Slaying the Two Fiends

Shadowless Slash and Twin Dragon Flash are Chen Dong's two undetected combat skills!

Chen Dong used [Shadowless Slash] as a move to escape, and then used [Twin Dragon Flash] to Deathblow opponent. This was because Twin Dragon Flash itself had Stun effect; the two dragon-shaped energies, one in front and one behind, would immobilize the opponent, making it impossible for them to dodge.

However, this seemingly sure-fire strike missed its mark.

The instant the [Twin Dragon Flash] struck, Li Shuyi suddenly raised her right hand, and an invisible thread of light connected with Bai Xiaowen. The next second, Bai Xiaowen's figure vanished from the slashing energy of the Twin Dragon Flash and reappeared beside Li Shuyi!

The Elite Tier squad's special skill: Tether!

When choosing two out of three team enhancement effects, Bai Xiaowen considered giving up the Critical Hit rate bonus and the Life Value, but the only constant was the active team ability of the Tether skill, which was a must-have.

This squad ability, with a public cooldown of up to 8 hours, finally proved its value, causing Chen Dong Dongzhi's seemingly inevitable Decapitation strike to fail.

Actually, Li Shuyi could have used the Tether skill when Zhao Zhixiong ambushed Snipe Bai Xiaowen. However, neither she nor Bai Xiaowen expected that Zhao Zhixiong's arrow would have Piercing effect. They thought it could be Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier, so they didn't pay enough attention and didn't use Tether.

It was the lesson learned last time that made Li Shuyi firmly remember the importance of the Tether skill. This time, she didn't take any risks and used the Tether skill directly to bring Bai Xiaowen back to safety.

After his attack missed, Chen Dong didn't turn back to pursue, but instead turned and fled!

It's obvious he abandoned Ye Mazi; all that damned loyalty and integrity was worth less than his own life.

The situation is clear: the strange Daoist priest in front of us, who is skilled at controlling skeletons and beasts, is extremely powerful, and the imperial army is closing in, so every second is extremely precious! Ye Mazi is currently in a weakened state, his combat power has been reduced by half, and he is almost a burden.

It would be ideal to kill this strange Daoist priest (Bai Xiaowen) with one blow, but since we have failed, there is no reason to stay and continue the fight.

However, just as Chen Dong took his first step, a sense of fear gripped his heart, and his steps suddenly faltered.

"Boss Chen, are you abandoning Ye Mazi? Running away like this is bad for your reputation."

Bai Xiaowen's slightly teasing voice rang out. After seeing Chen Dong's attempt to escape, he immediately used his Intimidation skill to freeze him in place. Then, a group of summoned creatures rushed forward to continue the encirclement.

Although Chen Dong possesses the Boss Tier skill "Pirate Banner Lord LV2," which reduces the duration of control effects by 40%, his Divine Might is relatively low, which also extends the duration of the fear effect of Intimidation. With these two opposing forces, the final control time is still a full 3 seconds, enough for summoned creatures like Rageclaw to surround him again.

Enraged, Chen Dong shouted at Bai Xiaowen, "You little Daoist priest, are you really going to kill us all?"

Bai Xiaowen curled her lips into a cold smile, "Someone like you shouldn't even be alive."

During his time in the Jiajing Plane World, in Quanzhou Prefecture, Bai Xiaowen witnessed the horrific aftermath of looting. Wealthy families could abandon their possessions and escape through secret passages, but ordinary Ming people could only become lambs to the slaughter. The Wokou Pirates committed countless atrocities, including rape and plunder.

In the Jiajing Plane World, only 30% of the True Wokou, while 70% are fake.

In Bai Xiaowen's view, the True Wokou certainly deserve to die. But those who were originally China, of the same origin and race, who pretended to be Wokou Pirates and plundered their compatriots, deserve to be torn to pieces even more.

Under other circumstances, Bai Xiaowen would have shown some respect to a Advanced Boss like Chen Dong, the Boss Tier of a small faction. But to "Wokou Pirates" Chen Dong, Bai Xiaowen showed absolutely no respect.

A Lightning Strike struck from afar, causing Chen Dong to pause in his sword-wielding motion. Then, two Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier rushed forward and delivered two powerful Shield Bash. Although they didn't force Chen Dong to retreat, they did make him pause slightly.

Li Shuyi abandoned Ye Mazi, activated the LV4 speed enhancement effect of her shoes, and simultaneously used the Savage Charge skill to enter the fray. A fierce impact sent Chen Dong staggering back a short distance.

Then came the outburst of Rageclaw. After [Howl] applied a buff to the entire party, a fierce Pounce knocked the unbalanced Chen Dong to the ground, and the claws tore wildly, splattering blood everywhere.

