Chapter 924: Chapter 461: Meteor, Consecutive Slashes (2)

But it must be admitted, its mental fortitude is quite decent; even if it’s muscle memory, it doesn’t freeze in place.

Instead, it instinctively bends its arm, trying to bring the two conch shells in its hand to its mouth, with a faint magical radiance lingering in its palm.

However, its movement is halfway in when an inexplicable, heavy pressure is suddenly exerted on its unprotected wrists.

The Fishman Priest only feels its wrist as if something invisible forcefully pushed it down.

It didn’t cause any significant damage, but it instantly interrupted its spell casting.

"Buzz."

It’s the hum emitted by the high-frequency vibration of energy.

While descending, it distractedly used [Gravity Control] again to interrupt the enemy’s spell casting, simultaneously applying gravity to pin them in place, ensuring the opponent has no chance of evasion.

Of course, Xia Nan wouldn’t waste such an opportunity.

Like a faint flame, an ochre-red glow suddenly ignites at the descending tip of the Wolf Teeth, then rapidly burns, transforming into an ochre-red flame intertwined in the black tail streak.

——[Gravity Etching]!

"Boom!!!"

The red-black tail dragged from the high sky has yet to dissipate, and the comet-like a wolf beast has already landed.

Like an explosion, the airwave spreads around, lifting countless gravel, the wolf howl abruptly ceases, leaving only layers of echoes in the air.

Simultaneously disappearing with the wolf howl is the Fishman Priest’s panicked "gargle" as it subconsciously screams.

From top to bottom, the body falling from the sky, with extra gravity applied, and the momentary burst from [Teeth Hunting], coupled with the sharpness of the [Ash Fall] Straight Sword itself, brings this sword’s physical damage to its peak;

Additionally, the force field damage from [Gravity Etching], and the Spiritual Damage, Beheading Damage, and Chopping Damage inherent to the Straight Sword.

With such a combination, even those dangerous monsters famed for defense find it hard to withstand such a strike.

Let alone the Fishman Priest without any armor or helmet before its eyes.

From the skull downwards, slicing out from the waist and crotch.

The scales, muscles, and bones, are almost more fragile than the softest tofu.

Xia Nan doesn’t even feel a hint of resistance.

When his feet lands steadily on the sandy ground with the [Tidal Shaping] specialty passively mitigating fall damage.

The Fishman Priest’s body, split vertically by a sword, is also swept left and right by the subsequent airwave, leaving a heap of ruined visceral chunks on the spot.

Azure blue blood mixed with flesh splatters onto the surface of the Plate Chain Composite Armor.

Xia Nan doesn’t let his guard down just because the beheading strategy succeeded.

In the next second, two gleaming fish spears stab straight at him from the left and right.

Their willpower perception is a bit weak, but they’re elite-level guards, those Sha Hua Fishmen guarding the priest, though slightly stunned by [Night Mother’s Gaze], ultimately passed the fear state check, attacking Xia Nan as he lands.

Their attack speed isn’t slow, but under normal circumstances, with Xia Nan’s agility attribute exceeding ten, he could easily react and dodge.

However, the situation now is different.

Despite having [Tidal Shaping] halve fall damage, to maximize his attack damage, Xia Nan, using extra gravity with [Gravity Control] while falling to slay a target, becomes momentarily stiff from the free-fall impact, hard to move.

Almost instinctively, a flicker of thought, and the [Dead Line] ring on Xia Nan’s right index finger glimmers momentarily.

——Deflection Field!

Also a force field energy, the translucent ochre-red shield appears out of thin air, enveloping Xia Nan.

As the light shield forms, the two fish spears stabbing at his vital points from the left and right also violently collide with the ochre-red force field energy.

The [Dead Line] ring comes from the first Bear Goblin encountered in the transmigration, enchanted with the "Deflection Field" spell, providing significant help for Xia Nan to reach where he is today.

But as a professional, with his professional level and overall strength gradually rising, the ring’s impact diminishes.

Often, facing formidable foes, the "Deflection Field" can’t even block for half a second.

Yet, in such fierce battles, even half a second of respite is enough for the scales of victory to tip to the other side.

Currently, it’s the same.

Facing the attack from two elite Sha Hua Fishmen with Challenge Levels possibly reaching lv2 or even lv3, the "Deflection Field" from the [Dead Line] ring held just half a second before shattering into ochre-red fragments.

However, this blink-of-an-eye delay allowed Xia Nan to regain a bit of bodily control while in the stiff post-landing state, forcefully retreating half a step with his legs.

Altogether, it’s less than a foot’s distance.

But the sharp fish spears, which should pierce the body through the sides’ weak points of the Plate Chain Composite Armor, now only leave two deep scratches on the heavy armor plate at his chest, the strongest defense area.

"Rumble!"

From above, the sound of wings vibrating is so clear now.

Though transforming into Wilderness Form granted Hai Yin the ability to fly, the Short-tailed Albatross body also stripped her of most spell casting capability, making it hard to engage in battle in the usual way.

Yet, she’s not entirely useless, can’t just stand idly by.

Anxiously watching Xia Nan execute the beheading tactic as he falls, she, relieved by the plan’s success, also realized the looming danger for him midway.

She immediately alters her form, diving downward.

As she glides over, the strong wind lifted by her enormous wings seems to carry a hint of green energy.

It doesn’t inflict damage.

But when the verdant magical radiance lands on the Fishman Guards, water plants can be seen swiftly sprouting in the armor’s gaps.

As the Albatross sweeps low and flaps upwards again.

The water plants rapidly cover the two Fishmen’s entire bodies.

Already in a post-attack rigid state, now further entangled by the water plants, it’s hard to break free for a short while, actions constrained.

Meanwhile, relying on an explosive burst of muscle to forcibly retreat half a step, avoiding the enemy’s powerful strike, Xia Nan finally recovers from the impact of the high-altitude fall.

Always attuned to the battlefield’s shifts, he hesitates not at this moment.

The [Ash Fall] Straight Sword’s ash-black blade gathers flowing runes-like force field energy, slightly warping the air around under gravity’s sway.

Arm muscles exert force, making the black shirt beneath bulge, gathering strength.

——[Gravity Etching]+[Heavy Tide]+[Vortex Slash]!

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

No holding back possible, this instant Xia Nan unleashes almost his full strength besides [Embers Resonance].

In less than two seconds, he fiercely slashes three times.

The exaggerated speed of the sword swings causes the ochre-red sword lights, subtly warping the air, to almost merge into one, forming three intersecting razor-sharp sword glows.

First to snap, are the two fish spears maintaining their thrusting poses, reaching forward;

Then the gruesome wounds in the Fishmen’s chests, almost exposing organ outlines;

Finally, their broken necks, and skewed split skulls.

The azure blue blood gushes like a storm.

Half-transparent characters flash in his eyes.

In the air, the white feathers just fallen from Hai Yin alongside Xia Nan drift down gently.

Like a tiny boat sailing through a storm, swaying, rising and falling.

Driven by the airflow as the bodies collapse, it swivels half a turn diagonally, landing on the blood and flesh-strewn beach.