First Blood

Xiao Yu's recollection abruptly ended, and his gaze returned to the four Elemental Lords closing in on him. The scene before him reminded him of his childhood experience of being ambushed by a group of people. When facing multiple enemies, the most important thing is to focus on one and beat them to death. So, who should he choose as his first target?

While he hesitated, the four Elemental Lords had already taken their positions.

Zhurong (Elemental Lords): "Let This World Burn!" -- Flame Barrier!

Gonggong (Frost Titan): "Winter is coming!" -- Polar Storm!

The two Elemental Lords attacked almost simultaneously, their powers of ice and fire covering the space around Azathoth from the left and right, spreading towards him. This type of barrier skill is best used in attrition warfare, as it consumes little energy and is guaranteed to hit. However, in a flash, the biting cold wind and scorching heat waves merged solidly, turning into billowing water vapor in the blink of an eye.

"Holy crap, what's going on?" the two said almost simultaneously.

Xiao Yu thought to himself, what else could it be? This is the result of ice and fire elements unleashing their ultimate attacks together.

Tianwu (Elemental Lord of Air): "Idiot, just watch my power! Gale—Obey My Command!" Wind Control Barrier activated.

Suddenly, Enrage gust of wind began to blow, instantly dispersing the pervasive moisture. Under the force of the wind, Azathoth's speed decreased by 30%. However, the other three Elemental Lords were also affected by the wind. After all, monsters are different from adventurers; they cannot team up, and there is no such thing as teammates being immune to damage.

At the outset, the four Elemental Lords awkwardly discovered that their skills did not seem to provide any synergy with each other; in fact, they interfered with each other.

Zhurong (Elemental Lords): "Idiot, one at a time! First, turn off your Wind Control Barrier."

Xiao Yu had no intention of staying put any longer. He had already chosen his target and charged straight toward Tianwu.

Azathoth (Source of Chaos): "Foolish Elemental Lords, you have not grasped the laws of the elements at all—come, let me teach you a lesson."

As he spoke, he had already rushed to Tianwu's side. When the Elemental Lord of Air saw his fierce approach, he instinctively tried to fly up. However, Azathoth grabbed him and pierced Tianwu's body with his claws. With a flap of his wings, he flew into the sky and soared into the high sky.

Since the wind element is composed entirely of airflow, it is theoretically as heavy as air and has virtually no weight, so it can fly up with a simple pull.

The remaining three Elemental Lords could only watch helplessly, since they couldn't fly.

"Tianwu, pull him down quickly!" Zhurong roared, but the Chaos Dragon Elemental Lord of Air had already flown to an unknown height.

The Elemental Lord of Air and the Chaos Dragon were locked in a fierce struggle, tearing at each other's bodies. Tianwu unleashed a torrent of Enrage electricity, crackling and exploding incessantly. Yet, the Chaos Dragon remained unmoved, forcibly pulling him towards the sky despite its rapidly decreasing health.

Azathoth (the Source of Chaos): "Now that those guys are out of the way, if you surrender now, it's not too late; I might spare your life."

Tianwu (Elemental Lord of Air): "Damn it, don't think I'm easy to bully! I'll show you the power of the gale!" -- Hurricane Form!

Knowing that his life was at stake, Tianwu went all out and unleashed his ultimate move.

The elemental power within his body spread wildly in all directions, connecting with the air currents between heaven and earth. The air currents entered his body and began to rotate continuously. The air currents, along with the surrounding clouds, surged into his body, causing his body to grow larger and larger, eventually transforming into a giant Tornado hundreds of meters high. The Chaos Dragon was torn apart by the Enrage air currents within the Tornado, constantly consuming its life points.

Tianwu (Elemental Lord of Air): "Haha, now you know how powerful I am! Within my Gale Domain, you have nowhere to escape, only death awaits you. Let me send you on your way one last time. Now taste the power of lightning once more."

Hurricane Form - Lightning Onslaught!

The Tornado was instantly filled with lightning, which continuously bombarded the Chaos Dragon.

The spectators below were dazzled by the sight.

"Damn, I didn't expect the third brother to have such a powerful move. It's pretty awesome."

"I feel like we're going to win, we have a chance."

Azathoth (Source of Chaos): "So this is your ultimate move? Nothing special—I am the Void, I am eternity!"— Void Barrier!

In an instant, everything seemed to freeze, the sky suddenly turned into a pitch-black space, and you could even see the stars in the sky. The Enrage air currents lost their driving force and vanished.

Tianwu (Elemental Lord of Air): "What the hell is this?" he shouted, but no sound came out. However, the system thoughtfully provided subtitles.

Azathoth (the Source of Chaos): "There is no air in the Void, and without air there is no wind, you fool! Now let's see how you blow!"

