The next morning, the road was completely flooded by rushing water. The platform was now the only refuge amidst the turbulent waters. Despite being pummeled relentlessly by the tempest, the platform was remarkably stable, and the children played inside safely.

  "Rain, Rain, Go Away.

  Come Again Another Day.

  Little Winnie Wants To Play.

  Rain, Rain, Go Away."

  Since the family could not continue the journey, they spent a relaxing day singing and playing various games and toys. While the rattling windows and thunderclaps still caused anxiety in the children, they calmed down and fared much better than yesterday. Tiffany and Bob were both able to sleep for eight hours and regain their vigor.

  On the next day, sometime after breakfast, Bob and Tiffany suddenly stood up and equipped their leather armor.

  "A very powerful monster is closing in. Adrian, quickly put on your armor and help Winnie with hers." Tiffany told her children urgently. Adrian and Winnie quickly put on their armor. While they were at it, Bob went out and climbed to the top of the roof.

  From the south, the family could hear a low rumbling growl. From about two kilometers away, the monster was destroying everything in its path as it approached the family. Bob swiftly returned to the house.

  "The Behemoth is running straight toward us. It is escaping from a mini tsunami, which is coming right behind it. Perhaps a dam collapsed." Bob reported to Tiffany, his voice tinged with unease.

  "What?! One of the four godly beasts? It had even defeated two Saints at once. What are we going to do?" Tiffany exclaimed, her fear and anxiety palpable as she stood before the children. Hearing Tiffany, Adrian and Winnie also became scared and they instinctively moved closer to their mother.

  "I'll chase it away." Bob said with determination. However, Tiffany was very worried. In an attempt to console his wife, Bob added, "Don't forget, I was a Knight Exemplar; and I am way stronger than I was 10 years ago."

  "Divine Spells: Iron Wall, Reinforced Blade, Enhanced Strength, Stoneskin, Elemental Shield, Levitation." he muttered. In addition to the regular combat spells, Bob also cast Levitation on himself. Levitation, combined with Enhanced Strength, increased his leg strength for jumping, he dashed toward the Behemoth at an incredible speed. After each jump, Bob would step on a tree branch and jump again; it was as if he was flying on tree tops.

  Adrian, Winnie and Tiffany moved toward a window to watch Bob dash toward the Behemoth. The Behemoth was still very far away, therefore it looked small. Adrian only realized how big the Behemoth was when Bob made contact with the beast.

  The Behemoth towered over the landscape, with a massive frame standing fifty meters tall and thirty meters wide. It was racing towards the family, destroying all small hills and trees on its path, with each stomp creating mini-tsunamis. It had horns like a bison, tusks that were long and curved like a mammoth. Its front legs stump the ground with incredible force. Its powerful hind legs sent the entire beast temporary flying after each step. Undaunted by the battering wind and the torrential downpour, the giant monster rushed toward the family at a tremendous speed.

  As Bob neared the monster, he swiftly cast Appraisal on it. However, all the spell told him was that the Behemoth was impossible to be defeated. "The spell only worked partially because its Mana is too strong for my spell to penetrate." Bob thought as he read the Appraisal hologram.

  After seeing that, Bob decided to first send the beast in another direction. To catch its attention, he used some flashy spells. "Divine Spells: Explosion, Fire Balls." The spells hit the Behemoth and Bob moved toward the west immediately. However, the Behemoth did not follow Bob. Apparently, it did not even feel his attack.

  The beast continued to move forward. "At this rate, it will reach Tiffany and the children in half a minute. It looks like I can't preserve my Divine Power anymore." Bob strategized urgently.

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  Bob unsheathed his sword and began channeling his Divine Power into the blade. At the same time, he dashed across tree tops back to the front of the Behemoth. After five seconds, Bob swiftly repositioned himself in front of the Behemoth. He focused on infusing his Divine Power into the Reinforced Blade spell, which augmented the blade's cutting range and sharpness. His long sword was now glowing with a three-meter-long layer of Amber-colored Aura. Bob then jumped up into the air, focused his mana at the tip of his blade and plunging it into the Behemoth's forehead.

