Chapter 133: Then, what is the price?

Chapter 133: Then, what is the price?

"Hiss! What a strong demon!"

Seeing this guy's stats, Cao Xing gasped again.

A level 30 boss is far more powerful than the Goblin King!

Without a doubt, this is the most powerful enemy Cao Xing has ever encountered!

If he hadn't seen that this demon still only possessed Tier 3 strength, Cao Xing would have wanted to take his people and run away immediately.

After weighing the situation in his heart, he gradually let out a sigh of relief.

With their current strength, they should barely be able to contend with this demon.

However, behind this demon's tier, it displayed [Transforming].

In other words, it is likely transforming from Tier 3 to Tier 4.

At this moment, the demon did not launch an attack against them, but asked again, "Little fellow, have you decided?"

"What is your wish~"

Cao Xing suppressed the shock in his heart, a trace of a smile gradually appearing on his face, and then asked, "Can any wish be fulfilled?"

"Yes, wealth, crowns and scepters, fame, happiness, or longevity. Make your choice~"

"So powerful?"

Cao Xing said in surprise, "Then Gul'dan, what is the price?"

On the goddess statue, the hollow eyes of that demon seemed to look somewhat puzzled.

"Price? There is no price."

"You only need to lift the seal on the Duke's coffin, and I can grant you everything you want."

And when Cao Xing heard that last sentence, he gradually understood this demon's purpose.

Cao Xing thought to himself: 'I see, does it want me to open the Duke's coffin so that this demon can take the opportunity to devour the Duke's undead and complete the transformation from Tier 3 to Tier 4?'

Clearly, the Duke's undead is also crucial to this demon.

So much so that after seeing Cao Xing and the others, it didn't strike immediately, but instead tempted him to open the coffin.

Cao Xing did not reply, but silently signaled his subordinates.

They all understood the meaning and quietly prepared for battle.

Phantom Assassin Sarah had also quietly sneaked behind this statue.

This demon naturally wasn't a fool either. Feeling the strangeness of the atmosphere on the field, it asked with interest, "Oh? Little fellow, are you planning to make a move against me?"

"I am telling you very seriously, this is a wrong decision, and it is still not too late for you to change your mind."

However, Cao Xing slowly raised his staff.

A Great Ice Spear had already condensed.

"Do you really think everyone is as foolish as you? If you could really grant all wishes, you wouldn't be unable to even open a single coffin."

Hearing this, the demon chuckled, "No, no, no, I can open this coffin, except… it will just cost a certain price."

"You have the stone talisman of this underground palace in your hand. Give it to me, and I will grant you the power of eternal life."

Cao Xing took out the stone talisman from his backpack and looked at it with interest.

"You want this?"

"That's right, give it to me, and I will give you countless wealth and women!"

Just at this moment, Sarah had already jumped onto the back of this giant statue like a phantom.

The moment the demon turned its head, she slashed down with a blade.

[-1674]

"Ah!!!"

An aged, hoarse scream sounded.

The head of the black shadow on the statue shook violently, and it seemed extremely furious.

"Despicable human! How dare you attack me!"

The next moment, a strong black Qi erupted from this statue.

Sarah's reaction was incomparably swift, and with a direct leap in place, she quickly widened the distance.

"Want to leave?"

"Ugly Dark Elf, I will crush your breasts piece by piece!"

As the words fell, a ball of black flames rose from its hand and then smashed directly toward Sarah.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

This demon's attack speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, four or five flames smashed towards Sarah.

However, Sarah's movements were even more agile, and within a few shifts and dodges, she evaded all the demon's attacks.

"Hehe! You run quite fast. Since that's the case, I'll go slaughter the other ants first, devour their souls, and then deal with you!"

As the words fell, this demon manipulated the huge idol and rushed toward everyone somewhat clumsily!

Cao Xing quickly commanded, "Braum, block this guy!"

Braum quickly raised his shield and shouted loudly, "Braum! Charge!"

Seeing that this bald head dared to block in front of it, a look of disdain appeared in the demon's eyes.

"Little bug, watch me trample you to death!"

It manipulated the right foot of the statue and then fiercely stepped down!

