*Bang!*
The arrow shot by Luan hit the creature's left knee squarely.
Like glass shattering, Catharina's hypnosis lost its effect. The Nightmare screamed thunderously, shaking even the souls.
In their ears, Luan and Catharina were using ear protectors made of wool, but even so, that scream still hit them head-on.
Even at a greater distance, Luan froze for a few seconds.
Only Catharina, who had a higher tolerance, was only frozen for a mere two seconds, soon returning to normal and trying to use hypnosis.
"Urgh..."
Blood rose to Catharina's throat and she forced herself to swallow it.
At the moment the creature resisted the hypnosis, she suffered a small backlash, harming her to a certain extent.
"Catharina, are you okay?" Luan went to her.
"I'm fine, don't worry." She looked at him with her head slightly lowered, her face a bit pale.
Meanwhile, the Nightmare pulled the arrow from its left knee, discarding it, then with great force from its right foot, it jumped in their direction like a human missile coming headfirst.
It was like seeing a falling bus coming toward them, that's how enormous the creature was.
Catharina wrapped her arm around Luan's waist, quick as lightning, she moved with him, appearing hundreds of meters away.
*Boom!*
At the same time, the creature reached the place where they were - crashing head-on into the labyrinth wall.
The loud sound of the collision came immediately.
In the background, the echo of the collision continued to resound.
Meanwhile, only a few splinters from the wall fell, and the Nightmare got up as if nothing had happened.
"How is this possible?" Luan was incredulous.
Although he had heard that this creature was very resistant... He never imagined it would be this high!
That wasn't all. The arrow that hit the creature before... It seemed to have barely affected it at all.
The Nightmare stood up, remaining on its feet without showing the slightest discomfort in its leg.
Another thing. This creature did not seem very smart. With its hand braced, the Nightmare seemed to want to push the wall back as if it were a simple stone in the way, but it was obviously exerting a lot of force in vain.
Luan retreated to the corridor where the cart was. Inside the cart, there was a large sledgehammer – He placed the bow and arrow in the cart and picked up the sledgehammer. The handle of the sledgehammer must have been one meter long and the head of the sledgehammer was square, and it weighed 50 kilograms.
Immediately, the head of the sledgehammer was wrapped with wool threads.
At the tip of the handle, he also wrapped wool threads to make it easier to grip, making it less likely to slip, also helping to reduce the recoil when attacking.
Luan returned, and not even a minute had passed.
Meanwhile, the Nightmare gave up whatever it intended to do...
Changing what it was going to do, now it was flexing its feet, getting into a crouched position leaning forward.
That brought unease to Luan and Catharina. Clearly, it was not a good sign for them. Their expressions turned grim.
"Drop the bow and arrow, clearly it's no use using that against this creature!" Luan shouted in a warning tone.
Without hesitation, Catharina discarded the bow and the quiver in a corner.
The bow and arrow was something they intended to use mainly until reaching floor 3.
From the beginning, they did not bet everything that it would work against a Lv2 monster, especially against one that clearly had ridiculous defense...
But without trying, how would they know if it would work or not?
Seeing that it would be better without it – they did not even hesitate to change the way they would fight against this monster.
*Duuum!*
A loud sound echoed!
The Nightmare's feet sank a little into the ground, creating spiderweb-shaped cracks.
This time, instead of coming headfirst, the Nightmare had its right hand ready to throw a punch.
That enormous hand would certainly, if it hit them, if it didn't kill them, cause quite a bit of damage.
"Catharina, what are you..."
Luan panicked.
Similar to the Nightmare, Catharina bent her knees, then shot forward like an arrow.
In the air, her hands took the shape of claws while her nails increased in size, shining dangerously under the flames of the torches on the walls.
Her eyes shone with a bloodthirsty tone, and in the air, she did something impossible.
She looked like a dolphin in the sea, moving freely in the air, with incredible flexibility.
*Whoosh!*
At the moment the Nightmare attacked, she dodged at the last second and her claws caught his hand, driving her sharp nails in, tearing all the way through the entire arm.
The cut went up to the shoulder, with Catharina barely dodging the slap from the Nightmare's left hand.
As she continued advancing to the back of the creature, the Nightmare continued moving forward, but no longer with the same ferocity as before, hunched with its left hand on its right shoulder with its right arm limp at its side.
Several tendons were severed by Catharina's cut, the Nightmare seemed to have lost control of its own arm.
"GAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
From the 'belly', the creature's large mouth opened and a scream of pain and torment echoed.
That scream was even more horrendous than the previous one.
Seeing that coming like a cannon shot gone wrong heading in his direction... Luan did not hesitate.
With the sledgehammer raised, he let out a shout "Haaa!" and, with all his strength, struck the creature right at the top of its head.
*POW!*
*Booom!*
The sledgehammer fell with weight and force.
At the moment the Nightmare was hit, it was sent directly to the ground without resistance.
The impact of its large body colliding with the ground was even louder than the sound of the blow it took.
The ground trembled and a large crack opened at the spot struck by the sledgehammer.
Blood and something else stuck to the head of the sledgehammer.
On the ground, the Nightmare used its good hand trying to get up.
Luan's eyes narrowed, and without thinking twice, he struck several times until it stopped moving.