Cao Xing’s trump card (battle chapter, book friends who don’t like it can skip it.)

Chapter 415: Cao Xing's Trump Card (Battle Chapter, readers who dislike it can skip.)

"Humans, your methods really are bizarre…"

A strange look flashed through the lizardman's eyes.

From the start of the battle until now,

nearly a minute had already passed.

Its strength clearly crushed this group of ants by far.

Yet fighting up to now, it hadn't even managed to finish off a single person.

Not only that, in this one minute, its HP had also dropped by nearly one million!

Half of that was caused by that terrifying poison.

This Blood Poison not only possessed powerful burning abilities, but it also brought it immense pain.

The lizardman's deep gaze swept toward the passage.

It seemed to finally start taking Hilda's existence seriously.

"Let me see whether your poison is stronger, or my Lizardman Poison is superior!"

As the words fell, it directly transformed into a huge lizard with a body length approaching thirty meters!

Then it raised its head high, opened its bloody mouth wide, and seemed to have some kind of liquid condensing in its oral cavity.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing instantly realized that this was a large-area skill of the lizardman!

[Poison Pool Abyss]!

"Everyone, disperse."

"Hilda, lead the Blood Spiders back."

"Victoria, activate the defense shield and buy time for Hilda to evacuate."

Hearing the command, everyone quickly separated.

Victoria also propped up a Nen energy shield, blocking beside Hilda.

"The poison from ancient times will erode your flesh and corrode your souls."

"Sink into the despairing poison pool!"

That huge lizard turned its spine-chilling head.

Aiming at the most densely populated area of the crowd, it continuously spat out clusters of green venom.

"Puff! Squish!"

The venom smashed onto the ground like raindrops, instantly spreading rapidly like a curse.

Moreover, it formed 5-meter by 5-meter poison pools on the ground; as long as one approached that poison pool, they would be inflicted with a layer of Lizardman Poison.

The crowd also continuously avoided these terrifying poison pools.

And after this lizardman spat towards Hilda several times, all of which were blocked by Victoria's Nen energy shield, it quickly changed its target!

This time, it set its sights on Cao Xing.

That pair of malicious eyes tightly locked onto his figure.

The venom continuously chased and spat at him.

Each cluster of venom was like a life-taking hidden weapon, whistling through the air.

Cao Xing flapped the two pairs of wings behind his back, also constantly dodging.

Right at this moment, a cluster of venom landed in the direction he was advancing, looking as if it was about to drop right on top of his head.

With no room to dodge left, Cao Xing could only brace himself and endure the attack of this cluster of venom.

"Splash!"

The viscous venom exuding a pungent odor landed on top of his head.

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"Damn! This thing is really disgusting!"

At the same time, Cao Xing noticed that 1 layer of [Lizardman Poison] appeared on his status bar.

Intense pain eroded his body, while a fierce vitality emerged within his body once more.

Ice Healing Art took effect.

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Damage numbers appeared one after another, almost offsetting his recovery numbers.

Cao Xing instantly gasped a breath of cold air.

"Hiss! What a terrifying poison!"

"And this thing can stack up to a maximum of 5 layers, which is seventeen thousand bleeding damage per second!"

"If this gets stacked to the max, I'm afraid even Braum wouldn't be able to hold on."

Cao Xing continued to remind them.

"Everyone, do not go near that venom; above three layers, we won't be able to endure it."

Hearing the command, everyone retreated successively!

As for this lizardman, relying on the fact that it wouldn't be affected by the venom, it rampaged through the hall.

"Boom! Rumble!"

This fellow was just like a berserk beast!

Almost all of Cao Xing's core personnel had suffered its attacks.

But fortunately, everyone present was an existence with extremely rich combat experience.

They constantly utilized various skills and teamwork to dodge the lizardman's attacks.

Including the toxin-immune Ilena, who also used her massive body to block the lizardman.

20 seconds later, when all the poison pools on the ground disappeared,

Ilena's HP had dropped by a large chunk.

Braum instantly rushed over, taking over Ilena's position, and once again withstood this monster's attack.

At the same time, the self-detonating Blood Spiders on Hilda's side exploded once more.

