The Battle of Yinwind Ridge

To Jiang Bo's astonishment, Bai Xiaowen lightly stepped forward, and with a wave of her hand, a large group of Undead Species summoned creatures appeared in the arena.

Bai Xiaowen is now Hero Class with a spirit attribute of 47 points. With the bonuses from the Spirit Channeling class and the Divine Might, the appearance of his summoned creatures has Transformation considerably compared to before he entered the Jiajing Plane World.

Four Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier wielded gleaming scimitars and thick iron shields, their skeletons covered with leather armor inlaid with iron plates.

The Shadow Assassin's physique was almost indistinguishable from that of an ordinary person, with his vital parts covered in leather armor, and his two short swords gleaming coldly.

Although the Rageclaw's body did not grow larger, it exhibited a remarkably streamlined shape, with its four legs displaying distinct muscular contours, making it appear even more robust and explosive.

The Stitched Monster, Fatty, has also Transformation quite a bit from its original chubby physique. It now has muscle definition, and apart from its fat belly remaining unchanged, from behind it looks like a burly man who has grown horizontally, quite similar to the Butcher that Bai Xiaowen saw in the game. The rust on the chains and cleaver has also disappeared.

Kitz the Vampire had become more muscular. He liked to unbutton his double-breasted suit, revealing his strong pectoral muscles and coarse chest hair. His pig-slaughtering demeanor was completely at odds with the aristocratic bearing of a normal Vampire.

The Bone Warlock mutated in the Jiajing Plane World. His appearance hasn't Transformation much; he's still shrouded in a black robe, making him appear quite mysterious. The only difference is that his black robe is much neater now, no longer as tattered and disheveled as before, making him look like a beggar.

Although Jiang Bo was mentally prepared for the number of creatures summoned by Bai Xiaowen, he was still taken aback by the impressive military display.

However, after the initial shock, Jiang Bo quickly realized the enemy's numbers. "Boss Bai Xiaowen, although you have a lot of people, the other side has even more. If it comes down to numbers, we can't win at all."

The monster horde at Yinwind Ridge is indeed large, approaching one hundred! This includes more than a dozen Elite Tier monsters of different races, as well as three Leader Tier monsters.

Bai Xiaowen smiled slightly, without offering further explanation. In terms of sheer numbers, his side was obviously at a significant disadvantage, with an enemy-to-friend ratio of ten to one. However, battles among Awakened Ones were never simply a contest of numbers.

The monsters in front of them were mostly melee creatures, not a well-organized army with a mix of melee and ranged attacks. Although they were numerous, at most only a dozen or twenty of them could engage Bai Xiaowen's side at any given time, as the other monsters were blocked by their own people and couldn't get close enough.

Furthermore, Bai Xiaowen could also see that the actions of these Boss Tier monsters were somewhat sluggish, and they seemed to lack any combat intelligence, especially the Voodoo Colossus, which could be basically confirmed to have zero intelligence. Only the Banshee Commander, Lady Shivalis, controlled the Ghost to block the path to Yinwind Ridge, showing a certain degree of intelligence.

As long as he finds the right opportunity to kill the enemy Boss Tier, the remaining Elite Tier and ordinary monsters will only be moving Psionic Points and treasure chests in Bai Xiaowen's eyes.

After summoning all his creatures, Bai Xiaowen first chose to retreat, sticking close to the stone wall of Yinwind Ridge. Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier, Fatty, and other tanky creatures blocked the front, while Rageclaw, Kitz, and other creatures provided damage from behind.

A wave of undead monsters rushed towards them, but like waves crashing against rocks, the Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier and the Fatty Immovable as a Mountain.

Under Bai Xiaowen's command, Kitz Bat Transformation and weaved through the monster horde, quickly attracting a large number of monsters. He flew wildly to the side, even alarming Alexei, the Bone Warrior Commander, and the Voodoo Colossus. With heavy footsteps, the two bosses went after Kitz.

Thanks to Kitz's luring, a considerable gap appeared in the monster horde in front of them.

With a whoosh of wind, Rageclaw charged out, its four claws whipping through the air, completely ignoring the other monsters, heading straight for the Banshee Commander, Lady Shivalis, in the distance!

With an agility of 34, Rageclaw Sprint at full speed, as fast as the wind. Slower Undead Species monsters simply can't touch it. Only the Soulkin monsters, being slightly faster, can inflict some damage on Ghost Rageclaw during its Sprint.

However, since Rageclaw and Bai Xiaowen established Life Sharing connection, the Life Value it lost were completely within a tolerable range.

These monsters had no unified command; after Rageclaw charged off, another large group of monsters followed in a long procession.

