The wyvern dove downward as Esdeath raised her right hand.
In the next moment, three enormous ice spikes appeared out of thin air.
Sharp whistling sounds tore through the air.
The azure ice spikes shot toward Hegreon in the blink of an eye.
A trace of brutality flashed through Hegreon's bronze-colored beast eyes.
Its movements were swift as it twisted its body, its black bone wings slicing through the air with explosive cracking sounds.
The gigantic ice spikes were instantly smashed into powder, turning into white icy mist that dissipated into the air.
Hegreon looked around in every direction.
It had caught a familiar scent!
Esdeath did not continue attacking and instead constantly observed the area below.
Under normal circumstances.
When temperatures sharply dropped, mist would usually condense into tiny droplets of water.
Yet the poisonous fog filling the town showed no signs of liquefying at all.
In such an open area, the violent winds stirred up by the earlier attack had not achieved much dispersal effect.
Esdeath possessed a certain resistance to poison. When she was younger, she had hunted plenty of poison-type Danger Beasts.
But this was still a Super Danger Beast, so caution was necessary.
Esdeath silently thought to herself,
"Troublesome. Looks like we'll need to change locations."
Hegreon spat out poisonous fog once more as it looked provocatively at Esdeath in the sky.
The town blanketed in massive amounts of poison fog had already become this Super Danger Beast's territory.
Esdeath not advancing immediately caused Hegreon to misjudge the situation.
It assumed the enemy feared its poisonous fog.
Seeing this, Esdeath raised an eyebrow and revealed a mocking smile.
"What a pain."
An invisible breeze swept past as Esdeath's waterfall-like long hair fluttered.
Inside a nearby forest, Uesugi Ryu leaned against a tree trunk, quietly waiting for the right opportunity.
Esdeath would either clear away the poisonous fog or force Hegreon out of it.
After that, Uesugi Ryu would seize the chance to launch a sneak attack.
While waiting, Uesugi Ryu suddenly raised his head and looked upward.
"That's seriously a bit excessive~"
High in the sky, the clouds were violently torn apart as a massive shadow covered most of the town.
Three gigantic frozen meteors that blotted out the sky descended toward the town below in a triangular formation.
Hegreon's eagle beak slowly opened wide.
This was the first time it had ever encountered such a powerful human.
Sensing danger, it immediately spread its wings. Its broad and ferocious black wings flapped violently.
Hegreon shot into the sky and instantly fled westward.
Before the frozen meteors could even land.
Seeing that her objective had been achieved, Esdeath leaped off the wyvern's back and rapidly condensed a sharp ice spike beneath her feet.
The ice spike was launched by an invisible force, turning into an ice-blue streak flashing through the sky.
Hegreon had not flown very far when a figure tore through the heavens and arrived directly before it.
The blade split the air.
In the next moment.
Brilliant sparks accompanied by piercing screeches as the crimson long blade collided with the black bone wing.
The moment Hegreon realized the attacker was Uesugi Ryu, its eyes widened in fury.
It immediately opened its mouth, preparing to spit a mouthful of poisonous sludge at him.
Uesugi Ryu instantly twisted his body, planting both feet heavily onto the bone wing.
With a powerful kick, he rapidly dropped downward.
Before Hegreon could retaliate.
A cold wind blew past as its instincts screamed that danger was approaching.
Hegreon subconsciously twisted its body.
Its enormous black wings granted it powerful defensive capabilities.
Earlier, Uesugi Ryu's slash had only left a shallow cut upon them.
The ice spike slammed heavily into the bone wing.
The long and sharp spike instantly shattered, while the overwhelming impact force directly blasted Hegreon away.
Hegreon's massive body crashed heavily into the ground.
It appeared completely unharmed.
Orange-yellow light illuminated the entire sky as the gigantic frozen meteors in the distance continued slowly descending.
The scene carried an apocalyptic feeling.
Uesugi Ryu and Esdeath stood on Hegreon's left and right sides.
Hegreon shook its somewhat dizzy head. After dusting off the dirt covering its body, it stood back up.
Boom!!!!
The town was instantly destroyed under that tremendous impact. Shockwaves spread outward from the center of the town in an instant.
The black trench coat and white military uniform fluttered violently in the wind.
Esdeath glanced sideways at Uesugi Ryu.
"Hold it off for ten seconds."
Golden light burst from Uesugi Ryu's eyes.
Without saying a word, he kicked off the ground and charged toward Hegreon.
Esdeath crouched halfway down, one hand pressed against the ground.
