Chapter 247: Fighting the Dark Witch, Cao Xing Turns the Tide (5000)

Chapter 247: Fighting the Dark Witch, Cao Xing Turns the Tide (5000)

"Great, great, great! Although her armor is very high, we also have [Blessing of Courage] to substantially boost our attack power."

"We can still fight!"

Cao Xing instantly regained his confidence.

At the same time, he put down the hand that was ready to take out the [Ascalon Book of the Dead].

Meanwhile, the witch's skin was slashed by the sharp hook claws shot out by the two Centaurs, and bright red blood flowed from her fair shoulders.

Even the gown at her waist was torn open, revealing a patch of tender, fair flesh.

"Humph!"

The Dark Witch let out a cold snort.

Then she reached out and beckoned with a wave.

Above everyone's heads, a black full moon appeared!

"Oh no, this is her Dark Moon Eclipse skill!"

Before Cao Xing could think of a countermeasure,

in an instant, a burning-like power attached itself to them.

"Hiss… Hiss hiss…"

The Holy Shield shattered layer by layer.

Moreover, numbers like [-1247] and [-1247] kept popping up above everyone's heads.

But immediately after, recovery numbers of +2115 and +2115 appeared above their heads again.

Although their recovery numbers completely surpassed the Dark Witch's damage numbers,

this still made Cao Xing's heart sink.

Because under this state, their Holy Shield was rendered almost useless.

Seeing this scene, the corners of the Dark Witch's mouth curled into a smile once more.

"A group of ants… how dare you launch an attack against this deity!"

"Today, I will let you know how insignificant you truly are!"

At this moment, the Dark Witch's [Dark Burst] skill finished its cooldown once again.

A terrifying power suddenly surged from within her body.

Realizing that something was wrong, Cao Xing hurriedly gave an order:

"All ranged units, retreat!"

Hearing Cao Xing's command, all the ranged units began to evacuate frantically.

As for Assam, Braum, and the others, being this close, they definitely had no way out.

"Boom!"

After the terrifying black Qi erupted,

those melee fighters were blown flying dozens of meters away on the spot.

[-6433]

[-8431]

[-8382]

[-8931]

[-9923]

…

Everyone slammed into the ground, and terrifying damage numbers popped up above their heads.

The Dark Witch's attack power was simply too terrifying!

Even though they all had [Frost Magic Shield] and Cao Xing's [Ice Armor Technique], which mitigated a massive amount of damage,

they still lost a huge chunk of health to the Dark Witch!

The two Centaurs hit the ground with a 'thud' and quickly climbed back up.

"Kandaer, this woman has so much strength, she directly threw us flying!"

"Kantor, you're right. This woman looks all slender-limbed, but I didn't expect her to be so strong!"

Rabb, who had crashed nearby, said in a daze, "You guys got it wrong. She's not strong, she's… Run!"

A ball of black energy smashed toward everyone.

The Dark Witch seemed to want to concentrate her firepower and finish off a few melee fighters in one go.

Cao Xing issued a command at the first moment, "Isabelle, use Chain of Holy Light!"

"Muxue, Holy Heal."

As his words fell, that Holy Priest had already raised her staff.

In an instant, a golden chain linked Braum, Assam, and the others together.

Instantly, recovery numbers appeared one after another.

+4783, +4783, +4783…

Beside them, Liu Muxue had also raised her longsword and cast [Holy Heal], restoring a massive chunk of everyone's health!

Seeing this scene, Rabb raised his twin blades, "Haha, the Wild Boar Warrior cannot be killed!"

"Kantor, Kandaer warriors, let's charge up again!"

The two Centaurs also raised the weapons in their hands and shouted, "Charge!"

"Neigh!"

They relentlessly charged back toward the center of the battlefield.

The Dark Witch also discovered this scene; the injuries caused by her wave of burst damage were actually restored by these people in a short period of time.

Moreover, she clearly saw that the [Dark Moon Eclipse] above their heads was continuously dealing damage to these people, yet it didn't seem to have any real impact on them.

The Dark Witch frowned.

Deciding to change her tactics, she quickly flew high into the air and dashed rapidly toward Cao Xing and the others!

She seemed to want to eliminate the ranged units behind Cao Xing first.

