Chapter 64: Underground

“What is the background of that Mage?”

“When did Donghai City produce such a figure?”

Zhang Chiming was utterly shocked. He had commanded the City Guard for over a decade and had seen countless Geniuses.

There were favored children of Families carefully nurtured, and battle maniacs who had climbed out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood step by step.

But the destructive power before him, this seemingly unresolvable large-scale strike ability, was something he had never heard of.

“It’s not just that Mage,” the adjutant added.

“The person carrying him is also extraordinary.”

“Look at his movement technique; he moves through the midst of a myriad of soldiers as if on flat ground, as fast as a phantom.”

“Both of these individuals are top-tier Talents!”

Chairman Sun’s stern voice interrupted their exclamations.

“Now is not the time to discuss this.”

His gaze was sharp, sweeping over the battle below, his voice heavy.

“The most pressing task is to deal with the BOSS controlling the vines.”

“Although Hei Ming and Peng Cang have temporarily restrained the two giant beasts, their strength is ultimately limited, and they won’t be able to hold on for too long.”

“Once those two BOSSes break free and return to the battlefield, the situation will become dangerous.”

Chairman Sun’s words were like a basin of cold water, waking everyone up.

“Only by dealing with that vine BOSS and restoring the operation of the Magic Cannons can we quickly resolve other threats.”

Zhang Chiming nodded heavily, the worry on his face deepening.

He looked at the guild elites below, who were still fighting valiantly in the beast tide, cut off and surrounded.

The beast tide was vast, with countless Strange Beast.

Trying to find a deliberately hidden BOSS among them was like searching for a needle in a haystack.

That creature's intelligence far surpassed that of ordinary Strange Beast, even comparable to humans.

The battle on the city wall continued.

“Ah—!”

A young City Guard soldier let out a scream.

A dark green vine suddenly shot out from a crack in the wall, its sharp tip like a venomous snake’s fangs, instantly piercing his chest.

Blood gushed out, and his tall body fell limply.

His comrades nearby had bloodshot eyes, wildly swinging their long blades, but could only leave shallow white marks on the tough vine.

More vines spread up from underground. They were like a pack of hyenas smelling blood, frantically coiling around the silenced Magic Cannons, emitting a grating “creak” sound.

The defensive light barrier covering the entire city, though still strong, had clearly lost its initial brilliant luster and had become much dimmer.

Zhang Chiming clenched his fists, veins bulging.

“Damn it! Where is the Zhou Family’s Radiant Alliance?!”

“Why haven’t they shown up yet?!”

He finally couldn’t help but curse.

The adjutant beside him whispered, “Commander, the Radiant Alliance has always been like this. Every beast tide... they are always the last to arrive.”

Zhang Chiming snorted coldly, his eyes burning with anger.

“What time is it, and those old foxes from the Zhou Family are still playing mind games and schemes!”

“They want to use the beast tide to weaken the strength of other guilds so that their Family can dominate!”

“Idiots! Don’t they even think, if Donghai City can’t hold, will there still be a damn Radiant Alliance?! Will there still be their Zhou Family?!”

He turned and roared at the adjutant.

“Send someone to urge them again! Tell them, if they don’t arrive within half an hour, after the battle, I’ll personally lead people to the Zhou Family mansion to settle accounts!”

On the other side, Chairman Sun also frowned slightly and quietly asked his subordinate behind him.

“Why hasn’t that guy Luo Ming arrived yet?”

The subordinate’s expression was a bit awkward, his voice extremely low.

“Chairman... Brother Luo... he seems to have stayed in the nightclub all night, and now... he might still be drunk.”

A hint of undisguised disgust flashed in Chairman Sun’s eyes.

“Go.”

“Drag him out of bed for me.”

“Just say I said so.”

“Yes!” The subordinate dared not say more and immediately turned and left.

...

Flank of the battlefield.

Zhou Huai was controlling Yasuo and Gandalf, enjoying this feast.

Without the direct threat of the BOSS, this place had practically become his personal monster-grinding paradise.

After several rounds of Forbidden Spell bombardments, the kill count on the task panel had already exceeded three thousand.

Golden lights of leveling up continuously lit up.

Yasuo and Gandalf’s Ranks both reached LV17, just a step away from Rank 18.

Just then, Zhou Huai’s gaze was drawn to a figure in the distant beast horde.

It was a burly man covered in blood, one of his arms severed at the shoulder, blood staining half of his body.

Yet he still roared, wielding a great axe with his remaining left hand, wildly hacking and slashing through the beast horde.

Behind him, a leopard-like Strange Beast, which had been lurking for a long time, silently pounced, its sharp claws aimed at his back.

“Seeking death.”

