The Captain's Log

"Whoosh."

A fierce wind howled through the dim hold as two wind blades sharp enough to cleave gold and jade condensed and slashed toward the circular formation, only to be blocked by a rising wall of wind.

Wind Mage Isabella erected the wind wall, preserving the circular formation.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuanqing immediately created an illusion, conjuring a water-vat-sized hammer and smashing it viciously at Isabella. At the same time, he stirred up her fear, forcing her to raise a wind wall for protection.

—A Saint-stage Wind Mage could only erect one wind wall.

Fear appeared on Isabella's angelically pure and beautiful face.

"Do not be bewitched by this demon. Everything you see is an illusion," came the cardinal's hoarse voice.

Hearing this, Isabella gritted her teeth and chose to trust the cardinal, keeping the wind wall in place.

The massive hammer slammed down, yet passed straight through her like a bubble, causing no harm at all.

Isabella let out a relieved breath, then rapidly waved both hands, creating a dense barrage of wind blades that enveloped Lieutenant Hass.

This cardinal could see through my illusions? Zhang Yuanqing was rather confused. The cardinal shouldn't be a master. If a master-level Boss appeared in a solo dungeon at the peak of level six, then Spirit Realm Walkers might as well stop struggling and lie down to wait for death.

How were they supposed to fight a master-level Boss alongside a pack of ordinary monsters and elite monsters?

But if he wasn't a master, how could he see through Zhang Yuanqing's illusions?

At that moment, Captain James formed a blue-white lightning sphere in his palm. Twisting his waist and back, he swung his arm and hurled it with all his strength.

The brilliant lightning sphere struck Zhang Yuanqing, passed through his body,