During the 1.5-second duration of the Suppression effect (reduced by Chen Dong's Pirate Banner Lord LV2 skill), a group of summoned creatures, along with Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, began to unleash a frenzy of attacks!

After the Suppression period ended, the tingling sensation throughout Chen Dong's body disappeared. He released his energy to repel the Rageclaw and was about to get up. However, Bai Xiaowen's Talisman Switching - the Heart-Confounding Talisman- was already on standby. With Bai Xiaowen's calculations accurate to 0.1 seconds, the Spell Talisman hit Chen Dong precisely at the right moment, once again putting him into a stunned state for 2 seconds!

Chen Dong was already injured, with only a little over 500 Life Value. Now, he was covered in several layers of bleeding effects, leaving him with less than 200 Life Value!

As an agile BOSS, Chen Dong's strength is not overwhelmingly superior. Apart from the "Shadowless Slash" he just unleashed, which allows him to Incarnation a shadow and escape the encirclement, he has no other means of breaking free.

If it's a strength-based boss, even when surrounded, it can still use its immense strength to knock back or knock away the summoned creatures, creating a path.

Chen Dong had no choice but to abandon any thought of escape and launch a full-scale attack, attempting to inflict as much damage as possible on his enemy before he fell. This was the last vestige of his ferocity as a long-time Wokou Pirates. He aimed almost every sword strike at Li Shuyi, completely ignoring the attacks from the others.

However, Li Shuyi's body surface flashed with a faint light and became illusory. Chen Dong thrust out his sword several times, clearly hitting the target, but the feeling he got was empty and unresponsive, as if he had stabbed into thin air.

In contrast, Li Shuyi pushed her speed to the limit, her twin swords striking out almost without pause, like the precise movements of a spinning machine, their flames Demonfire Dance light, constantly inflicting damage on Chen Dong.

This Intangibility form is undoubtedly thanks to Li Shuyi's newly acquired Gold Equipment — the Void Ring. Within 5 seconds of activation, it grants a 99% forced evasion rate against physical attacks or skills with a priority of 7 or lower!

Within those five seconds, Li Shuyi was virtually invincible against a physical damage-dealing boss, needing no concern for defense and only needing to unleash her full power.

Without needing to worry about defense, one won't be affected by Chen Dong's "Chasing Wind Sword Formula" routine, and attack speed naturally won't decrease.

After accumulating 5 stacks of the "Thunder Mark" Critical Hit effect, Li Shuyi directly chose to detonate it along with the accumulated fire damage from "Demonfire Dance"! A terrifying mixed damage value of over one hundred points suddenly appeared above Chen Dong's head!

At that moment, a Rend skill from Rageclaw hit Chen Dong, triggering the extra Critical Hit chance from Blood Frenzy.

Chen Dong's Life Value quickly dropped to 1/750, and he collapsed to his knees with a thud, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

"I... I've actually died here..."

"I have no interest in hearing your last words, die." Bai Xiaowen shot Chen Dong between the eyebrows.

Blood splattered between Chen Dong's brows as he collapsed to the ground. His last words, only half-finished, were uttered. "It's all the court's fault for banning the seas; I was forced into it..."

Bai Xiaowen quickly ordered the summoned creatures to attack Ye Ma. After Li Shuyi switched her target to Chen Dong, only the Stitched Monster was still entangled with Ye Mazi, taking several hard hits from Ye Mazi, and its Life Value had plummeted to nearly 300.

Fortunately, the Stitched Monster Fatty has an unusually Life Value, and Ye Mazi's attack power and attack speed have been greatly reduced; otherwise, Fatty would not have been able to withstand the onslaught of the level 7 strength-type BOSS Ye Mazi.

After Chen Dong's death, Ye Mazi became even more passive. Originally, with his strength of 70, he was quite formidable, which meant that melee creatures such as Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier and Stitched Monster would have a hard time maintaining their formation and holding their positions.

However, Ye Mazi was weakened, like a tiger whose teeth had been pulled out; the greatest threat had been greatly reduced. Several summoned creatures took turns tanking Ye Mazi's attacks, and it wasn't too difficult for them.

Ye Mazi was less agile, and when surrounded, his dodging ability was much worse than Chen Dong's. He was frequently hit, and his Life Value plummeted.

It's worth mentioning that Ye Mazi's "Flying Sand" skill is quite ruthless, causing Blind for up to 10 seconds with a very short cooldown. Li Shuyi, who was originally the main damage dealer, was targeted, as Ye Mazi would immediately Flying Sand as soon as her skill cooldown was over, blinding Li Shuyi.

While Blind, Li Shuyi can still attack with her sword, but she can't see her target, making her prone to accidentally injuring friendly forces and vulnerable to Vital Strike. Therefore, every time she is hit by the Flying Sand skill, Li Shuyi has to retreat and wait for the skill to end before attacking again.

