Chapter 371: Snatching Monsters? Slaying Zhuo Mas Claw! (7000)

Therefore, Cao Xing said directly: "Isabelle, Muxue, you don't need to fight anymore, just cast a few healing skills from time to time."

"Victoria, release the Nen Guard to protect our soldiers."

Hearing this, the three women immediately followed suit.

Isabelle raised her staff and began casting Anthem of Rebirth and Chains of Holy Light!

A powerful aura of life continuously surged from her body!

Just looking at it made one feel that the healing ability of this skill must be terrifyingly powerful.

On the other side, Liu Muxue continuously cast Purification, and with her formidable combat awareness, she blocked a large number of Ice Nest Monsters!

Powerful healing skills landed one after another, brimming with intense vitality.

On the other side, Victoria also raised the Nen Guard, blocking a massive amount of damage.

Relieved expressions appeared in the eyes of the surrounding Survivors.

"I see. No wonder the survival ability of these soldiers is so formidable when Great Lord Cao Xing's team has so many entities with healing skills!"

"Yeah, did you guys see that person's barrier? I calculated that it blocked at least hundreds of thousands of damage. This support skill is too overpowered!"

"If our legion had such a powerful support hero, I'd dare to cross-level challenge these Ice Nest armies too!"

Survivors were filled with envy, knowing full well how much help a powerful support hero is to a team.

Clearly, Cao Xing had more than one.

As time passed, more and more Survivor legions arrived near Cao Xing.

They also learned that Cao Xing was single-handedly dealing with an entire Ice Nest Monster legion.

Among them, there was even a powerful assassin soloing that "Zhuo Mas Claw" with twenty million HP!

Upon learning this news…

Not only Bolco, who was ranked second, but even Bai Zhi, who had surged to third, and Wei Jianyi, ranked fifth, felt a sense of sudden realization in their hearts.

Bai Zhi's face remained frosty, but her eyes carried a complex look as she murmured: "Is the gap really this big?"

Bolco gritted his teeth, "That's impossible! Those are tens of thousands of Ice Nest Monsters, and they are Ice Nest Monsters whose HP has been multiplied several times, plus a Tier 4 Commander!"

"How powerful must he be to deal with so many monsters?! This is simply impossible!"

On the other side, Wei Jianyi also exclaimed: "As expected of the number one in prosperity ranking! This strength is truly out of reach!"

"I wonder how strong I need to become to challenge you!"

Cao Xing was unaware of these guys' discussion about him.

Instead, looking at his continuously rising points, a joyful expression of harvest appeared on his face.

"Not bad, not bad. Over six thousand points in half an hour, and half of the monsters are still left."

"If this Ice Nest Monster legion is completely wiped out, there will be at least over ten thousand points."

"I can go back and exchange for a dozen Cloud Kingdom Swordsman Recruitment Scrolls, or directly exchange for over a hundred Imperial Soldier Recruitment Scrolls, causing the territory's population to skyrocket drastically."

Thinking of this, his mood became even better.

Of course, given Cao Xing's talent, he would definitely take the elite route next.

Quality matters more than quantity for troops.

It's best to exchange points for some high-tier troops.

Then, through his talent bonus, they would directly usher in a qualitative change!

"The rewards of this challenge are really quite good."

However, killing these Ice Nest Monsters was just like before.

Only dropping Ice Dragon Marks and Ice Dragon Horns, as well as the dragon rock ore dropped by boss monsters.

Unlike killing wild monsters outside, which would drop items like Heart of Power and souls.

Time slowly passed…

Nearly forty minutes after the battle began…

Nearly 80% of the Ice Nest Monsters here had been cleared out by Cao Xing!

And his personal points had officially broken ten thousand.

As for the top ten on the leaderboard, besides Cao Xing, everyone else's momentum of climbing suddenly slowed down.

Up until now, the second place hadn't even broken three thousand points.

This was because the outbreak in the previous few hours had exhausted their trump cards, and some of their powerful skills had already been used.

The soldiers also suffered considerable battle losses and now needed to withdraw from combat to regroup and recuperate.

After all, not everyone possessed the strength like Cao Xing to directly sweep away the Ice Nest Monster army in one wave.

More people had to attack wave after wave, waiting for the cooldown of certain powerful skills.

This was also the reason why each district only had ten thousand "Zhuo Mas Claw".

Because a quantity of ten thousand was already enough, and whether they could be completely cleared out remained unknown.

Fortunately, the afternoon's Zorma Behemoth would appear even without eliminating all "Zhuo Mas Claw".

After so long, more and more Survivors had joined the battle.

Across all four major districts, there were a total of 930,000 Survivors.

