Chapter 424: Even a Beautiful Priestess Can Kill!

Xiehuang Bajian let out a fierce roar and swung his massive sword down in a powerful downward slash toward Knight’s Elegy.

Just as Xiehuang Bajian’s blade was about to strike Knight’s Elegy, suddenly a dagger shot through his back like a flash, piercing his heart. Blood spurted out.

The attack came from such a close distance that Xiehuang Bajian didn’t even have time to react.

A look of disbelief crossed his face. Normally, he should have detected a rogue’s close-range attack and retaliated. Yet this rogue had silently approached from behind and attacked from merely two yards away. The sudden strike at such proximity left him completely unprepared, and he was hit by the dagger.

His hand holding the greatsword dropped limply, and his consciousness became hazy. This was the stun effect caused by the rogue’s attack.

A rogue figure slowly emerged from behind Xiehuang Bajian. Sun’s lips curled into a slight smile; his stealth attack had proven quite effective. When Xiehuang Bajian had used that Shockwave ability earlier, he hadn’t retreated but instead activated a stealth ability. Using the two seconds of invulnerability granted by the stealth skill, he had absorbed the Shockwave and remained hidden at a distance of nearly two yards from Xiehuang Bajian, waiting patiently. When Xiehuang Bajian turned to attack Knight’s Elegy, he struck unexpectedly and landed a critical hit.

Sun’s piercing dagger hit the heart, causing two seconds of stun. Taking advantage of those two seconds, Sun performed a Backstab and Rupture from behind Xiehuang Bajian.

Each of his attacks only dealt three to four hundred damage, which was negligible compared to Xiehuang Bajian’s massive 3800 health pool. Xiehuang Bajian’s defense was simply too strong.

Rogue’s short weapons struggled to deal significant damage against a warrior’s plate armor. Although the damage wasn’t high, Sun remained calm and composed. As Xiehuang Bajian was about to recover from the stun, Sun hit him with a Kidney Shot, causing him to be stunned again.

Moving to the front of Xiehuang Bajian, Sun performed a Rupture followed by a Dispatch. As the Kidney Shot’s stun wore off, before Xiehuang Bajian could even react, Sun landed another stun ability on him. The stun effect lasted for three seconds.

The continuous stuns left no opening for Xiehuang Bajian to recover.

At this moment, Knight’s Elegy recovered from the stun caused by the Shockwave.

“Brother Knight, let’s take him down together,” Sun said as he moved behind Xiehuang Bajian again.

Knight’s Elegy launched a Holy Strike at Xiehuang Bajian’s head.

His attack was much more impactful compared to Sun’s.

Seeing Xiehuang Bajian being controlled, the players from Niuren Tribe nearby quickly intercepted the Alliance of Magic players rushing to assist him. Several holy paladins from Niuren Tribe also went all out, continuously using Silencing spells on the priests from Zhanda Shixue’s side to prevent them from healing Xiehuang Bajian.

Deadly Blast!

Sun, having accumulated two combo points, executed a finishing move to unleash the damage.

-1309!

Seeing Sun dealing significant damage, Knight’s Elegy also gave it his all, unleashing a level-five Holy Strike that sent Xiehuang Bajian flying.

Xiehuang Bajian’s health dropped to zero, and he fell to the ground. Knight’s Elegy let out a sigh of relief.

Sun turned to Knight’s Elegy and said, “Brother Knight, it was a pleasure working with you.”

Knight’s Elegy smiled and replied, “Likewise.”

Sun once again entered stealth mode and disappeared from everyone’s sight.

As the fierce battle raged on in the front lines, a high-level rogue from Angel Dominion stealthily approached the backlines of Niuren Tribe’s spellcasters.

Kuangwang had recently joined Angel Dominion. Due to his decent skills and promotion to high-level rogue, he had gained a favorable status within the guild. However, since he was newly joined and lacked achievements, he was naturally eager to prove himself. Relying on his impressive stealth attributes, he infiltrated behind Niuren Tribe’s lines, where several priests were continuously healing the front-line players of Niuren Tribe.

In guild wars, killing a mage class player could earn a rogue around 200 contribution points in Angel Dominion. If the target was a high-level mage, the reward increased to 2000. Killing a regular priest earned 500 guild contribution points, while eliminating a high-level priest could yield up to 8000.

In guild warfare, a high-level priest was as valuable as five or six front-line swordsmen. This was because a single healing spell from a high-level priest could pull a heavily damaged swordsman back from the brink of death.

For a rogue, whether they could eliminate a priest at the backlines was one of the criteria for judging their skill. Some rogues could successfully take down priests and escape unscathed, while others failed and ended up dying themselves. Just like the current situation with Nieyan, Sun, and Yichui Dingqing, Nieyan had already taken down five priests, including one high-level priest. Yichui Dingqing had eliminated three priests, and Sun had taken down two.

