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Published: February 13, 2025
After the three strikes, the giant staff in Ye Zhongming's hands vanished, and he did not continue to attack but instead retreated. Due to his towering height, he took two steps back and quickly distanced himself.
On the other side, the stone dragon's dragon language skill was ready, and from the shattered stone orbs, a long, shadowy giant dragon suddenly emerged, wrapping around Kunz like a python, twisting its body while a peak expert covered in blood lay trapped in the rubble.
Previously, Kunz had lost an arm and an eye, and now, the restraints of the energy circle had disappeared. However, his head was somewhat concave, one ear was missing, and the other hand was grotesquely twisted at least one hundred and twenty degrees while hanging limply. The wound on his left side had also widened, revealing parts of his pelvis.
On his back, there were countless incomplete circular depressions caused by the stone orbs, making it impossible to discern his original form.
Yet, no one would think that Kunz was dead.
At this moment, the runes were still propping up the inverted stone spikes in the sky, while other runes had spread across his body, clearly resisting the entangling force exerted by the dragon shadow.
It could be seen that these runes were fewer than when Kunz first began to summon them, having been consumed by other attacks.
After delivering one claw swipe, the stone dragon used three abilities consecutively, and its energy was running low. Its once solid body began to fade, but seeing that the target was still holding on despite being in such a dire state, it continued to muster its remaining strength under Ye Zhongming's control and began to chant another dragon language ability.
The blue-skinned person, who had ceased to control the energy circle, had already raised his staff. In front of him stood two water element warriors, tall and wielding azure weapons, with a third appearing as he meditated.
The blue-skinned person’s movements showed no sign of stopping, clearly planning to continue summoning these warriors.
At this moment, Kunz had lost all motivation to speak; his physical state had deteriorated to the point of imminent collapse. He genuinely did not expect a group of peak experts to push him to this extent.
But perhaps this was fate, and he could not blame anyone else. Kunz understood well that the attacks from these experts were not the main reason for his heavy injuries. If his state were represented as a percentage, that mysterious array from Huo Zhi had reduced him by at least seventy percent in one go. After recovering, he probably retained only about sixty percent of his combat power in top condition. Later, with the help of the fallen saint bow, he managed to defeat Kiersail Ting of the same level, and at that point, he was left with at most twenty percent of his fighting ability.
Now, however, his combat power was being continuously drained, and it was already fortunate if he could retain five percent.
The looming survival crisis made Kunz realize it was time to fight desperately for an opportunity to return to the Hall People's ranks.
He somewhat regretted being so arrogant earlier.
That twisted, grotesque hand moved strangely, and a delicate bell floated out from the void. It absorbed an energy rune with a puff and then suddenly shot toward the stone dragon, the rune instantly piercing through the dragon shadow and striking the stone dragon's body.
The massive figure of the stone dragon exploded in a section, and as the energy scattered, a giant void appeared.
However, the stone dragon's skill did not stop because of this.
At that moment, two sounds of cracking echoed as one of the runes holding up the inverted stone spikes shattered, as did one rune defending Kunz from the dragon shadow's entanglement.
Clearly, Kunz's strength was now insufficient to both defend and attack effectively.
The shattering of the runes caused the inverted stone spikes to sink slightly, while the dragon shadow tightened its grip even more.