Pillar of Yita

This discovery made him even more suspicious—

Moreover, Fang Hong also found that the ’Bloodstained Raven’ personnel did not carry a Magic Guided Reactor. Was a magical ritual without Ether Magic Power truly meaningful? He could only think of one possibility—Divine Strength, which also fit the identity of the opponent’s Priest.

However, he couldn’t see clearly the Holy Emblems the two were wearing, nor did he know exactly which faction of Priests they belonged to.

Xiangzi, who was nearby, could not hold back any longer and repeatedly gestured, asking him, ”Should we make a move?” Fang Hong shook his head, signaling him to be patient, as his suspicion had not yet been confirmed. To be honest, he was already entangled with the Dragon Worship Sect and naturally did not want to miss any trace of the opponent.

After a moment, it seemed like the opponent had finally completed the spell.

At that moment, Fang Hong slightly widened his eyes and saw a wisp of black smoke rising from the ground beneath those people’s feet, forming a cluster of blurred humanoid shapes.

But it was only for a moment, the dust fully matured into shape, transforming into the familiar figure they knew, with sharp teeth and claws, and a long tail.

”Ah, it’s Wuu Wuu—” Xiangzi couldn’t help but exclaim, but fortunately, Fang Hong was prepared and quickly covered his mouth. The adolescent’s eyes were wide as he whispered, ”You knew beforehand?”

Fang Hong then nodded, and he believed that Tainaric had probably also thought of this; otherwise, the opponent wouldn’t have asked him that question before. Indeed, at this time, a message from Parker came through the team’s channel:

”Shall we act?”

Fang Hong believed this question was suggested by the Lizardman Prince, and he replied, ”Wait a bit longer.”

Xiangzi pulled his hand away with a disdainful spit, then asked with confusion, ”Why wait?”

”Just keep watching,” Fang Hong answered.

The ’Bloodstained Raven’ members summoned about seventeen or eighteen of those monsters in one breath, making Xiangzi gasp in shock, having personally experienced how troublesome these creatures were. Not to mention seventeen or eighteen, even seven or eight could have torn him to pieces.

”What the hell is this? Summoning skills? Can Priests be so overpowered?” he couldn’t help but lower his voice and ask, ”Isn’t this too unbalanced? Should I switch to a Priest, are there any requirements?”

”Shut up,” Fang Hong replied irritably: ”Just watch, why do you talk so much?”

Perhaps slightly shaken by Fang Hong’s premonition, for once the youth did not retort but just nodded.

After the seventeen or eighteen Shadow Beasts had formed, they immediately attacked the nearby Purple Mushroom Lord under their master’s command. The Purple Mushroom Lord, a kind of living fungal spore nest, is not an individual creature but rather a mobile spore mother nest, with little combat ability except for swinging its fungal filaments to scatter poison mist.

Fighting such a creature, the real trouble comes from the biological community associated with it. The Purple Mushroom Lord serves as a residence for these creatures, and naturally, attacking the residence enrages them.

The first to appear were a type of Thorn Spirits, subterranean Thorn Spirits. These thin, dried-up plant creatures seemed like a moving bush, extremely agile. They prefer to cohabit and migrate with massive plant life forms; underground, large fungal lords are their best choice.

These small beings are very low level, easily defeated, but they are numerous, and once they besiege, they pose a significant threat to characters under level ten. However, the combat power of the Shadow Beasts clearly surpassed the ten-level standard by a lot, and their immunity to physical attacks made them thrive in the onslaught.

These seventeen or eighteen smoke-formed monsters almost breezed through the Thorn Spirit swarm and met another species under the rule of the Purple Mushroom Lord—more precisely, the real masters of this spore nest, the Purple Mushroom People.

The Purple Mushroom People were much more troublesome than the Thorn Spirits, especially since many of them were natural Elementalists and Druids—experts in earth and plant magic, and in large numbers, a barrage of attacks halved the number of Shadow Beasts considerably.

Seeing this, Fang Hong had already spotted the weakness of these Shadow Beasts; they seemed to lack substantial cognitive abilities, and their way of fighting was to charge forward relentlessly.

