novelraw Chapter 541: Eight-Star Gold Card
Chapter 541: Eight-Star Gold Card
Almost in the window between Li Wei being killed and immediately resurrecting on the spot with full health a second later, that Arcane Giant Zombie, whose head had been blown off, chest ripped open, and body torn asunder, weirdly floated thousands of meters away.
Because it hadn't truly died.
Yes, as a Magic Zombie, although it had lost its sanity and couldn't think, act, or have proper cognition like a normal person, it also had a huge advantage: it was very hard to kill.
And the cores inside this Arcane Giant Zombie's body actually numbered as many as seven—three large ones and four small ones.
Li Wei risked his own life and a Life Particle. Paying such a huge price, he was only able to blow up the three largest Life Cores.
This was already the optimal solution after appraising the situation and calculating rapidly.
Firstly, the opponent seemed to have the concealment of Blue Frost Mist. Observing from a distance, it was very difficult to discover the positions and operational trajectories of its Life Cores. That was why Li Wei feigned compliance at the very beginning to stall for time, getting as close to the opponent as possible, successfully observing all of its Life Cores within thirty meters.
Secondly, every advantage has a disadvantage. Although he was a 4th-Tier Legendary Radiant Ranger, at such a distance, it was truly wishful thinking to activate Magic-Piercing Perception, resonate all five of his destiny grids, and shoot with the Frost Ranger Bow.
Under the premise of not knowing what hidden trump cards the opponent had, this was very unwise.
Because rapid fire wouldn't have much power, and Full Fate Resonance required at least one second, and this one second was enough for many things to happen.That was why Li Wei chose to transform into a Level 7 Great Bear. While forming absolute strength suppression at such a close distance, he relied on his high perception to destroy the opponent's three most important and largest Life Cores in one fell swoop. This absolutely couldn't be recovered in a short time, which was equivalent to crippling it.
So at this moment, Li Wei was neither panicked nor surprised. Even at the instant of resurrecting with full health, he once again transformed into a Level 7 Great Bear and pounced straight at that second Arcane Giant Zombie, for the same reasons as above.
At this moment, the second Arcane Giant Zombie wielding a massive axe was swinging it like a thunderbolt towards the Guard Legion. Although in this instant, the three Guard Legion Centurions—Hunt, Shelt, and Kyle—roared and led one hundred and fifty Guard Legion Shieldmen to charge forward, unleashing two consecutive Legion Defense Skills, they still couldn't block this axe chop!
This was damage capable of instantly killing even Li Wei; a Sequence 4 Magic Crest wasn't even enough to look at against it.
A mere two Legion Defense Skills really wouldn't cut it.
In this instant, the light dimmed, and the one hundred and fifty Shieldmen were directly sent flying. Every single one of them was bleeding from the seven orifices, falling into a brief state of dizziness and loss of control. This was just the shockwave from the aftermath, not the massive axe actually chopping into their bodies, otherwise they would absolutely be stone dead.
It was also at this time that Li Wei, having transformed into a Level 7 Great Bear again, charged from the flank and knocked this Armored Arcane Giant Zombie staggering two steps.
This guy was too sturdy, easily weighing at least two hundred tons, and its strength was at least 300 points. Even though Li Wei had activated Berserk, and had taken advantage of the gap when the Giant Zombie was turned sideways to him and swinging its axe, he could only knock it staggering.
Too strong.
However, Li Wei's advantage didn't lie in this, but rather in the fact that he wasn't fighting alone.
The Guard Legion's comprehensive strength might not be as good as the Blazing Legion and the Ice Legion, but their tacit understanding with Li Wei was nothing to scoff at.
As long as he could create a slight advantage, they could connect precisely and perfectly.
"Left eye!"
"Roar!"
That Arcane Giant Zombie let out a roar, just about to stabilize its posture, when Chris and Bai Yin let out a loud shout, and one hundred Four-Star Archers instantly unleashed a volley.
Their strength was still quite a bit lacking compared to Asu's Ranger Legion, but in terms of tacit understanding, it was enough to form a Legion Skill!
In an instant, one hundred 4-Star Mage-Bane Armor-Piercing Arrows, accompanied by streaks of phantoms, merged into one, forming a sharp giant arrow over ten meters long, burning with raging flames and carrying tearing blood light. The single arrow pierced through that Arcane Giant Zombie's left eye, directly shooting and exploding its strongest Life Core.
This was a miracle!
If Asu were to see this, if those five hundred Archers of the Ranger Legion were to see this... yes, this was a miracle. Normally speaking, with destinies below 60, it was simply impossible to unleash a Legion Skill. Especially with merely one hundred people, this error tolerance rate was simply heaven-defying!
Because as long as one person made a mistake, the release of the Legion Skill would fail.
And the damage of just this one Legion Skill was already comparable to Li Wei's full-power resonance strike.
However, this was only the beginning, because there was a second wave!
"Left five!"
Li Wei accurately called out the location. In the next second, the three Centurions Capone, Lu Dajiao, and Cheng Laowu led one hundred and fifty men to instantly throw the 4-Star Enchanted Bloodlust Spears in their hands. This was already the standard equipment for the Guard Legion Spearmen.
Regardless of where their positions were, regardless of whether they were too scattered, the moment the Archers fired a volley, the one hundred and fifty Bloodlust Spears had already tacitly and precisely flown up. The phantoms of their destinies flashed, merged, and gathered at this moment, like a fierce wind, and like a blood-colored cape, ultimately forming a Legion Skill. In an instant, it bombarded the fifth rib on the left chest of that Arcane Giant Zombie.
