Chapter 92: Fiend Wolf


    The wolf obviously was able to do great damage from such a distance, so there was no point in hiding behind the wreckage of the walls. Zac didnt have any more tools or arrays to take care of it, so he would have to finish thisst wave by hand. He took out an axe and charged toward the beast with determination in his eyes.


    The fiend wolf spotted him and with a mighty roar set of against him as well. As they approached each other the boss once more swiped with its w making three edges rend a path toward him. In response Zac charged up five <strong>[Chop]</strong> edges andunched them to meet the des one by one.


    The wolfs attack demolished the first de without being impeded in the slightest, and the following four des didnt fare much better. The five des somewhat slowed down the attack and weakened it, but it was nowhere enough to stop it. It forced Zac to use his movement skill to dodge it, happy that at least his axe didnt take damage from using the cosmic energy des after they detached from the axe.


    The attacks of the wolf were on a higher tierpared to his own, and he didnt know whether it was due to the Dao of Sharpness or the power of the beast itself. He knew that evolving into an E-Grade ss was supposed to give a huge power-boost, but he still felt he should be able to contend with his enormous stat boosts from his titles. Luckily his movement skill was great for dodging attacks, and he sidestepped the iing strike.


    Soon he was upon the beast, and it felt even more threatening this close. It was evenrgerpared to the huge rock wolves he fought some time ago, reaching over six meters in height. But that clearly wasnt its only difference. The very air around it hummed with power, and he actually felt himself getting cut by innumerable air des. Some small cuts even appeared on his body with his huge Endurance, so Zac knew that an unevolved human would be cut into ribbons by simply walking close to this monster.


    It was the beasts Dao Field. Ogras and Alyn had exined the magical effects of Dao in battle. For example when a warriors insight got deeper he could actually spread his Dao out into the vicinity, creating a field that empowered himself or hurt his enemy. An early-stage Seed was too weak for that though, meaning this wolf not only possessed the Seed of Sharpness, it was also an evolved version.


    He moved underneath the monster, careful to avoid its long serrated ws that looked like they could bisect him in a second. He quickly summoned <strong>[Chop]</strong> and swung at one of its hind-legs in an effort to chop it off. He had no wish to stay in this field too long, as hed be slowly whittled down to just bones.


    The five-meter edge mmed into the leg some ways above the knee and prated into the thick sinewy muscles. But the axe didnt get far before it was stopped. Even with Zacs monstrous power he couldnt lop off its leg. The swing pushed the leg back, but soon the axe in his hands started to bend.


    The standard-issue axe simply wasnt good enough to cut through the monster, at least not without the aid of his Dao Seed or a stronger skill. Even odder, it was as though some force rebounded his energy, annihting the cosmic energy he used in the swing, which nullified much of the effectiveness of the strike.


    He threw away the ruined axe and brought out a new one, but the wolf wasnt content just to let Zac scurry about underneath its stomach. It pushed away with extreme speed and repositioned itself so that it could bite or w after him. It started to furiously swipe at Zac, who could only once again rely on his movement skill to move away.


    It destroyed the ground all around him as the waves from the ws rent gashes as deep as Zac was tall, which stretched tens of meters away. The beast wasnt using any skills, only the power of its body empowered with its Dao, and still the effect was even greaterpared to when Zac used <strong>[Chop]</strong>. Gravel and charred body parts of wolves were flying all over the area from the Fiend Wolfs assault.


    Zac tried to move closer to the beast but it held him at bay with its ws and huge maw, making it impossible to get around. He soon gave up and infused a <strong>[Chop] </strong>with the Dao of Heaviness and furiously swung it at the w to intercept it. The collision was enormous, and Zac was pushed twenty meters away, the axe in his handpletely destroyed.


    The wolf wasnt unscathed though, as it yelped and backed away a bit. Nothing was cut off, unfortunately, but the empowered strike at least broke some bones in its paws and perhaps destroyed some muscles. The Fiend Wolf obviously didnt want to put any weight on the damaged paw even though it didnt actually bleed.


    The wolf only seemed to get even more enraged and the air started to distort around it. It furiously howled up in the air, then exploded into action. With a frenzied charge it ignored its hurt paw in order to close in on Zac, who once again was forced on the defensive. Zacs cosmic energy was over halfway depleted even before starting the battle and he knew he couldnt just keep dodging. <strong>[Loamwalker] </strong>had an amazing effect, but it was his most draining skill.


    Without seeing any alternative he pushed forward right after dodging a swing, moving straight toward the beasts head. The maw of the monster was immediately upon him, rows of jagged teeth closing in. But just as the mouth was about to m shut a green shimmering sheen enveloped Zac.


    It was the defensive option of his clothing, something he hadnt used apart from some experiments during the past month. As a top tier E-Grade equipment, the shield from his robe stopped the teeth in their tracks, even causing many of them to crack or break off.


    The pain must have been blinding for the monster, as it howled in pain while its head jerked away by reflex. Zac saw his opportunity and charged up his <strong>[Chop] </strong>with the Dao of Heaviness, and ruthlessly chopped at its exposed throat. The power of his swing was enormous, and he could actually hear some things in its throat breaking. He also managed to cut some ways into its throat, making a great deal of almost pitch ck blood spurt out.


