A Man Like None Other (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 5292

Golden light slammed into a Mithril Centipede's shell, showering sparks and leaving only a shallow white scar.

They're tough! A muted shock coursed through Jared, and he immediately changed tactics, flooding the blade with marked aura that hissed like imprisoned thunder.

“So hard!” Flaxseed gasped, then added enviously, “Wish my own gear were built the same.”

Jared shot him a glare that needed no words.

Corin, oblivious, raised his sword and cut. Black light sliced through the Mithril Centipede's shell as though it were silk.

The severed halves fell apart cleanly, emerald venom splashing outward—only to sizzle harmlessly against the marked aura shield coiling around the group.

“Aim for their bellies—that's where the shell is soft!” Corin's warning rained down from above. Riding a streak of silver light, he skimmed the air, his longsword splitting into a hundred gleaming sword shadows that hammered the exposed underbellies of every writhing Mithril Centipede below.

On the ground, Flaxseed uncorked a vial and shook out several dozen mustard-colored pills.

They burst like fireworks upon hitting the ground. Yellow smoke billowed outward, swirling around clawed legs and plated torsos.

Where the smoke touched, metal flesh turned liquid. The Mithril Centipedes screeched, the sound sharp enough to scrape bone.

“Corpsify Pills—nothing shrivels venomous parasites faster!” Flaxseed crowed, pride sparkling in his narrowed eyes.

Jared hadn't expected the eccentric alchemist to carry such lethal toys. Admiration flickered across his face, chased quickly by resolve.

Not to be outdone, Jared drew his power inward. Tendrils of marked aura gathered at his fingertips, weaving into dozens of sinuous black threads that lashed toward the honeycomb caves lining the cliff face.

The moment those threads vanished inside, a chorus of hisses echoed, rose, then faded to an eerie hush. Nothing crawled back out.

“That's it? All settled?” Flaxseed blinked, half awed, half incredulous.

“I sealed their nest with marked aura,” Jared replied, withdrawing the black threads. “There won't be new pests for a while.”

With the immediate threat smothered, the three quickened their pace. The narrow gorge opened like a curtain pulled aside, revealing a hidden world beyond.

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