Chapter 424

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The second phase of “Silver Starfall” was directly chanted by Izay.

Through the spirit contract, the enhancement Xiao You could achieve also fed back to him; a deep blue star pattern spread from his right hand up to his cheek.

Facing an enemy that surpassed him in every stat, Izay dared not be the slightest bit careless and immediately activated his strongest state.

Unfortunately, this first beast wasn’t of the dragon lineage, otherwise his power could’ve been reinforced much more, increasing his chances of victory.

“Aaaarrrrrr!!!”

As Izay, empowered by magic, was about to break through the vine net, the first beast altered its attack trajectory in accordance with his movements.

The thick vines, whose afterimages had vanished, arrived at Izay’s side like shadows.

The wind pressure transformed into a sword slash as it approached.

In the next moment, just as the first beast’s attack was about to land, the starflame surrounding Izay unleashed its restrictions, exploding with a dark blue radiance.

A technique that releases magical energy to cause damage, “Magic Release,” further strengthened the starflame around him.

All the approaching vine arms were burned to ashes, allowing Izay to swiftly close in on the main body of the first beast, thrusting his spear toward the massive crystal pillar.

It was a very simple attack.

But simplicity was enough.

Because fundamentally, it was just a probe.

An attempt for Izay to understand the true nature of the first beast.

“Pang——!!!”

It sounded like hammering a nail into a stone wall.

Dull, solid, and with a hint of cracking.

Starflame impact in a fan shape pierced out from behind the crystal pillar.

Yet in reality, Izay hadn’t managed to pierce through the enemy.

The tip of the spear, swirling with scorching energy, merely left a crack on the massive crystal pillar.

To say he broke through the defense—well, the depth of the cracks relative to the nearly ten-meter-tall crystal meant nothing at all.

But to say he didn’t break through would also be inaccurate.

After all, the nearly half-meter-long cracks were clearly visible.

“Too hard…”

Izay slightly clicked his tongue upon understanding the current situation.

At Level 6, after enhancing himself with second-phase additional magic, Izay was confident even Orario’s strongest [“Brave”] Ota wouldn’t dare to fully receive his attacks.

But now, facing the first beast, he could only barely break through its defenses.

This psychological gap was quite subtle.

Since his adventurer rank improved, Izay hadn’t faced such pressure alone for quite some time.

But breaking through is good.

The worst would be if he couldn’t break through at all.

If he can break through, then there’s still a chance to slay it.

“Aaaaaarrrrr!!!”

Just then, sensing the pain below itself, the first beast let out an angry roar.

Countless vines materialized from both sides, aiming to crush this human who dared to harm it!

Hearing its anger, all the primitive beasts gathered nearby, and even those throughout the small town, began rushing over.

They intended to cooperate with their king to kill the human who dared to intrude on their paradise and then go find the star god they hated.

In the blink of an eye, Izay deflected the vines targeting his body parts, further enhancing the speed of his thoughts and senses.

An extremely powerful fighting instinct generated a slight extra margin of time when mental perception was accelerated.

Subjectively speaking, it was as if everything else around him slowed down.

Izay utilized that brief moment to defend against the vines, slicing the fatal-touching arms into pieces that danced in midair.

On the surface, it looked like Izay instantly resolved the attack.

But that wasn’t actually the case.

As the vines were severed by the spear tip, the first beast didn’t intend to give Izay another chance to unleash his magical flames. Its regenerative power activated, and the severed vines rapidly restored themselves and relentlessly struck down once more.

“BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!!!”

The landing of the attack produced a loud noise, the aftermath flipping stones and punching through the ground.

(This is… the sixth beast’s regenerative ability…)

Izay, having narrowly escaped at the last moment, quickly deduced the reason why his earlier defense failed upon seeing the intact vines and the discarded limbs flying away.

(It must be drawing abilities from the absorbed part of me. So these vines aren’t completely illusory but manifestations of the second beast… troublesome.)

Izay pondered inwardly.

He pulled back to observe again.

By this point, the cracks he originally inflicted on the first beast had already disappeared.

With sturdy defenses and bothersome regenerative capabilities,

even the “weakened” first beast proved difficult to fight, leaving Izay unsure what to say.

It was evidently because he was still too weak.

If only he could replicate one of the powerful celestial magic spells listed in the “Life Catalog,” defeating the opponent wouldn’t be so hard.

(Hold on… Celestial Magic!?)

Thinking of this, Izay suddenly focused his gaze.

No matter how strong the opponent was, it wasn’t unbeatable.

As long as he erased it with a single blow of absolute destructive power.

Killing it outright in one go, clearing its health bar—if he did that, no matter how strong its regenerative ability was, it would be useless.

(A single blow with absolute destructive power…)

Izay dodged another vine attack.

His spear lightly touched the ground, leaving behind a star symbol glowing faintly.

Upon contact with the ground, the symbol immediately merged into it.

Or rather, it was “buried.”

It faintly appeared beneath the cracked stone pavement.

There was no magical fluctuation emitted, and the primitive beasts seemed to lack the ability to sense magic.

Neither the first beast nor the second or sixth beasts paid any attention to the symbol Izay had dropped.

Then, the battle entered its climax, with Izay repeatedly cutting the intertwining vines surrounding him at their roots.

“—‘Wall Rising to Immense Heights’!!!”

As the name of the magic was revealed, slender dark golden stakes instantly summoned from the surroundings.

Covering the range of all the beast groups charging at him, Izay aimed and pierced them all at once to prevent the lesser enemies from interfering.

Numerous beasts were strung up on the towering dark golden stakes.

Even the snake-like second beast had no room to weave through in front of such an incredibly dense forest of spears.

“Rumble rumble rumble…”

Following the stakes, enormous dark golden rock ridges emerged.

Just like how the first beast manipulated its vines, Izay grew tired of constantly dealing with the numerous regenerating appendages and chose to directly engage it with rock constructs.

The power of those vines alone could severely wound someone at Level 5, and if hit head-on, even someone in the “Hero Domain” wouldn’t survive.

However, rocks are naturally extremely tough objects, let alone ones infused with Izay’s magical energy?

Amidst the collision of the rock ridges and the vines, the entire small town was almost overturned, reshaped in an instant.