The spirits swooped down from above the burning Heath Tower of Black, like missiles tracing arcs through the sky.
The first to et the enemy was Annan.
His eyes shone as if filled with starlight—this was the manifestation of the "Brilliant Sword" skill during its charging phase.
In this state, with a damage reduction buff of over one-third, Annan was undeniably a powerful defender.
First would be... the Frost Sword Technique!
With the "Will" attribute enhancing his sword technique, it only truly unleashed its power after Annan reached the silver rank.
Pure white frost traces spread along Annan’s blade.
Without a second thought, he slashed at the sky, producing a frosty, semi-transparent, arc-shaped sword aura.
About thirty ters from Annan, the sword aura’s power began to diminish and its form started to dissipate and expand.
But even diluted, the essence of frost was completely irresistible to these spirits, at most of silver rank.
Approximately thirty spirits diving down were frozen into ice by Annan’s single strike.
They transitioned rapidly from their translucent, ethereal state to visible ice sculptures, which then shattered on their own.
A gap about twenty ters long and three ters wide beca distinctly visible within the ranks of the spirit legion.
But the spirits showed no fear whatsoever.
Paying the price in comrades, they continued to press toward the players.
At this distance, Annan could lash out two or three more strikes.
Each ti he used the Frost Sword Technique, it would temporarily increase all his frost damage by 10% and reduce his resistance to frost damage by 10%. Considering many of Annan’s skills could also harm himself and his attacks completely overflowed with damage against these spirits... he could at most deliver five strikes here.
Moreover, once the lee began, Annan couldn’t use AoE attacks behind the group of players.
Fortunately, at this mont, the players did not slow Annan down.
They were far more organized than Annan had imagined.
"Start the ritual!"
The Delicious Goose, like Lin Yiyi following close behind Annan, raised his sword to cover the flanks, shouting back to the other players.
"Understood!"
The Wandering Child imdiately responded.
This was the tactic they had discussed offline before—this was, strictly speaking, their first true battle.
The Delicious Goose had posted rituals he knew on the forum in the form of photos and drawings, allowing players to directly copy the rituals without mastering the skill.
And the child had the ability to manipulate the terrain at will.
In individual combat, terrain factors only served to interfere and disrupt, and if used clumsily in group combat, these walls might even block teammates... the child knew this all too well.
But what if he used these walls to construct an altar?
Layers of earthen walls rose from the ground, drawing a perfect circle on the surface.
Four players, agile in their movents, quickly moved to the five corners of the altar, forming a pentagram with the Delicious Goose. As the players lit Frankincense, herbs, incense, dried rose petals, and Thy in sequence, five flas fell upon the earthen walls. At the center of the circle, the child struck the ground with his weapon and loudly chanted, "This is the burial ground of all beings—"
The five flas surged at once.
A faint glow of light began to converge from the five flas towards their neighbors... within two or three seconds, a grey stream of light enveloped the circle.
A hemispherical grey barrier of illusion rose up.
The spirits scread in pain as they passed through the barrier—it seed to slow their movents slightly.
But more importantly, a light greyish-white color stained the weapons of all the players.
It was reminiscent of the color of bones and li.
"Prince Annan, let’s take a defensive stance first!"
"Delicious Wind Goose imdiately said to Annan, "The Soul Pacification ritual can suppress the speed of the undead!"
"Okay."
Annan nodded solemnly, "Then I’ll take on the task of drawing the enemy’s attention."
He recognized it, this was the Soul Pacification ritual from the Old Bone Crone.
Within a circle, multiple different incenses were burned and placed on the circle, and then a single strike to the ground in the center was made, invoking the na "Old Bone." This would bestow the ability of Soul Pacification to everyone within the circle for an hour.
——Which was the ability to attack spiritual bodies with regular weapons.
The "Soul Pacification" from Old Bone Crone and Mr. Radiance’s "Purification" were the two most effective powers against spiritual bodies.
...But Annan had never considered that a child’s terrain alteration abilities could be applied in such a way.
"You’ve been a big help, Uncle Kid!"
Jiu’er shouted loudly as she swung her axe into her own stomach.
After her health sharply dropped by half, her Curse Binding beca red-hot and fully activated.
Following the second wave of players entering the ga, the three players who had also chosen to class-change into Berserkers imdiately utilized various self-harming thods to activate their own Curse Bindings and rushed to the front lines of the battlefield.
Their attacks were highly effective.
The weapons used by Berserkers were almost all pole arms — only these kinds of weapons could fully unleash their strength attribute.
This made their assaults extrely efficient.
The weapons, imbued with the power of "Soul Pacification," felt quite peculiar when striking the undead... to put it into words, it was like hitting a cushion or airbag that was filled with air or cotton, with an extra tough outer layer.
It was like the inflatable arches at the entrances of shopping centers.
The Berserkers, using just a bit more force, could send the spiritual bodies flying outright.
On the other hand, the Hunters and Rogues were even more efficient in combat.
The most troubleso aspect of these spiritual bodies was that they couldn’t be touched physically.
Any contact with a spiritual body would leave a purple bruise on one’s skin from the negative energy and allow the opponent to absorb a significant portion of health.
But aside from that, the combat thods of these spiritual bodies were extrely dull.
Even the spiritual bodies with ranged attack thods would stupidly fly right up to players’ faces before starting their casting — spiritual bodies cannot use Divine Arts or foreign abilities, and only those who were Wizards in life could continue to use spells after death... and they could only use spells based on Order Mana.
This was because the flesh that carried the chaotic mana was gone... It was like how a demon’s aberrations are always physical, not of the soul.
Mages would get in your face to cast spells, rather than kiting at the edge of their casting range.
The players were all too familiar with this situation.
It was apparent that the Spirit Hosting Monks currently did not have the energy to micro-manage them.
——Obviously, this was F2A tactics.
Delicious Wind Goose couldn’t help but complain, "This style of play reminds irresistibly of a familiar man..."
While speaking, he raised his round shield to block an attack, then counterattacked with a sword slash, wounding the spiritual body that was approaching Annan from behind.
On the other side, Lin Yiyi was spinning her long staff at a rapid pace, able to make four attacks in a second and knock away four spiritual bodies — for enemies that flew away upon being hit, her weapon was extrely comfortable to use, almost pressure-free except when dealing with mages casting in her face.
Both of them flanked Annan, one on the left and one on the right, slowly advancing clockwise within the barrier, with Annan as the main offensive force, instantly annihilating all spiritual bodies they encountered.
The few Silver Baron Priests, having shed their heavy armor, held a bag of coins in the left hand and clenched a large number of silver coins in the right, quickly moving about the battlefield to restore the combat strength of injured players and prevent breaches.
The player "Defu," who had the highest shooting accuracy, stood with the child in the very center of the circle, vigilantly watching for spiritual bodies with casting abilities, precisely interrupting their spells with her shots. Defu, with her chocolate body, completely subrged herself in the shadows, nimbly hiding under the players, helping those who ignored their backs to instantly slay any spiritual bodies attempting to ambush them.
Although it was their first cooperation, the players exhibited an unusual level of coordination.
Annan even realized... his resurrection ability turned out to be superfluous.
Ten minutes after the engagent began — until the formation stabilized.
Not a single death occurred.
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