From the shadow beneath Max, the terrifying black claw slammed into him.

"Shit!" His entire body screamed danger; the blood in his veins seemed to flow rapidly, and in the last moment he raised his spear to block the claws.

Clang!

Boom!

And immediately, like he was hit directly by a 100-mile-per-hour speeding truck. His spear bent violently.

His arms trembled.

Then— He was blasted dozens of metres through the air before crashing into the city wall.

BOOM!!

The thick stone wall cracked from the impact. Dust and rubble exploded in every direction. Suddenly there was silence in the entire battlefield.

"Cough! Cough!..."

Max’s body slid down slowly...

Blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth as he coughed blood, but it seemed he was still alive.

"Max!" Andrew and Mathew quickly wanted to go to help, not even caring that a second-grade Shadow demon Panther was ahead of them. But they were too far from him.

Max, lying on the wall, felt blood in his mouth. He felt every bone of his body seemed to have broken; even internal organs seemed to be damaged badly.

He had never felt this kind of pain. His body wasn’t listening to him as he wanted to move, but he wasn’t able to move. Although every moment his body was healing itself at an unbelievable rate, the problem right now was that he didn’t have time.

The Shadow Demon Panther’s entire figure slowly emerged out of the shadow and looked at the lying Max. It appeared that even it was surprised to see him still alive.

But it couldn’t let its prey survive. It seemed to kill his prey completely and jumped towards the lying Max to tear him apart and finally end his life.

Max roared inwardly.

Move!

Move!

MOVE!!

Ignoring the pain...

Ignoring the broken bones...

Ignoring his torn muscles and internal organs...

He desperately tried to force his body to stand. Yet nothing happened. It seemed it was the end of his seemingly very small second life.

Then—

At the very edge of despair... His unyielding will resonated with the ancient power sleeping deep within his bloodline.

And immediately, a terrifying and very ancient aura burst out from him. It was less than one-tenth of a second; most of them didn’t notice except the second-grade Shadow Demon Panther.

A terrifying dragonic aura seemed to come out from ancient forgotten time. It was weak, but for the beasts, it seemed to contain absolute suppression.

The Shadow Demon Panther stopped right in front of Max; it seemed to feel something horrifying, and its ferocious aura seemed to weaken many times; even many felt like it was afraid.

It even seemed it was going to leave alone.

Everyone watching thought it was the end of Max as he was slammed into the walls, but this sudden mysterious behaviour of the Shadow Demon Panther shocked them.

But at that moment, an orange flame appeared from above like a shooting star; it fell on the Shadow Demon Panther.

Boom!

Roar! Roar..rr!

It started to scream in pain and seemed to lose its mind completely and ran straight towards Max.

"...Damn it!"

Max cursed; he was just feeling his luck was too bad. Using every remaining ounce of strength, he desperately rolled away.

A split second later—

BOOM!!

The Shadow Demon Panther smashed headfirst into the city wall, sending another deafening explosion across the battlefield.

And then it stopped moving, seemingly dying in the terrifying orange flames.

"Cough! Cough!...

From the debris of the dust and rubble, Max’s rolled body emerged as he was barely able to move and avoided being crushed to death.

Andrew and Mathew quickly came running to him, seeing his current situation and helping him out.

A moment later...

The Flameheart captain descended gracefully from above.

She landed beside them and looked down at the severely injured Max, who was drinking a healing potion with Andrew’s help.

A trace of surprise remained in her eyes. She was one of the few who sensed the ancient aura Max released at the last moment. Although it appeared for a fraction of a second, it terrified a second-grade beast instantly.

Even she herself felt her heartflame quiver in fear, which was something she had never felt when she met those geniuses from the duchy. She had a feeling Max’s talent might be more terrifying than anything they expected.

"Not bad." She looked at Max and said with a smile. Then she took out a bottle of potion that seemed to be similar to the low-grade healing potion, but it had a deeper crimson colour to it.

"Take this; you will heal quickly."

"Middle-grade healing potion!" Andrew’s eyes widened. Such a treasure was worth more than ten Low-Grade Healing Potions, and its effects were vastly better than low-grade healing potions. It was said to bring even people from the brink of death back.

Not to mention, it was practically not available in the market, and rogue mercenaries like that cannot even buy it even if they somehow have the money. It was truly an item that powerful noble families can have.

Max looked at her with surprise, seeing her bring out such an expensive potion. Even without it, his Blood Dragon Body and the Low-Grade Healing Potion would have restored him within half an hour.

But with a middle-grade healing potion, the process should accelerate many times. He didn’t know how effective it would be, but he should be able to heal in a few minutes.

He was barely able to lift his hand after taking the low-grade healing potion. His trembling hand slowly accepted the bottle.

"Try to survive to the end." She said that and then left to take care of other beasts.

Max could just nod his head and didn’t ask why she seemed to be helping him and even gave such an expensive potion.

After she left, he looked at the healing potion in his hands. Even just holding the glass bottle, he felt a powerful life energy within it.

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