Her pupils were as deep and profound as gemstones, but they were tinged with a bit of killing intent.
Swhoosh!
With only 10% HP left, I hastily crawled out of the ice wall, activated Heavenly River Transformation, and flew a dozen or so meters to the back. Then, I instantly restored 40% HP to myself with Tenacity of the Dead, Dragon Bloodboil and a Rank 13 Health Potion. I could already tell that Binglan was no longer the Binglan I used to know. The old her would never carry so much hatred in her eyes toward a human.
……
Crash…
The entire ice wall shattered suddenly, and a white battle garment swayed slightly to the wind. Binglan let out a quiet sigh, closed her eyes, then opened them once more to stare at my shoulder. “Why… is an evil undead who is close to becoming a god wearing the symbol of the human alliance?”
I stuttered, “I… er…”
Before I could explain anything, she appeared in front of me with her fingers fully outstretched and a faint but devious smile on her face. “It doesn’t matter. Today is the day you die!”
Whoosh!
Blue flames wreathed around her palm, and her powerful control over Domain prevented me from the slightest struggle. One second I was shivering from the unnatural cold of the environment, the next I was crashing toward the ground while scorching hot flames engulfed my body. Not even Cyan Dragon Scale was strong enough to withstand Binglan’s attack!
Bang…
My body shattered the ice beneath me and dragged a long line across the ground. My shoulders, elbows and face were all covered in blades. The impact hurt, and that one strike had dealt around 2.5 million HP. It didn’t even look like she was putting much effort into the attack at all!
Swhoosh swhoosh…
While Murong Mingyue and Moon Dew were healing me, Lin Yixin hurriedly blocked in front of me with her arms outstretched. She yelled, “Don’t kill him, teacher! He’s not a bad guy! Don’t you recognize me, teacher?”
A sheen of holy energy covered her Purple Spirit Sword. It was the symbol of a Dragon Speaker.
However, Binglan’s eyes were blood-red, and her hands were straightened like blades. “I feel like I’ve seen you before, but I must ask you to step aside. If you don’t, then I will kill you as well!”
……
Behind us, Sophie unsheathed her blade and declared, “There’s nothing else to say. Binglan’s consciousness has been corrupted by the Soul Stealing Fruit, so she cannot recognize anyone right now. Dammit! Did Mingyu succeed after all?”
Xue Wei drew an arrow and ordered, “Wind Spirit Archers of the Violet Empire, notch your arrows and prepare to shoot Binglan!”
Karinshan raised her Guardian Blade and yelled, “No! Binglan is the protector of Dragon Domain! She would never kill a human!”
Before she even finished her sentence, an astral wind erupted across the group of Wind Spirit Archers and killed them all. Floating in the sky, Binglan smiled dazzlingly and said, “You wish to kill me? Come try me then. It is about time my power awakened after 10,000 years of slumber!”
At the distance, Mingyu cackled maliciously, “Well done, my good daughter. Your awakening cannot be more timely. Once I’ve sacrificed you to the Great Saint, my path to obtaining the power of a Great Saint will finally be set in stone!”
……
His declarations confused us even more. No one understood what the heck Mingyu was truly planning.
Gui Guzi asked me, “What do we do now, Boss Broken Halberd?”
I waved my weapon once and said, “We leave Binglan to the NPCs and focus all our strength in taking out Mingyu the Deathly Abyss. He is the main cause of this disaster! Take him out, and Binglan may yet regain her kindness!”
“Alright! Dragonlight Cavalry, assemble!”
Gui Guzi shouted, and hundreds of Dragonlight Cavalry who just jumped down from the passage above healed themselves to full and prepared for battle. The Northern Alliance, Cyan Earth City, Frostsword City, Swallow Ear Canton and more were doing the same thing. Right now, no one was thinking about backstabbing one another because the boss was too powerful. Survival was everyone’s first priority.
Mingyu sneered while gripping his sword, Starlight. “You lowly humans think you can kill me? Dream on!”
Thud!
An arrow struck his head at the perfect moment and even stunned him for 1.9 seconds. It was none other than Beiming Xue’s Shock Arrow. What irony! Not to belittle Beiming, but who would’ve thought that a Divine Rank boss would be stunned by a mere player?
“Go!”
I rushed toward Mingyu and fired God Binding Art at his head. It missed, but the important thing was that the effort was made. Just like buying a lottery, it would be a jackpot if the skill took effect even once. Anyway, I stabbed Mingyu in the chest and used Purple Frost Concentration!
The moment Mingyu broke out of his stun, he let out an angry roar and whipped his weapon in my direction!
Bang!
1,726,633!
My Cyan Dragon Shield buzzed like a bee, and it took me five steps to finally steady myself. Beside me, Lin Yixin, He Yi and Gui Guzi activated their own Charge skills and got lucky yet again. This time, it was He Yi who successfully stunned Mingyu.