Seeing this, Cao Xing commanded, "All ranged units, retreat and dodge the attacks!"

Everyone successively abandoned their attacking actions and scattered to dodge.

Meanwhile, the Dark Witch rained down wild bombings on them from the air!

"Boom! Rumble!"

Everyone was blasted into continuous dodging.

In the blink of an eye, a minute passed.

Everyone on the field had endured one or two explosive attacks from the Dark Witch, their health dropping significantly, and they were now continuously recovering.

With Liu Muxue's defense, Cao Xing hadn't suffered any serious injuries either.

Looking at this flexibly moving woman in the air, Cao Xing furrowed his brow tightly.

"This woman can fly; it's truly troublesome. We need to find a way to knock her down."

At this moment, Sarah in the shadows had been looking for an opportunity, and she also saw the trouble Cao Xing was currently facing.

At this moment, this Dark Elf woman seemed to have made up her mind.

"Clack clack clack!"

The two Centaurs galloped rapidly on all four hooves, dashing at high speed across the entire top floor of the castle.

They continuously dodged the Dark Witch's attacks, trying to get close enough to use their ejection hook claws to pull her down.

Knowing the threat posed by the Centaurs, the opponent continuously evaded and launched attacks to block their approach.

Just as it looked like the two Centaurs were about to be blasted away again,

a figure swiftly stepped onto the back of a Centaur.

Then, instantly accelerating, she leaped fiercely into mid-air!

That streak of black shadow reached the ultimate speed, instantly rushing right in front of the Dark Witch.

It was precisely Sarah!

At this moment, wielding the Silent Blade, Sarah was about to slash down at the Dark Witch with a single blow.

Yet the witch remained calm in the face of danger.

With a casual point of her finger, a pillar of black airflow instantly erupted!

Just as the attack was about to hit Sarah,

she suddenly noticed that the woman in front of her had vanished into thin air.

By the time the Dark Witch reacted, she suddenly felt a chill on her neck!

Without knowing when, Sarah had already appeared behind her.

Then, the Silent Blade slashed down fiercely!

[-3124]

[-4732!]

[-6793!]

[Coup de Grace]!

At the same time,

in an instant, Sarah triggered the effect of [Shadow Bloom] right on the spot.

"Bang!"

Following an explosive sound, a terrifying damage number appeared above the Dark Witch's head.

[-14649]

Suffering a sudden heavy blow, that figure in the air seemed to instantly lose its source of power,

and a streak of red shadow fell from the sky.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing laughed out loud.

"Sarah! Well done!"

"Braum, hurry over and control her!"

"Everyone else, charge up!"

Having received Cao Xing's order, everyone began to act.

Big guy Braum raised his large shield and strode as if flying!

Just as the Dark Witch crashed to the ground and hadn't yet had time to get up, he slammed the shield in his hand fiercely into the ground!

"Boom!"

Following a muffled impact sound,

glacier fissures spread outward.

The Dark Witch was frozen in place on the spot.

Overjoyed, Cao Xing quickly shouted, "Attack! Attack with all your might!"

In an instant, a series of attacks from everyone landed on top of the witch's head.

"Clatter!"

[-3014]

[-4513!]

[-4812!]

[-1732]

[-1395]

[-6731!]

[-5032]

…

After a wave of focused fire, this witch lost another sixty thousand health points.

At this time, nearly three seconds of Braum's crowd control duration had already passed.

This Dark Witch was about to break free from the frozen state.

Seeing this, Cao Xing immediately had Kantor throw a [Skull Crushing Throw].

"Bang!"

The blunt weapon hit the back of the witch's head, plunging her into a state of dizziness once again.

Next came the familiar crowd control chain segment.

Everyone engaged in a barrage of wild bombings.

Capture Net, Sacred Lock Ring, Root Entanglement, Ice Dragon Spear Break…

With a wave of heavy crowd control, Cao Xing directly shaved off over four hundred thousand health points from the witch!

From this, it was evident just how terrifying his current output was!

The moment she broke free, anger also appeared on the Dark Witch's face.

"A group of ants, get lost from this deity!"

The next moment,

a tyrannical dark aura erupted from within her body once more, directly blasting Assam, Braum, and the others back!

Just as she wanted to fly back up into mid-air,

she found that Assam and Rabb had also shot out two hook claws, directly dragging her body down!

