Chapter 884 - Ghost Behemoth (1/2)

The battle ended just as fast as it came. After the last Skeletal Behemoth had been crushed into bone shards, the valley regained its deathly silence. Compared to the battle against the Whispering G.o.d, the casualties in this battle were negligible. After all, the only ones who had been seriously wounded were the few Warriors who didn’t know what was going on at the start of the battle.

After this battle, the team seemed more confident in continuing their expedition. Although the Skeletal Behemoths were powerful, they didn’t pose a threat given the expedition team’s level of abilities, and could be said to be even weaker than the Ghost Warriors on the second floor. If the enemies they would meet later were all of this kind of standard, the expedition later would be a breeze.

“Continue forward,” Lin Li instructed the Tower of Dusk’s team. As this was only a small skirmish, the Tower of Dusk didn’t even have anyone who was slightly injured. Thus, there was no need for them to rest.

Upon receiving Lin Li’s order, the Tower of Dusk’s mages put up their illumination spells, and continued into the depths of the valley while stepping through the bone shards those Skeletal Behemoths had left behind.

Seeing that the Tower of Dusk’s team had already started to move, the Glittergold Trade Union, Mithril Alliance and Caesar Family didn’t want to waste any more time, and ordered their teams to reorganize their formations. For these elites from the different factions, it was already part of their instincts to get into formations. In mere seconds, the teams had changed from attack formation to defense formation.

“Jenny, where are you going?” In the Mithril Alliance’s team, great s.h.i.+eld Warrior Ronald suddenly realized that his comrade, s.h.i.+eld-sword Warrior Jenny, didn’t keep up with the team. This was rather strange as Jenny wasn’t injured in the battle just now. During normal training, this lad would be faster than Ronald to get into formation. Why was he so slow this time?

At the same time, great axe Warrior Hanks from the Caesar Family suddenly glimpsed a shadow sliding past rapidly in the corner of his eye. When he turned around, all that was left at the position where his comrade was supposed to be standing was his long spear lying on the ground.

Although it hadn’t been long since the battle had ended, such strange happenings weren’t rare in the expedition team. After all, this wasn’t a large team of thousands, but a small elite team comprising hundreds. Everyone in the respective factions was very familiar with their teammates, so it was very abnormal for some members of the team to disappear suddenly.

“Enemy’s close by! Illumination, mages!” Upon knowing the situation, Joseph immediately ordered the mages to put up their illumination spells. He held up his magic staff and sent a Solar Sphere into the air.

The mages from the Mithril Alliance and Caesar Family cast illumination spells after hearing Joseph’s order. Solar Spheres shot towards the exterior of the team one after another. Although n.o.body was missing in the Glittergold Trade Union’s team, Hoffman still instructed the mages in the team to put up their illumination spells as a cautionary measure.

By then, the Tower of Dusk’s team hadn’t ventured far from the remaining teams, so Lin Li knew what had happened to the teams behind. He held up his Sun Scepter to signal to the team to stop, and then ordered, “Everyone, illuminate the surroundings!”

The mages from the four factions released illumination spells almost simultaneously. The part of the valley which the expedition team was in was instantly bright as day. That was when everyone realized that there were already a dozen fresh corpses not far from the Mithril Alliance’s and Caesar Family’s team.

The killers of these Warriors were numerous gigantic shadows surrounding the team. They might have realized that they couldn’t kill more people silently under illumination, and immediately held up sharp claws dripping with blood, pouncing towards the center of the expedition team ferociously.

“Ghost… Ghost Behemoths!” Lin Li yelled after seeing the appearance of these shadows.

The appearance of the Skeletal Behemoths had already taken Lin Li by surprise; he didn’t expect Ghost Behemoths to appear here too. How could the Behemoths, which were said to be lacking in soul and unable to even a.s.semble soul fire, become Ghosts!

No wonder the Tower of Dusk’s team didn’t encounter any stealth attacks. After all, the team was completely made up of mages, and had lit up the surroundings brightly with illumination spells all the time. Once the Ghost Behemoths entered their domain, they would definitely expose themselves, let alone to launch a successful stealth attack. As for the Glittergold Trade Union, their team had closely followed after the Tower of Dusk, and also comprised many mages. Thus, they weren’t the best option for the Ghost Behemoths to attack.

The Mithril Alliance and Caesar Family were more unfortunate. A sole illumination spell couldn’t light up a big area, and was only a little better than a torch. Given that the number of mages in their teams couldn’t compare to that of the Tower of Dusk’s and Glittergold Trade Union’s at all, coupled with the fact that their formation during the battle was rather spa.r.s.e, they had given the Ghost Behemoths a perfect chance to attack.

It hadn’t been long since the battle with the Skeletal Behemoths had ended, and these Ghost Behemoths had already attacked a dozen of members in the team. Although all those who were attacked were Warriors, any Warrior above level-15 was already a rare talent. In addition, the two factions had already suffered huge losses back when battling the Whispering G.o.d. It seemed that the two factions would pay a high price during this expedition.

Although the appearance of the Ghost Behemoths was shocking, Lin Li couldn’t just ignore the fact that they existed, since they were right in front of his eyes. These Ghost Behemoths might not be as powerful as the Skeletal Behemoths in terms of strength, but their characteristics as Ghosts made them a tougher opponent to deal with.

These Ghost Behemoths could s.h.i.+ft their bodies between being tangible and intangible. They also possessed different abilities in different forms. When they were in their intangible form, they could attack the opponent’s soul directly, and were immune to all physical attacks just like Vengeful Spirits, but had almost no immunity to magic attacks. When they were in their tangible form, they gained powerful strength and sharp claws that could easily tear armor apart. They would also be immune to magic attacks, but boast little immunity to physical attacks.

Some might think that the Ghost Behemoths would be easy to deal with since one could easily strike them with magic attacks when they were intangible and use physical attacks when they were intangible. However, in reality, these Ghost Behemoths were so hard to deal with because they could change any part of their body to another form, not necessarily the whole body.