If the crystals in the Crawlers' hands could summon, at most, B-rank phantoms, Rock Bear and the others figured they could still be of some help.
But if those crystals could summon phantoms of Main Sea Overlords...
At that thought, Rock Bear and the others grew somewhat heavyhearted.
But things had come to this, and there was no retreat.
Their only option was to fight the Crawlers to the death.
Swish!
Lin Yuan swung the Holy Hall Light Blade, cutting down the C-rank Phantom Sea Beast before him with one clean, decisive stroke.
C-rank and D-rank made no difference before him.
The few that slipped through were finished off by Rock Bear and the others following behind.
The entire group's pace was not affected in the slightest.
By now, the puppets had finished building the bridge, successfully extending it to the edge of the Crawlers' island.
Lin Yuan's group had also covered half the distance, reaching the middle of the bridge.
"You fell for it!"
At the center of the island, Retainer 9527 laughed loudly. The crystal in his hand suddenly blazed with brilliant light, and countless Phantom Sea Beasts poured out!
He was no fool. Why would he release phantom creatures wave after wave, slowly working up from low ranks to high ranks, and let the other side whittle away all the phantoms in the crystal?
Earlier, he had merely been lulling these players into a false sense of security, luring them to the middle of the bridge, where advancing and retreating would both be difficult.
Then he would wipe them all out in one fell swoop!
This time, phantoms emerged from the crystal without pause.
From D-rank to C-rank, then to B-rank, they charged onto the bridge one after another.
In a short span of time, the enemy