Chapter 64: Underground

"What on earth is the background of that mage…?"

"When did Donghai City produce such a character?"

Zhang Chiming was inexplicably shocked. He had commanded the City Guard for over a dozen years and had seen countless Geniuses.

There were proud sons of heaven carefully cultivated by the Family, as well as battle maniacs who crawled out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood step by step.

But this kind of destructive power before him, this large-scale striking ability that could be called unsolvable, he had never heard of before.

"It's more than just that mage," the adjutant added.

"The person carrying him is also extraordinary."

"Look at his movement technique, shuttling through the midst of tens of thousands of troops as if walking on flat ground, moving as fast as a ghost image."

"These two people are both top-tier talents!"

Chairman Sun's stern voice interrupted their exclamation.

"Now is not the time to talk about this."

His gaze was like a torch as he swept across the battle situation below, his voice heavy.

"The top priority is to solve that BOSS controlling the vines."

"Although Hei Ming and Peng Cang have temporarily restrained the two behemoths, their strength is limited after all, and they cannot drag it out for too long."

"Once those two BOSSes break free and return to the battlefield, the battle situation will be dangerous."

Chairman Sun's words were like a basin of cold water, waking everyone up.

"Only by solving that vine BOSS and restoring the operation of the Magical Cannon will we have the opportunity to quickly resolve other threats."

Zhang Chiming nodded heavily, the worry on his face growing thicker.

He looked at the guild elites below in the beast tide who were separated, surrounded, and still fighting bloody battles.

The beast tide was boundless, with countless ferocious beasts.

Wanting to find a BOSS that deliberately hid among them was no different from finding a needle in a haystack.

That thing's intelligence far exceeded ordinary ferocious beasts, and it was even comparable to humans.

The battle on the city wall was still continuing.

"Ah—!"

A young City Guard soldier let out a miserable scream.

A dark green vine suddenly darted out from a crack in the wall, its front-end spikes like a viper's fangs, instantly piercing through his chest.

Fresh blood gushed out as his tall body fell powerlessly.

The comrade beside him split his eyes with anger, waving a long saber to hack wildly, but could only leave pale marks on the tough vines.

More vines spread up from underground. Like a pack of hyenas smelling blood, they crazily wrapped around the silenced Magical Cannon, making a teeth-aching "creak" sound.

The defensive light barrier shrouding the entire city, although still holding firm, clearly lost its initial brilliant luster and became much dimmer.

Zhang Chiming clenched his fists tightly, veins bulging.

"Damn it! Where is the Radiant Alliance of the Zhou Family?!"

"Why haven't they appeared yet?!"

He finally couldn't help cursing out loud.

The adjutant beside him said in a low voice: "Commander, the Radiant Alliance has always been like this. Every time there is a beast tide… they are always the last to arrive."

Zhang Chiming let out a cold snort, fury burning in his eyes.

"What time is it, and that group of old foxes from the Zhou Family are still playing tricks and schemes!"

"They want to use the hands of the beast tide to weaken the strength of other guilds so that they can dominate alone!"

"Pig brains! They don't even think about it, if Donghai City can't be defended, is there still the fucking Radiant Alliance?! Is there still his Zhou Family?!"

He turned his head and roared at the adjutant.

"Send someone to urge them again! Tell them that if they don't arrive within half an hour, after the battle, I'll personally lead people to the Zhou Family's mansion to settle the total account!"

On the other side, Chairman Sun also frowned slightly, asking his subordinates behind him in a low voice.

"That guy Luo Ming, why hasn't he come yet?"

The subordinate's expression was a bit awkward, his voice kept extremely low.

"Chairman… Brother Luo… he seems to have stayed in the nightclub all night, right now… he might still be drunk."

A flash of undisguised disgust crossed Chairman Sun's eyes.

"Go."

"Drag him out of bed for me."

"Just say I said it."

"Yes!" Not daring to say more, the subordinate immediately turned and left.

…

On the flank of the battlefield.

Zhou Huai, controlling Yasuo and Gandalf, was enjoying this gluttonous feast.

Without the direct threat of the BOSS, this place had simply become his personal monster-grinding paradise.

After several rounds of Forbidden Spells bombardment, the kill count on the quest panel had already broken through three thousand.

The golden lights of leveling up lit up one after another.

The Ranks of Yasuo and Gandalf both came to LV17, only a step away from level 18.

Just at this moment, Zhou Huai's gaze was attracted by a figure in the distant herd of beasts.

That was a sturdy man covered in blood. One of his arms had been severed at the shoulder, and fresh blood dyed half of his body red.

Yet he was still roaring, wielding a giant axe with his remaining left hand, fiercely hacking and slashing in the beast herd.

Behind him, a leopard-type ferocious beast that had been lurking for a long time pounced out silently, its sharp claws aiming straight for his heart.

"Seeking death."

Zhou Huai's mind stirred.