He couldn’t help but glance back at Xiangzi, who nodded at him, indicating that he had also grasped this point. But as he looked at Fang Hong, his gaze held a hint of admiration, now understanding why the latter had been waiting here.

At this moment, the ’Bloodstained Raven’ summoned a second batch of sixteen Shadow Beasts, and from the opponent’s demeanor, this spell appeared to be capable of being continuously cast. If this continued, even the Purple Mushroom Lord could not hold out.

Xiangzi couldn’t help but feel a bit anxious; with too many of those creatures around, not to mention the Purple Mushroom Lord, they would have to flee in disarray.

He cast an inquiring look at Fang Hong.

But after Fang Hong glanced at the team channel—dead silent—he shook his head with composure, ”Don’t worry, just keep watching.” He watched the actions of those people, suddenly realizing a problem, among those backup members of the ’Bloodstained Raven,’ there were two priests, two warriors protecting them, and a Nightingale.

But they had no Magic Guided Conductor.

Sure enough, as the battle reached its midpoint, when the Shadow Beasts became more numerous and came closer to the main body of the Purple Mushroom Lord, leaving more and more wounds on that mountain-like maternal nest. The latter suddenly roared furiously, expanding its canopy, swinging its tentacles, and scattering clusters of purple clouds in every direction.

Those were Deadly Spores.

Fang Hong had long known that fungal creatures all had this feature and had informed the other team members, so without his reminder, the Magic Guided Wand in Xiangzi’s hand flashed, already propping up a force field wall, blocking all the purple dust outside.

As for Parker and the Lizardman Prince, Fang Hong believed they would have already retreated before the Purple Mushroom Lord went berserk. He had explained to them several times the signs of a fungal creature’s berserk phase, and Tainaric, as an excellent warrior, wouldn’t lack this alertness.

And looking again in the direction of the ’Bloodstained Raven,’ just as he expected, they had to rely on the priests to chant the Purification Spell.

That was indeed a method.

But unfortunately, the Purification Spell required casting time.

How could Fang Hong give them that chance? He stretched out his hand forward, and from the darkness flew a bright golden light, hitting right on the helmet of the priest in front. Caught off guard, the latter reeled back, and the spell was immediately interrupted.

While everyone was still not reacting, Fang Hong then controlled the Clockwork Fairy to fly towards another priest, but the adversary, worthy of being a reserve member of the corps, resisted Fang Hong’s disturbance despite the Clockwork Fairy losing its element of surprise and managed to chant out the spell.

In the midst of a fluctuating chant, a green light enveloped the priest himself, the warrior beside him, and the Nightingale, dispelling the pervasive poison fog. But the other priest and the warrior beside him weren’t so lucky; their complexions quickly turned to a sickly purple, as if choking, they opened their mouths wide, gasping for air.

But in just a moment, their faces sprouted a disgusting array of pimples and dust and they fell to the ground, next second transforming into white light.

As soon as the two died, the Shadow Beasts in front of them were instantly annihilated, disappearing more than half.

Seeing this scene, Xiangzi couldn’t help but gape, speechless for a long time. He then realized what opportunity Fang Hong was waiting for; these Shadow Beasts, just like real summoned creatures, were sent back to the Ether Plane once the summoner died.

Of course, he dared not confirm whether these smoke-like monsters were indeed Ether creatures.

While he was still dazed, Fang Hong had already grabbed his collar and pushed him forward, shouting, ”What are you waiting for? Go deal with that remaining priest!” Before his words fell, a spear from the darkness flew through the air, directly targeting the remaining priest of the ’Bloodstained Raven.’

But the adversary’s warrior reacted remarkably, stepping forward with a shield to block it, and after a deafening noise, the shield broke and the man was dead. The adversary was flung away, pinned by Tainaric’s Double-Headed Spear against a giant rock behind, dead beyond dead.

This sudden change was clearly beyond the adversary’s expectation, but they didn’t waste any time or check the status of their teammate; both simultaneously took out a potion and drank it down.

In an instant, both of them disappeared from sight.

”Invisibility Potion!”

Fang Hong raised an eyebrow, gaining a new understanding of the extravagance of the Grand Guild.

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