Bang!

Snap!

After a shattering sound,

Braum did not suffer any damage.

Because his Holy Shield negated this attack.

And Braum's attack did not cause damage to the demon either.

Because he only attacked the shell of the statue, while the demon's main body was hidden inside the statue.

The demon looked at the shield on Braum's body, its tone surprised, "Hmm? The Holy See's methods?"

Seeing that Braum had blocked the demon's pace, Cao Xing quickly ordered, "Andrew, switch to Moonkin form and output with all your might!"

"Everyone else, direct all attacks at its head, do not attack its body!"

Hearing the command,

all kinds of attacks from the recruited creatures bombarded crazily.

Moonfire, Starfire, Great Ice Spear, Gale Arrow, Blood Poison!

Bang! Bang bang bang!

Bursts of explosive sounds appeared, and damage numbers popped up above this demon's head.

[-574!]

[-213]

[-209]

[-334]

[-184]

[-256]

Affected by this demon's armor, Cao Xing and the others' damage was greatly reduced, but it was still quite impressive.

Directly taking away nearly 1800 HP from this demon.

Meanwhile, Assam also rode the Frost Wolf, charging toward the other foot of the giant statue, initiating the toe-trimming tactic.

"Bang! Bang bang!"

The greatsword slashed down.

Although Assam's attack didn't cause damage, it successfully caused cracks to appear on the statue.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Assam, Braum, you two continue to stall its steps and then attack the statue."

Hearing this, the two each stalled a big foot of the statue, attracting the demon's attention.

At this time, Sarah, who had been forced back, had somehow sneaked behind the statue again,

She displayed a nimble posture, and with two leaps, she jumped to the position of the demon's head.

Just as Sarah was preparing to launch another attack,

however, this demon seemed to have been guarding against her for a long time.

"Dark Elf~ Oh, poor Dark Elf, I've been waiting for you~"

As the words fell, its pitch-black head instantly turned 180 degrees, and then unleashed a soul breath directly at Sarah.

However, Sarah did not dodge or evade, directly braving its attack and slashing down with a blade once more.

Snap!

A layer of Holy Shield on Sarah shattered.

And a damage number appeared above the demon's head.

[-1677]

The smile on the Soul-Eater Demon's face disappeared, replaced by a look of astonishment, "You also have a Holy Shield on you?"

Before it could react, Sarah had already slashed down again.

As a top assassin, during battle, she wouldn't have any communication with the enemy.

"Damn it!"

The Soul-Eater Demon let out an angry sound, erupting the flames in its body once more to force Sarah back.

Taking advantage of the moment when its attention was drawn by Sarah, Cao Xing and the others' attacks came bombarding towards its head like a storm.

From the start of the battle until now, ten seconds had passed.

This demon's HP had dropped by nearly 7000+!

However, the Soul-Eater Demon seemed to have targeted Sarah.

It quickly raised the statue's arm, condensing balls of black flames, and fiercely smashed them toward Sarah in the shadows.

Bang!

The flames exploded.

As a result, the Holy Shield on Sarah shattered once again.

And she still had another layer of Holy Shield on her!

Sarah also attracted the demon's attention, constantly changing positions in the church.

In just this short while, Cao Xing and the others outputted another round, taking away over two thousand HP from the Soul-Eater Demon.

Moreover, Assam and Braum continuously attacked the heel area of the statue, causing even more cracks to appear on it.

"You little fellows have made me angry!"

As the words fell, the black Qi on this demon's body suddenly contracted, as if something was about to burst out!

Cao Xing knew that this might be one of the Soul-Eater Demon's skills: [Evil Eruption].

Thus, he quickly ordered, "Retreat! Everyone exit the 50-meter area of this demon!"

"Melee units, if you don't have time, just hard-tank it!"

As the words fell, Hilda, Renice, and other ranged units directly gave up their attacks and began to quickly retreat.

And a second later,

a terrifying ball of black flames erupted from the Soul-Eater Demon!

Boom!!

The black flames covered an area of a radius of fifty meters. This was a rather massive area,

And those ranged units had already obeyed Cao Xing's instructions and quickly retreated.

