Extraordinary Voyage - Chapter 296 - 293: Cruelty and Exhaustion of Skills

Chapter 296: Chapter 293: Cruelty and Exhaustion of Skills

Slash——

The alloy chainsaw sword roared to life, its sharp teeth spinning at high speed, leaving a deep cut on the granite floor with ease.

Unlike regular knight armor, Heffman carried a cylindrical metal barrel on his back, occasionally emitting white steam, clearly the energy core powering the “Golem Knight.”

Strictly speaking, Heffman, codenamed “Steam Master,” also belonged to the “Alchemy School,” albeit a faction that later split and shifted significantly in ideology, representative witchcraft, and even in the preset source of extraordinary, becoming an evil path!

The three main branches of orthodox alchemy are “Magic Potion,” “Alchemy Tools and Enchantment Engineering,” and “Mechanization.”

This faction of evil alchemists sought to combine flesh and machinery, conducting numerous cruel experiments on innocents, vainly attempting to attain immortality through the ageless nature of mechanical bodies!

This “Flesh Armor,” merging flesh and machinery, is one of their representative research results.

The “Golem Knight” allows an Official Wizard to easily gain physical strength comparable to a Senior “Great Knight,” albeit without the extraordinary energy like “Combat Qi.”

However, drawing from “Alchemy School” with various extraordinary tools, they certainly didn’t fall short, greatly compensating for the lack of “Combat Qi.”

Even against a real knight, there’s a chance of victory.

“Dana, I’m going in first! Cover me!”

Fully armed, the solid feeling the armor provided restored Heffman’s confidence.

Or under the constraints of the contract, running away meant dying horribly, whereas facing the battle might hold a glimmer of hope.

As a “Alchemy School” Wizard known for his reason, Heffman knew what choices to make.

Boom——!

Feet on the ground, the “Golem Knight” already soared with the humming chainsaw sword.

The alchemy-modified “Steam Furnace” bestowed him with immense power, and at least until the Philosopher’s Stone was exhausted, he needn’t worry about stamina issues, able to unleash freely!

Hiss——

Moo——

Leveraging the rock wall, easily jumping out of the 18-meter-deep pit hole.

The “Golem Knight” instantly wreaked havoc amid the three “Earth Belly Snake Lizards” and one “Earthquake Two-headed Turtle,” these non-combative “engineering soldiers!”

Even within the vault, they weren’t deaf or blind, aware of everything happening outside through witchcraft means.

Once these main excavation forces were cleared, the entrance to the third layer, guarding the most precious treasures, could be greatly delayed.

Whoosh——!

Simultaneously, a grey mist emerged from the “Devouring Witch,” slowly lifting her body, flying out from the opened rock cave.

Even the lowest tier of treasure house, the underground first layer, held countless gold coins, jewels, and vital documents like ledgers and receipts. They couldn’t allow sea monsters and pirates to enter, turning it into a battlefield.

Step——

The “Devouring Witch” Dana landed lightly like a feather.

Exposed under the sunlight, it finally allowed others to see the true appearance of this female sorcerer.

Even wearing a sorcerer’s robe, it was evident she was a slender, beautiful lady.

The only incongruous part was such a beauty with a round belly, like a mother-to-be needing care during the tenth month of pregnancy.

As the elite pirates waiting outside glanced towards her, the flawless white jade-like face showed a slight frown, forcefully smiling amidst indescribable sorrow, adding a touch of pitiful charm.

It made one pity her, wondering how a sorcerer could be so physically active, let alone appearing on the battlefield? Her lover must be terribly neglectful!

But anyone aware of the truth wouldn’t entertain such foolish thoughts. How could the notorious “Curse School” among the Black Wizards be so simplistic?

The so-called “Devouring Witch” was a terrifying practice method within the Curse School.

The source of power came from extreme pain.

That large belly wasn’t carrying a baby but her “stomach,” concealing a terrifying truth!

This beautiful-looking witch indeed had a lover once, and they fulfilled many lovers’ vows during passionate love: “Never parted in this lifetime.”

Her lover had already transformed all their flesh and soul into part of the witch’s body in a cruel witchcraft ceremony, eternally staying together, turning love felt in the bones into heart-wrenching pain, becoming the source of her “Curse Witchcraft!”

Another synonym for bizarre, evil, and insane is… strong!

Supremely strong!

“Kill!”

