I Am Not A Goblin Slayer-Chapter 459 - 268: Money, Gone (Part 3)

Clearly, Ying was already in position.

The ravens overhead and Gauss on the hillside began to slowly prepare.

A truly effective fatal attack often only takes an instant.

Gauss slowly raised the white magic wand in his hand.

This battle was still initiated by him.

Immense magic power surged through his body in an instant, as if the airflow around him was altered.

The magic power frantically surged towards the tip of the white magic wand.

"Boom!"

The air in front of the white magic wand visibly collapsed for a moment.

In the days after mastering the Fireball Technique,

he hadn’t refrained from practicing it.

In fact, whenever he had time, he would set aside some to go outdoors to find a deserted clearing for spell practice.

Over these days, his proficiency in the Fireball Technique had reached Level 2 (2/20).

However, the more powerful the spell, the greater the preceding commotion usually is.

Perhaps, to high-tier casters, the Fireball Technique isn’t much different from a simple trick, but for Gauss currently, he clearly hadn’t reached such a level of mastery.

The ravens in the sky began to descend, targeting an area dozens of meters away from the petrified bull.

The petrified bull lifted its gaze.

Noticing this scene,

however, it made no movement.

On the hillside, Gauss had already swung his magic wand in the direction of the petrified bull.

As he concentrated his mind, a bright spark appeared above the petrified bull’s back!

Then, countless natural magic began to pour into that fiery red point.

The petrified bull immediately detected it!

Its back felt icy, as if countless needles were piercing it, the bad feeling instantly springing it to its feet.

There’s an enemy!!!

Almost instantly, it reacted.

A demon that could survive as a "tyrant" in the wild never had a slow reaction.

Those who weren’t fast enough to sense danger around them often died before they could mature.

But almost at the same moment,

the ravens landed on the ground.

Quickly transforming into a human figure.

With "Entanglement Technique" cast, the pre-planted seeds swelled and sprouted in an instant, turning into countless vines that climbed over the petrified bull’s steel body.

"Bang bang bang!!" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Dozens or hundreds of vines bound the petrified bull for only a brief moment before its brute force snapped them one by one.

The spark continued to rapidly absorb the external natural magic.

Fortunately, the time Aaliyah gained was enough for Ying, who hadn’t been too close to avoid detection, to rush over.

"Shadow Binding!"

Countless tentacle-like black shadows erupted wildly from the ground.

"Chh! Chh! Chh!"

The shadows entangled its horns, four legs, trunk, and every possible part they could bind.

The intensity of shadow binding wasn’t easy to break free from.

"Moo!!"

It spewed green mist from its mouth, which, like a creature with life force, autonomously sought out the surrounding shadows.

The two forces collided and consumed each other.

Meanwhile, the energy within the spark grew stronger.

Suddenly at a certain moment, the shadows retracted like a retreating tide, not waiting for the petrified bull to react.

The shadows, in a flash, whisked away Aaliyah, swiftly distancing them from where the petrified bull was.

Above the petrified bull, a small fireball, having accumulated enough energy, finally revealed its terrifying momentum.

A white-hot mini sun emitted intense brightness.

"Boom!"

The petrified bull hadn’t fully prepared, but its body was already moving!

There was no time for it to be fully ready.

Instinct told it that the impending overhead attack would be extremely fearsome.

However, the temperature above kept rising.

The lubricating oils within the petrified bull evaporated rapidly, its iron plates grinding fiercely, emitting sparks and a sharp, piercing sound.

In such a short time, its body couldn’t produce new lubricating oils, making its joints dry and rendering its actions slightly sluggish.

Of course, those were just secondary issues.

The most critical point was, while Gauss’s Fireball Technique required some preparation time, once the energy absorption was complete, the time to actual explosion could be extremely brief.

In fact, if not to provide enough time for Ying to escort Aaliyah to safety, Gauss could have detonated the Fireball Technique even earlier.

Seeing from the corner of his eye that the shadows had departed far away, Gauss no longer hesitated.

With a thought, he pointed the white magic wand forward, softly uttering.

"Explode!"

It felt as if time stood still at that moment!

The world seemed to have hit the pause button.

Then, it was like the space tore apart!

Without a deafening explosion, the light point first collapsed inward, as if devouring all surrounding light and sound.

Even the air stopped flowing.

The next moment, silence was shattered!

A circular scorching white energy suddenly expanded at an unimaginable speed!

Releasing enormous amounts of light and heat!

The speed was so swift that in an instant it engulfed the steel body, just breaking free from the shadows, misplacing its iron hooves.

The brilliant light even dimmed the sun in the sky.

In the eyes of everyone watching, only a pure, destructive white remained.

Following the blinding light, the sound came next.

"Boom!!!"

A thunderous, sky-reaching explosive sound erupted.

The scorching air wave spread wildly in a perfect hemispherical shape.

Wherever it touched, grass was instantly carbonized, the earth lifted layer by layer, surging outward like waves.

At the explosion’s center, the petrified bull didn’t even have time for a final lamentation.