Chapter 165: God Blocks God, Buddha Blocks Buddha

Li Mingyu, out of jealousy over Jiang Chen's baseless accusations, led his team into the Abyss of death...

Skeleton Warriors, when facing a BOSS, often require a considerably long time, mainly because the BOSS's vitality is extremely high.

Compared with Knights of the same level, the BOSS's vitality is tens or even hundreds of times greater.

Although Knights have similar constitution attributes and deal comparable damage each time, defeating a BOSS takes far more time.

When Knights battle a BOSS with comparable constitution, they can hardly avoid defeat unless a healer provides support.

It is not due to insufficient attack power of the Knights, but because of a huge disparity in vitality.

Precisely for this reason, Skeleton Warriors perform better against other professions, yet are relatively weaker in BOSS battles.

With skills released consecutively, the Knight is already nearing the limit.

The Knight has to cast the final survival skill, Limit Defense.

Meanwhile, the healer quickly casts a healing skill to restore the Knight's life.

Even so, it is merely a means to stall; the Knights are already surrounded by Skeleton Warriors and cannot escape.

The second wave of magical attacks arrives, with screams and explosions echoing across the battlefield, and a mage falls to the ground.

The Knights' life continues to dwindle, while the healer's skill is still half a beat behind.

Li Mingyu, through a crack, sees Jiang Chen raise his hand and realizes the terrifying skill about to unfold.

No!

Screams and explosions intertwine.

After a massive blast, only two Knights remain alive.

Although the Limit Defense skill temporarily saves their lives, it is only

a brief delay.

The two Knights stare at Jiang Chen in fear, unable to comprehend how a Level 27 professional can be so powerful.

Seeing the Military Badge on Jiang Chen's shoulder, they instantly realize their fate is sealed.

A Two-Star Second Lieutenant requires over 20,000 Military Merit points to obtain, representing battles against countless Demons and monsters...

How many Demons and how many Man-eating Monsters must be slain to earn that rank.

This is a symbol of strength.

He's hit a steel plate, and it's the kind covered in deadly poisonous spines.

Another team of eight professionals from the Huangtian Guild has already begun attacking the Battlefield Demon King, clearly stronger than Li Mingyu's team.

The team's leader is a Second Transcendence High-level Professional, whose level has reached 42.

Among the team are a high-level mage and a senior healer; the other members are all Level 39, and defeating a Level 39 Battlefield Demon King is no problem for them.

Yi Ning tries to disrupt them from the air, but the effect is negligible.

A Level 40 Second Transcendence Great Mage immobilizes Yi Ning and activates a restraining skill.

His skill is immensely powerful; Yi Ning's Light Orb shield can only withstand two attacks before breaking, and the Great Mage possesses multiple Group Attack Skills, firmly suppressing Yi Ning so she cannot achieve her intended effect.

Although this slows the BOSS‑fighting speed considerably, as long as the Knights can hold on, they can still grind the BOSS to death.

Yi Ning feels increasingly anxious, then suddenly receives Jiang Chen's party invitation; she joins Jiang Chen's team without hesitation.

She asks, "Is it resolved that quickly?"

Yi Ning looks down and sees Jiang Chen and Lin Caier'er walking toward her,

followed by several Skeletons, each still carrying...

Corpses!

These corpses are the Knights from the team that were just defeated.

Yi Ning gazes in shock toward the distance, finding no one standing there, only piles of corpses.

"They're really all dead!"

Yi Ning's heart trembles.

Although she usually appears proud and aloof, she has never witnessed real killing; she once dismissed Jiang Chen's talk of murder, but now she has seen it with her own eyes.

While she is stunned, a massive Fireball explodes beside her, sending the Unicorn and her flying; they are unharmed but look a mess.

The Great Mage sneers, as if mocking Yi Ning's helplessness.

But suddenly, he sees something flying toward them—could it be a corpse?

The Great Mage is unsure, only seeing a dark object with fresh blood dripping from it.

The corpse lands at the Great Mage's feet, the scent of blood assaulting his nose.

"Huangtian Guild's uniform—this is one of ours!"

The Great Mage's eyes narrow, instantly feeling a chill down his spine.

But it's already too late; the corpse erupts with a thunderous blast.

The Great Mage's Magic Shield shatters, hurling his whole body into the air.

It's not just him; the entire team suffers the explosion attack.

Then another corpse flies over.

It flies to the team's head, detonating mid‑air.

Knights possess the strongest vitality among all professions.

Using it for Corpse Explosion yields the greatest power.

Two consecutive explosions instantly annihilate the team, except for the Knights.

Only the Knights, being far enough beyond the blast radius, remain unharmed.

Yi Ning stares blankly, her whole body going numb.

She and the Unicorn tremble together, unable to believe it.

It was taken down so easily.

The BOSS Team that she couldn't handle at all was easily wiped out.

"How could this be possible."

"Could it be that I was affected by a Spirit Skill and hallucinating?"

"Did those people really just die?"

Question marks popped up one after another, and Yi Ning couldn't comprehend.

The Great Knight bearing the BOSS shouted urgently, "Great Elder, heal quickly!"

He called out twice, yet no Healing Technique landed on him.

The BOSS's attacks were extremely fierce; without a healer, he couldn't hold out long.

Without healing, he had no choice but to activate the survival skill Limit Defense.

