CHAPTER 412: CHAPTER 27 PROCRASTINATING

If the Star Nine Forms, this extraordinary swordsmanship, is the foundation for Aske to stand against a demigod,

then the various schools of swordsmanship he had mastered were key to his further overcoming a demigod.

The Star Nine Forms were not invincible: Sharp-Breaking ignored evasion, Rapid Fire ignored defense, Life Destruction reduced life by a percentage—but all these required close combat.

If the opponent simply retreated out of attack range, the sword couldn’t possibly stretch out and stab the enemy on its own.

Hence, the secret to the Weapon Master profession was not only to adeptly control the distance between the enemy and oneself but also to dupe the enemy’s psychological guard—in the face of a demigod NPC, an enemy unaware of their own mystery, the latter was actually more crucial than the former.

While persistently pressuring the opponent, one must not scare them off in one go; it was necessary to maintain a status quo of equal strength, and then...

Seize the moment for a one-hit kill.

The Sand Sword shot up bizarrely, thrusting rapidly towards the enemy’s chest as the demigod once again attempted to explode into bats, but Spirituality "malfunctioned" yet again.

However, having experienced the abnormal loss of Ability last time, the opponent was prepared and instantly their hands turned into huge bone fists, which clutched the Dragon Bone Longsword tightly.

Aske’s wrist twisted slightly, and the longsword sang again, slicing through the opponent’s bone fingers as if cutting through tofu.

That move again. The demigod beat a quick retreat, a strong dread rising in his heart.

The opponent’s swordsmanship was incredibly peculiar, as if it contained some unknown laws: one that could sever his own sturdy body; and another that could cause his Spirituality to fail.

The first point was trivial for the Lord of Filth with his fast-healing capability, but the second was problematic.

Yet, based on the trial just now, the failure of Spirituality seemed to last less than half a second. Meaning, the opponent couldn’t possibly continue using this sword technique indefinitely... otherwise, he would’ve fled by now.

The demigod exhaled silently, covertly utilizing his Plague Ability, starting to infect the opponent with an airborne disease.

Aske remained expressionless, the Dragon Bone Longsword in his hand vibrating slightly.

Star Nine Forms. Soul Shattering.

After severing the opponent’s Plague Ability, any pathogens contracted became normal, and in the presence of a Lv.10 robust body, these microorganisms were quickly eradicated.

The demigod narrowed his eyes slightly.

Indeed, though the opponent specialized in close combat, his defense against long-distance attacks was even more impregnable. The mere sword technique that could Silence Extraordinary Abilities meant that most ability-based long-range attacks were ineffective against him, except for technology-based weapons.

The two ranged attacks mastered by the Lord of Filth: Toxin and Plague, naturally fell within the "severable" category.

So, avoiding close combat was not an option.

One had to engage in close combat and even launch a Strong Kill. Flesh weapons combined with the Devouring Law as the main attack, Life Stealing to maintain interference, and Plague and Toxin to restrain the usage frequency of the peculiar swordmanship; while employing the abilities of Rat and Night Bat for rapid movement and using oppressive attacks to Strong Kill the opponent in one go—that was the most rational tactical plan.

An offensive to match the offensive!

Meanwhile, the battle between Agrippina and another demigod was also reaching a climax.

The situation was clearer than over here: Agrippina’s Poison Law was adept at ambushes and not nearly as good in direct assault as her opponent who controlled the Devouring Law.

Her toxins were restrained and weakened by the opponent’s Toxin Ability, and she had no effective countermeasures against her opponent’s Devouring corruption, relying solely on the recovery Ability of her flesh.

No matter how the battle continued, she was definitely not going to win.

The girls were anxiously unsettled at the side, and Peggy was especially frantic, at a loss whether she should rescue her master or assist Aske in killing the enemy.

Next, Aske’s voice suddenly rose in Medea’s Mind Communication Channel:

"Save her."

His tone was curt and forceful, clearly indicating that dealing with a Demigod alone while also having to divert his attention to direct the girls was putting significant pressure on him.

The girls were well aware of his pressure and quickly rushed towards Agrippina.

"Blind zone, disruption," the second command sounded.

Medea swiftly activated her Mind Blind Zone Ability, vanishing from everyone’s focus, then directed her Desire Ability towards the Demigod Agrippina was facing.

"Hmm?" The Demigod almost immediately sensed something wrong with his flesh, and with only a slight shift in thought, he activated the Devouring Law, swallowing the rebelling fleshly desires within his body.

Medea: ..........

My ability can actually be countered like this?!

Sigrdrifa charged at the forefront, blocking attacks for Agrippina. She swung the North Wind Axe wildly, fending off the massive limb that had surged at her.

On the surface of the repelled limb, numerous terrifying thin flesh sprouts formed by predatory cells suddenly emerged, stabbing viciously towards Sigrdrifa from every direction in a 360-degree radius with no dead angles.

Cold air scattered, electric arcs roared. Under Aske’s command, Sigrdrifa instantly went full power activating both Frost and Thunder Abilities, the surrounding writhing flesh either getting frostbitten and dead or burnt by the high voltage electric currents’ heating effect.

Those predatory cells that were too heavily damaged rustled off the main body and died. The Demigod was about to launch another attack when suddenly, darkness fell before his eyes, and a blade pierced through his back.

Mia’s controlled Shadows had covered his eyes, while Peggy’s Hot Melt Blade stabbed through his body from behind.

However, the Demigod quickly burst into a pool of Filth only to reconstitute in another clearing. The wounds caused by Sigrdrifa’s Frost and Thunder, as well as Peggy’s Hot Melt Blade, were healing at some astoundingly rapid rate.

Until he was completely unharmed.

"Aske!" Medea called out anxiously in the Communication Channel.

"Just like that," Aske said briefly, "Poison."

So Medea immediately realized:

With the strength of the four girls as it stood, they couldn’t cause any harm to the Pure Blood Monastery’s Demigod.

However, they could delay the frequency of the opponent’s attacks, giving Agrippina a chance to breathe.

This Demigod, who mainly employed the Poison Law, might be facing various weaklings head-on, but his ability to strike from the shadows was first-rate. Given enough time to deploy various Poison Laws, it would be the opposing Demigod who’d have to retreat.

What was that called again? Medea suddenly remembered a fable from the East’s Dragon Country: Tian Ji’s Horse Racing, using the lower grade horses against the upper grade, genius!

Worthy of the Squad Leader!

While she continued to use her Desire Ability to disrupt the opponent Demigod’s actions, she stealthily shifted her gaze to observe the Squad Leader.

The battle happening with Aske was far more thrilling than the group attack scene here.

The Demigod sprouted numerous dense flesh sprouts from within his body, like venomous tentacles of a sea anemone shooting towards Aske at terrifying speeds.

Aske, on the other hand, swung his Dragon Bone Longsword in a flurry, cutting through the tentacles that almost appeared as afterimages with a series of sword patterns bearing a special rhythm, tearing them all apart.

Star Nine Forms. Rapid Fire.