The Behemoth's Lament
The Dou Qi roared, and fierce winds scattered, almost splitting the sky-covering firestorm in two.
Lin Xu glanced at the Sword Qi that was locked onto him. He could feel a special will firmly locking onto him, guiding the Dark Battle Qi —this was the ability of a high-level warrior, who could manipulate Dou Qi remotely to destroy enemies more efficiently.
In his Thought Overclocking, more than a dozen evasion strategies quickly emerged, each of which would allow him to easily avoid the Sword Qi attack.
However, Lin Xu did not retreat. He merely manipulated the spirit lamp to cast spells, influencing the trajectory of the firestorm.
The Manticore, caught in the blast, was immediately thrown off balance. At that moment, Lin Xu secretly cast a spell, and a fireball exploded with a deafening roar. The force of the near-directional explosion pushed the giant beast, which screamed as it was swept up by the storm and rolled in a certain direction.
The next instant, the pitch-black Sword Qi cleaved through the flame storm and struck the rolling behemoth.
"Aww~"
The screams of the Manticore echoed through Azure Cloud Mountain, causing the attacking monster army to instinctively stop and look up at the sky.
"No!" the giant roared angrily, its fighting Dou Qi rippling through the air, almost bursting with rage.
The Sword Qi struck the Manticore's soft belly, almost piercing through the massive beast's body.
The beast's tough scales and skin were torn apart, and flames poured into its abdominal cavity through the massive wound.
All the damage I had suffered before combined was not as deadly as this one sword strike!
It witnessed its beloved pet's painful struggle. The once powerful Babalu was now like a dying beast, struggling helplessly.
The giant snapped out of his shock and anger, and seeing the Manticore's miserable state, it was as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over it.
It finally understood that the mage in the sky was far more powerful than it had imagined, and his exquisite manipulation of magic had even become an art.
If Babalu hadn't tied down the other's attention, it would be the one in this miserable state now!
Should we give up?
This is the most powerful fighting force in the dungeon!
Babalu could even single-handedly destroy an entire legion under his command!
"Boom~"
Another violent explosion blasted the bewildered giant city lord down from the sky.
The violent impact further reduced its internal Dou Qi reserves.
Sensing that he had less than 40% of his Dou Qi remaining, the Giant City Lord suddenly realized – the giant beast was dead, so he could just raise another one!
However, the monster army under its command has been almost completely wiped out, and for a long time to come, the dungeon can only retreat into a defensive posture. The scarcity of resources will greatly reduce the speed of post-war recovery.
Moreover, it was powerless to save the Manticore, which was suffering continuous and severe damage, especially its...
With the assist, he was almost critically injured and on the verge of death.
"Retreat!" the giant roared, giving the order one last glance at the frantically struggling Manticore before flying away from the mist without a backward glance.
"Trying to escape?" Lin Xu's gaze turned cold. As the spirit lamp in his hand flashed, a fire dragon soared into the air and pounced towards the fleeing giant.
On the ground, the monsters, having received the order to retreat, immediately collapsed and quickly fled the battlefield.
Dark mage Alaites had a sudden inspiration. "Commander, please leave the Dark Mage Corps here. I have a way to persuade these comrades to surrender!"
Li Yingqiu frowned slightly, then relaxed.
No wonder these dark mages seemed so listless on the battlefield; they were secretly in cahoots.
"Maintain suppression of the mage group, but do not harm them." She glanced at Xu Mingyuan, the leader of the Dharma Protector Corps.
Xu Mingyuan remained silent, but the next moment, the guardian Daoists waved the Sharp Wind Flag, aimed their spears at the retreating Dark Mage Corps, and hurled stone balls at them.
"Boom~"
A fireball collided with a stone sphere that was hurtling through the air, and the violent explosion shattered the granite, pulverizing the stone sphere in mid-air.
Broken Shitou fragments fell, smashing an unfortunate goblin on the head, leaving it lying on the ground howling in pain.
