Chapter 123 - Saving Hiller’s Soldiers (4)
“Hiss——!!”
Followed by the hissing sound, the Wind Snake Lord lurked in the forest like a fish. Although the gas element precipitation potion had affected them to a certain degree, but it didn’t reach a lethal effect like it did to ordinary Wind Snakes. On the contrary, after they noticed the precipitation of the surrounding gas element, the Wind Snake Lords became furious and tossed their tails while roaring. In a blink of an eye, a huge tree was cut down and sent rolling toward the crowd. However, before it hit them, a fire dragon fell from the sky, transforming the tree into ashes.
Hiller held a giant sword and stood beside Rhode.
“What should I do?”
“Just focus on the attack.”
Rhode answered without hesitation and quickly signalled the crowd behind him.
The first one to move was Anne.
She leapt to the front of other mercenaries like a cheetah. Her step was very light, as if the heavy golden shield in her hand didn’t seem to exist. In the next moment, Anne stretched the shield on her hand and sharp blades emerged out and rotated around. But this time, she didn’t throw it out. Instead, she grabbed the handle and pulled it open. The intricate gold shield was divided into two layers, inside and outside. It suddenly slid to two sides, like a blooming flowers slowly stretching out its petals. The Rock Heart that was embedded in the center of the shield expanded and rotated rapidly. When everything was over, the shield in Anne’s hand already turned into a giant the size of a round dining table that could envelope two Annes.
After that, Anne crouched down and swung the shield with force.
It didn’t see that when Rhode was jumping, he threw something with his right hand. It could only see that Rhode’s figure flashed before him. Following its instinct, the Wind Snake Lord quickly chomped down and the feeling of blood and minced meat in its mouth made it feel joyous.
But this joy lasted less than half a minute.
An intense pain broke out in his mouth, and the intense air tore at its mouth and tongue. Currently, its teeth was breaking apart, and when it opened its mouth, the Wind Snake Lord was no longer as fierce as before. After being fatally injured, it began to desperately retreat, trying to escape the godforsaken place. Although an invisible force was still holding onto its body firmly, the force was still powerless in the face of survival instinct.
The Wind Snake Lord was retreating while using its natural force to create a wind barrier. The only thing it wanted to do now was to leave this place. Even it had forgotten that the sound that echoed in its brain couldn’t be easily ignored.
Precisely because of that, the Wind Snake Lord didn’t notice a small uplift on the ground that was aimed toward it and easily broke through the wind barrier toward the Wind Snake Lord.
When it finally realized the changing in the ground, it was already too late.
The sharp rock already pierced through the ground and penetrated through the Wind Snake Lord’s body like a skewer. The element opposition had reached its limit, and the Wind Snake Lord’s struggles and screams still wouldn’t change its fate. Its tail swept around and toppled the surrounding trees. Blood sprayed out from its wounds. Following the Wind Snake Lord’s intense movement, it left a trail of white smoke on the ground. A moment later, the exhausted Wind Snake Lord finally stopped moving. Its body was pierced just like that and it was no longer breathing.
“Sigh…”
Marlene was relieved. She put down her wand and immediately turned around to look at the other side.
The battle with the Wind Snake Lords was easier than they expected because Rhode and Hiller’s collaboration compensated for each other’s weaknesses. Rhode’s Starlight mercenary group was stronger in one-on-one combat, but weak in group combat, while Hiller’s Burning Blade mercenary group was exactly the opposite. Although among them, there was no one besides Hiller that was particularly outstanding in combat ability, neither of the two wished to face two Wind Snake Lords at the same time even if they were in a different environment. Rhode was worried about being overwhelmed by the opponent’s number because he only had a few people, and Hiller was afraid of collapsing because of his group’s weak average strength.
But now, the collaboration between the Starlight and Burning Blade mercenary groups made up for each other’s disadvantage. When Anne, Marlene, and Rhode joined, their strength could no longer could be contested by Level 25 Wind Snake Lords. On the other hand, the increase in the number of the mercenaries also made Lize’s group healing spell more useful. While Rhode was focused on attacking his target, Lize kept casting her spell so that the mercenaries facing the other Wind Snake Lord wouldn’t collapse. When Rhode assembled with the other mercenaries, the outcome of the battle was already tilted to the extreme.
The black-cloaked mage opened his eyes.
He knew what was going on. To the caster, the moment the soul connection broke off wasn’t just like seeing his first girlfriend embracing another rich man without hesitation, but also led to an unimaginable anger. However, as a powerful mage, he calmed down and gently stroked the Wind Snake Lord below him, expressionless.
He knew the reason why the Wind Snake Lords he sent lost. In a gas precipitation environment, they were unable to react effectively, which was very deadly to a Wind Snake Lord. Now, he had to wait.
He believed that a suitable time would soon come.