"Hey, hey, what is this?!"
Megumi rolled to avoid the enemy's charge, then looked up at the creature in front of him, which seemed to have walked out of a fairy tale.
A raised head, a graceful and slender neck, a body covered in carapace, a long tail that looked somewhat like seaweed but was far more ornate, and four limbs like hooves, though sharper.
"Is this a Kirin?"
Megumi looked in surprise at the beautiful and sacred creature before him.
However, the Millennium Pearl Kirin did not wait for Megumi to finish staring in a daze. Instead, it launched another attack with elegant steps.
Clap, clap, clap.
Although this was a platform, not an area submerged in seawater, the ground was still incredibly damp.
Rumble! Rumble!
Thick bolts of lightning continuously struck at Megumi, and he could only run quickly to avoid the Millennium Pearl Kirin's lightning strikes.
Soon, Megumi was hit.
Sizzle, sizzle.
Because most of his attention was on the Millennium Pearl Kirin, which was gracefully swimming through the air, Megumi did not notice that every place struck by lightning was sparkling with electric arcs.
And so, Megumi, barefoot and wearing only swim trunks, was electrocuted.
The next second, another bolt of lightning struck Megumi.
Poof.
Megumi opened his mouth and spat out a puff of black smoke. His shoulder-length black hair, which had become smooth from being in the water, turned back into a sea urchin style.
Seeing that the Millennium Pearl Kirin was already charging at him, Megumi immediately activated Reverse Cursed Technique to heal himself, then turned and ran.
'Damn it, who came up with the idea of making us fight in swimsuits? Swimsuits aren't suitable for fighting at all!'
Megumi complained wildly in his mind, then leaped off the platform and plunged into the water.
After entering the water, there was a downward passage. Megumi had reached this platform earlier by swimming through an upward passage here.
His Rank was too low right now. He could not solo the Millennium Pearl Kirin yet, so he planned to call the others to fight together.
Moreover, although he had been in a sorry state when he was struck by lightning just now, Mahoraga had already begun to adapt.
Soon, Megumi brought Maki, Mai, and the others back to face the Millennium Pearl Kirin.
"Nobara! Try attacking the pearl on its chest!"
Maki, holding the Thousand Machine Umbrella at the front, noticed that when the Millennium Pearl Kirin was attacked, the pearl on its chest would often light up.
"OK."
After Nobara finished speaking, a row of nails was fixed in midair by her Cursed Energy.
Nobara swung the small hammer in her hand, and all those nails shot toward the Millennium Pearl Kirin's chest.
"Nue!"
Megumi immediately summoned Nue to cooperate.
Nue appeared and directly crashed into the Millennium Pearl Kirin in the air, causing it to fail to dodge Nobara's nails.
Crack.
A series of nails infused with Cursed Energy accurately struck the pearl on the Millennium Pearl Kirin's chest.
The next second, the pearl shattered, and the Millennium Pearl Kirin fell to the ground.
"Good opportunity. Everyone, attack together."
When the Millennium Pearl Kirin took to the air again, its health bar was already more than half empty.
The Millennium Pearl Kirin's body flickered with lightning, and countless small fish made of lightning swam toward everyone.
The small fish shimmering with purple light, combined with the Millennium Pearl Kirin's appearance, formed a dreamlike scene.
However, in nature, the more dreamlike something was, the more dangerous it often became.
"Maki-nee, help, help, help, help!"
Nobara was chased everywhere by countless dreamlike purple fish. The lightning flickering on these small fish clearly was not safe.
The key point was that they also had automatic tracking!
"Duck!"
Maki shouted, switched the Thousand Machine Umbrella into shield form, and completely protected Nobara behind her.
"Max Elephant!"
Megumi took advantage of the fish swarm chasing Nobara and Maki to quietly circle behind it, extending his shadow above the Millennium Pearl Kirin's head.
Then, a pink little darling weighing several tons smashed heavily onto the Millennium Pearl Kirin.
"Now's the chance!"
Nails, hammers, greatswords... countless attacks struck the Millennium Pearl Kirin.
The Millennium Pearl Kirin soon fell with a wail, leaving behind an exotic sea pearl identical to the one on its chest.
"Phew, it's finally over."
"What is this?"
Maki grabbed the exotic sea pearl floating in midair.
"I don't know, but it should be useful later, so let's keep it for now."
"You all rest here for a bit. I'll go call the others. This can serve as our temporary resting place."
After speaking, Megumi jumped into the water again.
However, what Megumi did not know was that not long after he left, another Millennium Pearl Kirin spawned on the platform.
In a cave on the island, Todo and Yuji also encountered new enemies.
It was a giant crab, five or six meters tall.
Its appearance was similar to a heavily armored shield crab, but on its head, it had a pair of huge molten horns like ox horns.
"Take this!"
Yuji punched the Ironclad Lava Emperor, and its hard shell made his fist ache.
"Damn it, it's really hard."
"Brother, watch out!"
Todo suddenly warned him.
Yuji looked up and saw that the five or six-meter-tall giant crab had actually jumped up and was smashing down at him.
"This is too unreasonable! How can your short legs jump with such a huge body?!"
Yuji complained while awkwardly dodging.
"A weak point!"
Todo seized the opportunity and punched the Ironclad Lava Emperor.
As a creature with claws, the Ironclad Lava Emperor immediately raised its pincers to block Todo's iron fist.
"Excellent. This is what makes it interesting."
Straight punches, whip kicks, elbow strikes... Todo continuously unleashed attacks, treating the Ironclad Lava Emperor as a giant punching bag.
On the other side, Yuji placed one hand on the Ironclad Lava Emperor's white, petal-like open crab shell.
Several scissors and dashed lines appeared.
Crack!
The next second, the crab shell was cut off.
"Take this!"
Yuji kicked the crab shell, making it change direction, then mustered all his strength and kicked it down.
Crack.
Under Yuji's immense strength, the crab shell he used as a weapon shattered the Ironclad Lava Emperor's carapace.
"Nice job, brother!"
Todo also increased the intensity of his attacks.
Soon, the Ironclad Lava Emperor's white crab shell opened completely like petals, and its ox-horn-like molten horns began to continuously shoot flames.
Todo clapped his hands, and the two immediately avoided the heavily bombed area.
After the bombing ended, even stronger punches awaited the Ironclad Lava Emperor.
Soon, the Ironclad Lava Emperor was defeated, leaving behind a pearl that seemed to have flames burning inside it.
"What is this?"
"I don't know!"
The two, who had just finished a battle, curiously looked at the pearl floating in midair in front of them, discussing and researching it.
A few minutes later, another Ironclad Lava Emperor appeared in front of the two who had not yet left.
The morning quickly ended, and everyone returned to the beach.
They discussed how to spend their points while also planning their next tactics.
Soon, a new event began.
(To be continued.)
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