Chapter 236: Fierce Battle, Familiar Door-Blocking Tactic (5000)

Little Chuchu praised Liu Muxue's performance.

Including Sarah, Renice, and the others in the shadows, they were also very appreciative of Liu Muxue's performance just now.

Being watched by everyone, Liu Muxue shyly lowered her head.

"N-Nothing of the sort… You are all better than me…"

Cao Xing smiled, then quickly walked over and picked up the items on the ground.

[Obtained: Chaotic Triple Soul Bead (Purple) *1]

[Obtained: Advanced Heart of Strength *1]

[Obtained: Large Chaos Book *1]

[Obtained: Advanced Elemental Crystal *3]

"As expected, a purple-grade Soul Bead dropped, and there's also an Advanced Heart of Strength!"

Cao Xing's eyes held joy.

Then, he took a look at the Soul Bead's attributes.

[Chaotic Triple Soul Bead (Purple)]

[Description: Fuses the souls of three different races together, containing an extremely chaotic consciousness within.]

[Item Effect: After use, you will suffer an extremely strong mental shock. There is a 90% probability of falling into a chaotic state and having all attributes permanently decreased by 20 points; there is a 10% probability of increasing Constitution by 20 points, Strength by 20 points, and Spirit by 20 points.]

[Remaining Uses: 5/5]

"Good, good, good! A Triple Soul Bead—not only does it add more attributes, but it can also boost three attributes simultaneously!"

Yes, exactly three.

The previous green and blue qualities only randomly added one attribute.

However, the purple-quality Soul Bead increases them all at once.

Clearly, this is an extremely powerful item.

Of course, the side effects are also terrifying.

Yet, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

"Because I have the skill 'Faith's Thought,' I can offset the Soul Bead's mental shock."

"So, for me, this side effect is basically non-existent."

"That's great!"

After collecting the loot from the ground, Cao Xing continued to search, but didn't find anything valuable here.

After all, this kind of room was just used to imprison these out-of-control monsters.

At the same time, he heard dense footsteps rapidly approaching them.

When they reached about fifty meters nearby, a roar rang out.

"Roar! There is the scent of living people nearby; I have found that group of intruders!"

"Soldiers, come over!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing knew that he had basically been exposed.

However, he didn't feel any fear.

This time, he had brought out basically all the strongest combat forces from his territory.

For fourth-tier soldiers like these, he could easily handle even two or three hundred of them at once.

With confidence, Cao Xing directly ordered: "Let's go, head out and engage!"

After receiving the order.

Everyone prepared for battle again and then one after another came outside.

The next moment—

Everyone saw a squad of thirty to forty soldiers with various animal organs stitched onto their bodies.

They also locked onto Cao Xing and the others in an instant.

"Found them! The intruders are here!"

"Soldiers, charge with me and take them out!"

This group of soldiers charged fiercely towards them!

Not only that.

From all directions, more soldiers were waving their weapons and surging towards their location.

Dense footsteps rang out continuously, as if enemies were everywhere.

It gave people a feeling of being surrounded and oppressed!

Cao Xing calmly glanced over, analyzing the situation and considering tactics in his heart.

"The first wave of soldiers charging over is around one hundred, with seven or eight elites among them."

"According to my estimation, the entire castle likely has five or six hundred soldiers."

"We already took out about a hundred earlier, meaning there are still over five hundred left."

"Plus the monsters locked in those rooms, just the number of fourth-tier soldiers in this castle exceeds six hundred, and there are quite a few fourth-tier leaders among them!"

Cao Xing felt no fear in his heart; instead, his fighting spirit surged.

"That's fine, let's just end them all right here, once and for all!"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing quickly issued orders.

"Retreat! Retreat back into the room and hold the doorway!"

"Braum, Assam, you two block the main entrance!"

"Andrew, you switch to Treant form as well and support Braum and the others."

"Everyone else, attack with full force."

After hearing the order, everyone began to act.

Braum, Assam, and Andrew, the three big guys, tightly blocked the entrance.

