Sudden Change

"Hehehe, a few more delicious morsels have arrived. It looks like tonight's feast will be quite bountiful!"

Seeing Sun Busong and Usop arrive, Mobent.Fei showed no signs of worry, instead letting out a happy laugh.

At this moment, the Necromancer appeared as the Hermit Abercrombie. He looked frail and shaky, almost unable to walk, yet everyone knew what a terrifying, evil spirit resided within this mortal vessel.

"Put away that ridiculous smirk, you evil Necromancer! Today is your end. We will bury you right here. Since there's still some time, I'll allow you to pick out your own grave!"

Since they were here to fight, winning or losing was secondary; the priority was to gain the upper hand in words first. Usop raised his hammer high, pointing it at the opponent's nose and launching into a tirade.

"Hehehe, weak knight. If it were your old man speaking to me, I might consider how to best cook him tonight. Hehehe. You, however, are only fit to feed my Skeletons!"

Mister Heavy Fist had already joined Sun Busong and Usop, with eight other Imperial Guard members behind them.

Some of the defenders from the town's other two strongholds had also rushed over. Those areas no longer required many defenders; the Imperial Guard had completely repelled the enemy's attack. The Ogres, Werewolves, Wild Wolves, and Spiders had all retreated, with only some low-level Skeleton Soldiers still harassing them.

In contrast, although the battle here had been ongoing for a long time, Mobent.Fei had not issued an order to attack, only sending out some low-level Skeleton Soldiers for harassment. As a result, the defenders here had suffered almost no casualties.

"Hehehe, the time has come. I only need your flesh and blood now. Hahaha, I hear you are quite skilled, having slain many Werewolves and Ogres. Oh, and those cute little wolf cubs and small spiders."

The Necromancer, in Abercrombie's guise, held an exquisite staff inlaid with a large, faintly glowing sapphire. Beside him were no longer Skeleton Soldiers, but more powerful Zombies and Gargoyles.

Furthermore, there were mid-tier Scourge units: Banshees, Skeleton Mages, Web Shooters, and Nerubian Flyer Spiders. The level and attack power of these undead monsters were incomparable to those Skeleton cannon fodder.

However, despite their strength, these troops were few in number, especially the Banshees and Nerubian Flyer Spiders, numbering less than ten each.

"This blood sacrifice owes much to you. Otherwise, the flesh and blood of the humans in this town alone would not be enough to satisfy my need to reconstruct my physical body. Although the flesh and blood of these wild wolves, spiders, and ogres are a bit of an insult to the body I am about to reconstruct, it matters not. I will continue to use the flesh and blood of people from other surrounding towns to refine and temper it!"

"Now, let the celebration of my flesh and blood reconstruction begin!" Mobent.Fei declared, waving his staff forward. Instantly, the full-scale assault of the undead army commenced!

Over a thousand Skeleton Soldiers and several hundred other undead units began their attack. Sun Busong and his allies numbered only a little over three hundred. This was a battle of overwhelming odds, an unfair battle, a battle of desperate resistance! If they won, it would be recorded in history. If they lost, no one here would be spared!

"Usop, you and the Night Watchman Elites will deal with the Banshees and Skeleton Mages. Heavy Fist, you are responsible for holding off the Skeleton Warriors. Xiu Ma and I will go kill those Nerubian Flyer Spiders and Web Shooters. Banshees are also immune to physical attacks, so you must concentrate your superior forces and kill them as quickly as possible. Once your magic is depleted, these Banshees will become your deadly killers."

"Yes, Commander!" Usop raised his hammer, leading the dozen or so Magic Professionals behind him as they charged forward.

Heavy Fist's defense was formidable. Ordinary Skeleton Soldiers were not enough to break through his defenses, and his most potent skill was the Tauren's War Stomp, an area-of-effect skill most effective against dense groups of Skeleton Soldiers.

Night Watchman Commander Altaia.Eberlok had arrived with dozens of Elite Professionals under her command. Her forces divided into several groups and quickly joined the fray.

"Sun Busong, what do you need me to do!" Altaia, after shattering a few skeletons, quickly moved to Sun Busong's side.

