Chapter 59 Air Shield

Shuise Yantou slashed down with his sword, sending the poisonous mist scorpion flying and interrupting its poisonous mist skill once again.

The poisonous mist scorpion screeched shrilly, scrambling to its feet and attacking Shuise Yantou wildly. *Peng, peng, peng*, the earth trembled, but Shuise Yantou remained steadfast like a reef in a storm.

Shuise Yantou successfully stalled the poisonous mist scorpion for about five seconds. It had to start accumulating poisonous mist again, its abdomen swelling little by little.

Under the players' fierce bombardment from behind, the poisonous mist scorpion's health dropped to around 6%.

Purgatory Execution!

Still ineffective.

"Just a little bit more, everyone, keep it up!" Nie Yan shouted anxiously in the team chat. The situation was extremely tense. If their crowd control or strong interrupt could continue, they might be able to kill the poisonous mist scorpion. If they couldn't, they would soon face a poisonous mist scorpion with full health again.

Then they would be utterly hopeless.

They had to hold on!

Nie Yan glanced at his skill bar. Most of his skills were still on cooldown. This wasn't the Realm of Illusion, and these skills had a rather long cooldown time. At this moment, he was helpless against the poisonous mist scorpion.

Just as the poisonous mist scorpion was about to spew out its poisonous mist, a dazzling blade of light suddenly roared from in front of the poisonous mist scorpion. A powerful airflow enveloped the large shield in his hands, forming an intense aura in the middle of the shield.

Air Shield!

Cui Can Daoguang swept out with a heavy blow, *peng*, the shield face heavily striking the poisonous mist scorpion's head, knocking it askew.

The poisonous mist scorpion's body contracted violently in pain.

Air Shield was Cui Can Daoguang's advanced combat skill. This skill had a cooldown time of three natural days. This skill seemed ordinary, but its effect was extremely strong, able to interrupt all skill effects, and was Cui Can Daoguang's trump card when fighting bosses.

"I don't have any skills left either. Low-level skills are useless against this guy," Cui Can Daoguang said with a wry smile.

Air Shield successfully delayed the poisonous mist scorpion for three seconds.

Everyone had basically used up all the skills they could use, and they all felt like they were at their wit's end. No one had been able to successfully execute the poisonous mist scorpion. The level difference was too great, and the success rate of execution was too low.

The poisonous mist scorpion's health was reduced to only about 3%. Its health was running low, and at this time, the poisonous mist scorpion's entire skin turned a crimson red. Even while enduring the dense magic attacks, the poisonous mist scorpion's health still slowly rose.

If the damage output was too low, such a situation would often occur. After the poisonous mist scorpion used a skill, its health regeneration speed would exceed the players' attack output.

"Everyone, use AoE magic!"

"It'll hit our own people!"

"Don't worry about it, fire!" Nie Yan shouted. The warriors in front could be resurrected if they died, but if they couldn't kill the poisonous mist scorpion, they would all die!

Just then, Daitou Dage Qizai waved his staff. After chanting a spell, a giant beam of light descended from the sky, striking the poisonous mist scorpion. Where the white light and the poisonous mist scorpion's body made contact, white smoke immediately billowed out of the poisonous mist scorpion's body.

Damage numbers of over 10,000 floated up from the poisonous mist scorpion's head.

The priest's Holy Purification was quite effective against evil creatures.

Immediately afterwards, a dense rain of AoE magic fell from the sky. The warriors at the front were instantly wiped out by these AoE spells, and dense fireballs slammed into the poisonous mist scorpion's body, pinning it down.

Cui Can Daoguang and Shuise Yantou quickly retreated.

"It's almost dead!"

"Everyone, keep going!"

Under the dense AoE magic, the poisonous mist scorpion's health finally slowly dropped.

Only about 2% left, and the poisonous mist scorpion was about to die!

The poisonous mist scorpion still moved slowly under the dense AoE magic!

"Warriors, paladins, ram it, don't let it out!"

Nie Yan shouted. One warrior and paladin after another charged towards the poisonous mist scorpion, constantly ramming into the poisonous mist scorpion's body, using their bodies to block the poisonous mist scorpion's advance. One warrior after another fell to the ground. Cui Can Daoguang and Shuise Yantou also charged in, and they undoubtedly followed in the footsteps of those warriors.

At this crucial moment, being able to hold back the poisonous mist scorpion for even a second was worth it.

Just as the poisonous mist scorpion was about to die, it opened its mouth and spat out a ball of black poisonous mist. The black gas spread rapidly, and the poisonous mist scorpion's health showed signs of recovery.

Not good! There wouldn't be enough time if they didn't interrupt it.

Seeing this scene, Nie Yan's heart jumped. He glanced at his skill bar, and the Spinal Break skill had already finished cooling down.

Nie Yan cast an Angelic Tribunal on himself, followed by a Flash Strike, and entered the area covered by AoE magic. He aimed at its back and used Spinal Break. The poisonous mist scorpion's poisonous mist was only half-swallowed when it was interrupted by Nie Yan.

The poisonous mist scorpion fell into a crippled state.

