Chapter 272: Chapter 269: All Hope Rests on You!

Railway took a second to steady himself. His eyes showed a look of humiliation and anger as the longsword thrust out again.

This time, a phantom of a Giant Bear appeared on the surface of Railway’s body and fused with him! His momentum surged.

[Giant Bear’s Heart: Hero level accessory. Attributes: +5 Power; Additional Skill Giant Bear Power: Increases own power determination value by (25) points, lasts 30 seconds. Cooldown time 12 hours.]

[Giant Bear’s Heart +4 Special Effect: Lasting Power: Extends the duration of Giant Bear Power to 60 seconds.]

[Giant Bear’s Heart +7 Special Effect: Bear King Transformation: Activating Giant Bear Power allows simultaneous summoning of the Earth Bear’s phantom merging, granting an extra 500 shield points and 20 power! Bear King Transformation cooldown is 3 natural days.]

However, this thrust did not hit Bai Pu.

Thud, thud thud!

Three consecutive Fighting Qi Crossbow Arrows shot from the side, accurately striking the wide side of Railway’s sword, skewing its blade, and it almost scraped past the edge of Bai Pu’s armor.

Blood Spider was evading Heart Sword’s pursuit, and amidst the chaos, supported with a triple-shot skill.

“Don’t get distracted,” Bai Pu frowned slightly. He still had an Unstable Shield, so taking that sword would have been no problem.

However, Blood Spider paid the price for this support; Heart Sword slashed down with a snake-shaped fiery line, flying like a dragon and engulfing Blood Spider in flames, sending him tumbling backward.

Heart Sword chased swiftly, already pondering a plan for a hit20 chain attack to take down Blood Spider—in the Blood River Territory, he couldn’t catch up to Blood Spider, being led around like a dog, holding a belly full of frustration.

Yet, a huge threat came from the side!

A low thundering cannon bombardment sounded, Heart Sword caught a glimpse of, with his peripheral vision, a terrifying blood-colored Sword Qi tearing through the air.

The intensity was so strong that as the Sword Qi flew close to the ground, the residual force plowed a deep trench on the ground.

This was a 2.5 intensity Pengliu Island Boundary Land!

You can imagine what a terrifying sight it would be in a 1.1 intensity real world.

Heart Sword forcibly halted his steps. The blood-colored Sword Qi’s flying speed was extremely fast and the distance too close, he had no time to dodge, only managing to activate an equipment-attached damage absorption shield for himself while striking out a sword to deflect.

With a boom, Heart Sword was sent flying, the spinning White Bone Shield on his body surface shattered.

He rolled once and got up, his heart lingering with fear. Just now, the blood-colored Sword Qi shattered both the White Bone Shield and the equipment-attached shield, and applied a shock damage slow effect on him.

The slow effect had a priority of 8 points, added with the stacking slow from Blood River Territory! Losing the control resistance effect of the White Bone Shield, Heart Sword suddenly stumbled, a dignified Level 6 Hero, yet moving slow as a turtle.

“Handled it appropriately, managed to avoid critical damage.”

Heart Sword swung his sword to deflect the incoming arrows from Blood Spider, bitterly smiling within. Now, he definitely couldn’t compete with Blood Spider; within the Blood River Territory, unable to use dash skills with a priority of less than 8 points, he couldn’t even catch up.

With the speed drastically reduced, he couldn’t dodge the crossbow arrows coming from Blood Spider, only deflect. Defense against constant attack was bound to fail eventually, he could drop most crossbow arrows, but still some would penetrate through the sword net defense.

Above Heart Sword’s head, a green spore phantom rose and exploded, transforming into green mist that merged into his body.

Immediately Heart Sword felt lighter, the effects of Blood River Territory and the shock slow were partly weakened, and the “Rapid Movement” skill attached to the golden equipment [Wind-Stepping Boots] was usable!

Heart Sword promptly used all acceleration skills, charging straight towards Blood Spider.

But he knew, the sacrifice of Parasitic Spores had limited duration. The recovery time for life is 5 seconds, the priority +1 lasts longer, but still only 30 seconds, no one knows how long the embryonic domain skill of the opponent’s Tank Gangxin can last!

“Everything rests on you now! Captain, Mandarins!”

Of course, Railway realized this.

The team was now at a complete disadvantage.

Heart Sword had the help of the Parasitic Spores, but still couldn’t catch up with Blood Spider, his pursuit only made Blood Spider less leisurely in shooting arrows. Once the acceleration time ended, he’d surely be kited to death by Blood Spider.

The sniper Eagle Eye’s bullets were eaten by Gangxin without any mercy. Gangxin didn’t seem to be seriously injured, showing a ridiculously long blood bar, unaffected by several sniper shots.

The only advantage was the War Axe, who was suppressing two opponents alone, and even early on took down that Enhanced Elite whose Fighting Qi was exhausted.

However, Xuan Pin had already successfully opened the Gate of Nature.

One by one, Giant Wolves, and Crows emerged from inside, starting to aid battlefields everywhere!

At the end of the Gate of Nature, a slender figure, about two to three meters tall, looking half-human half-horse, appeared, struggling to squeeze through the Gate of Nature—clearly a powerful Leader Creature!

“All this is because of my misjudgment of Gangxin!”

Railway took a breath, feeling some regret.

He initially thought Gangxin had a short awakening time and unstable foundation, relying only on strong attributes and priority to suppress others.

So his strategy was to engage in a righteous two-on-one with support, neutralizing Gangxin’s advantage, while activating the acid corrosion effect of the Acidic Venom Gland of the Thorny Snake, attached to this golden ornament, to slowly wear down Gangxin.

All this was based on his Combat Specialization being at least two levels higher than Bai Pu’s.

However, Bai Pu’s primary Combat Specializations—Fighting, Two-Handed Swordsmanship were also Advanced Level 6, even with his!

This meant he couldn’t exploit a technical advantage, couldn’t frequently land debuffs, instead being driven to reveal openings under the opponent’s formidable power!

“I admit your strength, but I also have my trump card… Bear King Transformation! This is my ultimate move prepared for the elimination round, let you experience it first!”

Railway was well-equipped, his power value was already high, close to 60, with a power determination value added by Combat Specialization + Equipment Enhancement of 20 points.

After activating the Giant Bear Power skill, his power value temporarily surged close to 80, and the total power determination exceeded 120!

Boom, boom boom!

Railway and Bai Pu’s sword and shield clashed, like two Giant Beasts from the Wilderness Area colliding head-on! The ground of the island seemed to tremble, while the inner circle of the beach showed rippling waves spreading back to the sea surface.

Under Railway’s protection, Mandarins finally had time to prepare. She chanted several obscure syllables and suddenly raised her hands.

Clusters of spiky grass shoots emerged from the ground, quickly twisting and growing, about to send everyone within a large area soaring!

Clearly, Mandarins did not hesitate to use this indiscriminate big move to interrupt Xuan Pin’s casting, preventing the appearance of that powerful Leader Level natural partner!

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