Sweeping Clean

Alexei, the Bone Warrior Commander, is a high-damage offensive warrior with a strength of 52 points but only 30 points in constitution. His Mighty Swing and Stunning Heavy Strike skills are both marked as "heavy damage" violent skills.

Bai Xiaowen's second choice to kill Alexei was because he only had 300 Life Value points, making it easy for Bai Xiaowen to instantly kill him under his control.

After the Whispering Grimoire's "Flame Blast" skill hit and knocked Alexei back, Rageclaw pounced on him and, without saying a word, unleashed two powerful attacks: [Howl] and [Suppression]!

Alexei had high strength, but he was in a knocked-back, unbalanced state, and smaller than Rageclaw. Ultimately, he failed the judgment and was knocked to the ground by the Suppression skill.

Tear, tear...

The Rageclaw claws left deep wounds on Alexei's skeletal body, sending bone fragments flying! Its overall Critical Hit rate was over 70% at this moment, and four out of the five claw strikes were critical Critical Hit!

Although the five rapid claw attacks from the Suppression only deal 50% of the damage of a normal attack, the cumulative damage from the five attacks is still considerable, thanks to the support of Critical Hit, resulting in a total damage value of up to 106 points! If it were a BOSS with flesh and blood, it would also be affected by five stacks of the bleeding effect.

Alexei was a skeleton, immune to bleeding, and thus escaped unscathed.

However, the key to Suppression the ultimate skill with Rageclaw is not the damage added by the ultimate skill, but the 2.5-second control duration!

Bai Xiaowen and his summoned creatures were not idle. With the blessing of the Howl skill, they were covered in a layer of bloody light, and their attack power and attack speed increased by 20%! Bai Xiaowen put away the Whispering Grimoire, held the gun with both hands, and activated the Desert Eagle's Rapid-Fire Mode. One after another, the scorching bullets almost formed a silver line as they aimed at Alexei's head and bombarded him.

In the last 39 seconds, Bai Xiaowen lost a total of 163 Life Value points. His Gold Equipment, the Ring of Torment, granted him an additional 16 strength points with its passive skill "Agony Potential," bringing his total strength to a whopping 38 points!

The physical attack damage of awakened individuals, whether ranged or melee, whether firearms or crossbows, is based on strength, plus the weapon's attack power, and finally multiplied by Battle Specialty. With 38 points of temporary strength, Bai Xiaowen's theoretical damage per shot has reached 29 to 82 points!

Alexei was already Suppression, and as a target with no ability to dodge or Parry, Bai Xiaowen's attacks would naturally not aim for the minimum damage, but rather the maximum.

Even with Alexei's armor reducing damage, Bai Xiaowen can still deal around forty points of actual damage per bullet on average. Don't forget that there's also a fourth Armor Break every three bullets, which has a Piercing effect and ignores armor.

Over a period of 2.5 seconds, Bai Xiaowen's damage output took away 157 Life Value from Alexei.

Jiang Bo, standing to the side, was utterly mesmerized. Bai Xiaowen's burst of damage reduced the level 6 Bone Warrior Commander Alexei to near-death, with less than fifty Life Value points! The damage was simply terrifying.

Once the control period ended, Alexei's body erupted with energy, flipping over the Rageclaw. His jaw opened, emitting a silent roar, and the scattered bone fragments around him suddenly circled and formed eleven Bone Shield on his body!

"Alexei, the Bone Warrior Commander, has activated his skill: Bone Shield. The current accumulated Bone Layers are 11."

"Each stack of the Bone effect will provide Alexei with a shield that absorbs 30 points of physical damage."

The Bone Champion boss Alexei appears to have only a few dozen Life Value left and will fall at any moment. However, his Bone Shield provides a whopping 330 points of physical damage absorption, which is higher than his own Life Value! It can be said that this Bone Shield skill is an extremely useful and powerful skill when fighting against physical damage dealers.

In the final fractions of a second of the time that Alexei was under the control of the Rageclaw's Suppression attack, Bai Xiaowen could have easily used his Talisman Switching skill to follow up with a second layer of control and killed the BOSS without any trouble, but he didn't do so.

Because Bai Xiaowen had already discerned the weakness of the Bone Shield through his Insight, which was that it could only absorb physical damage. Although Bai Xiaowen's summoned creature team mainly dealt physical damage, they still had no shortage of a few dozen points of magical damage.

Just as Alexei, the Bone Warrior Commander, activated the Bone Shield and swung his greatsword in preparation for a desperate counterattack, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky— the Thunderstrike Art of the Bone Warlock!

Alexei's skeletal body was charred black, shattered into Bone Shatter by lightning, scattered all over the ground! The spell damage from the Lightning Strike was unaffected by the Bone Shield. This single Lightning Strike itself dealt over 50 damage, not to mention the additional true damage from the Bane of Evil effect.

