The Sage of Zone 2218 looked troubled.
He glanced at the heavily injured high-tier fighters one by one, then sighed and slowly shook his head.
“Even fifteen Lord-tier monsters are too much? You’ve already used the Sanctuary Blessing skill?” Bai Qiu frowned—he understood what the Sage meant.
But if he killed all the remaining Lord-tier monsters, the players in Zone 2218 would gain almost no points.
When the next Wave came, they might not be able to hold it at all.
And Bai Qiu couldn’t guarantee he’d always be there to help.
The Sage let out a heavy sigh, his expression dim.
“Yes… I know you’re trying to leave some monsters for everyone here to deal with, so they can earn points. But as you can see, the adventurers capable of fighting Lord-tier monsters are no longer able to continue… and the Sanctuary barrier…”
In the end, even if they had to give up a large amount of points from this Wave— the safety of the people came first.
Bai Qiu thought for a moment.
Then he took out a golden card and tossed it onto an open patch of ground.
“Come out, A-Yuan.”
The Supporters of Zone 2218 nearly had their eyes pop out.
They had just been beaten into despair by the Hydra Serpent and now Bai Qiu summoned another giant snake?!
As soon as A-Yuan appeared, it happily swayed its massive head toward Bai Qiu.
Bai Qiu took out potions and raw meat, fed it until it was full, then gently stroked its smooth head.
“A-Yuan, I’m going to support other zones. If anyone here asks for your help, don’t refuse them. Got it?”
Through their contract, A-Yuan already understood his intent.
He wanted it to stay behind and protect these people.
Though a bit reluctant, it still obediently nodded.
Bai Qiu then selected another Safe Zone in danger and activated a support teleport.
A beam of white light descended and he vanished.
The moment Bai Qiu left, panic spread through Zone 2218.
“What?! The monsters aren’t even cleared—why did he leave?!”
“Did Boss Bai Qiu just abandon us?!”
“How are we supposed to deal with these remaining Lord-tier monsters?!”
Seeing the chaos, the Sage stepped forward and raised his voice:
“Everyone, don’t panic! The hero who saved us has left behind his battle companion to protect us!”
He pointed at A-Yuan and continued:
“His intention was to leave some monsters for you to defeat and earn rewards. With his companion here, what do you have to fear? Charge forward!”
The crowd turned to look at A-Yuan.
Though still a little afraid of the enormous serpent, hope quickly replaced their hesitation.
They didn’t even know how such a massive creature had gone unnoticed earlier—but if it was left behind by Bai Qiu then it was absolutely reliable.
“Alright! Let’s go!”
…..
Zone 2216
After using a Support Invitation Card, the player who activated it saw a beam of light descend.
Thinking that the long-awaited Bai Qiu had finally arrived, he was overjoyed.
But when the light faded what appeared was a petite girl.
His excitement was instantly extinguished, like being doused with cold water.
His heart sank.
He hadn’t expected someone to risk their life and come here like this.
Now that the Support Card was on cooldown, if they wanted to call for help again they’d have to wait another thirty minutes.
The moment Zhang Shiyao arrived, she realized the person who summoned her didn’t give her a friendly look at all—instead, he immediately started berating her.
Her expression instantly turned cold.
“Don’t push your luck!”
I came here to help—not to deal with your attitude.
She kicked the loudmouth player several meters away with one swift motion.
Activating Azure Light, she summoned a clone and immediately began attacking.
After being upgraded, her Mithril Shortbow had reached a new level of power once it entered a mana-charged state.
As she continuously fired arrows—
Not just normal and elite monsters, even Lord-tier enemies couldn’t withstand her damage and fell one after another.
The players who had just felt their hopes crushed suddenly found them reignited.
They didn’t know who this bow-wielding girl was but the strength she displayed left no room for doubt.
At the same time, many felt secretly relieved.
Thankfully, they hadn’t been as foolish as that idiot who provoked her earlier.
Otherwise, they’d have been kicked flying too, now hiding shamefully in the crowd.
The man who got kicked didn’t dare say a word.
Watching Zhang Shiyao rain arrows down and slaughter the monsters attacking the Sanctuary barrier, he finally let out a small sigh of relief.
At least… she really knew what she was doing.
Good thing he hadn’t sent her back in anger earlier…
If he had, and things went wrong, he would’ve been branded a war criminal.
After all, the inviter of a Support Card could send the summoned person back at any time.
But when he saw it wasn’t Bai Qiu who came—just a “kid”—his anger flared up.
And at that moment, he had even thought:
If the barrier breaks, this troublemaker will stay and die with us.
After clearing most of the mobs and Lord-tier monsters, stabilizing the Sanctuary barrier, Zhang Shiyao finally turned her attention to the sole King-tier monster.
She fired a few probing shots.
Then her eyes curved slightly as she smiled.
This one… she was confident she could handle.
Although Bai Qiu had already shared the Hydra’s basic information with her, fighting it alone still made her a little tense.
