Chapter 458: Besieging the Lantern Fire Fish, a Sudden Dark Arrow

On the Qinghai Prairie, almost all monsters possess the ability to change color, making them hard to spot with the naked eye.

However, there is one exception.

Jiang Chen saw it from afar, a bright lantern hanging over its head.

Although its whole body has already changed color to hide, the lantern cannot change and continuously emits a dim yellow glow.

Huo Lieyang said, "Brother Jiang, stay back a bit; if we fight, you might get injured. This creature's Group Attack Skill is quite strong."

Jiang Chen said nothing and stepped back several hundred meters.

In the ten-person team led by Huo Lieyang, there are two healers, two supports, and the other five are mages.

This team composition differs from the norm, clearly prepared to face the lanterned monster before them.

The supports quickly applied buffs to the team, and the healers are already ready.

"Begin!"

"Watch yourselves!"

Huo Lieyang let out a light shout and directly activated Charge.

It seemed to have locked onto the monster's position, falling from the sky like a meteor and smashing into the target.

Jiang Chen was slightly startled; Huo Lieyang is a Level 82 Holy Word Knight, so his combat power is evident.

Under such full-force charge, the power overflowed.

That terrifying impact might cause the sword grass to rebound.

Through Huo Lieyang's introduction earlier, he learned that the grass on the Qinghai Prairie is called sword grass.

It looks like grass, flies like a sword.

As for why the Qinghai Prairie has the damage rebound property, Huo Lieyang is also not quite sure.

With a booming "Bang", Huo Lieyang slammed heavily into the monster.

He hit with great precision; the Shield in his hand glittered, and the Skill's power was almost concentrated on a tiny point

bursting out.

Not even a shockwave leaked out; the surrounding sword grass remained completely still.

Jiang Chen watched and couldn't help but marvel at Huo Lieyang's mastery of the Skill.

After Level 80, essentially all the Skills that should be learned have been mastered.

What remains is to see who can better control the Skills.

Obviously, Huo Lieyang performed excellently.

Under the charge, the monster let out a Scream, and the lamp on its head became extremely bright, shining like a tiny sun.

The monster's body also became visible.

Its length exceeds twenty meters, its body diameter over five meters, appearing somewhat rotund.

Below its body are several pairs of tentacles, resembling claws.

It also has a fish tail covered in spines, and a lamp perched on its head.

It is snake-like yet not a snake, fish-like yet not a fish—truly bizarre.

The monster, upon being attacked, instantly counterattacked, and the lamp on its head flared to its maximum brightness in an instant.

At this moment, the two supports acted simultaneously.

Two Control-type Skills dropped at the same time.

Skill: Bind.

Skill: Sleep.

The lamp on the monster's head dimmed for a moment, but immediately lit up again.

"Ineffective."

"Skill failed."

The two supports shouted.

They failed to interrupt the monster's Skill.

Huo Lieyang shouted loudly, "Mages defend, healers prepare, Jiang brother, retreat."

As he said so, he swung his Shield and smashed forward.

Skill: Shield Impact!

Shield Impact has a certain degree of Stun effect, but it remains ineffective.

The mages have already activated Magic Shield.

Healers and supports both took cover behind the mages, and the healer's Skill is ready to unleash.

Jiang Chen donned a layer of Bone Armor on himself and retreated another hundred meters.

At the same time, a Detection Technique was launched; he felt slightly curious about this monster.

"Lantern Fire Fish (Lord-level BOS

S)"

"Level: 83"

"Power: 1000000"

"Agility: 500000"

"Spirit: 1000000"

"Constitution: 1200000"

"Skills: Light Fire Burst, Light Fire Meteor, Light Fire Gleam"

"Traits: Fire Element damage reduced by 70%, Water Element damage reduced by 70%, abnormal status Resistance Enhancement, vitality enhancement"

The 3.7 million attribute is okay; compared to when I previously encountered the "Giant Leaf Mother Tree" and the "Venomous Jiao", it is a completely different level of existence.

Jiang Chen looked at these three skills, and with its traits, Jiang Chen felt it would be somewhat hard to deal with.

Of course, this difficulty is only for Huo Lieyang and the others.

Dual‑element immunity is one thing, but the key is the Resistance Enhancement trait against abnormal states, which greatly weakens the effect of the support's Control skills.

The lantern atop the Lantern Firefish shone to its limit and burst with a roar.

Skill: Light-Fire Burst!

In an instant, thousands of rays of light shot out from the lantern.

The rays were filled entirely with Fire Element.

"Defend!"

Huo Lieyang shouted loudly, raised his Shield high, and hard‑blocked nearly a third of the attack.

He was jolted back, and the healer quickly administered treatment to him.

The Fire‑element‑laden strike landed on the mage's Shield, causing the Shield to warp wildly.

