Chapter 580: Chapter 580

Adeline’s heart raced; she only hoped that after the lizard killed her teammate, it would calm its inner rage.

Or perhaps it would target another member of the team, buying her some time to escape.

However... a fifty percent chance was not so easy to evade.

Limited by her own profession, Adeline wasn’t very skilled in perception.

In the past, she found traces of goblins in complex environments mostly due to her years of accumulated experience.

But at this moment, perhaps the threat of death had awakened her potential, as if eyes had grown on her back.

Adeline could clearly sense the intense vibrations coming from behind, rapidly approaching at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Dense and urgent footsteps echoed amid the angry roars of the beast, as if each step was landing on her heart, pounding like a drum.

Eventually, Adeline could even hear the panting of the Eight legged Lizard and smell the increasingly pungent stench of stone dust in the air.

A vicious glint flashed in her eyes.

Knowing she was about to be caught, she decisively reached into her pouch with her right hand while her legs suddenly exerted, flinging her body forward.

Her feet left the ground.

In mid-air, utilizing the powerful core strength of her waist and abdomen, she twisted her body to face the enemy.

In just a few dozen seconds, the Petrified Lizard was now only a little more than ten meters away from her.

There wasn’t the slightest scratch on its body, only traces of fresh blood at the edge of its mouthparts... clearly from Adeline’s unfortunate teammate who could no longer make a sound.

Her expression was resolute; taking advantage of the turn, her right hand withdrew from the pouch and she flung it fiercely in front of her!

The next second, all her remaining stock—five kerosene bombs—flew straight toward the lizard’s face.

The oil mixed with dust was ignited by a spark, transforming into a large burst of scorching orange-red flame, almost engulfing half of the Petrified Lizard’s face.

A pained roar came from behind her.

Cold sweat trickled down as Adeline didn’t even check whether the kerosene bombs had worked; the moment she threw them, her body had already twisted back in mid-air.

Her feet hit the ground, the corners of her eyes flickered with orange-red flame.

Without looking back, she continued to sprint forward.

Her actions were highly effective.

Five flame bombs bought her three seconds of escape time.

Her strong physical fitness allowed her to widen the gap between her and the Petrified Lizard by nearly forty meters during this opportunity.

But for the fierce demon creature, now angrier after recovering from the flames, catching up would only take two seconds.

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Take a deep breath, half yawn, blink twice in fatigue, or watch a leaf float to the ground.

Adeline didn’t know what meaning there was in her actions, she just instinctively wanted to prolong her life, even if it was just for another breath.

Looking at the result.

Those extra two seconds allowed Adeline to survive.

Covered with rough, bluish-gray scales, a powerful front claw raised high at an angle, vaguely revealing the solid muscles undulating under its scale armor.

Came crashing down, the terrifying force almost seemed to crush the air.

This was the tearing sound of the air, which could also be understood as the swishing of a scythe wielded by the Grim Reaper.

This strange howl rang out almost simultaneously with the striking sound of the claw.

That bluish-gray forelimb still fell.

But the previously terrifying force that left professionals unable to react, the clawing speed for some reason slowed as if submerged in water.

And the object that should have been crushed into a bloody pulp underneath was no longer the back-facing adventurer but a long, diamond-shaped arm shield as jet-black and clear as glass.

The material seemed too transparent, with no defensive abilities at all.

The gigantic falling claw couldn’t leave even a mark on its jet-black surface.

The deadly attack was solidly parried.

At this moment, even the petrified lizard, whose reason was devoured by rage, couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment.

The pale green vertical pupil stared at the tall black-haired figure that suddenly appeared amidst the wolf’s howl.

It felt mysteriously familiar, as if seen somewhere before.

The brain had just started to function when it was interrupted by the intense pain from the forelimb.

The thick forearm that had just completed the swinging motion, fell whole in a strangely smooth, disassembled posture.

It felt as if the petrified lizard used too much force and accidentally flung its own arm down.

The severed edge was smooth.

Scale, muscle, bone, cleanly sliced.

A beastly howl mixed with anger and pain echoed in the forest, causing the treetops overhead to sway with the sound wave sweeping through the air.

The pain of the severed limb seemed to stir up this eight-legged lizard’s wildness, with six legs supporting on the ground, it swung the other forelimb towards the enemy regardless.

This time, it didn’t encounter the strange, heavy drag like just now, all the force of the body was exerted to the fullest.

The thick claws almost formed a huge crater in the ground with their smash.

But that inexplicably appearing man vanished from place, in a wolf’s howl, just as when he came.

Then, the petrified lizard felt the pain once more.

A dazzling reddish-brown energy burst on its seventh leg like a firework.

The rough scale armor that could easily block metal slicing, which even the vicious predators in the jungle found hard to bite through, had no defense at all against this reddish-brown glow.

As if acting on another layer.

When the petrified lizard truly felt the pain, the burst of light at the joint had vanished.

Replaced by an elliptical void, causing its limb to separate in an irregular radial pattern.

The petrified lizard wanted to understand what exactly happened.

Was its enemy truly that black-haired man, or something else hidden deeper?

Was it a shadowy black wolf from a powerful ranger, or some high-level mage casting spell attacks from the shadows?

The next second, the petrified lizard stopped thinking.

Or rather, it lost the ability to think on a physical level.

A sharp edged object severed the nerve connecting its head and body.

For some reason, in that instant, she felt herself becoming much lighter, and her speed soared tremendously.

So that the swooshing sound from behind only brushed past the back of her head, never reaching her.

The feeling of lightness disappeared suddenly, like swimming for a long time and suddenly coming ashore, her legs sank abruptly, causing her to tip forward and fall to the ground.

Breathing heavily, the pain coursing throughout her body cleared the numb blankness of her mind in a moment of life-or-death crisis.

Only then did she realize that someone had seemingly saved her.

"No, I have to help him!"

Though she didn’t know which adventurer intervened, facing such a dangerous demon, she couldn’t possibly leave him behind to face it alone.

Struggling up fiercely, Adeline, who turned around, was suddenly stunned on the spot.

Ahead, the petrified lizard roared maddeningly, its two thick short arms lay on the ground nearby; she could even see the writhing muscles deep in its throat.

Meanwhile, a gigantic twisted black wolf, seeming to be formed of the darkest, purest shadow, was pouncing down from the air as its mane fluttered.

Its silvery-white fangs precisely and swiftly pierced into the lizard’s short and thick neck, which connected with its body.

The shadow slightly twisted.

The black wolf disappeared, leaving only a black-haired youth clad in metal armor with sharp features.

Holding the long sword in reverse with both hands, the blade embedded in flesh became the best force-reducing tool, making his descent not too fast.

In Adeline’s view, the enormous lizard head seemed to have been "plucked" from its neck by the man.

Boots and the head fell to the ground together.

Behind was the noisy spurt of blood and the thundering collapse of the corpse.

Dark eyes gazed into the void as translucent characters quietly slid by.