His defense surged instantly to the maximum, and the BOSS could hardly damage him.

Seizing the chance, he turned to see what the Great Elder was up to.

When he looked back, a chilling sensation washed over him.

The team had vanished, replaced by a lone Skeleton charging straight at him.

"What is this!"

"Where did all these Skeletons come from!"

"Where did the team go?"

His first reaction was to flee.

Buzz!

A faint sound rang, and a swath of Red Light appeared overhead.

He noticed the BOSS's speed suddenly slowed.

Not only the BOSS, he himself also slowed down.

Red Shackles appeared above both his and the BOSS's heads.

"Damn, it's a Curse!"

He entered slow motion as Skeleton Warriors rushed in, surrounding him and the BOSS.

The Skeleton Warrior unleashed a Skill that landed on it.

Cursed and controlled, it couldn't dodge.

He remained in Limit Defense, and the Skeleton Warrior's Rage Power Skill inflicted little damage on him.

It only drastically shortened the duration of Limit Defense.

He was horrified beyond words, wanting to escape, yet the Skeleton Warriors encircled him with no way out.

The Skeleton Warriors kept attacking him, and the Limit Defense time kept dwindling.

Seeing the Limit Defense about to vanish.

He roared loudly, "Group Protection!"

A Light Orb manifested around his body, resembling a mage's shield—a Group Protection skill.

Though not as powerful as Limit Defense, it could be used in an emergency.

It was his final struggle.

Several corpses flew overhead.

He heard a deafening Explosion.

The first Explosion caused Group Protection to collapse.

The second Explosion dealt unprecedented damage; most of his life was gone.

The third Explosion erased his consciousness, killing him outright.

When he died, the Battlefield Ghost King switched targets, let out a sharp cry, and instantly locked onto Jiang Chen.

The three corpse Explosions hurt it considerably, and Jiang Chen became its primary attack target.

The Battlefield Ghost King suddenly turned into smoke, passed through the Skeleton Warriors' encirclement, and appeared before Jiang Chen.

When it became smoke, the Curse's power vanished.

After regaining solid form, the Curse was gone, as if devoured.

A massive hand slammed down!

"Watch out!"

Yi Ning snapped out of shock and quickly warned.

Jiang Chen neither dodged nor evaded, letting it strike.

He had full confidence in his Bone Armor.

"Battlefield Ghost King (World BOSS)"

"Level: 39"

"Power: 25000"

"Agility: 20000"

"Spirit: 20000"

"Constitution: 25000"

"Skills: Void, Bewitch, Life Absorption"

"Spec

Trait: Physical damage reduced by 50%, Holy damage increased by 50%"

Jiang Chen had already used Detection Technique on the way to check the Battlefield Ghost King's attributes.

He now had a rough understanding of the Battlefield Ghost King's various abilities.

Its attributes were strong; in strength and constitution it already surpassed the Skeleton Warrior.

Moreover, with a trait that reduces physical damage by 50% and the boss's massive vitality, the Skeleton Warrior would need to grind for a while before it could kill it.

As long as it has no control‑type skills, there is nothing to worry about.

Jiang Chen again became a meat shield.

The Skeleton Warrior circled the Battlefield Ghost King, outputting wildly, while the Skeleton Mage kept releasing skills.

Physical attacks, magical attacks, the Battlefield Ghost King was engulfed by various skills.

Yi Ning stared dumbfounded, still able to fight like this.

The next second she also joined the battle group, and the Unicorn kept launching attacks.

The Unicorn's attacks have holy attribute, increasing damage to the Battlefield Ghost King by an extra 50%, a pretty good effect.

In just half a minute the damage the Battlefield Ghost King received was more than that the previous team took in ten‑plus minutes.

It let out a scream that pierced the eardrum, seizing heart and soul.

Skill: Bewitch.

While suspended in midair, Yi Ning's gaze instantly lost focus, becoming hazy.

The Unicorn's whinny sounded at the same time, waking Yi Ning.

Yi Ning broke out a cold sweat, having actually been bewitched.

Looking again at Jiang Chen, he seemed as if nothing were wrong.

Not only him, Lin Caier was the same.

Bone Armor glittered, blocking the Bewitch skill.

Skill: Life Absorption!

The Battlefield Ghost King cast the skill again.

Invisible chains fell on several people and the Skeleton, and the Battlefield Ghost King began absorbing life force.

Bone Armor glittered, battlefield

The Ghost King couldn't absorb any life force at all.

Yi Ning's Unicorn also released a protective Light Orb, firmly shielding Yi Ning.

As for the Skeleton Warrior, it originally had no life force, so nothing could be absorbed.

The Battlefield Ghost King roared repeatedly, but to no avail.

Its life force was rapidly decreasing.

It etherealed several times, only buying a short delay.

When the Etherealization skill activates, it is in a physical‑immune state and can also devour the power of curses.

That only makes the Skeleton Warrior's attacks ineffective; the Skeleton Mage's skills can still damage it even in Etherealization.

Jiang Chen will also promptly apply Slow Curse after the Etherealization ends.

The lifeless Skeleton, with Bone Armor immune to all negative states, completely restrains the Battlefield Ghost King.

The Battlefield Ghost King grows increasingly weak.

Yi Ning, excited, clenched a small fist, "Finally got it done!"

Her excitement overflowed in her words...