Now the “Golem Knight” weaved through massive sea monsters, each swing of the chainsaw sword leaving huge scars on sea monsters.

If this were the sea, not just one but even three or four facing over twenty sea monsters would have long been devoured.

But now on land, every sea monster is severely weakened, even though they all possess amphibious capabilities, their combat power and especially agility have been significantly reduced compared to in the sea!

Thus he had room to maneuver, Heffman as the “Golem Knight.”

However, the gap in combat strength between the two sides was just too vast, and he was quickly pushed away from the relatively uninjured group of “Engineering Soldiers” and surrounded by a group of nimble “Small Species: Thorny-backed Crocodile Lizards.”

At this moment, the support from the witch Dana finally arrived.

She raised her delicate white right hand, releasing two beams of ominous dark red light.

Her blood-red lips parted slightly, uttering venomous and decaying curse words:

pue—

[Curse Technique: Corrosive Blood]

Hit by the ominous dark red light, two “Thorny-backed Crocodile Lizards” with long gashes cut by chainsaw swords immediately let out earth-shattering howls.

Ouch!!!

“Corrosive Blood” can turn the blood flowing from a creature’s body into a highly corrosive poison; more wounds mean more bleeding, amplifying the effect of the witchcraft.

Furthermore, as the fresh blood splatters on other companions, this dreadful curse technique can spread!

Especially when there are “Warriors” providing output at the front, it’s very effective against such large-bodied sea monsters.

After aiding her partner, the “Devouring Witch” once again set her sights on the “Engineering Soldiers” heavily guarded in the center by numerous sea monsters.

She pulled out from the pocket of her wide wizard robes a stick that seemed to carry biological muscle texture, holding it with both hands, her Official Wizard-level powerful spiritual energy spreading out.

Like ripples, she drew upon the spiritual line belonging to the last “Earthquake Two-headed Turtle”!

Moo Roar—

Sensing something, the Two-headed Turtle let out an ambiguous roar, intending to retreat into its shell in survival instinct.

Crack!

But the “Devouring Witch” had already snapped the stick in her hand with force.

One of the heads of the “Earthquake Two-headed Turtle” suddenly drooped, and the witch herself spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood with a “wow!”

“Was it still too forced? Even though I paid a huge price and conducted the ceremony to amplify my power 20 minutes early, am I still unable to deal with such extremely resilient sea monsters?”

However, there was no time for her to make any more moves.

“Let’s attack!”

Among the pirates brought ashore by Hawkins, eleven extraordinary officials burst out, led by Heimer, charging fiercely towards the formidable witch.

The ruthless pirates, lacking any semblance of human compassion, did not care if this witch was a helpless “mother.”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!…

Although these pirates had come ashore only as a backup, they could achieve victory relying entirely on the sea monsters. But seeing the situation, despite two wizards showing great divine power upon appearance, the defenders were practically out of options.

As the final defensive force of the great treasury itself joined the battlefield, clearly there were no more cards left to play. Thus, the pirate officials pressed forward with absolute advantage to conquer for the Pirate King!

“Heh, you plan to kill me?”

Facing the assault from human pirates, the witch seemed utterly unconcerned with the human fear of death, wearing a neurotic grin, calmly releasing one terrifying curse witchcraft after another to hinder their advance.

sen—

[Curse Technique: Five Senses Stripping]

Vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch were all stripped away; not only could they not detect where the enemies were, but those with weak minds might not even feel their own existence.

Though it lacked direct lethality, enduring a moment in that state was worse than death.

rur—

[Curse Technique: Itch]

The itch extended from the skin to the heart, liver, organs, brain pulp, and bone marrow, making one desperate enough to pull out their internal organs to scratch before putting them back.

“…..”

However, even someone mighty like a formal Black Wizard would not be able to create miracles when faced with an attack from a full dozen Tier 2 Transcendents.

Especially since her specialty in “curse techniques” only excelled in strangeness, the stronger the lethal effect, the greater the cost required.

In just a minute after the battle began.

“Witch, meet your death!”

The “Devouring Witch’s” composed demeanor could not alter her eventual destiny, as a Pirate Officer, at the Senior Knight Level wielding a curved blade, seized an opportunity, delivering a fatal strike with cover from his companions.

A slash from her left chest to her right abdomen nearly split her in two!

Splurt—

Black liquid from her abdomen sprayed!

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