.

Facing someone who could steadily suppress it.

Acting first is simply giving them a chance!

Izay understood this principle all too well; he had deliberately waited for Zaggnat to make its move.

With a sudden twist of his arm, the spear signaled the release of immense magical power through his body.

Under his mental command, the star symbols constructed from magic linked together, instantly transforming into countless azure chains that tightly bound and dragged Zaggnat down to the ground.

“—The Azure Star Has Fallen, This Is The Celestial Movement Of All Things!!”

Drawing distance, drawing magic circles, releasing magic… everything was done seamlessly.

The ceiling of the labyrinth cavern was suddenly occupied by a massive golden magic circle, its brilliant light illuminating everything around.

In an instant, the corner of a colossal rock star was revealed.

With the might to destroy everything, the dark golden rock star descended upon the labyrinth floor.

Seeing the rock star that blocked the entire field of vision falling from the sky, even the skull-like head of Zaggnat seemed to display a human-like expression of bewilderment.

Its dinosaur fossil-like form violently trembled and struggled, but the chains Izay had constructed were unimaginably resilient. No matter how much it struggled, it couldn’t break free.

When the rock star landed on its head.

The world fell silent!

…Magic reflection?

Nonexistent!

This is clearly ultimate physical attack!

The energy diffused after the rock star exploded could tentatively be considered magical energy.

But by then, Zaggnat’s magic reflection shell had already been crushed by the rock star, leaving it to endure the full brunt of the attack.

The explosive waves swept over everything around, the passing wind of magical energy leveling this entire floor.

Ryu, Victorica, Alysshe, and the others watching the battle were all stunned.

Thanks to the Jade Shields Izay had prepared beforehand, they remained unaffected by the explosion despite being within its range, causing the girls who had just prepared to raise their shields to feel somewhat awkward.

“……I take back what I said earlier. To defeat Zaggnat, you can ignore its shell, yeah… forget what I said earlier.”

Ryu remained silent for quite a while before muttering these words.

The sight made Victorica beside her speechless.

The witch wanted to comment but didn’t know where to start.

…

After the aftermath of the explosion dissipated, almost everything in sight was stone-made.

A crater centered around Zaggnat silently narrated the traces of the rock star’s fall.

And beyond that,

Crystal, walls, the maze structure, even the flowing waterways, were all covered with a layer of rock particles. They looked exactly like sculptures carved from stone.

In the center of the crater, Zaggnat was wrapped in layers of fine rock particles, with cracks and wounds all over its body.

Its entirely skeletal frame was undoubtedly in an unbearable state.

But the monster showed no intention of surrendering.

As if saying “What a joke!” those terrifying crimson eyes emitted a strong light.

It was the protective mechanism personally fostered by its mother, specifically created to slaughter adventurers (pathogens) in this world.

And now, it encountered setbacks right at the beginning of its birth.

How could this be possible!?

Regardless of how the dungeon may be… Zaggnat itself wouldn’t allow such a thing to happen.

Opening its jaws, it let out a high-pitched roar.

The ghastly white bone tissue creaked as it attempted to move, making every action unbearably difficult.

But the monster paid no heed.

To fulfill its “mission,” to realize the meaning of its birth,

Zaggnat screamed with all its might.

“Just a desperate struggle of a trapped beast.”

Izay dispelled the glow of magic from his hand and repositioned his spear.

Zaggnat, entangled by rock particles, could no longer possess the speed it had before. The damage inflicted by the Celestial Movement of All Things was evident.

The life of the monster had entered its countdown, and victory was within Izay’s grasp.

There was no doubt left in the battle.