The violent waves of Qiangtao Manjuan, holding a golden tower shield, charged forward with a heroic strike, attracting one of the Scorpion Lions, then executed a shield sweep, effectively blocking three Scorpion Lions at once.
His movements were also very agile. How could someone without exceptional skill maintain the position of main tank for the Holy Roman Empire’s elite team?
The three Scorpion Lions continuously attacked Qiangtao Manjuan. Damage numbers floated above his head as white healing lights landed on him, causing his health to fluctuate drastically.
Even with the defense of a main tank, he could not withstand such fierce attacks.
Nearby melee classes, including Banxing De HuLi (Half-Awake Fox), quickly moved in to relieve some pressure off Qiangtao Manjuan.
“Pay attention to removing paralysis!”
“Got it!” Qiangtao Manjuan replied.
At the back, the mage group was dazzling with magical lights. Some were chanting high-damage spells while others released spells that struck the Scorpion Lions with booming sounds. The first Scorpion Lion was blown away by the magical blasts.
Nie Yan flanked the remaining two Scorpion Lions from behind and stunned one, followed by a critical strike.
-103, -123, two damage numbers floated above the Scorpion Lion.
“What kind of damage is that?” the team members were stunned. Was this really a rogue’s attack? It seemed even more powerful than some warriors in the team.
In their minds, warriors usually had higher attack than rogues, while rogues had faster attack speed. This was common knowledge. Suddenly encountering such a powerful rogue, they were quite surprised.
Nie Yan wielded dual daggers, had high attack power, and fast attack speed. He was practically a monster.
Boom, boom. The remaining two Scorpion Lions fell one after another. The entire team’s coordination was efficient and flawless, even Nie Yan found it impeccable.
After defeating the three Scorpion Lions, the remaining thirteen Scorpion Lions charged forward.
Six warriors stepped up to the front line, and Banxing De HuLi was no exception. Behind them were the paladins, who were also plate armor classes, and occasionally played the role of warriors. Some paladins with good gear even had defensive capabilities comparable to warriors.
“Damn, these Scorpion Lions have such high attack. Qiangtao, hold off the Scorpion Lion leader,” Banxing De HuLi thought to himself in alarm, watching his health drop rapidly. If even he was struggling like this, others must be in an even worse situation.
The Scorpion Lions’ attacks somewhat exceeded Banxing De HuLi’s expectations, making them scramble to cope. Fortunately, several warriors blocked the positions. If all these Scorpion Lions fully unleashed their combat power, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Trying to gauge an expert-level instance’s difficulty based on an ordinary instance was clearly inappropriate.
“Feng Leng, use Meteor Shower, otherwise we won’t make it,” Banxing De HuLi urgently called out. The healers were under great pressure, and even a small mistake could lead to serious consequences, so he had no choice but to play his trump card early.
Meteor Shower, a cathedral magic?
Nie Yan wanted to stop him, but it was already too late. Feng Leng, the Holy Word mage, pulled out a golden scroll of magical incantations and began chanting.
“What a waste, using cathedral magic in a place like this,” Nie Yan thought in frustration. If they had saved Meteor Shower for when the Scorpion Lion King’s health was low, it would have saved a lot of trouble. Now that it was already being used, there was no stopping it.
Magic had many classifications, with several being the strongest, including human cathedral magic, giant race’s Koshart magic, orcish fanatic magic, elven moon goddess magic, demon tribe black magic, undead tribe fate magic, and so on. There were also some secondary magics, such as elemental hall magic, which were full of regional and cultural characteristics, closely related to players’ beliefs.
However, the power of these magics was beyond doubt.
Cathedral magic was also divided into sixteen levels.
Meteor Shower was one of the lowest-level magics in cathedral magic. Even as a low-level spell, it was an extremely powerful presence among players, with a magic cooldown time of two natural days. Moreover, casting a cathedral magic was a very complicated process.
First, one needed a cathedral magic scroll, spending nearly an hour to copy the Meteor Shower spell onto the scroll, and then providing enough magic power to support the spell. Even the most basic level one spell required at least one thousand magic points. This meant that a Holy Word mage like Feng Leng would need to input about three full mana bars to complete one scroll.
Furthermore, after casting one Meteor Shower, one had to wait two natural days before being able to cast it again, which showed its complexity.
Of course, cathedral magic wasn’t something anyone could learn. Currently, the value of a cathedral magic skill book was at least one gold coin. Moreover, it wasn’t something you could buy even if you had money.
Banxing De HuLi asked Feng Leng to cast Meteor Shower partly because the situation was quite dire, and partly to showcase his strength and resources to Nie Yan.
Cathedral magic wasn’t something every team could access.
Under the fierce attacks of the Scorpion Lions, Banxing De HuLi and others were gradually pushed back as time ticked away.
Ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds passed. After three sets of gestures and one set of incantations, Feng Leng’s golden scroll began to emit dazzling light. In the sky, a cluster of scorching clouds gathered, and countless white meteors rained down from the heavens.
Pah, pah, pah, a rain of meteors fell like a downpour on the Scorpion Lions ahead.
-302, -321, -301, -310, -310, dazzling numbers floated up in clusters. Each meteor radiated brilliant light, like white lotuses blooming, magnificent and eye-catching.
After only three waves of Meteor Shower, a row of Scorpion Lions fell, leaving only the Scorpion Lion leader. The meteors continued to strike the leader, and after five waves, the Scorpion Lion leader was left with only a sliver of health.
Subsequently, over a dozen spells from other mages bombarded the Scorpion Lion leader, finally killing it.
Without this Meteor Shower skill, dealing with the Scorpion Lions would have been extremely difficult, and they might have faced a total wipe.
The ground was littered with Scorpion Lion corpses. Several rogues from Banxing De HuLi’s team went forward to collect the loot.
“What do you think of this spell?” Banxing De HuLi was slightly proud but didn’t show it. In his mind, Nie Yan probably hadn’t seen such a powerful spell before and must be amazed.
Nie Yan smiled bitterly and said, “Using cathedral magic here is such a waste. What if we encounter another group of Scorpion Lions?”
Nie Yan wasn’t some country bumpkin. He had seen far more things than Banxing De HuLi, so he wasn’t surprised to see cathedral magic.
Using cathedral magic here was a serious misuse of resources. If they encountered another group of Scorpion Lions, wouldn’t they still be stuck?
Hearing Nie Yan’s words, Banxing De HuLi felt slightly embarrassed. If it wasn’t absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t have used the cathedral magic. The situation before was urgent, and he had also wanted to display his resources. Instead, he was looked down upon by Nie Yan. Nie Yan could even recognize it as cathedral magic at a glance and seemed to know more about it than he did. What kind of person was this guy, really?
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