Matthew Atkinson & Natalie Russell
Sixth Layer of the Supernatural Realm
[Flame Emperor]
A sea of fire, several meters long and hundreds of meters wide, formed beneath the city wall.
The entire battlefield was instantly illuminated.
At least hundreds of monsters died in the sea of fire.
Most importantly, the sea of fire Natalie released continued to burn on the ground, with no sign of diminishing.
The appearance of this sea of fire quickly stopped the monsters' attack on the city walls and significantly reduced the pressure on the defense of several zones in this region.
Those supernatural individuals were all astonished by Natalie's performance. And many people had the same thought: Natalie Russell truly deserved to be the number one freshman.
With just one move, the monsters suffered heavy casualties and were unable to attack the city walls any further.
Her performance was in no way inferior to that of Marcus Kelly from the University of Cambridge.
-Snort
Not far away, Marcus Kelly saw Natalie's performance, but he just snorted coldly and continued to unleash his magma fists.
In that short time, he had already killed several hundred monsters.
He believed that with the help of the one-time endurance supernatural item, he would definitely be able to surpass Natalie Russell's kill count tonight.
Even if Natalie Russell was stronger than he was, her endurance was definitely not as good as his.
...
The female commander of Zone 17, relieved of the pressure, gave Natalie a grateful look.
Filip Walker and the others were even more excited.
"Miss Natalie is awesome."
"Miss Natalie is really amazing."
"Miss Natalie's outfit is very cool."
The flattery was constant.
Despite all the flattery, Natalie's face remained calm.
Because she knew that her abilities were no match for Matthew's.
But she did not urge Matthew to take action because she believed that Matthew must have his own plans.
Just then, Matthew noticed that some unusual monsters were approaching the city wall with his Observation Haki.
These monsters were smaller than the previous ones, generally whitish in color, and had many tentacles.
Furthermore, these tentacles were covered with sharp bone spurs.
"It is the White Spikes." The female commander exclaimed in surprise and quickly said, "Everyone, retreat."
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, the White Spikes on the ground moved.
All of their tentacles were flung towards the top of the city wall.
-Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…
The bone spikes on the tentacles were flung out like bullets, shooting towards the people on the city wall.
Matthew immediately stood in front of Natalie and activated his Armament Haki to block the bone spikes for her.
-Buzz
The Legend-level Armament Haki was truly astonishing.
Matthew's entire body instantly turned a shiny, dark, metallic black.
And as Matthew entered battle mode, his normal-looking clothes, just like Natalie's, rapidly transformed, starting with the S symbol on his chest, into the Superman Battle Suit.
Then…
-Clang, clang, clang...
The bone spikes struck Matthew like nails hitting metal, making a crisp, clanging sound.
And not even a hair of Matthew's was harmed. Even his Battle Suit was undamaged by the attack.
This was because, firstly, Matthew's Battle Suit had high durability, and secondly, thanks to the Imbuement property of his Armament Haki, he could coat other objects with it.
While Master Level Armament Haki could coat weapons, it couldn't coat all his clothing. However, reaching Legend Level Armament Haki made this possible.
Although Matthew easily fended off this attack, the other supernatural teams weren't so lucky.
Those supernatural individuals never expected that there would be ranged attackers among the monster horde.
Even with warnings from native soldiers, a large number of supernaturals still fell victim to this attack.
"Ahh..."
"Fuck… What the hell is this thing?"
"I'm injured. Someone help…"
In a short time, various screams echoed from the city walls.
Fortunately, they were supernaturals with strong physiques, so when hit by bone spikes, they were only injured, and there were only a few cases of casualties.
But the problem was that the bone spur had many barbs. Trying to pull it out would probably be a real ordeal.
"How are you?" Matthew turned around and looked at Filip Walker and the others. "Is anyone injured?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Matthew had previously forbidden them from making a move, so they were positioned relatively far back. The moment the female commander reminded them, they only needed to crouch to avoid the bone spike attack.
Therefore, neither of them was injured.
