Online Game: Evil Dragon Against The Heaven - 218
No matter how powerful Ye Tian Xie was, there was no way he could take on a thousand enemies head-on by himself. Even ants, in great numbers, could bring down an elephant—let alone these warrior wraiths, all of whom were higher level than him.
For most players, holding off three enemies of the same level was already a difficult challenge. Facing a thousand? That was simply an impossible number—an insurmountable task.
If Ye Tian Xie were alone, his only option would have been to retreat, picking them off one by one in a drawn-out battle of attrition. Against such overwhelming numbers, this strategy would take an eternity to succeed.
But with Yao Yao by his side…
He chose to charge straight in!
The densely packed formation of warrior wraiths moved like before, their encirclement tightening around him. Their invisible iron-blooded rage bore down on him like a mountain crashing from above. System quests were already incredibly difficult, but hidden branches were many times harder than the original quest itself. A thousand-man siege—this was pure insanity.
Not to mention whether victory was even possible—how many people could even withstand the sheer pressure of this situation?
“Yao Yao… Heh, let’s set these warriors’ souls free together!”
As the encirclement tightened, the advancing warrior wraiths became increasingly crowded. By the time they closed in within five meters of Ye Tian Xie, they had completely packed the battlefield in multiple layers, leaving no gaps whatsoever. But despite this, their formation remained perfectly disciplined, unshaken by the sheer density of their numbers.
Their flawless coordination and relentless forward assault made it easier for Ye Tian Xie to wipe them out.
If they had the intelligence to recognize danger, retreat, or scatter their attacks, Ye Tian Xie might have been so frustrated he’d vomit blood.
Just as they closed in, Mystic Spirit Healing Art—already charged and waiting—was unleashed.
Because the enemy horde was so tightly packed, the radiant white light completely engulfed the battlefield, forming a perfect glowing circle within the army’s formation.
In a single instant, over 80 warrior wraiths were erased from existence.
The moment their bodies vanished, their weapons and armor, now without a master, rained down like a metal storm, clattering onto the battlefield in a deafening crash.
Yet their fallen comrades’ deaths did not instill fear or hesitation. Instead, their rage and fighting intent surged even higher.
As the next wave of enemies rushed forward, Yao Yao’s Mystic Spirit Barrier: Vengeance ignited in a crimson glow, activating instantly.
In just one second, every warrior wraith within five meters of Ye Tian Xie was mercilessly repelled, sending dozens of them flying backward.
The battlefield was too crowded—so much so that the sea of blood-red damage numbers from the repelled enemies merged together, forming a thick, floating crimson mist in the air.
Szzzt!
Szzzt!
Szzzt!
As long as the enemies lacked teleportation or dash skills and couldn’t advance more than three meters per second, then the Wall of Vengeance would become a true Wall of Despair—an impenetrable defense with an offensive property that would make anyone within it essentially invulnerable.
With Yao Yao’s Wall of Vengeance at its current strength, the first repulsion would strip more than half of a warrior wraith’s HP.
The second repulsion would guarantee their demise.
At this moment, the only logical choice for the warrior wraiths would have been to retreat and wait for the Wall of Vengeance to disappear.
But they wouldn’t.
As if driven by suicidal determination, they relentlessly charged toward Ye Tian Xie, stepping over the shattered weapons and discarded armor of their fallen comrades.
What awaited them, however, was the merciless crimson glow of the Wall of Vengeance, hurling them backward with unstoppable force.
Szzzt!
Szzzt!
Szzzt!
【Ding… You have successfully defeated 600 warrior wraiths.】
Szzzt!
Szzzt!
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With a five-meter radius and the relentless advance of the warrior wraiths, the Wall of Vengeance repelled over forty enemies every second—which meant that every two seconds, more than forty warrior wraiths were freed from their cursed existence.
【Ding… You have successfully defeated 700 warrior wraiths.】
【Ding… Your pet ‘Xiao Bei’ has leveled up to level 8.】
【Ding… You have successfully defeated 800 warrior wraiths. 】
Against these mindless warrior wraiths, there was no greater weapon than the Wall of Vengeance—the undead were repelled wave after wave, crashing into the crimson light before scattering into pieces. The discarded weapons and armor did not pile up into mountains; rather, they seemed to merge into the earth, vanishing batch after batch.
When the twenty-second duration of the Vengeance Barrier came to an end, the system notification rang once again—delivering an astounding number.
【Ding… You have successfully defeated 900 warrior wraiths.】
Twenty seconds of Wall of Vengeance had wiped out over 400 warrior wraiths!
And together with the initial group wipe from Mystic Spirit Healing Art, Yao Yao had been lying lazily on the horse’s back without moving, yet this once-terrifying undead army had already been reduced by half in an instant.
