Whoooosh…
The raging winds whipped up rain mist, relentlessly ravaging the land.
Small trees that weren’t sturdy enough and poorly secured billboards were blown away by the gale.
Even large, dense, and sturdy trees were gradually uprooted and toppled as the storm intensified!
Broken branches and leaves were swept toward the center of the storm.
At this moment, most of the players in Zone 2225 had already rushed into buildings to take shelter.
After all, the Sanctuary couldn’t spare energy to block things like weeds, shrubs, and debris.
But a small portion still found suitable positions, fully geared up and lying flat on the ground, continuing their livestreams—just to witness this new battle!
And those who managed to hold on were often rewarded with likes and even tips from people in other zones.
After all, the scene was simply too spectacular.
The storm shattered the clouds in the sky, turning them into torrential rain pouring down upon the earth, only to be further torn apart by the violent winds into finer and finer rain mist…
As a result, even from within the safe zone, it was difficult for people to clearly see Bai Qiu and Gilshak.
They could only vaguely make out buildings collapsing one after another during their battle.
Occasionally, black blade energy shooting into the sky, and dark-red meteors raining down were the only clues they had to analyze what was happening.
“Damn! Why did the weather suddenly turn this bad? Who caused this?”
Players far from the battlefield couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Most likely Boss Bai Qiu or that dark skeleton. After all, the storm is centered around the two of them—only Safe Zones 2223 to 2228 are affected.”
Others pieced together earlier chat messages to analyze the source of the storm.
“I seriously admire that they can still keep fighting. I just got blown over by the wind and ended up face-first in a female player’s chest! This storm is terrifying!”
“You totally did that on purpose, didn’t you?!” ×N
The cross-zone chat channel was buzzing with activity, and the battle between Bai Qiu and Gilshak was just as intense!
With the storm’s boost, Bai Qiu could not only fly, but his attack speed increased by over 30%, and the power of his arrows was also enhanced by more than 30%!
As for Gilshak, it was constantly hindered by the storm—its attacks repeatedly disrupted, and all sorts of random objects kept inexplicably flying into it…
Billboards, tree trunks, trash cans, inflatable dolls, women’s underwear, even torn men’s boxers…
This drove it absolutely mad.
Bai Qiu even closed the distance, attacking from multiple angles.
Though the damage dealt to the dark-energy armor wasn’t high, the force behind each hit was enough to knock it back several meters!
Bai Qiu always stood in the wind’s favor—always moving with it.
Obstacles naturally avoided him, while Gilshak was always fighting against the wind, constantly obstructed and interfered with by flying debris…
This left Gilshak, who had believed it would dominate after entering Phase Two, feeling utterly frustrated!
Snap!
Gilshak stepped on a bottle of lubricant on the ground.
The bottle instantly shattered, and the remaining liquid spilled out across the surface.
Naturally, it spread beneath its feet as well.
At that moment, Bai Qiu’s arrows struck—forcing it to lose its balance and fall to the ground!
Immediately after, a stone block and an abandoned truck tire were blown over by the storm, slamming heavily into its body!
Gilshak tumbled across the ground until it finally stopped beneath a building.
Before it could even stand up, Bai Qiu’s arrows rained down like machine-gun fire!
The building’s wall collapsed under the immense impact, turning into rubble in an instant.
Bai Qiu quickly retreated, distancing himself while sensing the large-scale effects caused by nature’s fury—feeling both shocked and deeply relieved…
Without the Natural Miracle granted by the Miracle Fruit, he would have already lost this battle.
Gilshak’s combat form was simply too powerful—his attacks couldn’t even break its defense!
And every slash Gilshak unleashed—if not for the storm’s interference—would have been strong enough to force Bai Qiu to activate the barrier skill of his magic armor!
This was the true meaning of “the right time and place.”
Without the aid of the Natural Miracle, there was no way he could have suppressed Gilshak like this.
While continuing to fire arrows, Bai Qiu kept both the Purgatory Darkflame Spear and Fallen Dragon’s Bow at full passive stacks.
At times, he unleashed continuous volleys that forced Gilshak back step by step; at other times, he hurled the spear to land a heavy strike!
The results weren’t particularly significant—but for now, he still held the upper hand.
Within the one-hour duration of the Natural Miracle, Bai Qiu continued searching for an opportunity.
He wanted to find Gilshak’s weakness, so he kept trying attacks from different angles.
But unfortunately, he found none…
Perhaps only the Dragonfall Arrow and the Noble Phantasm Spear of Converging Thrust could deal effective damage to it.
Until then, the only thing he could do—was to drain as much of its energy as possible!
This was Bai Qiu’s current strategy.
Although he seemed unable to truly shake Gilshak, every arrow he fired steadily drained its energy.
And now, its energy could no longer be naturally replenished—the longer the fight dragged on, the worse it became for it!
Bai Qiu speculated that it might be able to recover energy through undead creatures.
So while stacking his passives, he prioritized killing any monsters within a one-kilometer radius, leaving it no room for recovery.
On the rooftop of a building several hundred meters away, Zhang Shiyao watched in amazement as flying debris seemed to deliberately avoid her and A Yuan.
Despite such a terrifying storm, they were completely unaffected—the only difference was that the wind felt a bit stronger.
A Yuan lay on the ground, extending half of its snake-like head and curiously observing its surroundings.
Its round little eyes occasionally glanced at Bai Qiu.
Seeing that he maintained the upper hand and kept suppressing that terrifying giant, it finally felt reassured!
Zhang Shiyao lightly tapped A Yuan’s body.
It turned its head in curiosity, wondering what she wanted—after all, Bai Qiu had already instructed it to follow her commands above all else.
She crouched down beside it and whispered softly,
“A Yuan, secretly start gathering water-element energy. Brother said we’ll need to help later.”
Hearing this, A Yuan nodded gently, opening its mouth to quietly absorb nearby water-element energy.
Under the storm’s influence, the surrounding water elements were indeed abundant…
Moreover, with the raging winds as cover, it and Zhang Shiyao were even harder to detect—so being a bit bolder was fine!
Zhang Shiyao also began secretly picking off nearby monsters, activating the mana-charged state of her mithril shortbow.
After watching Bai Qiu use his Noble Phantasm again, she had gained new insights…
Bai Qiu: Have A Yuan gather energy. You also charge your bow. Don’t worry about being discovered—wait for my signal.
The reason Bai Qiu was so confident was largely due to the support of the storm.
In simple terms— Go all out with your attacks.
Leave the rest to the miracle.
— The end of the Chapter–
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