Assam, Braum, and Sarah remained in place, taking this blow head-on.

Crack!

The Holy Shield on everyone shattered by another layer once again.

Seeing this, Cao Xing felt a bit more at ease in his heart and commanded, "Continue, attack with full force."

At this moment, the demon was flustered and exasperated.

The battle had started for nearly twenty seconds, and it had already launched several attacks.

However, it only shattered a few layers of Holy Shield belonging to Cao Xing's subordinates, without causing even a shred of damage.

"Dammit! Why do all of you have the Holy See's methods on you?"

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Didn't you know everything? How come you're even unclear about this?"

Hearing the taunts, this Soul-Eater Demon was even more infuriated by Cao Xing.

The next moment, it actually took the initiative to abandon the statue as its shell.

Crack! Crack!

The sound of shattering rang out continuously.

Dense cracks appeared all over the giant statue.

Following a rumbling sound, the giant statue collapsed.

And in its place appeared a monster about three meters tall, exuding black Qi all over and radiating a terrifying aura.

Cao Xing frowned and said, "Is this the true form of the Soul-Eater Demon?"

After crawling out of the statue, the Soul-Eater Demon seemed to have broken free from some kind of restriction.

Its movements became incomparably swift.

Seeing Sarah pouncing towards it, the demon quickly turned around, clenched its hand, and a ball of black Qi lunged at Sarah.

"Bang!"

[-2043]

This time, Sarah didn't dodge it, and a damage number appeared above her head.

Before a smug expression could even appear on the demon's face,

the next moment, Liu Muxue directly cast a Holy Heal onto Sarah's head.

[+110]

[+424]

Instantly, Sarah's health recovered by another chunk.

Not only that, in the next second, +110 and +110 numbers appeared above Sarah's head again.

Along this journey, the level increases of Cao Xing and Liu Muxue had also greatly enhanced their healing abilities.

Seeing this, the smile on the Soul-Eater Demon's face stiffened, and then it sneered coldly,

"Hmph, just a Tier 2 Aurora Knight. If you were a Tier 4 knight, today I really wouldn't be your match!"

"This Dark Elf is dead for sure!"

However, Sarah directly entered the Shadow Invisibility state, and in the blink of an eye, the demon lost track of Sarah.

At the same time, Cao Xing and the others were outputting frantically.

Andrew's hands alternated, and his movements were so fast that afterimages almost appeared.

Moonfire and Starfire fell continuously.

Under the blessing of Eternal Power, he could permanently remain in the Astral Communication state.

His output ability was simply a qualitative change!

If there was a damage meter right now, Andrew would definitely be second.

Naturally, Sarah was first.

The Soul-Eater Demon's soul body was bombarded into a state of turbulence.

"You annoying bugs!"

It just wanted to rush over and attack those ranged units.

But at this time, Sarah would quickly pounce over!

Assam and Braum would also rush up to assist Sarah.

The three of them tightly entangled it!

At the same time, the others also threw out various crowd control skills.

Hindering Dagger, Spider Web, Ice Arrow Rain, Storm Arrow Rain!

After a few times, the demon also realized that it was difficult to bypass them to attack the ranged units behind.

Its hollow eyes swept around the crowd on the field, and then it slowly opened its pitch-black mouth.

At the same time, whispers sounded in everyone's ears simultaneously.

"The world says your mother is a prostitute, and you are a deformed child born after your father was drunk…"

"Child, don't be afraid…"

"Use your nails to tear apart these people's mouths, cut off their genitals, and let them see what true deformity is…"

"Dedicate your soul to me, only me…"

…

At this moment, Cao Xing only felt as if something eerie had burrowed into his brain!

A strong sense of dizziness washed over him.

He instantly realized what was happening and quickly gave a warning.

"Dammit! This is the demon's Soul Whispers, don't listen to its voice!"

Cao Xing gritted his teeth tightly, trying hard to keep himself conscious.

However, the Soul Whispers skill—as long as one failed to defend against it at the start, basically everyone would be hit one hundred percent of the time.

Liu Muxue, Ji Xinyue, including Braum and Renice beside him, were all controlled by this powerful force.

