CHAPTER 169: CHAPTER 68: THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE BATTLE

Cheers erupted from the battlefield the moment they witnessed Lin Rui’s prowess.

Audrey ignored the full-body soreness from her depleted Spiritual Energy and jumped up to cheer for Lin Rui: "Lord, you’re amazing. Smash it, smash it, kill this stinky monster."

Lin Rui smiled slightly. What a naïve cutie she is.

However, the battlefield situation was not as easy as the soldiers thought.

The main pressure came from the monsters beyond the abyss. The abyssal monsters in the Ruins River Valley had already reached Tier Five. Their offensive was very fierce, and even the Heroic Spirit Knight like Lundestadte was repeatedly smashed and spat blood, falling on the battlefield time and time again.

And the Dark Temple Warriors could no longer hold up; all the surrounding undead were torn apart. This troop, which was shockingly tough, lost their support and was eventually torn apart by the monsters, their bodies shredded by sharp claws.

The undead melee troops under Audrey’s command had almost entirely perished. The front lines could only barely hold with the last human army desperately supporting it.

Lin Rui had no choice but to ferociously attack the monsters hidden within the ghost shadows while simultaneously casting shields for the soldiers, binding their waists, and even stepping forward to help them withstand the damage.

At the most critical moment, Lin Rui was even considering whether he should tear open all the Knight’s Heart Scrolls.

But considering the Tier One Excellence Level troops, in such a battlefield, a mere battle aftermath would turn them to ashes. Lin Rui decided not to waste resources and gritted his teeth, bearing through it.

In a pivotal moment, Audrey leveled up and decisively allocated her attribute points to Wisdom, then said to Lin Rui: "Lord, I’ve recovered some Spiritual Energy and added three points to Wisdom, enough to summon a contract creature. Which one should I summon?"

"Summon Silver Moon!"

Audrey was astonished. Why Silver Moon?

She had just finished casting Berserk and was in a weakened state. Summoning Snow White would be better than Silver Moon. Snow White could even weaken the monster’s Soul Value, pairing with her Death Finger to instantly finish off the monster.

But her trust in Lin Rui made her hesitate little and summon Silver Moon with the Empress’s Contract.

"Let Silver Moon take Xiaoxiao’s place." As soon as Silver Moon appeared, Lin Rui cast six layers of shields on her.

Xiaoxiao was not a contract creature but a Tier Three Rare undead summoned by Audrey using Soul Summoning Skill. If he died in battle, he would truly be gone forever.

At this moment, Xiaoxiao’s health bar was already nearly depleted, with only over eight hundred Life Value left, even with his strong resistance. He couldn’t hold any longer and needed to be pulled back, while at least Silver Moon could still receive treatment and recovery from Lin Rui.

Terion was almost too exhausted to swing his Warhammer anymore, having lost eight of the mercenaries he commanded. Lin Rui understandably couldn’t care for everything and had to prioritize taking care of his territory troops.

Terion’s Spiritual Energy had been emptied, and he shouted hoarsely: "Lord, if we don’t kill this monster soon, we won’t be able to hold on anymore."

It was not just about being unable to hold on. Just like Lin Rui was crushing this monster, the territory’s troops were being crazily ravaged by the other abyssal monsters. The formation had been compressed to just over thirty meters, surrounded densely by monsters.

If it weren’t for the Extreme Cold Realm, where the monsters’ movements were hindered by frost, the soldiers would have been torn apart long ago.

One might say they had already been torn apart; the Fanatics’ passive had already triggered, and they were barely saved by Lin Rui’s blood-boosting. Lundestadte’s passive also triggered just a moment ago, blasting all the monsters within ten meters.

And the monster before Lin Rui continued to attack frantically, being knocked back time and again by Lin Rui.

Lin Rui remained expressionless, counting silently in his heart. Within the Extreme Cold Realm, monsters lost 0.3% of their health every second, and after deducting 22% refraction and defense reduction, they should be suffering around 0.21% damage per second.

So, at seven minutes and fifty-six seconds, its Life Value would be depleted.

But during this time, he had been outputting with full power and had been fighting it for as long as three minutes and twenty-six seconds.

Even if it had more recovery and damage reduction traits, its Life Value should be below 25% by now.

Lin Rui glanced at the more than 7,000 Spiritual Energy Value he still had left, took a deep breath, and wagered everything on his intuition that this monster had no more trump cards left!

Fearsome Spiritual Energy formed a slowly spinning vortex in the sky. The monster’s body was uncovered by Lin Rui once more, and with a thunderous Spiritual Energy cascading down, the monster was shattered in an instant, its dark energy scattering.

Everyone watched intently at this scene, knowing this strike would decide all their lives.

But in the next moment, all the soldiers’ faces turned pale; the monster wasn’t dead! It still roared and struggled under the Grip of Cyan Wave’s repeated assaults.

Could it be that after such a long battle, they were still unable to change their fate of dying in combat today?

But the next moment, Lin Rui’s calm voice arose: "Silver Moon, release defense, full power output."

Everyone looked at the Lord, seeing that he remained composed and calm, as if he had expected this scenario all along and that everything was within his plan.

Silver Moon dared not delay, and the radiant flash of blades dazzled the entire battlefield. The Sword Master’s all-out strike heavily damaged the monster’s soul, plunging it into a brief state of confusion.

"Audrey, use Death Finger now!"

The frosty voice made Audrey’s mind entirely clear, releasing Death Finger purely on reflex.

But as the deathly lightning struck, she realized what she had done and turned pale, exclaiming in shock: "Lord, my Soul Strength isn’t twenty points higher than this monster’s; I can’t obliterate it!"