Octopus

  ————————————————————————————————————————————---

  Du Fan sat at the edge of a dense forest, his body already carrying a magic that concealed his presence, so neither magical beasts nor humans could detect him.

  Ferr stood beside Dufan, his breath also concealed. Although his eyes were a bit evasive, his gaze was fixed on Oudas.

  As a resident of the imperial capital, although it wasn't his first time seeing Orudas, Ferre still felt that his figure was dazzling, like a scorching sun in the sky.

  But why did such a character easily fall into the trap dug by Du Fan?

  Fei Re looked at the smile on his face, and in his heart, he felt that Du Fan was more and more unfathomable. Originally, he still wanted to make a few jokes to ease the atmosphere, but for some reason, the words couldn't be spoken.

  Du Fan seemed to have sensed Fei Re's thoughts and suddenly turned around to look at him, saying: "What? Do you have something to say?"

  Ferré hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice, "Sir Du Fan, I don't understand. He could have given up and left directly, but why did he still choose to advance and confront the enemy?"

  Du Fan smiled faintly and said, "I don't know why either, but I do know one thing - if he runs away with his tail between his legs at a time like this, I have ways to make him go and face the enemy obediently."

  Ferré thought for a moment, but couldn't think of what method Du Fan was referring to. He didn't dare say anything else and could only tightly shut his mouth.

  A cloud floated across the sky, scorching sunlight was blocked to one side, and the colors in the valley seemed to have dulled a bit.

  A deafening roar, the octopus monster in the lake seemed to be dissatisfied with the food it had just obtained. Its tentacles stretched out from the bottom of the lake like a poisonous snake, but at this moment, there was no one by the lake, and this scoop naturally came up empty-handed.

  Aoldas let out a loud roar, the Dou Qi on his body burning fiercely, the long sword in his hand surging violently, and then he flew up, his entire body accompanied by a sword shadow rushing towards those dancing tentacles.

  Those dense tentacles, like a fishing net, pounced on Oudas, but he didn't seem to move at all. He somehow slipped through the gaps between the tentacles and, with his long sword in hand, turned around and swung it out in a single motion.

  The Dou Qi condensed on the sword body hesitated like a furious thunderbolt, and with a "Boom" it burst open.

  Those dancing tentacles were instantly torn apart by the explosion, with flesh and blood flying everywhere. Countless black **shot out in all directions, and even the lake water below formed a massive crater due to the power of this sword.

  Faintly, the shadow of the monster that had been hiding in the depths of the lake seemed to reveal a little, but after a moment, the surging lake water covered up the scene again.

  Aoldas' figure slowly fell, with a pale yellow aura surrounding his entire body, and the bloody scene around him was truly a few points of a heroic flavor.

  Seeing Orudas being so brave, the students of Roland Academy immediately gained a lot of courage. They all heard those few words from Orudas earlier and naturally knew that if they didn't take down this demon beast, the Temple would be a place where you could enter but not leave alive. Moreover, Orudas had already imbued them with sacred light, so what were they waiting for at this moment?

  In an instant, the air in the field was filled with burning sword energy, and everyone drew out their weapons, slowly rushing to Orudas' side, gazing at the lake that looked like ink, and for a moment, the atmosphere of killing intent slowly spread out.

  Perhaps feeling the pressure, a low roar like thunder rumbled up, the sound was extremely long and accompanied by waves of intimidation, constantly stirring people's hearts.

  After a moment, the calm lake was like a boiling cauldron, starting to sway violently. One by one, huge bubbles emerged from the bottom of the lake, mixed with silt, rotting grass and the decaying corpses of unknown magical beasts. A moment later, the lake surface cracked open, amidst a deafening roar, a gigantic round head emerged from the water.

  This thing that suddenly emerged, its entire body was a kind of tender red color, with a round head about 10 meters in diameter. In the center of the circle, there was a huge eyeball, and below the eyeball, the large mouth that had split open was constantly dripping out various unknown substances. And all over its body, it was still constantly squirming, just like newborn flesh buds.

  However, strangely enough, there were no tentacles on its body, probably because they had all been blown to powder by Orudas's sword just now.

  The student who had just spoken saw this thing at this moment, and cold sweat flowed down. He could already confirm that the suddenly appearing thing was indeed the demon beast octopus. It had turned thousands of times in his mind, but he couldn't think of what weakness this octopus had.