"Puff! Squish!"

Blood Poison began to continuously burn away its health points.

Coupled with Sarah on the side continuously unleashing one terrifying attack after another,

the lizardman's HP also plummeted crazily.

Fighting up to now, the lizardman at this moment long since lacked its original contempt.

Looking at its own injuries, a hint of solemnity surfaced within its pupils.

It realized that if this went on, it really might lose in the hands of this group of humans today.

The lizardman strode with its thick limbs, rushing toward the direction of the cave!

Its target was shockingly the place where Hilda was located.

It seemed dead set, preparing to finish off the Blood Spider Queen first.

As long as she was eliminated, the pressure would suddenly drop by a huge margin!

"Boom! Rumble!"

Braum, Assam, Andrew, and other melee fighters were all directly sent flying from the impact!

Seeing that the lizardman overlord was about to charge into that passage,

and in such a narrow place, Hilda would have nowhere to hide.

Her Blood Spider army would also be easily crushed to pieces!

By then, Cao Xing would lose an effective means to deal with the lizardman overlord.

Everyone understood this point.

One by one, they desperately and crazily rushed forward, wanting to block the other party's footsteps.

"Bang! Crack!"

Bjorn, Jonard, and Josent were all knocked flying one after another.

They exclaimed in shock,

"Lord, we can't stop it!"

At this time, the lizardman overlord's eyes already showed a bloodthirsty glow.

However, right at this moment,

a strange seal appeared in Cao Xing's hand, and he instantly clicked to use it.

The next moment, three huge hexagram magic arrays appeared above the lizardman's head.

From these three magic arrays, an aura originating from ancient times spread out.

First coming into view were two large gray steel feet, quickly extending out from the magic array.

Following closely were that huge steel body and a majestic head appearing one after another.

Finally, three behemoths forged from special materials all over, glowing with a bronze luster throughout, shockingly appeared!

They were precisely the Ancient Divine Weapons summoned out by Cao Xing!

"Boom! Rumble!"

They descended onto the ground with a majestic momentum, and each Ancient Divine Weapon emitted an extremely powerful aura.

It even made this lizard overlord feel a trace of oppression!

"To think even such ancient combat weapons can be summoned out, you really do have some tricks!"

"However, wanting to stop me is still not enough!"

As the words fell, the lizard overlord fiercely swung its giant tail, sweeping across horizontally, wanting to knock the three Ancient Divine Weapons flying.

However, facing the giant tail's attack, these three steel giants only retreated half a step.

"Slap!"

The huge tail lashed against them, just like whipping against a block of iron, leaving a white mark.

The next moment, an Ancient Divine Weapon grabbed the lizard overlord's tail, and then directly raised the huge battle blade in its hand, hacking and slashing over!

"Bang! Crack!"

"Hiss——"

The lizardman overlord was hacked into a miserable cry, its pupils filled with shock.

It didn't seem to expect that these few Ancient Divine Weapons were actually so tough, and also possessed such terrifying immense strength.

Cao Xing looked toward the other territory residents and commanded: "Hilda, cast Queens Will on the Ancient Divine Weapons!"

"Everyone else, add all your various group status buffs to the Ancient Divine Weapons as well."

"Blot, summon the Black Mist Lord!"

Following Cao Xing's series of commands being issued,

everyone executed them without the slightest hesitation.

Queens Will, Blessing of Courage, Heavenly Sound Shockfall, Resonance Totem…

Various group skills were continuously applied.

And on the three Ancient Divine Weapons, the already terrifying momentum rose by another large chunk!

That powerful coercion made the surrounding air feel as if it had frozen!

They raised the huge battle blades in their hands and fiercely chopped down.

"Boom! Rumble!"

When the thick scales on the lizardman's body came into contact with the Ancient Divine Weapons' huge battle blades, it emitted wave after wave of metal collision sounds.

Clang! Crack!

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Everyone else was also throwing their various skills onto the enemy.

Under this terrifying attack, the lizardman overlord was blasted into continuous violent retreats.

Its heart was burning with irrepressible fury!

"Roar! Damn fellows!"