On the other side, Cyan Earth City’s players were launching their own furious assault. Breeze and Rain and God of War employed a hit-and-run tactic where they immediately backed off after they unleashed their strongest skills such as Inferno Sixtuple Slash, Blazing Slash and more. They also relied on their normal cavalrymen to sacrifice themselves and keep them alive. It wasn’t the most humane tactic in the world, but it certainly was the most scientific.
Mingyu let out a mad roar before spinning on his feet. A moment later, everyone within 10 yards of him except the absolute strongest players had been killed by his Starlight. The cyclone of energy was so powerful that even He Yi, Gui Guzi and Lin Yixin were driven back with less than 40% HP. Naturally, most other players fared worse than they did.
Thud thud thud…
Although Mingyu was powerful and practically unstoppable, our ranged players had formed a giant circle around him to blast away like no tomorrow. Since I had reduced his Defense with Purple Frost Concentration earlier, his HP began decreasing at a visible rate as well. In just 2 minutes, his HP had fallen to 97%. At this rate, it would only take us 60 minutes to kill him.
It was understandable. The mages were players like Luo River God of the Capital, Lian Xin, Stranger of Three Lifetimes, Shabby Castle and Lui Lok, the archers were players like Beiming Xue, October Rain and Nangong Lexi, and the frontliners were players like Breeze and Rain, God of War, Candlelight Shadow, Flowing Cloud, Vienna’s Sorrow, Li Chengfeng, Lin Yixin and more. Nearly all of the absolute best players in the entire world were gathered at this place. Naturally, not even the former king of Spirit of Grief was able to withstand their combined power.
……
Bang!
Suddenly, an explosion erupted from the right side of our formation. At least dozens of high-level mages were engulfed by a blast of fire and ice. The only survivor of the group was, ironically, the NPC Shadow Dancer Xue Wei. There was a terrible wound on her arm, and it looked like she was seriously injured.
Binglan didn’t end her life though. After turning around to punch Sophie’s blade and driving her backward with an astral blast, Binglan declared with a confident smile, “Taste my ancient war technique, princess of the Violet Empire! Ice Dragon Break!”
Swhoosh!
An ice dragon’s soul came to life and shattered Sophia’s energy shield. Not only that, it penetrated her shoulder and nailed her to an ice wall almost as if it had a life of its own. Blood dripping down her lips, the proud woman bowed her head in despair and whispered, “Why did it turn out like this… why did it turn out like this… where did we go wrong?”
Again, Binglan didn’t try to end Sophia’s life because a greater opponent was upon her!
“Break!”
It was Sophie firing a Purgatory Cross Slash at Binglan despite her wounds!
“Hoh?”
Binglan smiled wider and extended her hand in front of herself. “Ice Shield!”
Bang bang bang…
The Purgatory Cross Slash struck the shield at least a dozen of times, but it only managed to inflict a single crack on Binglan’s Ice Shield. It was hopeless.
……
Binglan abruptly knocked aside Sophie’s sword and landed a mighty kick on her stomach. A powerful shockwave spread throughout the cavern, and the black armor protecting Sophie’s abdomen crumbled away into dust. Not only did bloody cracks appear all across her stomach, the Purgatory Sovereign herself was launched into a ruin of ice and snow like a cannonball.
Binglan frowned a little as if she was thinking about something. Then, she gnashed her teeth together and cried out suddenly, “Stop fighting! If you submit to my father, Mingyu the Deathly Abyss now, none of you will suffer any damage! Otherwise, you will all die!”
Before she could finish, an ugly dragon’s head emerged suddenly out of thin air and snapped its jaws around Binglan’s shoulder. Blood instantly splashed against the goddess’s battle armor.
It was the Winged Silver Dragon! Finally, the bastard had shown up to help its master!
After the Winged Silver Dragon successfully ambushed Binglan, the Headless Knight Bloody Finger also showed up to thrust his sword at Binglan’s chest. However…
“Hmph…”
Binglan let out a soft snort before raising her palm like a blade. Then, she waved at Bloody Finger and caused a giant hole to appear at the center of his chest. Then, his entire upper body abruptly exploded into a fountain of blood. Who would’ve thought that the seemingly casual attack would contain this much power?
After Ovia the Bloody Finger was defeated, Binglan proceeded to punch the Winged Silver Dragon’s head while uttering, “Get off of me, stinky dragon!”
Bang!
The Winged Silver Dragon was sent crashing into a wall. It glanced in a certain direction before letting out a sorrowful wail, “Oh, that idiot’s soul has been crushed by Binglan, and I too am too wounded to fight anymore, my dear master…”
……
“Come…” Binglan said quietly.
Red battle garment swaying to the wind, Xinran slowly dropped down from the sky until she was suspended in front of Binglan. She watched the goddess with hostile eyes and declared, “You will not hurt big brother! I won’t allow you to kill him even if I must use up all of my power!”
Binglan said in an indifferent tone, “You are the Wind Singer whom even the Nine Purgatory Sovereigns cannot touch? I’ve long since known of your legend[1]. Come! Show me how strong you really are!”
1. E/N: How though? We knew she was awake and out of ice when she gave Lin Yixin her class, but still. ☜
