94 Assassination (III)

The Horn-Flame Boar Leader slept soundly at the back of the cave, but its posture and the way its ears and snout twitched from time to time made it clear it was still fully alert and ready to battle at any time.

A scorching heat filled the cave, not because of the Horn-Flame Boar Leader but due to the large red ores embedded over the walls. They unleashed powerful fire energy, which benefited the Wave Beast.

Suddenly the Horn-Flame Boar Leader opened its eyes as an ominous feeling assaulted its heart, but although it managed to unleash its Life Wave, it could not dodge the dozen ice arrows that landed on its face.

“AHHH!” The Horn-Flame Boar Leader shrieked in pain as the ice arrows harmed its eyes and snout, hindering two of the most important senses.

That shriek of pain was deafening, and despite the cave being in an isolated location, some Wave Beast should have heard it, alerting the entire horde that someone was attacking the Horn-Flame Boar Leader.

However, the Horn-Flame Boar Leader’s shriek did not alert anyone since something else had happened just as those ice arrows landed on its face.

“?BOOOM!” “?BOOM!” “?BOOM!” “?BOOM!”

Multiple explosions echoed through the forest as the cadets and soldiers unleashed all sorts of loud spells and explosives into the horde, harming many Wave Beasts and making them scream in pain.

The Horn-Flame Boar Leader was not exactly wise, but when it heard the explosion and cries of pain from the horde, it knew that no one would come to help it, no matter how hard it shrieked. That realization only filled the Wave Beast with resolution and killing intent.

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Wave Beasts did not live in a structured civilization like humans and faced the law of the jungle from the moment they were born. The Horn-Flame Boar Leader had faced countless life-and-death fights over its life, and it kept rising until it became a mighty Level 5 Wave Beast.

The Horn-Flame Boar Leader’s horn began to glow, and blazing flames covered its body as it stomped the ground, ready to march forward. Even if the ice arrows had temporarily hindered its sense of sight and smell, its body fitted perfectly in the cave, so its flaming charge would strike anything in front of it.

However, just as the Horn-Flame Boar Leader was about to march forward, it noticed that two individuals dashed toward it. If it was at full power, the Wave Beast could have handled the duo, but powerful venom still ran through its bloodstream, greatly restricting its physical might.

Once again, the Horn-Flame Boar Leader could not dodge the attack, and two fists landed on its throat, one on the right side and the other on the left.

Cain and Levi attacked simultaneously, each having charged that right fist to the Horn-Flame Boar Leader with all the power they could muster.

The duo’s punches not only landed at the same time, proving their outstanding teamwork but also enhanced the destructive might of the other.

Levi’s punch had a massive amount of explosive power that burst the moment it landed, pushing the Horn-Flame Boar Leader to the other side and helping Cain’s lightning fist pierce even deeper into the flesh.

“AHHHH!” The Horn-Flame Boar Leader shrieked even louder this time. A blast destroyed a part of its neck while a lightning arm pierced into its neck, burning all the blood crossing through it.

Cain’s eyes glowed with red light as he put as much energy as possible into the lightning flooding the inside of the Wave Beast’s neck.

If he could keep it like that for just twenty seconds, it would be enough to end the life of the Horn-Flame Boar Leader, but this one would not just lay down and wait for death.

After unleashing that agonizing shriek, the Horn-Flame Boar Leader clenched its teeth and charged toward the left, trying to slam Cain against the cave’s wall.

Cain acted fast, taking his arm off the Horn-Flame Boar Leader’s neck before moving back, avoiding having his body crushed between the wall and the Wave Beast’s body.

The Horn Flame Boar Leader felt weak as the wounds made the effect of the venom on its body flare up, but that did not stop it from making his Life Wave burst, increasing the might of its flames.

It had already regained full use of its sight and could see the two humans in front of it. Although it could still charge forward, they were too close and would fail to generate enough momentum.

If it was at Level 4, there was nothing else it could do but the Horn-Flame Boar Leader had reached Level 5. Its eyes glowed with bestial might as its flames began to compress around its body.

Levi and Cain narrowed their eyes as they saw that and knew what would come next. Luckily, they had prepared, immediately moving back.

“ROAR!” The Horn-Flame Boar Leader roared as all the flames densely compressed around its body burst out, flooding the cave.

The Horn-Flame Boar Leader’s blazing flames were about to reach Levi and Cain when an ice wall formed in front of them. It did not endure for long, shattering after less than a second, but took the brunt of the flames’ power.

The attack just pushed Cain and Levi back a few meters, leaving a few burn marks in their armor but without really wounding them.

Immense rage appeared in the Horn-Flame Boar Leader as it saw that the duo survived one of its most powerful attacks. It focused on the distance and saw a woman looking back at it.

Beelze’s breathing was ragged, making it clear how much energy she put into those two last spells. She was a new Level 3 Essence Wave Warrior, so it was impressive for her ice arrows to harm a Level 5 Wave Beast.

And the ice wall she conjured was even more powerful, having drained a significant amount of her Essence Wave.

However, despite her exhaustion, Beelze made her Essence Wave burst again as she put her hand on the ground, using it as a conduit to trigger her spell right in front of the Wave Beast.

The Horn-Flame Boar Leader’s eyes widened as it saw massive ice spikes emerging from the ground and moving toward it.

“ROAR.” It roared again, increasing the might of its flames and stomping against the ice spikes, shattering them to pieces.

Unfortunately for the Horn-Flame Boar Leader, while it took care of the threat, Levi unleashed a blast from the sole of his feet that drove him forward as he increased the explosive might of his flames and used his entire body like a battering ram.

Levi’s body clashed against the Horn-Flame Boar Leader’s face, pushing the beast back and disorienting it.

Cain did not lose that opportunity. He dashed forward an instant after Levi, and a massive amount of Astral Wave and lightning coated his right leg. He jumped toward the Horn-Flame Boar Leader and connected a downward kick on the top of the beast’s head.

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That kick impact caused brain trauma to the Horn-Flame Boar Leader, and to make things worse, the lightning affected its nervous system.

The threat of death made the Horn-Flame Boar Leader go mad, and it began to roar as it made the flames covering its body go wild, trying to push away the duo that was harming it.

Cain and Levi saw those blazing flames, but instead of moving away, they made their Astral Wave explode with all the power they had left, choosing to carry on with their attack.

Levi’s Lineage granted him a certain level of fire resistance, while Cain used the Nullity Armor’s special ability to nullify 35% of the damage of those flames. Still, while they endured the fire, it would not last long, so they needed to be quick.

Levi grabbed the Wave Beast’s horn and used all his strength to immobilize it while Cain put his legs around the beast’s neck and began to punch the back of its head.

Less than a second after the duo began with their final bash, the heat in the cave reached an unbearable level, but a blast of frozen air emerged from beneath the Horn-Flame Boar Leader, helping them.

Cain and Levi did not look away, but a smile appeared on their faces as they knew that Beelze was using all her power to help them fight back against the Horn-Flame Boar Leader’s blazing flames.

Levi’s muscles bulged as he used all his strength to immobilize the Horn-Flame Boar Leader while Cain ferociously punched.

Cain’s punches had immense strength as he used 800% Wave Burst, and the lightning coating them granted tremendous penetrating force. The back of the Horn-Flame Boar Leader was a bloody mess, but he kept striking with more and more power.

“Crack!”

A cracking sound echoed through the cave, making a large smile appear on Cain, Beelze, and Levi. That crack excited them so much because it came from the Horn-Flame Boar Leader’s skull!