William frowned and punched the wall hard.
His bloodshot eyes snapped open, and he said, "Send Grace to the center of the formation. Priest Sharp said that even if Pashis's reincarnation fails, he will wake up again. He still has one bloodline left, so he may not fail again."
"But the entire Changye City is surrounded by the Holy Capital and the three great empires. Even if Pashis wakes up, can we still escape?"
"Damn it, why wasn't Grace asleep?! Otherwise, we wouldn't be in this predicament now!"
"There's no point in talking about this now. Instead of trying to get Pashis reincarnated, we should sneak through the southern volcanic region and escape to the sea."
An annoying commotion erupted in the basement. William yelled, "Shut up!"
Everyone fell silent instantly.
"Hansa, take Grace to the Magic Circle in the royal palace's underground. No matter what, as long as Pashis reacts and causes some trouble for the people of the Holy Capital, we'll have a chance to escape!" William's deep voice echoed in the basement. After surveying the room with a cold gaze, he spoke to his son.
"Good..."
The person William pointed at quickly picked up the unconscious Grace.
At this moment, outside the Long Night Imperial City, elites from the three great empires are waiting for orders.
The High Priest and elite priests of the Holy Capital led the way, and the players followed them into the imperial city, clearing out the monsters they encountered along the way.
These monsters are easy to clear out. The high priests are high-level NPCs of level 60 or above, and they kill these monsters with no effort at all.
However, the Shadow King, who was lurking in the shadows, had not yet appeared, which made these people dare not relax.
The players, on the other hand, had no idea about the Shadow King; all they knew was that today's mission was for the NPC to lead them to kill monsters.
Moreover, this task can only be participated in by players level 40 and above. After all, players below level 40 are no match for the Shadow King and are not even cannon fodder.
However, just as everyone was clearing out the monsters...
The sky over the Long Night Imperial City instantly darkened.
Upon realizing what this was, the High Priest was filled with shock and rage, shouting, "Damn it, there are still members of the Shadow Royal Family inside Changye City!"
"Damn it, this is the Shadow Empire's protective magic array, the Changye Magic Array. It will cut off entry and exit as well as the flow of energy. Everyone, conserve your magic power, otherwise, once the magic power in the air is exhausted, we'll only be able to recover through potions!"
"Find the Shadow King at once!" the High Priest hurriedly ordered.
The numerous NPCs then separated and began to search for the location of Pashis in the imperial city.
A short while later, a huge, illusory shadow erupted from inside the palace, and a surging energy storm destroyed the palace, attracting everyone's attention.
Then, the enormous shadow contracted, and a delicate human figure floated in the air.
Grace Priscilla, the Third Princess of the Shadow Empire.
Su Xi recognized the figure floating in the air at a glance.
However, the attribute scan revealed the name of the Shadow King, Pashis Priscilla.
It seems Su Xi was right after all. This Third Princess was a sacrifice, but she didn't know why she wasn't successfully sacrificed and instead escaped from Changye City.
"Your Highness Su, that person floating in the sky looks like the NPC you did a quest with before," said the Mop God of War beside him.
Su Xi nodded.
Mavis glanced at it and said speechlessly, "All the attributes are question marks, how am I supposed to fight this?"
Law of the Fairies is used to clear out small fry, Radiance of the Fairies is a powerful single-target spell, but it's clearly useless against this level 60 Shadow King.
"Let's give it a try..." Su Xi said with a hint of helplessness.
Even his health was questionable; she couldn't calculate how much magic power she would need to instantly kill him with her Xiao You avatar.
"Use [Divine Brilliance Crystal]! Attack him!" At the High Priest's command, hundreds of NPCs raised their magic staffs, while the Light Knight stood ready to launch a counterattack.
When the light-attribute magic attack touched the Shadow King, the elements in the air seemed to be heated up, instantly boiling over. All the NPCs and players who favored intelligence growth felt uncomfortable.
"The Magic Pollution..."
Purification Technique!
[Holy Light Blessing]!
Holy Light Shield!
[Angel's Protection]!
Several High Priest waved their staffs, causing a great burst of light, and the elements quieted down once more.
Everyone continued to attack the Shadow King.
The power of shadow erupted from Grace, instantly crippling a number of priests and players.
The Cleaver God of War clutched his right arm, gritting his teeth as he retreated.
Just a touch of that force and a section of his arm was gone. "Priest, priest, heal me quickly!"
Without his right arm, he couldn't even lift a sword.
"Wow, are we going to be wiped out this time?" Cai Ling knew how fast her brother was. If even he couldn't dodge, then most of the people here would die and have to go back.
Fortunately, Pashis's consciousness seemed to be in a state of confusion. He would only retaliate when attacked, and even then, his retaliations were aimless, simply firing black energy beams randomly.
Upon seeing this, the High Priest's expression softened slightly.
If this Shadow King is conscious, then it will be difficult for them to deal with him.
With the blessings of several High Priest, most of them had reached unimaginable levels of attack power.
At this moment, Kurumi and Mavis, taking advantage of the blessing, began to attack Pashis.
With the High Priest's blessing, Kurumi's normal attack easily reached 60,000!
Mavis was even more outrageous; a single Radiance of the Fairies attack wiped out millions of HP.
However, this skill has a one-hour cooldown, and while it's on cooldown, she can only use illusion magic to create weapons to poke him.
Even if he lost millions of health points in an instant, the Shadow King's health bar would not be affected.
Everyone was surprised by the damage number, but once they saw that it was Mavis's magic, they were relieved and started discussing how much health the boss had, whether it was already over a billion.
Shadow Devour!
A massive black mist flowed down from Pashis's body, quickly filling the entire space. The Shadow King gradually devoured and absorbed everyone's health and magic power. Not only that, everyone also lost their sight and could not see their surroundings at all.
"Holy crap, I can't see anything!"
The players started arguing.
Losing your entire field of vision can indeed be frightening.
[Holy Light Shine!]
A ray of light, like that of the sun, shone forth, dispelling the surrounding black mist.
She was a saintess of the religion. Her powerful light magic dispelled the surrounding black mist, but she couldn't do anything about the black mist further away, as her abilities were limited.
[The Sacred Sigh of the Heavenly Dragon]!
Su Xi also used the magic to dispel the curse.
Remove the negative effects caused by Shadow Devour.
This skill not only removes negative effects and restores health, but also increases strength and intelligence by 2000 points.
This truly shocked the players.
"Damn, I can understand the NPCs' blessings being outrageous, since we're fighting a boss, but His Your Highness Su's skill is just too ridiculous, increasing strength and intelligence by 2000 points!"