Dozens of soldiers wielding blades and spears rushed over from outside the door and slashed wildly!

"Crack! Crack!"

The Holy Shields on the three of them shattered in the blink of an eye.

They seemed to want to bypass Braum and the others to attack Cao Xing and his group inside the room.

However.

How could these big guys let them pass? They directly blocked the group of soldiers firmly outside the door.

At the same time, various ranged attacks from Cao Xing and his group flew over the heads of Braum and the others, smashing down fiercely!

"Boom! Boom, boom!"

[Ice Breaking Flying Blade] exploded.

[Ice Burst Arrow] blasted out.

Along with Hilda's Blood Poison, Isabelle's Holy Light Orb, and so on.

[-8723]

[-4372]

[-5321]

[-6054!]

[-4293]

Dense damage numbers appeared.

After a wave of burst damage from Cao Xing and his group.

The soldiers besieging Braum at the door fell on the spot, seven or eight of them.

Seeing this, the stitched soldiers outside the door showed shock in their eyes.

"Damn it! These people have such strong attack power!"

A soldier captain covered in scales shouted.

"Everyone, come over! This group of intruders is very strong!"

"Where are the archers?! We need support!"

"Crossbowmen upstairs, adjust your firing angles and aim at these guys at the door!"

Hearing the shouts, more soldiers surged towards this area.

In just two minutes, the number of soldiers gathered here exceeded two hundred.

Among them were quite a few archer squads.

They stood behind the group of soldiers, formed up, and fired arrows at Braum and the others at the door.

"Swish! Swish, swish!"

From those towers, large arrows were also constantly being fired!

In an instant, dozens of arrows came rushing towards them.

"Thwack! Thwack, thwack!"

Assam, Braum, and Andrew were immediately subjected to massive concentrated fire!

Their HP dropped rapidly!

It looked like it was dropping below 30%!

These castle soldiers had an incredibly strong desire to attack.

Once discovered, it was like poking a hornet's nest; they swarmed up!

And they were all high-tier soldiers above level 35.

Clearly, the power of this castle completely surpassed that of the White-Robed Priest camp from before.

Moreover, this time, Cao Xing hadn't brought the Ascalon Legion and the Wild Boar Warriors.

However, he didn't panic.

Cao Xing ordered methodically: "Isabelle, use Hymn of Rebirth."

"Muxue, keep an eye on their HP, be ready to use Holy Heal at any time, or take their place."

Hearing Cao Xing's order, both women nodded simultaneously.

Isabelle went directly to Braum and the others, then raised her staff.

"Following the will of the Holy Light… I bring the power of rebirth…"

As the words fell, a large magic circle with a diameter of over 20 meters appeared on the spot!

Then, green recovery numbers appeared above Braum and the others' heads.

+13270

+13270

+13270

+13270

With the 44% healing bonus from the Pale Tree, plus Isabelle's terrifying spirit power!

Recovery numbers exceeding ten thousand appeared, and in the blink of an eye, Braum and the others' HP was boosted back up.

Clearly, with Isabelle's terrifying recovery skill, within 10 seconds, they were completely in an undying state!

Seeing this, the group of soldiers at the door also showed shock in their eyes.

Because they discovered that no matter how many attacks they fired, they would be completely absorbed by those three monsters at the door!

And it caused them no damage at all.

"Damn it! This is the power of the Holy See!"

"Where are the crossbowmen? Fire Destroyer Arrows and concentrate fire on them!"

The next moment, more attacks came rushing towards them.

By this time, Braum had already received at least dozens of attacks.

Which meant his [Evil Eye Great Shield (Gold)] could already enter the [Open Eye] state.

At this moment, a smile curled on the corner of Braum's mouth, and he said happily: "Let you see the power of the shield in my hand!"

Under the gaze of that group of soldiers.

They saw that in the hands of this tall giant, the blood-red shield seemed to have come alive.

Red veins similar to blood vessels appeared on it, constantly wriggling.

And they were all connected to the giant eye in the center of the shield.

As that eye gradually opened, everyone immediately felt an evil aura.

