Crack-crack~
As the two Destroyer Kings moved, the chains connecting their black battle scythes to the curved blades on their armor collided, creating a fine metallic friction sound.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord swung its thick, powerful tail. A black afterimage flashed, striking the foremost Destroyer King.
With a "bang!"
A heavy impact sounded.
Crack!
This Destroyer King blocked with its black battle scythe, but was still sent flying. The bloody blades on its seemingly sturdy full-body armor shattered over a large area!
Fragmented metal pieces scattered, only to dissipate into black mist mid-air!
Another Destroyer King rushed in front of the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord again, its scarlet eyes flashing, and swung its scythe.
"You insignificant insects!"
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's jaw split to its ears, revealing a row of spiraling, sharp, cold fangs. "Is this the confidence you have to betray me?!"
It raised its strong, powerful forelimbs and swiped a claw at the Destroyer King charging before it.
The dragon claw, covered in obsidian scales, tore through the air, colliding with the Destroyer King's scythe mid-air!
A blast of air erupted from their center.
It instantly dispersed more than half of the black mist continuously spewing from the Destroyer King. Tremendous power surged through the weapon.
The Destroyer King was sent flying uncontrollably.
However!
The distance it was sent flying this time was far less than the Destroyer King hit by the dragon tail earlier, and its damage was even less.
The reason for this situation
was that the "dragon tail" dealt blunt damage, which was more destructive to the undead and also had a certain knockback effect.
"These insects actually managed to summon undead monsters of this caliber."
"Their strength isn't that high, but their defense and resistances are unexpectedly formidable!"
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord thought to itself. The brief exchange of attacks had already allowed it to analyze some intelligence. It shook its broad dragon wings.
Its figure suddenly surged forward!
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's massive dragon claws opened, grabbing the repelled Destroyer King and lifting it to its front.
In terms of size.
The Destroyer King was more than three times larger than a normal human, but compared to the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord, there was no comparison.
Creak, creak—
The terrifying grip squeezed, causing the armor on the Destroyer King to emit the piercing screech of twisting metal.
"Roar!"
The Destroyer King struggled with all its might. The black mist spewing from its entire body became denser, even overflowing from the gaps between the thick fingers of the black dragon claws.
This ability would further enhance attack power.
The Destroyer King held its battle scythe high with both hands, exerting force to strike the joints of the dragon claws holding it!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The scythe blade repeatedly collided with the black scales, splashing dense sparks, but it was unable to break free.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord, holding the Destroyer King, swung its arm, blocking in front of its chest.
Boom! Boom!
Two pillars of crimson fire shot up, striking the Destroyer King that the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord was using as a shield.
These two spells.
were the Ninth Tier Magic "Crimson Nova" cast by the Elemental Skeleton.
The Destroyer King's special skill "Night of Demise" was already continuously reducing its own vitality. Coupled with the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's attack, and now being hit by two fire-attribute spells simultaneously.
It couldn't even struggle!
The Destroyer King instantly turned to ash and disappeared within the dragon claws.
"Pathetic. The means you took for granted were used to destroy you by the very power you summoned."
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's amber eyes looked down, its gaze filled with mockery. It retracted the dragon claw that had been holding the Destroyer King.
The black scales on the surface of the massive dragon claw had turned scorched black, constantly emitting hot steam. It was clearly suffering considerable damage.
On the outermost perimeter.
Tang Zheng observed the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord through the Heroic Spirit Soul. Seeing its action of retracting its claws, his eyes narrowed slightly.
"Crimson Nova is a Ninth Tier magic. Even high-level magic like this can deal effective damage to level 100 players."
"In YGGDRASIL, it's an effective means for level 100 Magic Caster players to combat opponents and bosses."
Tang Zheng now seemed to faintly perceive something peculiar about the opponent.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's behavior just now was somewhat strange. Using the Destroyer King as a shield was fine, but holding it as a shield was a bit improper.
