CHAPTER 555: CHAPTER 380: SOLAR, THE SUPER CARRY_3

"Keep it up! Solar, well done!"

Those words seemed to motivate him, unleashing a deadly strike!

Ornstein’s figure flickered again, seemingly exhausted, half-kneeling on the ground, his body slowly turning to ash, about to disperse.

This was a simple and straightforward battle, without the dazzling magic of the Full Moon Queen. The only visual effect was the thunder entwined around the enemy’s weapon. In other words, this battle was a contest of pure swordsmanship and strength.

Smough, before Ornstein completely vanished, gave up chasing Ceder and rushed towards Ornstein. He intended to acquire his comrade’s power to initiate the "Second Stage."

Here, if the adventurer has enough strength, they can even stop Smough, as long as they wait for Ornstein to fully disappear and prevent the opponent from acquiring his power!

"Solar, block him!"

Ceder also tried using the Gravity Ball to stop him, but his body was dragged forward by Smough’s immense force!

Solar, of course, went to stop Smough, no longer concerned with the battle power-losing Ornstein.

However, at that moment, the crackling sound of thunder rang out, and a golden lightning bolt pierced the field.

"Huh?"

The originally half-kneeling Ornstein suddenly picked up the Dragon Hunting Spear and fired an unexpected Thunder Spear.

And the target hit, naturally, was Ceder.

The Thunder Spear swept through multiple clones, accurately hitting him!

After doing all of this, Ornstein finally turned to ash and dispersed.

"This, this isn’t right..."

The Thunder Spear instantly drained Ceder’s life force. Just before his death, he suddenly realized the mistake he had made.

First, he shouldn’t have underestimated Ornstein’s life force.

Second... none of my clones spoke, only my real body shouted out!

Damn it, I’m so stupid!

Upon reviving at the bonfire, the first thing Ceder did was cast ten consecutive calming techniques on himself.

He had a flaw where his emotions would easily fluctuate, and he’d get carried away when things occurred.

Back when he was still an adventurer, he and Gapar were known as the two volcanoes of the team.

"I thought after all these years, my temper would be calmer," Ceder said mechanically, his face expressionless like a poker face: "Turns out it was just that there hadn’t been anything to get my blood boiling all these years."

With ten calming techniques as a base, he calculated the timing, giving himself a boost every fifteen minutes.

This time, he definitely wouldn’t expose himself, and he would handle the battle seriously and cautiously.

Summoning Solar in a spiritual body state at the door, he went all the way back to face the Royal City duo once again.

When Ornstein was defeated again, he scattered countless magical soybeans from his storage ring. As soon as the beans hit the ground, they grew into soybean soldiers in adult form, blocking Smough alongside Solar.

But this time, the target-less Ornstein used his last strength to charge at Smough.

Thunder danced wildly on the field, and Smough’s already massive body swelled even more, enveloped entirely by furious lightning.

He leapt skyward, executing a Mount Tai Pressing toward the ground, thunder ravaging the field, clearing out all the soybean soldiers and clones.

Ceder used the Flying Skill to soar into the sky beforehand, but the thunder, like a snake, relentlessly pursued him, even faster than his speed.

Seeing the thunder encircle his ankle, about to engulf his entire body, another Thunder Spear quickly hit the lightning, causing a collision explosion, sending Ceder hurtling to the edge of the field.

No need to guess, it was Solar’s Thunder Spear thrown earlier, for which Smough had hammered him away.

Willing to get hurt to help others, until this moment, Ceder realized the other was a living person, not just a common residual shadow.

"Even if it’s to avoid disgrace," Ceder clenched his teeth, the magic power he released sending his robe billowing, "I have to win this time!"

His injuries made it impossible for him to use high-level magic for long, so earlier, he used various low-tier magic to stall the enemies. But now, Smough wasn’t easily restrained; ordinary magic had minimal effect.

Solar now attracted the enemy’s attention, but that didn’t mean he could relax because every attack from Smough came with nearly all-covering lightning, and even standing on the edge, he could be affected.

His companion also showed fatigue after the battle with Ornstein. Solar wasn’t invincible, and if Ceder didn’t help, there could be a possible defeat.

He also needed to join the battle and at least inflict some damage!

"But with my current physical condition and magic reserves..."

If he used magic capable of causing effective damage, he might be overcome by internal injuries.

Wait, what if he didn’t use pure magic?

Thinking of this, he suddenly pulled out the Night and Fire Sword.

"Try to prevent the enemy’s attacks from hitting the ground!"

Ceder shouted, thinking about what Leon had told him about using things from the Dungeon to defeat it.

Sein often came across items he couldn’t even understand, some seemingly ordinary but astonishingly effective.

He took out the Hook Claw and used the Combat Skill Hound Step to dodge the thunder, arriving behind Smough. The latter was fiercely fighting Solar; such an intense scene only appeared in legends.

Amplification magic’s luminous stone mask suddenly appeared on Ceder’s head. He raised his magic wand and the Meteor Staff, stacking and releasing [Realm of Magic] and self-created magic to enhance magic power.