Chapter 1090 - 519: Ominous Sign

Looking at the wounds lingering on the Medusa’s body, Gauss could faintly piece together the course of the battle through his Talent Heart String.

Battles had been breaking out all around Warren Castle, but the clash here was undoubtedly the most perilous. Leaving Aaliyah, Ying, and Hephaestus to deal with an Extraordinary Medusa on their own was indeed asking a lot of them. The power gap created by the Extraordinary threshold was simply too vast. It wasn’t something that could be bridged by sheer numbers, not even for a fleeting moment.

High above, Hephaestus pulled out of its dive and climbed to a safer altitude. It looked at its master floating in the sky, then down at the Medusa that had driven them to such a miserable state. A spark of excitement danced in its eyes. Its master had finally arrived to back them up! It wanted to see if this humanoid monster could remain so arrogant in the face of its master.

On the city walls, Ying, who had been preparing to evacuate with Aaliyah, breathed an instant sigh of relief when she spotted Gauss arriving at the scene. Both they and the other Adventurers knew they were finally safe. After exchanging a nod of greeting with Gauss from afar, they quickly organized the medical personnel to rescue the victims who had just suffered petrification.

However, the one feeling the most immense pressure was the primary target itself—the Medusa currently locked under Gauss’s intense gaze. Ever since his appearance, its heart had been racing uncontrollably. He exuded a fatal sense of threat, his killing intent surging forward to engulf it from all directions like a rising tide.

The suffocating pressure made it impossible to remain passive any longer. Intense Petrification Magic Power converged within its scarlet eyes. In a flash, the Medusa launched a preemptive strike. Its serpentine hair flared out, dozens of long snakes thrashing wildly in the air as they let out vicious, ear-piercing hisses. Following the cacophony, two beams of straight petrifying light shot violently from its eye sockets.

"Gorgeous Magic Ball!"

Moving before the Petrification Magic Power could reach him, Gauss expertly manifested six blank magic balls around his body. Compared to their Complete Form, these blank magic balls consumed significantly less Magic Power. Gauss made no move to dodge the incoming attack. He simply and calmly maneuvered the magic balls to form a shield in front of him.

The Petrification Magic Power sank entirely into the magic balls. Soon, one of them was fully charged, glowing with a brilliant, heavy earthy-yellow hue. Once it reached capacity, he swiftly shifted the other magic balls to absorb the remaining energy one by one.

The Gorgeous Magic Ball was not purely an offensive Magic. When faced with enemy Magic, as long as it made contact with a foreign Magic Power without exceeding its absorption limit, it could successfully defend against the attack and convert a portion of it into its own energy. In other words, the more vicious the enemy’s attack, the more devastating the retaliation. It was the perfect counterattack, returning the enemy’s strength right back at them.

HUMMM!

The Medusa’s attack managed to completely charge four of the blank magic balls in one fell swoop. Without any hesitation, Gauss hurled the four magic balls forward. The projectiles tore through the air, arriving right before the Medusa in the blink of an eye.

As soon as Gauss first mobilized his magic balls to absorb its petrifying gaze, the Medusa had realized something was terribly wrong. It hurriedly drew the two serpentine Curved Blades from its waist. Panicking, it swung its blades to intercept the first Missile.

CLANG!!!

However, this Rock Magic Ball, exuding a heavy and imposing aura, was far denser than it had anticipated. At the very moment of impact, the Medusa’s muscular arms sank heavily. The twin serpentine Curved Blades in its grasp trembled violently, unleashing a powerful surge of energy to form a protective barrier in front of it.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Before it could even catch its breath after barely withstanding the impact of the first sphere, the remaining three Rock Magic Balls arrived in rapid succession. Despite its protective shield, the Medusa was blasted back hundreds of meters. By the time it finally managed to halt its momentum, the shield it had erected was already shattered. Its strong, powerful arms now hung limply at its sides, blood pouring down the lines of its muscles.

Gauss’s four Missiles were effectively a combination of his own baseline Magic Power and his opponent’s. Because of this, their output was actually faintly stronger than if he had fired an equal number of Complete Form Missiles on his own. Of course, "Complete Form" in this context referred to Casting a 6th-tier Gorgeous Magic Ball at full power, excluding any strengthening blessings acquired through wishing abilities. In other words, he was now far more adept at handling opponents who were Casters.

Naturally, the Gorgeous Magic Ball was not without its flaws. If the Magic it needed to block and absorb exceeded its upper limit, the magic ball would spiral out of control and potentially explode right beside the Caster.

Having thoroughly tested the defensive capabilities of the magic balls, Gauss dashed toward the Medusa. The Extraordinary Medusa had been entirely stripped of its initial arrogance. Watching Gauss rapidly close the distance through the air, a fleeting look of despair flashed across its glamorous face.

It could easily tell that Gauss’s speed was far beyond anything it could match. Yet, if it were to fight to the bitter end, the brief exchange they just had made it agonizingly clear that it was completely outmatched. Reflected in its terrified gaze, Gauss hovered directly overhead, six deadly magic balls already reforming around him. His Magic Power seemed utterly inexhaustible.

To make matters worse, it couldn’t even utilize its proudest Petrification Magic. Those six magic balls acted as an insurmountable wall of despair, standing firmly between it and its survival. The Medusa’s heart plummeted into the abyss, thick regret coiling around its chest like a venomous snake. It simply couldn’t understand. How could such an ordinary human town harbor someone this powerful? It never should have come here.

As its eyes burned with resentment and unwilling defeat, the magic balls finished their charge and bombarded downward.

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"We won! We’re victorious!"

"Someone come quick! We’ve got wounded over here!"

The battle had raged on for a very long time. It was only when the first rays of morning light broke through the sky, clearing the air after the rain, that the monsters on the wasteland finally began to disperse.