327 Male Intimacy (1/2)

Amethyst Slashes rained down upon the Skelewing Dragon, dealing both physical damage as well as humiliation to the Tier 5 Boss. Under Qin Ruo's deliberate direction, devastating physical strikes sought out the most vulnerable part of the Skelewing Dragon—its wings of bone.

Before the eyes of dozens, the Skelewing Dragon howled in agony. Its great bony wings, which helped to hold up its massive body, folded up under the withering assault of the Amethyst Orc. Losing its balance, it tumbled out of the sky!

Already half-frozen by the Compressed Frost Bullet, only to lose its Barrier on top of that, even a Tier 5 Boss like the enormous undead dragon could no longer withstand the furious attacks of the Tier 5 Miniboss, which had been set upon it.

However, the Skelewing Dragon was not to be taken down so easily!

In its rage, it lashed its tail out at the one who dared to tread upon its dignity. Almost 10 m in length, the tail caught Poochie before it could return to the ground.

Bang!

With no way to correct its flight in mid-air, the little fellow could do nothing but watch as a great shadow came whistling towards it. Unable to dodge, it suffered the full force of the Skelewing Dragon's wrath, and was knocked down to the ground!

Thud!

Watching from a distance, a dozen hearts trembled due to the scene.

All along, everyone had thought of Poochie as cute, clever, nimble, somewhat devious, greedy, and lustful… (Well, these were the opinions held by a certain individual)

To see it suddenly struck down by the Skelewing Dragon's merciless attack was heartbreaking, especially for Violet Orchid and Snowleaf, whose hearts leaped right out of their throats.

The only one present who did not seem to be showing any concern was the Pet's ruthless master, Qin Ruo.

With his thorough understanding of Poochie's physical toughness, he would naturally not break a sweat over a little thing like that. The Skelewing Dragon was essentially a Magic-Type Boss with relatively weak physical attacks. Although it was loud and scary, it could not actually do any real damage to Poochie with that sort of attack.

There were no additional effects, just a few hundred HP lost. Poochie could take it.

There was even less reason for worry as Violet Orchid immediately applied Recovery on Poochie, so Qin Ruo ordered his Pet back into the fray without the slightest regard. While he requested more Frostramparts from Snowleaf behind him, he began to swiftly conjure as many Aquaramparts as he could.

Thoom!

After Poochie hit the ground, the Skelewing Dragon came crashing down as well an instant later, along with the Amethyst Orc.

There was a deafening crash, like that of an airplane landing in the real world.

The earth shook!

Not letting up on its onslaught, the Amethyst Orc leaped back to its feet and charged at the fallen dragon!

This was exactly the kind of opportunity that Qin Ruo had been waiting for.

The Skelewing Dragon was a formidable foe while airborne, and the gap between a Tier 5 Boss and a Tier 5 Miniboss could not be so easily closed with just a few of them. However, if they could somehow keep the Tier 5 Boss on the ground, its combat effectiveness would be tremendously reduced!

Now that they had gained the upper hand, he needed to prevent the dragon from taking flight again, and establish the Twelve Frostramparts Formation.

However, the Skelewing Dragon was more resourceful that Qin Ruo had realized! Although it had been momentarily stunned by the Amethyst Orc's strength and ferocity, the moment it reached the ground, it brought its wings down in a mighty sweep. An immense wave of fire burst out in all directions!

Chilled Effect canceled!

Skelewing Dragon's movement speed restored!

Even as the Skelewing Dragon broke free of the Chilled Effect that Qin Ruo had placed upon it, the billowing flames it sent out completely engulfed the White Tiger Shaman, the Amethyst Orc, as well as Qin Ruo and his party, all of them within 30 m of the dragon.

'Damn!' Qin Ruo cursed silently. Even though the Skelewing Dragon's attack was largely blunted against the Elementalists' dual defenses, the four Aquaramparts he managed to bring out had instantly been blasted away into worthless steam!

Snowleaf had it a little better. Since Summoners did not have any kind of Barrier magic, Snowleaf had remained beyond the reach of the Boss' attacks, and the Frostramparts she conjured together with the Cryospider were still standing.

Now that this had happened, the Twelve Frostramparts Formation would be delayed, and the golden opportunity created by the combined efforts of the Amethyst Orc, the White Tiger Shaman, as well as Poochie would now go to waste.

At the center of the blazing conflagration, the Skelewing Dragon managed to spread its wings and take to the air once again. Howling with fury and vengeance, it unleashed a torrent of area-attack spells upon Qin Ruo. Poochie was caught in radius of effect as well.

He had screwed up. He never expected a concerted attack by both the Amethyst Orc and Poochie to be so effective, otherwise he would have already prepared the Twelve Frostramparts Formation in advance. Qin Ruo cursed his own failure.

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There was another burst of flame, but this time, Qin Ruo and the other spellcasters had already retreated to a safe distance beforehand, leaving the White Tiger Shaman and the Amethyst Orc to control the battlefield.