The knife could not penetrate the monster's hand, but it pushed the monster backwards.
However, even though the monster was able to withstand the knife, its hand began to burn from the heat of the flames that coated it.
"Looks like you can't fight me either despite your higher level," Oliver said as he landed on the ground, right next to the hole that opened up due to the monster's appearance.
Click!
He snapped his fingers so that the flames on the knife exploded, becoming a fireball large enough to swallow the monster's massive body whole.
When he thought the fight would be over, suddenly there was bone after bone with sharp edges coming out of the flames at high speed, hurtling towards him.
"Is this the final attack?"
He didn't panic so much. Casually, he created a very thick wall of water in front of him.
When those bones entered that wall of water, their movements instantly slowed down drastically.
Even they failed to penetrate it before stopping.
Once he dropped the wall of water, they fell to the ground.
"Looks like it's not dead yet."
Oliver had yet to get a notification from the System when the flames began to dissipate.
This of course somewhat surprised him as he thought the monster would be reduced to ashes.
"Mm..." His eyes became alert when he finally saw the monster again.
It appeared with a different figure.
Its body was gone, leaving only bones in the form of a skull and surrounded by short spear-shaped bones floating in the air.
How it could stay alive with such a figure was incomprehensible to Oliver.
What was clear was that he had become very wary now.
Its status as a Monster General clearly gave it a unique advantage.
"How about this!" Oliver pointed his hand at it, taking the initiative to attack early.
He released a large amount of water, surrounding the monster from all sides, whether top or bottom as well as sides, leaving only the area where its body was without water.
Shua!
It suddenly lunged upwards, entering his water, swimming with all its might to pass through the water.
Unfortunately, it wasn't that easy for it because the water he released was too large.
Even that water was made quite solid. If his aunt was here, and she froze the water, then the fight was guaranteed to be over.
It was just that this water couldn't kill the monster.
Oliver thought about what he needed to do to make it die.
Realizing he couldn't think of a way due to his lack of knowledge, he ended up recording a video of the monster and sent it to the group chat, explaining what happened, that his fire didn't burn its bones, it only removed its flesh, and that didn't make it die.
South Sea Queen: (Hahaha, Phoenix, look, your fire didn't work!)
As Oliver had expected, the woman was the first to comment.
Unfortunately, she didn't give him a solution, just used that to insinuate Phoenix.
Underworld Lord: (Of course, that's no ordinary bone. Those are the bones of the Primordial Azure Dragon that once fell and eventually underwent evolution, fusing with several races. Am I right, @Azure Dragon?)
The comment from the Underworld Lord instantly provided Oliver with interesting information.
Primordial Azure Dragon: (It should be so. And my bones can indeed withstand the fire of the Phoenix, hehehe.)
The dragon wrote laughing words as he commented.
Phoenix: (Do you want to try it again?)
The Phoenix finally responded, and she seemed to be so insulted that she challenged the Azure Dragon to a fight.
Heaven Emperor: (Friends, please calm down. There's no point in making a fuss about this. @Phoenix, how about you tell that youngster how to crush those bones with your fire since he now has no offensive skills other than your fire skill.)
Perhaps Phoenix's casual challenge could really cause conflict so the Heaven Emperor couldn't keep quiet.
Oliver who still needed a solution could only roll his eyes at their chatter.
Fortunately he was still able to hold the monster in his water.
When it was almost at the top, he just needed to raise the water up so that it was back in the middle of the water.