Flames roared up on the Shield in an instant.

Similarly, a ray of light fell onto Jiang Chen.

Bone Armor flashed with a pure white light, blocking the attack.

Jiang Chen found that this skill not only carried Fire Element but also possessed tremendous impact.

Moreover, its attack landed on the Qinghai Grassland and would not trigger Swordgrass recoil.

It seems the damage recoil of Qinghai Grassland

trait is also specific.

The Lantern Firefish is originally a monster of the Qinghai Grassland, so it does not cause recoil.

Skill after skill kept coming, preventing Huo Lieyang from finding a chance to counterattack.

The support continued using other Control skills.

After using several skills in succession, the Lantern Firefish finally halted abruptly.

Control took effect, and the skill was interrupted.

"Attack!"

Huo Lieyang seized the opportunity, roared, and began a frenzied attack.

The five mages also cast their skills simultaneously, launching an attack.

They all used Wind Element skills; the Lantern Firefish has dual immunity to Fire Element and Water Element, with immunity reaching 70%, so Fire Element or Water Element skills naturally cannot be used.

Wind Element skills struck the Lantern Firefish one after another.

Only two seconds later, the Control skill ended.

The Lantern Firefish let out a scream and counterattacked again, its lantern atop its head lighting up once more.

Its skills are basically all focused on the lantern atop its head.

This time the lantern was brighter than before, and began to emit fierce flames...

The lantern turned into a fireball, and in an instant broke away from the Lantern Firefish, soaring into the sky.

It burned fiercely in the sky, then burst out a multitude of light pillars, shooting toward the ground like sharp arrows.

Enveloping several hundred meters in all directions.

Skill: Light-Fire Meteor.

Resembling light, fire, and a meteor, this attack skill cares about nothing else—just fast, fierce, and precise.

Huo Lieyang instantly leapt back into the formation, raising a group defense.

At the same time, he didn't forget to call out to Jiang Chen, "Brother Jiang, fall back farther."

Jiang Chen kept retreating; he had already withdrawn over eight hundred meters, completely out of the Lantern Firefish's attack range.

The Light-Fire Meteor struck the Shield that Huo Lieyang raised, turning the entire Shield into

a ball of fire.

However, the Shield remained very stable, showing no fear at all.

The two supports still used Control skills, hoping to interrupt the Lantern Firefish's abilities.

Jiang Chen originally wanted to help them, but after thinking, he still didn't act.

He decided to watch first; Huo Lieyang seemed to have complete confidence in dealing with it.

Finally, the Lantern Firefish was hit again by a Control skill.

The skill was interrupted, and the lantern that was in midair swooshed to fly back.

At that moment, Huo Lieyang dashed forward, and his Knight Sword burst with brilliant light.

He whispered, "Sure hit! The decisive slash!"

Holy Word Knight, with celestial words in his mouth, his words enact law.

This ability cannot be used casually; each use consumes a great amount of Spiritual Power, so it is not employed lightly.

But if used well, the effect is excellent.

Just like now, the Lantern Firefish's lantern is rapidly returning.

At Huo Lieyang's normal speed, it would be impossible to catch up.

But it used the Holy Word, instantly turning into light, not only catching up but also hitting with perfect accuracy.

The moment the lantern was hit, the Lantern Firefish let out a wail.

It instantly broke free of the Control skill, flames erupting from its whole body.

Skill: Fire Light Shine!

Flames blazed, covering the surroundings, and Huo Lieyang was enveloped within them.

Huo Lieyang ignored the flames, lightly shouted: Limit Defense!

His whole body glowed, and he continued to launch attacks toward the lantern.

The lantern is the Lantern Firefish's weak point; attacking the lantern when it is detached from its body can deal multiplied damage to the Lantern Firefish.

The Lantern Firefish was clearly agitated; it rushed toward Huo Lieyang, its massive body barreling forward, trying to stop Huo Lieyang and retrieve its lantern.

At that moment, several strong wind blades flew by.

They struck the lantern with perfect accuracy.

The mage, in Compatibility with Huo Lieyang, would not let the lantern return.

The rhythm of the battle was already in Huo Lieyang's grasp; he repeatedly used Holy Words, firmly controlling the lantern.

Jiang Chen knew that Huo Lieyang was certain to win this fight; eliminating the Lantern Firefish was only a matter of time.

Second by second, the Lantern Firefish could not reclaim its lantern, suffering heavy damage, its breath gradually weakening.

Just as victory seemed within grasp, a sharp arrow suddenly shot in from the side.

"Be careful!"

Jiang Chen let out a light shout, and Huo Lieyang also reacted, but it was already too late.

The arrow struck Huo Lieyang's shoulder with pinpoint accuracy, Boom— it burst.