However, the priests of Niuren Tribe had not suffered many losses. Kuangwang glanced at a distance and spotted about seven or eight priests scattered around, with three high-level priests catching his attention.

Daibang Lao Ge Qi Zai, Shili Huasha, and Heise Tiantang were positioned at different locations, spaced roughly twenty to thirty yards apart.

Kuangwang quickly set his sights on Shili Huasha.

From experience, many female players who chose the priest class generally lacked high skill. Their gear was often boosted by other players, and the prettier they were, the more attention they received. Seeing Shili Huasha, Kuangwang couldn’t help but feel a sense of disdain. With the same contribution reward, he naturally preferred to target the easier prey. A beautiful priestess was often an ideal target, regardless of whether it meant harming a delicate flower.

Kuangwang stealthily approached Shili Huasha.

Shili Huasha continued casting healing spells, no longer able to count how many melee fighters from Niuren Tribe she had saved.

As she cast a healing spell, she suddenly sensed something unusual. Unlike other priests who would panic and immediately use a Fear Howl, she remained calm. Priests only had one strong survival skill, and using it recklessly would leave them vulnerable if the rogue dodged it. As long as she kept the threat of Fear Howl, the nearby rogues wouldn’t dare to attack her easily.

Shili Huasha calmly stepped back and cast a Light Beam spell.

The light orb soared into the sky, and a beam of white light poured down.

In the midst of the white light, a figure flashed past and lunged toward her.

The rogue was getting closer to Shili Huasha. She quickly cast a level-six Holy Shield on herself. As the level of Holy Shield increased, its effectiveness became quite strong, providing some protection against stuns.

Ordinary players rarely obtained powerful skills because legendary-grade equipment was extremely rare. Occasionally obtaining one or two pieces was already considered excellent. Within Niuren Tribe, it seemed only Nieyan and Yaoyao possessed multiple legendary-grade items, while other top players might have one or two. Players like Shili Huasha usually focused on improving the levels of basic skills, which could also be quite powerful when enhanced.

As the white light revealed Kuangwang, she instantly cast a Pain spell on him. Pain functioned similarly to a curse, causing continuous damage and marking the target. This instant-cast skill was difficult to evade, and the rogue was immediately affected.

Kuangwang’s heart sank. This priestess was proving to be much more formidable than he had anticipated.

Kuangwang lunged toward Shili Huasha and aimed his dagger at her forehead, attempting a stun strike.

A flash of light appeared, and Shili Huasha used a Blink-like ability, dodging two yards away and causing Kuangwang’s strike to miss.

Shili Huasha immediately cast a Holy Nova, launching a white light orb directly at Kuangwang.

Before Kuangwang could land, he saw the orb approaching and used Windstep to evade Shili Huasha’s attack.

Using the speed boost from Windstep, he charged toward Shili Huasha once again.

The high-level rogue Kuangwang rushed toward Shili Huasha, his dagger aimed at her throat. At this point, he no longer cared about anything else and attacked ruthlessly.

Just as Kuangwang was about to strike Shili Huasha, she suddenly smiled sweetly.

Seeing Shili Huasha’s smile, Kuangwang felt a jolt of alarm. However, before he could attempt to use a skill, Shili Huasha cast a Silence on him. Looking down, Kuangwang noticed that most of his skills were grayed out and unusable.

He’s done for! The thought flashed through his mind.

Shili Huasha immediately followed up with a Fear Howl. A sharp yet melodious sound rang out, piercing Kuangwang’s eardrums. His body became uncontrollable, and he started running aimlessly, caught in the fear effect.

Seeing the high-level rogue Kuangwang being controlled, the nearby players from Niuren Tribe naturally seized the opportunity to gang up on him. Several mages’ Fireballs and Holy Smites rained down on Kuangwang, sending him flying.

Kuangwang collapsed to the ground.

As the players from Niuren Tribe looked toward Shili Huasha, admiration filled their eyes. A high-level priest being approached by a high-level rogue and still managing to handle the situation so calmly, even turning the tables on the rogue, was truly impressive.

Normally, they only saw the beautiful and graceful side of Shili Huasha. They hadn’t expected this beautiful priestess to possess such exceptional skills.

Daibang Lao Ge Qi Zai glanced in this direction and smiled faintly. The beauties of Niuren Tribe were not easily bullied. Whether it was Shili Huasha, Yaoyao, Yichui Dingqing, or Yueer Ya, even the slightly less skilled Yulan possessed decent skills.

Nieyan roughly tallied up the battle losses. Niuren Tribe had lost over 300 players, while Zhanda Shixue and the other three guilds had lost around 200. Although Niuren Tribe suffered more losses overall, when comparing only the losses of specialized class players, Niuren Tribe lost two specialized players, while Zhanda Shixue and the other three guilds lost five.

Considering this, the losses were roughly equal. Nieyan was quite satisfied with the outcome of the battle.