    The power of the swing together with the Dao of Heaviness actually threw the huge monster over ten meters away, where itnded in a deep thud. The ground beneath Zacs feet caved from the pressure, chippings flying in all directions.


    Unfortunately the swing wasnt enough, as the monster had no trouble getting back on its feet. It was frothing at its mouth in anger, and a deep growl incessantly escaped its mouth. But just as it got to its feet ninerge spikes materialized around it from clouds of green shimmering gases. Zacs sense for danger started tingling from just looking at the meter-long spikes, and he nced around.


    He saw Alea stand some distance away with a pale face, ready to keel over. Just as he saw her she closed her fist, and a prating screech erupted from the wolf. Zac quickly turned back and saw that therge spikes had prated deep into various parts of the beasts body.


    The wolf let out an enraged roar and furiously shook to remove the poisoned spikes from its body. However, they were firmly lodged into its body, and even with its thrashing they stayed inside. The wolf howled in anger and ignored Zac to swipe its front w toward the demoness, who desperately scrambled away. The movements of the wolf were weird and twitchy after getting impaled, but it still was able to send those sharp edges out.


    The nail-attack clearly used up all of her power as she stumbled around while she tried to avoid the iing des. Zac knew that should have been Aleas ace in the hole, as he could barely draw blood with his huge swings, yet all nine of her spikes prated the tough hide.


    The onught quickly became too much, and the edge of a swipe hit her shoulder, drawing a great spurt of blood. She had actually used some defensive option thest minute, but the attack immediately destroyed the cloud that formed in front of her. She yelled in pain but kept moving away from the wolf, but it wouldnt have it.


    Zac tried everything in his arsenal to stop the assault of the enraged wolf, wildly swinging his axe at it, but it seemed intent of bringing the poison master down. Apparently, those spikes hurt far more than anything else it had felt during the battle. It furiously gathered a great deal of cosmic energy in its w and swung a huge arc after her when it saw that she was moving further away.


    Zac saw that she wouldnt be able to dodge it and unhesitantly moved in front of her with a few quick strides of <strong>[Loamwalker]</strong>. He activated the second charge of his shield, once more enveloping him in the protectiveyer as he positioned himself in front of the demoness. The enormous wave of destruction approached, and Zac was punched back from the impact. But luckily the shield held even against this huge attack.


    He managed to soak most of the damage that appeared, but the wave was simply toorge. Some parts passed by him, and an errant streak of power swiped Alea, making her scream and topple over. A huge gash appeared on her clothes, and blood was immediately starting to pool beneath her. It looked like the strike almostpletely bisected her.


    As he saw hispanion who got such a terrifying wound because she wanted to help him out, a zing fury erupted in his mind and he charged toward the hurt wolf. The only thing in his rage-addled brain was the need to destroy the Fiend Wolf. Zac didnt even notice that cosmic energy was gathering towards his head as he furiously charged toward the boss.


    The wolf was in quite a bad condition from Zacs swings and the poison, but it roused itself to intercept his strike. Just as it did tens of ck spears rose up from the ground, striking various weak spots. Arge spear whistled through the air and impaled its undamaged front leg, making it fall down again with a yelp. Zac didnt care about any of that, and with a roar pushed off the ground, sailing through the air toward the monster.


    While he jumped he gripped his axe with both hands and lifted it over his head. As he did an enormous edge over ten meters formed, thrumming with a sharp power. The edge was neither the pale blue as usual nor the darker shade from imbuing it with the Dao of Heaviness. It glistened with a silvery luster, and it looked that the very air itself was cut apart as Zac moved forward.


    With a bestial roar he swung down the axe, infusing all his anger and cosmic energy into the strike. Hepletely cut the beast in two, instantly killing it. It didnt end there though as the strike mmed into the ground, tearing a fifty-meter gash into the ground with a thundering sound. It was like a miniature version of the huge canyon created by the axe-man in Zacs first vision.


    Seeing the beast dead it was as though all power left Zac and he unceremoniously fell down after the strike. Thest furious chargepletely overtaxed him, and he was almostpletely out of cosmic power. As hey panting on the ground the shadows next to him flickered, and Ogras appeared through his movement skill.


    A sh of fear filled his heart as he saw the ruthless demon stare down at him, but he only bent down to give him a hand.


    Good hustle,


    I thought you were going to retreat, Zac sighed tiredly with a nce at the demon.


    I was just waiting for the right opportunity to tip the scales. My normal attacks wouldnt be able to hurt it, so you needed to do the heavy lifting, the demon answered with a half-smile.


    Zac knew the demon probably only hid in the shadows until he saw an opportunity to kill the Fiend Wolf. If it didnt appear he would have receded into the darkness and left without so much as a goodbye. Still, he knew the demon was under no obligation to risk his life for him, so he wouldntment on the kiness.


    Normally, this would be the time to celebrate with the first horde defeated, but he quickly remembered himself and ran toward the demoness who was still bleeding out.