Chapter 1734 - 1025: Ulashiro vs. Manus Party_2

Although Tami isn’t skilled in techniques like Thunder Counter, he felt confident that with his Hidden Mist Fierce Bird Hound Step, he could dodge the straightforward breath attacks without much trouble. His legs were tense and ready to use combat skills at any moment.

However, at this moment.

The Spirit Temple Holy Beast, previously with red eyes and in an aggressive huffing state, suddenly showed a panicked expression. Its soaring momentum quickly dwindled, and it even leapt away from its original position.

This scene left Tami bewildered.

The behavior of the Spirit Temple Holy Beast was truly odd. Its movements and demeanor seemed as if it was... avoiding something?

"Woo woo!" The Holy Beast suddenly let out a wail, extending its forepaw to claw at itself relentlessly, continuing even though it tore its skin, rolling frantically back and forth on the ground.

"!"

When Tami saw clearly what was happening to the Spirit Temple Holy Beast, his pupils contracted as he jumped back fiercely, cursing instinctively.

"Why is there an Abyss here!"

The pure white fluff of the Spirit Temple Holy Beast had somehow been stained with patches of sticky black mud—this was what Abyss manifestation looked like!

The Abyss on its body seemed to be alive, constantly writhing and changing, with its area growing larger and larger. Any flesh and blood that came into contact with it were immediately twisted and mutated, giving off an eerie and sinister feeling.

Tami quickly scanned his surroundings and finally figured out the source of the Abyss.

The Spirit Temple Holy Beast’s series of violent attacks had shattered the ground here.

And the pitch-black Abyss was surging out continuously from the cracks in the earth!

Just like Elizabeth said, the Abyss comes from underground!

But who would have thought that a mere slap could summon these things over?

"It’s so pitiable, is it about to be killed by the Abyss?"

Tami had just cast a sympathetic look at the Spirit Temple Holy Beast when he suddenly felt something wasn’t right.

Wait a minute, why does it feel like this creature’s aura has become even stronger?

"Not right!"

Realizing it would be too late if he didn’t act, he immediately charged forward, wielding both his long whip and straight sword towards the Spirit Temple Holy Beast.

And at that moment, the Spirit Temple Holy Beast turned to look at him, half of its face corrupted by the Abyss was distorted and fierce, its already huge mouth exaggeratedly opened to the point of muscle tearing.

Tangled black thunder exploded at close range.

"Boom—"

The deafening roar echoed through the entire Royal Garden.

"Huh?"

In the forest of the Royal Garden, Maru, who was battling tree-men, looked towards the direction the sound came from and muttered, "Is someone fighting over there?"

She immediately abandoned the enemy she was engaged with and rushed in the direction of the sound.

When Maru found the hidden forest path leading to the Urasil Spirit Temple, she saw Tami lying peacefully beside the bonfire.

Forgot to mention, there’s a bonfire next to Mushroom Elizabeth.

"Tami? Did you... die and come back?"

Upon hearing the noise, Tami opened his eyes, shakily turning his neck to look at Maru, saying, "Ah, Maru, finally seeing a familiar face."

After saying this, he seemed to lose all his strength suddenly, turning his head aside, "Let me, let me rest for a while..."

"Tami? Hey, Tami!"

Not long after, Tami finally opened his eyes from a muddled sleep, feeling the aching pain throughout his body.

This was even after sleeping next to the bonfire, with his body recovering quite a bit from the flames, yet the soreness still impacted his combat power, indicating just how much the previous battle had affected him.

"Who knows why it became even stronger..."

He complained to the sky, oh, just now when he was in a daze, he seemed to have seen—

"Hey, Tami’s awake."

"Really? Let me see, he really is awake."

Suddenly, six heads appeared in his view, looking down at him, all wearing concerned expressions; they were Maru and the Chaos team, a total of six people, not one more, not one less.

"Why are you all here?" Tami was a bit taken aback.

"During your coma, I found everyone. They had all dispersed, appearing here at different times,"

Maru hauled Tami up, letting him sit against the wall, "What happened to you? Did you just go into that Fog Gate?"

"Fog Gate... oh right, Fog Gate!"

Tami got an alert and wanted to recount what had happened when he fought the Spirit Temple Holy Beast, but as he turned his head towards the Fog Gate.

"Where’s the Fog Gate?" he asked with confusion.

"We killed the Spirit Temple Holy Beast, so the Fog Gate naturally disappeared," Maru spread her hands, revealing the [Soul of the Spirit Temple Holy Beast] "Next time you come, it’ll refresh."

"..."

Tami was stunned for a few seconds, and finally slumped to the ground like a deflated balloon, saying:

"I’ll just do team battles from now on..."

Shortly after, when he recounted his experiences upon recovery, everyone looked at him with sympathetic expressions.

Because Maru and the others didn’t encounter any signs of the Abyss until they killed the Spirit Temple Holy Beast.

This time Tami had really stumbled into a hidden version.

"Speaking of the Abyss, we indeed saw it in that forest,"

Chaos recalled what he had seen and experienced, saying, "In the Royal Garden, there are quite a few collapsed terrains, looking down only reveals surging darkness, and those pits are already covered with the Abyss, with signs of expansion."

"Just having this forest infected by the Abyss to this extent, what about the Urasil City District? It’s probably packed with Abyss Monsters."

During Tami’s coma, everyone had already exchanged information with Elizabeth, making up for any gaps in knowledge.

"So what are you going to do?" Tami asked.

"What else can we do," Maru cracked her knuckles fiercely, "of course, we’re going to fight Manus."

"We’re adventurers who fear nothing!"

"I fully support challenging the Master of the Abyss," Chaos raised his hands in agreement.

Tami glanced at him helplessly and said, "I’ve never seen you this excited."

As he spoke, he got up, stretched, and looked at everyone, saying:

"Alright then, since our opinions are perfectly unified, let’s set out."

"Our goal, take down Master of the Abyss Manus!"

The reunited group embarked on the path to the Urasil City District.

After consuming the mushrooms Elizabeth had given them, their chances of being attacked by tree-men and guardians greatly reduced; monsters not infected by the Abyss wouldn’t harbor hostility towards them.

Thanks to this, everyone smoothly traversed the Royal Garden, taking some time during the passage to explore the forest and gather some unique items.

Then came the moment to leave the Royal Garden.

Before them lay the structure that connected the Royal Garden with the Urasil City District, with a bridge in front of the building.

Everyone knew that once they entered that structure, they would encounter one of the Four Knights Under King, Artorias, each adventurer having suffered his wrath in the past.

"Let’s go."

Tami swallowed, taking the lead onto the bridge for demonstration.

Suddenly, a shadow was cast from the sky.

Soon after, a massive black figure descended before the group.

"Boom—"

Along with the bridge’s tremor, everyone’s eyes shook, for an unexpected presence had appeared.

A fully black Black Dragon had landed on the bridge, lowering its head to gaze at them.

This Black Dragon gave them an incomparable sense different from any Flying Dragon they had ever encountered.

This Black Dragon... was indescribably strong!

Could it be an Ancient Dragon!?

"Ornstein, please come and help..."