Even without Li Shuyi's damage output, Bai Xiaowen and his summoned creatures' combined attack was still quite effective. Moreover, neither Bai Xiaowen nor his summoned creatures were affected by the Blind effect of the Flying Sand skill—the reason being simple: the summoned creatures were already under Bai Xiaowen's precise control and could attack targets without needing vision; if Bai Xiaowen were Blind, he could switch to the shared vision of his summoned creatures and continue commanding...

Soon, Ye Mazi's Life Value were reduced to below 100.

Covered in Bloodbath, Ye Mazi leaped high into the air, wielding his knife in both hands, and brought it down with a fierce slash! A streak of white light flashed down like a bolt of lightning, and the Stitched Monster Fatty, who originally had more than a hundred points of Life Value, had his head severed. Blood gushed out, and his obese body collapsed to the ground with a thud.

This is Ye Mazi's [Decapitation] skill. As long as the Instant-Death Check is triggered, it ignores Life Value and kills instantly.

This was merely Ye Mazi's last gasp before death. Bai Xiaowen remained unmoved, calmly directing his summoned creatures to attack and deplete Ye Mazi's Life Value.

Boom! Ye Mazi's stout body fell backward to the ground.

On another battlefield, the battle between Zhang Ting and two other Elite Tier captains and several Elite Tier Wokou Pirates had also ended. Under Bai Xiaowen's command and with the help of the Vampire Kitz, they successively killed these Elite Tier Wokou Pirates. It is worth mentioning that Zhang Ting and the others' attacks did not harm Bai Xiaowen's gains; the Elite Tier Wokou Pirates actually dropped two Silver Treasure Chest.

The final reward was two Golden Treasure Chest and two Silver Treasure Chest.

The tremors on Kinmen Island grew increasingly pronounced. A large number of the Ming Army warships had already trapped the Wokou Pirates, who were engaged in a three-way battle, within Kinmen Harbor. In addition, Ming Army warships were approaching from all four sides of Kinmen Island, and squads of soldiers, organized by Hu Zongxian and trained by Yu Dayou, had begun to land.

"Let's go, now's not the time to open the treasure chest. This is a rare opportunity; let's kill as many Elite Tier and Boss Tier as possible while the situation remains uncertain."

Bai Xiaowen put away the four treasure chests and said to Li Shuyi.

Li Shuyi nodded, and the two of them, along with a group of summoned creatures and three captains including Zhang Ting, returned along the way and headed towards Kinmen Harbor.

Along the way, they did encounter lone Elite Tier Wokou Pirates, who, needless to say, all perished under Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi's guns and swords. Although no treasure chests dropped, the Psionic Points they gave were substantial, with each Elite Tier providing several Psionic Points.

They fought their way back to the earthen hill where the three Wokou Pirates groups had gathered. Xu Hai and his men were still there, but Xu Hong's body lay on the ground, bleeding profusely. Clearly, with the defection of the onlookers, Xu Hai had regained the initiative and killed his cousin Xu Hong, who had betrayed him.

Besides Xu Hai, Yu Dayou, who was also fighting despite being injured, was also present. A group of elite Ming Army soldiers under his command surrounded Xu Hai and his men and were questioning them.

Xu Hai looked up and saw Bai Xiaowen. He was immediately overjoyed and shouted, "He's there!"

Yu Dayou turned his head to look and immediately laughed, "You're not dead."

Bai Xiaowen was a little speechless. Yu Dayou was clearly happy, but why did his words sound so grating? However, Bai Xiaowen certainly wouldn't argue with Yu Dayou about it, and nodded with a smile, "I tracked down Chen and Ye all the way, and when I saw them trying to disguise themselves and escape, I took their lives, which is why it took some time."

Yu Dayou laughed loudly, "I knew that Master Bai's strength was extraordinary. It's a pity that the Grand Eunuch was worried about you, but I never expected that you would get the biggest credit."

"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed. This credit mainly belongs to the Governor and you. I'm just a Daoist, my ambition is not in officialdom, so why would I care about this?" Bai Xiaowen put on an air of noble character, knowing that one should say the right thing to the right person.

Yu Dayou nodded. "That's right. Actually, for me, as long as I can kill the Japanese, even being a lowly squad leader wouldn't be a problem."

A burst of laughter rang out. "General Yu, if you can only be a junior officer, who can be a general? Even I, the Governor-General of Zhili and Zhejiang and the Commander-in-Chief in the Pacification of the Japanese Pirates, will be accused of misjudging people!"

Everyone looked over and saw Hu Zongxian and Xu Wei appear. The two scholars were indeed very cautious, and they walked over under the tight protection of a group of Elite Tier Ming Army who were as fierce as wolves.