“In the sky... there is... a special... Kama!”
Alicia's warning rang out, and Leon immediately looked up toward the sky, simultaneously sharpening the precision of his perception field as it extended upward.
However, he could not find the special Kama Alicia mentioned within his line of sight.
Even within his perception field, which had now expanded to ninety meters, he detected no flying Kama in the sky.
Yet Leon never doubted the capabilities of the Alicia-brand radar. He barked, “Get into my shadow!”
As he spoke, he manipulated his silver longbow to shift its aim, quickly pointing it toward the sky.
Alicia swiftly cast 【Shadow Watch】 to slip into Leon's shadow, while simultaneously conveying the location of that special Kama to Leon via real-time telepathy.
“Ka! Ma!!”
The moment the Eye Kama in the sky met Alicia's gaze, its half-open eyelid suddenly flew wide open, its massive pupil filled with shock.
Its invisibility was far superior to that of ordinary Kama; how could a mere guard have detected it?
However, amidst its shock, it was horrified to find that the massive longbow using a giant hammer as an arrow had already pivoted and locked onto its hiding spot.
“Ka? Ma!”
Terrified, the Eye Kama instantly mobilized the mana within its body, the pupil of its massive eyeball dilating in an instant—
“Golden Incineration!”
A searing, scorching ray erupted from the eyeball, heating the very air to a boil as it blasted toward Leon.
At the same time, guided by the Alicia-brand radar, Leon finally pinpointed the Eye Kama's location.
The giant hand of thunder suddenly exerted its power, drawing the silver longbow back like a full moon!
Twang!
With a sharp release of the bowstring, the invisible, colorless light hammer collided violently with the shooting crimson beam!
The two clashed for less than an instant before the crimson beam of 【Golden Incineration】 shattered like glass, completely pierced through by the invisible light hammer!
Having smashed through the ray, the light hammer's momentum remained undiminished. Tearing through the air with a whistling screech, it slammed heavily into the Eye Kama's massive eyeball.
Crack!
The Hammer of Sacred Light pierced the eyeball's barrier and smashed deep into the massive organ, causing dark green blood to spray out instantly.
High in the sky, the Eye Kama could no longer maintain its invisibility and revealed its true form.
Leon looked up and saw a massive eyeball. The front part was a transparent crystalline lens with a dark yellow pupil inside, while the rear was covered in thick, pulsing blood vessels supplying energy.
“It's actually not dead yet?”
Leon looked at the Eye Kama high in the sky, slightly surprised.
Having taken a direct hit from his heavy hammer, this Eye Kama was actually still alive. Was it really that tough?
As for the Eye Kama, which felt no pain, it was equally shocked:
A Silver-rank priest had actually managed to block its 【Golden Incineration】 ray!
It had even shattered its defense and cracked the crystalline lens at its front!
“Ka—ma!”
After a brief moment of shock, the Eye Kama quickly stabilized itself, using the mana circulating within its body to re-enter invisibility.
At the same time, the Eye Kama swiftly directed the Kama under its command to stop charging the defensive formation of Ratahn and the guards, ordering an immediate retreat instead.
The eyeball monster had realized that this priest's strength was absolutely nothing like the Silver-rank power he displayed on the surface.
And the pink-haired human woman beside this priest was also far from simple.
Even though the mother hive had deployed quite a few Kama to obtain this priest's flesh, these Kama were still lacking in both quantity and quality!
Rather than wasting resources here against this priest, it was better to temporarily retreat and plan anew.
In the memories of the transcendents it had devoured, they called this action a "tactical retreat."
Now, the eyeball monster was going to execute this tactical retreat!
“There's a suppression effect too?”
On the other side, Leon noticed that the light hammer he had shot into its body seemed to be suppressed by some strange force. His connection with his mental power felt severed, preventing him from manifesting it into the Hand of Thunder and Hammer of Sacred Light form again.
He couldn't help but frown and tried to lock onto the target again, only to receive a telepathic warning from Alicia:
“No... killing intent... Cannot... perceive... anymore.”
The Alicia-brand radar had its limits—once that Eye Kama stopped harboring killing intent toward him, even Alicia would find it difficult to track its exact movements.
While he was disconnected from the Hammer of Sacred Light, Leon also noticed that after he threw that hammer, the remaining Kama in his perception field stopped their attacks one after another and began a collective retreat.
“You want to retreat only now? Aren't you going to leave something behind?”
Leon snorted coldly, unleashing all the Divine Arts on his panel to frantically slaughter the retreating Kama monsters.
His primary targets were those Turret Kama standing on the nearby hills.
The silver longbow flashed continuously as Hammers of Sacred Light flew out in a frenzy, slamming into the Turret Kama formation and killing all the other Kama trying to salvage the Turret Kama.
Seeing Leon's wild bombardment, the Eye Kama had no way to collect the Kama corpses for recycling, leaving it with no choice but to lead the Kama army in a tide-like retreat.
“No need to pursue!” Leon called out to stop Ratahn and the others who wanted to give chase. Looking in the direction of the retreating Kama army, he said softly:
“Mr. Doncic, I'll leave the task of tracking them to you.”
“You can count on me.”
Doncic's voice echoed in his ear. Leon nodded slightly and ordered Ratahn and the others to clean up the battlefield.
“These Kama are targeting me...”
Leon thought to himself.
This muddy road from Eldenborg to Jellyfish Town was rarely traveled by anyone on a regular basis. For this group of Kama to set up an ambush here proved that they had obtained his whereabouts, and their target was indeed him.
However, Leon was somewhat puzzled. Could these Kama monsters actually understand the common tongue? Otherwise, how could they have known he would pass through here?
Furthermore, the ambush force of the Kama monsters was indeed incredibly powerful.
Setting aside the Eye Kama high in the sky, which clearly belonged to a major elite unit, just looking at the minor elite units like the Turret Kama...
There were nearly ten Turret Kama deployed, a tenfold increase compared to the one he encountered in the small village.
As for the melee scythe Kama, there were over a hundred of them.
There were also around seventy Mage Kama capable of long-range attacks.
Had it been anyone else, they would have fallen on the spot when faced with such a massive number of ordinary Kama, along with both minor and major elite Kama!
“Deploying such a massive force just to deal with a Silver-rank priest... Do these Kama cost nothing to produce?”
Leon grumbled.
Fortunately, he was no ordinary Silver priest either. Compared to his last encounter with the Kama, he had grown much stronger!
After a brief complaint, Leon opened his Divine Art panel.
Seeing the two dozen streams of light on the panel, his eyes lit up:
“I'm rich! This is the power of the Kama!”
On the panel:
【Divine Art Casting Grade: Perfect!】
【Moonlight Cloak Experience Points +30】
【Moonlight Cloak Lv1 (82/100) → Moonlight Cloak Lv2 (12/300)】
【I Name This the Mental Power Boost Divine Art Lv1 (77/100) → I Name This the Mental Power Boost Divine Art Lv2 (7/300)】
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