Counting their combat personnel, breaking through one hundred million was simple.

As long as they were properly commanded, a legion of two to three thousand people could charge into this level of Ice Nest army.

The Survivors were fighting with all their might to kill more Ice Nest Monsters!

After all, those were all points!

As long as they worked hard and accumulated a hundred-person legion, even if they were just entry-level troops, their territory's strength would receive a massive boost!

Therefore, everyone was pushing hard to sprint, and the chat channel became much quieter.

Meanwhile…

Cao Xing's battlefield was nearing its end.

Sarah, who was continuously engaging "Zhuo Mas Claw", had worn away twenty million HP of this guy through these forty-plus minutes of combat!

If it weren't for this little Ice Dragon repeatedly erupting with various skills, forcing Sarah to jump down from its body, along with various skills recovering HP…

It probably would have been taken down by her alone already!

But even so, Zhuo Mas Claw's HP was not looking good.

Only the last two million or so remained.

With such high HP, even a hundred-person Survivor squad would take quite a bit of time to grind it to death.

And if Sarah burst out with full force, she could take it down directly in three to four minutes!

Several batches of watching Survivors came and went around the area.

Those who left naturally seized the time to look for other Ice Nest Monster legions.

As for those who still stood in place, they also had other thoughts in mind.

They naturally saw the ravaged Zhuo Mas Claw.

"This assassin's combat awareness is too astonishing. Hasn't she gotten tired after fighting for so long?"

Hearing this, everyone also felt incredulous.

That assassin had been fighting at high intensity continuously for over forty minutes.

This kind of combat awareness and endurance far exceeded imagination.

Just at this moment, the Survivor who had previously said he wanted to go down and leech some points suddenly whispered.

"Commander, that little Ice Dragon seems to have only the last 10% of its HP left? Do you think we have a chance…"

Hearing this, the commander shook his head directly.

"Don't think about it, there's no chance."

"The rewards of taking down a commander are astonishing, but if it offends him as a result, the losses will outweigh the gains."

Next to him, the young man rolled his eyes around a few times and then continued:

"Commander, I heard those people on the chat channel say that this person has a pretty good temper, and many people survived because they received his help."

"And I've never heard of him bullying ordinary Survivors."

"Besides, by now, he's already earned close to ten thousand points. We're just snatching a monster, he shouldn't be that petty, right?"

Hearing this, the commander was still somewhat hesitant.

This person continued to persuade: "Commander, that's a Level 40 Commander!"

"If we snatch it into our hands, we can definitely earn a lot!"

"Besides, this Dragon Challenge was originally public to begin with. For him to hog all the benefits by himself is really a bit unreasonable."

Hearing this, the middle-aged man was also somewhat shaken.

He said hesitatingly: "Then… let's go over and take a look."

Hearing this, the surrounding Survivors chimed in: "Then let's go over and take a look."

Although these people feared Cao Xing's strength, a low-health Zhuo Mas Claw still made their hearts flutter.

And the young man who had been instigating nearby also showed joy on his face.

Then, this middle-aged man led a group of Survivors, slowly approaching the ice surface of the Anuo River.

Cao Xing naturally noticed these Survivors gradually walking towards him.

He didn't say much, but directly raised his staff, and an ice wall fell in front of this group of Survivors.

These people's expressions suddenly startled!

That middle-aged commander quickly said: "Cao… Great Lord Cao Xing… We have no malice, we are here to help you."

And Cao Xing said indifferently: "Not needed. The battle here is almost over, you guys go somewhere else yourselves."

Hearing this, that group of Survivors all stood in place, no one daring to move.

Just at this moment, the Survivor who had incited his commander to come over and snatch monsters stepped out and said: "Cao Xing, this kind of Ice Nest Monster legion was originally meant by the system for all of us to challenge together!"

"Isn't it a bit unreasonable for you to swallow it all by yourself?"

"We can't even come over and farm a few ordinary monsters? Do you really treat these Ice Nest Monster legions as your personal property?"

Cao Xing glanced at him indifferently.

This person instantly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave!

But he still gritted his teeth against the fear in his heart and stood in place.

"Did I say anything wrong?"

"It's too domineering for you to monopolize an entire Ice Nest Monster legion all by yourself!"

"We've been keeping recordings the whole time, you better step aside, otherwise we'll post the video on the forum and let everyone know what kind of person you are!"

Hearing this, an expression of looking at an idiot appeared on Cao Xing's face.

Behind him, an arrow struck at extreme speed.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of breaking through the air rang out!

This arrow carried a sonic boom tearing through the air!

Fast! Too fast!

There was simply no chance to dodge at all!

