Chapter 78 – The Wounded Pale Lord

The Pale Guards were not a social species.

At most, a dozen or so would move together on a normal day.

A sight like this—hundreds appearing at once—could only mean one thing: a Pale Lord was commanding them from behind.

For a moment, everyone was taken aback.

Gu Lengyan commented flatly, without any expression.

“Jinx.”

“Uh…”

Liu Man and Song Ting exchanged glances, both forcing bitter smiles.

Who could have guessed that the moment they mentioned the Pale Lord, it would suddenly appear before them?

Indeed, bad omens always come true, while good ones never do.

“Prepare for battle.”

As the team leader, Liu Man reacted quickly and gave the order decisively.

The Pale Guards were not slow runners.

Moreover, as Undead Attribute ferocious beasts, they had no concept of exhausting their stamina.

Chasing them across open, flat terrain would undoubtedly be extremely unwise.

The best approach was to meet them head-on.

All five present were elites. Though their expressions were grave, there was not a trace of fear or panic among them.

At their commands, the pet beasts quickly formed a defensive formation.

And at that moment.

The Pale Guards had already charged within three hundred meters.

Lin Ze squinted, quickly spotting a tall figure at the rear of the beast horde.

It was a humanoid creature over two meters tall, its entire body covered in armor-like ghastly white bones, wielding a wide-bladed bone sword.

It rode a towering bone horse.

Standing behind the Pale Guards.

From three hundred meters away, it silently gazed at Lin Ze and the others.

Even at such a distance, one could clearly feel the eerie, chilling aura emanating from it.

“It’s the Pale Lord!”

Gu Lengyan said in a low voice.

Upon discovering the Pale Lord’s presence, everyone’s expressions grew even more solemn.

Before long.

The Pale Guards had charged within two hundred meters.

Seeing this, Lin Ze and the others struck out one after another.

Pet beasts with ranged attack skills launched their assaults immediately.

The Flash-Leap Dragon Beast lashed its tail, whipping through the air with a piercing whistle.

The next instant.

A crescent-shaped pale Light Blade condensed out of thin air, howling toward the ferocious beasts.

The Blade-Spine Dragon lowered its head slightly, and the dense rows of blade-like spines along its back suddenly detached, shooting toward the enemy like a torrential storm.

At the same time.

The Silver Centaur hurled its halberd, and the Fire Elemental Giant launched explosive fireballs in succession.

Even Guo Xinyi manipulated her Mist Spirit to condense countless misty spikes, sweeping out in an overwhelming tide.

Lin Ze held nothing back either, commanding Rock Ghost and Xiao Xue to strike simultaneously.

Eight Tier 5 combat powers attacked at once, and the charging Pale Guards were met with a brutal blow head-on.

In the blink of an eye.

Over a dozen Pale Guards were torn to shreds by blades, fireballs, and explosions.

Yet the undead ferocious beasts showed no fear whatsoever. Their steps did not falter in the slightest, and they continued their fierce charge.

They merely spread their formation wider, avoiding being slaughtered by large-area skills.

Liu Man and the other women watched, frowning slightly.

This was the troublesome aspect of a beast horde led by a high-tier ferocious beast.

They would adapt their tactics based on the battle situation, rather than blindly charging forward as they had before.

The two-hundred-meter gap vanished in an instant.

The two sides clashed head-on.

The battle quickly reached a fever pitch.

Facing the siege of hundreds of Tier 4 Ferocious Beasts, even with eight Tier 5 combat powers on their side, they could hardly claim the advantage.

The situation was momentarily deadlocked.

Yet even under these circumstances, Rock Ghost and Xiao Xue’s performance remained nothing short of impressive.

Having activated Rock Guardian and summoned Earth Element stones to orbit around its body, Rock Ghost charged fearlessly into the midst of the Ferocious Beasts as if entering uninhabited territory.

The Earth Element stones circling its body were only the size of washbasins.

Yet they radiated a soft earthy yellow glow, completely enveloping Rock Ghost’s massive frame.

When the Pale Guard’s sharp bone blades struck against them, aside from stirring up faint ripples, they couldn’t cause any damage whatsoever.

It was worth noting that Rock Ghost was already adept at defense, and with the added boost of Rock Guardian, its defensive power had clearly skyrocketed to an astonishing level.

It was like a tank rampaging through the horde of Ferocious Beasts.

In just over a dozen breaths.

The number of Pale Guards that had fallen to its hands had reached double digits.

On the other side.

Xiao Xue stood quietly in the rear, calmly casting her skills.

Ice Waterfall!

Sigh of the Snow Maiden!

Frost Nova!

Blizzard!

Every time she struck, it was a large-scale area attack skill.

In no time at all.

Nearly half the battlefield had turned into a frozen wasteland.

Countless Pale Guards were either frozen into ice sculptures or torn to shreds by the raging blizzard and ice blades.

Xiao Xue alone had eliminated as many Pale Guards as all the other Pet Beasts combined.

Liu Man, Song Ting, and the others had long been stunned speechless on the sidelines.

The formidable combat power Xiao Xue was displaying now far exceeded their expectations.

Even Gu Lengyan, who was always the calmest and most rational, couldn’t help but show a look of astonishment at the sight.

“Incredible!”

“She actually masters so many large-scale area attack skills!”

“So powerful!”

The girls whispered in amazement one after another.

Although they had long heard that Lin Ze possessed an extremely powerful spellcasting Pet Beast that had mastered at least six skills.

Seeing Xiao Xue unleash one large-scale skill after another to slaughter the Pale Guards with their own eyes.

They still felt an indescribable shock.

This kind of Pet Beast was simply a walking artillery platform!

Under Xiao Xue’s skill bombardment, large numbers of Pale Guards fell one after another.

The scales of victory were gradually tipping toward Lin Ze’s side.

But what puzzled everyone was that the Pale Lord in the distance remained standing motionless.

It simply watched them slaughter its subordinates, showing no intention of joining the fight.

“What is that thing doing?”

Guo Xinyi couldn’t help but voice the doubt in her mind.

Gu Lengyan and Song Ting shook their heads slightly.

They couldn’t figure it out either.

Lin Ze just shrugged and let out a light chuckle.

“Isn’t it better that it’s not joining the fight? We can take this opportunity to deal with the minions first.”

The girls figured that made sense and said no more, turning their attention back to the battlefield before them.

Over ten minutes later.

The Pale Guard formation had been thoroughly routed.

The originally dense horde of Ferocious Beasts now numbered fewer than fifty.

Just as Lin Ze and the others were preparing to press their advantage and wipe out the remaining beasts.

The Pale Lord in the distance finally made its move.

Accompanied by a hoarse horse’s neigh.

The Pale Lord charged at full speed toward them on horseback.

Under the glow of the fluorescence, the broad-bladed bone sword in its hand gleamed with a cold, sinister light.

Lin Ze and the others immediately assumed a wary stance at the sight.

However, as the distance closed, the expressions on their faces gradually shifted to surprise.

For they noticed that the bone armor on the Pale Lord was covered in cracks.

And there were numerous marks that were clearly left by the claws of some kind of beast.

It was obvious.

This Pale Lord had just been through a fierce battle not long ago.

A look of sudden realization flickered in Lin Ze’s eyes.

Now he understood why the Pale Lord had refused to join the fight all along.

But immediately after.

A new doubt arose.

Who had wounded this Pale Lord?