Tiny fragments of ice spread across the earth, gradually forming a circle.
In less than a second, vast quantities of ice began continuously growing upward along the circular trajectory.
Seeing this, Hegreon instantly became agitated.
It raised its sharp claws and viciously slashed toward Uesugi Ryu while the scorpion tail behind it swayed flexibly, seemingly ready to attack at any moment.
Uesugi Ryu lightly jumped aside to evade the attack. Holding his long blade, he moved agilely around Hegreon.
Taking advantage of the gap after the enemy's attack, Uesugi Ryu flashed forward.
The long blade in his hand swung down as the sharp edge tore through flesh with wet slicing sounds.
A deep wound appeared on Hegreon's thigh.
Though the wound was not huge, blood poured out wildly.
Hegreon let out a miserable shriek and rapidly flapped its wings toward Uesugi Ryu.
At the same time it attacked, Hegreon concealed its tail behind the wing.
The poisonous hook at the tip of the tail glowed with emerald-green light.
This wing strike was unbelievably fast, completely different from before.
Uesugi Ryu focused intently and immediately raised his blade horizontally in front of himself.
A crisp metallic collision rang out.
Hegreon's physical strength was average. The attack only caused Uesugi Ryu to stagger slightly.
Before Uesugi Ryu could regain his footing, Hegreon suddenly collapsed forward along the momentum of its own attack.
In the next moment, the scorpion tail behind it abruptly extended while simultaneously spraying out large amounts of poison.
The poisonous hook glowing with emerald light ripped through the air toward Uesugi Ryu.
It had deliberately exposed an opening to lure Uesugi Ryu into attacking just for this moment. This beast's intelligence was far from low.
If it faced attacks from both opponents at once, defeat would only be a matter of time.
It would rather trade injuries and first eliminate the irritating little insect before it.
Uesugi Ryu remained expressionless, seemingly not surprised in the slightest.
Internally, he mocked it.
"A stinger attack, huh. Same old trick~"
Everything Hegreon did was completely visible to his eyes.
Unfortunately, Hegreon had acted too late. Ten seconds had already passed.
In the next instant, a wall of ice suddenly rose up, blocking the poisonous hook's attack path.
The poisonous hook easily pierced through the ice wall, but that gap of less than half a second was enough.
Uesugi Ryu had already sidestepped away.
The poisonous stinger shot past his side with a whoosh.
A blood-red energy coated the long blade in Uesugi Ryu's hand.
The muscles in both his arms bulged as he raised the blade and chopped downward.
A flash of blade light passed by.
The scorpion tail with the poisonous hook was instantly severed.
Dark green poison mixed with blood sprayed outward.
Those liquids precisely avoided Uesugi Ryu's body and splattered onto the ground.
The liquid corroded the earth with sizzling sounds.
Hegreon pulled back its mutilated tail.
Ignoring the pain, it immediately opened its mouth to spit poison again.
Just as the poison was about to spray out, Esdeath had already rushed forward.
Hegreon tried to retreat, but the severe wound on its leg delayed its movements for a brief moment.
Esdeath raised her left leg as the heel of her high boot slammed violently into Hegreon's jaw.
Terrifying force erupted from the heel, directly kicking its massive body several centimeters off the ground.
The incompletely formed poison immediately spilled out from Hegreon's mouth.
Its head buzzed violently as it could only swing its claws and wings wildly based on instinctive retaliation.
Seeing this, Uesugi Ryu knew the time to steal the kill had arrived.
He tightened his grip on the long blade as his body transformed into a black afterimage.
A crimson semicircular blade flash swept past.
In the next moment, the majestic eagle head fell to the ground with a thud.
Uesugi Ryu exhaled a breath of white mist and slowly straightened his body.
At that moment, a crisp mechanical notification sound rang out.
[Congratulations Host for killing a Super Danger Beast for the first time. Reward: 1 True Attribute Point.]
Uesugi Ryu froze slightly.
It had been a very long time since he had heard that voice.
Although the reward was extremely generous, it did not distract him.
Esdeath stretched out a hand and lightly touched Hegreon's corpse, completely freezing it solid.
After finishing everything, Esdeath slowly walked toward Uesugi Ryu.
"Well done......."
Before Esdeath could finish speaking.
Uesugi Ryu quietly pressed the button on Shambhala hidden in his clothes.
A Bagua-shaped magic formation instantly appeared beneath the two of them as dense purple light flashed.
The two instantly vanished from where they stood, leaving behind only the frozen Hegreon sculpture.