As if some terrifying existence was about to awaken!

The next moment—

That eyeball opened completely!

"Hum!"

The soldiers on the field who were gazing at the Evil Eye all felt a powerful and evil will descend.

Suddenly, as if struck by lightning, they were all frozen in place!

Seeing this, Cao Xing knew that the time for a counterattack had arrived!

Thus, he shouted directly: "Dabai, Woli, come here!"

"Overturn the formation of those archers!"

"Sarah, sneak into those towers and take care of the crossbowmen above."

After receiving Cao Xing's order, Sarah, who was single-handedly fighting three or four elite captains, instantly entered stealth mode.

Two roars of giant beasts came from the distance.

"Roar!!!"

"Moo—"

Then, the two behemoths came charging over at full speed!

Thump! Thump-thump!

The terrifying momentum made the hearts of this group of soldiers tremble!

They subconsciously wanted to flee.

However, under the [Evil Eye Gaze] status, they were completely unable to move!

Cao Xing gave the order directly.

"Dabai! Go knock those archers flying."

"Woli, use Sky-Sound Shockwave, jump into that group of soldiers."

The two behemoths obeyed the order!

Dabai activated [Berserk Charge], charged directly into the group of archers, and began a violent assault!

Bang! Bang bang!

[- 4128] [- 4365] [- 4283] [- 4251]

One archer after another was sent flying, crashing into the distant tower walls, and instantly lost consciousness.

Meanwhile, in the terrified gazes of the soldiers, a behemoth emitting electric light all over its body, bursting with the power of lightning, suddenly jumped into the middle of the soldiers.

"Boom!!!"

The electric light spread out like water ripples.

In an instant, a large swath of terrifying damage numbers appeared!

[- 7894] [- 7623] [- 7783] [- 7621] …

The damage value of [Sky-Sound Shockwave] was extremely terrifying.

Not only that, at least dozens of soldiers on the field, who had just managed to struggle free from the [Evil Eye Gaze] status, were controlled in place on the spot once again.

And outside, Dabai was knocking the archers flying one by one.

The situation tilted towards Cao Xing's side in an instant.

A smile appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

"Fortunately, I left Dabai and Woli outside earlier; this just happens to clear the siege for me."

At this moment, the group of soldiers were all paralyzed by the electric current, stiff in place, and the threat of the archers outside had already been removed.

Seeing this, Cao Xing quickly gave the order.

"Blot, Black Smoke Storm!"

"Renice, Storm Arrow Rain!"

"Kantor, Kandaer, use Earth Shards!"

Even Cao Xing himself raised his staff and began chanting the powerful skill [Extreme Ice Bloom]!

"Neigh!!!"

As the two Centaurs raised their hooves and stomped heavily on the ground.

Everyone saw the surrounding ground begin to churn like waves. The ground beneath their feet was unsteady.

Not only that, but a large number of shards burst out from it, attacking that group of stitched soldiers.

And Renice also drew her bowstring, aiming at the sky, and a dense rain of arrows fell.

At this moment, the area was swept by black smoke, ice pillars erupted, and a rain of arrows raged!

A full five area-of-effect skills completely enveloped the group of controlled soldiers.

"Whoosh—" Dense damage numbers floated up.

[- 3135] [- 4874!] [- 3542] [- 6247!] [- 3752] [- 4632] [- 5321] [- 4823] …

Dozens of damage numbers appeared almost every second. The terrifying energy fluctuations even made the other soldiers afraid to approach.

When all the area-of-effect skills ended, Cao Xing's screen was instantly flooded with dozens of kill notifications.

[Your territory member: Renice Eagle Eye killed Fused Soldier lv39, Tier 4 normal creature, gained EXP: 1560]

[Combatant gained EXP: 780]

[Your territory: Blot Brimstone killed Fused Soldier lv40, Tier 4 creature, gained EXP: 1600]

[Combatant gained EXP: 800]

[Your territory…]

Meanwhile, a white light appeared on Andrew, Hilda, and Isabelle.

