Devil's Bible

Chapter 48 Experiencing Pain—Inflicting Pain (Please read on!)
"If I survive this, most of the money I earn will be invested in suppressive drugs, just like Mr. Opp did," the man said, touching his neck.

"Alright, at least you're still alive now. I'll take care of Alice at the Bell Tavern for you from now on." Another companion arrived at this moment, his eyes fixed on Downs, wary of him, but joking with his companion.

It was as if this was not a life-or-death battle.

This relaxed and carefree attitude ignited Towns's anger.

He was about to launch another attack.

Meanwhile, a commotion was heard on the other side.

It turned out to be the pair of halflings. They didn't continue to entangle with the village guards, but instead handed them over to Aro alone.

The pressure from Towns was too great. Aro was afraid that Towns would hurt Op, so after the village guards shook off a halfling, they sent them over to help.

"One against four?" Towns stretched his body, feeling only excitement.

His immortality is different from the village guards' tough skin; it is an all-around defensive capability.

As long as these people's attacks do not exceed the limits of the Black Stone species and have an exceptional effect, then these people are basically unable to harm you.

With the great power bestowed upon him by Lord Nemus, he will surely triumph.

Of course, Towns also glanced at Poole's situation.

Their orders were to crush Op's forces to the greatest extent possible and demonstrate their own power.

To prepare for Naemus's next move.

Poole has now entered whale form, his entire body covered in flower-like black markings, and his body has swelled several times from its original size of a little over one meter to about three meters.

The sheer size of the object created an immense sense of oppression.

The phloem thus provides extremely strong defensive capabilities.

All of this made it difficult for the dual swordsmen to make a move.

Fortunately, there was also Op to control the transparent Feathered Serpent and interfere with its operation.

Although both are whale-like beings, Poole and the village guardian have completely different fighting styles.

The village defenders mostly fight against dangerous creatures, and apart from their decent swordsmanship, their other combat skills are rather rough.

Unlike Poole, his own preferences made him, despite his enormous size, meticulous in his roughness.

His fighting style has a very clear tendency—to feel pain, and then inflict pain.

Furthermore, it was because of Poole's pure faith in Nems that Nems also favored him.

During those two weeks, he had the most contact with Nems and thus received a lot of guidance from Nems.

It was these instructions that greatly improved Poole's combat skills.

"Identify your strengths, then guard against your weaknesses, and then use your strengths to overcome your weaknesses." Nemes's teachings still echoed in my ears.

These principles of combat won't be truly understood unless someone points out the actual situation.

Poole already possessed a natural talent for combat skills, and with Nemes's guidance, coupled with his own numerical advantages, he became even more formidable.

Even though this was his first real head-on battle, his performance wasn't bad.

Furthermore, he continues to absorb experience and grow rapidly.

The enormous, fan-like hand swung directly, creating a gust of wind that caused the swordsmen's rapiers to tremble slightly.

The Feathered Serpent shot out from mid-air, biting Pull's arm and then coiling and pulling, restricting his palm strike.

These creatures summoned by Op are not only nearly invisible, but also possess the ability to fly.

They can find a medium in the air that they can touch to fix their bodies in place.

At the same time, his strength stats are not weak. Poole's current whale-transformed stats have all reached twelve points, and several of them can still work together to restrict his attack.

Seeing this, Poole did not continue to use brute force. He had already tested it before and found that these feathered serpents had extremely strong body resilience.

Even if he tried to pull them, it would be difficult to injure their bodies.

Furthermore, their bodies are extremely slippery when needed, and coupled with their transparent bodies, it is very difficult to grab their heads and find their weaknesses.

Taking advantage of this moment, the swordsmen had almost twirled their rapiers into a flower-like pattern.

The blade shifted constantly, searching for any weakness in Poole's body.

However, Poole's height of three meters means that his eyes are relatively high off the ground. If the dual swordsmen want to target Poole's eyes, they will actually have a large opening on their own bodies.

As for the other areas, Poole defended very well.

From Nemes, he learned to use stillness to control movement.

Most of my body is protected by phloem.

In this situation, one should not make too big of a move. The bigger the move, the more of one's already well-protected weaknesses will be exposed.

Therefore, the first thing to do is to stay calm and carefully feel the pain caused by the enemy. This will tell you about the enemy's actions and help you protect yourself to the greatest extent possible.

The defense provides a high margin of error, especially after whale transformation, which also grants a certain degree of self-healing ability, making the margin of error even greater.

The greater the margin for error, the less one should rush. His current strategy is to play steadily and cautiously, allowing for errors in exchange for the opponent's mistakes.

"How could this be?!" The dual swordsmen had failed to achieve their goal, and seeing Poole approaching again, they could only retreat to avoid Poole's attack.

"Is the gap between me and Aro really that big?" The dual swordsmen's minds were in turmoil.

Aro was just an ordinary villager in the small town of Dorsal Fin Village, and nothing about him was particularly outstanding.

It was Op who discovered his potential, and it was also three years ago that the Twin Swordsmen and Aro fought for the first time.

He originally didn't want to join Aupu's caravan; he was originally just a lone wolf who would steal from others.

However, he bumped into Op's hand and was surrounded by Op and his men, who invited him to join them.

At that time, confident in his swordsmanship, he proposed a duel to decide whether to join.

He was a swordsmanship genius who thought he could win freedom with his twin swords, but he lost to Aro, who was still quite inexperienced at the time.

He accepted his loss and joined Op's caravan, though his main reason was to continue his fight with Arobie.

After that, he never won again.

He finally realized that Aro was a genius in combat, and if he could go to some great places and have a good teacher, then Aro's future would be limitless.

However, what he couldn't understand was that Aro had given up and stayed by Op's side.

The image of Aro subduing the village guards with his swordsmanship was still fresh in everyone's mind.

However, when he faced another prospective village guardian who also suffered from whale-like disease, he was instead suppressed.

Yes, Poole's physical transformation surpassed that of the village guardian, but he also had the assistance of the Feathered Serpent summoned by Op.

The difference in their abilities left the two swordsmen stunned.

"Being distracted in battle is something that could cost you your life...!"

Poole seized the opportunity instantly, his solid defense kept him in an unassailable position, and what followed was careful observation and decisiveness in launching attacks when he sensed an opportunity.

Nemes didn't teach him any fancy moves; he only taught him one punch.

With one hand, he accurately positioned himself and pried off the feathered snakes covering his body; with the other hand, he raised his fist and threw a punch.

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(End of this chapter)