Extraordinary Voyage - Chapter 295 - 292: "Devouring Witch" and "Steam Master

Chapter 295: Chapter 292: “Devouring Witch” and “Steam Master

Slash——

The yellow silk robe on the rotund middle-aged man who appeared like a wealthy merchant was instantly torn apart by the surging [Frenzy] within him!

But revealed beneath the robe was not the imagined plump body.

Instead, it was a young man with an extremely fit and robust physique!

Although his height hadn’t changed much, the exposed upper body displayed fair skin with defined muscles, presenting the most perfect form achievable through ample training.

Even his chubby face underwent a radical transformation, with sharp and rugged features, turning him into a rare heartthrob to any standard!

Except for the eight strands of unchanged, tentacle-like beard under his chin…

Evidently, this is the true form of Hawkins, the Tier 3 Peak “Exiled Prisoner!”

Boom——!

With a swift move, seeming like crimson wings flashed behind him, Hawkins quickly dodged away as if riding the wind.

Next moment.

The “Sun Judgment Holy Sword” penetrated the body of the “Philosopher’s Water Flea,” striking where Hawkins had just stood, instantly melting a deep furrow into the granite ground.

Thud!

Behind him, the body of “Small Species: Philosopher’s Water Flea” heavily fell to the ground, quickly dehydrating and burning.

Under Ambrose’s command, the golden “Light Saber” was already in pursuit of Hawkins.

Slicing through the pirate forces Hawkins brought ashore, easily bisecting dozens at the waist, and sweeping over the bodies of small species, instantly leading them to follow in the wake of the “Philosopher’s Water Flea.”

Whish——

But Hawkins, wrapped in a red airflow, crushed rocks and pierced the air, swiftly dodging through buildings and Sea Monsters in the field.

Behind him, a pair of phantom wings formed from crimson [Frenzy] gently flapped, allowing Hawkins to achieve an almost teleportation-like effect!

Even though the speed of the “Sun Judgment Holy Sword” had reached the limit of human reaction speed.

Yet, wielded with Ambrose’s exquisite “Iron Cross Swordsmanship,” could only graze Hawkins’ heels, unable to catch up with his body.

Though the attack possessed infinite power, it fell short due to the user’s inadequate skill.

One chance used up, perspiration was faintly visible on Ambrose’s forehead.

“Again!”

“….”

However, tens of seconds later, the second opportunity to use the “Sun Judgment Holy Sword” was exhausted, and the drastically transformed Pirate King remained lively.

Though used as a shield, affecting and causing the deaths of over a dozen Sea Monsters.

But Bishop Jasper finally realized that even the world-renowned divine sword requires pairing with a world-renowned swordsman, and it’s evident that he and Ambrose were far from qualified…

As the excavation operations of the two teams of Sea Monsters were already half complete, he could only turn his focus to the absolute excavation main force of the “Earthquake Two-headed Turtle.”

Although Ambrose wanted to demand justice from the Pirate King for the followers slain at “White Whale Port” and the souls lost in this tsunami.

But at this moment, he could only reluctantly give up.

Zoom!

A remarkably hot golden light descended anew, but this time, abandoning Hawkins, it directly shot towards one of the giant “Turtles.”

Sensing impending danger, the “Earthquake Two-headed Turtle” in the northeast swiftly ceased its “work,” retracting both heads and limbs into the shell.

Thump——

The heavy shell landed in place, hit directly by the “Sun Holy Sword.”

However, the mountainous shell of the Turtle was clearly not easy to break through.

An attack from above could not even target the openings leading to the limbs, only engaging in a direct conflict with the peak of its shell ridge.

Sparks flew.

The “Holy Sword” focused its attack on the same spot until nearly half of its energy depleted, eventually burning through the thick shell of the “Two-headed Turtle,” scorching its internal organs completely.

Once its defenses were breached, even this giant beast couldn’t utter a sound before being killed on the spot.

An entire construction crew halted instantly.

However, the remaining energy from the Golden Summit Cathedral was apparently insufficient to kill the other one.

Jasper could only direct Ambrose to use the last power of the “Holy Sword” on the 4 or 5 Small Species Sea Monsters surrounding the cathedral, eager to try.

When the last filament of force they held in their hands dissipated, the perspective of both men plummeted from the sky, returning to their own bodies.

“Huff—— Huff——”

If not for Ambrose, who was in a slightly better state, swiftly supporting Jasper, the esteemed Bishop would probably have fallen on his rear, losing all composure.

This seemingly grandiose attack sequence only managed to reduce the Sea Monster count to below 30, without achieving any substantial outcome.

While the last trump card on the human side was completely spent, leaving no ability to intervene with Hawkins’ actions.

Zoom!

Not until he saw the six sail-like golden domes of the Golden Summit Cathedral completely dim, did Hawkins reappear atop a building.

Yet he was already disinclined to revert to that disguised form, as the liberated true self as a half-step Tier 4 “Exiled Prisoner” barely had any time restrictions for him.

It was precisely breaking free from the shackles, transforming and breaking out of the cocoon!

