Inside the safe zone, countless onlookers stared blankly at Bai Qiu.
None of them had expected that such a terrifying monster would be killed so easily by that man.
The entire fight had lasted less than a minute!
Being able to kill a level-20 Dragonfang Monarch within a minute—even with the safe-zone barrier’s protection—was already incredibly strong!
At the same time, Zhang Shiyao had finished crafting the simple stretcher.
She looked at the surrounding people who were still watching coldly and shouted, “Where is everyone?! Someone come help me carry him inside! The potion shop owner might be able to treat him!”
The crowd stirred and muttered among themselves—none of it pleasant.
“Ah, this girl is just too kind. What a waste of so many potions.”
“Exactly. These idiots tried to act tough without the strength. Now look at them, scared so badly their balls must’ve shrunk.”
“Heh! I know him—he was bragging in the regional chat earlier. Tsk, tsk. Lucky him, he only lost a leg.”
They shouldn’t have been so coldhearted as bystanders, but these people had ignored warnings and insisted on going out, even mocking those who sought refuge in the safe zone.
Now that they were suffering, it was inevitable that some would kick them while they were down.
Still, there were a few kind souls among the crowd.
A thin, middle-aged man rushed out from among them, quickly coming to the side of the one-legged man.
Together with Zhang Shiyao, he lifted him onto the simple stretcher, then hurried toward the direction of the Black Tower of the Sanctuary.
Bai Qiu ignored the gossiping onlookers.
He once again pulled out the Blazing Staff and the Flame Orb.
Magic ignited—activate!
His mental power controlled the energy spilling out from the Flame Orb, gathering it onto the staff to accelerate the condensation of the Infernal Spear!
Originally, it took him 15 seconds to condense the Infernal Spear.
But after using Berserk, his weakened state doubled that time.
Now, with the Flame Orb pouring energy into him, the condensation speed was greatly increased.
At the tenth second, the Infernal Spear had re-formed.
Bai Qiu stepped forward and charged out—he had to move fast!
He had already spotted four cavalry-type Dragofang Monarchs only two hundred meters away!
He couldn’t let them regroup.
He needed to kill this one as quickly as possible!
“Look, he’s rushing out again!”
“Brothers, anyone got Noble Phantasm Skills? Let’s charge together!”
“Forget it. With my frail body, I’ll get slapped into paste with one hit. What’s the use of a Noble Phantasm?”
“For real. Don’t cause trouble—at least the big boss will thank you for staying put. Eh? You with the bow! What are you doing?! Don’t accidentally hit the big boss!”
The crowd chattered noisily.
In the end, more than ten Archer-class players with Noble Phantasm stepped forward.
They kept their eyes locked on the battle outside.
The moment Bai Qiu retreated into the safe zone, they would unleash their Noble Phantasm to focus-fire the Dragonfang Monarch!
As for melee classes, plenty of them still had their Noble Phantasm unused—but they had to dare to fight first.
Forget stepping out of the safe zone; even the nearly ten-level gap was enough to terrify all melee occupations into staying put.
The Dragonfang Monarch was clearly wary of Bai Qiu.
It retreated while condensing a fireball in its mouth and spitting it out to block his advance.
The flames had not yet dispersed when its wings suddenly swept toward the direction of the fireball’s explosion.
No matter whether Bai Qiu dodged left or right, it could predict his movement in advance and seriously injure him!
But the figure holding the Blazing Staff did not burst out from either side.
Instead, wrapped in flames, he leapt high into the air…
“Heh, I already saw through this kind of trick a few days ago!”
Bai Qiu sneered.
Watching the Dragonfang Monarch’s wings cross like blades beneath him, he drove the Infernal Spear straight toward its skull!
Magic surged!
“Roaarrr!”
The beast howled in pain and jerked its head, but before that, Bai Qiu had already kicked off its head, tossing the Blazing Staff aside as he retreated back into the safe-zone barrier.
Midair, he flipped backward and drew the Darksteel Longbow, landing firmly.
Three arrows had reappeared in his quiver.
He drew one.
Planting one end of the longbow against the ground, Bai Qiu knelt on one knee.
He briefly closed his eyes, then snapped them open—activating [Slow Motion]!
Instantly, the Dragonfang Monarch—its head skewered by the Infernal Spear—moved ten times slower.
Bai Qiu rapidly gathered the mana within and around him, forming a miniature vortex-like windfield.
The arrow’s enchantment hit full power—shoot!
“Whoosh!”
A faint-red mana arrow shot out of the safe zone, piercing directly into the wound created by the Infernal Spear!
“Pfft!”
The arrow buried itself more than twenty centimeters deep.
Immediately, another arrow followed!
The second arrow struck the first arrow’s tail directly—head, shaft, and fletching deforming under the overwhelming force.
The first arrow, which had already lost momentum after embedding twenty centimeters deep, was driven even further forward by the unstoppable impact!
“Pff! Crack!”
The arrow penetrated straight through the skull, and the mana inside exploded within the Dragonfang Monarch’s brain.
The monster stopped struggling and slowly collapsed, turning into white light as it died.
All of this happened in merely two seconds.
The players who had been chanting their Noble Phantasm were left dumbfounded.
This… was over already?
Good grief—he backflipped into the safe zone, pulled out a bow, shot the wounded spot, then shot the exact same spot again—and instantly killed it?
Whether he was “cheating” or not—they all knew the answer in their hearts.
Fortunately, the incoming Cavalry Monarchs gave the players a place to vent their frustration.
In an instant, a barrage of colorful Noble Phantasm shot out from the safe-zone barrier and struck the Cavalry Monarchs.
However, because of the level gap—and the fact that most of these people were only half-baked in their Noble Phantasm-skill proficiency—the damage they dealt was extremely limited.
It wasn’t completely useless; at least it made the originally aggressive Cavalry Monarchs stiffen for a moment… but that was it, and only for one of them.
You really couldn’t blame them.
The power of Noble Phantasm depended heavily on personal stats, and all their Noble Phantasm had been weakened to some degree since the first use.
On top of that, their stats were mostly between D and D+, so failing to break the monster’s defense was normal.
After all, even the flying-type Dragonfang Monarch had Endurance at C-, not to mention these Cavalry Monarchs whose Endurance had reached C-grade.
Dragonfang Monarch (Cavalry-type) Level 20 [Lord-class]
Strength: C
Magic: E
Endurance: C
Agility: C-
Skill 1: War Trample (Unable to view)
Skill 2: Piercing Lance (Unable to view)
Skill 3: Never-ending (Special Skill): The warhorse beneath the Cavalry Monarch will never stop moving. The Cavalry Monarch has infinite stamina!
“Four of them… and they’re ALL Lord-class!? Didn’t the announcement say only a few Lord-class monsters would be deployed? Why are they popping out like cabbages—six of them!?”
“We can only see their level and prefix! We can’t even see their stats!”
“Damn it!”
— The end of the Chapter–
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