And Matthew could see that Natalie had activated her Armament Haki.
One of Natalie's strengths was her Mental Attribute-based senses, which enabled her to perceive threats and take precautions quickly.
"Matthew, you just blocked the bone spurs with your body?" Sam Harris couldn't help but ask, "What kind of ability is that?"
Matthew said, "It's not my innate ability, it's Armament Haki."
Everyone was surprised and wanted to ask more questions, but…
-Dang-Thump, Dang-Thump…
Suddenly, the sound of war drums rang out.
On the city wall's highest point, two soldiers were signaling with flags.
Soon, a large number of archers seemed to have received orders, climbed onto the city walls, drew their bows, and exchanged fire with the white-spiked monsters.
At the moment, the sea of fire that Natalie had just unleashed had already burned out and was slowly dying down.
Without the fire to stop them, large numbers of monsters surged onto the city walls once more.
With the help of the white spikes, no one else dared to show their faces.
But the situation became serious when something even more terrifying emerged...
-Thump, Thump, Thump…
Suddenly, a rhythmic tremor came from the ground.
Everyone immediately realized that it was the sound of a giant creature's footsteps.
A giant creature was approaching the city wall.
The female commander's expression changed, and she immediately looked up into the distance.
When she saw the enormous creature in the distance, a look of despair immediately appeared on her pretty face.
It wasn't just her.
The soldiers, including the general on the city wall, all looked desperate.
One of the zone commanders couldn't help but cry out in despair, "My life is over."
Matthew also saw the enormous thing.
It was a giant monster with the body of a man and the head and tail of a bull. It was a fucking Minotaur.
And it was twenty meters tall.
Such a massive monster, even before it got close, brought terrifying pressure to everyone.
"What kind of monster is that?" Filip Walker exclaimed.
The female commander said, "That's a Spitestrike, one of the seven most ferocious beasts in the monster horde."
After a pause, the female commander warned, "When you find a chance, run for your lives. This city probably can't hold tonight..."
These words changed everyone's expressions.
Filip Walker asked anxiously, "Why? Is this monster that powerful?"
"Yes. No one can stop the Spitestrike," the female commander said. "I don't know much about the Spitestrike, but whenever it appeared in the past, every time city defense fell."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked up at the Spitestrike monster again.
That monster was really enormous, and its strength was probably astounding as well.
Although the city wall was built very high and thick, it could not withstand the impact of that monster.
With such a monster around, breaking through the city walls would definitely not be difficult for the monster horde.
But…
Their mission was to defend the city.
If the monster broke through, their mission would definitely fail.
"How could this happen?" Filip Walker couldn't help but say, "Didn't the professor say there were no missions in the Supernatural Realm that were guaranteed to fail? How are we supposed to stop these monsters now that they've appeared?"
Matthew also found it a bit strange.
He even suspected that the monsters in the Supernatural Realm might be arranged according to the strength of the supernaturals.
For example, his current strength was very strong, so the Supernatural Realm might arrange for a Spitestrike to come here.
After careful thought, Matthew felt it was impossible.
If the Supernatural Realm arranged opponents based on the strength of the supernatural individuals, then he wouldn't have been able to obtain SSS-grade mission ratings in the previous layers easily.
So, was it just a coincidence?
Was their encounter with the Spitestrike purely bad luck?
Or did the Supernatural Realm have specific settings tailored to this layer?
...
The Spitestrike was getting closer and closer to the city wall. And it was now less than 800 meters away.
Its enormous size gave everyone a sense of oppression.
[Great Eruption]
A furious shout rang out.
It was Marcus Kelly from the University of Cambridge who made the move.
The opponent exerted all their strength and unleashed their most powerful attack yet.
His entire arm transformed into magma, forming an enormous magma fist, which he then unleashed upon the Spitestrike...
-Whoosh
The sound of something cutting through the air rang out.
But the monster showed no intention of dodging.
And Marcus Kelly's powerful lava fist hit the monster precisely.
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