Battlefield Grasp

The Rageclaw lunged at the injured Ludwig, with Li Shuyi close behind.

Skeleton Champion and Vengeful Spirit charged toward Mylo, followed by several Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier.

Ahan strode forward, his target Gote. During this process, Gote took advantage of his ranged attack, throwing two short spears at Ahan in quick succession.

Ahan's steps seemed to carry a special rhythm. His two heavy swords adjusted with his steps, blocking and parrying with two clangs. He unequivocally blocked the two short spears thrown, only suffering some recoil damage. With his strength and physique, this recoil force was nothing.

In the time it took to throw those two short spears, Ahan had already closed in on Gote, delivering a simple, unadorned slash with his greatsword.

Gote thrust with both spears. As a strength-based boss, he was good at both ranged and melee combat. His 73 strength points were not much less than Ahan's. With the clang of metal on metal, both of them shuddered.

However, Ahan was a close-combat expert after all, and his Brute Force skill itself had a 20% extra damage bonus, making him much stronger Gote. After exchanging a few blows, Gote clearly felt the strain and took a small step back.

This small step, in Ahan's eyes, became a crucial factor in determining the outcome of the battle. Without hesitation, he stepped forward, almost simultaneously with Gote's retreat, giving Gote no time to catch his breath, and the heavy sword slashed down again.

This is the rhythm of melee attacks. Bai Xiaowen's Divine Might enveloped the battlefield, and he discovered that Ahan had gradually begun to Suppression Gote. He secretly felt admiration.

Ahan's Melee Specialty, especially his Two-Handed Swordsmanship, is probably close to level 10, and his Combat Specialty are definitely not low either. This is why he can exert Suppression in battles against opponents of the same level and style.

Once Gote retreated, he could no longer find his rhythm and was forced to retreat repeatedly by Ahan's attacks. What frustrated him the most was that with every step he retreated, Ahan advanced, and the timing of the attack was exactly what made him most uncomfortable.

Clang!

Gote took a deep breath and unleashed his combat skill, Raptor Strike. After a resounding clang of metal clashing, he finally halted Ahan's advance and leveled the score.

Bai Xiaowen pondered to himself, "Gote seems to be evenly matched with Ahan now, but in reality, Ahan didn't use a single active skill, while Gote used an important combat skill. It's obvious who is superior at a glance."

The vice-captain of the Sword of Blazing Fire, the Giant-Battle Hero Ahan, truly lived up to his reputation. Bai Xiaowen felt relieved and focused on dealing with the other two bosses, Ludwig and Mylo.

To deal with Mylo, Bai Xiaowen resorted to the same old trick; the Vengeful Spirit raised its hand towards Mylo...

Having learned his lesson from Vengeful Spirit Vengeful Spirit's mana drain, Mylo had been keeping a close eye on its every move. Seeing the Vengeful Spirit raise its hand, Mylo immediately roared and crushed a piece of turquoise scale in his hand.

With a soft pop, a bubble burst open, enveloping Mylo's body.

[Bubble Shield: Block a single-target spell. If the Block is successful, it restores 30% of the user's Divine Might for 5 seconds.]

With a snap, the Bubble Shield shattered.

Mylo sneered, "Don't even think about falling for the same trick twice! This Scale of Sanctuary was made specifically for you, you despicable monster!"

However, no sooner had Mylo finished speaking than the Vengeful Spirit raised its hand again, activating its Venomous Resentment skill!

The familiar Divine Might draining effect returned, and Mylo's eyes widened. "How is this possible? I clearly used Scale of Sanctuary to block this spell!"

Bai Xiaowen shrugged. "The Vengeful Spirit probably just felt a bit sore in its shoulder and stretched... It didn't cast any spells."

"But my Bubble Shield is clearly broken!" Mylo roared.

"Um, it's a skill from one of my other summoned creatures, sorry," Bai Xiaowen said.

The Bone Warlock wore an innocent expression on his skin-and-bones face.

Bai Xiaowen just made a feint, and the Vengeful Spirit's raised hand was just a bluff. The Bone Warlock followed up with the "Ghost Path" skill, which is also a control skill, but it requires Willpower Check. With Mylo's level 8 Boss Tier's willpower, the possibility of Ghost Path taking effect is very small. At most, it will only make Mylo's body stiffen for a moment.

However, this seemingly ineffective Ghost Path skill negated Mylo's Bubble Shield. Then, the Vengeful Spirit's mana-draining skill reappeared...

At this moment, under the combined attack of Rageclaw, Li Shuyi, and Bai Xiaowen, Ludwig was constantly being wounded, and his Life Value was rapidly decreasing. He roared, "Mylo! What are you doing, chatting with the enemy?"