Bai Xiaowen glanced at Jiang Bo, saw that he was still in a daze, shook his head slightly, activated the +4 Sprint effect of the Sharkskin Boots, greatly increased his speed, and followed behind Rageclaw and a group of monsters, also rushing towards Lady Shivalis.

At a distance of about ten meters from Lady Shivalis, Bai Xiaowen's legs flashed with light.

[White Eagle's Assault] Active Skill: Swooping Flight, activated! Jumping ability tripled!

Like a hawk, Bai Xiaowen leaped high among the monsters, jumping more than ten meters into the air! Using the momentum of his forward charge, Bai Xiaowen's figure drew a long parabola in the air, rushing straight to Lady Shivalis and kicking out!

As Bai Xiaowen leaped over, Lady Shivalis reacted swiftly, suddenly opening her mouth and letting out a chilling shriek!

However, just as she opened her mouth, a bolt of lightning struck down from afar.

Sizzle!

Lady Shivalis cried out in agony, but no sound came out. Arcs of electricity coursed across her body, putting her into a brief Zombie state and subjecting her to additional "Bane of Evil" damage from the Thunderstrike Art. Furthermore, she possessed the racial passive ability of "Formless Body," making her vulnerable to magic.

This lightning strike, including the damage from the Bane of Evil effect, dealt a total of 64 points of spell damage. Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes slightly. He quickly calculated that Lady Shivalis ' magic resistance must be quite high; otherwise, the lightning strike, with its additional 50% damage Lightning Strike and Bane of Evil effect, would have dealt no less than 100 points of damage.

However, having interrupted Lady Shivalis's crucial crowd control skill, Mind-Splitting Shriek, Bai Xiaowen had already achieved his goal. Using the momentum of his charge, he delivered a powerful kick to Lady Shivalis's chest, causing her to lose her balance. Then, he twisted his waist in mid-air and delivered a second upward kick, sending Lady Shivalis soaring into the air!

The double damage effect of the Swooping Flight skill's kick is very powerful; the theoretical damage of these two kicks is close to one hundred points.

Of course, thanks to the racial passive of "Ethereal Body", Lady Shivalis suffered 50% less physical damage and ultimately only received 46 points of physical damage.

She possesses a racial passive ability to resist physical damage and high magic resistance to resist magical damage. This is the formidable defensive capability of Banshee Lady Shivalis, the Boss Tier of the Banshees. Two skills with a combined theoretical damage of over 250 points only dealt a total of 110 points of damage.

But don't forget, Lady Shivalis ' constitution is 32, and her Life Value is only 320 points! Bai Xiaowen and the Bone Warlock's first coordinated attack took away one-third of her Life Value!

Elementary and Intermediate Boss have several hundred fewer health points than Advanced Boss of the same constitution, which makes the Decapitation plan feasible.

Taking advantage of the moment when Lady Shivalis was knocked into the air, Bai Xiaowen landed lightly and then threw a powerful punch that burned with flames, accurately hitting Lady Shivalis in the abdomen as she fell.

The punch caused minimal physical damage, but the accompanying flames completely enveloped Lady Shivalis, rendering her immobilized once again.

Immediately following, Bai Xiaowen raised and lowered his elbow, unleashing a concise three- Combo of the Kusanagi-Style Ancient Martial Arts, Knockdown Lady Shivalis heavily to the ground. Flames erupted, causing her to lose over a hundred more health points.

"The first one," Bai Xiaowen thought to himself. At this moment, Lady Shivalis ' Life Value were less than 100, and there was still the Suppression ultimate move of the Rageclaw to come.

But an unexpected situation arose. Lady Shivalis, having just caught her breath, vanished in a flash, reappearing seven or eight meters away. Her red eyes were filled with Venomous Resentment. With a shriek, she thrust her hands out towards Bai Xiaowen!

"Banshee Commander Lady Shivalis, uses her skill: Blink!"

"Banshee Commander Lady Shivalis, activates her skill: Death Ripple!"

Upon receiving two consecutive notifications, Bai Xiaowen took a breath, his expression remaining Transformation. Around his neck, a necklace shimmered with holy light, transforming into a shield of light that completely enveloped him.

[The Arbiter's Resolve], an additional Sanctuary skill, can form a shield that absorbs damage equal to 3 times the user's constitution! Bai Xiaowen has a constitution of 27, so the shield he forms has an absorption capacity of 81 points.

Bai Xiaowen used this rare and precious life-saving skill mainly because both he and Rageclaw were within the attack range of "Death Ripple" and had a Life Sharing connection. Rageclaw's Life Value had already dropped to around 80% during the monster-luring process, and he couldn't afford to lose too much health in the later stages of the battle.