"These Ancient Divine Weapons are merely summoned creatures; let's see how much longer you can sustain them."

And seeing this scene, Cao Xing felt immensely gratified.

"Good, good, good, as expected of Level 70 Commander-level Ancient Divine Weapons; the three of them combined are enough to contend against peer-level Overlord-level creatures!"

Although an Overlord only has 30% higher attributes than a peer Commander,

just like how peer Elite monsters only have 30% higher attributes than peer Normal monsters, yet it takes three or four Normal monsters to deal with one Elite.

Therefore, a peer Overlord is also much more formidable than a Commander.

However, when Cao Xing hadn't summoned the Ancient Divine Weapons, he could already contend against this lizard overlord.

And with the addition of these three steel giants, the advantage of the battlefield instantly shifted to Cao Xing's side.

Everyone at this moment was burying their heads in outputting damage!

After all, the Ancient Divine Weapons only had a 60-second duration.

They had to deal more damage to this fellow within this period of time!

Various ultimate skills were also thrown out like they were free of charge!

Thunder Heavenly Prison!

Frost Wolf Sword Qi!

Divine Punishment!

Frostfall Dance…

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After all his skills entered cooldown, Cao Xing's [Demon Form] immediately switched back to Mage Form.

Various Ice Soul Revolving Spears and Ice Breaking Flying Blades were thrown out successively!

Under everyone's intensive bombardment, the entire cavern continuously experienced violent tremors, accompanied by the lizard overlord's roaring sounds.

"Rumble!"

"Roar! You humble ants, do you think you can defeat the great lizardman overlord just like this?"

"Once the Ancient Divine Weapons disappear, I want you all to pay a painful price!"

However, everyone didn't pay any attention to it at all!

They went all out outputting damage relentlessly.

Even Braum smashed it twice with his shield on the side.

With the Ancient Divine Weapons using their own bodies to tightly drag down the lizardman, everyone didn't need to consider defensive issues at all.

Swish swish swish!

Dense damage numbers constantly floated up!

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Damage numbers continuously appeared above the lizardman's head.

The 6 million HP also began to plummet at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In a short while, it dropped to 5 million, then dropped to 4 million…

When the HP stopped at around 3.5 million,

the duration of the three Ancient Divine Weapons ended, turning into strands of light in place and disappearing on the spot.

This also meant that that lizardman was about to break free!

It let out an angry roar.

"You overconfident fellows, I will snap your bones one by one!"

At the very first moment after breaking free, it actually still rushed toward Hilda's side.

It was evident just how badly it wanted to take down the Blood Spider Queen.

However, what this lizardman did not know was—

Cao Xing still had a trump card!

"Clatter…"

The [Book of the Dead of Ascalon] in his hand began flipping pages frantically.

This was also the last opportunity to use this book.

However, there was nothing to regret.

Anyway, after this time, he was already prepared to help Duke Baradin raise an undead army.

By then, it would be equivalent to him indirectly controlling an undead legion!

"Rise! Rise! Warriors of the kingdom's past!"

"Stain the earth with blood! Raise your swords and fight!"

As Cao Xing continuously chanted the incantation!

The entire grotto was filled with a blue undead aura.

The lizardman overlord finally realized something was amiss.

Its beast-like pupils locked onto Cao Xing once again.

Before it could react—

At this moment, Cao Xing's incantation chanting had reached its final moment.

"Fight until the very moment of the apocalypse!"

When the incantation ended.

In front of Cao Xing, a massive number of undead figures appeared.

The blue undead aura directly illuminated the entire grotto.

The moment Duke Baradin appeared, he quickly scanned the surrounding environment, and then his gaze fell upon the lizardman overlord.

He seemed to understand something.

"Lord Cao Xing, that little girl told me to wait in the underground palace, and I was wondering what had happened."

"It seems you've provoked a formidable enemy once again."

Cao Xing nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Duke."

"This fellow killed my territory residents, I must take it down!"

"After this, I will find a way to recruit more undead for you!"

Hearing this, the Duke's pupils shifted slightly.

Then, he nodded and said, "I understand, Lord Cao Xing."