It directly hit the center of this Survivor's eyebrows, then fiercely pierced through!

"Puff!"

[-21554!]

Critical Hit + Vital Strike + Headshot Bonus.

Directly killing this Survivor in one arrow.

This person's corpse directly collapsed limply.

Until his death, his eyes were still filled with disbelief!

Seeing this scene, the remaining Survivors stiffened all over!

A fear of death enveloped them.

They completely didn't expect that Cao Xing would strike the moment he spoke.

And Cao Xing only said indifferently: "If you want to deal with these Ice Nest Monsters, suit yourselves."

"But seeing that my side is almost cleared out, you jump out at this time—everyone knows what you're planning in your hearts."

If these people had participated in the battle from the very beginning, Cao Xing wouldn't have said anything.

But the current situation was that they had already cleared out almost all the Ice Nest Monsters, and that Level 40 Commander was also down to low health.

Now that they came over, it was obviously with the intention of snatching monsters.

Although Cao Xing wouldn't use his power to bully these ordinary Survivors, not just anyone could come and take a share of the pie from him.

"In addition, if you want to post the video on the forum, go ahead."

"Xiao, draw a boundary. If anyone dares to cross the boundary by a single step, kill without mercy!"

After speaking, he directly removed the ice wall.

On the other side, Xiao leaped directly into the air, the long sword in her hand carrying invisible sword Qi, fiercely slashing down!

"Swish!"

On the snowfield in front of them, a crack over a hundred meters long suddenly appeared!

The mighty momentum carried by this sword strike felt as if it could cut an elephant into two halves!

It was enough to instantly kill all of them!

This move could be said to have completely shocked these Survivors.

They stood frozen in place, utterly daring not to cross the red line by even a single step.

They looked at each other.

That commander sighed and said: "Let's go. Although this big shot is relatively easygoing, he's not a fool."

"Fortunately, he didn't make a move against us…"

The other Survivors also rejoiced endlessly.

In the situation just now, as long as this person wanted to, all of them would have been instantly killed by Cao Xing's subordinates.

Being able to stand here alive now could be said to have snatched back their lives.

The Survivors exclaimed: "Indeed, fortunately Great Lord Cao Xing didn't vent his anger on us."

"Damn it, I almost got screwed over by this kid Sun Chuan!"

They silently retreated, not even caring about the corpse of that Survivor on the ground.

As for what he said about posting the video on the forum to threaten Cao Xing, these people didn't even dare to think about it!

On the battlefield below, under Sarah's continuous ravaging, that Zhuo Mas Claw's HP had dropped below one million!

"Rooar—"

The small Ice Dragon's sky-shaking roars rang out continuously.

However, its roars had no effect.

The decreasing number of surrounding Ice Nest Monsters was enough to explain everything.

At this moment, Cao Xing also placed his gaze on this small Ice Dragon.

[Zhuo Mas Claw]

[Race: Ice Nest Monster]

[Level: Level 40 (Tier 4 Commander-level Creature)]

[HP: 947,100 / 23,470,000]

[Attack Power: 5524 ~ 5891]

[Armor: 1321 ~ 1451 (Extra +1000)]

[Skill: Frost Breath (Zhuo Mas Claw exhales extreme cold dragon breath towards a forward fan-shaped area, dealing 178% frost damage to enemies and slowing them.]

Enemies hit by the dragon breath have their movement speed significantly reduced by 10% for 10 seconds.

If enemies are continuously hit by the dragon breath during the slow effect, the slow effect will stack, and there is a certain chance to be frozen. Cooldown: 60 seconds)

[Dragon Claw Raid (Zhuo Mas Claw rushes towards enemies at an extremely fast speed, dealing 157% damage to enemies within range. After hitting an enemy, Zhuo Mas Claw gains a 20% speed boost. Cooldown: 80 seconds)]

[Ice Scale Shield (Zhuo Mas Claw's armor increases by 1000 points, and after activating this skill, it additionally gains a shield with 3 million durability and 30% damage reduction. After the shield is shattered, it releases a frost shockwave around it, dealing damage to enemies and slowing them. Cooldown: 3 minutes)]

[Frost Domain (Zhuo Mas Claw releases the power of frost, creating a frost domain in a designated area. Enemies inside the domain continuously take frost damage and have their agility reduced by 1000 points.)]

Zhuo Mas Claw gains a 20% attribute bonus inside the frost domain, with increased attack and defense power, and health recovery speed accelerated by 15%. Cooldown: 4 minutes)

[Frigid Rainstorm (Zhuo Mas Claw flies into the air, condensing a massive amount of ice power, and drops a large number of icicles, dealing 56% AoE damage to enemies within a 1000-meter range below for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 10 minutes)]

(Note: This skill is affected by the Lord System, and the damage coefficient has been lowered.)