If this plan is successfully completed and truly breaks through the Tier 4 “Lawless”, it’s not impossible to temporarily transcend the laws of physics!

“Ha, so this so-called trump card refers to this?”

Although Hawkins had made extensive preparations before, subtly probing the bank group’s upper echelon from various angles, it wasn’t until now that he truly witnessed the trump card’s true nature.

In fact, when Hawkins formulated his plan, he considered “normal ’Tier 4 Combat Power’ limit output for 3 minutes” as the hypothetical enemy to create his plan.

The prepared engineering teams were more than just these two groups. The combination using “Earthquake Two-headed Turtle” and “Earth Belly Snake Lizard” was selected purely for their high efficiency.

In the sufficiently abundant Sea Monster team, any of the “Shovel-headed Worm Salamander”, “Thorny-backed Crocodile Lizard”, or “Iron-tipped Blind Snake” could replace the engineering team?

“Now it seems that I was indeed overly cautious? The power prepared earlier is overflowing greatly! Hahaha…”

At this time, the exterior of the bank vault no longer had the capability to interfere with the Sea Monster’s forceful demolition!

Boom—

Just ten minutes later, with a loud boom.

In the southwestern pit hole, the granite layer, which had been weakened to the extreme by the second group of “Earth Belly Snake Lizard” and “Earthquake Two-headed Turtle”, collapsed, forming a deep pit hole with a diameter of ten meters and a depth of eighteen meters.

Simultaneously, the witchcraft traps within were violently destroyed in an instant due to structural damage.

Scent… Scent…

Attracted by the treasure deep within the vault, a “Earth Belly Snake Lizard” closest to the pit couldn’t help but stick its head in.

A few Pirates nearby also lay at the edge of the pit, probing the movements below.

The bottom of the pit was pitch dark, only the light from outside reflected tiny points of light—countless gold coins from various countries.

Suddenly.

Sss—

The sound of high-pressure water spraying startled the Pirates probing the movement. Turning their heads, they found the huge “Earth Belly Snake Lizard” beside them had its head severed by an inexplicable force in the blink of an eye!

The blue blood flowed like a waterfall, pouring into the first level of the bank vault.

“Ah!”

In their cries of panic, believing the Sea Monster had triggered a trap within the vault, a group of Pirates crawled away from the pit, not daring to approach again.

Underground.

A female Wizard clad in a black wizard robe casually threw away a broken snake-shaped wooden doll, then kicked and scattered the orbital techniques prepared for a long time on the ground.

[Curse Technique: Puppet Wooden Doll!]

Effect: Establishes a spiritual connection, so whatever the Wizard does to the puppet, the same thing happens to the cursed target.

Then the Witch glanced indifferently at the male Wizard standing beside her, especially his extremely unpleasant expression:

“Mr. Heffman, it seems we have no choice but to fight for our lives this time!”

These two were evidently today’s resident duty Wizards, “Devouring Witch” Dana and “Steam Master” Heffman.

“How can we be so unlucky? Among the dozen Wizards in the order, why did it have to be during our shift at the vault that an attack occurs? Hasn’t the underground vault maintained a security record without invasions for almost ten years now?”

Unlike the gloomy expression on male Wizard Heffman’s face, the Witch Dana seemed rather unconcerned, or she simply didn’t care.

She even covered her bright red lips lightly, laughing neurotically with great mirth:

“Haha, in this dull world.

For the advancement of curse techniques, I’ve experienced various kinds of pain worldwide and made countless people feel what heart-wrenching pain is.

But I haven’t yet experienced what death feels like…”

“Madwoman! You curse school folks are all lunatics! You may want to die, but I don’t!”

The “Steam Master” was indeed somewhat intimidated by his partner, who occasionally had self-destructive tendencies.

“Ha, same to you, you evil alchemists, the disgusting experiments you conduct have ethics close to ours in the curse school, isn’t that right?”

Even in their banter, the necessary work had to be done!

Despite the vast gap in power, before becoming guardians of the vault, they had already signed strict witchcraft contracts with the Netherlands Bank Group.

If the person is present, the vault remains!

This was the price for receiving high remuneration from the bank group daily, gaining rare mysterious knowledge, witchcraft creations, and everything ordinary people dared not even dream about.

Although none of the Wizards who signed the contract ever thought that the bank group’s headquarters, among the few financial giants on the continent, would be violently demolished.

And that this contract would actually take effect one day!

“Ah! Just hope we can hold out until the Kingdom’s rescue arrives.”

With a deep sigh, Heffman threw the metal box he had been carrying on his back to the ground.

Hiss—

White steam rose, countless gears interlocked and turned, and the metal box began to transform with a clatter.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!…

Suddenly, six purple flesh tendrils of varying thicknesses shot out from the cracked metal box, wrapping around Heffman’s limbs, head, and torso, pulling him entirely into the box.

Clang clang clang…

Wriggling flesh and cold steel covered Heffman’s body layer by layer, and when he stood up again, he had become a three-meter-tall “Golem Knight” wielding a chainsaw sword!

[Alchemy: Flesh and Blood Armor!]

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