"Then I shall lead the undead legion and fight for you to the very end!"

The Duke raised the undead battle blade in his hand and instantly gave the order.

"All Ascalon Warriors, follow me and attack!"

The moment his words fell, carrying an endless undead aura, he charged forward to slaughter!

Rumble!

A large number of tier 4 and tier 5 undead warriors charged fearlessly towards the lizardman overlord, like a blue torrent!

However, there was still a look of disdain in the eyes of this lizardman overlord.

"No matter how many ants there are, they are ultimately just the rebellious strength of a bunch of ants."

"Merely this amount of impact has no effect on me whatsoever."

As the words fell, it whipped its giant tail!

"Clatter!"

Swathes of undead were directly sent flying.

And after landing, damage numbers of forty to fifty thousand popped up above their heads, instantly killing them on the spot.

In this wave of attacks by the lizardman overlord, at least over a hundred undead died.

However, Duke Baradin's gaze didn't fluctuate at all.

He still led the undead army to continue charging!

"Rumble!"

A large number of undead warriors launched a fearless charge!

Trying their utmost best to inflict damage on the lizardman with their weapons.

Of course, the vast majority couldn't even get close before being batted away or instantly killed by the lizardman's massive form.

However, the attacks of the undead army came from all directions.

Although most of the undead were batted away, quite a few attacks still landed on its body.

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Compared to the damage dealt by Cao Xing and the others, the attacks of these undead were somewhat pitiful.

But their numbers were plenty!

Above the lizard overlord's head, dozens of damage numbers popped up every second.

But it seemed it hadn't caused any particularly serious damage to the enemy.

Because this lizard overlord's HP pool was too thick, and its counterattacks were far too fierce.

Every counterattack would cause hundreds of undead casualties.

Wielding its steel whip-like giant tail, it laughed out loud.

"Hahaha! Ants! You are all just a bunch of ants!"

"Attempting to take me down with sheer numbers? In your dreams!"

While casting various ice-type magic, Cao Xing frowned slightly.

"This fellow's attack power is simply too strong."

"Although the undead army is fearless, facing an enemy like this, they still struggle to cope."

"We must control it first to provide a good output space for the undead army."

He glanced at Isabelle beside him and said, "It's up to you, Isabelle."

This Holy Light Priest understood Cao Xing's meaning.

Instantly raising her staff.

A chain of holy light appeared and rapidly shrank.

Above the lizardman's head, an [Immune] character appeared once again.

However, this was also within expectations.

Immediately after, Isabelle opened the holy scripture once more.

A strong holy light erupted from it, transforming once again into a glowing chain that landed on the lizardman overlord's head.

It was precisely the skill used back then to trap City Lord Oran!

[Radiant Chapter: Holy Chain Imprisonment]

This time, the [Immune] character did not appear.

The lizardman was directly and firmly controlled in place by this chain of light.

It continuously twisted its body, struggling with all its might.

However, no matter whether its body grew larger or smaller, this chain bound it tightly without the slightest sign of loosening.

You must know that Archprelate Sullivan had used this exact move to control City Lord Oran back then.

That was also a Tier 7 Overlord-level powerhouse.

Therefore, even if the lizardman went berserk, it simply couldn't break free.

"Let me go! Damned ants, once I break free from these bindings, it will be your doomsday!"

Seeing this scene, Duke Baradin, who had just been batted flying, had a hint of a smile appear once again on his dead-like face.

"Everyone, Lord Cao Xing has already bound the enemy for us."

"Now, use the weapons in your hands to let this ugly monster witness the kingdom's fury!"

"Kill!!!"

Instantly, a massive number of undead warriors rushed forward fearlessly.

Raising the undead longswords in their hands, they began hacking and slashing frantically.

Above the lizardman overlord's head, a dense mass of damage numbers appeared once again.

"Clatter!"

The sound of longswords waving echoed continuously.

Almost every second, hundreds of damage numbers would appear above its head.

Its HP was also plunging wildly at rates of over 100,000, or even 200,000 per second!

A few seconds later.

Cracks had already appeared on that ring of light.

The lizardman's roar resounded through the entire hall!