Without any suspense, it destroyed this Giant Zombie's second powerful Life Core.
And all this happened in the mere two seconds when it was knocked staggering by Li Wei.
Originally, it should have had enough strength to counterattack Li Wei and suppress Li Wei back again.
But these two seconds were enough to change everything.
The explosion of its two most important Life Cores was almost equivalent to causing its combat power to plummet by forty percent. Well, then, sorry about that.
"Roar!"
Li Wei roared angrily, the King Of Beasts talent spreading out in all directions. A bloody maw as huge as a cave snapped shut on this Arcane Giant Zombie's throat, ignoring the spread of the Fourth-Tier Blood Plague, ignoring its struggles. A slap to its head snapped its neck.
Of course, this kind of injury still couldn't deal a fatal blow, but it didn't matter!
As long as this Arcane Giant Zombie's body lost its balance, that was enough. The moment it was forced to fall to the ground was the moment Li Wei's transformed Level 7 Great Bear crazily danced on top of it.
Who cares about your heavy armor, who cares about your strength? Bear paws the size of truck cabs slammed violently onto its shoulder joints, elbow joints, and leg joints, while sharp bear claws crazily dug into it.
Although you have many Life Cores, although your heavy armor defense is extremely high, there are always weak points.
In just seven or eight seconds from start to finish, this Arcane Giant Zombie had already been ravaged by Li Wei until only a breath remained.
Yes, it still didn't die even like this.
Li Wei, weighing over two hundred tons, crazily danced on it, and his own stamina could barely hold up anymore, yet this Arcane Giant Zombie could actually still struggle hard and even sit up.
And right at this moment, the two Centurions, Jonathan and Athena, had already led one hundred Assault Swordsmen, quickly gathering their power and charging forward. The red radiance on their two-handed greatswords gathered like a sunset glow, instantly turning into streaks of afterimages as they completed a Flash Strike!
"Bang!"
With a light sound, Jonathan was the first to strike the torso of the Arcane Giant Zombie that sat up, but it seemed to not even possess defense-breaking damage. However, within the next two seconds, those one hundred Assault Swordsmen wielding greatswords struck these one hundred Flash Strikes on the exact same spot with astonishing tacit understanding, using their strongest attack skills and unimaginably exquisite resonance!
When Athena charged over with the final Flash Strike and chopped down, it was as if she had completed the wind-up for continuous ultimate moves. A sword light as bright as the rising sun flashed by, the Legion Skill erupted, and successfully broke its defense!
Yes!
It merely broke its defense, breaking open the thick armor on that Armored Arcane Giant Zombie's body, and then cutting open a small crack on the giant's torso.
That was all.
But, it was truly enough.
At this moment, Li Wei downed ten portions of 4-Star Stamina Potions in one gulp, roaring and going berserk once again. With a single heave, he flipped the Arcane Giant's body over, ignoring the head it was growing back and the arm joints it was recovering. He stood up on his hind legs and violently struck downwards, directly slapping right onto the crack in its armor.
Who knew what material this armor was made of—it was incredibly hard. But right now, it had been chopped open with a crack about fifty centimeters long by that Legion Skill from the one hundred Assault Swordsmen.
"Crack!"
That thick, mysterious armor finally ruptured, shattering a large chunk. Especially as Li Wei's giant bear claws continuously slapped it, the Giant Zombie's abdomen was finally pierced through!
In the next second, Li Wei directly transformed into a Level 7 Wild Dog, charged in through that large hole, chased after the constantly shifting Life Cores, and blew up two in succession.
Finally, he followed up with another Great Bear transformation, finally completely finishing it off!
Up to this point, not even twenty seconds had passed.
In the next second, Li Wei waved his hand and activated a 5-Star Heaven-Veiling Card. In an instant, the corpse of this Arcane Giant Zombie turned into a ball of raging flames and burned clean, leaving behind only an incomparably dazzling Eight-Star Universal Gold Card and a purplish-gold Purple Drop Card he had never seen before!
Li Wei grabbed and stored them away. While instantly restoring his own status to full, he also utilized his authority as Legion Commander to fully restore the status of the entire Guard Legion.
But even with such high consumption, it didn't diminish much energy.
At this time, he directly stored this Eight-Star Universal Gold Card temporarily into the Troubled Times Pioneering Card. Next, as long as the battle ended within three hours, he could either exchange it or use it.
"My Lord, the other Magic Zombie's whereabouts are unknown!"
Chris reported at this time.
"Everyone, retreat back into the fortress!"
Li Wei shouted. He also didn't know where that Giant Zombie that could blink and use magic had gone, but instinct told him it wouldn't be this simple.
And in reality, just as his voice fell, he sensed a strong mana fluctuation a few kilometers away. In the next second, massive Blue Ice Spikes descended from the sky, numbering a full thousand!
Fast and sudden. Even though the Guard Legion soldiers reacted very quickly, unfortunately, these Blue Ice Spikes were too fast. In a single wave, seventy or eighty people were killed or injured.
But immediately after, they were once again changed from the Fallen in Battle state to the Near-Death state by the Necromancer Tower!
Although they didn't have Life Particles, Li Wei still had an Eight-Star Gold Card in his hand. Instantly resurrecting them with full health only downgraded this Eight-Star Gold Card to Seven-Star.
But all this was worth it. The Guard Legion had already shown its initial brilliance and made a minor display of prowess in the battle just now.
It could be said that their performance was almost perfect!
Even if the Blazing Legion or the Ice Legion were here, the result would just be like this.