Fortunately, the poisonous mist that the poisonous mist scorpion spewed out wasn't much and was quickly purified by the holy light of the priests and paladins.

If they didn't deal damage, this guy would cause trouble again! Nie Yan used Shadow Dance Assassination, then a Backstab, and damage numbers floated up from the poisonous mist scorpion's head. The poisonous mist scorpion's health continued to drop.

The mages in the rear didn't dare to stop casting magic. The flames of AoE magic danced constantly before Nie Yan's eyes. His vision was a blaze of fire, and he couldn't see clearly at all. He could only rely on his senses to deal damage to the poisonous mist scorpion.

He didn't know how much health the poisonous mist scorpion had left, but at this point, he could only do his best.

Tang Yao chanted a spell in the rear, and a giant ball of flame suddenly condensed in the sky, several times larger than the poisonous mist scorpion's body. This giant ball of flame slammed down from the sky with a loud bang, and a damage number of over 30,000 floated up from the poisonous mist scorpion's head.

*Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong…*

Many players in the Bullsh*t Tribe glowed with white light, the light of leveling up.

"Did the poisonous mist scorpion die?" a player asked in disbelief.

"The system says the poisonous mist scorpion is dead!"

Several players had been in a state of tension since just now. Seeing the poisonous mist scorpion die, they relaxed all at once, and their bodies went limp.

"Boss, the poisonous mist scorpion is dead!"

Knowing that the poisonous mist scorpion was dead, Nie Yan quickly left the range of the AoE magic attacks.

The mages then stopped. After the AoE magic lasted for a few seconds, it finally stopped. The poisonous mist scorpion's corpse in the center had been roasted black.

The scene in front of them was a scene of misery. Around the poisonous mist scorpion's body, there were at least three or four hundred corpses lying on the ground. Not a single warrior was left. Only a few paladins and thieves survived. The melee units were completely wiped out. If the poisonous mist scorpion hadn't died, after this round of AoE magic, the only thing waiting for them would undoubtedly be total annihilation. Fortunately, this worst-case scenario didn't happen.

Everyone smiled easily.

Nie Yan also breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards the poisonous mist scorpion to pick up the equipment that had dropped on the ground.

"Priests, resurrect your teammates. Everyone else, recover in place," Nie Yan said. He searched around the poisonous mist scorpion and picked up three pieces of equipment, two gems, and two quest items. The poisonous mist scorpion had actually dropped so many things. It was a huge explosion of loot.

Nie Yan looked at them. Two of the three pieces of equipment were level 100 or higher. A dark-gold level 100 greatsword with an attack of over 3,000. If it was inlaid with gems that reduced requirements, it would definitely be a good item. The other piece was a mage's dark-gold robe, which greatly increased spell damage. The remaining piece was a special item, the Shield Ring, which could release a shield spell. Nie Yan already had enough rings, and this kind of thing was more suitable for shield warriors.

None of these three pieces of equipment were what Nie Yan needed. He glanced at the two gems, and Nie Yan's expression froze. A green gem appeared before his eyes, dazzlingly bright.

After taking a closer look, he confirmed that it was indeed a Emerald of Life.

With the Emerald of Life, Nie Yan could synthesize another Ring of Hope. He had made a profit.

There were also two quest items. One was the design drawing of the griffin cage, which contained the method of making the griffin cage. It was exactly what Cui Can Daoguang and others had been looking for. As for the other thing, it was a thin piece of parchment covered in mud, somewhat old and worn, with strange symbols drawn on it, written in some unknown language.

If this thing was placed in some inconspicuous place, it would definitely be thrown away like trash, but since it was dropped by a level 110 lord, Nie Yan naturally paid attention to it.

System: You have obtained the Alexia Symbol Guide.

This thing was bound upon pickup. He hadn't received any quest clues, so Nie Yan could only give up for the time being. He would first study what kind of text was on it and go to the library in Calore City to learn this language. He estimated that he would be able to understand it then.

Nie Yan put the Alexia Symbol Guide and the Emerald of Life into his bag. As for the other things, he would let Daoguang and the others take them and distribute them themselves.

In addition to this, Nie Yan, as usual, gave each team member some guild contribution points.

The mage players sat on the ground in twos and threes to recover their health and mana. The priests walked to the front and resurrected their dead teammates one by one. After Cui Can Daoguang and the others came back to life and recovered a bit, they walked towards Nie Yan.

"How's your skill training going? How can skills like Gouge be so perverted!?" Cui Can Daoguang and the others looked at Nie Yan and asked. Being able to control a level 110 lord monster for such a long time, this skill effect was simply too strong.

Sun and Wangzhe Tianxia and the others also looked at Nie Yan. They also wanted to know why the skill effects they cast were so different from the skills Nie Yan cast, even though they were both Gouge and stun skills.

"It's level 8 Gouge," Nie Yan said. There was no need to hide anything from Daoguang and the others.

*Hisss*, Cui Can Daoguang and the others gasped. They understood what a level 8 skill meant. Under normal circumstances, skills like Gouge couldn't be trained to such a high level in a year and a half unless they practiced non-stop day and night.

The few of them looked at each other. With a level 8 Gouge, it was no wonder that it could cause such a strong effect.