"Cross-tier magic casting?" Shi Feng stared at the pillar of light surging skyward, unable to find the right words. "So this is the power of a top-tier class?"
In the Divine Realm, players and NPCs generally used magical skills that matched their own tier. The strongest anyone could wield were forbidden spells, which could rival cross-tier power to a degree.
But someone like Anna directly casting cross-tier magic? Shi Feng had never even heard of such a thing.
Of course, before this—even ten years into the Divine Realm's existence—nobody had ever heard of anyone's personal guard possessing a top-tier class. The strongest among them were merely advanced classes at best.
Now, thanks to the effects of Anna's third-tier spell, Chain of Light, the Dark Double-Headed Wolf King, which had originally stood eight or nine meters tall, had been compressed to five or six meters by the chains binding it. Chains were wound around its entire body, severely restricting its mobility, allowing the Golden Giant to hold its ground against the Wolf King's attacks.
Moreover, after the Golden Giant withstood the assault, it had only lost around eighty to ninety thousand HP—clearly, the Dark Double-Headed Wolf King's Strength attribute had dropped significantly. At this point, it was roughly equivalent to an ordinary high-tier Grand Lord in the Divine Realm, meaning even the Ancient Spirit's healing alone would be enough to tank it.
Once Anna finished casting Chain of Light, she immediately began inscribing Divine Script.
Under Anna's control, the ten Rock Guardians closed in around the Dark Double-Headed Wolf King, forming a circle. The ten guardians instantly transformed into ten stone pillars. After Anna finished inscribing over twenty segments of Divine Script, she tapped her staff gently against the ground.
Golden Divine Script materialized on the ten pillars, emitting arcs of golden electricity that linked the pillars together, forming a magical barrier.
Immediately, the attributes of the Dark Double-Headed Wolf King at the center of the formation began to plummet.
The earlier Chain of Light had merely weakened the Wolf King's Strength and mobility, but the current magic circle was suppressing it comprehensively. The Wolf King's HP dropped steadily, only stabilizing once it had fallen by thirty percent. The sheer power of the formation was on par with an exceptional mid-tier magic array.
Only now did Shi Feng understand why NPC class gaps in the Divine Realm were so hard to bridge. It wasn't just because of slightly stronger base attributes—the far greater factor was the staggering difference in the magical skills they commanded.
Right now, forget the fact that he had the Blood Blade Demon and the Ancient Spirit on his side—even without them, Anna at Level 80 could probably hold her own against a Level 70 high-tier Grand Lord. With a decent healer, she could even grind the Dark Double-Headed Wolf King down to nothing.
"Well, this should save me quite a few Ancient Scrolls." Shi Feng watched as the Wolf King's base stats fell below the threshold for a high-tier Grand Lord. Taking it down now was practically a foregone conclusion.
The Ancient Spirits summoned by the Ancient Scrolls couldn't remain indefinitely—they only lasted twelve hours. He had just twelve scrolls on hand, which at most would last a few days in the Dark World. But with Anna's arrival, he could now afford to stay in the Dark World quite a bit longer.
On the battlefield, the magic circle's suppression made the Golden Giant's fight against the Dark Double-Headed Wolf King far easier. The Ancient Spirit could even attack and heal simultaneously, significantly boosting overall damage output.
Combined with the Blood Blade Demon's, Anna's, and his own attacks, the Wolf King's HP was chipping away little by little. Though its combat recovery and high defense meant the decline wasn't rapid, wearing it down was merely a matter of time.
90%… 85%… 80%…
The HP dropped steadily until, at twenty percent, the Dark Double-Headed Wolf King let out a furious roar and instantly split into two Dark Double-Headed Wolf Kings, each body bearing a single head.
"Division?" Shi Feng's expression darkened as he regarded the two Wolf Kings.
Any boss in the Divine Realm that commanded clone-type skills was already notoriously difficult to deal with, but bosses with division skills were even worse. The reason was that clones typically shared HP pool—no matter which one you attacked, taking out either one would finish the boss off. Division was entirely different. The HP was completely split between the two, which meant you were essentially fighting two bosses at once.