  The Behemoth made a rumbling growl, which vibration shook all of its surroundings including Bob - he felt his whole body trembled. His family was behind him, however. The only thing on his mind was to get the Behemoth's attention and lure it away. Taking a deep, preparatory breath, Bob unleashed a mighty “HAAA!” as the Aura enveloping his blade surged to a five-meter length. Bob used all his strength to push his blade forward, slicing through the tough hide of the Behemoth. As a practitioner of the Death Blade School, Bob's Reinforced Blade Aura was very sharp. In two seconds, he made a three meters long gash on the Behemoth's forehead.

  Feeling pain on its forehead, the Behemoth tilted his massive head sideways and tried to scratch it on the trees and the mountain. Bob quickly jumped toward the sky and dashed to a location where the Beast could best see him. "Divine Spells: Explosion, Fire Balls." The blasts of the spells finally caught the beast's attention and it started charging toward Bob.

  Bob smiled and began dashing west, uphill into the mountainous forest. After moving away for about ten seconds, however, Bob stopped smiling, "I lured it away, but now what should I do?"

  "Mom, is the Behemoth getting smaller, or is it just an illusion because it's getting farther?" Adrian asked as he observed.

  "It is getting smaller. Many high-class beasts, depending on the amount of Mana they have, can control their sizes up to a certain level. The Behemoth was using its maximum size for some reason. We might need to find out." Tiffany replied, her anxiety dissipated as the beast went toward the mountain.

  As the Behemoth got smaller, its speed increased. Upon reaching the height of approximately three meters and a width of two meters, it suddenly accelerated straight toward Bob, aiming its horns at him. "Divine Spell: Phalanx." Bob blocked the attack at an angle. His skills in using a shield allowed him to receive the attack gently, as if he was pushed toward the sky.

  "The beast's Mana is much greater than mine, and now it has become much faster. I can't escape from it," Bob thought as he calmly observed the beast. Following its initial assault, the Behemoth turned around and sprinted toward Bob's landing spot. It intended to deliver the finishing blow before Bob could land.

  "Divine Spell: Stone Wall." Bob made a seven-meter-high stone column with its top made of mud to break his fall. As soon as Bob landed on the stone wall, the Behemoth's charge obliterated the Stone Wall's base along with multiple trees in its path. At the same time, Bob somersaulted to the side and landed as the fallen trees crashed into the ground. The beast stopped abruptly and turned around. As soon as Bob landed, the Behemoth cast Stone Lances. Multiple sharp, circular stone spikes appeared from the ground at an angle, attempting to skewer Bob.

  Bob dashed toward the beast to avoid the Stone Lances. To Bob's surprise, the Behemoth charged toward his right side, rather than directly at him. Bob was briefly startled. "Why?" he thought. Immediately, through his extended Divine Power in the vicinity, he sensed a Stone Lance thrusting toward him on his left from the ground. Instinctively, he immediately jumped to his right, which put him directly in front of the Behemoth.

  "Divine Spells: Stone Wall, Phalanx." Bob created a Stone Wall at an angle almost perpendicular to the Behemoth's charge and swayed the Behemoth slightly toward its own Stone Lances. At the same time, using the momentum from dodging the Stone Lances, he accelerated to his right and put up his shield at a forty-five-degree angle toward the beast. Seeing that the charge would not reach Bob, the Behemoth turned its head to its right, and then strongly swung its tusks at Bob.

  The former Knight Exemplar blocked the attack. When the attack struck his shield, the Iron Wall spell absorbed some of the blunt force, but the former knight was still knocked back. Bang! The momentum from the impact caused him to collide with a tree and knock it down. "My left arm is slightly strained," Bob immediately stood up and check for injuries. However, the Behemoth did not allow Bob any time to rest. Again, it cast Stone Lances at Bob from his left. With the speed of the Behemoth's assaults, Bob had no time to think. He immediately jumped to his right and was knocked back by the Behemoth's swinging tusk, just as before.

  Each time, Bob had to use all his strength just to evade the attacks. Since the Behemoth was charging toward him, he could not jump backward; otherwise Bob would have been skewered by its tusks or horns, or even crushed under its feet. Bob's only choice was to jump to his right, where Behemoth's charge would have missed, but its less damaging tusk swing would hit. The fight was entirely under the Behemoth's control.

  Before Bob could rest, the Behemoth, again, charged toward Bob slightly to his right, cast Stone Lances on his left and knocked him away. This attack repeated two more times.

  "This attack pattern is simple, yet very effective." Bob thought, under pressure, feeling pain in his shield arm.