This did not align with its "cautious" personality.
Because doing so would inevitably cause damage to itself!
And the current situation precisely proved this point, yet the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord appeared indifferent.
There were likely two possibilities for this situation.
One was that its magical attack power was limited, so there was no need to dodge.
Two was that it simply didn't care about the damage it received.
"I see."
Tang Zheng's gaze fell on the scorched marks on the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's injured dragon claw, leaning towards the second inference.
At this moment!
On the ground at the center of the battlefield.
The members of Abyss Body became agitated upon seeing the Destroyer King so easily destroyed.
That was a powerful undead that could only be summoned by Tenth Tier Magic!
Compared to legendary undead like "Death Knight" or "Soul-Eating Demon," the "Destroyer King" and "Elemental Skeleton," which reached the Divine Domain to be summoned, Death Knights and Soul-Eating Demons weren't even qualified to carry their shoes!
Yet such powerful existences.
Were so easily suppressed by the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord, even used as shields to resist the magic cast by the Elemental Skeleton.
With this fact laid bare!
Benjeri of Abyss and the others were clearly not foolish.
They naturally realized that whether it was the Destroyer King or the Elemental Skeleton, they were likely no match for the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord.
"Ah!"
The Death Rider let out a scream and fell from the Soul-Eating Demon, its aura rapidly weakening at a visible rate.
Its soul fire seemed to have suffered a severe blow, appearing completely incapable of action.
As one of the inner circle members, the Death Rider's combat power ranked among the top four of everyone present.
The most terrifying aspect.
was that its mount was the legendary undead Soul-Eating Demon, capable of easily destroying a city wherever it passed. Given enough time, it could even destroy a country.
Facing the sudden severe injury of this companion.
Benjeri of Abyss and the others clearly understood what was happening: it was a backlash from magic.
Any one of the four Destroyer Kings and the Elemental Skeleton possessed a power that even they couldn't contend with.
Even with the assistance of the "Magic Rise Ritual," the White Maiden could only control one with all her might.
The appearance of four Tenth Tier undead monsters.
was achieved through the application of Ten Thousand Army Withered Elder's magical execution methods and research technology, which could forcibly strip the opponent's control over summoned creatures.
Of course.
This powerful magical method required consideration of the strength gap between both sides and the opponent's ability to resist, and it wouldn't succeed easily.
However, if the opponent, as the summoner, voluntarily relinquished control.
It would be easier to sever the connection between the summoned creature and the caster, and seize the summoned creature!
The members of Abyss Body used this method, with four people controlling two Destroyer Kings and the Elemental Skeleton each!
But there was a price to pay.
Ultimately, they were not monsters summoned by themselves, so maintaining control required consuming more mana.
And once a forcibly seized summoned creature died, it would cause magical backlash damage to the controller!
In a certain sense.
Ten Thousand Army Withered Elder's technique was of the "chicken rib" type.
As for why they couldn't achieve one Tenth Tier monster per inner circle member.
Besides the White Maiden's limited mana, summoned creatures also had a certain duration of existence.
The members of Abyss Body needed to reserve some mana, and also calculate the appearance time of the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord.
To maintain the highest combat power within a limited time, controlling four Tenth Tier monsters was already their limit.
"Is it ready?!" Benjeri of Abyss, no longer caring about the severely injured Death Rider, roared with a hoarse voice.
"Damn Dragon Lord!"
"Our knowledge is not so easily taken."
The Wise Wolf, an undead in a wolf-like form, raised its thick forearm above its head and let out a piercing howl like a wolf's cry:
"Sacrifice Ritual - Moonlight Shadow!"
Whoosh—
Invisible crimson light instantly illuminated the prepared battlefield area. A large number of local undead all turned into pure negative energy and merged into the sacrifice ritual.
In an instant!
A blood-red crescent moon shadow appeared overhead.
Behold.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord was enveloped in a hazy halo. Its ability to absorb light and even alter the refractive angle of light within its black scales instantly vanished.
