Chapter 52

This person had cherry blossom patterns embroidered on his clothes.

Lin Moyu had never heard of the Onmyoji profession.

Ning Yiyi said in a low voice, "I've heard this profession is very insidious."

Jiang Taotao said, "It really is, they have so many underhanded tricks."

The Onmyoji took out two talismans and threw them out, one to the left and one to the right.

The talismans exploded in mid-air, and two enormous phantoms instantly appeared.

As soon as the phantoms appeared, they dove from the sky toward the foot of the mountain.

Just like a Skeleton Warrior, they attracted all the monsters in the pool at the foot of the mountain.

The Qianlong Academy students who were retreating were quickly surrounded by the monsters.

They kept unleashing skills, attempting to break out.

There were simply too many monsters, and most were unable to break out of the encirclement.

Seeing they couldn't break through, white light began to emanate from their bodies, and they teleported away.

The quest stones everyone received before entering the island also functioned as teleportation stones.

They could use them to escape when in danger.

However, once they teleported away, their trial quest would end in failure.

Ning Yiyi said, "This is the Onmyoji's Shikigami skill; it's said they can summon ancient deities."

Miao Yu asked in a low voice, "Why would he do this?"

Jiang Taotao said, "He wants to stop us from going up the mountain."

Now, the foot of the mountain was packed with monsters, at least 200 of them in total.

And there were at least 100 more monsters on the mountain path.

Over 300 monsters in total had completely blocked the road up the mountain.

It would take at least several hours to clear them.

The Onmyoji sat on a Shikigami, floating in the air, laughing loudly, "You all can just stay here; the Dungeon belongs to my great Sakura Country."

After speaking, the Shikigami carried him away, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Despicable."

"The Onmyoji is a Legendary-tier profession; it seems Sakura Country has gone all out this time."

"By the time we finish clearing these monsters, it'll be too late."

"Plus, our teams are in disarray, and many people have already withdrawn from the trial."

"That's fine, we can reorganize once we reach the Dungeon."

"The problem now is how to get up there."

"How about someone makes a sacrifice and lures these monsters away?"

"Forget it, do you think we're 40th-level second-tier Professionals too? You don't know how dangerous it is to lure monsters."

"This isn't just ten or twenty monsters; this is hundreds of monsters."

"Let the Summoner go."

"Do you think a Summoner can do anything? They can lure a few, but hundreds of monsters? Are you joking?"

Jiang Taotao looked at Lin Moyu, "Can you do it?"

Lin Moyu nodded, and a Skeleton Warrior had already run over.

"Huh, a skeleton? An Undead-type summon."

"Whose summon is this?"

"What is it doing over there?"

"It's going to lure the monsters; it runs so fast."

The appearance of the Skeleton Warrior immediately drew the attention of the monster horde.

A large number of merman monsters shrieked and chased after the Skeleton Warrior.

In an instant, the number of merman monsters surrounding them dropped by a third.

Jiang Taotao sighed, "It's a pity, there are still so many left."

"Click, click."

Another Skeleton Warrior ran over.

"Two?" Jiang Taotao's eyes lit up; she hadn't expected Lin Moyu to have a second Skeleton Warrior.

There was hope.

The second Skeleton Warrior followed suit and lured away another batch of monsters.

The foot of the mountain was basically clear; now only the monsters on the path remained.

Even if these monsters were still there, it would be much faster to clear them than before.

"Well done."

"Nice work, brother."

"This brother is awesome; when the trial ends, I'll treat you to a drink."

"In the future, when you enter a Dungeon, I'll bring you along!"

Everyone was praising Lin Moyu.

Ning Yiyi smiled brilliantly; praising Lin Moyu seemed to make her even happier than being praised herself.

Only Ling Zhen had a livid expression, feeling as if he had eaten rat droppings.

At this moment, a third skeleton also appeared.

"There's actually a third one."

"We're set this time!"

Everyone was shouting excitedly.

"Prepare to head up the mountain," Lin Moyu said softly.

Jiang Taotao was already prepared, "Ready."

The third skeleton rushed up and lured the group of monsters on the mountain path down as well.

Jiang Taotao seized the opportunity and rushed up the mountain.

Seeing this, other teams immediately followed.

In fact, Lin Moyu didn't need to go through all this trouble; he could have completely used Corpse Explosion to clear these monsters instantly.

It was just because of Ling Zhen's presence.

Lin Moyu didn't want to let that guy take advantage.

Now that they were in a party, if he used Corpse Explosion, the experience would have to be split equally.

Why should he?

Having provoked him time and time again, even if Lin Moyu had a good temper, he wasn't that stupid.

If it were anywhere else, Ling Zhen would probably already be dead without a corpse.

Everyone ran quickly up the mountain.

It only took a few minutes to run to the top of the mountain, which was several hundred meters high.

They saw the Dungeon entrance.

On the other side of the mountain top, another group of people had just run up.

"Enter the Dungeon, don't let them get ahead."

The Qianlong Academy people shouted one after another.

Jiang Taotao also quickly rushed toward the Dungeon entrance.

"Huh?"

"How did they get up here?"

"Could it be that they can fly too?"

The Onmyoji from before was sitting on his Shikigami, standing in the void, with a strange expression on his face.

He had clearly lured so many monsters to block the road completely.

It should have taken at least several hours to clear these monsters.

By then, the Sakura Country team would have long finished the Dungeon and taken off.

He hadn't expected Qianlong Academy to get up the mountain so quickly; it exceeded his expectations.

Both sides rushed to the top of the mountain together, exchanged glances, and then simultaneously charged toward the Dungeon entrance.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Sharp arrows exploded in the air and fell like raindrops.

"Watch out, it's an Archer's Arrow Rain."

The Archers from Sakura Country suddenly launched an attack and cast their skills.

The Mages raised their shields.

The Knights deployed defensive skills.

Two skeletons appeared in front of Lin Moyu, blocking in front of him and Ning Yiyi.

"Dare to make a move? Beat the hell out of them!"

"Hit them hard, don't worry about giving me face!"

The Archers and Mages from Qianlong Academy also unleashed their skills one after another.

For a moment, arrows flew everywhere, and spells exploded chaotically…

Although they were only Professionals around level 20, their skills were still quite dazzling.

The Healers stood at the very back, continuously performing healing, and the Support quickly replenished their status effects.

Beams of healing light shot up into the sky.

The Knights joined the fray, clashing and attacking each other.

This encounter had no prior preparation, and there was no formation to speak of.

The scene became extremely chaotic.

The strength of both sides was not significantly different; neither could do anything to the other.

According to Lin Moyu, the strength on the Shenxia Empire side should be stronger.

Those who came out of Qianlong Academy were all elites among the Professionals.

Both their skills and equipment were very powerful.

Those who managed to come from Sakura Country were clearly also elites, but they were still a bit inferior compared to the Shenxia Empire.

The only problem was that the Onmyoji from before had lured the monsters, causing the Shenxia Empire's team to become incomplete, and their combat effectiveness had dropped significantly.

This was why the battle had become a stalemate, and victory was hard to determine.

Both sides fought fiercely, and neither could gain ownership of the Dungeon.

The Mages' mental energy was exhausted, and they began to consume mental potions.

The Archers' and Knights' skills also entered cooldown one after another.

The battle between the two sides was no longer as fierce as it had been before.

Slowly, they retreated, entering a state of truce.