Caiman felt frustrated.
He quickly moved to the side to pull away and create some distance.
As the distance increased, the Cinderguard's attack logic changed again.
The charged great blade slashed out a scorching flaming Sword Qi, cutting toward Caiman.
Caiman took a deep breath and gripped the Forgotten Hero with both hands.
The special ability of the Forgotten Hero, Severance, could directly cut through Sword Qi.
He had possessed the greater magic grade magic item, the Forgotten Hero, obtained from the Grey family for a long time.
Because of this, he had retrained his swordsmanship around the sword's special abilities.
One of the techniques he mastered involved using the Oblivion effect of the Forgotten Hero, utilizing fragmented Sword Qi to ensure a hit.
Another sword technique centered on the special ability of the Forgotten Hero: Severance.
It relied on the defensive Sword Qi enhanced by the Forgotten Hero, combined with the ability of Severance to cut through attacks.
He crouched low, facing the incoming Lava Slash. His legs were spread wide, and he gripped the Forgotten Hero with both hands, the tip of the sword touching the ground as he prepared an upward charged slash. He was like a fully drawn bow, his eyes locked onto the Cinderguard.
Strike!
With an explosion of power, the strength of a peak third-rank swordsman was perfectly unleashed.
The Sword Qi wasn't overly flashy; instead, it wrapped around the Forgotten Hero in his hands, condensing into a metallic substance.
His body lunged forward like an arrow released from a bowstring. Using the Forgotten Hero as his blade, the Lava Slash was cut in half the moment he swept past.
That high-speed attack was the strongest strike of a third-rank swordsman who had discarded all defense!
At the same time, because the Sword Qi was compressed onto the blade, the attack range was small, meaning it could only deal damage to a single target.
If not for the defensive power of the Forgotten Hero, performing this strike would have been suicide. But now, Caiman was one with the Forgotten Hero, pushing the ability of Severance to its absolute limit.
The air even emitted a sharp screech as the blade sliced through it.
The Cinderguard held its blade with one hand and pressed against the back of the blade with the other, taking a defensive stance!
However, only a sharp screech was heard as the thick, wide blade was sliced through like butter!
Half the blade, along with a massive arm, flew into the air.
The Cinderguard ignored the pain, using its remaining arm to prop up the broken blade while releasing a vast amount of scorching thick smoke.
Caiman landed on the ground, the webs of his hands a bloody mess, and his legs were damaged and weak from the excessive exertion.
This was the price of power.
Looking at the Cinderguard enveloped in thick smoke, Caiman wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.
He quickly downed an alchemy potion and transformed into an afterimage again, pursuing his target.
Inside the thick smoke, the Cinderguard quickly captured Caiman's approaching figure.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Fireballs shot out one after another. Caiman swung the Forgotten Hero, shattering the fireballs as his sharp Sword Qi thrust out like a spear.
The one-armed Cinderguard propped itself up, using the half-blade to block the Sword Qi.
Then, its entire hunched body stood tall, its massive frame looming like a leaning bulwark amidst the thick smoke.
Lava Breath!
Its skeletal jaws opened to their limit, and scorching flames poured down along with thick smoke.
Caiman, who had dashed to the front, raised the Forgotten Hero. An invisible Sword Qi barrier expanded like a shield, blocking all the scorching breath.
The Cinderguard spat out scorching flames and slashed down with the half-blade once more.
However, the one-armed Cinderguard's strength was no longer what it used to be.
The heavy vertical slash only forced Caiman back a single step. He then pushed through the flaming breath and thrust forward again.
The Cinderguard's massive body stepped back.
The half-blade carved through the ground, sending a massive wave of lava mixed with Sword Qi toward Caiman.
Sensing the scorching lava, Caiman knew the Cinderguard was at its end.
He unleashed his maximum speed once more, facing the heat head-on.
The Forgotten Hero pierced through the lava along with him, stabbing toward the Cinderguard.
The thick smoke was also blown in all directions by the chaotic tornado kicked up by the attack.
Clang!
Sharp weapons clashed. The Cinderguard slammed the half-blade down to block its front. The Forgotten Hero collided with the horizontal blade, and sparks splattered like raindrops hitting a puddle.
But against the edge of the greater magic grade magic item, the Forgotten Hero, the Cinderguard's blade finally failed to hold. It was pierced and sliced through once more by the sharp blade.
Amidst the scorching lava and the curtain of fire, Caiman's figure was reflected in a brilliant red.
As if wearing a cloak of flames, he stabbed straight into the Cinderguard's chest.
Even the hard, thick scales couldn't stop the sharpness of a third-rank swordsman and a greater magic grade magic item. They were sliced open by the keen blade.
Caiman held the sword with both hands. His body suffered multiple burns, but his face was filled with a look of pleasant surprise.
The battle was decided!
“Those who crave the fire of sin are destined to be consumed by the madness of the fire of sin.”
The Cinderguard let out a low, raspy roar. From the pierced chest, Forbidden Fire, looking like an oil painting, flowed out of the wound like blood.
Seeing this, Caiman kicked off the Cinderguard's chest, pulled out the Forgotten Hero, and flew backward.
Meanwhile, Forbidden Fire continued to flow from the Cinderguard's chest.
The Cinderguard's vitality was rapidly fading.
Then, a sliver of silver protruded from the Cinderguard's chest, which had been melted by the burning Forbidden Fire.
That was...
“The Candelabra!”
Caiman's eyes widened. The Candelabra—the Candelabra he had been longing for—and the residual flame of the Forbidden Fire were right before his eyes!
The Cinderguard's massive body collapsed to its knees and reached for the Candelabra in its chest.
However, before it could pull the Candelabra out, it fell completely to the ground.
Yet, the Forbidden Fire continued to burn.
“Is it finally dead?”
Caiman's strike just now had pierced the Cinderguard's core, and the Forbidden Fire didn't have the power to bring a corpse back to life.
However, the burning Forbidden Fire made it impossible for Caiman to get close.
But this didn't stop him at all. He quickly took out the ruby and activated the power of the Forbidden Fire gem.
The bright red Forbidden Fire gem slowly floated up. The flames before him, filled with a mad spirit and destructive power, seemed to have met their nemesis and were continuously absorbed by the ruby.
“It really works!”
The Forbidden Fire container was about to be in his hands. The true Forbidden Fire—the Forbidden Fire of eternal imprisonment sealed within the Well of Eternal Imprisonment—he was finally one step closer!
Caiman's excitement was almost uncontrollable.
The deeper he explored and the more he saw the power of the Forbidden Fire, the more obsessed he became with this powerful flame.
The desire to possess the Forbidden Fire became harder to suppress as he went deeper.
However, at that moment, the gem suddenly broke free from its constraints and rushed toward the Cinderguard.
All the Forbidden Fire was now absorbed by the Forbidden Fire gem, and the gem, having absorbed all the fire, embedded itself into the Cinderguard's forehead as if it were being set into a socket.
This sudden change was completely beyond Caiman's expectations.
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