The next moment!
The colossal dragon figure, covered in sturdy black scales constructed like obsidian, was clearly exposed to everyone's sight.
The ability that obscured the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's full details by affecting light, which was initially visible at a glance, was completely lost!
"It's successful." The Wise Wolf's aura weakened, but its tone was exceptionally excited.
Seeing this scene.
Hope reignited in everyone's eyes. Almost simultaneously.
"Resistance weakened!"
"Weakened resistances!"
"Deafened!"
"Negative status effect enhancement!"
"Blinded!"
"Lower-tier strength reduction!"
"…!"
"Lower-tier agility reduction!"
In an instant, a dense barrage of debuff spells was hurled at the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord in the air.
Some of these spells were cast by Benjeri of Abyss and the others themselves, but more were released through magic items.
Having submitted to the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord for so long, most of the technology they had contributed had been utilized by the opponent. Naturally, they could deduce the methods to counter the techniques.
For example!
The ability on the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord that could affect vision and even distort light, while seeming like its innate ability, was actually a special magical defense.
It could not only affect detection magic but even resist negative status magic!
"My turn!"
The Yellow Phantom quickly pulled out a small wooden coffin. This was a magic item called "Casket of Wailing," with a carving of mournful ghosts on its surface.
This magic item was where the Yellow Phantom usually slept and rested, storing dense negative energy.
Crack!
The Yellow Phantom activated the magic item. The "Casket of Wailing" opened, and a strong beam of black energy shot up into the sky.
In the blink of an eye!
It was injected into the body of the Destroyer King that had been sent flying earlier, and the significant damage it had sustained was rapidly restored.
Benjeri of Abyss and the others also activated their respective magic items, and beams of colorful light enveloped the Destroyer King together.
"Roar."
The Destroyer King's size nearly doubled, and the dense black mist surrounding its body flickered. Various magical lights surged towards the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord once more.
The two Elemental Skeletons also continued to cast spells at the same time.
Everything proceeded smoothly.
However, the hearts of the Abyss Body members were exceptionally heavy. The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's strength had long surpassed their expectations.
Some of the means they had prepared were unusable.
Currently!
They could only place their hopes on the Destroyer King and the two Elemental Skeletons.
"Ants!"
"Is this all the strength you possess? With such weak power, you dare to betray the great and supreme Dragon Lord."
A flicker of disappointment and coldness flashed in the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's eyes. "As insects, you cannot comprehend the insurmountable gap between powers."
"Pay the price for your foolish actions!"
The reason it hadn't used its full power to eliminate these traitors from the start was to observe what trump cards the people of Abyss Body had prepared before daring to resist.
The result was deeply disappointing!
The power of the Destroyer King and the Elemental Skeletons had indeed exceeded its expectations, but only just.
At most, they were at a level worth being wary of.
This power piqued the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's interest, but it had no intention of letting these traitors go.
It would leave one behind to contribute this new knowledge.
"Die!"
"Corrosive Breath!"
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's jawbone rose like a blade. It opened its gaping maw and aimed at Benjeri of Abyss and the others below, spewing a wide, fan-shaped dark breath.
The ink-black energy breath descended like a falling dark cloud!
The breath's energy first enveloped the Destroyer King charging at the forefront. In almost an instant, the Destroyer King's entire body dissolved in mid-air as if melting!
Closely following!
The magical attacks released by the Elemental Skeletons also came into contact with this breath, and were similarly annihilated!
A terrifying scene.
It fell into the sight of Benjeri of Abyss and the others. An indescribable sense of death made their soul fires tremble, and an uncontrollable fear surged within them.
"Vampire Lady! And that Your Excellency!"
"It's your turn to act!!" Benjeri of Abyss, no longer caring about anything else, shouted in terror.
Tang Zheng's main body suddenly stood up from his spot, his eyes filled with shock. "Soul Extinguishing Breath… No, what is this?"
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