"Fu—Xiang—!!"
Corpse King Long You let out an incredulous roar of fury. It was like smacking a mosquito against the wall with his own hand, only to open it and find not a smear of mosquito blood, but a swarm of completely unharmed mosquitoes. Anyone would have questioned their entire existence in that situation.
The smoke and black haze stirred up by the Dragon Subduing Dharma Seal slowly dispersed. The five of them were still perfectly fine where they stood, except that all of them had been forcibly hammered into the ground, like five nails that had withstood the iron hammer of heavenly punishment.
"My Defense Barrier still has a little left."
"Same here. I didn't expect that we could really share the damage."
"Hahahaha! We can actually withstand it! So it really is that simple!"
"Uncle, why do you sound as if you were the one who figured out the damage-sharing mechanic..."
"Careful! It's attacking!"
The five immediately leaped out of the ground, dodging the Corpse King's descending punch. Perhaps because the Dragon Subduing Dharma Seal had been blocked, or perhaps because their attacks had reduced a great deal of the Corpse King's "burden," its attack speed, movement speed, and turning speed had all increased noticeably. It was no longer as clumsy and easy to bully as before.
Yet everyone breathed a sigh of relief. They weren't afraid of the Corpse King becoming stronger. What they feared was it pounding the ground repeatedly without reason. That was an unavoidable, area-wide attack, and the Corpse King would conveniently absorb the corpses to restore itself afterward. Even if they immediately rejoined the battle, they would only enter the Corpse King's unsolvable cycle of "Dragon Subduing Dharma Seal → pound the ground → restore health."
The reason the Three Great Protectors were