The Ice Spirit Archer's Frozen Arrow not only dealt 110% damage to its target, but also froze it for one second, causing the Demonized Wolf King's skill to die before it could be used. Seizing the opportunity, Night Rain Misty and the others naturally showed no mercy and attacked with all their might, while Ye Yu Yaorao had Spring Revival ready and restored 60 health to Ye Luo.
Taking advantage of the moment, Ye Luo also swallowed a Major Blood Recovery Pill, quickly restoring his health to over 350.
After taking the medicine, Ye Luo attacked again. Slash + normal attack + combo—the chained attack was unleashed. This time, he was quite lucky: Slash landed a critical hit, taking 600 health from the Demonized Wolf King in one blow. More importantly, he pulled back the wolf king's aggro, which had begun shifting toward Night Rain Misty.
One second quickly passed, and the demon wolf regained its freedom. However, Wolf King Combo had been interrupted and entered cooldown, meaning it could not be used again for another 30 seconds.
The battle had already continued for another two or three minutes. The wolf king had lost more than 10,000 health, already a fifth of its total. Seeing the light of victory, everyone was greatly encouraged and attacked with even greater vigor.
"Awoo!"
A massive wolf howl shook the heavens and carried far into the distance. Clearly, the Demonized Wolf King had activated its second skill—Wolf King Summon. At its call, the Young Demon Wolves in the distance began to stir before charging over in a frenzy. There were more than ten of them.
"12 Young Demon Wolves. The pressure isn't too great." Yan Hua Yi Leng murmured, then looked at Night Rain Misty. "Night Rain Misty, send people to stop those demon wolves. We absolutely cannot let them disrupt our formation."
Nodding, Night Rain Misty ordered the melee classes among her subordinates to step forward and block the demon wolves.
More than ten seconds later, the dozen or so Young Demon Wolves arrived, and the Night Rain Family's melee players met them head-on. To their surprise, however, the wolves ignored them completely. As though mad, they charged straight into the battle zone.
"This is bad. Under Wolf King Summon, all these demon wolves have their aggro locked onto Brother Ye Luo. We can't pull them away." Night Rain Misty realized what was happening, and her pretty face turned ugly.
Ye Luo was already under considerable pressure facing the wolf king alone. If those twelve demon wolves reached him, he would probably only be able to hold on for a few seconds.
Having noticed this as well, Yan Hua Yi Leng swiftly gave her orders. "Ranged classes, switch targets. Focus fire and kill these demon wolves at full strength. Night Rain Madman, charge and stun one of them. Mages, use large-area attacks. Ye Yu Yaorao, watch Ye Luo's health."
As she spoke, Yan Hua Yi Leng had already begun attacking. An Energy Arrow infused with Ice Spirit Power whistled forward, immediately slowing one demon wolf. Then the Night Rain Family members attacked together, focusing their fire and killing it in only two seconds.
Yan Hua Yi Leng was quite clever. She only attacked each demon wolf once, slowing many of them before they were killed.
The Young Demon Wolves moved at a little over one meter per second, slightly faster than players. However, after being slowed, they became somewhat slower. Before long, the melee players caught up and attacked together, slaughtering even more demon wolves.
The encirclement was fifteen meters from the wolf king, meaning the Young Demon Wolves needed over ten seconds to reach Ye Luo. Under everyone's focused fire, most of the wolves would be killed, and the remaining two or three would not pose much threat to Ye Luo.
"Melee players must not come within ten meters of the wolf king. Return quickly," Yan Hua Yi Leng calmly ordered.
While directing the battle, Yan Hua Yi Leng also kept an eye on the wolf king. When she saw it slightly hunch over as energy gathered around it, she knew it was about to use its final skill, which was why she hurriedly gave the command.
With an angry roar, the wolf king completed its skill. A layer of shimmering ice armor covered its body.
That was not all. Bone-piercing cold swept outward, drastically slowing the movements of players within twenty meters of the wolf king. Yellow damage numbers of '25' appeared above their heads every second.
Although Yan Hua Yi Leng's command had come in time, several players failed to retreat quickly enough and even entered within five meters of the wolf king. Their health plummeted, and they hurriedly withdrew. Yet under the assault of the freezing air, their speed was greatly reduced. Some players with only 400 health failed to escape the wolf king's attack range and turned into white light, while the others who survived were already at critical health.
Yan Hua Yi Leng frowned slightly and continued issuing orders. "Those at critical health, take pills to recover. Ranged classes, continue attacking the remaining Young Demon Wolves."
Wolf King Summon and Wolf King Ice Armor had been used one after another. Everyone had only managed to kill seven Young Demon Wolves, while five more charged fiercely at Ye Luo.
Under the assault of the icy air, Ye Luo's health was rapidly dropping. The wolf king did not stop attacking either, even using Wolf King Combo once more. Ye Luo's health instantly fell by 300, leaving him with only 100. Under the attacks of the wolf king and those Young Demon Wolves, it would likely be emptied very soon.
At the critical moment, Ye Luo instead calmed down. Without hesitation, he swallowed a mutated Major Blood Recovery Pill. A flash of green light restored 100 health, and for every second afterward, he recovered nearly 20 more health. As long as he held on for a few more seconds, his health would return to a healthy level.