"Take some high-defense Warriors and help Heavy Fist. There are too many Skeleton Soldiers on his side. Once I've killed these Nerubian Flyer Spiders and Web Shooters, I'll go deal with the Necromancer!" Sun Busong responded quickly to Altaia.

"Now, use those items I made to deal with these Banshees. We already have Mobent's Bane, so we don't need to worry about its physical defense barrier anymore." With that, Sun Busong threw an Arcanite Grenade. This grenade was powerful, but it required a one-minute cooldown period between uses.

The Arcanite Grenade landed near several Web Shooters. With a deafening explosion, the grenade not only blasted away a third of their health but also stunned them for 3 seconds!

Heroic Leap Range: 5 - 45 yards Instant Cast, 5-minute cooldown

Leap high into the air, then slam the ground, dealing 200 + 62.4% of Attack Power weapon damage to all enemies within an 8-yard radius of the target area, and stunning them for 1 sec.

Sun Busong no longer paid attention to Altaia. His current task was to eliminate the enemy's mid-tier undead units. Heroic Leap landed in the center of those Web Shooters. The monsters' health dropped by another third. At this moment, these monsters were like ripe crops in Sun Busong's eyes. In less than ten seconds, the health of all 6 Web Shooters was depleted.

The battle on Usop's side was not going smoothly. The Banshees could fly and wouldn't stand still waiting for magical attacks. They flew above the humans, emitting piercing shrieks that could cause confusion and stun enemies.

Those who were stunned were manageable, but the confusion was the real problem. The human soldiers disoriented by the Banshees' shrieks could no longer distinguish friend from foe. Their weapons fell upon their closest comrades.

Seeing the humans bewitched by the Banshees, Usop could only leave them be. The Magic Professionals beside him had skills to dispel confusion, but these skills absolutely could not be used here. Their mana was limited. If they dispelled the confusion for these people, they would have no extra magic left to kill the Banshees.

"Ignore them. We need to conserve mana. There are a total of 9 Banshees, and we only have 8 people. We must focus our attacks on one at a time. For every Banshee we kill, more people here will be able to survive!" Usop's command was ruthless, but it was the only way.

Heavy Fist became a cadre of the Brotherhood because of his robust physique and his expertly wielded racial skill, War Stomp.

He wore armor crafted by Sun Busong, made of Arcanite, which provided considerable defense. Even a level 40 Elite Professional could only deal over 20 damage to him per hit. However, this armor had a weakness: it was vulnerable to magical damage!

Ever since Heavy Fist put on the Mining Helmet prepared by Sun Busong, he had not taken it off. After all, his race was Tauren. The Brotherhood could recruit him because they were rebels, but now he was part of the Imperial Guard. Unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to cause trouble for his boss.

A pair of axes flashed with light in his hands, each flash deadly. These skeletons were no match for him. With Heavy Fist's War Stomp combined with his axe damage, two to three skeletons died at his hands almost every minute.

Sun Busong and Xiu Ma had already killed more than half of the Web Shooters and Nerubian Flyer Spiders. The undead's full-scale assault had been underway for ten minutes. In these ten minutes, Sun Busong and Xiu Ma had killed over 300 monsters. His health had increased again, and the experience points needed for leveling up were almost met.

If it weren't for the Nerubian Flyer Spiders being so difficult to kill, he might have already been dueling Mobent.Fei. These monsters flew extremely fast. If Sun Busong focused solely on killing them, he would be finished. He always ambushed them when they were attacking others. Fortunately, only 3 of the Flyer Spiders brought by Mobent.Fei remained.

Seeing that half of the monsters had been killed, Sun Busong felt the time was right and prepared to engage the boss!

"Xiu Ma, go get it!"

The target Sun Busong pointed at was Mobent.Fei. The most defensively strong individual on the battlefield was Xiu Ma. Under Sun Busong's attribute buffs, its current health had reached 14,000, its defense had reached 6,000, and Xiu Ma possessed innate magic resistance!

Yes! The green-quality Xiu Ma was that awesome! And it could still be upgraded in rarity!

