Guan Shanhai pushed both hands forward, launching an ice ball and a fireball together, but he didn’t aim at the four Soul-Stealing Beasts for attack. Instead, he blasted the two spheres into the open space between the four Soul-Stealing Beasts.
The two differently colored spheres followed two arcs, colliding precisely in the open space.
Boom! The ice ball and fireball collided, instantly exploding into a sky full of white mist, rapidly spreading, covering the entire area in a dense fog.
Xiao Jie nodded slightly upon seeing this. Guan Shanhai’s observation of the world’s physical laws was indeed quite ticulous.
Guan Shanhai didn’t do this for nothing. Logically speaking, there are various spells in Immortal Law for summoning fog and obscuring vision.
However, in this Land of Withered Spirits, any spell effect using Spiritual Energy is weakened to the extre. An ordinary fog spell would likely be disintegrated by the withered spirit effect within a few seconds, causing the fog to dissipate.
Yet, Guan Shanhai’s move clearly exploited a loophole. Though the fireball and ice ball are created by a spell structure of spiritual energy, at the mont of collision, as the spiritual energy inside the two balls is detonated, what remains is simply the pure force of ice and fire.
The mist ford by the interaction of the two is closer to natural fog and is not easily dispersed by natural forces.
Seeing his teammate being so reliable, Xiao Jie also let go of his inner worries and, with That Sword’s Sorrow, kept a close watch on where the Boss might appear, leaving the managent of the four Soul-Stealing Beasts entirely to Guan Shanhai.
With the explosion and the spreading fog, the four Soul-Stealing Beasts imdiately reacted and lunged towards the broken wall where the three were hiding.
Instead of retreating, Guan Shanhai advanced, directly jumping out from behind the broken wall.
Amidst the fog, his figure suddenly multiplied into ten, forming a spectacle of silhouettes, with flashes of thunder and flying fireballs. Various spells shot towards the four Soul-Stealing Beasts. The power of these spells wasn’t significant, almost akin to ordinary Taoist spells, yet the commotion was quite colorful and lively, as if a squad of spellcasters were hidden in the fog.
The four Soul-Stealing Beasts, drawn by the grandeur of the spells, launched a frenzied assault on the silhouettes in the fog, wielding swords and chopping fiercely. In one encounter, they indeed chopped down quite a few.
Amidst the fog, it was unclear what exactly was happening, but by the feel of it, it certainly felt like human bodies.
Only when the Soul-Stealing Beasts charged past the "corpses," what was left behind were rely puppets molded from yellow mud, rely painted with human appearances and clothing. At first glance, it was hard to spot the flaw.
Yet, Guan Shanhai continued to summon these yellow mud puppets. One by one, human figures constructed of yellow mud were summoned, continuously appearing in the fog, drawing the fire away from the Soul-Stealing Beasts.
His calculation of the spell’s spiritual energy was precise. Since it was about drawing fire, there was no need to summon too strong a Puppet; they would fall in a single encounter anyway. Therefore, he summoned the weakest Yellow Mud Puppets, requiring very little mana expenditure.
Coupled with a large number of low-level spells, he could tie down the enemies with minimal consumption.
As Guan Shanhai single-handedly held off the four Soul-Stealing Beasts, a giant silhouette also erged in the open space.
Soul-Stealing Giant Beast (Immortal Hunter): Level 68 Elite. Life Value: 12500.
Seeing the monster’s na, Xiao Jie breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it’s just an Elite Monster without its own specific na. It probably isn’t too strong.
If it were a Boss, he’d really have little confidence since the strength of Bosses often varies greatly, who knows how strong they could be, whereas Elite Monsters are much safer, at most comparable to three to five Little Monsters.
"Xuan Ying—go!" Xiao Jie didn’t hesitate at all, sticking to the original plan, and sent out Xuan Ying.
The plan was for Xuan Ying to take the initial wave of damage, hold the Boss, creating an opportunity for the two to strike and finish it off, which was Xiao Jie’s idea.
Xuan Ying flew forward without hesitation, and the Soul-Stealing Giant Beast imdiately reacted. Its size was a whole circle larger than the average Soul-Stealing Beast, comparable to Xuan Ying.
Seeing a pitch-black beast lunging through the fog, the Soul-Stealing Giant Beast raised its weapons simultaneously to encounter it.
Boom, the two giant beasts crashed into each other, entangling in a fierce struggle. Xiao Jie intended to follow up imdiately. However, in the next second, Xiao Jie discovered he probably didn’t need to make a move.
The Soul-Stealing Beast’s weapons pierced into Xuan Ying, as if stabbing into a lump of asphalt mud, rendering no effect. Even if it pierced flesh, it would heal seamlessly in the blink of an eye.
In contrast, Xuan Ying’s writhing tendrils shot forth from its back, like dozens of spiritual snakes, instantly attacking within the Soul-Stealing Giant Beast’s spear defense. The knives, swords, and spears it held couldn’t block these black tendrils at all, which struck accurately.
Poof! Poof! Poof! These seemingly soft tendrils turned incomparably hard and sharp the mont they hit, the tips of the tendrils piercing the Soul-Stealing Giant Beast’s body, creating more than a dozen holes.
The Soul-Stealing Giant Beast’s grotesque human face twisted fiercely, emitting a scream unlike any human sound. The arms brandishing weapons on both sides launched even more frenetic attacks, stabbing and hacking at Xuan Ying’s body wildly. Not only that, but its Withered Spirit Domain instantly increased and spread, with an area of continuous decay and disintegration appearing on the ground surrounding it.
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