Tie Tang raised both arms to block the hidden weapons flying toward him. In the players' eyes, his health bar had only one-third left.
Wang Zhongwang: "Keep it up! We'll take this mini-boss down soon. Once we kill him, we'll all gain at least one level."
As he spoke, Wang Zhongwang unleashed his soul skill, Tiger's Roar in the Mountain Forest, again.
Although the level gap meant it could only stun him for an instant, that was enough for the others to throw their skills at him.
I Am an Angel's ten-thousand-year soul skill, Light Slash, was particularly effective. Most of the effective damage dealt to Tie Tang had come from her.
If they tallied up the scores after the battle, she would absolutely be the MVP.
As for the remaining Ironblood Sect members, a few died and a few fled. The last one, who failed to escape, was pinned dead by a thrust from Ten-Year Veteran's spear.
Ten-Year Veteran's martial soul was the Armor-Piercing Spear, a purple-quality martial soul with an innate 10% armor-piercing effect.
Thanks to that 10% armor-piercing effect, he could deal some effective damage even against a much higher-level boss.
Ten-Year Veteran: "The boss is in execution range! Let's finish him off."
Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior: "Blue Silver Bind!"
Wang Zhongwang: "Tiger's Roar in the Mountain Forest! Roar..."
"All of you, get away from me! Fourth soul skill: Iron Arm Whirlwind!"
Tie Tang's entire body began spinning. Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior was too close, got swept in, and was instantly killed.
Invincible Divine Shield: "Shield brothers, charge together! Stop him!"
Invincible Divine Shield led several defense-type players in a reckless charge.
It did not matter if they were instantly killed. They could run back soon enough anyway.
And every time Tie Tang killed a player, his speed dropped considerably, until he came to a complete stop.
The instant Tie Tang stopped, Ten-Year Veteran seized the opportunity. "First soul skill, Projection!"
Ten-Year Veteran hurled the Armor-Piercing Spear in his hand, sending it straight through Tie Tang's body. The true damage from its armor-piercing effect stripped away his last sliver of health.
Tie Tang's eyes widened, looking as though he could not rest in peace.
[Congratulations to player ID Ten-Year Veteran for achieving the first boss kill. Soul power level +1, martial soul refinement attempts +5, soul ring refinement attempts +10]
After the experience for killing the boss Tie Tang was distributed, most players gained one level. Ten-Year Veteran gained two and was now level 15, the highest level among them all.
Even I Am an Angel was only level 14.
But before the players could celebrate, they heard a voice filled with fury and pain.
"My son! You actually dared to kill my son! I'll make you join him in the grave!"
Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior: "Holy shit, the big boss is here! And there's more than one-three bosses came together!"
These three bosses were naturally the Ironblood Sect's sect master, Tie Li, a level 63 Soul Emperor, and two other elders who were five-ring Soul Kings.
"Elders, please capture them. Don't kill them outright. I'll make them unable to live and unable to die."
"Yes, Sect Master."
The two Ironblood Sect elders revealed their five soul rings, expecting to frighten the players before them.
Instead, the players stared at them as though they were prey, making their skin crawl.
Agile Dog in the Mountains: "Two Soul King bosses. They must give more experience, right? Once we clear this beginner dungeon, could we all reach level 20?"
Wang Zhongwang: "Maybe. They must need us players to raise our levels, or we won't be able to unlock the later story."
Invincible Divine Shield: "What story?"
Wang Zhongwang: "Seriously? You haven't read the story? Then why are you playing this game?"
Invincible Divine Shield: "Who says you have to read the story to play a game? I never read the story when I play. Fun combat is enough."
Ten-Year Veteran: "Save the chatting for later. Focus on fighting the bosses first."
Ten-Year Veteran led the charge. To the two Soul King elders, this was no different from smashing an egg against a rock.
"A mere one-ring Soul Master dares act so insolently before me? You truly don't know whether to live or die. Die!"
Facing the attacks of two Soul Kings, Ten-Year Veteran knew he was certain to die, but he still hurled the Armor-Piercing Spear in his hand.
The spear struck one of the elders, dealing true damage.
After instantly killing Ten-Year Veteran, the two Soul King elders had expected to intimidate the others. Instead, the other players were not affected in the slightest.
The supports applied buffs, while the remaining players hurled all their attack skills and Control System skills at them.
Caught off guard, they took a full burst of damage, and their health bars dropped by one-third.
This thoroughly enraged both Soul King elders.
"All of you, die!" ×2
Both Soul King elders roared at once and unleashed their fifth soul skills. Two wide-area soul skills swept in, instantly killing half the players.
"Hahahaha..."
"So that's all they've got. I thought we really had ghosts on our hands."
But soon, neither of them could laugh anymore. Ten-Year Veteran and the players they had just instantly killed came running back, completely unharmed.
"Impossible! How is this possible? Are you people humans or ghosts?"
Ten-Year Veteran: "Everyone, attack! Don't let them run! If the bosses escape, we'll lose out big time!"
Wang Zhongwang: "Exactly! There's still a big boss over there, too."
Tie Li wept as he held Tie Tang's corpse. Tie Tang was, after all, his only son.
"My son! Don't worry. Your father will avenge you."
Tie Li looked up, only to find every last player still standing there.
"What's wrong with you two? Why haven't you dealt with them yet?"
"Sect Master, they're ghosts! These people can't be killed. Once they die, they come running back out."
"Do you take me for an idiot? How can you spout such nonsense?"
"Sect Master, it's true! I'm not lying to you."
I Am an Angel: "First soul skill: Light Slash!"
I Am an Angel's attack set off the players' offensive. Soul Masters below Soul Sage had limited reserves of soul power.
Moreover, soul skills had cooldowns, and the more powerful the skill, the longer its cooldown.
The two Soul King elders could not continuously unleash wide-area soul skills that instantly killed multiple players, so they could only be dragged into the players' rhythm.
They would be worn down to death by the players' shameless persistence and endlessly reviving tactics.
This was what made the Fourth Calamity truly terrifying.
"Sect Master, save us!"
"Useless trash!"
After cursing them as useless trash, Tie Li finally stepped onto the battlefield and revealed his health bar.
Wang Zhongwang: "The big boss's health bar is showing! The final battle is starting! Come on, brothers, charge!"
"A bunch of small fry! Every last one of you, die! Sixth soul skill, Iron Arm Shock!"
After his martial soul possessed him, Tie Li stood over two meters tall, like a little giant.
He leaped into the air and smashed his iron arms straight into the crowd, unleashing a massive shock wave.
The shock wave was immensely powerful. Apart from a few Auxiliary System players farther away, every other player was instantly killed.
Then Tie Li turned a savage grin on those Auxiliary System players. They were all women, yet none of them was frightened by Tie Li at all.
This caused a sense of unease to rise in Tie Li's heart as well.
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