In an instant, the sound of weapons being drawn in unison echoed throughout the hall.

Subsequently, the light of multiple magic circles began to envelop all Divine Wind Adventurer Group members in the hall.

Facing the fully prepared Divine Wind Adventurer Group, Liens smiled.

He then brandished his sword, using Sword Ki to strike at the Divine Wind Adventurer Group opposite him, signaling the start of the battle.

"Clang!"

The Divine Wind members holding large shields at the front only felt a powerful slash strike their shields.

Then, a huge impact came from the shields, causing their bodies to slide back a few centimeters, and their hands were numb from the shock.

The crashing sound produced by the invisible slash and the shields echoed in their ears, making them somewhat disoriented.

Liens was a little surprised to see that his Sword Ki did not cut through the shields of those Divine Wind members.

It seemed that what Captain Jay said about their well-equipped gear was not an exaggeration; at least the materials used for these shields were good, they were proper forged shields.

However, this situation deepened Liens' fighting spirit.

If a casual sword strike could kill, then the Divine Wind Adventurer Group might be no different from the Goblins in previous Instances to him.

After Liens unleashed his Sword ki, Captain Jay, who was already clad in heavy armor, charged at a lightning-fast speed with the enhancement of magic, leading the charge.

Just as Liens had mostly guessed, Captain Jay was indeed like a general who charged at the front.

He raised his greatsword high, and the greatsword, imbued with a mountain-splitting aura, swung a slash towards Liens.

The Extraordinary Ones in the Divine Wind Adventurer Group were not idle either; as Captain Jay attacked, various debuff spells were continuously cast upon Liens.

Blindness, extreme cold, weakness, deceleration, confusion…

However, for these interfering spells, the Wind Element within Liens simply circulated rapidly throughout his body, quickly expelling them.

Those colorful lights merely flickered on his body before disappearing.

Although he was affected for a moment, Liens still easily dodged Captain Jay's slash by sidestepping, then struck the opponent's abdomen with a lightning-fast sword. This version was sourced from *.

Captain Jay could not dodge this sword.

Fortunately, many layers of magic shields stacked on his body, as well as his heavy armor, blocked this blow for him.

However, even though this sword did not pierce through the armor into his abdomen.

Captain Jay still felt an inexplicable impact transmit through the armor with the sword tip, striking his body.

It was as if someone had heavily punched his abdomen.

In an instant, Captain Jay couldn't help but bend slightly at the waist, his mouth wide open as he dry-heaved forward, as if expelling the nausea from the heavy blow to his body.

If it weren't for his body's strong resistance, he might have even vomited blood from that hit.

This was a technique Liens learned from Nimophila, using vibrations to achieve the effect of hitting through a mountain.

There was no opportunity to use it in Hughes Town, and this was his first time using it in actual combat.

How to put it, the effect was somewhat there, but it wasn't very suitable for his swordsmanship, nor did it quite fit the characteristics of wind.

Wind is intangible and formless, while water has substance but is formless, so wind should enhance its influence on the outside world, rather than accumulating its own mass like water.

Nimophila's technique was more suitable for water than for wind.

The thoughts that surfaced in his mind did not affect Liens's movements; after experimenting with the technique he had learned on Captain Jay, who was wearing heavy armor, he prepared to seize the opportunity to deliver a major blow to the opponent.

But the other Divine Wind members did not give Liens this chance.

Arrows and various long-range projectiles flew in, and even faster were the torrents of various offensive spells.

They clearly understood their Captain's defensive capabilities, especially after he donned heavy armor; this kind of area-of-effect attack would not cause much damage to their Captain.

Conversely, Liens, dressed in simple cloth, clearly had no defensive capabilities and would obviously be harmed by such attacks.

Seeing this, Liens turned and swung his sword, unleashing "Wind Wall" to counter these dense long-range attacks.

While Liens was dealing with the incoming long-range attacks, Captain Jay, who had been rescued by his group members, also recovered.

Relying on his heavy armor and physical resilience, Captain Jay endured the "Wind Wall" and his group members' attacks, continuing to assault Liens.

At the same time, other Divine Wind members holding melee weapons surrounded Liens from all directions, swinging slashes or thrusts along with their Captain, blocking Liens's escape routes.

"What a long-lost feeling."

At this moment, Liens couldn't help but recall the time before he became an Extraordinary One, facing situations where he was surrounded by large numbers of enemies.

Back then, he was outnumbered, but now...

Wind abruptly appeared beside Liens.

It then instantly expanded, and a violent hurricane, centered on Liens, spread outwards.

The immense wind force blew all the Divine Wind members surrounding Liens into disarray, their originally neat formation and precise positioning completely disrupted.

Even...

"Ah!"

Successive screams echoed in the hurricane, but the swirling winds prevented the Divine Wind members from seeing what exactly was happening.

It wasn't until a while later, when the hurricane stopped, that they could barely open their eyes and clearly see what had transpired.

It turned out that, at some unknown point, many teammates were already covered in wounds, especially the Divine Wind members at the front, whose blood flowed all over the ground.

Some had blurred faces, others had weapons and other sharp objects embedded in their bodies, and some had dismembered limbs.

Their only commonality was that they were no longer able to scream.

Everyone widened their eyes, witnessing this tragic sight.

Just moments ago, they were charging at the formidable enemy before them under their Captain's call, so how could a mere gust of wind cause so many casualties?

Due to his own defensive capabilities, Captain Jay was not harmed much by this hurricane.

But seeing this situation, seeing the originally favorable situation instantly reversed.

He couldn't help but blurt out:

"Is this the true strength of a Great Knight?"