Upon receiving his master's command, Xiu Ma let out a roar and lunged towards Mobent.Fei.

The Necromancer had stood in place since the start of the battle. It paid no attention to the deaths of its subordinates, nor did it use magic to attack the humans, as if the war had nothing to do with it.

However, it was now being engaged by Xiu Ma. Although Xiu Ma's attacks dealt no damage to it, Xiu Ma's taunt skill was max level, and no enemy could ignore Xiu Ma's taunt.

A Magic Missile struck Xiu Ma, dealing 113 damage to its health.

Sun Busong had been observing Mobent.Fei's movements. He couldn't discern the Necromancer's level and was also unable to know its health or mana. However, when Xiu Ma took a Magic Missile just now, Sun Busong's lips curled slightly.

Its attack power isn't that strong! Only 113? With Xiu Ma's health, it would take until dawn!

Having understood the opponent's strength, Sun Busong let go and focused on killing the other undead monsters. He wanted to clear out the trash mobs as quickly as possible so that more people could survive.

There were less than 600 Undead monsters remaining on the battlefield, while nearly 300 defenders of Night Town were still alive. The scales of victory had already tipped in favor of humanity.

But just then, Sun Busong suddenly felt an icy, bone-chilling air surge towards them, blanketing everything.

"Sir, it's preparing a wide-range magic attack!"

Usop's shout came from afar. Sun Busong turned his head and saw the staff in Mobent's hand flash with a dazzling ice-blue light. Circles of magical fluctuations formed around it. Even though Xiu Ma was desperately attacking it with claws and teeth, it was all in vain.

Mobent's wide-range magic attack was unleashed!

White smoke billowed from Mobent's feet. Wherever the smoke reached, within a hundred-yard radius, all living things on the ground were affected. Whether they were Skeleton Soldiers, Night Town villagers, Night Watchmen, or even the flying spiders in the air, as soon as the white smoke drifted past them, they would instantly freeze into ice sculptures!

This guy's area-of-effect attack was indiscriminate. No wonder it had ignored the lives of its subordinates since the full-scale assault began; it had never cared about the lives of these Undead monsters.

Sun Busong's current position was outside Mobent's hundred-yard range, so he was unharmed. This indiscriminate magical attack resulted in 17 of their own forces being frozen into ice sculptures, and not even Xiu Ma escaped!

Then, to everyone's stunned and terrified gazes, the Necromancer Mobent once again raised the staff in its hand, slammed it down onto the ground, and a ripple spread out from beneath its feet. The ice sculptures that this ripple touched all exploded into fragments!

"No!!!"

Everyone in the distance cried out in unison at the same moment they witnessed this scene.

But the ripple showed no signs of stopping. It slowly advanced before everyone's eyes, turning everything it touched into fragments!

Sun Busong was furious! He had underestimated this Necromancer, which had lived for hundreds of years. Because he thought its attack power was low and posed no threat, he hadn't used Mobent's Bane immediately. And because he had underestimated his opponent, those 17 comrades were now gone forever.

"Damn thing!"

"Usop! Gather all the Paladins and Priests. We're going to fight it head-on. Commander Altaia and Heavy Fist, you take all remaining physical attackers and get out of the Necromancer's hundred-yard range."

Sun Busong charged towards Mobent from afar, unleashing all three of his single-target skills on the opponent. He wanted to draw the Necromancer's aggro, giving everyone more time to retreat.

However, even though his taunts and skills were successfully cast on Mobent, it didn't suffer even a bit of damage. Its HP remained at 100%!

"Don't come over yet! Wait until I..."

Before Sun Busong could finish speaking, everyone saw a spear of ice suddenly appear in the Necromancer's hand. The spear then flew out and pierced Sun Busong's armor!

13000!

It directly knocked off a fifth of Sun Busong's HP!

"Ah!"

"No!"

Commander Altaia shouted, but it was too late. Sun Busong's body was sent flying back over ten yards by the impact of the Ice Spear!

Commander Altaia's mouth hung open, tears streaming down her face!

Had he just died like this!

Various pleas!