But once she confirmed her arrows could break its defenses she began mimicking Bai Qiu’s usual combat style.
First, force out all its skills and trump cards.
Then finish it with one decisive strike.
Following that plan, she baited out the Hydra’s Enhanced Regeneration.
The moment it finished using the skill and entered its weakened state she took out a golden spiral arrow from her storage card.
As Bai Qiu’s Noble Phantasm grew stronger, the Noble Phantasm arrow she had replicated and stored also became stronger.
[Demon-Gathering Thorn (Pseudo)]
The arrow shot out— Piercing directly into the Hydra’s forehead.
Zhang Shiyao clenched her fist.
The golden spiral arrow embedded in its skull erupted with blinding light—
BOOM!
Its entire head was blown apart.
Zhang Shiyao glanced around at the players inside the Sanctuary.
Facing all their gazes, she showed no hesitation.
She noticed that many players here, boosted by the Sanctuary’s extraordinary blessing, were actually quite capable they just couldn’t deal with the Hydra itself.
So, after confirming the Hydra was dead she didn’t say a single unnecessary word.
She immediately searched for the next Safe Zone in need of support and used a Support Invitation Card to teleport away.
……
Meanwhile, in Zone 2246
After exhausting tremendous effort, Ye Lingtian finally managed to kill the Hydra Serpent.
Once he retreated back behind the Sanctuary barrier, he collapsed onto the ground, breathing heavily without a care.
After half a minute, he checked his points.
Wave Points: —
His brows instantly furrowed.
With a swift motion, he sprang to his feet.
A slight kick and the Meteor Spear on the ground flew up.
He caught it smoothly and immediately hurled it forward.
The spear pierced through several elite monsters and dozens of normal mobs before finally coming to a stop.
He raised his hand and grasped at the air.
A few seconds later, as if pulled by an invisible force, the spear slowly flew back into his hand.
He scratched his head awkwardly and glanced around.
Seeing that no one was paying attention—everyone was desperately farming points—
he quietly let out a sigh of relief.
The gap… was just too big.
In the time it took him to retrieve his spear once, Bai Qiu could’ve thrown and recalled his weapon twice already.
“…Forget it. Comparing myself to him is just asking for frustration.”
“Better recover first.”
Ye Lingtian sat down cross-legged and began drinking various potions to restore his condition.
There were quite a few strong players in his Safe Zone.
Now that the Hydra was dealt with, the remaining Lord-tier monsters could be handled by others.
Thinking of this, Ye Lingtian couldn’t help but recall the Support Invitation Card.
I wonder how many zones Bai Qiu has already helped…
Once my Noble Phantasm skill is off cooldown maybe I should pick a Safe Zone too—accept a support request and push my points past 100,000?
…
Bai Qiu shot down another Hydra Serpent—this was already the fifth Safe Zone he had supported.
And he noticed a pattern.
All the zones that struggled to deal with the Hydra shared the same problem.
They focused too heavily on defense and physical damage.
They lacked sufficient magical output to break through its defenses.
Physical attacks were easily negated by the Hydra’s regenerative fluid, meaning these players couldn’t even break its shield—let alone deal with its Enhanced Regeneration.
In other words— As long as high-level players invested more into magic damage, disabled its regeneration passive, focused fire to break its shield, and then burst it down during the weakened state after it used Enhanced Regeneration…
Killing the Hydra wasn’t actually that difficult.
It just took time.
The Hydra also didn’t have any particularly effective means of attacking through the Sanctuary.
Sure, the Pseudo Chimera in Zone 2233 was killed before it even reached the barrier.
But its strength was absolutely real.
Its attacks could pierce through the Sanctuary barrier and hit players so hard they’d forget their own names.
Just its King Beast’s Roar alone could deafen hundreds, even thousands of players on the spot.
Fortunately, Bai Qiu had killed it immediately, never letting it get close.
Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
And don’t forget its minions.
The Pseudo Chimera’s subordinates were all Lord-tier monsters.
Meanwhile, the Hydra’s minions were merfolk-like creatures—snake tails, human torsos, fish heads.
Only three of them were Lord-tier.
The rest were merely Elite-tier.
Just in terms of minions alone— the Pseudo Chimera completely outclassed the Hydra.
Bai Qiu continued checking the live streams, searching for the next Safe Zone in urgent need of help.
His mana and stamina were still sufficient but one thing concerned him.
Arrow supply.
If he hadn’t fought the Dark King, Gilshak, his arrow reserves would’ve been at least 5,000 by now.
But after that battle, his stock had nearly been depleted.
Even after two full days of nonstop arrow condensation, he had only managed to rebuild his supply to 1,600 arrows.
And based on his current rate supporting a single Safe Zone consumed at least 120 Darksteel arrows.
That meant his remaining supply could only support about twelve more zones before running out completely.
Once his arrows were gone he’d have to fight in close combat.
Thinking about the Hydra’s slime-covered body Bai Qiu couldn’t help but feel a chill of disgust.
— The end of the Chapter–
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