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 melancholic and haunting, yet completely unintelligible.
Then, John observed the bride beginning to grow taller.
However, her form started to become infinitely thin, eventually turning into a mere layer of gauze.
This layer 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 to completely 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!"
John commanded, and everyone hurled their abilities toward the monster with all their might.
Fire Meteor!
Thorn Wrap!
Light Sword Rain!
Windblade!
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 to launch skill after skill, aiming to merely make their situation slightly better.
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, similar 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 blast it away!"
Isabella immediately thought of this because the slime also acted as a layer 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 blast it open.
However, they soon realized that this method was too slow.
Leopold, being a melee fighter, wasn't particularly 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, blasting 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 shield completely shattered!
At the same time, the red gauze-like layer on the monster also completely 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 to completely 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 slammed his palm into the middle of his clones.
With a loud smack, several clones were instantly crushed into a pulp.