Lobotomy: Battle Master's Strongest Knight

After the newborn insects entered the vortex, instead of being cut by its powerful force, they spat out their specialized mouthparts and frantically sucked up countless amounts of blood.

As the newborn insect's abdomen swelled, the vortex of blood released by Don Quixote vanished without a trace.

After they finished devouring, the flying insects turned their mouthparts toward everyone present.

puff!

As the opponent's abdomen suddenly contracted, a compressed stream of blood spurted from his mouth, piercing Roland's head.

Upon noticing the opponent's attack, Roland immediately raised Durandal in his hand to block it, and the bloodline that was split off then directly cut through the surrounding specialized wall.

"I always said that gun control laws in cities need to be changed. These days, even insects can't compete with them."

After realizing that their attack had been blocked, countless flying insects calculated the perfect position in the air and then launched their attacks again.

Countless lines of blood instantly wove a dense net in the air, engulfing everyone present.

Upon realizing that his opponent's attack was inescapable, Don Quixote immediately used Snow Reflection to create a barrier, blocking the frenzied bullets.

Seeing this, Roland breathed a sigh of relief, then patted Don Quixote on the shoulder and said:

"Your abilities are quite good. As expected of a veteran Blood Demon, you know a lot."

However, just as Roland's praise faded, Nosferatu, lying on the ground, stared at the blood-stained ceiling and spoke with a look of utter despair:

"It's useless. It's only a temporary hold. They'll come up with new countermeasures soon. Besides, they've almost completely adapted to blood after fighting the old man just now."

"Hey?"

After hearing Nosferatu's words, Roland paused for a moment, then turned his head to look outside.

As Roland looked, he saw that the blood-sucking insects were reproducing. The mated female insects fell to the ground one by one, and then new offspring emerged from their bodies, absorbing the juices and blood of their predecessors as ammunition.

After the new offspring was formed instantly, the head turned to the left, then the abdomen bulged and blood gushed out.

"Get down!"

As Roland gave a low shout, everyone immediately ducked down. Then, a high-speed bloodline sliced ​​through Don Quixote's hard blood barrier, shattering distant buildings into fragments in the process.

"That's a bit much."

But after realizing that the barrier that had just been able to perfectly block the attack had been completely shattered, Roland twitched his lips as he watched a new wave of flying insects, and then gripped Durandal in his hand.

"If I had known, I would have asked the boss to find a way to change this to a greatsword template."

However, just as the newly hatched insects contracted their abdomens, preparing to launch another round of attacks, their bodies suddenly vanished into the pervasive blood mist.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Carly used her skill to create a blood-red whirlwind that shattered the insects soaring in the sky before pouncing directly on the enemy's core.

The countless swarms of insects churned and howled, trying to crush the overconfident challenger in front of them, while their crimson color shimmered like the sunset, expressing their brilliance.

"Roland, stop standing there. The other bugs are coming from the left."

Although the crimson mist penetrated into the center of the insect swarm, the massive accumulation of the enemy still split into two streams, roaring towards this side.

Upon sensing the opponent's attack, Roland immediately drew his longsword, slicing the spikes that surged from the stream, and then continued to slash, cutting the insects that made up the spikes.

After realizing that the flowing blood was not effective, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza chose to harden the blood, turning it into countless blood spikes that pierced forward.

However, despite the drain on Roland and his group's resources from their attacks, the insects that make up the ocean continued to lay and hatch their eggs. Then, Roland was astonished to discover that the hardness of these insects was increasing at a visible rate.

"Hmm, so why didn't G Company develop this thing first before waging the smog war?"

After making a comment, Roland immediately swung his sword at the spikes, producing a piercing sound.

At the moment of handover, Roland felt a powerful recoil, and the spikes, after being briefly severed, reassembled and continued to advance.

"Cescrow!"

Just as the spikes formed by insects were about to pierce Roland's heart, the scythe in Azure Echo's hand flashed past, leaving a blur as it passed through the spikes.

As the black and white scythe crossed the body, the insect with its hard shell fell sparsely to the ground.

"It seems that the damage from other attributes is still quite effective."

Just as Azure Echo sighed, it suddenly discovered that some of the insects it had attacked had survived. They then quickly laid eggs and hatched, launching a new round of attacks amidst a buzzing sound.

After the second swing of the blade, the insect that had initially landed directly only experienced a brief moment of disorientation before regrouping along its original trajectory.

Seeing the scene before him, Azure Echo took a deep breath and then spoke:

"Roland, is it too late for me to resign now?"

"You should think about how to get out of here alive first, before you talk about resigning."

As Roland and Azure Echo exchanged barbs, Carly's blade remained locked on the opponent's core, relentlessly slashing. Even though the insects had iterated countless times in that short period, they still couldn't withstand the cuts of that flesh-and-blood blade.

However, just as the two were locked in a stalemate, the core of the swarm began to stir and change, then emitted a piercing shriek.

"Oh no, that thing is coming."

Upon hearing that voice, Nosferatu weakly muttered a complaint, then gouged out his own eyes and tossed them aside.

"What...?"

Upon witnessing Nosferatu's actions, a puzzled Roland was about to ask a question when he realized he couldn't utter the remaining syllables. As he reached for his throat, he touched only a cold, hard shell.

Click.

With a crisp sound, Carly immediately noticed the abnormality in her left arm. She then sliced ​​the swarming insects to pieces with a single stroke and turned her head slightly to look in that direction.

A jet-black carapace pierced through the divine armor, exposed to the air. Meanwhile, the remaining spikes, with a creaking sound, continued to pierce the divine armor, extending and expanding.

Just as Carly was temporarily delayed due to the mutation of her body, the core of the swarm bypassed her and condensed a long whip again, sweeping towards Hohenheim and the others.

However, at this critical moment, a white spiritual light suddenly flashed before Hohenheim. Shen Yu, who then materialized, immediately grabbed the whip, crushed it, and spoke to the core before him:

"It looks like it has the same attribute as mine."