Liens did not care about Captain Jay's exclamation; that hurricane was merely the result of him using Momentum to influence the world.

The consumption was not small, and the gale it stirred up was only enough to deal with ordinary people who had not yet advanced to an Extraordinary One.

He didn't think there was anything to praise about this kind of brute force that lacked skill.

Stepping out, Liens began to thrust towards the Divine Wind Adventurer Group members who were still alive.

A blue light flashed, and a ghostly figure instantly passed through a Divine Wind Adventurer Group member.

Only after the figure disappeared did blood gush from that member's throat, and he then fell to the ground.

He didn't even manage to let out a final scream in between.

Seeing his group members being massacred by Liens, Leader Jay was enraged, and he quickly rushed towards Liens with his sword, shouting at the same time:

"All members, do not panic, re-form ranks, and be vigilant!"

Upon hearing this, the remaining Divine Wind Adventurer Group members immediately put away their panicked expressions, re-formed their formation, and surrounded Liens, who had charged into their ranks and was slaughtering them.

After Liens killed a dozen more people, a clear space finally opened up around him again.

"Ah!"

Captain Jay arrived late at this moment.

He let out a roar and swung a heavy, powerful sword strike towards Liens.

At the same time, the surrounding mages also used various spells to restrict Liens's movements.

And following Leader Jay, three Knights holding long spears or longswords also attacked Liens from all sides.

They were also the Divine Wind Adventurer Group members who had previously surrounded Liens in the front row.

However, they were not ordinary members after all, and they had taken timely precautions, so they only suffered some superficial cuts and no significant damage.

Wind howled around Liens, cutting off the thorns that tried to entangle him and dispersing the water currents that sought to bind him.

Facing the encirclement of the four Knights, Liens remained calm in the face of danger, swiftly striking three swords in the direction of the three ordinary Knights.

Sharp and slender invisible Sword Ki flew like arrows towards the three.

Then, Liens gripped his longsword with both hands, placed a "Wind Iron Wall" in front of him, and delivered an equivalent slash to the Greatsword swung by Leader Jay.

"Clang!"

The longsword and Greatsword collided.

Liens's figure showed no disturbance, though a few more centimeters of the already damaged floor around him were scraped away.

Leader Jay, however, had his Greatsword knocked away by this collision.

A look of disbelief flashed in Leader Jay's eyes.

In the clash between the rapier and the Greatsword, the result was that he was disarmed.

He hadn't felt an overly powerful force from that longsword, so why was he the one who was repelled?

Leader Jay was filled with confusion, but it was clear that Liens had no intention of explaining to him.

On the contrary, the idea of launching an attack while he had the advantage was not only present but already put into action.

With a step, Liens lunged forward, his figure instantly disappearing from Captain Jay's sight, and in a flash, he appeared before Captain Jay.

The glowing blue longsword truly was like a beam of light, instantly piercing through Jay's chest.

At that moment, his shield, his heavy armor, and even his physical defense were like thin paper, providing no protection whatsoever.

Of course, this doesn't mean that his defenses had lost their effect.

It was simply because Liens's sword strike just now was fast enough.

The air resistance that should have hindered the longsword's progress, and even caused a sonic boom, became a force that propelled the longsword faster under the influence of "momentum."

This created the silent sonic sword.

Speed is power.

And under a thrust that broke the sound barrier, wasn't Jay's protection like thin paper?

Liens pulled out his longsword and then kicked Jay, who was still alive but had his heart pierced, possibly even crushed.

Unless he took some high-grade Healing Potion, he would die very soon.

Of course, if Jay had a special condition, like his heart being on his right chest, or if he carried a high-grade Healing Potion.

Then Liens would also be happy.

Isn't it a good thing for an enemy to fully recover and continue fighting him?

Having dealt with Jay, Liens didn't stop.

He stepped forward and charged towards a Knight who had taken his Sword Ki.

After Liens left, Leader Jay, lying on the ground, had blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth.

Subsequently, large mouthfuls of blood poured from his mouth.

He could vaguely feel that a void had appeared in his heart, and the feeling of weakness in his body was rapidly increasing.

He could still force himself to get up, but it didn't hold much meaning.

Realizing that this battle would inevitably slide towards defeat, and they would pay an incredibly heavy price for it.

Leader Jay, while he still had time, used his last ounce of strength and shouted loudly:

"Run! Run! Don't forget the mission from above!"

"Run! Run! Don't forget the mission from above!"

"Run! Run! Don't forget the mission from above…"

"Run! Run…"

Leader Jay shouted again and again until his voice became almost inaudible, until he no longer made a sound.

Upon hearing Leader Jay's shouts, the high-ranking members of the Divine Wind Adventurer Group and some ordinary Divine Wind Adventurer Group members looked sorrowful, their eyes filled with tears.

But under their leader's final command, they still rushed out of the inn without hesitation, leaving this messy battlefield, strewn with the blood and remains of their brothers.

While Leader Jay was shouting, Liens had already dealt with another Knight of the Divine Wind Adventurer Group and was preparing to press on.

But seeing those Divine Wind Adventurer Group members begin to collapse—no, it should be said, desperately retreat—

He stopped his pursuit.

Liens looked with indifferent eyes at the two Knights and several ordinary Divine Wind Adventurer Group members blocking his way.

From their expressions, he saw fear, but at the same time, he also saw the courage of facing death without regret.

"This is not something an Adventurer group fighting for money would do."

"It seems you indeed have some secrets behind you… Never mind, as long as it doesn't involve me, I'm too lazy to bother with your secrets."

Liens said calmly.

After speaking, he took one last look at Leader Jay, who could no longer speak…

Then he exited the instance.