The others noticed, and even the sole bride seemed puzzled.


    What was going on?


    Why would she charge straight towards it?


    Could it be she no longer wished to live?


    Although Archibald and the others didn''t know what this disgusting green fluid was, it certainly didn''t look benign.


    But John alone understood the true extent of its corrosiveness—how truly terrifying it was.


    The previous bride had died directly from this green fluid!


    Yet, unexpectedly, the current bride moved towards the green liquid.


    What was she thinking?


    Had she gone mad?


    But soon, John noticed the bride standing not far from the monster, apparently chanting something.


    The melody was mncholic and haunting, yetpletely unintelligible.


    Then, John observed the bride beginning to grow taller.


    However, her form started to be infinitely thin, eventually turning into a mereyer of gauze.


    Thisyer of gauze slowly spread out, forming a barrier-like screen in front of them.


    Instantly, the sky before them took on a faint white hue.


    At the same time, the remaining energy seemed topletely envelop the monster.


    It screamed in agony, twisting violently as several of its tendrils broke off, leaking green fluid continuously.


    The green fluid sizzled upon contact with the white barrier.


    The creature writhed and screamed in agony against the white barrier, a sound so piercing it seemed to explode in one''s ears.


    John instantly understood—the bride was aiding them, sacrificing her own life to help them escape.


    "Use your skills, hit it hard!"


    Johnmanded, and everyone hurled their abilities toward the monster with all their might.


    Fire Meteor!


    Thorn Wrap!


    Light Sword Rain!


    Windde!


    Wind Tornado!


    One area of effect skill after another crashed down upon the creature.


    John also summoned the Thorned Rock Serpent, but he quickly noticed that the serpent was corroded away as soon as it coiled around the monster—there was no chance to inflict any damage up close.


    It became clear they had to rely on ranged attacks, unable to engage at close quarters.


    John continued tounch skill after skill, aiming to merely make their situation slightly better.


    12457!


    75234!


    John also noted that his critical hits dealt massive bonus damage to the creature, almost three times his regr attacks.


    Isabe and the others realized the damage was frighteningly high, which was somewhat advantageous for them.


    At least their attacks were enhanced against the monster.


    Yet even up to this point, they still hadn''t seen the monster''s health bar appear.


    They kept casting skills, but their hearts grew heavier.


    Their damage was high, yet they hadn''t even seen the monster''s health bar.


    This indicated that, at least for now, they were unable to inflict substantial damage.


    To defeat this monster, their output needed to be even greater.


    They could clearly see that the white barrier was gradually bing thinner and weaker.


    They didn''t know when it would disappear entirely, but they understood this was theirst chance.


    Once the barrier vanishedpletely, it would mean they no longer had any protection.


    They had to inflict the highest damage possible—and fast.


    Bang! Bang! Bang!


    One attack after another mmed into the creature, producing tremendous sounds and apanied by zing fires.


    They couldn''t tell how long they had been fighting, but just as thestyer of the white membrane was about to fade, they finally saw the monster''s health bar.


    Everyone involuntarily gasped at the sight.


    It was terrifying, truly horrifying.


    Although they had anticipated a substantial health pool for the monster, they had never imagined it would be in the hundreds of millions!


    Even in the secret realm they had ventured into before, they had never encountered such a daunting health bar—it was beyond what any normal being could conceive.


    "My God!"


    Archibald clenched his teeth to keep from shouting.


    Their current skills, even with critical hits, were hitting for less than a million.


    But the sight of a health bar in the hundreds of millions was dizzying.


    However, John didn''t pause; he rapidly continued to unleash one skill after another!


    Since the monster was covered in that disgusting slime, he couldn''t use his Bloodthirsty de.


    This actually limited his damage output.


    Logically, his physical attacks should have been much higher than his magical damage!


    Bang! Bang! Bang!


    The skills exploded like fireworks, sting away the green slime coating the monster.


    John watched as the white protective shield grew thinner, and a sense of urgency surged within him.


    At this rate of disappearance, it was clear they wouldn''t be able to obliterate everything before the shield vanishedpletely.


    That meant they had to speed up—it was all about dealing damage now, purely about inflicting as much damage as possible!


    John frantically hurled skills outward.


    If initially, the damage was area-based, now it was all about focused, high-explosive damage.


    Fireballs, one after another, smashed onto the creature, scorching away parts of the green liquid.


    This also indeed breached some of its defenses!


    The monster, enraged, roared and began desperately to tear at the restraints on its body.


    However, the red protective shield enveloped it like an invisible gauze, tightly enclosing it.


    At the same time, a sizzling sound, simr to burning, emanated from the monster''s body.


    John noticed that the red bridal gown was deteriorating even faster!


    It seemed the monster had also realized this and knew it had to break through the defenses quickly, or else what awaited them would not be pleasant.


    "Use ice-based skills to freeze the slime, then hit it with fire-based skills to st it away!"


    Isabe immediately thought of this because the slime also acted as ayer of protection for the monster, and they needed to deal with it quickly.


    At that suggestion, John''s eyes immediately lit up.


    Indeed, how had he not thought of this?


    It was actually a very good solution; he just hadn''t noticed it before.


    Almost instantly, everyone caught on, first hurling ice-based skills towards the monster, followed by fire-based skills to st it open.


    However, they soon realized that this method was too slow.


    Leopold, being a melee fighter, wasn''t particrly effective with these ranged attacks.


    Archibald kept throwing ice-based damage skills, while the other three unleashed explosive fire-based damage.


    Boom!


    One skill after another exploded on the monster, sting away its slime and tentacles.


    The monster let out a pained wail as its body slightly shrank in size.


    It was indeed effective.


    John''s face set in determination as he furiously continued to cast skills, but soon the protective shieldpletely shattered!


    At the same time, the red gauze-likeyer on the monster alsopletely disappeared.


    The monster''s eyes, looking at John, burst with boundless rage! It had been able to have many delicacies here and could have been very happy.


    But this little bug had ruined everything!


    Now, the only way to alleviate its deep-seated hatred was topletely devour this little bug.


    John, with acute awareness, sensed that the monster had singled him out as its target.


    He quickly led his clones to the side.


    Staying close to Archibald and the others would only make them a bigger target.


    Suddenly faced with so many little bugs, it was indeed hard to tell them apart.


    But without any hesitation, he forcefully mmed his palm into the middle of his clones.


    With a loud smack, several clones were instantly crushed into a pulp.