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Chapter 40: The Power of Purification

“Finally here!”

Hiding in the shadows, Enwei couldn’t help but chuckle as he watched the scene unfold.

He had initially planned to take out these pesky little devils first, so they wouldn’t escape to inform anyone, and then deal with Roy.

But now, look at this! He came right to me, saving me a lot of trouble!

Enwei rubbed his hands together, eager to watch a good show.

Kaya was screaming with excitement, but the other two still looked as pale as ghosts.

Mark admitted he wasn’t a fan of Roy, but he didn’t want to see him meet his end.

Besides, even if he jumped in to help, he wouldn’t shake the hold of Sequence 6—it would just be a wasted life.

“Roy, are you crazy? That’s Sequence 6! Not even you can win that!”

“Exactly, don’t mind us! Just run and get backup!” White yelled anxiously, not wanting to drag Roy down.

Ignoring those two, Roy stared fixedly at the increasingly pale beast above him and calmly said, “No way.”

“Running away isn’t my style.”

With the traitor delivering the target right to his door, he couldn’t just let that opportunity slip. Waiting to call for the teacher might mean missing the chance.

However, those words meant something entirely different to the three of them.

He doesn’t want to leave us behind!

Kaya, gazing at the boy’s back, felt her cheeks flush with emotion. Mark was deeply impressed by this boldness, while White hung his head in shame, completely forgetting their old rivalry.

The three of them gathered their courage, stood up together, and moved to Roy’s side.

“Roy, let me help too!”

“Mad, blow that guy up!”

“It’s an honor to fight alongside you!”

Roy was a bit speechless.

No, guys, don’t get too wound up.

It’s just Sequence 6, a small scene, honestly, it wouldn’t hurt to just sit back and watch.

The blazing sunbird before them clearly suffered from some undead magic, but it was nowhere near the level of a true undead creature.

After all, it was significantly weaker than the undead knight they previously faced, and Roy himself had progressed a rank since then.

But since they insisted on helping…

“Follow my lead.”

The blazing sunbird instinctively sensed a threat from the black-haired boy and hesitated to engage.

But the necromantic magic’s influence clouded its mind, and eventually, the chilling intent to kill overpowered its survival instincts. It screeched and launched its attack once more.

With its fiery wings spread wide, the sunbird tried once more to rain down fire, but an overwhelming pressure crushed down like a hammer, halting its movements.

【Dragon Might】!

“Now’s the time!”

At the boy’s shout, the three split up.

Kaya unleashed her large-scale healing mist, quickly mending the other two’s wounds.

Mark leaped up, seizing the opportunity as the sunbird was frozen in midair, and punched its side.

Meanwhile, White fired off a series of arrows, each laced with flowing water, striking the tips of its wings one after the other.

Though the sunbird had a natural fiery shield, its powers had been bolstered by its undead state.

Even if they couldn’t break through its defenses, following Roy’s orders, their attacks struck its weaknesses, disrupting the sunbird’s balance.

As they continued to pester the sunbird, it got increasingly flustered, wildly tossing its pale flames that corrupted everything in their path.

Gradually falling, the sunbird intended to use its massive form to finish things quickly.

It lunged, claws sweeping, and caught Mark in its grasp.

But it failed to notice that the black-haired boy had already positioned himself atop its head, calmly raising his twin swords that flowed with pure water.

【Calm Like Water】.

The more chaotic the battle, the easier it was for Roy to conceal himself.

Two beams of sword light blazed down like lightning.

With a violent burst, the thick wings erupted with bright red flowers, and in agony, the sunbird struggled, sending both Mark and Roy flying out of its clutches.

The difference was that Mark crashed into the bushes, while Roy landed gracefully.

A fallen phoenix is no better than a chicken.

With its wounded wings, the sunbird lost its biggest advantage. Its bloodied wings couldn’t lift it once more, leaving it to thrash helplessly on the ground, filled with resentment and despair.

Mark and the others were reinvigorated.

Blind courage had transformed into real hope.

It’s said that the gap between low-tier and mid-tier is like a chasm.

If not for the golden lineage and the extraordinary talent of the times, ten Sequence 7 fighters could barely shake a single Sequence 6.

Could they actually win?!

However, just as Mark and White intended to follow in the boy’s footsteps to push the advantage, they sensed a surge of power radiating from Roy, and he coldly shouted.

“Don’t come closer!”

In the next moment, the sunbird let out a howling cry, its vibrant red feathers and flesh rapidly shedding, while its massive form visibly decayed.

A terrifying, cold phantasmagoria erupted from the sunbird, incinerating everything around it.

Thanks to Roy’s warning, Mark and the others barely managed to duck behind a rock just in time to avoid that strike.

But witnessing the black-haired boy standing still, facing this eerie flame, left the three of them panicking.

“We… we have to save him!”

Mark grabbed hold of the girl who was about to rush out, “Are you insane? A touch from that pale flame means certain death, what do you plan to use to save him?!”

The normally soft Kaya surprisingly stood firm, questioning, “But… do we just stand by and watch him burn to death?!”

“Wait.” White’s expression turned strange, “I think you guys don’t need to argue.”

The two looked up in shock.

The black-haired boy was not engulfed in flames, suffering in pain, but was instead pushing against the cold flame with his bare hands, slowly moving forward!

【Iron Blood】 is known for its strong physical defense but has never tolerated elemental attacks well.

This unusual sunbird possessed powers beyond their understanding—anything worse than regular elemental attacks.

Yet here was Roy, clashing head-on with that power, completely overturning the trio’s comprehension of extraordinary might.

The sunbird itself didn’t expect its full-on attack wouldn’t just fail to kill its opponent, but it couldn’t even block him.

Survival instincts synchronized with the ominous killing intent, aiming to eliminate the boy before it.

The sunbird suppressed the spreading flames and gathered all its might in its mouth, preparing to unleash everything in a single breath.

But Roy would never give it that chance!

The boy’s eyes sparked with golden lightning again.

The second round of 【Dragon Might】 interrupted the sunbird’s actions.

In quick succession, Roy shouted, his gaze flashing blue.

【Bard’s Illusory Song】!

The twisted melody wrapped around the sunbird’s soul like tentacles, causing its eyes to dull, flames lingering on its lips but unable to release any.

A long, haunting screech echoed through the air.

The Sequence 6 beast struggled against the powerful will and necromantic力, forcibly breaking free from the illusion, trying to conjure the flames again.

But it noticed that in the mere seconds of its daze, the black-haired boy had already flashed in front of it.

At this moment, as a Sequence 6 beast, it still didn’t believe it could lose to a mere human.

Spread wings, sharp beak—just a single impact was enough to end the boy’s life.

But Roy’s attack was even faster.

He simply placed his palm atop the sunbird’s head.

【Purification】!

Pure water burst forth, and for the already undead sunbird, it was like dry wood facing fierce flames—its flesh confronting sulfuric acid.

In the end, as it faced its enemy right before it, the sunbird couldn’t even manage a single counterattack before being entirely corroded from within by the pristine flow of water.

 

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