CHAPTER 145: CHAPTER 57 SACRED TREASURES

The knights and cultists quickly clashed, hacking at each other fiercely, with the sound of metal clashing incessantly ringing out.

But the knights led by Lin Rui displayed unparalleled resilience, forming up to battle, and their health bars barely moved. The physical damage inflicted on them by the cultists was negligible, leaving their opponents in despair, with the knights clearly having the upper hand. However, the damage they dealt to the cultists was swift and devastating, slicing down their health bars bit by bit.

If not for the cultists being at Tier Three in power, they would have already been chopped to pieces by the knights. Even so, the cultists were drenched in blood, with severed limbs flying everywhere. One after another, they were cut in two.

The fiercest battle was between Lundestadte and the Tier Four cultist leader.

Lundestadte possessed Heroic Spirit Level talent, two levels higher than the cultist. Yet, the cultist was at Tier Four, two tiers higher than Lundestadte.

One possessed unparalleled trait and offense-defense abilities, while the other boasted exceptional attributes and speed. Spiritual Energy shimmered on the battlefield, and rubble flew everywhere.

But the tide soon turned in favor of Lundestadte, as the other knights had already slaughtered the ordinary cultists and closed in on the Tier Four cultist leader.

Duel? Impossible!

The greatest feature of an army is to win by overwhelming numbers. When does an army ever engage in a single combat?

Meanwhile, Lin Rui had already launched several rounds of attacks on the Touch of the Evil God. Frosty frost aura carrying Divine Radiance and True Damage repeatedly pierced the grotesque flesh of the monster.

Yet Lin Rui greatly controlled the frequency of the damage to avoid drawing the monster’s wrath onto himself.

He only played a supporting role, with the main forces of tanking and output being left to the Mountain Giant.

This was a strategy for maximizing benefits, mobilizing all forces against evil.

If Lin Rui drew its wrath over, the Mountain Giant might turn and run.

As a Tier Four Rare monster, the Mountain Giant had incredibly high tankiness, with a very thick health bar, enduring the monster’s corruption and fighting bitterly, though its condition was poor with large swathes of its body deforming, with flesh twisted, festering, and swollen, spilling filthy blood everywhere.

[Ding, your subordinate Heroic Spirit Knight Lundestadte has slain an Elite-level monster Cultist Leader. You, as the Lord, receive 10% of the experience. Experience +24000.]

[Ding, Explorer Commander’s Heroic Spirit Knight Lundestadte has leveled up, current level Tier Two Level 4.]

The knights had cleared out all the cultists. Lin Rui decisively ordered, "While the Mountain Giant is still resisting, attack the monster with all your might."

With the knights’ tier levels, it was very difficult to attract the monster’s wrath away from the Mountain Giant.

But after the battle commenced, the situation was chaotic. The Mountain Giant swept across the battlefield, constantly swatting knights away with its massive branch, sending them flying out of the battlefield.

Audrey angrily said, "This Mountain Giant is too irritating! Lord, shall I cast a Weakness Skill on it?"

"No need, let it output with all its might. The damage taken by the knights can be recovered with shields and Ice Needles. Let it rip and tear apart this monster with all its might."

Lin Rui surveyed the battlefield, the Mountain Giant was excessively strong, its massive physique crashing down, sending the Heavy Armored Sun Flame Knights flying, leaving them battered.

Yet even so, the Mountain Giant was being tormented into a sorry state by the monster’s Touch of the Evil God, appearing miserable and battered.

Its attack method was extremely bizarre, as just facing it would result in spiritual pollution, continuously deforming one’s body.

It was incredibly strong, bordering on the unimaginable, hard to fathom how an ordinary human army would confront it.

Meeting it meant death, touching it meant demise.

Even if you managed to barely fend off death’s assault, you would continue to distort and deform with each engagement.

Apart from its spiritual attacks, its physical damage was also extremely potent, forming tentacles that attacked enemies in all directions.

Strength without blind spots.

The knights wanted to rely on sheer numbers for an encirclement, but they were met with the innumerable tentacles’ furious assaults.

Lin Rui calmly instructed, "Don’t be rash! Attack the tentacles with all you’ve got and drain its energy."

Against a monster like this, a single strike to kill is simply impossible; what both sides contested was absolute hard strength.

But Lin Rui’s greatest advantage was here, with his Super-Tier Trait and abundant Rare Level Equipment, providing a constant supply of Spiritual Power.

"No, Lord. This monster is continuously deforming, making it very difficult for the knights’ attacks to inflict effective damage," Lundestadte said, frowning.

Lin Rui’s eyes were firm, saying, "Seize the moment, trigger the freezing effect, let Leviathan Long unleash full power! Audrey, mark it with the Other Shore Flower Mark and summon the Silver Moon!"

A deep teleportation gate emerged mid-air, followed by blades flashing across the sky, slashing purple arcs through the void.

The giant axe and long blade together etched three gruesome scars on the monster.

The frost shattered, and the monster broke free, letting out an indescribable horrific screech in the next instant.

Other than Lin Rui, who had an uncontrollable trait, everyone else clutched their ears in pain, feeling dizzy and nauseous, with blurred vision.

Lin Rui’s gaze was like water, swiftly raising his arm high, as Spiritual Energy densely filled the sky, the Grip of Cyan Wave hammered down from the air with immense might.

The monster charging toward Leviathan Long was directly smashed back at the Mountain Giant’s feet, with filthy flesh spraying all over the giant. The giant’s festering body sizzled and emitted smoke, the excruciating pain made it roar and swing the massive branch in its hand furiously thrashing at the monster’s grotesque flesh.