Chapter 1274 - Spider’s Nest (2/2)

At that moment, Julia felt an immense pain in her hind leg. She let out a squeal and her huge body tumbled onto the ground. But what shocked her was that one of her hind legs was chopped off entirely!

How is that possible? In my poisonous fog, how are they able to move about freely and even attack me?

While Julia was flabbergasted, the green, poisonous fog had already scattered. The scenery revealed itself before her eyes once again. Looking at this scene, Julia couldn’t help but widen her eyes in shock.

There were three flickering, defensive barriers that merged to form a gigantic pyramid, with Rhode’s group leisurely standing in it. The rolling green fog was kept out thoroughly. No matter how hard it slammed onto the barrier, it just couldn’t break through the defense.

What… What is going on?

Looking at this scene, Julia’s mind went blank.

They have clearly used some way to stop my poisonous fog from infiltrating, but how did they know? There are warning signs before I release the poisonous fog. Even if their reactions are quick, it is impossible for all of them to avoid my attack!

“Go! Give your all and blast her to death!”

Rhode couldn’t be bothered with what Julia was thinking. This wasn’t their first time fighting her. The moment they witnessed her skin changing color, they retreated immediately, while clerics at the back released a poison-immunity enchanted field to envelope them. Rhode had to admit that this attack from Julia was indeed powerful. Many players became her victims when they challenged her. After all, not only was the green, poisonous fog devastating, but it could also replenish her health. Players often took out more than half of her health, only to suffer a heavy loss after she emitted the green fog. Not only that, but the more people died, the more her health replenished. In a single attack, Julia was able to recover 70 to 80 percent of her health. Facing such a BOSS, players faced the fate of being demolished. Although Shira and Little Five didn’t avoid the poisonous fog, they were an undead and specter respectively, after all, and couldn’t be more dead. That was why the poisonous fog didn’t affect them at all.

Despite all that, there was still a way against this poisonous fog, just like how Rhode activated the poison-immunity enchanted field and gathered everyone to avoid this deadly attack. Not only that, but after releasing this ultimate skill, Julia would also enter a cooldown period. And now, she wasn’t able to absorb the vitality of anyone and grew more exhausted instead. There wasn’t a much better chance than this for Rhode!

“Everyone, go all-out!”

Rhode commanded, raising his sword high in the air. Shortly after, a card spun as it appeared at the tip of his blade.

Shatter!

The spirit bird expanded its wings and cried, metamorphosing into a bolt of lightning that attached to Rhode’s blade. Rhode gripped the hilt and slashed from above.

Boom———!

A lightning blade ray exploded from his blade, striking Julia heavily. Electrical currents erupted, wrapping the humongous spider. Julia, who was struggling to stand to her feet, let out a scream and became paralyzed again. At the same time, Shira laughed heartily and raised the longsword with both hands, penetrating Julia’s huge abdomen!

“Ahhhhhh!”

Along with Julia’s blood-curdling screech, the scarlet longsword slashed a deep gash on her abdomen. Putrid blood spurted out of the wound as Julia suffered agonizing pain. Julia turned around, fluttered her arms, and grabbed the unbridled Undead Puppet. Julia squeezed her hands tight and in a loud crack, Shira was crushed like a ball of mud. Shortly after, Julia tossed the Undead Puppet aside abruptly and raised her arms again…

But at that moment, Icy Snow also lifted her arms and aimed at Julia’s chest. A large light arrow coalesced and took shape in her hands. At the next second, Icy Snow released the arrow, and it punctured the enormous spider.

“———!”

The mighty impact blasted Julia backward, disrupting her next move. As she roared in a futile struggle, the overwhelming glow of blade rays and magic enveloped her completely.

Crack!

After a few moments, Julia plunged to the ground. Her body was riddled with scars from top to bottom. Under the relentless attacks by Rhode’s group, Julia, who couldn’t replenish her strength and failed to summon her children again, collapsed completely.

“No… I can’t die… My nest… My children!”

Along with her hoarse snarl, Julia struggled in despair. But at that point, she was no longer a threat. Her useless struggles were meaningless to everyone. Looking at this scene, Rhode shook his head and sauntered toward her. Upon witnessing his approach, Julia’s dimming eyes glinted once again.

“It’s you! Inhabitants of Order! All of you shall die here! I will curse you with all my life…!”

But before Julia finished her sentence, Rhode’s shimmering holy sword ruthlessly punctured her skull.

Immediately after, Julia let out a horrified shriek and her body faded like evaporating water, exuding a turbid, cloudy fog. In just a few moments, the huge spider was gone without a trace. All that was left before Rhode was a pile of white ash. But looking at the ashes, Rhode, however, gave a subtle look. He stared at the ashes for a moment, before turning to his group.

“Alright, who’s gonna loot the corpse?”

Rhode asked.