A second Golden Treasure Chest appeared, and Bai Xiaowen reached out and scooped it up.

Because Bai Xiaowen attracted the attention of many monsters, Jiang Bo wasn't under much pressure. While fighting with ordinary monsters, he witnessed Bai Xiaowen take down two level 6 bosses in a row, leaving him utterly dumbfounded and even forgetting to shout "666" (a Chinese internet slang for "awesome").

Bai Xiaowen wasn't in the mood for praise. He and Rageclaw stood back to back, killing several Elite Tier monsters that charged at them in succession. After clearing a path, they headed straight for the final boss, the Voodoo Colossus.

Bai Xiaowen knew that these Undead Species bosses in Yinwind Ridge had significantly less health and less immunity to control effects compared to level 7 bosses, making them easy to deal with. In addition, their intelligence was low; Alexei even defeated after only using one skill, which would be impossible for a sentient boss.

The three undead bosses at Yinwind Ridge, combined, are roughly equivalent to a level 7 Boss Tier in the Spirit Realm. Although they have a total of twelve Boss Tier skills, their lack of intelligence prevents them from even performing basic skill combos, let alone coordinating with each other.

The final boss, the Voodoo Colossus, failed to cause much of a stir. A thousand Life Value seem terrifying, but its armor and magic resistance are set to zero by default, meaning it has no damage reduction abilities whatsoever.

As long as you keep your distance and avoid being hit by the Voodoo Colossus's Overwhelming Crush attacks, this Drowned Zombie Commander is just a competent punching bag. In melee combat, Kitz will handle the situation, and if he can't dodge the attacks, Kitz will Bat Transformation and fly a short distance.

Especially since Bai Xiaowen had already taken down the Banshee Commander, positioned as a magic-based class, Bone Warrior Commander, positioned as a high-damage damage dealer, without the interference of powerful damage-dealing monster Boss Tier, Bai Xiaowen didn't need to rush to kill the BOSS. He retreated while firing in Rapid-Fire Mode, surrounded by Rageclaw and Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier and Shieldbearers, blocking the attacks of monster minions and Elite Tier monsters, making it quite comfortable.

Just when the Voodoo Colossus had only about 300 Life Value points left, Bai Xiaowen suddenly looked at an entrance to Yinwind Ridge, his eyes narrowing slightly.

His Mental Scan had already detected someone approaching; the person seemed to have Stealth outside Yinwind Ridge for some time.

"Are they here to steal monsters?" Bai Xiaowen thought of a phrase often used in online games and couldn't help but laugh.

The Spirit Realm Rules dictate that loot is distributed based on Kill Contribution. Bai Xiaowen has already secured 70% of the Kill Contribution for this Voodoo Colossus, making it impossible for anyone else to steal it.

Of course, if you really want to seize the loot, there's only one way: forcefully PK Bai Xiaowen and expel Bai Xiaowen from the Dead Spirit Lake Treasure Ground Space. If you're too far away from the treasure chest, even if you get Kill Contribution, it won't matter.

Bai Xiaowen still has quite a few trump cards up his sleeve. He's holding onto his Talisman Switching skill, the Bone Warlock has a Ghost Path control skill, Yellow Heaven has a control-breaking and healing skill, and Fatty's Meat Hook has long been off cooldown...

The more summoned creatures you have, the more skills you can possess. Of course, managing so many summoned creatures requires more focus and skill, which is a true test of individual ability.

Several Awakened figures appeared on the outskirts of Yinwind Ridge.

"It's Captain Bai Xiaowen from Jinghai University."

"Captain Bai, let us help you."

The two Awakened students at the front had a slightly ingratiating smile on their faces.

Bai Xiaowen steadily fired at the Voodoo Colossus, shot after shot. "How can we help?"

"Boss Bai Xiaowen's energy is mainly focused on killing bosses. We'll just take care of a few of these Elite Tier monsters and Common Tier mobs along the way... Boss, please don't mind," the newly arrived Awakened Ones said with a smile.

If the three bosses were still alive, these awakened students would never dare to show themselves, otherwise they would suffer the same fate as the three from Luzhou University.

However, if there is no BOSS, and only some weak and mindless Elite Tier and ordinary monsters remain in the arena, the Awakened students can handle them. Although there are more than a dozen Elite Tier monsters in the arena, Bai Xiaowen has attracted the attention of a large number of Elite Tier. The other lone Elite Tier monsters wandering in the peripheral areas can be easily taken down by several Awakened students working together, which is a good gain for them.

Bai Xiaowen didn't bother to check if he knew the newcomers, and immediately said, "You're killing monsters on your own merits, of course I won't stop you."

