Chapter 884 - Ghost Behemoth (2/2)

Soon, the expedition team’s Warriors and mages had all experienced how tough it was to deal with these Ghost Behemoths. When they stabbed their swords into the Ghost Behemoths’ bodies, all they pierced was a ball of mist. What was waiting for them, however, was the Ghost Behemoths’ sharp claws which gave people fatal attacks. While the magic attacks of the team couldn’t cause any real damage to the Ghost Behemoths, the Ghost Behemoths’ claws could easily slice through the Warriors’ thick s.h.i.+elds and tear at their souls.

When facing these Ghost Behemoths that were immune to both magic and physical attacks in this battle, the expedition team had become very pa.s.sive. All the confidence that they had gathered from the victory against the Skeletal Behemoths just now was crushed by the Ghost Behemoths.

The Tower of Dusk’s team was completely made up of mages. Usually, any team with only members of the same occupation would be more disadvantaged when facing the spirits. After all, the Ghost Behemoths didn’t need to s.h.i.+ft their forms when facing these mages, and could avoid all their attacks with their immunity to magic in tangible form.

However, the truth was that the Tower of Dusk’s team was in a better situation than the other three factions. Although the magic they released couldn’t cause any real harm to the Ghost Behemoths, the shock from these magic attacks was at least able to keep the Ghost Behemoths away from the team.

As such, the following scene could be observed in the battlefield: a dozen Ghost Behemoths surrounding the Tower of Dusk’s team continuously released attacks, but were swept to their original positions by magic storms.

For the other three factions, it was a collaboration between the mages and Warriors. Usually, this arrangement would be very advantageous when facing opponents with disproportionate physical and magic defense. No matter how high the opponent’s physical or magic defense power was, they could target their weaknesses. Thus, the three factions could easily win against the Ghost Behemoths if they were immune only to physical attacks or magic attacks. Unfortunately, although the Ghost Behemoths wouldn’t exhibit both polar opposite properties simultaneously, the frequency and uncertainty of their transformations made it hard for the mages and Warriors to find the right chance to attack.

To make matters worse, the method that the Ghost Behemoths employed to attack totally didn’t match their gigantic size. They were like giant a.s.sa.s.sins. The dark valley made it necessary for the mages to light up the valley with their illumination spells at all times. However, the mages had to release their illumination spells during battle, and couldn’t sustain the brightness in the valley.

Thus, although the mages had all put up their illumination spells at the start, the brightness of the surroundings decreased drastically after the real battle with the Ghost Behemoths had started. Although it wasn’t completely dark, the surroundings had made it difficult for the team to spot these Ghost Behemoths, making it harder for the expedition teams to defend themselves.

All the Legendary powerhouses in each faction had joined the battle since it started. Although they didn’t expect the Ghost Behemoths to appear here, they could judge from experience that these Ghost Behemoths were harder to deal with than the Skeletal Behemoths just now. However, as the surroundings got darker, even Legendary powerhouses couldn’t spot the Ghost Behemoths easily, causing inevitable damage to the team again.

From the looks of this battle, it was certainly a good opportunity for Lin Li to deal a blow to the Mithril Alliance—he only had to watch its casualties increase. However, Lin Li didn’t do that. After all, this was only the fourth floor of the mausoleum. If other teams suffered too many casualties, it would definitely affect the progress of the expedition later on.

With that in mind, Lin Li released the debris of the stars Holy Light, hanging it over the team’s heads like a little sun that had suddenly appeared. Its pure, sacred light instantaneously outshone all the illumination spells around and lit up the entire area. Under such bright light, the Ghost Behemoths could no longer hide in the shadows, and became totally visible to the team.

However, Lin Li wasn’t altruistic enough to directly help the Mithril Alliance deal with these Ghost Behemoths. After all, there would be a battle between the Mithril Alliance and Tower of Dusk eventually. Hence, he restricted the power of Holy Light to make sure that it didn’t release its powerful ability of purification, and only acted as a light source. If not, these Ghost Behemoths would be dead right there.

However, the Holy Light was after all a piece of debris of the stars. Even though Lin Li had restricted its purification power, the light still influenced the Ghost Behemoths somewhat, and the Behemoths could no longer change their forms as freely as before. This created a good chance for the expedition.

“Kill!” Great axe Warrior Hanks smashed his two-bladed great axe into the Ghost Behemoth in front of him. This time, his axe didn’t strike thin air. Instead, he felt the real resistance caused by hitting physical matter. Next, the resistance was lifted, and he was overjoyed to find a muscular ghost arm on the ground.

“Boom!”

A fireball hit a Ghost Behemoth that was trying to change its form spot on. A low-level fireball spell was enough to ignite a Ghost Behemoth that looked like a plume of smoke. The gigantic Ghost Behemoth didn’t even manage to switch into its physical form before turning into a ball of fire, and burnt out in the blink of an eye.

After Lin Li had released Holy Light, the situation in the battlefield took a drastic turn. The initially helpless team suddenly became extraordinarily valorous, slas.h.i.+ng and killing the Ghost Behemoths as if chopping vegetables.

When the battle had ended, n.o.body dared to relax. Everyone still observed the surroundings cautiously, and only started to care for the injured after orders were given to get into defensive formation. The Mithril Alliance and Caesar Family had both suffered much damage in this battle, while the Glittergold Trade Union also suffered some casualties. In contrast, the Tower of Dusk, aided by the divine-level magical equipment, didn’t even suffer from fatigue due to huge mana consumption.

Seeing that Lin Li had retrieved Holy Light, a tinge of jealousy flashed across Joseph’s eyes. He was also more cautious of Lin Li. Back in the battle with the Whispering G.o.d, Joseph had seen Lin Li summon out Demon Gordon and the alchemy puppets. He had thought that those were already the Tower of Dusk’s trump cards, but that seemed to be false from what he saw now.

As for Claus from the Caesar Family, he couldn’t help rejoicing secretly in his heart. After getting the Life Potions from the Tower of Dusk and seeing it display such powerful abilities now, he was glad that he hadn’t gone all hard on the Tower of Dusk like the Mithril Alliance. If not, his faction would have suffered the same consequence as Joseph’s team.