  The giant eyeballs of the octopus monster rolled around, and its gaze that seemed to be unable to focus didn't know where it was looking at. Finally, it let out a low growl again, and suddenly, in the midst of its angry roar, the flesh buds on its body quickly formed into tentacles.

  Ardas's face changed, and he couldn't help but shout: "Settle this thing immediately, don't give him a chance to regrow his tentacles!"

  As they spoke, the aura on Oudas's body surged violently. The long sword in his hand swung out at any moment, and a half-moon-shaped aura shot out, chopping onto the back of that octopus demon beast.

  However, the octopus monster seemed to have a layer of aura on its body, and that fatal blow, although it cut into its body, was like scratching an itch for it, and nothing happened at all.

  At the same time, the tentacles on its body grew even faster, and in the blink of an eye, countless tentacles had grown out again. Immediately afterwards, those tentacles were like a group of mad snakes, and they rushed towards the shore once more.

  Under this attack, the originally somewhat dignified scene suddenly became chaotic. Although Aldras' sacred light and swordsmanship were sharp and inspiring to morale, under the natural pressure of the octopus demon beast, it was unclear how effective that inspiration would be.

  More than half of the tentacles were like eyes, pouncing on Ouldas, not giving him any chance to gather his fighting spirit. Although Ouldas wanted to kill this octopus demon with one blow, without a chance to gather his fighting spirit, he simply couldn't do it.

  At this time, now facing the constantly pouncing tentacles, although he kept chopping them down and every strike could use Dou Qi to blast the tentacles into minced meat, but the number of these tentacles was really too many, at one point he couldn't cut them all off.

  The students of Roland Academy, although not seasoned veterans, were well-trained. At first, they were thrown into confusion by the attack, but soon regrouped under Kris's leadership. Those skilled in ranged attacks retreated to the middle, while those accustomed to close combat took positions on the periphery, forming a battle array.

  This group of people, who were squeezed together, raised their hands and stomped their feet, all of them were full of energy and momentum. For a time, they managed to block the constantly approaching tentacles at a certain distance. However, although these people's energies were refined, they still hadn't reached Aldas' level. Each sword slash that went out looked incredibly powerful, but at that moment, it was unable to cause any harm to those tentacles. They could only bitterly resist and then wait for the rescue of Aldas-senpai.

  For a time, on the shore of this small lake in the valley, the stench and blood rain simply formed a scene like a Buddhist hell.

  Like a python's tentacles or sweeping or thrusting, lightning-fast attacks, so agile that it's hard to describe.

  A student standing on the periphery suddenly let out a miserable cry, his move was too hasty and he didn't have time to retract, a tentacle wrapped around his waist with a sudden force, that tentacle only used a little strength, his tall figure was actually dragged out alive.

  The student suddenly mobilized all his internal energy, wanting to escape from death, but the internal energy had only risen halfway when he suddenly felt a severe pain, and the internal energy poured out. His body was twisted into two segments, still alive.

  Several more tentacles reached out and wrapped around his body, tossing it towards the octopus's head.

  The octopus swallowed the corpse in one gulp, seemingly belching with satisfaction, and then its tentacles attacked even more gleefully.

  Aordas was furious and anxious in his heart, but his hands were still steady. One by one, the tentacles were cut off with a slight slash, and the flesh and dirty blood flew everywhere. He knew that at this time, he couldn't afford to be impatient, or he would fall into an irretrievable situation, being wrapped up by these tentacles, even if it was himself, he didn't dare guarantee that he could come back unscathed.

  Just three minutes, just give me three more minutes and I can solve all these tentacles.

  A'lda prayed in his heart, but the sword in his hand did not stop, and the fighting spirit shot out one by one, forming a vacuum around him.

  Unfortunately, at this critical moment of life and death, he forgot that the one who brought him to this place was even more terrifying than the octopus demon in front of him.

  Du Fan was still sitting on the branch, he slowly pulled out the crossbow and took out the arrow with poison attached to it. He then nodded towards the direction of the battlefield and said: "Fere... how long do you think it will take for Orudas to turn the tide of battle?"

  Ferré hesitated for a moment before saying in a low voice, "If Orudas puts in his full effort, he should be able to settle this battle within a few minutes. However, if that octopus demon's strength is more than that...then it's uncertain..."

  Du Fan tilted his head for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "So, to be on the safe side, why don't we two add a little fuel to this war fire, how about it?"

  Ferr looked at Du Fan's smiling face, shivered suddenly, and quickly nodded.