"[Lightning Rush]!"

Yasuo's figure instantly turned into a blue flash of lightning, appearing behind the sturdy man in a split second.

Puchi!

The long sword was unsheathed, precisely piercing the throat of that sneak-attacking ferocious beast.

Sensing the movement behind him, the sturdy man turned his head abruptly, first seeing the instantly killed ferocious beast, and then seeing Yasuo carrying the white-robed mage.

He froze for a moment, then panted and said: "Tha… Thank you, brother."

Yasuo's voice was cold, without a shred of emotion.

"You are too heavily injured, go back quickly."

But the sturdy man shook his head, splitting a tragic smile, his mouth full of blood foam.

"No… I can't leave."

"My quest… is not finished yet!"

Zhou Huai was somewhat surprised, controlling Yasuo to ask: "What quest?"

The sturdy man pointed at the tall city wall in the distance.

"The Magical Cannon… is entangled by a BOSS that can control vines."

"We must find it and slaughter it!"

"But that beast… hides too well! We searched for half a day and didn't even see a shadow!"

Zhou Huai suddenly came to a realization.

No wonder the Magical Cannon on the city wall hadn't responded for a long time; it turned out to be the handiwork of the BOSS.

He looked at the one-armed sturdy man before him, and then at the chaotic battlefield in the distance.

"Big Brother, leave this matter to me."

"You go back first."

Yasuo's voice was still calm, yet carried an inexplicable confidence.

"Attracting the BOSS is what I'm best at."

"I will lure it out."

"You…" The sturdy man wanted to say something more.

But Yasuo couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense anymore, stepping forward directly, grabbing his collar with one hand, and throwing him fiercely toward the outer periphery of the beast herd.

The sturdy man's massive body carved out a parabola in the air, landing dozens of meters away.

After finishing all this, Yasuo, carrying Gandalf, heavily toed off the ground, his figure leaping high into the air.

"[Forbidden Spell: Thousand Mile Ice Seal]!"

Gandalf's chanting sounded accordingly.

Extreme coldness spread out roaringly with him as the center, and within the fan-shaped area ahead, countless ferocious beasts were instantly frozen into ice sculptures.

A frost highway leading to the center of the beast tide was impressively formed.

Yasuo stepped onto the ice road, treading on the solidified heads of ferocious beasts, running wildly toward the deepest part of the beast tide.

Zhou Huai judged that since those Professionals had searched for so long without finding it, that cunning BOSS was most likely hidden in the absolute core position of the beast tide.

At this moment, those guild powerhouses struggling bitterly in the beast tide also immediately noticed the commotion here.

They were all battle-hardened veterans with acute combat instincts.

In fact, they had long judged that the target might be in the center of the beast tide, but suffering from insufficient strength, they simply couldn't kill their way in.

Now, seeing Gandalf forcefully carve out an ice road,

brilliant light instantly burst out in their eyes.

"Brother! Wait for us!"

"We'll cover you!"

"Damn it! Fight it out with them! Kill our way to the center!"

Dozens of figures roared, successively casting movement skills, jumping onto that frost highway, following behind Yasuo to escort him.

For a moment, tidal-like ranged attacks surged from all directions.

Fireballs, ice shards, poisonous arrows, wind blades…

The dense attacks almost completely obscured the sky.

"Light of Guardianship!"

"Wind Barrier!"

"Iron Wall Formation!"

The Professionals who followed showed off their divine abilities, propping up defensive skills one after another to completely neutralize all attacks.

Zhou Huai looked at the figures around him who were complete strangers yet fighting side by side with him at this moment.

An inexplicable emotion suddenly welled up in his heart.

Somewhat stirred, somewhat surging.

Is this… what it feels like to have someone fighting side by side with you?

Soon, under the escort of the crowd, Yasuo, carrying Gandalf, had already stepped onto the absolute center of the beast tide.

The attacks here were more than ten times denser than the periphery.

Gandalf hesitated no longer, directly releasing the strongest attack Forbidden Spell toward this area beneath his feet.

"[Forbidden Spell: Meteor Fire Rain]!"

Meteors burning with gloomy green Soul-Devouring Nether Flames fell from the sky.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The terrifying explosion completely turned this area into a vacuum zone of life.

Everyone looked closely, only to find the charred ground completely empty, without discovering the figure of any BOSS at all.

"How could this be?"

"Where on earth is that guy hiding?"

Just as everyone was in doubt and uncertainty.

Chi—!

A dark green vine, thicker than any previous time, suddenly pierced out from underground without warning!

Its target pointed straight at Gandalf!

The speed was extreme to the limit!

-27367!

An alarming damage number exploded roaringly on the Arcane Barrier on Gandalf's body surface!

The shield's light dimmed instantly.

On top of the city wall, Chairman Sun took in all of this, his expression ugly.

"So the main body is underground…"

"This is going to be troublesome."