Even though Ye Tian Xie had already estimated the devastating potential of Yao Yao’s skills, this number still shocked him deeply.
“Too ruthless…”
Watching the next wave of warrior wraiths approach, Ye Tian Xie muttered to himself.
Mystic Spirit Healing Art was unleashed once more, instantly erasing another fifty wraiths that had ventured too close.
For the first time, Yao Yao lifted her head, her crystal-clear eyes gazing toward the sky… and in that instant, a radiant burst of holy light shone from her petite body.
Beneath the gloomy, oppressive sky of the Wreckage of Ten Thousand Bones, that dazzling, divine light looked like a brilliant, celestial star from afar.
A vast, semi-transparent white barrier, spanning ten meters, radiated outward from Yao Yao’s body.
Inside the glowing barrier, both Ye Tian Xie and Yao Yao were enveloped in a soft white glow. But the same white glow also appeared on all the warrior wraiths within the barrier… as well as on those who stepped inside.
Wall of Heaven’s Protection: Heaven’s Blessing!
“Yao Yao, protect yourself!”
Ye Tian Xie’s Evil Dragon’s Eye precisely scanned the wraiths’ new state, and the corner of his lips curled into a carefree smirk.
He gently patted Yao Yao’s head, then raised Destiny’s Hour to chest level and charged toward the warrior wraiths.
The moment he reached them, his blade swept across in a wide arc—
-1021, -1022, -1018, -1011!
Damage numbers exploded into the air like a crimson rain, heralding the next phase of slaughter.
With every swing of Destiny’s Hour producing damage numbers over a thousand, each warrior wraith caught in its path was instantly annihilated. The warrior wraiths had a health pool of 950, and normally, Ye Tian Xie’s attack strength of 727 would not suffice to kill them in a single hit unless a critical strike occurred. However, these were not critical hits, indicated by red numbers instead of yellow, yet the damage far exceeded his actual attack power.
Wall of Heaven’s Protection: Heaven’s Blessing—Yao Yao’s unique protective skill—boosted her healing ability by 50% and reduced damage taken by all protected allies by 50%. Conversely, when applied to these undead creatures, it resulted in a brutal reverse effect…
All incoming damage increased by 50%!
This effectively augmented Ye Tian Xie’s attack power by 50%, enabling him to effortlessly obliterate groups of these warrior wraiths.
With each strike, Ye Tian Xie eradicated four or five, sometimes even more, warrior wraiths. With his attack power boosted to such levels, even surrounded by hundreds, he faced little pressure.
-25, -24, -28…
Despite being swamped by enemies, with no gaps for evasion and his mount’s limitation on agility, Ye Tian Xie’s inherent talent couldn’t fully shine. Yet, there was no need for evasion; under the protection of the Heaven’s Blessing Barrier and his naturally high defense, the damage inflicted by the warrior wraiths was almost pitiful.
Moreover, as melee creatures, only seven or eight wraiths could get close enough to hit him at any one time; the rest were merely background, waiting for those around Ye Tian Xie to fall before moving forward—essentially marching to their doom.
The damage they inflicted in five seconds wasn’t even enough to surpass the healing from one of Yao Yao’s Mystic Spirit Healing Arts.
In those five seconds, Ye Tian Xie cut down more than twenty warrior wraiths. As Yao Yao’s cooldown ended, the despair-inducing white light of her healing art flashed again, fully restoring Ye Tian Xie’s depleted health and clearing another swath of the battlefield—another sixty warrior wraiths fell in an instant.
【Ding… You have successfully defeated 1000 warrior wraiths.】
【Ding… As you have slain 1000 warrior wraiths, you have triggered the wrath of the War God’s undying guardian consciousness!】
This notification caused Ye Tian Xie to pause. It was at this moment he sensed something, and his gaze sharply turned forward.
Riding high on his Sweat-Blood Horse, his vision wasn’t hindered by the dense crowd of undead. About a hundred meters ahead, a towering figure emerged, too distant to see clearly. But even though he was just one, the presence he emitted felt more imposing than the entire thousand-man army had been.
Ye Tian Xie finally understood why the system kept updating him on the number of slain warrior wraiths—the ultimate trigger for this quest required him to exterminate a full thousand of them!
【Ding…The War God’s undead has appeared. Currently, the War God’s undead is in the midst of reviving its guardian consciousness and cannot act. You must defeat him and retrieve his bones within twenty seconds, or once the guardian consciousness awakens, he will become invincible.】
Without any hesitation, Ye Tian Xie launched Dragon Shadow Slash, charging forward. With Destiny’s Hour in hand, he executed sweeping, dramatic strikes, clearing the remaining nearly four hundred warrior wraiths barricading him as he surged towards the War God’s undead.