Chapter 104: Tier 7 Magic Array, Plunder Wind Array!

Forty minutes had already passed since 【Bedrock Heart】 was activated.

Luo Chenyu was panting heavily — this was the state of having exhausted too much stamina.

Don't think professionals are made of iron either; when faced with high-intensity combat, they too can "flag."

Every single moment.

He had to keep an eye on his quest's progress.

Now, forty minutes in, his damage taken had already exceeded 12 million!

Still 6 million to go.

If things kept up at this pace, he could complete 【Bedrock Heart】 within the one-hour time limit.

But…

Things rarely go exactly as one wishes.

"Swoosh!!"

A shrill shriek rang out across the sky.

In an instant, every Owl Beast stopped its attack rhythm and encircled the small hilltop.

"Dammit, why don't you lot just attack!"

Luo Chenyu was dumbfounded — if the Owl Beasts wouldn't attack, how was he supposed to complete his quest?

He immediately rushed toward the batch of Owl Beasts at the foot of the hill.

If he struck first, those Owl Beasts would surely counterattack, right!

However…

Things didn't go as Luo Chenyu had imagined. Just as he charged to the front of the Owl Beast pack, a massive wall of wind suddenly appeared, blocking his advance.

"Hmph, a mere wind wall thinks it can stop me!"

Luo Chenyu plunged headfirst into the wind wall.

In an instant, his shield plummeted, dropping over three hundred thousand in just a few seconds.

"Hiss… what kind of damage is this."

Luo Chenyu hesitated for a moment, then hurriedly retreated out of the wind wall's range.

His shield was his lifeline — inside the wind wall it couldn't be replenished, so there was no way he could last long.

Just at that moment.

A sky-obscuring shadow appeared above the small hill.

A terrifying Owl Beast hovered mid-air on beating wings, a pair of sharp eyes fixed dead on Luo Chenyu — that look of hatred was plain as day.

"Owl Beast King!!"

As the final BOSS of Yangshan, Luo Chenyu naturally knew this "star" monster.

"Perfect timing — tell your underlings to get a move on and attack me!"

"Swoosh!!!"

The Owl Beast King let out a sudden cry, and a sky-filling barrage of wind blades appeared, shooting toward Luo Chenyu at tremendous speed.

Luo Chenyu panicked!

The Owl Beast King's fearsome reputation was known to everyone in Longshan City — a Tier 5 Abyss BOSS, who wouldn't know that.

God knew whether it had true-damage capability.

He wouldn't dare tank it head-on!

Brutal Charge!

If he couldn't run through, he'd use a skill!

Luo Chenyu became a bolt of lightning, bursting straight through the wind wall's obstruction, landing among the Owl Beast pack, immediately refreshing 【Steel Shield】. A booming explosion rang out, restoring several hundred thousand shield value.

Cheating… ahem, shield abilities — he was a professional at those!

The Owl Beast King's eyes went cold — a mere human daring to kill Owl Beasts right in front of it.

It immediately turned its spearhead, and an endless gale surged toward Luo Chenyu.

So fast it arrived in the blink of an eye.

The gale swept in; Luo Chenyu had no time to react and was directly engulfed.

Streaks of pale-white numbers popped up above his head.

That was…

True damage!

In just a few seconds, it chewed away 50% of his HP.

"Fierce!"

Luo Chenyu kept attacking the Owl Beasts while hurriedly activating 【Defensive Stance】 and 【Life Goddess's Shelter】 — his HP bar bounced up and down like playing a piano.

Of course, what dropped even faster was his shield value.

He couldn't afford to slack off.

Luo Chenyu hurriedly charged toward another Owl Beast pack and blew up the shield from 【Brutal Charge】.

Tired!

Very tired!

In just over a minute, Luo Chenyu felt like he was walking a tightrope — every second carried the feeling of imminent death.

But the results achieved were genuinely impressive.

Over a million damage taken, just like that, completed.

Luo Chenyu looked at his remaining shield value of just over a hundred thousand and declared, "I can still hold on!"

Several skills were about to finish cooling down.

Facing the King of Owl Beasts' playful attacks, the probability of completing the quest was extremely high.

But, to Luo Chenyu's helplessness, his own attacks did not deal much damage to the King of Owl Beasts.

Even the bombardment of 【Steel Shield】 was nothing more than a scrape; in the blink of an eye, its HP was restored by the "Healing Trait."

Kill it?

Luo Chenyu simply didn't want to, and couldn't.

He could only stall until the quest was complete, then make a strategic retreat.

3 million damage taken!

2 million damage taken!

……

When the last five million damage was taken, the shields on Luo Chenyu's body were finally exhausted.

And at this moment.

The King of Owl Beasts made a move.

"Screech!!!"

It let out a piercing cry, and countless Owl Beasts hearing the "King's" call also began to cry out at the same time.

The high-pitched, shrill cries echoed throughout Yangshan.

The next instant.

An emerald-green magic array enveloped the entire hillock, covering Luo Chenyu within it as well.

"Not good, it's a wind-system Tier 7 magic array, the Plundering Wind Array!"

At the foot of the mountain, the black-clothed man suddenly cried out in alarm; he recognized this magic array.