The Death Ripple swept across, dealing 105 and 144 damage to Bai Xiaowen and Rageclaw respectively! The reason for the different damage values is that Bai Xiaowen's magic resistance is higher than Rageclaw's.

After being absorbed by the shield, the remaining 168 points of damage were split between Rageclaw and Bai Xiaowen according to their Life Value.

Both Bai Xiaowen and Rageclaw's Life Value dropped by 30%, leaving them at half health. This shows that Lady Shivalis, as a level 6 Boss Tier, is still quite terrifying. If she were to control Bai Xiaowen and unleash more than two damaging skills, he wouldn't be able to withstand it.

But now, Lady Shivalis was powerless to resist. All she could do was let out a shriek and command the two nearby Ghost to stand in her way.

Blood-red light emanated from the Rageclaw, and with a roar, it charged forward, sending the two Ghost flying!

At this moment, the Rageclaw had an additional 50% critical Critical Hit chance. Combined with its already high Critical Hit, the Critical Hit rate was simply terrifying. Its claws slashed rapidly, and Lady Shivalis was constantly spurting blood as Critical Hit numbers popped up one after another.

The Bone Warrior Commander and the Voodoo Colossus were both drawn to the Banshee Commander's shriek, abandoning Kitz and striding over.

Bai Xiaowen quickly activated his Intimidation skill, freezing a group of monsters in place. Most Undead Species creatures' mental attribute did not exceed 14 points, so Intimidation no longer brought a fear effect, but a more terrifying stun effect.

Lady Shivalis was no longer under control, but she was no longer needed. In the distance, the second Thunderstrike Art from the Bone Warlock struck, instantly taking away her remaining Life Value.

With a mournful cry, Lady Shivalis ' body vanished into light, leaving behind only a Golden Treasure Chest.

"Sure enough, level 6 and level 7 bosses, despite being only one level apart, are much easier to kill."

The idea flashed through Bai Xiaowen's mind, and he quickly put away Lady Shivalis ' Golden Treasure Chest.

Without the Banshee Commander controlled the entire area, Bai Xiaowen was much easier to defeat.

Kitz rushed over, scratched the Voodoo Colossus a couple of times, and then ran away. He successfully attracted the Voodoo Colossus's attention and led it to the edge of the arena.

Because the Voodoo Colossus has 1000 Life Value and two skills that counter melee attacks, Bai Xiaowen plans to deal with it last. He'll let Kitz suffer a bit first, putting him in "dog-walking mode" and subjecting him to the ravages of the Voodoo Colossus's two passive abilities: [Toxic Miasma] and [Ominous Aura].

Kitz is agile enough and his attacks have Blood Drain effect, making him perfect for this job.

Of course, this method of luring monsters only works on monsters with low intelligence. If it were a sentient boss from the Spirit Realm, it certainly wouldn't be so easily lured by Kitz.

Bai Xiaowen faced Alexei, the Bone Warrior Commander. He raised his left hand, and a magic book with a comical face on the cover appeared in his palm, its pages turning rapidly.

"The ' Whispering Grimoire ' skill in the Whispering Tome is activated. Begin rolling the dice."

Three illusory dice tumbled to the ground—five, two, and three.

"A dice roll result of 10 will be drawn from a two-star spell."

"Draw successful. The drawn spell is: Flame Blast."

[Flame Blast: Unleashes Flame Blast on the target, dealing moderate fire damage and having a chance to knock them back.]

A ball of flame emerged from Bai Xiaowen's palm, like an invisible fiery hand, and struck Alexei, the Bone Warrior Commander, in the chest, knocking him back two steps. Bai Xiaowen's Divine Might also decreased by 4 points.

"Not bad, it's just that the spell's star rating is a bit low."

Bai Xiaowen was quite satisfied; drawing offensive and debuff spells was a good deal. Based on experience, even if he drew a holy healing spell, it wouldn't restore the Undead Species creature's Life Value; instead, it would cause damage.

Unless one is extremely unlucky and draws a dark healing spell like "Shadow Healing," their Life Value will not be restored. However, Alexei is currently at full health, so even if he is healed, it will have no effect; Bai Xiaowen will only lose some Divine Might.

Of course, the worst luck is drawing a shield spell, but the chance of that is not high given the vast number of spells in the entire spell library.

Previously, when dealing with the Banshee Commander, Bai Xiaowen avoided using the relatively unpredictable skill Whispering Grimoire, in order to kill her quickly and accurately. Now that the Banshee Commander is dead, Bai Xiaowen is under much less pressure, and that's why he's using the Whispering Tome skill.

I went to a relative's baby's one-month celebration today. The local custom is to have two meals, lunch and dinner... Sorry for the late update.