Chapter 548 (1/2)
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A screaming High Fighting Spirits charged to the front and swung his battle axe, hitting Red Dust, a magic knight with a b.l.o.o.d.y Barrier Break. Red Dust was the vice leader of the subguild and a pretty famous expert in his own right, and his HP and Defense reflected that strength.
Invincible penetrated Red Dust's s.h.i.+eld and dealt a whopping 15k damage in one go. It wasn't enough to one-shot the magic knight, however. Red Dust immediately retaliated with a combo that deleted nearly half of High Fighting Spirits' health.
”You want to die?!”
High Fighting Spirits grinned madly as he grabbed Red Dust's arm and swung his axe again, this time unleas.h.i.+ng his signature move, Xiezhi Howl. The skill instantly deleted Red Dust's mount tenacity, killing the mount and turning the magic knight back into a foot soldier.
Without a mount, Red Dust was no match for High Fighting Spirits. Although his priests tried to keep him alive, High Fighting Spirits still took out the poor b.a.s.t.a.r.d in another two strikes.
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Clang!
I clashed swords against an enemy warrior and sent him stumbling backward. Fighting On All Fronts was one of the rare few warriors who had the skill to parry my attack. He was also an expert of the subguild, and judging from the text floating above his head he had been signed by Founder Group.
The direct strike didn't hit flesh, so I dashed to his flank and hit him with a War Crush and Thousand Ice Slash instead. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, the warrior died before he could do anything.
Thud thud!
Suddenly, pain blossomed from my chest as two iron arrows. .h.i.t me. It was the work of Purple Dawn. He then unleashed another Spiraling Arrow Blade and deleted another 4000 points from my health pool. Top-cla.s.s archers had always been in a pain in the a.s.s, but I was sure that Purple Dawn's bow had a property or pa.s.sive that ignored Defense to a certain degree because the damage he had dealt wasn't normal. I was wearing two pieces of Earth-grade equipment, the Soul Suppressing Cloak and Crimson Rock Dragon Armor, and he still hit me for thousands of damage when the average archer could only deal two-digit damage to me. This was only possible if his weapon largely ignored Defense.
”Beiming, suppress Purple Dawn!”
The Blazing Shadow Bow gleaming menacingly in Beiming Xue's hand as she darted across the battlefield and fired eight arrows in quick succession at Purple Dawn. The enemy archer had no choice but to retreat because of the risk of instantly dying if some of these arrows managed to crit. As a dark archer, Beiming Xue's attacks were empowered by Undead Energy X. Adding that to her awesome set of equipment, even tanks would find it difficult to defend themselves.
The pressure Purple Dawn's archer party put on us immediately lessened when he retreated. Gui Guzi immediately raised his spear, Rainbow, and shouted, ”Brothers and sisters, charge!”
Almost a hundred Fireblade Cavalrymen activated their Charge and trampled our enemies' hopes and dreams into pieces. Countless enemy frontliners collapsed to the ground as the riders' blades stabbed into the s.h.i.+elds, armors or both. Working like a well-oiled machine with our backliners, they easily tore many holes in the enemy's formation in no time.
Suddenly, a Level 125 warrior of Candle Dragon raised his spear and shouted angrily, ”Do not panic! We must protect the Martial G.o.d and the War G.o.ds until they are done with the boss! We are Candle Dragon, and we will never retreat! In the name of faith and dreams, charge!”
I wasn't expecting someone from Candle Dragon to have the courage to rise up and raise everyone's morale, although in hindsight it made sense that countless talents would be attracted by Candlelight Shadow's fame and flock to his side, false it might be.
The warrior was mid-charge when his surroundings suddenly turned icy cold. The next moment, the gra.s.s turned into ice, and a devastating storm illuminated by starlight dropped onto the warrior's head. He lost most of his HP, and his guildmates were collapsing all around him. Another Dragon's Roar later, the Level 125 warrior died as well.
Thud!
Stranger of Three Lifetimes tapped the ground with her scepter and said with a smile, ”Disciplinary action complete. Please, continue!”
I had to suppress an exclamation of admiration. The Level 125 warrior must have over 19k HP, but Stranger of Three Lifetimes still killed him with an AoE magic spell. Just how high was her Magic Attack? I couldn't help but recall Luo River G.o.d of the Capital and how loud my heart thumped every time I faced her in the compet.i.tive arena. Even with my Magic Resist, she could've easily destroyed me if I wasn't careful. Past a certain point of Magic Attack, a mage was extremely terrifying. Their offensive power was deadly enough, but their Magic s.h.i.+elds made them almost unkillable as well. If a mage successfully dodged Barrier Break, then the upper hand for the next six seconds was all theirs.
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He Yi, Xu Yang, Li Chengfeng, Eighteen Steeds of You and Yun, and Chaos Moon were all fighting at the frontlines and killing key players with Barrier Breaks. They had undoubtedly become the nightmare of all the players of Candle Dragon's first subguild. I wouldn't even be surprised if some of them were traumatized when the battle was over.
Chaos Moon was the standout of this battle. After obtaining a complete set of Spirit-grade equipment and the AoE skill ”Rock Crush”, her strength had climbed to a whole new height. Every time she swung her sword and conjured the cyan energy that looked like a mountain range, she put ma.s.sive pressure on her opponents both physically or mentally. It was because Rock Crush's visual effects were incredible.
Even less powerful players like Du Thirteen and Yamete were charging fearlessly and securing kills left and right.
Facing the full strength of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, the first subguild of Candle Dragon couldn't keep up their defense and crumbled completely just 10 minutes later. Despite numbering over a thousand people, the fight quickly devolved into a one-sided slaughter.
Crack!