Everyone could feel the ground trembling in waves.

And right at this moment.

Cao Xing suddenly saw a large number of figures rushing out from the passage behind the lizardman.

It was precisely the large number of Centaurs led by the Saint Harati!

The moment she appeared, she clearly saw the situation before her.

Then she commanded, "All Centaurs, focus fire on this ugly fellow!"

As the words fell, attacks from a large number of Centaur archers rained down.

For a time, the lizardman overlord's HP dropped even faster!

When it broke free from Isabelle's [Holy Chain Imprisonment], its HP had already dropped below 2 million!

At this moment, it looked extremely disheveled, its body covered densely in sword wounds, with a blue undead aura still lingering on them.

Its tough scales were also filled with cracks, and even a few arrows were stuck in its eyeballs.

Green blood flowed out, and the anger in the lizardman overlord's heart had accumulated to its limit.

In its eyes, Cao Xing and the others, as well as that group of undead, were all just a bunch of ants.

However, it had been injured to this extent by this group of ants.

"Presumptuous fellows! Feel the fury from ancient times!"

Like an erupting volcano, a heart-palpitating power suddenly erupted from its body!

Instantly, the lizardman's skin changed.

Changing from its original gray to purplish-red!

A scorching aura, like erupting magma, condensed in its mouth!

This was the precursor to that Commander-level ultimate move—Poison Flame Giant Lizard Form!

Seeing this scenario, Cao Xing instantly gave the order.

"Francesca, make your move."

A figure wearing a black dress instantly swept to the top of the lizardman overlord's head!

Then, the [Witch Domain] swept across in an instant.

"Hum!"

After an invisible fluctuation of spiritual energy—

The flames that the lizardman was halfway through brewing seemed to be doused by cold water, and its rapidly expanding size came to an abrupt halt.

Even its purplish-red skin returned to a dark gray.

With a blank expression on its face, it said, "What… what is going on?"

"Dammit! Why did the activation of the bloodline power inside my body fail?"

Seeing this scene, a smile appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

He had held onto this skill for so long precisely to wait for this moment!

Seeing the lizardman overlord get thwarted, everyone's morale also greatly increased.

They began hacking and slashing frantically once again!

"Clatter!"

In the blink of an eye.

The lizardman's HP dropped to 1.5 million…

And the summon time for the undead army led by Duke Baradin was almost over.

He turned his head and said, "Lord Cao Xing, I can only help you up to here."

Cao Xing nodded and said, "Until we meet again, Lord Duke."

Instantly, the massive undead army vanished.

In place, only Cao Xing, his territory residents, and that lizardman overlord remained once more.

At the same time, Harati fired another [Armor-Piercing Arrow].

Xiao beside her followed up with an [Eagle Descending Slash].

Both of these skills could reduce armor. Stacked together at this moment, they directly lowered the lizardman overlord's armor by over 1,300 points.

And the Centaur Kandaer also used the chieftain-level skill—Earth Shard!

"Rumble!"

A dense mass of fragments burst forth.

And added a layer of [Vulnerable] effect to the enemy.

Under the triple stacking, the damage dealt by everyone directly increased massively!

Seeing this scenario, a smile curved the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

"Everyone, burst out with all your might!"

"Now burst this fellow down for me!"

The instant the order was received.

Sarah rushed out like a fierce tiger!

The others also successively unleashed various burst ultimate moves!

Slaughter Dance!

Dark Night Phantom Slash!

Extreme Soul Sword Qi!

Sun Chaser!

Boom! Rumble!

Large skills were cast one after another.

The entire hall was covered by various violent energies.

The lizardman overlord had not yet recovered from the backlash of having its skill interrupted when it was subjected to this storm-like attack from everyone.

In merely four or five seconds, its HP dropped below 1 million.

However, Cao Xing didn't give it any chance to fight back at all.

"Second wave of burst!"

As the words fell, various large skills were thrown out successively once again.

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Under the multiple debuff states, everyone's attack power was also massively enhanced!

When the lizardman overlord's HP only had the last 500,000 remaining.

A trace of panic finally appeared in its eyes!