[Your territory member: Andrew level has increased, current level: 31]

[Your territory member: Hilda level has increased, current level: 31]

[Your territory…]

After three system prompts, their levels all increased to 31!

Joy appeared in Cao Xing's eyes again, "Good, good, good!"

"This feeling of clearing the field in one wave is satisfying!"

And the group of soldiers outside, looking at the corpses all over the ground, gasped in cold air!

It even caused other soldiers who were preparing to charge over to briefly stop their footsteps.

Although they were crazy, they also realized that the enemy before them was not to be trifled with.

One of the soldier captains quickly ordered: "Crossbowmen, adjust your angles and attack the enemies inside the room."

"Others, go release the monsters in those houses; we need support!"

At this moment, more and more [Destroyer Crossbow Bolts] turned their direction and began shooting toward Cao Xing and his group!

But Cao Xing did not panic. Because he had already seen that Sarah had snuck to the third floor of the tower, behind those crossbowmen.

The [Silent Blade] in her hand slashed down quickly.

"Ssh…" Blood spurted out from the necks of those soldiers.

They didn't even know when they were attacked.

By the time these soldiers fell, clutching their necks, Sarah's figure had already disappeared from the spot and was quickly rushing toward the next target.

In a short time, the crossbowmen on the nearby towers were all killed by her!

This Tier 4 leader-level assassin once again displayed unparalleled assassination ability.

Seeing the crossbowmen on the towers dying one after another, those soldier captains also realized that the situation had taken a turn.

Soldiers were dying continuously. Outside, there were still two terrifying behemoths wreaking havoc, making them unable to organize an effective offensive at all.

Seeing this, several soldier captains looked at each other.

One of the soldier captains, whose face was covered in tree bark, said: "First, surround and kill that Mammoth and that bear outside!"

The others also nodded at the same time.

"Good!"

After speaking, they led a large number of soldiers and charged toward Dabai and Woli.

But how could Cao Xing let them have their way?

He quickly ordered: "Braun, Assam, take two steps forward and rush out the door."

"Jonard, Josent, you use Dragon Spear Assault, then follow up with Ice Dragon Spear Break!"

"Others, the moment that group of soldiers is controlled, charge out with me!"

Hearing Cao Xing's order, the two Dragonblood Warriors raised their spears and instantly disappeared from the spot.

Then, they vaulted over Braun's head and landed directly in front of the group of soldiers.

Before the enemies could react, the two Dragonblood Warriors had already raised their spears and thrust them forward fiercely!

Two giant ice pillars, over 3 meters in diameter and 65 meters in length, instantly erupted!

"Boom!"

In an instant, nearly two hundred soldiers were frozen in place on the spot.

Seeing this, the other ranged units rushed out one after another and carried out a firepower suppression on the controlled soldiers.

Cao Xing glanced at his skill bar. Those powerful skills, such as [Ice Breaking Flying Blade], [Extreme Ice Bloom], etc., had all been used. Without these skills, Cao Xing's output capability was greatly reduced.

However, this did not mean he had no other means!

Thus, in the next moment, Cao Xing entered the [Demon Transformation] status.

"Whoosh!" The demonic wings on Cao Xing's back suddenly spread open!

His nearly two-meter-tall figure was exuding faint black aura all over. At this moment, an elegant demon appeared abruptly!

Furthermore, due to the [Demon Transformation] status, Cao Xing would gain a 150% attribute bonus. He was already a Tier 4 Frost Mage, and his aura at this moment reached an extremely terrifying level!

And the moment he transformed, Cao Xing directly used that super large-scale area-of-effect skill—[Soul Wither]!

"Ssh~" A sound as if souls were being ignited appeared.

At this moment, within five hundred meters, all soldiers were enveloped by a terrifying black flame!

Terrified expressions appeared in the eyes of those soldiers.

"Damn it, what is this flame?"

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

But obviously, it was already too late for them to retreat at this time.

"Boom!" As the first wave of black flames exploded.

[- 4574] [- 4788] [- 4672] [- 7279!] [- 7314!] [- 4733] … Hundreds of damage numbers appeared directly!