Most of Tianwu's elemental power had been dispersed to control the Tornado. Due to the Void Barrier, his body was scattered everywhere, and he couldn't retract his elemental power. Now, he was only a wisp of a ball about seven or eight meters long. He instinctively wanted to escape, but since he couldn't use any leverage in the Void, he could only exhale the air currents within his body and use the reaction force to escape. However, how could Azathoth give him this chance? Chaos Breath constantly sprayed onto his body, and with the continuous attacks, the wind element that made up Tianwu's body was becoming less and less.

Tianwu (Elemental Lord of Air): "I surrender, I surrender!"

Azathoth showed no sign of stopping, continuing to spew forth Chaos Dragon Breath.

Tianwu (Elemental Lord of Air): "Stop! We agreed that the battle would end as long as you surrender."

Azathoth (the Source of Chaos): "What I'm saying is, the battle ends when everyone surrenders or dies. Your teammates haven't surrendered or died yet, so the battle isn't over."

This is actually just a word game, but it seems that the game's system recognizes this kind of word game. Xiao Yu has seen many NPCs like to play this trick before.

After saying that, he breathed another blast of dragon breath onto the Elemental Lord of Air. The elemental energy on the Elemental Lord of Air was almost completely dissipated, and its elemental core was clearly visible. The elemental core of the Wind Elemental Lord was a ball of lightning that kept releasing lightning.

Petrifying Ray!

Since water and fire restrain each other, wind and earth should obviously restrain each other as well. Sure enough, when the Petrifying Ray focused on the elemental core, the Elemental Lord of Air's body stiffened instantly, the gale stopped blowing, and the elemental core gradually turned into a lifeless sand ball as it petrified, no longer flashing with dazzling lightning.

System notification: In the year 1375 of the Azure Era, Azathoth, the Source of Chaos, killed the Elemental Lord of Air Tianwu, gaining 873 reputation points.

Damn, only 873 reputation points for killing a three-skull-level Elemental Lords, unbelievable.

However, nothing was missing. Xiao Yu simply put the items into his spatial storage without looking at them closely, and then flew down.

"What?! Tianwu has been killed!" The three Elemental Lords below all showed expressions of shock and anger. Three skeleton-level BOSS characters were worth no less than a million.

They held their breath, preparing to express their anger with a fierce counterattack, but Azathoth showed no sign of landing. The Chaos Dragon soared through the air, constantly spewing dragon breath downwards, making it incredibly satisfying to attack from above.

The three Elemental Lords below were simply being attacked. Although they also had ranged attack skills, they couldn't throw them even a few hundred meters into the air, while the Chaos Dragon in the sky could easily blast the Elemental Lords on the ground. After all, it was too big to be easily hit.

In reality, it's unlikely that such attrition will kill three Elemental Lords, since the elemental power within the Chaos Dragon is also limited. However, it can successfully annoy them.

Gonggong (Frost Titan): "Damn it, we can't fight without them coming down!"

Houtu (Earth Elemental Lords): "I have a move that can pull him down, but this time we need to coordinate well. We can't get in each other's way again. Everyone take turns."

Zhurong (Elemental Lords): "Alright, Gonggong goes first, I'll go second, but it's Houtu. One person uses a skill before the next one goes."

The three were comrades from the same studio, and in the blink of an eye, they had come up with a strategy. Houtu looked at the Chaos Dragon flying in the sky, and suddenly pressed his two large hands made of rock to the ground, making a half-squatting posture. Just as the Chaos Dragon swooped down again to spew dragon breath.

Houtu (Earth Elemental Lords): "Earth—unleash your power!" Gravity Barrier!

Instantly, the gravity within a 300-yard radius around the Houtu increased by 300%. Xiao Yu, who was diving, suddenly felt as if his body was full of lead balls. There was no way to stop. He fell to the ground like a weight and crashed solidly to the ground.

The fall was incredibly heavy; Azathoth felt as if all the energy within him was about to shatter, completely twisted and deformed. Fortunately, his energy body had a strong regenerative ability, and he quickly transformed back into his form as Chaos Dragon. However—

-1237244! A huge red number popped up.

This sudden fall resulted in a loss of over a million health points.

The Chaos Dragon struggled, trying to get up from the ground.

At this moment, Zhurong shouted, "Good, now! -- Gonggong!"

Gonggong (Frost Titan): "Freeze! Freeze! Let the power of ice seal everything!" -- Polar Light!

A beam of blue light, as thick as a bucket and shimmering with azure icy power, shot from the Frost Titan's hand, striking the Chaos Dragon's body squarely. This was an advanced version of the Frost Ray, enhanced not only with the BOSS's skills but also with the Blessing of the Polar Goddess, increasing the Freeze effect by 100%. It was also one of Gonggong's secret ultimate moves.