Mylo felt a little guilty. He glared at Bai Xiaowen and fiercely struck with his spear, trying to carve a path with ordinary attacks. He was hesitant to use skills because using skills would consume Divine Might. If he didn't have enough Divine Might left to drain the 15 mana points, he would be stunned—a terrible feeling.

Sizzle!

Amidst the raging blood, an Elite Snakefolk within the magic circle fell backward, sprawling towards the sky!

Behind that Elite Snakefolk, a graceful figure shrouded in black mist appeared.

Bai Xiaowen's true objective was the three Elite Snakefolk within the magic circle. He already knew that the Elite Snakefolk were key to the Abyssal Infusion Ritual, and naturally, he wanted to sabotage them. The Shadow Assassin patiently Stealth, finally Assassination at a vital point and eliminating one in one fell swoop.

Otherwise, if Camelot Queen Boss Tier of the spiritual faction, were to be transformed into Snakefolk priestess and unleash a few control and debuff skills, that would truly be adding insult to injury.

Camelot Queen's mental fluctuations came through. "Thank you! I feel the conversion speed is slowing down... Killing one more Snakefolk follower will stop the conversion process. If I kill all three followers, I will gradually break free from the influence of the ritual and regain my human form. Then I can fight alongside you..."

This passage may seem long, but it was transmitted through mental fluctuations in just 0.1 seconds.

Bai Xiaowen breathed a sigh of relief, "Kitz!"

Kitz swung his Claw repeatedly, joining forces with the Shadow Assassin to launch a fierce attack on the remaining two Snakefolk Elite Tier. The two Snakefolk Elite Tier were forced to maintain their prayer posture and were unable to resist, only able to take the beating.

"Mylo, call for reinforcements." Gerold, as expected of the leader of the priests, remained calm even in unfavorable circumstances.

Mylo brandished his spear, repelling the surrounding summoned creatures. He then reached for a bone whistle and blew it sharply.

A chaotic commotion drifted from afar, and soon after, a group of Mid-Elite Snakefolk, led by a High-Elite Snakefolk, rushed into the hall.

It's worth mentioning that after seeing the face of the High-Elite Snakefolk, Bai Xiaowen felt a sense of familiarity. He tried calling out, "Mr. Niu?"

The High-Elite Snakefolk was none other than the second member of the Awakened Game, "Mr. Cow" Cook. He merely glanced at Bai Xiaowen, expressionless, and with his snake-like body slithering forward, he lunged forward, blocking Kitz's attack. The powerful axe cleaved Kitz, sending him staggering backward.

Bai Xiaowen shook her head. "Well, another one who's been brainwashed. There's no way to communicate with them."

This newly emerged Elite Tier team is indeed a bit troublesome.

The battle on the field is currently at a stalemate.

Gerold was maintaining the ritual and Suppression Camelot Queen; Gote and Ahan were locked in a one-on-one duel, and it would be difficult to determine a winner in the short term; as for the other two Boss Tier, Mylo was tied up and Ludwig was being ganged up on. Bai Xiaowen was already doing his best to free up Kitz and the Shadow Assassin to attack the Snakefolk Elite Tier in the magic circle.

The appearance of Cook's Snakefolk put both Kitz and the Shadow Assassin in danger, rendering them unable to kill the praying Snakefolk.

Fortunately, Kitz has the ability to Bat Transformation, and his attacks have a Blood Drain passive. His own Cursed Body passive ability can also reduce some damage. The Shadow Assassin also has a racial passive that reduces physical damage taken by 50%, so there is no need to worry about survival for the time being.

"Looks like we'll have to invest more money."

Bai Xiaowen muttered to himself, raised his hand, took out an item, and selected to use it! The item instantly shattered and disappeared completely.

With a neighing sound, an Elite Terror Knight clad in iron armor appeared and joined the battle!

This item is the "Cry of the Dead" that Bai Xiaowen obtained in the Kane Plane. Now Bai Xiaowen's Divine Might has reached 50 points, and the Divine Might bonus and class bonus also apply to the Elite Terror Knight. The strength of this Elite Terror Knight is no less than that of High Elite Tier monster, and it is a size larger than the mid-level Elite Terror Knight in the Kane Plane.

With a charge, the Elite Terror Knight knocked Cook back, then swept his greatsword across, bringing all the surrounding enemies into the attack range, and a series of damage numbers appeared.

Bai Xiaowen took a breath, took out the second prop, a blood-red horn, and suddenly blew it.