Then, a giant beast radiating electric light all over its body suddenly leaped onto her head!

It was precisely Voli's skill — [Thunderous Descent]!

"Boom!"

Struck as if by lightning, the witch was pinned back down onto the ground as a wild barrage of attacks rained down!

After enduring a round of focused fire from Cao Xing and the others, her health dropped by another 300,000 points!

At this moment, from the start of the battle until now,

more than six minutes had already passed.

Meanwhile, the Dark Witch's HP had already been beaten down by 750,000 by them.

Nearly half!

After rapidly forcing Braun and the others back, the Dark Witch flew back up into mid-air with a gloomy expression on her face.

However, this time, the witch did not rush to make an attack.

She had also realized the threat posed by Cao Xing and the others.

Therefore, this woman said softly: "Bibi, come over here quickly."

It seemed she had heard her summons.

Outside this tower, something seemed to be approaching at high speed.

The next moment, everyone felt a vibration in the walls.

"Rumble!"

It was as if a terrifying creature was crawling up along the wall!

Then, through the window beside the tower, Cao Xing and the others saw a slender and massive eye!

It was precisely that black snake!

"Boom!"

The black snake violently drilled in, its massive body over forty meters long almost occupying everyone's field of vision.

"Go on, Bibi, swallow them!"

As the witch dropped a ball of dark power, the aura of this black snake surged drastically!

"Hiss!!"

The black snake rushed toward everyone like a speeding train!

And Cao Xing showed no fear whatsoever, directly saying, "Dabai, go knock that black snake down!"

Upon receiving Cao Xing's command, Dabai flicked its trunk.

Then, it charged directly forward!

It made direct contact with the black snake's massive body!

"Hiss, hiss!!"

The black snake's huge body instantly wrapped around Dabai's body.

It snapped out its snake head, seemingly wanting to take a bite out of Dabai!

However, as a Tier 4 leader-class creature as well, the Mammoth was not afraid of it at all.

The moment the black snake's head lunged forward, Dabai's trunk whipped out fiercely, sending the massive snake head flying with a loud 'bang'.

Then, it raised its front hooves and violently trampled down on the black snake's body.

Dabai's terrifying weight pressed down on it, causing the big snake's body to instantly arch.

Not only that, Dabai also used its sharp tusks to thrust fiercely upward.

"Puff! Puff!"

The tusks directly pierced through the big snake's thick scales.

Causing two terrifying piercing damage numbers.

[-4783]

[-7764!]

"Hiss!!!"

The black snake let out a painful hiss on the spot!

Seeing this scene, the witch frowned.

She raised her hand.

The next moment, the dark power across the entire top floor of the ancient castle began to surge.

Cao Xing keenly perceived the terror of this move.

"Everyone! Gather together!"

"Isabelle, prepare to use New Genesis Hymn!"

Assam and the others quickly approached and clustered together.

Meanwhile, a massive amount of black tide gushed out instantly from within the Dark Witch's body.

Like ocean waves, it instantly swept across the entire top floor of the ancient castle.

Everyone was impacted by the dark tide, and terrifying damage numbers appeared above their heads.

[-11553]

[-13912]

[-15432]

[-16332]

[-14331]

…

At this moment, everyone's HP plummeted drastically by a large chunk.

Including Cao Xing's HP, which directly dropped by half.

However, the move [Surging Black Tide] had as many as 6 stages of attack!

If they took it completely, probably only a few HP tanks among the people present could survive!

A sense of mortal crisis enveloped their entire bodies!

And right at this moment.

From amidst this endless black tide, a trace of sacred light suddenly appeared.

Isabelle's gentle voice, warm like the spring sun, sounded.

"Following the will of the gods… I bring the power of new genesis…"

The next moment, an incomparably dazzling holy light erupted from within her body.

It seemed to become the only redemption in this darkness!

And Cao Xing and the others all felt a powerful force of holy light pouring into their bodies!

+13270

+13270

+13270

+13270

…

Following the terrifying recovery numbers.

Their HP was almost restored to full!

Meanwhile, the second stage of the [Dark Surge] attack fell.

Everyone's HP dropped by another large chunk, and then right away, it was pulled back up by [New Genesis Hymn].

