Defying the Fate of Beheading

Even up till now, merely judging by peers' growth speeds, dismissing the two with accelerated hacks, Alice is undoubtedly the top of the top, an unfettered queen.

As for Grace, it's even more so, the weight of a future sacred maiden's title needs no explanation.

Even the worst, the three brothers Chris, are prodigies who coordinate seamlessly.

To put it bluntly, others worry in the preliminaries about whether they can defeat their chosen monsters.

Louis and his team entering the competition... need to consider if there are enough monsters to go around.

"Even if there aren't enough... you can't just do something like that."

The little swan's cute mouth slightly opened, watching the scene unfold.

A twisted spiritual power formed an invisible hurricane around Louis, sending his cloak into a frenzy.

Metal weapons, enveloped by the Grip of Greed, continuously shot out, pinning down one Shadow Bull Monster after another like a storm of bullets.

The spreading scarlet dyed the land like a painting, cruel as a picture.

Louis gently clenched his fist.

In an instant, as if some terrifying creature was performing an invisible suck, blood bursts from the clustered bull monsters.

A certain adventuring team that "accidentally" followed behind Louis, looked at the eerie scene of blood continuously rushing to the sky, their expressions changing.

Feeling their scalps tingle, they subconsciously stepped back a few paces.

Especially when the members of the Moonlight Cat Cat Group cast their gaze upon them, they raised their hands immediately:

"Sorry, we took the wrong path."

The Grip of Greed shot a steel lance on the ground in front of them.

The leading adventurer instantly prostrated himself:

"Spare us, great hero, we dare not do it again."

Looking at the fully armored, god-like or demon-like figure hovering in the air, he felt his urge to pee rising.

He actually just wanted to see if there was a chance to pick up scraps.

Losing his life for that, it's not worth it! Not worth it!

At this time, the blood orb, having devoured an unknown amount of bull monster's blood, had swelled to a diameter of 5 meters.

The writhing blood emitted a strange chewing sound.

In expressions of surprise, the mass of blood was absorbed into a bizarre slime body woven with silver and black.

Limuru - Youth Version - Blood Slime Form.

Acquiring the ability [Clan Blood Blade].

After siphoning an enemy's blood, it can release a blood-colored blade.

For ordinary opponents, it's merely a powerful pseudo-magic attack.

But if within those attacked by the blood blade, someone is a relative of the blood source, they will be cursed by the bond of kin slaying.

Yes, the closer the blood relation, the greater the spell's damage.

This is a blood-red curse released by using blood and kinship as a medium.

Amidst screams of agony, the devastated area echoed with the Minotaur's wails.

An eerie aura spread continuously, enveloping the entire scene.

The Minotaur's commotion gradually quieted down.

Before it, the blood-colored blade that pierced its body was slowly withdrawn by Limuru.

Extracted along with it was the entire blood of the Minotaur.

Yes.

His methods of dealing with opponents had evolved further.

The cause of the Minotaur's death was not the piercing injury crafted by Limuru in his blood slime form.

Rather, it was the skill Grip of Greed hidden within the Clan Blood Blade and the Soul Mage's ability Psyche Hand from a distance.

Whether mage or other professionals, they are shrouded in extraordinary powers.

These powers are like a dense protective membrane, able to fend off external influences and interventions.

As an example, the Soul Mage's Psyche Hand can shift an object a short distance.

How is this "object" defined?

If anything could be moved, Soul Mages could casually find a dragon and shift its, uh, egg 20 centimeters away.

Trust me, if it could be done, Soul Mages would only ever be known as "male slayers" in the future.

Few males can endure the lethal egg-beating damage and humiliation.

But in reality, such feats are rarely, if ever, achieved by Soul Mages.

Just by covering their bodies with extraordinary powers from various professions, such control can be avoided.

Unless there's a massive difference in professional level, it's nearly impossible to deliver a lethal attack via such means.

Why nearly?

Because someone now can genuinely achieve something similar.

Yes, Louis and Limuru's collaboration can break this limit to a certain extent.

The reason is simple: the inability to perform such fine control stems from other systems' extraordinary powers "rejecting" the magic from taking effect.

But when the opponent's body is torn open, at the moment the Grip of Greed generates an invisible force field cruelly extracting their blood—

Louis and Limuru can both use the [Matter Control] ability to seize control over this part of the blood the moment it leaves the body.

At this moment, reintegrating the blood back into the opponent's body renders their extraordinary powers ineffective over the blood.

But Louis can.

To ward off Limuru's [Matter Control], the opponent must invest massive strength in suppressing the unstable material within their body.

In using [Matter Control], Louis with the Greed Dominator can essentially be seen as a version of Limuru.

Even... the flagship model capable of fine control,