It should be noted that there is a 30-second cooldown period when the same item is used consecutively, but there is no such limitation for different items.

This Bloodspear Horn, also obtained from the Kane Plane, is of a higher grade than the Cry of the Dead, a B-Tier Silver Tier item! After a series of whistling sounds, a group of slightly ethereal Bloodspear Troll Ancestor appeared in the arena.

Bai Xiaowen finally understood why the Bloodspear Horn, despite being a summoning item, was rated as Silver Tier item; there was indeed a reason for it. This time, it summoned as many as ten Bloodspear Clan ancestors!

Bai Xiaowen used his Insight to check the Bloodspear Clan ancestors' attributes, finding them to be very high, equivalent to Elite Tier creatures. However, in terms of skills, they only had one passive effect, "Ancestor's Soul," similar to the racial passive of Undead Species Soulkin creatures, which reduced physical damage taken by 30% and increased magical damage taken by 30%.

In other words, these ten Bloodspear Clan ancestors are equivalent to ten super soldiers, who can only deal damage through normal attacks.

But that's enough.

The Bloodspear Clan's ancestral team of up to ten men Thrust forward, brandishing their spears, and directly broke through the mid-level Snakefolk team led by Cook, plunging the scene into chaos once again.

In this small-scale melee, Bai Xiaowen's side naturally had the advantage because with Bai Xiaowen's unified command, the Mind Link could give subtle instructions to each summoned creature! On the Snakefolk hand, even the strongest tactical master could not do this.

In the midst of the chaos, Bai Xiaowen manipulated his summoned creatures to prioritize killing the Snakefolk who were praying within the magic circle.

With the second Elite Snakefolk fallen, the progress of the Abyssal Infusion Ritual came to a standstill! Gerold's expression finally changed.

"Ludwig! You will preside over the ceremony in my place!" Gerold roared, taking a step forward and drawing two longswords. He clashed them horizontally and vertically, and one of the Skeleton Sword-and-Shield Soldier who was attacking Ludwig was reduced to Bone Shatter and vanished.

This attack clearly triggered Critical Hit. A faint yellow light spread out, and all the Snakefolk around were simultaneously invigorated, with their Critical Hit rate increasing by 10% and all attributes increasing by 10%! Gerold himself had the strongest yellow light, and with the doubled buff, he had an additional 20% Critical Hit rate bonus and a 20% bonus to all attributes.

Gerold's abrupt halt to the Abyssal Infusion Ritual had alarming negative consequences. Under Bai Xiaowen's Insight observation, it was evident that Camelot Queen's conversion rate had plummeted from 60% to 45%!

However, Gerold's entry into the fray freed up Ludwig, who, taking advantage of his high agility, quickly moved away and took up Gerold's original position, finally stabilizing the rapidly declining conversion rate.

Fortunately, Gerold's Hurricane Armor state had ended, otherwise he would have been even more difficult to deal with.

Bai Xiaowen gritted his teeth and, at the cost of two Bloodspear Clan ancestors, forcibly killed the last Snakefolk prayer in the magic circle. Camelot Queen's conversion rate was decreasing again, but not rapidly; it dropped by one percentage point every two or three seconds.

Ludwig's expression changed drastically. "Boss, I can't hold on much longer!"

Gerold's gaunt face was solemn. "Don't worry, it won't take long!" He crossed his hands and gave Bai Xiaowen a loose handshake.

"Amotava War Priest Gerold's combat skill: Battlefield Grasp activated..."

Although Bai Xiaowen had been paying close attention to Gerold's movements, he quickly moved aside the moment the opponent raised his hand, but it was all in vain. Gerold's movements were simply too fast! His agility of nearly 80 points was no joke, and the Battlefield Grasp skill itself was instantaneous.

Suppression disparity in basic attributes rendered Bai Xiaowen helpless and vulnerable to the attack.

[Battlefield Grasp: Imprisonment the enemy, preventing them from moving and using movement skills for 10 seconds. Deals 20 physical damage per second during the Imprisonment period.]

At Bai Xiaowen's feet, a large, earthen-yellow hand appeared and grabbed him! A damage number of more than ten points per second (reduced by armor) appeared above his head.

"My passive skill 'Heart of Sincerity' has stacked to 5 layers, reducing the duration of crowd control effects by 50%. This skill will Imprisonment me for 5 seconds... Should I use a crowd control removal item?"

--Using Mature Qinglian Seed should be able to break this control.

However, just as Bai Xiaowen was about to use the Mature Qinglian Seed), he suddenly saw his status bar: the total Imprisonment time was only 2.5 seconds!

"The control time has been reduced by 75%?! What's going on?"