587 The Two Ultimate Bosses (2/2)

There was nothing to stop Wandering Soul from landing a second attack upon the Lich!

At the same time, the Heaven's Peal Lion suddenly vanished.

'Look out!' Savior wanted to shout, but the words never came out.

When the Heaven's Peal Lion appeared behind Kevin, he was too horrified to do anything but watch as the Lion pounced onto Kevin.

Kevin had never once imagined that a Pet might be able to Teleport. Paralyzed by this sight, he collapsed under the monumental force of the blow, Stunned senseless.

Having brought down its foe with one strike, the Heaven's Peal Lion did not press the attack, and instead held out its hand and summoned three shining golden Sunbolts. With a wave, it sent them streaking out towards the hovering Lich.

”For shame!” a stern voice yelled out!

Savior could no longer restrain himself. Seeing that his subordinate's Pet was about to be slain, without a second thought, he unrolled a Magic Scroll for a Tier 5 area-attack spell!

This kid was pretty bloodthirsty: Never mind just winning the fight, he even wanted to kill off Kevin's Pet first. That couldn't be allowed!

Savior could afford them losing a piece of equipment, and it wouldn't have much effect on this fight, anyway; but if the Pet died, it would become impossible for Kevin to raise the Lich up to Tier 5 anytime soon. This might ruin their chances during the third stage of the Grand Tournament!

The problem was that Kevin really was rather far away from him. Even as he scrambled to use the Magic Scroll, there was no saving the Lich from the pincer assault between Wandering Soul and the Heaven's Peal Lion. With physical damage from up close, and Light-elemental spell damage on top of that, which was especially harmful to Undead monsters like the Lich.

Although it had managed to bring Wandering Soul down from the sky, the kid had landed smartly atop a nearby rooftop, in this way disengaging from the Lich, allowing him to change targets and attack Kevin instead. The Heaven's Peal Lion, meanwhile, with its innate ability to fly, floated at the very edge of Savior's spell, completely unaffected.

(Translator's Note: Yes, there's no prior mention of when Wandering Soul was hit or grounded. The author must have missed it.)

Now that Savior had decided to intervene, Qin Ruo rushed at him, preventing him from going to his comrade's rescue. All he could do was watch as the Heaven's Peal Lion reduced the Lich to a puff of black smoke, which faded away with a pitiable moan.

Kevin followed right after, stabbed clean through with a single thrust from Wandering Soul.

***

Before the dust had settled there, another heated battle was already raging!

***

Just as Wandering Soul claimed victory on his end, the battle between Xin Yu and the Bowmaster named 'Hughes' was also concluding.

True to Fateless's teachings, Xin Yu had chosen to begin the battle on the ground. However, that meant fighting on the rooftops, rather than among the city streets, packed with Undead.

As she alighted atop one of the buildings, Xin Yu went over what Fateless had taught her about the Ambush and Assassinate skills. She already had experience using both of these skills in real combat situations.

In particular, they'd repeatedly gone over the finer points of a match-up against a Bowmaster.

Xin Yu watched her approaching opponent closely. Against the average Bowmaster, Fateless had never advised her to avoid confrontation, since the Bandit was not completely outmatched by the Bowmaster class. True, they had abilities to help spot Bandits, but it also came down to the player's skill.

As long as she was able to make full use of her surroundings in preparing an Ambush, she could elude the Bowmaster's detection.

In this way, she could stay out of the Bowmaster's sight, advancing quickly while remaining hidden in his blind angles, so that the Bowmaster proved no different from every other class.

Of course, this was a tactic to be used against Bowmasters who weren't aware of her. Otherwise, it was best to withdraw. With Little Eye's Gravity Field, getting away on foot couldn't be simpler, and escaping from the Bowmaster was even easier with Xin Yu's Angelic Wings.

Today, she had been placed in what Fateless described as the worst possible kind of battlefield, and she had to take down an elite Bowmaster from the enemy Faction.

Right away, Xin Yu summoned out Little Eye.

What used to be a tightly squinting eye had now opened up all the way to become a single eye floating above two, like the third eye described in legends.

An Ultimate Boss every bit as powerful as the Heaven's Peal Lion, and certainly more aloof and serene, it had all the dominating power that Galbis used to command. With both hands clasped behind its back, all it did was raise its eyebrows a little, and a yellow ochre Barrier immediately formed around it. Then there was a surge of Terra magic being drawn up.

Because she was nervous about this fight, Xin Yu was concentrating even harder than Wandering Soul, and had already made every possible preparation in advance. Fateless and her brother Qin had devised a number of strategies for her, which she was following very closely.

The appearance of Little Eye gave the Bowmaster a heart attack.

”Ultimate Boss!” Hughes faltered in his flight, gasping in spite of himself, and pulled to a halt forty meters away from his adversaries.

This was coming as too great a shock. A heretofore unheard-of Bandit girl had an Ultimate Boss as her Pet. This was going to be a little tricky. Hughes could feel the pressure mounting.

A Level 50 Ultimate Boss as a Pet, with power no lesser to that of a typical Tier 4 Ultimate Boss. What hope had he, a lone Bowmaster, against such a foe?

Unless… Hughes found his courage returning as a plan began to form in his mind! He couldn't lose this fight! Reaching into his backpack, he drew out a Spell Arrow, inscribed all over with ancient magical runes.

It was a Shadowmesh Arrow!