[Commander-level Skill: Return of the Ice Soul (After Zhuo Mas Claw's HP drops to zero, it enters an ice soul state, condensing a thick frost shell all over its body. This shell has 5 million durability. If it is not shattered in time, after 180 seconds, Zhuo Mas Claw will respawn with full health. Cooldown: 24 hours)]

[Talent: Ice Nest Domain (Increases the movement speed of all Ice Nest Monsters by 30%, and after exiting combat status, they all recover 1% of their health per second)]

[Talent 2: Dragon's Majesty (Abnormal status resistance increased by 30%)]

(Note: This talent is affected by the Lord System, and the values have been lowered.)

…

After reading the attributes of this little Ice Dragon, Cao Xing also narrowed his eyes.

The other skills were easy to talk about, nothing more than the attack range of that Frigid Rainstorm being a bit outrageous.

The most troublesome one was naturally its commander-level skill—Return of the Ice Soul.

This thing actually gave Zhuo Mas Claw a chance to revive with full health!

Of course, there was a way to make this skill fail, and that was to shatter its shield within the specified time.

"A shield with 5 million durability, which means I need to deal 5 million output within 180 seconds?"

Originally wanting to let Sarah directly solve this little Ice Dragon, Cao Xing changed his mind at this moment.

He quickly commanded: "Sarah, continue dragging it out, stop attacking."

"Wait until we spare our forces, then nuke it down in one wave!"

Hearing the order, Sarah also quickly changed her tactics.

Instead, she used her flexible footwork to continuously leap across the ice surface, attracting Zhuo Mas Claw to chase wildly behind her!

Not only Cao Xing's team, but also the other Survivor legions who started fighting an hour early.

At this time, they had also almost cleared out the surrounding Ice Nest Monsters and started confronting this commander-level Ice Dragon head-on!

As there were fewer and fewer enemies, the battle actually became much simpler.

After all, the challenge of the Ice Dragon's second phase tested the team coordination ability of the Survivors.

As long as they could withstand the initial monster group's impact, the rest was a time of endurance test.

As for Cao Xing's side, it also took 55 minutes to completely clear out all the surrounding Ice Nest Monsters.

During this period, his level increased by 1 level, officially reaching level 44, and Liu Muxue's level was the same.

Including everyone else, they all rose by about 1 level.

Among them, the highest level was Sarah, who had reached an astonishing level 48.

Only the last two levels were missing before she could transform towards a Tier 6 Master!

Cao Xing had two Master-level Heart of Power in his backpack, which were prepared for Sarah!

That is to say, it wouldn't be long before he possessed a Master-level Assassin!

Meanwhile, all over the ice surface were Ice Dragon Marks and Glacier Shards dropped after the death of those Ice Nest Monsters, as well as some dragon rock ores.

A rough glance showed at least one hundred thousand of them.

Cao Xing praised: "Not bad, compared to dealing with those ordinary Ice Nests before, the drop rate is much higher."

"Before, dealing with tens of thousands of Ice Nest Monsters might not even drop ten thousand Ice Dragon Marks."

"This time, the drop rate can be said to have increased by more than ten times."

But this was also a normal matter.

After all, this time, the monster level and strength in the Ice Nest Monster army were far beyond comparison with the monsters in the previous challenge.

In a minute or two, the last Ice Nest Monster on the ice fell under the warriors' blades.

Cao Xing scanned the surroundings of the battlefield.

He found that those onlookers among the Survivors had all been scared away after he decisively nuked that blind fellow.

The remaining few were also peeping from a very far distance.

He was happy to have some leisure.

In the blink of an eye, only the last low-health 'Zhuo Mas Claw' was left on the field.

The next moment, Cao Xing shouted: "Entire army assemble, surround this Zhuo Mas Claw."

As the words fell, more than a hundred people swarmed toward the center of the battlefield in a grand manner.

Then, they closed in toward that little Ice Dragon!

"Hisss—"

Zhuo Mas Claw let out a sharp hiss, rushing towards the main force at extreme speed!

The instantly erupted speed was like a train charging at full speed.

The target was precisely Assam riding a Frost Wolf, and the Ascalon Warriors legion behind him!

Dragon Claw Raid!

Looking at the massive shadow pouncing over, Assam's expression was calm, ready at any time to take it head-on.

Just at this moment, a shirtless muscular giant jumped out.

"Knight Assam, I've come to protect you, haha!"

As the words fell, Braum directly entered the Ice Giant form, his figure starting to grow rapidly in height.

