As Abel continually used Teleport to evade the attacks, Kolik swung his two-handed battle-axe toward him, and a cloud of curses appeared overhead.
The cloud of curses covered too wide an area, blanketing almost the entire Arreat Summit and leaving him nowhere to dodge.
Then the dark-red Curse Rain fell, and Abel felt his defenses drop sharply.
His expression changed. He knew very well that he absolutely could not withstand even one hit from Talik's Fire Enhancement. With his defenses reduced, he probably could not even block Kolik's charged attack, which he suspected was Ghost Strike.
Without the support of his Contracted items, his combat strength was greatly affected.
Each of these three Ancients had mastered two hellish abilities. From their brief battle just now, he had identified Talik's Fire Enhancement and Especially Strong, Kolik's Special Curse - Damage Amplification and Ghost Strike, and Madok's Special Speed.
As for what other abilities they had, he had not yet figured that out. But even the abilities they had revealed so far were already giving him a tremendous headache.
His spells did not deal much damage to the three Ancients. Their elemental resistances were clearly far stronger than those of any Hell Creatures.
For now, he could only slowly trade spells with the Ancients. As for close combat, he did not even need to consider it. Fighting in melee against Ancients with Fire Enhancement and Ghost Strike would mean life or death within one or two hits.
Although Abel still did not know what would happen if he summoned his Angel Body, he had originally intended to keep it as his trump card. But now, his thoughts had changed.
Even if he failed the challenge and forcibly used a Town Portal Scroll to return, he would not summon his Angel Body to