In the sky, heavy stone balls were launched in parabolic arcs, crashing down on the dark mages at a leisurely pace.
Alaites gazed at his former companions, these old friends who loved reading and studying in the library. They were by no means unyielding stubbornness; a little pressure would yield unexpected results.
Of course, it's important to strike the right balance and not push too hard.
Just like now, the falling stone balls are enough to threaten the mages, but not as deadly as wind blades; the force is just right.
Watching the mages drink their potions in one gulp, Alaites smiled victoriously, "Join us and serve our new master."
The giant city lord fought and retreated, anxiously watching the monster army withdrawing from the ground battlefield.
The surviving dark witches were the first to escape—oh, they always manage to be the first to get away—
The Dark Knight was still fighting and retreating; with such a stupid brain, even his retreat was clumsy!
The giant city lord felt conflicted. In the past, it admired the tenacity of these loyal warriors, but now it was deeply worried.
If we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave at all.
Then, its gaze fell upon the struggling Dark Mage Corps.
Stone balls were launched at a near-constant speed, only to be destroyed one by one by the mages using Fireball Spell.
The two sides seemed to have a tacit understanding, with one attacking and the other defending, proceeding at a measured pace.
Damn mage, can't even retreat properly!
A shadow fell over the giant; the strange rhythm between the two sides made it uneasy. However, the mages' actions were not entirely ineffective; they drew the attention of the enemy mage group, allowing the surviving monsters to escape the danger zone.
Considering the immense power of the rolling stone ball, it subconsciously acquiesced to the mages' actions. "These guys, at least they haven't let me down."
It subconsciously overlooked a certain possibility; after all, over the long course of time, the number of betraying monsters was extremely small.
It looked up at the sky, its face immediately darkening.
The Dharma Protector Evil Eye's tactics are simple and effective. They utilize the regenerative abilities granted by their lord to target their former comrades one by one from an extremely long range.
By this time, there was almost no trace of the Evil Eye monster in the sky. A few Demon Fly were frantically flying around, trying to escape the terrifying gaze of the Evil Eye Dharma Protector.
The aerial battlefield, where the disparity in strength was greatest, surprisingly produced the first victor!
Lin Xu multitasked, with two fire dragons dancing in the air. One attacked the giant lord head-on, while the other circled around to launch a sneak attack from behind.
The two dragons attacked from both sides, instantly cutting off the giant's retreat.
The Dou Qi hummed, tearing the fire dragon apart once more.
With a thought, Lin Xu's scattered flames reformed and lunged at the giant once more. "Since you're here, don't leave!"
"Boom~"
A fire dragon that lunged at the giant suddenly exploded, the powerful impact causing him to stagger.
At that moment, another fire dragon seized the opportunity to attack, wrapping around the giant city lord like a nimble rope.
"Explode!" Lin Xu's eyes turned cold.
"Boom~"
Another violent explosion followed, accompanied by the giant city lord's painful roar.
Before the aftershocks of the explosion had subsided, he once again gathered his Spiritual Qi, and in the blink of an eye, two fire dragons Regeneration, nimbly charging towards the giant city lord!
At this moment, the giant city lord was covered in wreckage. His sturdy armor was cracked in many places, and his left hand was missing. There was still charred flesh left at the severed wrist. Clearly, he had used his left hand to block the aftershock of the explosion at the moment of explosion!
"Kill!" The wounded giant went completely berserk, and bolts of lightning even shot out from his body.
With a flourish of his longsword, the chilling Sword Qi pierced through the fire dragon, transforming into a long, unstoppable sword Red-Robed Ghosts on the ground who were trying to pursue him, its target the Ghost Bride!
The turbulent air was torn apart, instantly locking onto Yan Jingshu, whose face had turned pale—this was clearly a giant's desperate attack, and at that moment she smelled the scent of death!
Lin Xu's expression changed slightly, and he immediately abandoned the restraint. With a thought, two fire dragons soared into the air and caught up with the falling Battle Qi Slash.