1013 A Small Windfall (1/2)
Hill had a bad premonition as soon as the hand appeared.
For Sheyan, whose cleverness and cunning were far beyond Hill, to take such an action at this time, he had no doubt already taken into account the first reaction of everyone on the battlefield.
He ripped open the stomach of the hungry ghost, leaped up vigorously, and activated the 'Hornrage' ability on his 'Barbaric-Demon Pupil'!
An illusion of a huge beast emerged from behind him and charged forward. Sheyan's target was Corina in the distance! By this time, their battlefield had spread to the entire floor. Sheyan covered the distance of 20 meters in the blink of an eye and slammed into the head of the helpless Corina!
Only now did everyone there notice that Sheyan's previous injuries had all miraculously healed. A layer of strange, sticky glow rippled above the surface of his body.
Seeing this, Hill could not help shouting.
”IMPOSSIBLE!!!”
The hungry ghost that Hill had summoned was actually his ultimate skill. It was very aggressive and was one of the rare abilities that could instantly kill an enemy.
After the summoned hungry ghost had devoured the enemy, three things could happen.
(1) If the enemy's HP value was fairly low, they would be digested and killed by the hungry ghost, which could circumvent most life-saving party skills. That was also the craziest thing with the hungry ghost. To get the drop afterwards, Hill would have to brave the stench of dung and the danger of being swallowed by the ghost to find the dropped key in the excrement of the hungry ghost .
(2) If the enemy's HP value was adequate, the hungry ghost will absorb a certain percentage of the enemy's HP before throwing them back out. It goes without saying that the enemy in question would have been thoroughly corroded by gastric acid and would be in a rather pathetic state. More importantly, the enemy would be trapped in the ghost's belly for a period of time, during which they would be completely isolated from their teammates. The hungry ghost thus became a powerful crowd control ability in addition to its offensive capability.
(3) The 3rd case was not beneficial to the summoner of the hungry ghost. Remember that the ghost would absorb the enemy's HP by percentage. If the amount of HP absorbed was over a certain limit, the ghost would become too full. In such cases, not only would it completely return the absorbed HP to the enemy, it's own HP would leak to the enemy too, thus healing the enemy.
That wasn't all. If the hungry ghost gave back its own HP to the enemy, the enemy's maximum HP would permanently increased by 10%, while its summoner, Hill, would have his HP permanently decreased by 5%!
The only reason Hill dared to unleash the hungry ghost on Sheyan was because he did not see Sheyan holding a shield. Otherwise, he would have definitely used this ability on Zi instead. How would he know that Sheyan was a bizarre MT who had no shield?!?
Corina could no longer restrain Zi after she was hit by Sheyan. Zi instantly took the opportunity to cut off most of her contact with the realm of death. After that, the edge of Zi's silver curved dagger shined with a dazzling light, and the threads of time converged.
Corina instantly knew something terrible was going to happen. She screamed and, braving the risk of the spell rebounding back on her, forcefully casted another 'Fear' spell on Sheyan using her pendant. Unfortunately for her, resistance towards fear-type spells was closely related to the Physique stat. Sheyan did not fall for the 'Group Fear' spell the first time, and naturally did not succumb this time either.
He aimed a heavy punch towards Corina.
'Strength of the Sky', activate!
A cocoon-like shield appeared on Corina's body, seemingly trying to block Sheyan's punch, but under the effect of the 'Strength of the Sky', the punch simply shattered the cocoon shield and gave her no chance at all. He grabbed her arm, the metallic parts on his gloves spinning at high speed, then executed a shoulder throw using the ability 'Tactical Throw' to hurl Corina into the air!
By now, the wolf had bitten away most of the 'Titanium Mesh Magic Barrier', and its sharp black claws had scratched through the skin of Zi's upper arm. The crimson blood that flowed down stood out in stark contrast to her snow-white skin; the sight was cruel but beautiful. Despite the dangerous situation, Zi remained as calm as ever, as if the injury was not inflicted on her at all.
A green light flashed continuously on her mask and gloves. The next second, a huge, weird-looking and mysterious phantom of a savage mask materialized before her. The special effect on the 'Massive Ndipaya Augustmask' had made an appearance!
(TL: Refer to chapter 629 for details on the Massive Ndipaya Augustmask.)
At this time Corina had just landed ten meters in front of Zi. She screamed in terror and her body started to vaporise - it seemed that she was ready to escape. But just then, Zi's chanting was completed. She opened her eyes, and the national emblem of the Sith Empire from Star Wars floated in front of her. It then turned into a giant claw of a Sithspawn and ferociously grabbed Corina's throat!
This was the ability derived from Zi's Force: 'Force Suffocation'!