There were nearly a hundred monsters in the arena, and Bai Xiaowen's summoned creatures were mostly down to about half health. After killing the Voodoo Colossus, he could kill the other monsters, but it would take a considerable amount of time, and the Life Value of his summoned creatures would decrease further.

However, Bai Xiaowen's gains from killing these Mid Elite and ordinary monsters were not high. He often only received a D-Tier or E-Tier rating, which meant he could only gain some Psionic Points.

Upon receiving Bai Xiaowen's permission, the awakened individuals from different universities were quite happy and immediately grabbed their weapons to attack the lone Elite Tier monster. Jiang Bo also joined in. As a tank-type awakened individual who charged ahead, he was never short of a spot and quickly reached a consensus with the other awakened individuals to kill monsters together and distribute the spoils according to their contributions.

Bai Xiaowen's final shot struck the Voodoo Colossus in the eye, and the massive Drowned Zombie Commander finally fell to the ground. Kitz, who had been in melee range enduring the 15-stack effect of "Ominous Aura," which reduced all his attributes by 15 points, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The awakened ones nearby, while fighting monsters, didn't forget to flatter Bai Xiaowen, cheering and shouting "666!" repeatedly. "Boss Bai is really amazing!"

"Yeah, killing the boss is as easy as killing a chicken."

"Look at you guys," Jiang Bo said with disdain for the sycophantic college students, "Why are you spouting such obvious truths? Boss Bai is the No. 1 in the Jianghai region. He single-handedly defeated the Jiangnan University team. How could he not be amazing?"

Bai Xiaowen's face remained expressionless, but she was secretly pleased.

Flattery aside, profits are profits. Bai Xiaowen coughed and said, "Leave the Elite Ghost to me... How many of the other monsters you can kill depends on your abilities."

With a wave of his hand, Bai Xiaowen summoned creatures quickly formed a small but precise formation, with Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier, Stitched Monster, and other monsters on the outside, and the Bone Warlock and Bai Xiaowen on the inside, beginning to sweep away the monster horde of Yinwind Ridge.

Upon hearing Bai Xiaowen's words, the awakened individuals naturally dared not be negligent and tried their best to avoid the Elite Ghost.

Actually, they weren't particularly keen on fighting Ghost. Ghost all possessed the racial passive ability of the Ethereal Body, reducing physical damage by 50%, and the newly arrived Awakened Ones were primarily physical damage dealers. They'd be more efficient fighting Drowned Zombie or Skeleton Champion than Ghost.

Bai Xiaowen kept the Elite Ghost mainly for the "Unclean Essence," a tool used to repair Absolon's Blood Essence Stone. Although he already had twenty-three Unclean Essence, who knew how many would be needed to fully repair the Blood Essence Stone? The more the better.

When fighting Ghost, the main force is still the Bone Warlock. In the Ghost Mist Zone, the Bone Warlock's Divine Might recovers very quickly, and the Thunderstrike Art spell is cast precisely during its cooldown, so there is no need to worry about Divine Might shortage.

Bai Xiaowen will also unleash flames to assist the Bone Warlock in killing Ghost. As for those ignorant Drowned Zombie, skeletons, and other monsters, if they run into you, there will naturally be summoned creatures such as Rageclaw, Shadow Assassin, Fatty, and Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier to deal with them.

The fierce battle lasted for about fifteen minutes, and the remaining monsters on Yinwind Ridge were finally wiped out.

"Bai Xiaowen."

"Thank you, Captain Bai."

"Boss Bai didn't say anything, he's a real friend."

Several newly arrived Awakened Ones, panting heavily, thanked the messengers profusely. They had killed over twenty monsters, including five Elite Tier, reaping a rich reward. These wonderful times, free from the fear of the boss and able to fearlessly slaughter Elite Tier monsters, were truly something to cherish.

Bai Xiaowen's side killed dozens of monsters, both ordinary and Elite Tier, more than the group of people combined.

"You killed the monsters on your own merits, no need to thank me." Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes slightly, his Mental Scan slowly sweeping over Yinwind Ridge.

He sensed something was amiss and spoke up, saying, "This place seems a bit dangerous. For your safety, I suggest you don't linger in this area."

The awakened individuals exchanged bewildered glances.

The monster horde has been wiped out, so what danger could there be? Bai Xiaowen is probably chasing people away. After all, Yinwind Ridge is rich in Netherwind Flower and Netherworld Grass. Does Bai Xiaowen intend to collect them all by himself, leaving no chance for others?

Despite their various suspicions, Jiang Bo and the other awakened individuals obediently chose to leave. They had already killed quite a few Elite Tier monsters under Bai Xiaowen's de facto "Sanctuary," and had gained a considerable amount; they should be content.