I Surrender!

Shi Bashi and the other three gritted their teeth and held on for three more rounds.

In the end, at the cost of two more deaths, they reached the conclusion that they had to retreat.

They couldn't win.

They simply couldn't win!

The original first-stage werewolf form had been fierce, but at least it lacked the strange trait bonuses granted by equipment and items.

Its physical strength had simply been overwhelmingly powerful—nothing more than brute force crushing everything in its path.

Even if they were killed on the spot, they could directly revive inside the Abyss Tower through bound substitute-death items.

That was why the four of them had believed they could wear their opponent down through a battle of attrition until it collapsed from exhaustion.

But this second-stage armored form had taken a completely different path!

Its traits were maxed out!

It used all kinds of equipment and items to deliver utterly crushing attacks!

Over the three rounds, Shi Bashi had not managed to inflict even the slightest damage on it.

His only attack that had come remotely close was a punch that struck the Iron Pagoda covered in obscure inscriptions.

Shi Bashi had no idea whether Rasekton had been hurt.

But his fist, covered in Granite Armor, hurt like hell!

If they kept this up, there was only one outcome.

Death.

"Damn it, just you wait, you bastard!"

Shi Bashi snarled in frustration, retreating rapidly toward the teleportation array at the Abyss exit.

Yet before he had even taken two steps, the last remaining "comrade" was faster than him!

With the layered boosts of equipment, items, and Talent Abilities, he surged far ahead, about to enter the teleportation array and activate it to leave!

Shi Bashi's heart immediately sank to the bottom.

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