“Ha!” The six top-tier deacons almost simultaneously pushed off from the ground, and the entire underground chamber was pierced by brilliant white light. “Bei Bei,” who had just darted into the underground, slammed straight into the white light and was violently repelled.
“Whoosh!”
The six top-tier deacons almost simultaneously retreated at an oblique angle with incredible speed, causing the area of the white hexagram to expand rapidly. Lin Lei could only cover several dozen, at most nearly a hundred meters with a single leap. He would inevitably have to land.
As for the Levitation spell…
In this situation, there simply wasn’t enough time to recite the magic incantation for Levitation.
“Ha!” The white light on the ground formed by the six purple-robed top-tier deacons was something Bei Bei dared not touch at all, forcing him to leap into the air. At this moment, five of the deacons actually pushed off the ground and soared into the sky. Four of them rose to a height comparable to Lin Lei’s, but the last one surpassed him.
“Whoosh!” One deacon was at the very top, four others surrounded Lin Lei in mid-air, and one remained at the bottom.
The white light flowed over the surface of these six figures, and to their surprise, they formed a sealed, three-dimensional octahedron, completely enveloping Lin Lei and Bei Bei.
“What the hell is this?” Lin Lei was momentarily stunned.
Derinkoort’s voice echoed in his mind: “These top-tier deacons from the Inquisitorial Court use this coordinated attack method, and the Light Dou Qi they consume is staggering. However, they might also be carrying some secret treasures from the Church of Light. More than five thousand years ago, the Church of Light didn’t possess such a miraculous and flexible coordinated attack technique.”
Even when cultivating the same type of Dou Qi, every individual’s Dou Qi has subtle differences. To achieve complete synchronization of Dou Qi among six deacons like this, even undergoing quantitative change to reach a qualitative leap, drastically increasing their power – this was practically impossible. Yet the Church of Light had achieved it.
“Whoosh.”
The deacons from the six directions – top, bottom, front, back, left, and right – simultaneously hurtled toward Lin Lei at extreme speed. A slender longsword appeared in each of their hands.
There was nowhere to hide!
“Boss.” Bei Bei grew anxious. Lin Lei immediately transmitted his voice in a roar, “Bei Bei, the one below! Let’s go all out against him. Kill one, and this coordinated formation breaks!”
“Got it.”
Lin Lei and Bei Bei, one human and one beast, both accelerated their descent, targeting the ninth-level powerhouse below for a combined assault. Yet that ninth-level deacon at the bottom showed not a trace of fear. Instead, the corner of his mouth curled slightly upward into a smirk of disdain.
“Hummm—”
The white light surged and flowed rapidly. The glow on the surface of the other five deacons dimmed, but the deacon below blazed like the sun. He pushed off the ground, wielding his longsword, and slashed toward Lin Lei and Bei Bei with terrifying speed.
“Ah.” Lin Lei’s dragon tail suddenly lashed out, disregarding everything else to bind the deacon.
“Pfft.” The longsword plunged straight into Lin Lei’s chest. He felt only an excruciating, searing pain as the scales on his body instantly shattered. It felt like a red-hot iron rod scorching his skin, the agony making his body convulse. Yet his dragon tail remained tightly coiled around the opponent, blood seeping from the wound.
The defensive scales inherited from the Armored Back Iron Dragon had failed to block this single strike.
“This strike is only slightly weaker than what a Saint Realm expert could deliver,” Derinkoort said, shocked. After the coordinated attack, the offensive power of these six deacons was unprecedentedly terrifying.
According to the Church of Light’s doctrine, against anyone below the Saint Realm, this coordinated attack method was guaranteed victory.
“Ahhh~~” The dragon tail binding the deacon’s body was struck by a powerful surge of Light Dou Qi. Lin Lei felt his tail searing with pain, but he strained with all his might, trying to crush the opponent to death. His dark-gold pupils stared fixedly at the deacon.
“Hmph.” The deacon scoffed coldly.
“Boom.”
The white light around the deacon’s body suddenly flared outward, forcibly bursting Lin Lei’s tail free, completely beyond Lin Lei’s control. Lin Lei’s binding strength was far inferior to the opponent’s resistance.
At that moment, the five deacons from above also rushed toward Lin Lei.
“Boss.” Bei Bei pushed off Lin Lei’s shoulder and shot upward directly at the five deacons. However, in just a single exchange of blows, Bei Bei was struck by all five longswords almost simultaneously. His small body was sent rebounding and tumbling downward.
“Bei Bei!” Lin Lei cried out in worry.
“Boss, I’m fine.” Bei Bei rolled and stood up, though his tough skin was now dotted with fine traces of blood. Still, Bei Bei’s defense was indeed monstrous; his fur was largely undamaged.
The six top-tier deacons looked at Bei Bei with surprise. To have not broken through the fur of this Shadow Mouse even under their combined assault – that was truly absurd. In the eyes of these six deacons, under their coordinated attack, even a ninth-level magical beast would have its defenses shattered.
Even someone with Lin Lei’s monstrously tough defense had his chest scales shattered by a single sword stroke.
“The target is Lin Lei!” The six understood clearly. Killing this bizarrely resilient Shadow Mouse might take some effort, but killing Lin Lei would be much simpler. One sword strike had already broken his defenses; a few more attacks would be enough to finish him.
“What’s going on? Don’t they ever run out of Light Dou Qi?!” Lin Lei roared inwardly, his sharp claws lashing out frantically at the deacons bearing down on him.
“Squeee~” Bei Bei also let out a piercing shriek—
Six deacons, shrouded entirely in white light, launched a combined assault on Lin Lei and Bei Bei. Lin Lei and Bei Bei fought back desperately, ignoring all defense.
“Boom—”
A chaotic clash of blows erupted as both sides abandoned defense entirely in favor of attack.
The six top-tier deacons flew backward, retreating.
Lin Lei’s black scales were shattered across most of his body. Wounds gaped open everywhere, blood continuously seeping out. Even the scales on his dragon tail had been partially cracked.
“Pfft.” Lin Lei couldn’t suppress the blood rushing to his throat and spat it out.
“Their defense…” Lin Lei was truly furious.
He had finally encountered someone with even more monstrous defenses than his own. These six deacons were burning through their Light Dou Qi as if it were worthless. Combined, their Light Dou Qi granted them not only terrifying offensive power but also an astonishing, terrifying defense. Lin Lei’s attacks couldn’t even scratch them.
“Boss, how are you?” Bei Bei asked in alarm, his small, glistening eyes filled with worry as he looked at Lin Lei.
Bei Bei’s condition was much better than Lin Lei’s. The six deacons had focused their primary attacks on Lin Lei, and Bei Bei’s defense was actually even more absurd than Lin Lei’s in reality. Bei Bei had only suffered superficial bleeding.