The next moment.

They blankly raised their weapons and began to attack their companions nearby.

Seeing Liu Muxue and Ji Xinyue attacking him at the same time,

Cao Xing cursed inwardly, "Fuck!"

After being hit by Soul Whispers, there was a control duration of up to 20 seconds.

He raised his staff and summoned five crypt spiders on the spot for these two women to slowly chop at.

As for Braum and Renice, they both started attacking Assam and Andrew beside them.

Assam and Andrew frowned, not knowing whether they should counterattack.

Cao Xing quickly gave the order: "Assam, stall Braum's attacks and take him somewhere far away from the Soul-Eater Demon!"

"Andrew, don't attack Renice, just block her attacks."

"Sarah, you and Hilda stall this guy first."

The moment Sarah received Cao Xing's order, she exited stealth mode and directly pounced over.

This demon's methods were indeed eerie; with just this single move, it crippled five of Cao Xing's combat units.

Fortunately, Sarah was strong enough; she alone could stall this demon for a very long time.

At the same time, the Soul-Eater Demon sent another ball of Malicious Fire hitting Sarah's head.

Puff!

[-2043]

A Tier 3 boss's attacks were quite terrifying.

But Sarah's health at this moment had also reached 19,000!

Coupled with Cao Xing's Ice Healing Art which could recover over a hundred health per point per second, up until now, Sarah still had 11,000 health left, which was roughly a healthy condition.

Moreover, she was a nimble assassin, and agility was her advantage.

When the Soul-Eater Demon threw out the second ball of Malicious Fire, Sarah quickly sidestepped and dodged the blow.

Then, with a ghost-like speed, she arrived behind the Soul-Eater Demon.

Under the state of Queens Will, the Phantom Assassin's speed was terrifyingly fast.

The Soul-Eater Demon also knew of Sarah's terror.

As creatures of the same Tier 3 boss level, this Dark Elf woman's attacks hurt far too much.

It no longer dared to let Sarah easily close in.

"Whoosh—whoosh—"

Balls of Malicious Fire were thrown out by the Soul-Eater Demon, then exploded on the stone slab floor of the church!

However, these attacks couldn't even touch a shadow of Sarah.

"Hmph, what a nimble Dark Elf!"

"In that case, I'll go kill your companion first and devour his soul!"

Just as the Soul-Eater Demon was about to give up on Sarah and go deal with the controlled Braum first,

a Hindering Dagger was instantly thrown over.

Puff!

[-3378!]

This strike triggered a critical hit, and the Soul-Eater Demon's mobility was significantly reduced.

"Dammit!"

However, it still ignored Sarah's attacks and prepared to rush over to kill Braum first.

But this played right into Cao Xing's hands.

"Hilda, cast Throw Net, then use Terror Scream!"

As Cao Xing's order was issued.

Puff!

Hilda instantly spat out a spider web, directly binding the Soul-Eater Demon's three-meter-tall body.

"Heh, you think such cheap methods can trap me?"

"I just need a gentle tear, and I can shred your spider web straight apart!"

At that very moment, Hilda suddenly opened her mouth and emitted a terrifying sound.

"Yaaah!!!"

The invisible sound wave instantly spread out.

At this moment, the Soul-Eater Demon's black body was like a red-hot iron ball thrown into a mass of ice water.

The demonic power all over its body began to boil rapidly.

"This is… this is an attack targeting the soul…"

"You… you actually know this kind of method too…"

Like it had been electrocuted, the Soul-Eater Demon stiffened in place, seemingly trying its best to shake off the effects of Soul Scream on it.

At that moment, Sarah had already appeared at its side.

[-2174]

[-3375!]

[-5789!]

In two seconds, Sarah slashed three times, two of which triggered Coup de Grace.

Directly stripping away 10,000 health from the Soul-Eater Demon!

Its 80,000 health had already been beaten down below 50,000 by Cao Xing and the others!

"Dammit!!!"

The Soul-Eater Demon was extremely furious; it finally broke free from Hilda's control state.

"Rip!"

The spider web was instantly torn to shreds by it, and a ball of terrifying black Qi erupted from its body!