With a sharp whoosh, an Energy Arrow infused with Ice Spirit Power killed a Young Demon Wolf at critical health. Then an even larger Energy Arrow shot out—it was Frozen Arrow.
This time, Yan Hua Yi Leng still chose the wolf king as her target and froze it once again.
At the same time, Night Rain Madman activated Charge and successfully stunned one demon wolf. He did not stop there; with a flash, he blocked another wolf's line of sight, buying Ye Luo one or two seconds.
A green light flashed, and a green '60' floated above Ye Luo's head. Clearly, Ye Yu Yaorao's Spring Revival had arrived in time as well. Ye Luo's health was now above 300, enough for him to endure more than ten seconds even within the freezing air.
Night Rain Misty and the others were not idle either. They focused their attacks, instantly killing several of the remaining demon wolves at critical health. Only two managed to strike Ye Luo, costing him over 60 health before they too were killed.
Ye Luo still had more than 200 health left, enough to hold on for a while.
"Whew. Good thing Yan Hua Yi Leng has a skill with guaranteed accuracy, greatly raising her hit rate. Otherwise, if it missed, we'd be finished." Ye Luo let out a long breath, then began calculating. "Wolf King Ice Armor still has twelve seconds left. My current Health Recovery Speed is 17 to 18 per second. Under the icy assault, I lose 7 health per second, so I'll lose a total of 80 health."
"I currently have 280 health. After subtracting 80, I'll have 200 left, enough to withstand only three attacks from the wolf king." Ye Luo analyzed the situation instantly, then furrowed his brow. "The wolf king is frozen for one second. I'm five meters away from it, and under Yan Hua Yi Leng's slow, it will need four seconds to reach me. My speed has been reduced by 30%, to roughly 0.7 meters per second. If I retreat now, I should make it."
With that thought, Ye Luo retreated instead of advancing, backing away as quickly as possible.
Ye Luo could calculate all this instantly, and Yan Hua Yi Leng, known as the Strongest Brain, could do the same. While continuing to attack the wolf king, she ordered, "Night Rain Madman, stand in front of the wolf king. Success or failure depends on this."
Hearing that, Night Rain Madman did not hesitate and rushed to stand in front of the wolf king as quickly as possible.
The wolf king's frozen state ended, but with Night Rain Madman blocking it, it temporarily lost sight of Ye Luo. It swept its claws and sent Night Rain Madman flying, but this delayed it by another second or so.
Afterward, it found Ye Luo and sprinted after him at top speed. Although Wolf King Ice Armor increased its ice resistance by 50%, its speed was still greatly reduced. It would take at least ten seconds to catch Ye Luo, and by then the effects of Wolf King Ice Armor would nearly be over.
Just as Ye Luo and the others had calculated, by the time the wolf king caught him, the ice armor had disappeared. He had only 186 health left, but Ye Yu Yaorao's Spring Revival had also finished its cooldown and restored another 60 health to him.
The freezing air vanished, and Ye Luo's health began recovering quickly. However, the pill's continuous healing effect had ended, and its cooldown still had around eighteen seconds remaining, so he could only recover about 6 health per second.
Even so, Ye Luo and the others all let out long sighs of relief. Without Wolf King Ice Armor, the wolf king could no longer threaten Ye Luo.
Ye Luo's two skills had now finished their cooldowns. He launched another chained attack, taking nearly 500 more health from the wolf king. The effect of his full Strength build also appeared, knocking the wolf king back three meters and buying Ye Luo another two seconds.
By then, Night Rain Misty and the others had all recovered to full health, and they continued attacking. The wolf king's health rapidly fell.
Soon after, Night Rain Madman's Charge also finished its cooldown. He used it again and successfully stunned the wolf king for one second, making Ye Luo's situation even more favorable.
From then on, Night Rain Madman used Charge whenever its cooldown ended, while Yan Hua Yi Leng also used Frozen Arrow, buying Ye Luo and the others considerable time. Once his pill cooldown ended, he swallowed another Major Blood Recovery Pill. Combined with Ye Yu Yaorao's Spring Revival, his health recovered to around 400, and there were no longer any major problems.
As the battle continued, the Night Rain Family members grew increasingly convinced by Yan Hua Yi Leng's command. Their cooperation became more seamless, and the battle became steadily less dangerous.
Time slowly passed amid the fierce battle. Four minutes went by. The wolf king's Wolf King Summon and Wolf King Ice Armor had only a little over ten seconds left on their cooldowns, but it had just over 10,000 health remaining. Ye Luo and the others could already see hope of victory.
"Night Rain Madman, save Charge. Try to interrupt the wolf king's skill." Seeing Night Rain Madman about to charge, Yan Hua Yi Leng hurriedly stopped him. Once she saw that he obeyed, she continued, "You use it first. If you fail, I'll use Frozen Arrow."
Hearing this, Night Rain Misty's beautiful eyes lit up, and she was greatly excited. "As long as we can interrupt either of those two wolf king skills, we can kill it."
"Haha, that's right. A level 12 wolf king—at the very least, the equipment it drops should be Bronze Grade, right?" Night Rain Mad Song laughed heartily, his tone full of anticipation.
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