Zhou Huai’s mind stirred.

“【Lightning Rush】!”

Yasuo’s figure instantly transformed into a blue electric light, appearing behind the burly man in an instant.

Pfft!

The long sword was unsheathed, precisely piercing the throat of the ambush Strange Beast.

The burly man noticed the movement behind him, suddenly turned his head, first saw the instantly killed Strange Beast, and then saw Yasuo carrying the white-robed Mage.

He was stunned for a moment, then gasped, “Tha... thank you, brother.”

Yasuo’s voice was cold, without a trace of emotion.

“You’re too badly injured; go back quickly.”

The burly man, however, shook his head, revealing a tragic smile, his mouth full of blood foam.

“No... I can’t leave.”

“My mission... isn’t finished yet!”

Zhou Huai was a bit surprised, controlling Yasuo to ask, “What mission?”

The burly man pointed to the towering city wall in the distance.

“The Magic Cannons... are entangled by a BOSS that can control vines.”

“We must find it and kill it!”

“But that beast... is too good at hiding. We’ve searched for a long time and haven’t even seen a shadow of it!”

Zhou Huai suddenly understood.

No wonder the Magic Cannons on the city wall hadn’t responded for so long; it turned out to be the BOSS’s doing.

He looked at the one-armed burly man in front of him, then at the chaotic battlefield in the distance.

“Brother, leave this to me.”

“You go back first.”

Yasuo’s voice was still calm, but it carried an inexplicable confidence.

“Attracting BOSSes, I’m best at it.”

“I’ll draw it out.”

“You...” The burly man still wanted to say something.

But Yasuo didn’t bother with more words, directly stepped forward, picked up his collar with one hand, and sharply flung him towards the outer perimeter of the beast horde.

The burly man’s large body arced through the air, landing dozens of meters away.

After doing all this, Yasuo, carrying Gandalf, stomped his foot heavily on the ground, his figure leaping high.

“【Forbidden Spell: Thousand-Mile Ice Seal】!”

Gandalf’s chant sounded thereafter.

Extreme coldness furiously spread with him as the center, and within the fan-shaped area in front, countless Strange Beast were instantly frozen into ice sculptures.

An ice path leading to the center of the beast tide conspicuously formed.

Yasuo stepped onto the ice path, treading on the frozen heads of the Strange Beast, and rushed towards the deepest part of the beast tide.

Zhou Huai judged that since the professional players had searched for so long without finding it, that cunning BOSS was most likely hidden in the core of the beast tide.

At this moment, the strong guild members who were struggling in the beast tide immediately noticed the commotion here.

They were all seasoned veterans with keen combat senses.

They had actually long judged that the target might be in the center of the beast tide, but were frustrated by insufficient strength, unable to break through.

Now, seeing Gandalf forcefully carve out an ice path.

Their eyes instantly burst with brilliance.

“Brother! Wait for us!”

“We’ll cover you!”

“Damn it! Let’s fight them! Charge to the center!”

Dozens of figures roared, all unleashing their movement skills, leaping onto the ice path, following behind Yasuo, escorting him.

For a time, a tidal wave of ranged attacks surged from all directions.

Fireballs, ice cones, poisoned arrows, wind blades...

The dense attacks almost obscured the sky.

“Light of Protection!”

“Wind Barrier!”

“Iron ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) Wall Formation!”

The professional players who caught up each displayed their Divine Abilities, a series of defensive skills were erected, deflecting all attacks.

Zhou Huai looked at the figures around him, strangers who were now fighting alongside him.

A strange emotion suddenly surged in his heart.

Some excitement, some fervor.

Is this... what it feels like to have people fighting alongside you?

Soon, under everyone’s escort, Yasuo, carrying Gandalf, had already stepped into the very center of the beast tide.

The attacks here were more than ten times denser than the periphery.

Gandalf no longer hesitated, directly unleashing his strongest offensive Forbidden Spell on the area beneath his feet.

“【Forbidden Spell - Meteor Shower】!”

Meteors burning with a dark green Soul-Devouring Underworld Flame descended from the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Terrifying explosions completely turned this area into a vacuum of life.

Everyone looked intently, the scorched ground was empty, and no trace of any BOSS was found.

“How could this be?”

“Where on earth is that guy hiding?”

Just as everyone was filled with doubt.

Swoosh—!

A dark green vine, thicker than any before, suddenly pierced out from underground without any warning!

Its target was directly Gandalf!

Its speed was extremely fast!

-27367!

A shocking damage number exploded on Gandalf’s Arcane Barrier!

The shield’s glow instantly dimmed.

On the city wall, Chairman Sun took all of this in, his face grim.

“So its main body is underground...”

“This is troublesome.”