The moment Zhuo Mas Claw struck, he raised his shield and fiercely charged forward.

"Bang! Crack!"

That aggressive Zhuo Mas Claw, like a high-speed train running at full speed, suddenly hit some kind of obstacle, directly stagnating and being fixed in place.

The huge impact burst out from the shield, directly like an exploded bomb, blowing up a patch of cobweb cracks on the ice beneath Braum's feet.

The surrounding soldiers also couldn't help retreating a dozen steps.

Seeing this scene, the Survivors secretly watching from far away gasped!

Someone could actually rely on physical strength to withstand the dragon's impact head-on without retreating a single step.

Is this something a human can do?

At this moment, Braum, after stopping Zhuo Mas Claw, blew his walrus mustache and smiled proudly: "Knight Assam, how is my strength? Is it comparable to a dragon?"

The knight just smiled.

Meanwhile, Zhuo Mas Claw, which crashed into the shield, shook its head, seeming a bit dizzy.

But its pupils remained icy cold.

Just as it wanted to flap its wings and fly up again,

Sarah directly threw out the [Deterrent Dagger] and accurately hit it, delaying its mobility!

And the earth-type mage beside had already condensed a large amount of Flying Stone Magic, smashing onto the little Ice Dragon's massive body.

After such a round of ravaging,

Zhuo Mas Claw's HP had now dropped to 500,000!

Seeing a group of wolf-like and tiger-like existences surrounding it, the little Ice Dragon's pupils began to flash with cold light.

Monsters like this didn't have fear or other emotions.

Their purpose of existence was to wipe out all enemies.

It directly activated the skill [Ice Scale Shield].

A shield with as much as 3 million durability appeared on its body.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing had no fluctuations.

Directly commanded: "Focus fire, take down this little Ice Dragon!"

"Remember to save skills, they will be useful later."

Hearing this, all the warriors rushed up one after another.

Those Dragon Blood Warriors rushed the fastest!

Back then, it was these Zhuo Mas Claws, leading a large number of Ice Nest Monsters, that destroyed their home.

Now it could be said that enemies meeting each other were extremely red-eyed!

"Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!"

More than thirty long spears, plus a giant axe, struck like a violent storm!

Although Commander Bo Jie's hatred was surging in his heart, he still remembered Cao Xing's instructions!

"Use basic attacks to break Zhuo Mas Claw's shield first!"

Hearing the order, these Dragon Blood Warriors fiercely approached, then used Dragon Spear Thrust and jumped into mid-air!

"Bang! Crack!"

Meanwhile, those Nightmare Court archers all pulled back their bowstrings.

Dense arrows shot into the air.

3 million durability, under the firepower output of so many people, seemed completely useless.

It took less than a minute or so.

The shield on Zhuo Mas Claw's body exploded.

Moreover, everyone's attacks still didn't stop in the slightest.

Dense arrows, mixed with the Flying Stone Magic of those earth-type mages, as well as the magic attacks of Cao Xing and the others.

Zhuo Mas Claw was enduring massive amounts of attacks every second.

The remaining hundreds of thousands of HP were also dropping chunk by chunk at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing that Zhuo Mas Claw only had the last 30,000 HP left,

at this moment, Bjorn activated the commander-level skill—Sunset Afterglow.

His entire strength surged by a huge margin!

He leaped into mid-air and heavily slashed down at Zhuo Mas Claw's head with the giant axe in his hand.

"Bang!"

[-31774]

Following the terrifying damage number, Zhuo Mas Claw's HP dropped to zero, and then it let out a miserable scream!

"Hisss—"

The massive dragon body crashed onto the thick ice surface, making a dull impact sound.

However, it didn't die. Instead, its whole body rapidly formed a layer of ice crystal shell, transforming into a huge ice sculpture!

Moreover, a blue progress bar appeared above its head.

That was its Ice Soul state durability value.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing directly commanded: "Burst, nuke it down!"

Hearing this, everyone immediately threw out all kinds of burst skills blindly.

"Whoosh! Clatter!"

The blue progress bar on top of Zhuo Mas Claw's head began to plummet at a terrifying speed!

This was the output capability of more than a hundred people, dealing at least hundreds of thousands of damage per second.

Furthermore, Zhuo Mas Claw was still in an immobilized state, acting as a living target.

The 5 million durability only supported it for 50 seconds before hitting rock bottom directly.

Then with a 'bang', it exploded directly!

[Successfully killed 'Zhuo Mas Claw' Lv40, Tier 4 Commander-level creature, gained EXP: 20000]

[Obtained: Ice Dragon Core (Orange) * 1]

[Obtained Points: 1000]

[Obtained gold point: 1]

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