And they also understood why Cao Xing had asked everyone to gather.

The terrifying healing amount of [New Genesis Hymn] could just offset the AoE damage of [Surging Dark Tide].

Standing within the magic array, Rabb said excitedly: "Beast God above! My Lord is truly brilliant in strategy; if not for your command, Rabb might already be dead!"

Braum also praised: "Aha! My Lord's command ability is as outstanding as ever!"

Everyone successively expressed admiration for Cao Xing's adaptability.

Including the four Nightmare Archers, who likewise looked at Cao Xing with respectful gazes.

[Because you demonstrated excellent command ability, territory member: Meng Rita's loyalty has increased, current loyalty: 89]

[Because you…]

…

The loyalty of all four archers increased by a notch!

At this time, the Dark Witch's terrifying AoE skill was also nearing its end.

When the tide receded.

The Dark Witch saw that everyone was standing unharmed in place.

Along with Isabelle, whose entire body radiated dazzling holy light.

The witch frowned.

"The power of the Holy See? Truly troublesome!"

By now, they had roughly figured out each other's methods!

Next, it was time to test on-the-spot adaptability and endurance.

Cao Xing continuously issued commands.

Assam and the others were beaten back again and again, and charged back up, pulling themselves together each time.

And they racked their brains to knock the witch out of the air time and time again.

Finally, her HP was beaten down to below 500,000!

In other words, after fighting for about 14 minutes, they had worn down 1 million HP from this Dark Witch!

As for the black snake nearby, under Dabai's unilateral ravaging, it had long since given up fighting.

It began running around the entire top floor of the ancient castle, completely lacking any intention to fight Dabai again.

After running a few laps, it drilled straight through the original breach, escaping out of the ancient castle!

The Dark Witch flew in mid-air, unprecedented seriousness appearing in her eyes.

"You fellows all possess a strange power within your bodies."

"This power even grants you peerless recovery abilities; no matter how heavy the injury, you can recover as good as new in a short time."

The entity residing within the witch possessed an astonishing background and was certainly knowledgeable.

Thus, she was able to tell at a glance just how powerful the statuses attached to Cao Xing and the others were.

At this moment, the gaze she directed at Cao Xing was already filled with greed.

"If I can acquire this power, even if I face those six bitches, I will no longer be afraid of them!"

Yet Cao Xing said with relish: "Come over and be my underling, and I can bestow the same blessing upon you."

Upon hearing this, a slight smile appeared at the corner of the Dark Witch's mouth.

"Do you know who this seat is?"

"The moment this seat's name appears, all things in the world shall bow down in worship to this seat, and countless living beings will go mad for me!"

"You actually still harbor delusions of making this seat submit?"

After listening, Cao Xing laughed instead and said: "So what?"

"Even if you were an Ancient Dragon, you cannot display the corresponding strength right now."

"Therefore, you'd better honestly submit, and I won't beat you up."

The Dark Witch let out a cold snort.

"Such an arrogant human brat, you will pay the price for your audacity!"

With those words falling.

Like a kite, she instantly shot up into the high altitude.

Meanwhile, a massive amount of dark power was absorbed into her body.

The opponent seemed to be brewing some kind of terrifying move!

Judging from the Dark Witch's skill list, she had already used all of her moves more or less.

Only the final skill remained unused.

In other words, this was very likely her commander-class skill that she had never released before — Dark Forbidden Zone!

"Oh no, if this skill is used, all of our skills will be forced into cooldown and become unusable for 1 minute!"

However, the Dark Witch's spellcasting action was simply too fast.

In a flash of lightning and flint, Cao Xing made a swift decision!

"Everyone, release your most powerful skills!"

"Chu Chu, summon all the robots."

"Elisa, use Ice Burst Arrow!"

"Blot Brimstone, summon the Dark Mist Lord Iguvar!"

Hearing Cao Xing's command, everyone began releasing their strongest methods!

Including Cao Xing himself, who also cast the skill [Extreme Ice Bloom] on the spot.

The next moment, a formidable aura abruptly burst forth from the Dark Witch's body.

An invisible force swept across.

[You have been afflicted by the witch's commander-class skill: Dark Forbidden Zone, all skills are forcibly put on cooldown, and no skills can be used within one minute…]

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